Month: August 2010

Gisele Bundchen calls for breastfeeding law

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London, August 03: Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has called for a “worldwide law” to ensure new mothers breastfeed their babies for six months after giving birth.

The 30-year-old became a first-time mother to baby Benjamin last year. She wants the US lawmakers to introduce a bill enforcing the practice to ensure newborns get the nutrients they need.

“I think there should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breastfeed their babies for six months,” contactmusic.com quoted her as saying.

40,000 Indians ‘disappear’ in Malaysia, visa on arrival scrapped

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Kuala Lumpur, August 03: Malaysia revoked its visa on arrival (VOA) facility for Indians after 40,000 visitors from that country “abused” it and “disappeared”, Deputy Prime Minister Muhyideein Yassin has said.

The cases of Indians abusing the scheme topped the list of unauthorised immigrants from eight South Asian nations and China to whom the VOA was offered.

The facility has now been “scrapped permanently”, The Star newspaper reported Tuesday quoting the deputy prime minister.

John surprises Bipasha with diamonds!!!

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Mumbai, August 03: John Abraham is one man in Bollywood who surely knows how to keep his woman happy. John recently gifted Bipasha Basu a diamond pendant which left the gorgeous lady raving about her favourite guy.

Man Cuts Off Wife’s Hands, Commits Suicide

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Udaipur, August 03: 35-year-old Nanda Bagaria, a tribal, cut off both the hands of his wife Dhapu with a sword over a minor altercation, and then went to a nearby temple where he cut off his neck in front of Kalka Mata.

This incident occurred on Monday morning in the Bagaria basti of Sakorda village near Udaipur, Rajasthan.

Pakistan beginning to take on terrorists: Obama

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Washington, August 03: Claiming progress in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama says major blows have been struck against Al Qaeda and its leadership with Pakistan beginning to “take the fight to violent extremists within its borders”.

“We face huge challenges in Afghanistan,” he told the national convention of Disabled American Veterans in Atlanta, Georgia, Monday.

“But it’s important that the American people know that we are making progress and we’re focused on goals that are clear and achievable.”

Want to keep romance alive? Ask Jolie how

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Los Angeles, August 03: Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie says she schedules date nights with partner Brad Pitt to keep the romance alive in their relationship.

The “Salt” star revealed that she carefully plans time away from their six children so they can be together as a couple – even if it only means sneaking off to another corner of their house to have dinner on their own, reports imdb.com.

“We actually schedule them (date nights). We just had one the other night and we went next door so we didn’t have to worry about the paparazzi and the kids didn’t know where we were.”

Wife locks husband in laundry for 1 year

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Paris, August 03: An elderly Frenchman has been released after being locked up for a year in the laundry room of his house in southwest of Paris.

French police rescued the unnamed 80-year-old man after his 45-year-old wife and her alleged lover locked, malnourished and physically abused him in his own home in the village of Arrou, media reported on Saturday.

The man is currently in hospital, recovering from a state of shock.

“The victim suffered violence and ill-treatment,” local gendarme commander Bruno Arviset told journalists.

Sonam likes bad guys

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Mumbai, August 03: Sonam Kapoor has often seen her name been linked with someone or the other. While during the shoots if I Hate Luv Storys it was linked to Puneet Malhotra, during the shoots of Aisha her name was linked to Cyrus Sahukar and Abhay Deol. However when asked on her choice of men she says she like bad men.

“I would definitely choose Jai over Arjun. I like the bad guy,” says the actress when asked to chose between her protagonists in IHLS and Aisha. But that does not mean she is going to date any of Imran or Abhay.

Indian is Malaysia’s first woman mridhangam player

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Kuala Lumpur, August 03: An ethnic Indian teenager in Malaysia has qualified as a mridhangam player, becoming the first woman to specialise in playing the traditional South Indian drum.

Arundhati Sekaran, 17, graduated from the local Indian music academy Sangeetha Swara Laya, affiliated to the Alagappa University in Tamil Nadu, India. The academy’s first convocation took place in Shah Alam near here Saturday.

She is a fifth form school student from Sungai Petani, Kedah state, Tamil Nesan newspaper reported.

Katrina to join John Abraham on Kaakha Kaakha

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MUmbai, August 03: Dostana 2 being postponed to late- 2011 has given John Abraham free time to start shooting the Hindi remake of Kaakha Kaakha with director Nishikant Kamat.

The actor starts shooting for Kaakha Kaakha this week. His Dostana 2 leading lady Katrina Kaif finds herself with free time.

On her hands and might end up pairing with John in this film. Producer Vipul Shah commends Tarun Mansukhani for his decision to postpone Dostana 2.

Priyanka Chopra will woo Kareena’s man

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Mumbai, August 03: It’s known to one and all that Kareena and Priyanka have been loggerheads since a long time. The rivalry grew so much that after Aitraaz and an ad the two swore to not work together. However, now we wonder how will Bebo react when Priayanka will be doing three films back to back with her Saifu darling.

Who’s depriving Shahid of a kiss?

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Mumbai, August 03: Shahid Kapoor has so far never been refused for a kiss-scene in the movie be it Kareena Kapoor in Jab We Met or Anushka Sharma in Badmaash Company. However, relatively new-bee Sonam Kapoor seems to be acting very pricey when it comes to kissing Shahid on-screen.

Dhumal’s lucky chair?

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Shimla, August 03: Is it a lucky chair? Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal likes to sit on a particular wooden chair from the pre-Independence era that a former chief minister used steadfastly – through his four terms in office!

The chair in Ellerslie building that houses the state secretariat was picked up by Dhumal himself from the dump yard in the secretariat.

“This was my discovery,” Dhumal, of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said while pointing towards the chair.

No funds for Haji Ali sea link

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Mumbai, August 03: The state government appears to have developed cold feet after talking big on funding the city’s big ticket infrastructure projects.

After promising to bridge the viability gap for the Worli-Haji Ali sea link project in February this year, it has done a U-turn now. It has asked the cash-strapped Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to pay up Rs1,392 crore from its own coffers for the purpose.

Ajay Devgan to direct his next?

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Mumbai, August 03: Ajay Devgn’s turned a director with U, Me Aur Hum. The film didn’t do well and it was said that his intentions of making another film were washed out by the flop. Over two years since then Ajay has not declared any film as yet. However he denies that he has given up on the idea to make more movies.

Not funds for Haji Ali sea link

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Mumbai, August 03: The state government appears to have developed cold feet after talking big on funding the city’s big ticket infrastructure projects.

After promising to bridge the viability gap for the Worli-Haji Ali sea link project in February this year, it has done a U-turn now. It has asked the cash-strapped Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to pay up Rs1,392 crore from its own coffers for the purpose.

Kareena Kapoor wants to star opposite top actors only

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Mumbai, August 03: Kareena Kapoor who has been signed for Madhur Bhandarkar’s next woman centric film Heroine wants to star opposite.

A-listers only. She has placed her demand before Madhur and he is having tough time to search.

And get the nod of top actors of Bollywood as the film is women oriented. The film requires five lead heroes.

Says a source, Since the five actors to be cast will have to portray the industry’s top leading men, they have to be A-Listers. Newcomers and B-Listers just won’t do!

Celina Jaitley keeps her word

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Mumbai, August 03: Celina Jaitley is the ambassador for Greece in India. Hence she was invited to be a part of Cairo Film Festival late last years.

The actresses was pleasantly surprised to see a small Indian film called Madholala Keep Walking screened there and getting a great response.The film bagged best actor award and also was nominated for the best director award.

Aishi, Rajnikant Starring Endhiran Promos: We Are Speechless!

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Mumbai, August 03: Three Tamil language promos of Endhiran, starring Aishwarya Rai and Rajnikant, have been posted on YouTube and frankly we don’t know what to make out of them. The quality of the trailers is dismal, and we can only wonder as to the reasons why? Maybe the filmmakers didn’t want to steal the thunder from the theatrical trailers, and are hoping movie goers flock to theatres to watch them.

Katrina busy in launching sis Isabel

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Mumbai, August 03: Katrina Kaif, one of the modern-day Bollywood beauties, is trying hard to set her younger sister on a roll in the tinsel town of Bollywood. Not only an actress but also a business woman, Katrina is leaving no stone unturned to launch Isabel Kaif in Bollywood.

An Open Letter on the Ground Zero Mosque

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New York, August 03: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo are locked into their position on the plan to build a mosque and Muslim community center—the Cordoba House—at Ground Zero. They maintain there are no security risks posed by the project and that this is simply an issue of religious expression. The Lower Manhattan Community Board, after holding hearings, recommended against halting the project.

Cong, TD Taught Fitting Lesson: Harish

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Hyderabad, August 03: Mr T. Harish Rao, Siddipet MLA and deputy floor leader in the Assembly said that the people of the region taught a fitting lesson to both the ruling Congress and the main Opposition Telugu Desam party as both betrayed the TRS party after the 2004 and 2009 Assembly elections. He also asked both the major parties to stop criticising the TRS and introspect themselves.

Lok Satta Demands Civic Polls On Time

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Hyderabad, August 03: The Lok Satta Party today demanded that the Government drop its move to defer the elections due to municipalities and municipal corporations, and cooperative institutions. trotting out lame excuses.

In a media statement, party General Secretaries Katari Srinivasa Rao and V. Laxman Balaji said that postponement of elections ran counter to democratic and constitutional principles.

SC declines to lift stay on Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem

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New Delhi, August 03: The Supreme Court on Monday refused lift the status quo ordered by the Andhra Pradesh High Court on the government’s special scheme subsidizing pilgrimage by Christians to Jerusalem.

The Supreme Court, however asked the High Court to hear and dispose off the petition challenging the validity of the scheme announced by the government of former chief minister late YS Rajasekhara Reddy. The Apex Court also asked the High Court not to be influenced by its own observations in the interim order while disposing off the petition.

Babu seeks ban, white paper on iron ore exports

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Hyderabad, August 03: Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday demanded that the government immediately ban all iron ore exports from the state. He also demanded that the government release a White Paper on all exports of iron ore from the state since the past six years.

Talking to media persons at the NTR Trust Bhavan, Mr Naidu said that Karnataka has banned export of iron ore after an estimated that 30 million tons was illegally exported from that State in the last few years.