Month: August 2012

Slovenian accordionist sets new world record

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Slovenian accordionist Zoran Zorko has set a new Guinness world record with a marathon accordion performances that lasted 35 hours and 32 minutes, Xinhua reported.

Zorko’s record was set during performances in Ljubljana’s Congress Square, the lakeside resort of Bled, and an accordion festival in the border town of Brezice between Thursday and Sunday.

Finland’s Anssi Laitinen held the previous record by continuously playing for 31 hours and 25 minutes in 2010.

Under Guinness rules, Zorko had to play the accordion continuously with a maximum of 30-second breaks between songs.

Girl suffocates to death in hole dug at beach

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A 12-year-old Italian girl on vacation with her family in France died from suffocation in a hole she dug at a beach.

The girl’s death was confirmed by the Italian foreign ministry.

The victim suffocated in a hole she dug at the La Teste-de-Buch beach near Gironda.

Lifeguards alerted medics after the girl was spotted partially buried.

Witnesses said they saw a “happy girl” who spent hours digging the hole which would later take her life.

—IANS

Dia Mirza loves classic Indian jewellery

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Actress Dia Mirza reveals she has an inclination towards traditional Indian jewellery and happily sports it wherever and whichever way she can.

“If you notice the kind of jewellery I wear, it could be diamonds, uncut diamonds, it could be gold, platinum whatever. I am more attracted towards classic style. I really enjoy traditional jewellery,” the 30-year-old said here in an interview.

“So the older the piece looks, the more traditional the piece looks, the more excited it makes me,” she added.

Arjun Rampal no more part of ‘Zanjeer’ remake

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Actor Arjun Rampal is no longer part of Apoorva Lakhia’s remake of “Zanjeer”. He was earlier slated to essay the part of Sher Khan, played by Pran in the 1973 original, but date hassles played spoilsport.

“Arjun Rampal is not doing the film. He had some date issues so he could not do the film,” Lakhia told IANS.

The role was reportedly first offered to Sanjay Dutt even before Arjun was approached for it. But Lakhia dismissed it as mere speculation.

SRK’s early morning shooting woes!

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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is currently shooting in the Kashmir Valley for Yash Chopra’s next, was greeted with wet roads and dark clouds as he geared up to kickstart his early morning film schedule.

“Dark clouds… wet roads… too early for even life to feel alive… but I am on way to make movies. A cigarette and coffee as co-travellers,” Shah Rukh tweeted.

Shah Rukh is said to be playing the role of an army officer named Samar in the love-triangle movie, starring Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif.

–Indo-Asian News Service

Bipasha lets go of her diet on ‘Aatma’ sets

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Bipasha Basu is very conscious when it comes to her diet and fitness regime. However, the actress let go of her strictness and happily gorged on Bengali food while shooting for her new film “Aatma”.

Bipasha is a fish lover and she called for some delicious Bengali food for her and the entire crew from the very famous Bengali restaurant Bhojohari Manna in Oshiwara,” said a source.

Your wish is Ranbir’s command!

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Did you dream of actor Ranbir Kapoor blowing kisses at you? It can turn into reality now – virtually, at least!

A new YouTube application for the promotion of the 29-year-old’s new film “Barfi!”, enables his fans to instruct Barfi, Ranbir’s character in the movie, to do whatever they type in.

“Ranbir has been very excited about this project and has shot extensively to ensure that a relevant situational video with him plays out for any word that the user types,” said a source.

Soha’s high street fashion funda

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Actress Soha Ali Khan wears what she likes, but says she used to follow high street fashion during her college days in Britain.

“I was sort of high street fashion concious when I was in college. I was in England and I wanted to fit in, rather than stand out,” said Soha.

“I would notice what people would wear and I tried to blend in. Being in a foreign country and foreign culture, there is a feeling to blend in. So I probably did that,” she added.

——IANS

‘Roadies 4’ contestant Sahil Anand in SOTY

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“MTV Roadies 4” contestant Sahil Anand has got his first big break. He will be seen in Karan Johar’s “Student Of The Year” (SOTY).

Sahil will be seen playing the character of a Jat boy in the movie, which releases Oct 19. Acting was always on the mind of the engineer-turned-model Sahil, who had a brush with showbiz in the fourth season reality show “MTV Roadies”.

He also been part of various TV commercials.

SOTY marks the Bollywood debut of model Siddharth Malhotra, director David Dhawan’s son Varun and Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter Alia.

——IANS

Southern, Hindi film industry are same now: Priyadarshan

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Priyadarshan has been dabbling with both Hindi and southern film industry. With the emergence of new talent, the filmmaker feels there is no difference between the two industries now.

“Actually speaking, there is no difference. When I came, I found a lot of difference between the two, but today the youngsters have changed it completely. Now both are the same,” Priyadarshan told IANS.

After making issue-based “Aakrosh” and action-thriller “Tezz”, Priyadarshan is set to return to the comic genre with his new film “Kamaal Dhamaal Malamaal”.

–Indo-Asian News Service

It’s Shahrukh Khan versus Ajay Devgn this Diwali

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Superstar Shahrukh Khan and Ajay Devgn are all set to lock horns at the box-office this Diwali as their respective films will hit theatres on the same day.

SRK’s untitled Yash Chopra directed film and Devgn’s “Son of Sardaar” is slated to release on November 13.

Besides the two stars, both the films boasts of a huge cast and their first look/trailor has also managed to generate buzz amongst the audience.

“Son of Sardaar” directed by Ashwini Dhir is an action-comic film and stars Sonakshi Sinha, Juhi Chawla and Sanjay Dutt in lead roles.

Govt To Take Jet Aircraft On Lease

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The State government has decided to take a special jet aircraft that could carry VIPs even in inclement weather on lease.

The government feels that the new aircraft would solve the problem of the timings of regular commercial services not being suitable for VVIP movements. Eight persons could travel by this aircraft non-stop for four hours.

Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh have purchased this aircraft. The State government has felt that it could minimize the expenditure by taking it on lease.

MLA Srisailam Goud’s Relative Joins YSRCP

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Koona Dayanand Goud, a close relative of Congress MLA Koona Srisailam Goud, joined the YSR Congress party here on Monday.

Dayanand Goud, a strong organizer of the Congress party in the Kutbullapur Assembly constituency has gone to the YSR Congress party along with 4,000 followers and joined that party in the presence of MP Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy and senior leader Y V Subba Reddy.

CM Sanctions Rs 80 Crores For Rajahmundry Airport

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The Chief Minister ordered administrative sanction of an additional amount of Rs 80 crore towards land acquisition for development of Rajahmundry Airport. He also agreed to fill the existing vacancies of 51 Assistant Engineer posts in the APCPDCL by direct recruitment.

CM Reviews Thermal, Mini Hydel Units, Assures To Solve All Issues

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Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said that power is an absolute necessity. In view of the public interest and absolute necessity for energy, he said the Government will do its best to sort out the problems of the thermal and mini hydel power projects immediately and asked the officials to speed up the process in this regard.

Rains Lash Capital – Traffic Disrupted

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Many parts of the Capital experienced heavy rain this evening, as a result of which traffic came to a standstill at some places. Rains lashed Ameerpet, Koti, Dilsukhnagar, Hayathnagar, Himayathnagar and others areas.

As a result of the rains, vehicular traffic was disrupted on Ameerpet, Khairatabad, Somajiguda and other centres for some time. Many main roads were water-logged. (NSS)

Govt To Enter Liquor Retail Business From Sept 1

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The State Government has decided to enter the liquor trade. To start with, 70 liquor shops would be opened by the Government in ten Districts, from September 1. Of these, 39 would be in Greater Hyderabad limits.

The Government was thinking of appointing the retired employees to run the liquor shops. Each shop would have three staff members. Notification was issued for taking shops on rent.

HMDA Asked To Stop Eviction Of Colonies

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Dr Nageshwar, MLC, has demanded the HMDA authorities to immediately stop the illegal acquisition of lands and withdraw the notification issued in this direction.

Speaking at a round table organized by the Hyderabad Residents Forum here today, he criticized the attempts being made by HMDA to get the Balakrishna colony, Saikrishna colony, Venkatsai Colony and Nagarjuna colony vacated and acquire the lands in the name of public purposes and development. He demanded that this move should be stopped forthwith.

FEE: HC Adjourns Hearing On State Petition To Tuesday

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The High Court today adjourned to Tuesday the hearing on State government’s petition challenging the orders of the Single Bench on the students Fee fixation.

The Single Bench had fixed the students fee at Rs 50,200 to be collected by those Engineering Colleges which have not submitted affidavits in the court. Aggrieved by the order, the State government has challenged the decision of the single bench judge.

Meanwhile, the managements of another five engineering colleges filed petitions in the High Court challenging the government’s decision on fee fixation. (NSS)

TRS Demands Cancellation Of EPC Policy In Work Tenders

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TRS leader in Assembly Etela Rajender has alleged that the State government was depriving works to small contractors by introducing EPC policy in the contract system.

Speaking to the media here on Monday, the TRS leader charged the government with conspiring to give all tenders to big contractors and helping them to earn several crores of rupees through this EPC policy and starving the small contractors of works.

Educationists Team For China Today

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The Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) has invited the India-China Association of Andhra Pradesh (ICFA-AP) to participate in the China-India Forum-III” scheduled to be held from August 29 to September 1 in Tianjin of China.

According to a pressnote issued by Dr Mohan Reddy, general secretary, India-China Friendship Association (ICFA) Andhra Pradesh, the China-India Forum-III will be on Education and the main focus of the conference in “Education exchange and cooperation and cultivation of innovative personnels” between the two countries.

Not Proper For Mantris To Blame YSR: Shankar

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Former minister Dr P. Shankar Rao has said that he concurred with YSR Congress honorary president Y S Vijayamma that none of the ministers, who were now blaming late chief minister Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy for their own follies, would not dare to look into his eyes if he came back alive.