Month: September 2012

Punjab govt orders probe into girl’s suicide after humiliation by Jalandhar police

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Punjab government today ordered a probe into the suicide of a college student after she was allegedly humiliated in public by traffic police personnel at a ‘Naka’ (check-post).

“Punjab Police lady traffic Inspector Balwinder Kaur, who was heading the check-post, has been placed under suspension with the immediate effect by the Principal Secretary, Home DS Bains,” an official spokesman said here.

Shivali (20), a BA student of Prem Chand Markanda SD College, Jalandhar was allegedly harassed by traffic police personnel yesterday at the Naka.

What keeps Sridevi glowing at 49?

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Sridevi is fit as a fiddle at 49, and the reason behind it, she says, is the right diet, power yoga and the quality time she spends with her two daughters.

“I believe whatever is inside, reflects on your face. I hate fried and junk food. Being happy and in a good state of mind, thinking positive really makes a difference. I love power yoga and love to play tennis with my children, maybe that is the reason,” Sridevi said here.

She spoke on the sidelines of the launch of Society Interiors magazine’s special issue, which features her on the cover.

Big B turns press photographer

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This was a rare role reversal for Big B – he borrowed the camera from a press photographer and started clicking pictures of media at the launch of “Kaun Banega Crorepati 6” (KBC).

The megastar played mock KBC with two journalists – one, a young girl from a news channel, and second a photographer from a film magazine, at the event held here Wednesday night.

Amitabh was in a carefree mood. When his second mock contestant turned out to be a photographer, who took to the stage with his technologically advanced camera, the 69-year-old made him face the camera for a change.

Audience support helps actors stay longer: Bipasha

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Actress Bipasha Basu doesn’t fear being sidelined by the popularity of newcomers because she believes it’s the audience who decides the longivity of an actor.

“The audience’s support helps there. You last for so long because people like you. There is no science, no physics behind it. You can just do good work,” Bipasha told IANS.

The actress has been a part of the industry for over a decade and has been a part of hit films like “Raaz”, “Omkara”, “Race” and “Bachna Ae Haseeno”.

Woman delivers while watching comedy film ‘Sudigadu’

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A woman delivered a baby in a theatre while watching Telugu comedy “Sudigadu”, starring actor Allari Naresh.

Parimala, who was due to deliver anytime within a week, was watching the matinee show Wednesday in a theatre in Palamaner town in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. She suddenly started having labour pains and started screaming.

The theatre management switched off the projector and made arrangements to meet the emergency, leading eventually to the safe arrival of the baby boy.

The theatre authorities and the audience have named the baby Sudi-Naresh.

‘Barfi’ was like dumb charades for me, says Ranbir Kapoor

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With no dialogues for him in “Barfi”, actor Ranbir Kapoor Friday said the film was like a game of dumb charades for him.

He plays the role of a deaf-mute person in the film.

“I enjoyed playing this character. There were no dialogues. I used to go on the set, play dumb charades and come back,” Ranbir said at a promotional event here.

The actor said that it was very important for him that the audience was able to relate to his character and this was something which he kept in mind while shooting. He said that his director Anurag Basu gave him a lot of freedom on the set.

Two murders convicts escape from Gurgaon jail

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Two murder convicts escaped from the Bhondsi district jail Friday as the jail complex was being cleaned, a police official said.

They were identified as Zile Singh, 27, of Rajasthan’s Alwar and Amit Kumar, 24, of Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar.

As a cleaning exercise was undertaken by a group of prisoners, the duo seized the opportunity to flee, said the official, adding their absence came to light during a counting parade.

A case has been registered against jail officials, the official said.

——IANS

Ranbir mum on film with Zoya Akhtar

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Actor Rambir Kapoor Friday refused to confirm reports that he will be seen opposite Kareena Kapoor in Zoya Akhtar’s next film.

“Nothing has been confirmed as of now. We are very close friends so we keep talking, but nothing is confirmed,” he told reporters at a promotional event of his upcoming film, “Barfi”.

The actor also said that he would love to direct and produce a film under the RK Films banner, but doesn’t have the time at the moment.

Lara Dutta takes people around the world in 20 minutes

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The idea of travelling around the world in just 20 minutes could be implausible for many of us, but not Lara Dutta. The actress took people on a trip around the globe in 20 minutes at the launch of the office of US-based travel website Expedia here Friday night.

The former beauty queen took media as well as the guests on a walk across the 42,000 sq. ft. property, designed in a way to represent various global destinations like Las Vegas, Rio De Janeiro, Beijing, Moscow, and Fiji among others.

Big B gets conscious when wife Jaya on the sets

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who will be seen with his wife Jaya Bachchan in Bhojpuri film “Ganga Devi”, says there is lot of restriction when your wife is on the sets and he gets conscious in her presence.

“When your wife is on the sets with you, then your behaviour also changes, there are lots of restrictions, there is always a discipline on the sets or else when you go back home, the situation goes out of control,” a laughing Amitabh told reporters during the music launch of the film here Friday.

“I hope you all will promote ‘Ganga Devi’ and the audience likes it,” he added.

Mixed response to shutdown call in Andhra Pradesh

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The day-long Andhra Pradesh shutdown called by YSR Congress Party Friday to protest the government’s failure in solving the unprecedented power crisis evoked a mixed response.

The shutdown was near total in parts of Rayalaseema region, but partial in Telangana and coastal Andhra Pradesh regions.

Police arrested a large number of YSR Congress party leaders and activists in and around Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Kadapa, Karimnagar, Nizamabad, Kurnool, Anantapur and other places for trying to forcibly close shops and educational institutions and for blocking roads.

MMTS services cancelled partially from Aug 31 to Sept 11

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South Central Railway (SCR) imposed a Line Block between 1500 hrs and 1700 hrs from today to September 11 (except on Saturdays) due to track improvement works between Hussain Sagar and Secunderabad / Hyderabad Railway stations. As a result, few MMTS services on Secunderabad-Lingampalli section will be cancelled or short terminated or rescheduled or partially cancelled from August 31 to September 11, SCR said in a release here today.

TDP demands assembly session to discuss people’s problems

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Andhra Pradesh’s opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Friday urged the governor to convene a special session of the state assembly to discuss the unprecedented power crisis and the problems faced by people, especially farmers.

A delegation of TDP leaders called on Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan at Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum.

Senior TDP leader Ashok Gajapati Raju told reporters that state assembly should be convened immediately to discuss people’s problems. “The government should find a solution to the problem and implement the same,” he said.

Bandh peaceful, big success: YSRCP

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YSR Congress Party today claimed that the state bandh called by its party to protest power crisis in the state was big success. Addressing a media conference at the party office here, YSRCLP Deputy Leader SobhaNagi Reddy said the bandh was peaceful and successful except for a few stray incidents and thanked the people of the state for voluntarily responding to the bandh call despite the combined efforts of the Congress and TDP leaders to make it a failure.

Real challenges are lifestyle diseases in India :Dr.Reddy

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Apollo Hospitals Group Executive Chairman Dr Prathap C Reddy today said it was very clear the world was facing 21st century health challenges, irrespective of whether they were rich or developing or underdeveloping world. Addressing the health experts at the ‘Third International Conference on Transforming Healthcare with IT 2012,’ organised by the Apollo Hospitals Group here, Dr Reddy said with India, the real challenges were the new lifestyle diseases which were picking up pace. Dr Reddy said non-communicable diseases like diabetes were rampantly on the rise and need to be tackled.

TDP concern over Gov’s attitude towards Oppn

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Telugu Desam Party (TDP)has resented the Governor ESL Narasimhan’s attitude towards opposition parties in the state.

Party MLAs today alleged the Governor had not given them an appointment to appraise him of the people’s plight in view of power cuts and other burning issues. The MLAs expressed their resentment to media after a meeting of the TDLP at NTR Bhavan this morning.

Western Air command bags XIXth Air Force Chess Championship

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Western Air Command has bagged the XIXth Air Force Chess Championship 2012-13 which concluded today at the Air Force Station Hakimpet near here. Sergeant K Srikanth of Western Air Command was declared winner of Individual Championship category and Leading Aircraftsmen Arun Kumar of Maintenance Command was declared the most upcoming player of the Championship, according to release here.

Ten players were selected to represent IAF in the inter-services Championship at the end of the event.

Minorities scholarship to be transferred directly to bank account of girls: Sept 15 last date for opening bank account

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Uttar Pradesh Minister for Minorities Welfare and Urban Development Mohammad Azam Khan today clarified that the decision of directly transferring the amount of pre-matric scholarship of the students belonging to the minorities to their bank accounts, has been taken with a view to bringing about transparency in distribution of scholarship and ensuring full monetary benefit of the scheme to the students. The order has been issued to dispel doubts prevailing in educational insititutions, especially in madarsas with regard to this government decision.

Cong to move privilege motion against TDP,CPI

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Condemning the opposition parties alleged remarks made against its MLAs and MPs, the Congress Party will move a privilege motion against CPI State Secretary K Narayana and Telugu Desam Party’s Floor Leader in the Legislative Council Dadi Veerabhadra Rao.

BJP says PM must quit on ‘Coalgate’

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Rubbishing the statement made by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on his return from Tehran after attending the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit earlier in the day saying he would not quit office, the BJP reiterated the Dr Singh should resign owning moral responsibility for ‘loss,’according to the CAG, in the allotment of coal blocks. Addressing a press conference here this evening, BJP National General Secretary Ananth Kumar said all coal blocks allocated illegally without following any process, auction or transparency be cancelled forthwith.

Forest Officer convicted in ACB case

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The Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases at Nellore has convicted Dolla Ramanna, Forest Section Officer, Flying Squad, Kadapa, on August 28 in ACB case. The court sentenced him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years and also to a pay fine of Rs 3,000 under each offence under sections 7 and 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the PC Act, 1988, ACB, said in a release here today.

Better education for girls will reduce cases of femal foeticide: CM

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said better education for girls would help greatly in reducing the female foeticide and maintaining the ideal sex ratio in state. Addressing a high level review meeting on human development index here, Mr Kumar said the sex ratio in Bihar was 919 female on 1000 men in 2001 which decreased to 916 in 2011. The decreasing sex ratio was the issue of deep concern for the state government and sincere steps were being taken to improve it, he added.

TDP appeals Guv to convene Assembly to discuss public issues

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The main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today appealed to Governor E S L Narasimhan to pressurise the State Government to convene Assembly session to discuss problems being faced by the people. In a memorandum submitted to the Governor by a delegation of TDP MLAs and MLCs, the party stated that Assembly session should be convened to discuss various important issues, including the on-going energy crisis, death of infants in public hospitals and other issues.

BJP to hold dharna at Delhi on Telangana issue next month

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BJP state president Kishan Reddy today said the party would be staging a dharna at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on September 3, 4 and 5 to bring pressure on the UPA government over separate Telangana state. In the meet-the-press programme, Mr Reddy said senior leaders like L K Advani and Sushma Swaraj would take part in the agitation. The political observers felt that Congress in the state was already reeling under pressure due to the strong demands being made by the opposition TDP over electricity and fee reimbursement issue.