Month: November 2012

Pakistani fans of Bollywood star Akshay Kumar were in a for a special treat when the actor spoke to them through a video conference link to promote his upcoming movie ‘Khiladi 786’, which will be released on December 7.

The action star took several questions from the fans during the interaction held in Lahore yesterday. “I have been working on having the film`s premiere in Pakistan, for which I will try to come here,” Akshay said

Pakistan had become an important market for Indian movies, he said.

She created a rage with her item number “Munni badnaam” in the 2010 film ‘Dabangg’, and in the movie`s sequel too, Malaika Arora Khan is expected to recreate the magic. But she is not ready to divulge any details about her part.

“I am a part of the film, but in what capacity, you will only know that once you see the film. So when you watch the film, then you will see me,” the 39-year-old said here Sunday at the Blender`s Pride Fashion Show.

Malaika has reportedly, recently shot for a song titled “Pandeyji seete mare” with her brother-in-law Salman Khan.

She has featured in half-a-dozen shows, but designer-cum-dietician-cum-actress Neetu Wadhwa has still not found the role of her dreams.

The actress, who is currently busy writing a script, is keen to play a special child.

“Till now I haven`t got the role that I always wanted to do. All the shows I did had normal stories… you know how TV works. We don`t have much exposure to perform in TV. I want to play a special child,” she told IANS.

Films have been made on children with special need and Neetu feels it is high time television portrays this reality in their shows.

Tata Teleservices on Monday withdrew its application for participating in CDMA spectrum auction, leaving the fray for radiowaves in 800 Mhz band with no bidder as another player Videocon had walked out two days ago.

According to sources, Tata Teleservices has withdrawn its application saying high cost of spectrum has made the business unviable.

When contacted, a company spokesperson declined to comment.

Earlier in February this year, the Supreme Court had cancelled 122 permits, including that of Tata Teleservices in three circles.

Actress Sonakshi Sinha has denied that film `Joker` has led to any animosity between her and producer-director Farah Khan.

Gossip mills were abuzz that all was not well between Farah Khan-Shirish Kunder and Akshay Kumar-Sonakshi Sinha, the lead actors of `Joker`.

Though Sonakshi had promoted the film, Akshay was conspicuously absent from the promotions of `Joker`.

Recently, Farah had said that a star should stand by the film come what may and that she will work with those who stand by the movie.

In his short and “experimental journey” in filmdom, the probability of success and failure has been high, says Telegu film star Rana Daggubati and adds that failures have taught him not to repeat the same mistakes.

“Since my journey has been experimental, the probability of success or failure is high. But I`ve always learned a thing or two from the experience. Most importantly, I learned what not to do from my failures,” Rana told reporters.

Rana has starred in ‘Leader’, ‘Department’ and ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ and his last two films have not been so successful.

If you`re always striving for perfection, your parents are probably to blame, according to a new study.

Perfectionists are born – not made – scientists claim, adding that the pursuit of perfection runs in families and is determined by your genes.

Researchers at Michigan State University made the link by studying the twin registry and comparing the personalities of identical and non-identical female twins aged 12 to 22.

Smoking Saudi parents may lose custody of their children after divorce in the kingdom, the world`s fourth largest cigarette importer, with the country`s courts considering smoking a determining factor in such cases.

Courts in the kingdom nation could side with non-smoking parents, to protect the child from the negative impact of passive smoking, the Arab News reported.

In July, a judge in the country ruled that women suffering from passive smoke, as a result of their husbands` smoking habits, could file for divorce.

One of the world’s largest electoral exercises in the world after India, the world’s largest democracy, gets underway Tuesday when 169 million American voters go to the polls to chose a president, a new House of Representatives, 33 senators and thousands of local officials at a whopping cost of $6 billion.

Key facts:

. There are169 million registered voters, 86 million Democrat and 55 million Republican and 28 million others.

. They include about a half million voters from the 3.12 million strong Indian American community.

With 24 children dying of a mysterious disease during last two months in Odisha`s Malkangiri district, the government has launched a drive to create health awareness and conduct medical examination in the tribal-dominated district.

“We have collected blood, water and mosquito samples in the affected areas to ascertain the reason behind the death and augmented the drive to create health awareness among the people”, chief district medical officer (CDMO), Sashibhushan Panda said.

The Rajasthan government has provided free generic medicines worth Rs 300 crore to patients in government hospitals across the state under a flagship programme.

The Chief Minister`s free generic medicines scheme was launched on October 2 last year by CM Ashok Gehlot.

Under the scheme, 400 types of life saving and essential generic drugs and surgical items are being made available in all government hospitals and health centres.

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Regular and vigorous exercise can activate dormant stem cells in the heart, which heal the damage caused by a heart attack, says a new study.

The study by Liverpool John Moores University is the first to suggest that a simple exercise programme has an effect similar to that of the stem cells, when they are cajoled into producing new tissues through special shots.

Strenous exercises includes 30 minutes of running or cycling daily, enough to work up a sweat, the European Heart Journal reports.

Japanese scientists have created a “transparent” car akin to Bond’s Aston Martin Vanquish, which becomes invisible in “Die Another Day” on ice sheets.

Seemingly transparent from the inside, the car allows drivers to “see through” the rear bodywork and would also help prevent accidents.

The car would help drivers with parking, projecting a panoramic view of the area behind the car onto the rear seats, the Daily Mail reports.

The Congress Monday said party general secretary Rahul Gandhi was “number two” after party president Sonia Gandhi but did not comment on his probable re-designation.

“He is number two… work is going on,” party spokesperson Renuka Chowdhury told reporters here at a press conference.

There has been speculation that Rahul Gandhi will assume a bigger role in the party over the next few days and get a new designation such as vice-president. A reshuffle in the All India Congress Committee could take place before Diwali Nov 13.

—-IANS

With a call to delink sports from politics, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he had “full faith” that security arrangements would be in place during the upcoming India-Pakistan cricket matches.

“I hope and have full faith, wherever these (Indo-Pak matches) are played, all security arrangements would be made,” Abdullah told reporters here after reopening of the bi-annual darbar offices at Civil Secretariat in the winter capital.

The BJP on Monday expressed its ire over party leader Mahesh Jethmalani going to the media with his resignation from the national executive and hitting out at party president Nitin Gadkari, saying such an act damages the party and should have been avoided.

Mr. Jethmalani, who technically continues to be a member of the BJP as he has only resigned from the party National Executive, reportedly wrote in his letter to Mr. Gadkari that it is “morally and intellectually inappropriate to serve BJP as long as you are president”.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said his government preferred using public money to bring smiles on faces of common people rather than waste it on lifeless memorials and parks.

Without naming anyone but in a clear dig at his predecessor and BSP chief Mayawati, Yadav said that “the SP government is more interested in using hard earned peoples’ money on bringing smiles on the faces of people rather than on stone structures and memorials”.

BJP chief Nitin Gadkari on Monday came under attack from senior leader and lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani, who resigned from the national executive, saying he would not continue in the party’s highest decision-making body as long as he was its president.

Mahesh Jethmalani’s decision came nearly a fortnight after his father and BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Ram Jethmalani asked Mr. Gadkari to quit the post and not to seek a second term in office in the wake of allegations against him.

As the presidential poll campaign in the US moves towards its climax, independent surveys predict that incumbent Barack Obama holds an edge over rival Mitt Romney, but the two are locked in a virtual tie in the crucial battleground states believed to be holding the key.

The prestigious Pew Research Center, in its latest opinion poll, said that Obama has edged Romney in the final days of the presidential campaign by holding a 48 per cent to 45 percent lead over Romney among likely voters.

A 13-year-old girl died after a man allegedly forced her to jump out of a train along with him between Ujiarpur and Najirganj railway stations in Bihar’s Samastipur district.

The man, identified as Upendra Kumar, pulled the hands of the 13-year-old girl and jumped out of the passenger train last night, Superintendent of Police Varun Kumar Sinha said.

The girl died on the spot, while Kumar sustained injuries, the SP said.

Kumar, said to be of dubious background, was not known to the victim, Sinha said.

Andhra Pradesh High Court Monday ordered status quo at a temple abutting the historic Charminar monument here.

The court directed that no construction activity be taken up at the site. The division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose and Justice Vilas V. Afzalpurkar was dealing with three Public Interest Litigations (PILs) filed by corporators belonging to the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM).

A day before the U.S. presidential elections, officials in New York and New Jersey, the two worst hit states by hurricane Sandy, were scrambling to put in place alternate voting sites to enable millions disrupted by the storm to cast their ballot.

City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said election officials were grappling with “real problems” amid continued power outages, a partially restored public transport system and freezing temperatures that made voting the last of the concerns of residents impacted by Sandy.

After the first Public Hearing on Recent Violence against Minorities and Dalits in Rajasthan on 30th June, 2012 in Press Club, Jaipur, this second Public Hearing on November 4, 2012 was held in Samgra Seva Sangh Campus (Gokul Bhai Bhatt Kutir) exclusively on the Gopalgarh Violence (September 14, 2011) on Muslims who are still struggling for justice. A large number of victims of the violence, witnesses and social activists from different organizations, including the PUCL attended the meeting. National secretary of the PUCL Chitranjan was one of the juries.