film dance has a definite fan following in Finland with its government deciding to introduce Bollywood dance classes in its schools, all courtesy an Indian.
Daniel Praveel Paul alias Danny, a 26-year-old Chennai resident went to Finland in 2008 for pursuing his masters in Bioengineering at Tampere University and ended up pursuing his passion for dance and established a Bollywood dance academy in Finland, the only one funded by the Government of Finland.
“C.I.D.” producer B.P Singh, who recently celebrated the 1000th episode of the detective show, says this serial has its own format and cannot become like the other crime thrillers on the television.
“We want to keep our identity intact. We cannot become like ‘Savdhaan India’ or ‘Crime Patrol’. We will stay ‘C.I.D.’. We cannot get away from making murder mysteries,” Singh told IANS in a telephonic interview.
He said that actors like Shivaji Satam and Dayanand Shetty who have been associated with the show for long, have now become big names. But the show’s team is open to new faces too.
(Pervez Bari): The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has partly welcomed the latest Supreme Court verdict wherein the citizens have been granted right to cast secret negative vote rejecting all candidates contesting polls. India shall now become the 14th country in the world to allow secret negative voting. Earlier, the option to reject was not a secret one as even though the right was available to citizens under rule 49(o), voters had to give the option in writing on voters’ register.
A day after he batted aggressively for a united Andhra Pradesh, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy came under attack from the Opposition as well as his own Cabinet colleagues and Congress leaders with TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao even demanding his dismissal.
“The Congress high command should take a serious note of Kiran Kumar’s rebellion and dismiss him forthwith. Telangana should be created immediately even by imposing President’s rule in the state,” Chandrasekhar Rao demanded here today.
Delhi Congress MLA and Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister Mukesh Sharma today alleged that municipal corporations had forcibly collected crores of rupees for Narendra Modi’s rally.
He said he would meet Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung and demand a CBI inquiry into the matter.
Sharma said that the money was collected from builders, parking mafia, illegal hoardings magnets and contractors.
US President Barack Obama has promised to take up with Nawaz Sharif in a “frank” manner the issue of continued Pakistan-based terror directed against India as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told him that progress in dialogue will depend on action on this front.
The promise was conveyed to Singh during their summit meeting here yesterday when the Prime Minister referred to the attacks in Jammu two days back and highlighted how terror emanating from Pakistan impacts India “every waking hour” day in and day out, according to sources.
YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy tonight asked the Samaikya Andhra Joint Action Committee to write a letter to the Centre demanding that Andhra Pradesh be kept united and said he would be the first signatory to it.
In his first public address after his release from jail five days ago, Jagan told lawyers from Seemaandhra region that the state would remain united only if all fought for it together.
“Like a father, the Centre should do justice to everyone in case of a division. If you can’t do justice, maintain the status quo,” he added.
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Damodara Rajanarasimha tonight lambasted Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy over his statement opposing the proposed bifurcation of the state, and said it didn’t matter whether Reddy remained in his post or quit.
“Kiran was not elected as Chief Minister by the MLAs. He lobbied hard in New Delhi and became CM through a sealed cover. It doesn’t matter if he remains CM or not,” Damodara lashed out, speaking on the sidelines of a function here tonight.
Iraq’s foreign minister said he doubts the escalating violence in the country will lead to “an all-out sectarian or civil war.”
Hoshyar Zebari gave several reasons in an interview yesterday with The Associated Press: the Shiite, Sunni and other communities “know their limits;” the violence is limited mainly to Baghdad and its suburbs; and Sunni and Shiite religious leaders have edicts against killing each other’s followers.
YSR Congress party today slammed Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy’s statement that he would champion “the cause of united state”.
YSRCP leader Konatala Ramakrishna said that Reddy’s remarks would have had some credibility had he and his Cabinet colleagues resigned immediately after the Congress high command announced its decision to divide the state.
“After taking a good long gap of time, as if coming out of hibernation, if Kiran Kumar Reddy starts speaking of a united state, it appears as if he is acting at the behest of the high command,” Ramakrishna said in a statement here.
In his first meeting with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif later today, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to strongly raise the issue of terrorism, and emphasise that the dialogue process cannot succeed unless anti-India activities of groups like LeT and JuD chief Hafeez Saeed are curbed.
Singh is expected to clearly tell the new Pakistani leadership that Islamabad needs to “match its words by action” when it comes to their commitment on counter-terrorism.
The Bombay High Court has quashed a charge sheet filed by CBI in a lower court against a 60-year-old woman advocate, who was accused of cheating a nationalised bank by conspiring with borrowers.
However, the case against other accused in the lower court would continue, a bench headed by Justice S C Dharmadhikari ruled on September 24.
The bench came down heavily on CBI for accusing the advocate Mohana Raj Nair without her fault in the case in which she had given legal opinion to the Indian Bank which had been cheated. However, the judges let go the agency with a warning.
As leaders from the two nations push for greater Indo-US economic ties, a Congressman here has introduced a new bill to ensure a level-playing field for American manufacturing exports in India and other countries benefitting from the US trade preference programmes.
The new legislation named ‘Playing Fair on Trade and Innovation Act’ has been introduced by the House of Representative member Lee Terry, who chairs the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee.
A local court sentenced two persons to 10 years imprisonment in connection with a three-year-old gangrape case.
Additional District and Sessions Judge, Rajkumar Verma yesterday awarded 10 years jail to Rajendra and Satish for abducting a married woman, holding her captive and raping her on May 20, 2009 in Ghunghter area here.
After the ordeal, the victim was taken to Delhi by the duo where she was sold to a person. The woman somehow managed to contact her family and got herself released.
The court has also imposed a fine of Rs nine thousand on each of the accused.
Fake online products reviews have been around for years, fuelled by unscrupulous marketers seeking to boost sales.
But a recent crackdown by authorities in New York could be the shock needed for the online sector to clean up its act.
The New York state attorney general’s office recently ordered 19 companies to halt these practises and pay fines totalling USD 350,000 to settle charges of manipulating online reviews for sites such as Yelp, Google+ and others.
A penthouse and lands worth over Rs 27 crore belonging to a former Uttar Pradesh MLA have been ordered to be seized as “proceeds of crime” by a special money laundering court here in connection with the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam.
The assets of ex-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLA from eastern UP’s Deoria Ram Prasad Jaiswal include lands and immovable properties in his constituency, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Gorakhpur and a duplex penthouse in Ghaziabad’s Indirapuram area.
A ‘hero’ dog has died after he saved a 4-year-old boy in US by pushing him away from the path of a speeding car.
Simon, a 36.2 kg Boxer, pushed his visually impaired owner Dave Furukawa’s son to safety, while being struck in the process by the vehicle.
“This is true loyalty and courage,” said Furukawa.
Furukawa was walking his son, Will, to school in Atlanta when a red Chrysler ran through the stop sign and hit the pooch as they crossed a street last week, NBC affiliate WXIA-TV reported.
Oscar winning music composer AR Rahaman feels Shekhar Kapur’s upcoming directorial venture “Paani” is a film with a good intention and he is looking forward to working with the filmmaker.
“It is finally happening. I think it is a very exaggerated project. Shekhar is the thinker, a visionary. I have learnt so much from him. I think ‘Paani’ has a very good intention as a movie. Looking forward to that,” said Rahman, who has previously composed music for Kapur’s 2007 film “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”.
With several states seeking modification of its order banning sand mining across the country without necessary clearance, the National Green Tribunal has said it was meant to ensure strict compliance of the law of the land.
“The Tribunal passed an order only to implement the intent of the legislature, the dictum of the Supreme Court and the law in force. It was not an order dehors the existing law but was an order that was passed primarily to ensure strict compliance of the law of the land,” a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said.
Free buses provided by RJD chief Lalu Prasad from his MP funds for schools and colleges have found few takers in his Chapra constituency in Bihar’s Saran district, with students preferring to pedal to school on free bicycles provided by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
During a meeting of school and college principals called by Saran District Magistrate Kundan Kumar last week, only 4 out of 50 of them agreed to take the buses.
International chemical weapon troubleshooters will enter war-torn Syria on Tuesday to start one of the biggest and most dangerous disarmament operations ever staged.
With more than 1,000 tonnes of sarin, mustard gas and other banned horror chemicals stocked across the country, the United Nations and the global chemical weapons watchdog have launched an urgent appeal for scarce experts to join the mission.
Applicants must be ready to face mortal risks and an impossible deadline.
Sunrisers Hyderabad will clash against Brisbane Heat in a make-or-break Champions League Twenty20 match here tomorrow, the outcome of which will decide if the Shikhar Dhawan-led Indian outfit can still be in race for a semifinal spot.
Sunrisers would have to win this match by a huge margin if they are to stand any chance of qualifying for the last-four stage, provided Trinidad and Tobago win against Titans and then lose to Chennai Super Kings in their last group match.
angladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the opponents of Land Boundary Agreement in India to give up their opposition to the historic measure, saying settling the vexed issue would be a “win-win” situation for both the countries.
The issue of the agreement, which is stuck because of stiff opposition by some Indian political parties, was discussed when she met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here yesterday.
When asked about the issue, Hasina told PTI, “People of India, all the political parties should take some positive steps, what we expect from them.”
A Rapid Action Force constable allegedly molested a school girl in Darjeeling, triggering angry protests by locals and students who fought a pitched battle with police.
The police fired three warning shots in the air and lathicharged the protesters to disperse the mob which threw stones at the securitymen and attacked the police outpost at Singmari here last night, police said.
The locals gheraoed Darjeeling police station last evening as the news of a RAF constable, Arun Pramanik, allegedly molesting a Class XI student of Ghum Girls’ School, sources said.
Actress Soha Ali Khan says her sister-in-law Kareena Kapoor has set her priorities right on personal and professional front.
“We are very much ourselves and what I love about her is in spite of being a huge star, she is a very down to earth person. Physically also she is without make up, chilled out and naturally very beautiful as a person. I know how difficult it is to be an actor and work and then have to look after your personal life,” Soha told PTI.