Why Naseeruddin Shah prefers new directors over experienced ones
Naseeruddin Shah has revealed that he prefers working with inexperienced, but passionate directors than the ones who have lost the spark for filmmaking.
Month: March 2014
Airtel, UAE telco to expand network infrastructure
Leading UAE telecom operator Etisalat and India’s Airtel, with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, Sunday announced they have entered into a partnership to set up a multi-service regional network infrastructure node in Etisalat’s SmartHub facility in the region.
The all new multi-service regional network infrastructure node includes Airtel’s Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) services supported by its world class global network.
Facebook hopeful of earning big revenues as India user base nears 100 million
India is reportedly on its way to become the biggest market for Facebook in terms of number of users later this year. The popular social network site is hoping to cash in on its growing user base in India, which has touched nearly100 million. According to Tech Crunch, India’s online advertising market maxes out at around 360 million dollars, making it difficult for the company to translate this horde of users into a billion-dollar business.
Porn-surfing professor accidentally beams X-rated porn film on class projector
A Swiss professor was sacked after he accidentally showed an X-rated porn film on the class projector. The professor had just finished a lecture at a business school in Zurich when he visited an adult video site Pornhub.
Brothel owner says hookers were invited guests at Clinton’s charity event
‘Bunny Ranch’ owner Dennis Hof has said that the two hookers who clicked a picture with Bill Clinton at a charity event were invited guests.
Hof said that no one was kicked out from the party thrown by Clinton, asserting that he was permitted by the charity to bring two dates to the ‘Unite 4 Humanity’ event, TMZ reported. The HBO star added that his entire group went through a security check and were given wristbands as they had their name on the list. Miffed with the controversy, Hof said that how the hell his group could go there if they were not invited. (ANI)
Obama tells ”defiant” Putin to withdraw forces from Ukraine
President Barack Obama has told his Russian counterpart President Vladimir Putin that his country sending troops into Ukraine is a ”clear violation” of that country”s sovereignty.
Rouhani says Iran will not develop nuclear weapons ”on principle”
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said the country has decided not to develop nuclear weapons out of principle. Rouhani also urged Iran”s military leaders to let diplomacy prevail in dealing with potential foreign threats. The comments from the Iranian leader reflected a clear reference to efforts to end the nuclear dispute and decades of hostile relations with the west, the Guardian reports.
Nokia X hacked to run Google apps, additional launchers
Nokia X has been reportedly hacked to run Google apps and additional launchers. The hacking was reported a few days after the launch of the smartphone. According to the Verge, xda-developers member Kashamalaga managed to convert his Nokia X to run the Google Play Store and Google apps in five simple steps, suggesting Nokia hasn’t locked down the device too heavily. Meanwhile, Stephen Elop, Nokia’s head of devices, said that the X plan was deliberated to halt the usage of Google apps and replace it with Microsoft equivalents.
Federer clinches Dubai Open title for 6th time in career
World number eight Roger Federer won the Dubai Tennis Championship for the sixth time after beating Tomas Berdych in the finals on Saturday. The Swiss tennis star fought back from a set down for the first time in 18 months to beat Novak Djokovic in Friday’s semi-final, according to the report. According to the BBC, Federer secured his 78th tour-level title of his career, first in nine months, by beating Berdych 3-6 6-4 6-3.
150 riots in UP in a year, none in Gujarat in 10 years: Modi
haratiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate on Sunday said that Uttar Pradesh had witnessed more than 150 riots in a year whereas there had been no riots in Gujarat for the past ten years, and that in such a case Samajwadi Party Chief had had no right to compare himself to Modi.
Indian-origin trucker in Australia faces trial for crash
An Indian-origin truck driver in Australia, who was charged for killing four members of a family in a road accident, appeared in a Melbourne court Sunday.
Jobandeep Gill, 27, who is accused of running through a stop sign and colliding his truck with a car in Catani area Friday, appeared in Melbourne magistrates court.
His lawyer Abdullah Altintop told the court that Gill was in shock following the accident, the ABC News reported.
The car in which five people were travelling, incinerated, killing both parents, who were in their 30s, as well as their two-year-old son and daughter.
Indian-origin man charged with rape of minor in Australia
An Indian-origin man was charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in the Australian state of New South Wales, a media report said Sunday.
Police told a court here Saturday that Surendra Chowdhry, 57, allegedly tied the girl’s hands behind her back and then raped her in Sydney on New Year’s day in 2013, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Sunday.
Chowdhry wanted to “resolve the matter within the family”, the report added.
Police said the victim’s father also expressed the desire to “bypass police and the judicial process”.
The magistrate refused him bail and remanded him in custody.
Japan World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program
To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must have been accepted unconditionally in one of the JJ/WBGSP preferred university masters programs for the AY 2014-15.
Online applications should be submitted by 27 March 2014.
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‘Modi wave’ creation of media: Arvind Kejriwal
Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said that the so-called ‘Modi wave’ was a creation of the media and opinion polls that were in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate were paid for. “You people keep talking about the development in Gujarat.
How do you know that it is true, that media is right? Therefore, I am going away to Gujarat to check out the development there,” said Kejriwal, while addressing a rally in Kanpur.
Was under pressure to perform: Afridi
Veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi admitted Sunday that his match-winning 18-ball 34 against arch-rivals India in Pakistan’s thrilling one-wicket win in the Asia Cup here helped him relieve some pressure.
With Pakistan needing 10 runs off the last four balls, the 34-year-old Afridi slammed Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for two consecutive sixes to take the team home with two balls to spare.
“Really under pressure, didn’t perform well. Hit some bad shots. Expectations were high,” said Afridi, whose last half-century was in July last year.
Jailer injured in assault by inmates
The jailer of the local prison was injured when two inmates fought with him over rejection of a request to allow a visitor inside the jail on Sunday.
Sher Khan and Chiku Khan assaulted the jailer of Dhanbad Jail, Md Israel, when he refused to allow a visitor to see the prisoners since it was a Sunday.
The jailer broke his left shoulder when he fell down during the assault before the jail security rescued him.
Israel was admitted to a local nursing home for treatment.
Former Union minister Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi passes away
Former Union minister Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi on Sunday died at a private hospital in Kota after protracted illness, Pradesh Congress sources said.
He was about 85.
Chaturvedi, who was Minister of State in the PMO during Narsimha Rao’s tenure, was unmarried, Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Pankaj Mehta told PTI over phone from Kota.
He breathed his last around 6:30 pm at Kota Heart Hospital. Earlier in February, he was rushed to a private heart hospital in Gurgaon from where he was referred back to Kota, Mehta said.
Chaturvedi’s funeral will take place on March 3.
New Pakistani envoy Abdul Basit arrives in India
Senior Pakistani diplomat Abdul Basit, set to take over as his country’s new high commissioner in India, arrived here Sunday.
Basit, who has held various assignments in Pakistani missions and at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, was received at the airport here by a representative of India’s external affairs ministry, Pakistan Deputy High Commissioner Mansoor A. Khan and officers of the Pakistani mission, said a high commission statement.
Basit, who was born in 1958 and holds a master’s degree in international relations, joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1982.
Won’t contest LS polls if Rahul Gandhi names all Amethi blocks: Kumar Vishwas
Alleging Rahul Gandhi knew nothing about Amethi, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas today said he would opt out of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections if the Congress leader was able to name all the 17 blocks in the constituency.
Addressing AAP’s first rally in industrial city Kanpur, he said there were also talks of Priyanka Gandhi being fielded by the Congress against him in the Parliamentary polls. Vishwas alleged Rahul knew nothing about the region and dared him to name all the blocks in the constituency without any help.
Prez rule in AP: Peace, order top on priority, says Governor
With President’s rule being imposed in Andhra Pradesh, Governor E S L Narasimhan on Sunday asserted that maintenance of public peace and order would be top priority for him.
He said that normal life would go on as usual when President’s rule is in force and investor confidence will be held high.
“My topmost priority would be maintenance of public peace and order… Everything else follows on if there is peace and order,” he told reporters in his maiden press conference here, a day after President’s rule was imposed.
Modi presides over “mass murder” of Muslims, BJP talks of apology: Mulayam
Escalating his attack on Narendra Modi, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today alleged he presided over “mass murder” of Muslims during 2002 Gujarat riots and then took on BJP for trying to hoodwink them by talking of apology to gain their votes.
Mulayam also dismissed as “baseless propaganda” the Gujarat Chief Minister’s development claims during his 12-year-long tenure of the state.
Modi tells Mulayam to tackle UP mess, forget Gujarat
BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Sunday hit back at Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav, saying more than 150 riots had taken place in Uttar Pradesh in recent times.
“There have been 150 riots (since the Samajwadi Party took power in the state in 2012),” Modi told a large election rally here, and asked Mulayam Singh Yadav to stop comparing Uttar Pradesh with Gujarat.
Kejriwal says political parties dividing people
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal Sunday accused all political parties of dividing people on religious lines to seek votes.
Addressing an election rally here, the former Delhi chief minister also questioned Gujarat’s model of development and its Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate.
“We have heard a lot about the supposed development of Gujarat… We will visit Gujarat from March 5 to 8 to see the development claimed there,” he said.
“I want to learn about the development. But if there is no development, then it should be exposed.”
Modi hits out at Samajwadi, Mulayam blames him for 2002 riots
Uttar Pradesh was the scene of hectic political campaigning Sunday with BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi taking on the ruling Samajwadi Party while Mulayam Singh Yadav in a counter-attack blamed him for the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal, who is on a political roadshow in the state, attacked both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and announced he would be going to Gujarat this week to check on the development claims made by Chief Minister Modi.
Nitish protests, wants special status for Bihar
A shutdown called by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seeking “special status” for Bihar evoked mixed response Sunday, with his supporters blocking road and rail traffic across the state.
Normal life was hit in many areas as thousands of Janata Dal-United activists took to the streets.
Nitish Kumar and his cabinet colleagues from the JD-U staged a day-long protest, which the chief minister described as Satyagraha popularised by Mahatma Gandhi.
Large groups of JD-U activists, at places running into hundreds, squatted on rail tracks all over the state, disrupting train traffic.