Mumbai, June 03: It wasn’t any celebrity stylist but National award winning filmmaker Mani Ratnam himself who gave superstar Abhishek Bachchan his military-style crew-cut for the upcoming film “Raavan”.
The haircut was a result of a long standing promise that Abhishek made to Ratnam a few years back while shooting for “Yuva”.
Mumbai, June 03: Manisha Koirala is back and how. The actor is not only all set to make her Bollywood comeback with a couple of upcoming releases but also finally ready to tie the knot with Nepali businessman Samrat Dahal on June 19.
And this time the beautiful lady says that she has no cold feet. The actor speaks to CS about making a fresh start:
Take II
Once an actor, always an actor – so getting in front of the camera after a bit of a gap wasn’t really a big deal.
Mumbai, June 03: Director Sanjay Gupta, who reunited with wife Anu after a bitter break-up, has gifted her a swanky white coloured BMW to mark their first wedding anniversary.
“Sanjay is going all out in his relationship. They have eyes just for each other. For this special occasion, Sanjay wanted something special for his wife and thought of gifting her BMW,” a friend said.
Gupta, who has a fondness for fast moving cars, gizmos, gadgets and bikes, confirmed that he bought the car. “Well, Anu is not into things like these.
Riyadh, June 03: A Saudi Islamic scholar has sued to block an education ministry move to allow female teachers to teach young schoolboys in private schools, Arab News reported Tuesday.
Shariah law scholar Youssef al-Ahmad said he went to court to block the new policy after high officials ignored his letters arguing that women teaching boys is haraam, or forbidden, in Islam, the newspaper said.
“When I received no reply, I went to court,” he said.
Major fraud by BSNL staff
Hyderabad, June 03 (Siasat News): In a major fraud case, employees working with BSNL, Lakdi-ka-pul, allegedly stole 26 compact discs (CDs) on which data related to 1.43 crore worth re-charge coupons was loaded.
According to Saifabad detective inspector K Shankar, though the CDs were found missing from BSNL, office in November last, the BSNL authorities lodged complaint against their employees with police on Wednesday.
Lahore, June 03: Coach Waqar Younis believes that Pakistans tour of England would be important for rebuilding the team and said he was also looking forward to the arrival of young cricketers which could change their fortunes around.
Pakistan is scheduled to have a hectic four months, starting with the four-nation Asia Cup in Sri Lanka from June 15, following which they play Australia in two Twenty20 and two Tests in England before taking on their hosts in four Tests, two Twenty20 and five one-day games.
Mumbai, June 03: Amitabh Bachchan and Sunil Shetty join cast of Sanjay Dutt’s first production, Desi Boyz
Amitabh Bachchan and Sunil Shetty are the latest names to be added to Desi Boyz, a Sanjay Dutt production. The title to the David Dhawan comic caper was announced a fortnight back by Dutt and Ajay Devgn. It appears that Sanju is keen to have all those whom he is close to in the industry in his project.
Mumbai, June 03: Television actress Debina Boneerjee, famously known as Sita of NDTV Imagine’s ‘Ramayana’, will soon sizzle in Bollywood as she plays a very popular tennis player, Sania Mirza in a movie titled Hyderabadi Damaad.
Speaking about the movie, Debina says, “In the movie Hyderabadi Damaad, we won’t ape Sania Mirza but our story has been inspired by her life and not her professional side of existence.”
Hyderabad, June 03: Various issues concerning Muslim women will be addressed at the two-day women’s conference beginning here on June 5. The State level conference is being organised by Jamiatul Mominath, the girl’s seminary, at Mir Alam Idgah.
Noted Islamic scholars, including women, from different parts of the country will address the conference which will be inaugurated by Mufti Khaleel Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor, Jamia Nizamia.
Barabanki (UP), June 03: A man allegedly hacked to death his wife”s paramour and later surrendered before the police in Jahagirabad area, officials said here today.
Om Prakash hacked Shivram Bhaskar in two pieces with a sharp-edged weapon after he found the latter in a compromising position with his wife in Kamrakha village yesterday, they said.
Later, Prakash surrendered himself before the police and also gave them the murder weapon. Police said that Shivram was having an illicit relationship with Om Prakash”s wife.
Bhopal, Jun 03: As the trial court gets ready to pronounce its verdict in the Bhopal gas tragedy case next week, the survivors of the 1984 industrial disaster have decided to give “death penalty” to the accused by hanging their effigies at public places here. “We are preparing the effigies of the accused of the world”s worst industrial disaster and hanging them at different squares as it gives us some solace from our sufferings,” said Shamshad Bi, who lost her lone five-year-old -son and mother-in-law in the gas tragedy.
Tokyo, June 03: Japan is to have a new leader Friday, members of the governing party said one day after Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned following a slide in his government’s approval ratings.
Mr. Hatoyama’s Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) set Friday as the date it would make its choice for his successor, who would lead the party into July elections for the upper house of the Diet.
Riyadh, June 03: Saudi Arabia has started issuing new marriage contracts that require the age of the bride to be given, in an attempt to stop underage girls from marrying.
The kingdom had promised new measures after a series of high-profile cases involving young brides.
Human rights groups have welcomed the new measures, saying clear-cut rules were needed to ensure underage girls were not harmed.
Saudi Arabia has no law against child marriage.
Islamabad, June 03: A Pakistani journalist who was captured during a naval attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla said today that Israeli soldiers were shooting people in cold blood.
Talat Hussain, one of the 124 people arriving in Jordan following their release by the Israeli authorities, said the commandos “shot people in the forehead”.
“I witnessed myself the first Israeli assault on the ship. There was no weapon on the ship,” Hussain told Aaj news channel by phone from Jordan.
Afzal Guru’s case, once again, evoked a debate on capital punishment. And as usual, Islamic laws were severely criticized by so-called champions of human rights.
However, not only non-Muslims but even the Muslims do not know about the divine laws, the manner of their implementation and above all Islamic jurisprudence. Islam, no doubt, prescribes capital punishment but at the same time discourages execution of the guilty.
Washington, June 03: With changing in trends in Non-Islamic countries a shocking survey report claim that 40 percent of unmarried U.S. teenagers or 4.3 million teen males and females have had sex at least once, a new U.S. government report shows.
This continues a flattening trend seen since 2002 and caps a downward trend seen between 1995 and 2002, especially in males, said report author Joyce Abma. The report was issued Wednesday by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
Dhaka, June 03: Bangladesh’s 156 million population is “not a burden” and can be turned into skilled manpower, says Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
She informed the parliament that her government was “not afraid” of the high population growth of the country and underscored the need for “turning the huge population into skilled manpower”, The Daily Star newspaper said Thursday.
“I don’t think that the huge population of the country is a burden for us, I prefer to term it as a strength for us. We just need to train the population,” she said while responding to a supplementary question.
Mumbai, June 03: John Abraham is playing a cop in the Hindi remake of Tamil action movie “Kaakha Kakha” and may emulate Suray, who played lead role in the original, and keep a moustahce for his role.
“I think Suriya looked pretty cool as a cop, mouche (moustache) and all. I don`t know how I look with a moustache. If the people whose opinion I value like me in it, it stays,” said John.
John is playing a cop for the first time in the film and isn`t taking any chances. He wants to get the spoken language, body language, personality and tone just right.
Here’s another reason to breast feed your baby: Canadian researchers have discovered how a probiotic found in breast milk reduces or eliminates painful cramping in the gut.hese scientists use mice to show that a specific strain of Lactobacillus reuteri decreases the force of muscle contractions in the gut within minutes of exposure. This bacterium naturally occurs in the gut of many mammals and can be found in human breast milk.
Mumbai, June 03: John Abraham is playing a cop in the Hindi remake of Tamil action movie “Kaakha Kakha” and may emulate Suray, who played lead role in the original, and keep a moustahce for his role.
“I think Suriya looked pretty cool as a cop, mouche (moustache) and all. I don`t know how I look with a moustache. If the people whose opinion I value like me in it, it stays,” said John.
John is playing a cop for the first time in the film and isn`t taking any chances. He wants to get the spoken language, body language, personality and tone just right.
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Bangalore, June 03: Director Mani Ratnam`s Hindi-Tamil bilingual film `Raavan` will be released in only 24 theatres in one of the three distribution areas of Karnataka, the state`s film chamber said late Wednesday.
Vasant Kumar Patil, president of Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC), told reporters that `Raavan`, titled `Raavanan` in Tamil, will have a restricted release.
“A decision has been taken to follow the existing policy of allowing non-Kannada films in a stipulated number of theatres,” Patil said.
London, June 03: Do not miss breakfast Are you suffering from acidity, obesity or reduced attention span? Perhaps you are skipping breakfast, also called brain food and the most important meal of the day.
People in cities tend to give breakfast a miss perhaps due to hectic lifestyles or in the belief that it will keep them slim. But experts say it could end up making people obese.
Seoul, June 03: Park Sang Hak carefully wraps U.S. $1 bills in plastic leaflets that will be attached to helium-filled balloons for delivery to North Korea.
A defector who fled from the North a decade ago, Park hopes his airmail will buy a meal for hungry North Koreans suffering under dictator Kim Jong Il. But the leaflets also carry a warning: “Cheonan victims, South Korea will take revenge.”
Washington, June 03: President Obama is extending child care, medical leave and other benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.
Obama on Wednesday directed federal agencies to immediately begin allowing domestic partners and their children some of the same rights available to spouses and children of employees. That includes child-care services and subsidies, expanded family and medical leave and relocation and other benefits.