New Delhi, August 08: Reacting to the chaotic situation in some parts of the countries over spread of swine flu, the Government said on Friday there should not be any panic over the situation as India was not as badly affected as other countries around the world.
Cast, August 07: Ruslaan Mumtaaz, Sheena Shahabadi, Satish Kaushsik, Rajat Kapoor, Sushmita Mukerjee, Neena Gupta, Anupam Kher
Mumbai: ‘Tere Sang’ is a story of a fifteen years old girl Mahi (Sheena) who gets pregnant by a seventeen year old boy Kukoo aka Kabir (Ruslaan)
The vital idea of this movie was stolen from a Hollywood hit ‘Juno’ about the teenage pregnancy and duties.
If Tere Sang makes a hold on the originality of the movie then it would be a radical movie of Bollywood industry.
New Delhi, August 07: The government has decided to buy cheaper chemicals used for testing influenza A virus from a German-based company since the number of swine flu cases is increasing rapidly in the country, union Health Secretary Naresh Dayal said Friday.
“The government has decided to procure reagents and chemicals used for testing H1N1 from a Germany based company,” Dayal told reporters here.
Till now the government has been procuring the reagents and chemicals from US firm Biosystem.
Los Angeles, August 07: Pop star Britney Spears and actress Lindsay Lohan together made their way with their blonde looks at a nightclub.
According to tabloid ‘Daily Mail’, “Both the stars were seen together partying at China-Town’s Grand Star Zaiz club in Los Angeles on Sunday.”
‘Circus’ singer Spears on her twitter wrote, “Blondes usually have more more fun.” Lohan agreed with the singer and replied that she supports her.
Pune, August 07: As many as 40 new cases of swine flu were detected across Maharashtra Friday, taking the total number of people affected by the H1N1 virus in the state to 212, health authorities said here. Medical centres saw a steady flow of people getting themselves tested as a precautionary measure.
The new cases include a female student in Pune’s Symbiosis College and two medicos, said Ashok Ladda, additional director of the government’s Family Welfare Department. The medicos’ condition is stated to be critical and they have been put on ventilators, he added.
Bhubaneswar, August 07: The Orissa government Friday decided to recruit 3,500 young tribals as special police officers (SPO) to tackle the Maoist menace in the state.
“I had a review meeting relating to Maoist related violence. It has been decided that an additional 3,500 young tribals would be recruited in the police force,” Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said.
At present the state has about 2,100 SPOs.
“It has also been decided to set up a constable training centre with a capacity of 1,000 trainees. It will start functioning by this year end,” Patnaik said.
—IANS
Mumbai, August 07: iPhone 3GS would not be available on 9th August in India. It’s seriously upset news for the iPhones lovers.
iPhone 3GS is noticed by its quickly launch applications, its Web pages render in a small part of the time, view email attachments faster than any other.
This Improved performance and updated 3D graphics deliver an unbelievable gaming experience too.
Each and every function of this cell phone is designed to get the best result.
The iPhone 3GS is packed with a new 3-megapixel camera gives great still photos and an inbuild-autofocus.
Noida, August 07: Three people died and one was injured when a tractor trolley ran over a cycle rickshaw here Friday, police said.
The accident occurred Friday evening on the Noida-Dadri road under Phase II police station of Noida.
“The tractor trolley was being driven by the helper of the vehicle, who lost control over the tractor trolley and rammed into a cycle rickshaw. Three people in the rickshaw were killed and one was injured,” Superintendent of Police A.K. Tripathi said.
Mumbai, August 07: Bollywood’s ex-couple Kareena and Shahid Kapoor have finally forgotten their personal dispute and have come together to feature in Boney Kapoor’s movie “Milenge Milenge”.
The project had started even before the shooting of their super hit movie “Jab We Met”. But during that time the two broke up and refused to dub for the movie.
It is assumed that on Boney’s request Shahid dubbed his portions few months back and Kareena has agreed to dub for it too.
Mumbai, August 07: In a few days from now, Wilson Louis would begin shooting for his ambitious film 8. A flagship project for Percept Picture Company’s newly found wing ‘PPC Horrotainment’. 8 stars Sameer Dattani in the lead and marks the debut of new find Sheena Nayar. For Wilson, the project is special because he is aware about the fact that traditionally, horror genre hasn’t enjoyed an upmarket audience for itself in India.
Mumbai, August 07: Arshad Warsi’s first home production, KAUN BOLA, under his banner Shooting Stars is underway. It’s a film very close to Arshad’s heart as he has scripted it himself and is being directed by Kabeer Kaushik of SEHER fame.
Arshad Warsi’s re-make time
Mumbai, August 07: Shemaroo Entertainment releases 99 – the comedy hit of the year 2009 – on DVDS and VCDs. This rib ticking hilarious film can serve as a perfect Sunday treat to be watched at your homes.
99 caught on very successfully at the box office and received some brilliant reviews. There is no doubt that the VCDs and DVDs are waiting to occupy the shelves of audiences at their homes.
Mumbai, August 07: The name Veer Pratap Singh may sound a bit too dated as well as aristocratic, but this is one name that features in not one but two films of recent times. Yes, all those who have seen Imtiaz Ali’s LOVE AAJ KAL will remember the lovable character, Veer Pratap Singh, played by senior actor Rishi Kapoor, who represents the older generation in the film.
Rani, the slim-trim comeback queen!
Mumbai, August 07: After receiving rave reviews for her acting skills in FASHION, Mugdha Godse is definitely set to explore her talent!!!
After venturing into drama, dark serious cinema and comedy with FASHION, JAIL and Rohit Shetty’s ALL THE BEST respectively, Mugdha seems to be exploring new avenues with every film!
The latest entrant in the list happens to be the genre of horror! The lady is all set to scare the audiences in a horror flick produced by Sanjay Ahluwalia and Rajeev Virani of Rupali Om Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Mugdha Godse snubbed
Mumbai, August 07: If things would have gone as per the plans, SIKANDAR would have released in the month of March. However, the producers v/s multiplexes standoff turned the entire release calendar upside down and SIKANDAR was one of the films that did get impacted.
However, the film is now being readied for a 21st August release and director Piyush Jha is going all out to ensure that there is enough visibility around the film.
Mumbai,August 07: First week collections have made it crystal clear that LOVE AAJ KAL is en route to be a massive money spinner. As per the makers, the film has taken the second highest weekend opening ever, next only to GHAJINI, which immediately puts its director Imtiaz Ali in big league. However, big money is still evading him as he jokes that he is yet to be ‘Rs. 10 crore worth director’!
Mumbai, August 07: His latest ‘Dhan Te Nan’ might have taken the industry by storm. But, it seems Vishal Bhardwaj is deeply disappointed at the attitude of the censor board that allotted his film an A certificate.
The maverick director says that his latest film has been given an unfair treatment by the censor board while some of the most violent films have been granted U/A certificate in the past.
SHAHID KAPUR Interivew
Mumbai, August 07: Sheena Shahabadi, the latest entrant to the tinsel world, is making a rather unconventional beginning in Bollywood. In her debut flick TEREE SANG, she plays a 15 year old girl who gets pregnant by her 17 year old boyfriend (played by Ruslaan Mumtaz). This Satish Kaushik directed film comes with a message around teen pregnancy and has one of its major promotional pegs being sex education. As the film releases today, Sheena talks about her love for movies and how she bagged the role in TEREE SANG to turn out to be the chosen one.
Mumbai, August 05: After playing an ultra rich boy in MP3 – MERA PEHLA PEHLA PYAAR, Ruslaan Mumtaz is now enacting the role of a poor boy in today’s release TEREE SANG. In the film he is shown to be the son of Satish Kaushik, a lower middle class auto-rickshaw driver. Since even in real life he hasn’t experienced such hardships, it must have been difficult getting into the skin of a poor boy, isn’t it?
Mumbai, August 07: Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol’s association goes back a long way! Whenever the trio came together, they created magic and shattered the box office records with films like KUCH KUCH HOTA HAI and KABHI KHUSHI KABHIE GHAM. And now the threesome are returning after a long gap with MY NAME IS KHAN.
Mumbai, August 07: ROCK ON girl, Prachi Desai wasn’t in a rocking state of mind on hearing about her bath-tub scene with Tusshar Kapoor in the forthcoming romantic comedy, LIFE PARTNER.
Despite entering films, Ekta Kapoor’s ‘Kasamh Se’ star still remains as coy as her role in the soap.
Tusshar wanted Prachi as Life Partner!
Mumbai, August 07: After playing the obedient, shy wife in ‘Kasamh Se’ on television & a smart, confident, loving spouse of Farhan Akhtar in the blockbuster film ROCK ON, actress Prachi Desai once again continues her coy Indian bahu image with upcoming Studio 18 release LIFE PARTNER. Playing a demure Gujarati girl, in the film, Prachi gets married to Tusshar in the arranged way.
Prachi won’t take a bath with Tusshar!
Muzaffarnagar, August 07: A Shariat court here has observed that a ‘talaq’ given under pressure cannot amount to actual divorce.
The court made this observation while hearing a 15-year-old divorce case in which the petitioner had claimed that his assent for ‘talaq’ from his wife was “forcibly” taken by his in-laws.
Shafiqullah, 45, a resident of Aligarh, had approached the Shariat court seeking reunion with his 42-year-old wife Farah, who had been living with his parents for last 15 years.
Hyderabad, August 07: Parents in Andhra Pradesh can heave a sigh of relief as the state government has ordered all private schools to secure prior permission from specially constituted panels before increasing their tuition fees.
The orders were issued nearly a month after a high-level committee submitted its recommendations to the government to check the fleecing by the managements of privately-run schools.
Mumbai, August 07: Around 17,000 persons in Maharashtra are missing as per the police record, the state government told Bombay High Court.
Division bench of Justices Bilal Nazki and A R Joshi had asked for data related to missing persons while hearing a habeas corpus petition filed by a Dombivali-based woman, whose son is missing since January.
Additional Public Prosecutor K V Saste told the High Court yesterday that there are at least 16,883 missing person cases as of June 30 this year, where the person in question is yet to be traced.