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US NRIs adopt Vidarbha widows
Subhash S. Ediga's first birthday last month was bereft of any lavish celebrations in Metuchen, New Jersey. Instead, the $4,000 (Rs.232,000) saved on the party and gifts was donated for a noble cause - 10 widows of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region. "It was a tough decision. But my wife Sireesha, daughter Surina (6 years) and my parents, who had come down from Andhra Pradesh were very supportive ...
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Raanjhanaaa and 3 have no similarity Dhanush
Except for a few scenes in school uniform, there is absolutely no similarity between "Raanjhanaa" and Tamil romantic-drama "3", clarifies Tamil actor Dhanush. He urges viewers not to compare the two movies. "3" was an unsuccessful directorial debut of Dhanush's wife, Aishwarya Rajinikanth, while "Raanjhanaa" marks his debut in Bollywood. "I don't want these two films to be compared because ...
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Ship of Theseus makes you feel inferior as filmmaker Karan
Karan Johar is so impressed with director Anand Gandhi's "brilliant" work in "Ship of Theseus" that he feels "inferior" as a filmmaker and says he lacks the "talent and strength" to make such a film. Karan's last directorial was "Bombay Talkies", an anthology of film consisting of four different stories by four different directors. "It makes you feel very inferior as a filmmaker, it's that ...
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Indias LED lighting demand to rise by 40 percent
The demand for light emitting diode (LED) lighting in India is expected to grow by about 40 percent per annum over the next five years, lighting solutions manufacturer NTL Lemnis said Wednesday. "I personally feel the LED market (in India) would grow by about 40 percent year-on-year basis at least for the next five year," global chief executive officer of NTL Lemnis Arun Gupta told IANS in an ...
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Haryana announces Rs.10-crore help for Uttarakhand
The Haryana government Wednesday announced a Rs.10-crore assistance to calamity-hit Uttarakhand. "Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced to give Rs.10 crore to Uttarakhand to help the state as a rescue and relief operation has been launched there following floods triggered by heavy rain," a state government spokesman said here. Over 100 people were killed and nearly 70,000 ...
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With normalcy five-star luxury returns to Kashmir
Like a phoenix risen from the ashes, Kashmir has once again got a five-star luxury resort two decades after the only such property in the Valley closed down due to militancy-related issues. It's a sign of increasing normalcy in a state that has seen a bruising insurgency that only recently has shown signs of abating. With the beginning of the separatist violence, the state's only 5-star ...
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A VIP high-rise headed for thin air
It could have been THE address, north of Chandigarh's upscale areas. However, even before the first brick for the controversial Tata Camelot housing project could be laid, the project is headed to becoming history with Punjab's influential politicians pulling out of it. Cutting across party lines and ideologies, over 100 influential politicians had got together and formed the Punjab MLAs ...
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`Unwell Advani not to meet RSS chief
A meeting between Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani was called off Wednesday after the party leader reported "unwell", said party sources. Bhagwat, who played a key role in stopping a sulking L.K. Advani from quitting key BJP posts, was to meet Advani here. However, the meeting was called off later, after Advani reported ...
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The film industry means everything to me Akshay Kumar
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar credits the film industry for all the name, fame, accolades, adulation, lifestyle and luxury that he has garnered in over two decades, saying filmdom "means a lot" to him. Ever since he started with "Saugandh" in 1991, he has never looked back and the career graph of the 45-year-old has always spiralled up. "This is my bread and butter. This is where I startedI ...
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Indias Oscar-winning smiling Pinki to flip toss at Wimbledon finals
Pinki Sonkar, the main protagonist of Oscar winning movie Smile Pinki, is all set to travel from the obscure lanes of a village in northern India to the most coveted event in the English summer calendar - Wimbledon. Commenting on these latest developments, the 11-year-old girl's plastic surgeon, Dr. Subodh Kumar Singh shared his views with the mediapersons at Varanasi on Tuesday (June 18). In ...
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Community radio reporters acting as climate change communication agents in Central India
Climate change is real. For an emerging economy like India with a large population directly dependent on natural resources for their sustenance, the changing climate is causing severe economic, environmental and social challenges. Bundelkhand, a semi - arid region comprising of 13 districts in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh is one of the most climate sensitive areas in ...
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All will be consulted on seaplane service Kerala minister
Kerala Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar Wednesday said that all stakeholders would be taken into confidence regarding the operations of a sea plane service in the state's picturesque backwaters. "I assure the assembly that we will not do anything that would affect any community in the state. All the stakeholders in the fishing sector as well as legislators will be taken into confidence. We will ...
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Dad Shatrughan eager to watch Sonakshis Lootera
Sonakshi Sinha says her father, veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha is very happy with the promotional trailer of her forthcoming film "Lootera", and that he is eager to watch the movie. "He (dad) is very happy. The promo of 'Lootera' first came on internet, till that time it was not aired on TV, so he called one of his friends and said, 'Load this! I have to see the trailer'. He was very happy when ...
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UP offers Rs.25 crore aid to Uttarakhand
The Uttar Pradesh government Wednesday announced a Rs.25 crore ($4.2 million) financial aid to the rain ravaged Uttarakhand. Expressing his condolences on the large scale loss of life and property in the cloud burst and incessant rains, which washed away hundreds and damaged more than 500 roads and uprooted bridges, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said he was extremely distressed at the natural ...
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With Meri Bhabhi Esha Kansara wants to break past image
TV actress Esha Kansara, who played the strong-headed Devki in "Mukti Bandhan", says she wanted to break the image of her past character with a new show. She now features as the fun-loving Kritika in "Ek Nanad Ki Khushiyon Ki Chaabi...Meri Bhabhi", and says her role is very different. "The very first thing (that made me take up the show) was that the character is different. Devki was a strong ...
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My biggest achievement is not getting typecast Sonam Kapoor
If she played a high-on-fashion girl in "Aisha", she even essayed a simple girl in "Delhi-6" and "Mausam". Actress Sonam Kapoor, who will now be seen in her forthcoming film "Raanjhanaa", says she considers it a big achievement that she has escaped being typecast in the film industry. "I don't compare my life with the success ratio. I am not getting typecast and that's my biggest achievement. I ...
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My moustache will become popular after Issaq Ravi Kishan
Bhojpuri superstar Ravi Kishan, who plays a negative role in forthcoming movie "Issaq", sports a thick and long handlebar moustache in the movie. He says whether his role becomes popular or not, his moustache will have its own fan following post the movie's release. "The credit goes to director Manish Tiwary. He wanted my moustache to touch my ears and there was a lot of debate also on this. ...
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India delivers indelible ink for Cambodian polls
Some 40,000 bottles of indelible ink, donated by the Indian government, were delivered to Cambodia's National Election Committee (NEC) Wednesday for use in general elections July 28. The poll panel accepted the ink from Indian Ambassador to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik. NEC's chairman Im Suosdey said the ink cost $877,800, and each bottle contains 70 cc, reported Xinhua. "The Indian government ...
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Yamuna in spate crosses danger mark in Delhi
The muddy, swirling waters of the Yamuna river were flowing over the danger mark Wednesday, leading to the closure of the city's 145-year-old railway bridge, and forced the evacuation of 2,000 families living along the river banks. The landmark double-decker rail-cum-road bridge, built in 1868 and connecting sprawling capital city to its eastern part, has been closed for vehicular traffic, an ...
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Karnataka MLAs were frugal in their poll spending
Fighting and winning Karnataka assembly poll on an average costs just about Rs.700,000, less than half of the Election Commission-imposed upper limit of Rs.16 lakh (Rs.1.6 million), says an NGO after analyzing the expense statements of recently elected state law makers. A study of the expense declarations of 213 of the 224 newly- elected members of the legislative assembly (MLA) showed the ...
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BJP to sit in Bihar opposition
Ahead of the trust vote Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sught in the assembly Wednesday, friend-turned-foe BJP has said it is prepared to sit in the opposition. "After sharing power with the ruling JD-U for over seven-and-half years, BJP will sit in opposition," Bihar BJP president Mangal Pandey said. BJP legislators have elected Nand Kishore Yadav as leader of opposition in the state ...
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India clears Pakistani panels Mumbai visit to probe 2611 attacks
India has given consent to Pakistani authorities probing the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks to visit the country and cross-examine witnesses. A dossier of related documents has also been sent by the Indian Government to the National Crisis Management Cell (NCMC) of the Ministry of Interior. An eight-member panel from Pakistan had visited Mumbai in April 2012 to cross-examine four key witnesses of ...
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Samantha keen on doing small-budget films
She has her hands full for this year, but southern actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu, who has worked with big stars and banners in the past, is now keen to explore small-budget films with exciting scripts in the next year. She is currently busy shooting for three big Telugu projects - "Manam" with Akkineni Nagarjuna, "Attarintiki Daaredhi" with Pawan Kalyan and "Ramayya Vasthavayya" with Junior ...
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Pleasant day in Delhi
New Delh June 19 (IANS) It was a pleasant morning in the capital Wednesday with the minimum temperature settling at 24.8 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average. The Met Office has forecast light rains in some areas of the city. "The skies will be partly cloudy with light rain expected in some areas of the city," an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said. The ...
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Savoy beckons in summer and in monsoons
I had never been advised to visit a hill station in this fashion. The e-mail from an itinerant friend read: "The Savoy in Mussoorie, which was once better than the Savoy on the Strand in London, is promising to recapture its old form when it re opens. Earlier we visited Mussoorie. Now we must visit the Savoy, because Mussoorie is too crowded. Earlier, Savoy was the most elegant hotel in an ...
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Tensions raised over translocation plans for Asiatic lions
In the tranquil wilderness of the Gir forest sanctuary one would never think a political storm was raging over a proposal to move some of the endangered lions that inhabit the reserve.
As the sun sets over the lush, sprawling forest in Gujarat where India’s only Asiatic lions live, they wander majestically through the wild, unaware of the conflict they are creating between Gujarat, the central government and other states that want to share in some of their success. Read more
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