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Think or blink!!!

Very true... since they have been made the heroes NOW! :clap2:


 [h=3]No more dark villains in films today, feels Prem Chopra[/h] Mumbai, Oct 9 (IANS) Veteran actor Prem Chopra, best known for his negative roles in films like "Kati Patang", "Dostana", "Kranti" and "Phool Bane Angaarey", says films nowadays don't feature "purely dark villians" as they are showed in more of "grey shades". Like heroes, the negative character are also in the shades of grey today," Prem said in a statement. The 80-year-old will next be seen in "Udanchhoo" playing the role of 'Baba G'.

IANS India Private Limited/Yahoo India News
 
...and Kim the First Lady??? :faint:

[h=3]Kanye West for president? Obama has some words of advice[/h] President Barack Obama poked a litte fun at rapper Kanye West on Saturday for saying he planned to run for the White House and offered some tongue-in-cheek advice on how to achieve a successful political career. "First of all, you’ve got to spend a lot of time dealing with some strange characters who behave like they’re on a reality TV show. So you’ve just to be cool with that," Obama said to laughter from a crowded theater where he was headlining a fundraiser. West is married to reality TV star Kim Kardashian.
Reuters
 
Not just Egocentric but Universe-centric :frusty:

 [h=3]Hummer case shows rich getting egocentric: Supreme Court[/h] Expressing concern that the rich were becoming “megalomaniacs”, the Supreme Court Friday rejected the bail plea of Kerala businessman Mohammed Nisham, who was jailed for allegedly crushing to death a security guard with his Hummer SUV over delay in opening the gates of his apartment. An allegedly inebriated Nisham reportedly assaulted the security guard, Chandrabose, and rammed his Hummer into him following an argument over delay in opening the gates at a posh residential township in Thrissur on January 29. Nisham approached the apex court after the Thrissur district court and the High Court rejected his bail plea.

The Indian Express
 
WHAT if they choose to pay the extra-charge and :popcorn:

discharge the CO and CO2 all the same?? :smokin:

[h=3]India court approves 'pollution toll' to clean choking Delhi[/h] Diesel-guzzling trucks and commercial vehicles in India will soon have to pay a surcharge for entering New Delhi, after the country's top court Friday approved a trial plan to improve the capital's notoriously filthy air. Successive Delhi governments have been criticised for failing to curb pollution from industry and chronic traffic in the city of 17 million, ranked as having the world's worst air quality by the World Health Organisation. Acting on a petitioner's plea, the Supreme Court approved an extra charge of 700 rupees ($11) on light commercial vehicles and 1,300 rupees on large trucks entering Delhi.

AFP
 
Vishaym irunthaal viLambaram vendaam!!! :nono:

[h=3]Talvar' registers steady business with Rs.17.05 crore[/h] New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Director Meghna Gulzar's "Talvar", starring Irrfan Khan and Konkona Sen Sharma, is going strong with word of mouth publicity as the reality drama has amassed over Rs.17 crore since its release on October 2. The film, which has received critical acclaim, unfolds three scenarios of the 2008 murder of 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar and her family's domestic servant Hemraj on the silver screen. Confirming the news, Priti Shahani, the co-producer of "Talvar", said: "We are overwhelmed by the response that 'Talvar' has garnered in it's first week and are really excited for the days to come as the word of mouth around 'Talvar' is going really strong.
IANS India Private Limited/Yahoo India News
 
Will become BIG business..thanks to the Big Bazaar! :)

 [h=3]Future Group partners Patanjali; eyes Rs.1,000 crore business[/h] New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Kishore Biyani-led Future Group said on Friday it has entered into a marketing partnership with Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved to sell its products and expects to do business worth Rs.1,000 crore in the next 20 months. "We will sell Patanjali products under this partnership. Within the next 20 months, we will jointly do a business of Rs.1,000 crore." Patanjali products will be available in all Future Group retail outlets in 240 cities.

IANS India Private Limited/Yahoo India News

 
Now all we have to do is to crown the one who made the weirdest comment on rape! :drama:

 [h=3]Activist Annie Raja condemns Karnataka Home Minister's bizarre remark on rape[/h] New Delhi,0ct.9 (ANI): Social activist Annie Raja on Friday condemned Karnataka Home Minister K.J. George's remark that a rape done by two men does not constitute a gang rape. The Karnataka Home Minister had earlier said that he does not consider a rape as 'gang-rape' unless more than two people are involved. "How is it a gang-rape if two people rape?

ANI
 
How about the manpower to control the prospective trouble makers??? :suspicious:



  • [h=3]Won't permit politics over art culture and music: Delhi Tourism Min[/h] New Delhi, Oct. 9 (ANI): Delhi Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra, who met Ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali in the national capital on Friday, said that politics over 'art, culture and music' would not be permitted in the state at any cost and added that the entire controversy was not the example of an 'ideology' but of politics. "It was great meeting Ghulam Ali today and he has agreed to perform in Delhi. The BJP and the Shiv Sena have failed on the matter of governance and to divert people's attention from that, they are indulging in these kinds of politics," Mishra told ANI here.

    ANI
 
That is the gist of the problem. Neither country wants Minus-Kashmir!!! :(

 [h=3]No talks with India minus Kashmir: Pakistan[/h] Islamabad, Oct 10 (IANS) Pakistan won't hold any more talks with India without Jammu and Kashmir on the agenda, it was reported on Saturday. "The civil and military leadership has ruled out any talks with India without Kashmir on the agenda," The Nation reported, a day after Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high-level meeting. Ahead of the meeting, army chief General Raheel Sharif held a one-on-one meeting with Sharif.

IANS India Private Limited/Yahoo India News
 
When will I get to see them??? :noidea:

[h=3]Disney announces release dates of 19 movies[/h]Walt Disney company has announced the release dates for 19 movies through the year 2020 and this includes ‘Cars 3’ and ‘The Incredibles 2.’ Disney has also moved ‘Toy Story 4’ back by a year, from June 16, 2017, to June 15, 2018. The 19 dates included six Marvel titles — ‘Ant—Man’ sequel, ‘Black Panther,’ ‘Captain Marvel’ and three untitled films as part of its plans for Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ will hit theatres on July 6, 2018, while the three untitled Marvel Studios films will release on May 1, 2020, July 10, 2020, and Nov. 6, 2020. Disney and Marvel have also opted to move ‘Black Panther’ forward five months from July 6, 2018, to February 16, 2018.

[COLOR=#1E7D8E !important]The Hindu
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Make sure the brides don't get mixed up! :rolleyes:

[h=3]In Surat, 42 women from Odisha set to tie the knot with Patidars[/h]Come October 16, 42 women from Odisha’s Kurmi community will tie the knot with Patidar men at a mass marriage ceremony in Surat. The selection of the eligible Patel bachelors was done at a two-day “swayamvar”, organised by the Samast Patidar Samaj (SPS) in Katargam area of Surat, that ended Saturday. Such weddings were started two years ago as an “experiment” by the SPS, a social group of Leuva and Kadva Patels, to overcome the problem of “bride shortage” in the Patidar community because of the skewed sex ratio.

[COLOR=#1E7D8E !important]The Indian Express[/COLOR]
 
The real brain -drain leaving behind the holder of that brain in his native land! :rolleyes:

 [h=3]Witches and thrones: Indian animators cash in on special effects boom[/h] By Nivedita Bhattacharjee MUMBAI (Reuters) - They call themselves Hollywood's best-kept secret: India's animators, long-time partners for the likes of Walt Disney Co , are reaping the rewards of surging demand for visual effects and gaining the confidence to venture out on their own. India's animation industry generated revenue worth 44.9 billion rupees ($675.7 million) in 2014, a 13 percent increase from the previous year, according to data from a FICCI-KPMG report on India's media and entertainment industry. The industry is expected to double in size to 95.5 billion rupees within five years, as Hollywood studios tap a large pool of low-cost, English-speaking animators who are familiar with Western culture.
Reuters
 
Let me spread the good news! :horn:

 [h=3]Myneni becomes India's No. 2 singles tennis player[/h] Mumbai, Oct.12 (ANI): Tennis player Saketh Myneni has climbed to number two in India rankings in singles after reaching a career high ATP ranking of 168. Saketh has enjoyed a few good weeks on the ATP Challenger tour in both singles and doubles. Saketh's most impressive win was against 3rd seed and World No. 115 Evgeny Donskoy of Russia.

ANI
 
A refined way to protest and register unhappiness! :cool:



  • Kashmiri writer Ghulam Nabi Khayal also gives up his Sahitya Akademi award
    Srinagar, 0ct.13 (ANI): Prominent Jammu and Kashmir writer and journalist Ghulam Nabi Khayal on Tuesday decided to return his Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the growing intolerance in the country. "I have been watching the situation across the whole of India for the last one-year since the BJP took over at the Centre. Terming incidents like the Dadri lynching, the ink attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni and Shiv Sena succeeding in cancelling a Ghulam Ali concert in Mumbai as barbaric, Khayal said any conscientious writer who believes in the freedom of writing, speech, expression and thought, would be advised to return the Sahitya Akademi award.

    ANI
 
White lies covering the black deaths??? :decision:

 [h=3]Staff deaths at leading hospital put India's TB battle in spotlight[/h] By Zeba Siddiqui MUMBAI (Reuters) - Campaigners and a former official overseeing Asia's largest tuberculosis hospital in Mumbai say staff deaths there are being under-reported, highlighting India's growing struggle to contain multi-drug resistant forms of the contagious, airborne disease. Many of India's toughest TB cases end up in the metal cots of the state-run Sewri Hospital, where on a recent Reuters visit open wards were lined with emaciated patients, many left alone by families scared by the disease and its stigma. Medical Superintendent Rajendra Nanavare, Sewri's top doctor, says an average of six patients a day die at the 1,200-bed hospital.

Reuters
 
A very distinguished family! :rolleyes:

[h=3]Mainpuri violence: Son arson accused, corporator mother, wife attack cops who went to arrest him[/h] Nine persons, including president of BJP’s Mainpuri city unit Rakesh Chandel, were arrested Sunday for their alleged role behind the violence in Karhal area over rumours of cow slaughter on Friday. A case has also been lodged against Prashant Yadav, brother of Nagar Panchayat chairman Sanjeev Kumar Yadav. BJP state president Laxmi Kant Bajpai said the party would protest against Chandel’s arrest and claimed the violence was triggered by public anger at “police failure to nab cow slaughterers”.

The Indian Express

 
Rallies are bad enough and surely rallies without permission can only be worse! :nono:

 [h=3]Varanasi violence- Admn sends notice to Cong: ‘seek permission before you take out rallies’[/h] The Varanasi district administration has sent notice to Congress MLA Laliteshpati Tripathi and several other of its local leaders, asking them to obtain permission before holding any public meeting or taking out mass processions in the city. The administration’s move came in the wake of the Congress’s local unit taking out processions every day since October 7, with a “peace march” scheduled for October 14 where demand for the withdrawal of cases against the saints and party leaders following the October 5 violence would be raised. Varanasi Additional District Magistrate (City) Vindhyawasini Rai said that the notice has been issued to several Congress leaders for violating the imposition of Section 144 of CrPC.

The Indian Express
 
The world is not safe anymore... may be it never was! :(

 [h=3]Before BRT shooting, suspects robbed woman[/h] Barely two hours before shooting at a car’s occupants and injuring two of them in Greater Kailash’s BRT corridor Wednesday night, the two bike-borne suspects allegedly robbed a woman in Nizamuddin area after firing twice in the air, police sources said Sunday. After stopping them, the pillion rider got down and asked her to roll down the car window, said sources. The woman’s husband told the police the bike used by the two suspects was yellow in colour and had no registration plate.

The Indian Express
 
A comedy on death??? :wacko:

 [h=3]A whacky comedy on death by Kalki Koechlin[/h] New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS) As Kalki Koechlin made her directorial debut with the play "The Living Room", the actor, who doesn't shy away from experimentation, is reinventing herself in another role. The play, which deals with the perennial debate of life versus death, was staged at the India Habitat Centre here as part of the ongoing Old World Theatre festival. Death is real in "The Living Room" as played by Niel Bhuplam.

IANS India Private Limited/Yahoo India News
 
Grinning and bearing it may be easier than baring it and get grilled! :scared:



  • [h=3]Exclusive: Nearly one third of G20 women harassed at work but few speak out - survey[/h] By Nita Bhalla DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Nearly one third of women in G20 countries have faced harassment at work but most suffer in silence, although Indian women are most likely to report it after a fatal gang-rape in 2012 sparked widespread protests about sex abuse, a poll reveals on Tuesday. A survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The Rockefeller Foundation found women saw harassment as the third most challenging issue in the workplace after work-life balance and the gender pay gap. The poll, conducted by Ipsos MORI, found 29 percent of women working in the Group of 20 leading economies have faced physical or online harassment at work - but of these 61 percent said they never or rarely reported harassment.
    Reuters
 
Was wool pulled over their eyes all these days/ weeks/ months/ years??? :shocked:
[h=3]Police probe alleged fraud at Bank of Baroda[/h] Bank of Baroda said on Monday it had suspended two senior bank employees at one of its branches in Delhi as part of a police investigation into suspected money laundering involving some 60 billion rupees ($927 million). Executive director B. B. Joshi told Reuters the bank, India's second largest state-run lender, does not expect any financial loss from to the alleged fraud, which police say involves 59 account holders and several bank officials. Bank of Baroda shares were trading at 174.55 rupees, down 4.2 percent by 0554 GMT, while the Nifty edged up about 0.1 percent.

Reuters

 
May be Dudes will replace those Nudes! :rolleyes:

[h=3]No more nudes in Playboy magazine, centerfold's future at risk - report[/h] Now readers of Playboy, the glossy men's magazine known for its nude fold-outs, can honestly say they are buying the magazine for its articles. Playboy will no longer publish nude photographs of women, the New York Times reported on Monday in an article quoting Scott Flanders, the company's chief executive. Founder and editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner, 89, who in his trademark silk pajamas has embodied the Playboy lifestyle, agreed last month with a suggestion by top editor Cory Jones to stop publishing images of naked women, the Times said.

Reuters

 

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