BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi courted arrest on Thursday as a part of the Bharat bandh. ...
03:43 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The bandh called by NDA and Left parties to protest the hike in petrol prices did not evoke much response in the national capital though party supporters blocked traffic in some places. Small shops were seen open in many areas in the morning while commuters complained that there were less autos on roads as number of auto and taxi unions have joined the protest. BJP activists led by...
11:04 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi courted arrest in Delhi during the Bharat bandh protesting against the petrol price hike. Naqvi tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). Before courting arrest, Naqvi told CNN-IBN, "Reports suggest that the bandh is a success. These protests are a show that the common man won't tolerate price hikes. I appeal to all...
10:44 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav was detained on Thursday in Bihar while he tried to enforce the Bharat bandh. JD(U)'s women's wing also stalled traffic on rail route in Patna. BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi also courted arrest in Delhi. He tweeted, "I am arrested, While taking part in protest program against Petrol price rise, @ akshardham." (sic). In Allahabad, Samajwadi Party workers, too, jammed the Delhi-Howrah rail route...
10:30 AM, May 31, 2012
Shiv Sena workers are expected to come out on the streets to hold rallies while the dabbawalas too have joined the strike. ...
10:06 AM, May 31, 2012
Ahmedabad: The UPA government is likely to fall in 2013 and the country will have to face the mid term polls, BJP national vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi claimed on Wednesday. "There is every possibility that allies of Congress that are present in UPA today will desert the government due to large-scale corruption, price rise and policy and decision paralysis that has plagued this government," he said. "This government is likely...
03:30 AM, May 31, 2012
Producer Bandla Ganesh has rebuffed the rumour doing the rounds that Malaika Arora Khan was paid Rs. 1 crore for Kevvu Keka song in 'Gabbar Singh'. "There is no truth in this," he categorically stated yesterday, without revealing the remuneration paid to the Munni sensation. He also revealed that many sizzlers were approached for the song. "But we finally zeroed in on Malaika," he said. Natalia Kaur was one among...
01:17 PM, May 30, 2012
Shruti Haasan has been talked-about for playing a traditional Telugu girl's role in 'Gabbar Singh'. She thanks the director for sketching the character, Bhagya Lakshmi, and says that it is a "big plus" for her career. Praising Devi Sri Prasad she picks Pilla and Dil Se numbers as the best ones. As of Pawan Kalyan, she finds him both intelligent and nice. "He was a supporting co-star. I learned a...
03:30 PM, May 26, 2012
Washington: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in Chicago to attend the crucial NATO Summit which is expected to take important decisions with regard to the future of Afghanistan, where the stakes of Islamabad are very high. Zardari is accompanied by Foreign Minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, and the Foreign Secretary, Jalil Abbass Jilani, besides his spokesman Farhatullah Babar. His first scheduled appointment with the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh...
05:12 PM, May 20, 2012
Shruti Haasan took up acting only after she made her presence felt in music arena. Now that she has established herself as an actress, the young gun is back at working on her passion - music. Yes, Shruti is all set to launch an album soon. Confirming this, the composer of 'Unnaipol Oruvan' says, "I have gained confidence to work on a music album on my own. I am joining...
10:11 AM, May 20, 2012
Puri Jagannadh is not at all worried about the peak expectations from cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu. It is because he has immense faith in the story of the film, which will go on the floors in the month of June. When PJ narrated the story to Pawan Kalyan recently, the latter was visibly thrilled and excited. He said to the director that the story was hair-raising. "After listening to my...
11:24 AM, May 18, 2012
Shruti Haasan feels that Pawan Kalyan is unlike the character he played in Gabbar Singh. Far from being crazy (as claimed by his character in the film), he is in fact soft-natured. The actress said to a Telugu daily that she enjoyed working with the superstar. "I watched the movie in a Mumbai theatre and was happy that Pawan was cheered by the audience. Dad (Kamal) has not watched the...
10:20 AM, May 18, 2012
The Antyakshari scene in Gabbar Singh has been receiving much attention for the fact that Pawan Kalyan used the scene to ridicule Rajshekar and Jeevitha. They will hit back was expected, though that they would make the ridiculous suggestion that Pawan mimicked Rajshekar so as to score a hit after a spate of flops is laughable. Speaking to a national daily, the couple said, "Siva Reddy had become popular and...
11:47 AM, May 17, 2012
When he put on the thinking cap to turn a lyricist for Pilla number in 'Gabbar Singh', Devi Sri Prasad might not have expected to pen simple yet poetic lyrics cushioned in entertaining metaphors. He brought his breezy musical style to writing lyrics. What came as a surprise to the new lyricist is the fact that the song had thoroughly entertained even the likes of Sitarama Sastry. This eminent lyricist...
11:12 AM, May 17, 2012
Having collected almost Rs 16 crore in its opening weekend, 'Gabbar Singh' is being touted as actor Pawan Kalyan's comeback in Tollywood, after a string of flops. ...
05:40 PM, May 16, 2012
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