Goa: MLAs to be fined for violating traffic rule Panaji: Nine legislators who violated traffic rules last week and rode to the State Legislative Assembly complex in Panaji without wearing helmet, will be issued challans, a senior official said on Monday. Transport Director Arun Desai said the Enforcement wing of the transport department has already procured the documents of the bikes which were rode by the legislators.

On Friday, the erring legislators arrived at the Assembly session, riding five bikes crossing national highway without wearing helmet. "All the legislators have approached us with documents," Desai said, adding the issue was already discussed with State Transport Minister Ramakrishna Dhavalikar.

"We will issue them challans as per MV Act," the minister said. Five BJP legislators Glenn Ticlo, Pramod Sawant, Michael Lobo, Nilesh Cabral and Carlose Almeida; three independents Avertano Furtado (state labour minister), Rohan Khaunte and Naresh Sawal, and Goa Vikas Party legislator Fransisco Miccky Pacheco were violators.

The bikes were rode by Ticlo, Furtado, Khaunte, Pacheco and Almeida. Almeida was riding a bike without number plate, while Pacheco had a number plate only at the rear side and Khaunte s bike had number plate which was not as per the prescribed format....more    
12:24 PM, Apr 08, 2013

Nakul is a very energetic actor: Arivazhagan
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The actor will be seen in director Arivazhagan Venkatachalam's next 'Vallinam'. ...  
04:44 PM, Mar 16, 2013

Actors Sai, Dileep, Sriraj team up for a Telugu film Debutant Subramanyam Paccha has earlier worked as an assistant director in films such as 'Sagar', 'Ushakiran' and 'Sravanti'. ...  
02:46 PM, Mar 05, 2013

Tashu Koushik wants to do realisitc cinema
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As much she loves picking up glamorous roles, southern actress Tashu Kaushik says she loves doing more realistic cinema. ...  
03:55 PM, Feb 18, 2013

'Mahankali' to be released on March 2 Jeevitha Rajasekhar is the director of the film. It is produced by Y Surender Reddy and A Paramdhama Reddy. ...  
06:25 PM, Feb 12, 2013

Yama is the most celebrated god on Telugu films
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Yama, the god of death, has featured prominently in several successful socio-fantasy films like 'Yama Leela'. ...  
04:20 PM, Dec 11, 2012

Telugu movie 'Mr Money' set to launch by Dec end Produced by Mandadi Aravind Reddy the movie has Naveen and Alekhya in the lead roles ...  
08:39 PM, Dec 08, 2012

Kerala: IOC silent on compensation to Chala fire victims Kannur: The Indian Oil Corporation remains non-committal on giving compensation to the victims of the gas tanker lorry disaster even more than two weeks after the tragedy which claimed the lives of 20 persons including women and children at Chala here. The director board of the IOC, which met in Mumbai on Friday, didnt consider the proposal for giving compensation to the victims and their families. The report concerning the...  
01:50 PM, Sep 17, 2012

Video: Trailer of Telugu film 'Rebel' Rebel is a forthcoming Telugu action film written and directed by Raghava Lawrence. The film stars Prabhas, Tamannaah, Deeksha Seth and Krishnam Raju in lead roles. ...  
04:40 PM, Sep 15, 2012

Bangalore: Filmmaker leaves a mark in 16 mins Bangalore: To tell seven stories in 16 minutes is a formidable task " particularly when they are not ordinary stories, but those of seven individuals, both young and old, who have Down Syndrome. But Bangalore-based filmmaker Pavitra Chalam has managed to pack all these tales quite eloquently into a 16-minute short film, so much so that it has managed to get over 17,000 hits on YouTube less than a week...  
01:37 PM, Aug 14, 2012

Mohanlal and Allu Arjun at the London Olympics The London Olympics' affinity with South Indian cinema is getting stronger. After the music of Ilayaraja and A R Rahman featured at the inaugural ceremony, some leading southern stars have headed to London to catch the live action. Top Malayalam star Mohanlal of 'Siraichalai' and 'Unnaipol Oruvan' fame, is in the United Kingdom with his family to watch the Olympics. Mohanlal recently posted photographs of himself and his wife Suchitra...  
11:46 AM, Jul 31, 2012

TN: Jayalalithaa sacks senior minister Sengottaiyan
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Chennai: In a surprise move, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday decided to drop senior minister KA Sengottaiyan and induct Thoppu ND Venkatachalam into her cabinet. According to a communication issued by Raj Bhavan, Tamil Nadu Governor K Rosaiah has accepted the recommendation of Jayalalithaa to drop Minister for Revenue Sengottaiyan from the council of ministers and to appoint Venkatachalam as the new revenue minister. The swearing-in ceremony...  
01:24 AM, Jul 19, 2012

Naresh to act in Satthi Babu's socio-fantasy film E Satthi Babu is directing a socio-fantasy flick with Allari Naresh as the hero. This is a graphics-significant film. Directed by Satti Babu, the film sees Sayaji Shinde in Yama's role. Ramya Krishna is playing his wife in the movie. Senior Naresh is doing a key role. Giri Babu, Krishna Bhagawan, Raghu Babu, Chalapathi Rao, Dharmavarapu, Bharath and others are part of the cast. To make sure that the end...  
06:04 PM, Jul 13, 2012

Kannada Review: 'Dandupalya' is not for weak hearts
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Directed by Srinivasa Raju, 'Dandupalya' is based on real-life incidents that occurred during the late 1980s and early 1990s when a notorious gang committed series of murders in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh (mostly in periphery of Bangalore and Kolar districts). The director has narrated the gang's spine-chilling encounters with innocent people in a realistic way. The film, which has a lot of lot of raw elements, narrates the criminal incidents,...  
06:27 PM, Jun 30, 2012

Sudigaadu: Shooting to wrap up by May 20 Allari Naresh's potential hit, Sudigaadu, will wrap up its shooting on May 20. 'Zara Zara, a song, was picurised on the hero and heroine (Monal Gajjar) and other dancers recently under the choreography direction of Prem Rakshit. The makers are planning to release the film in June. Directed by Bheemineni Srinivas, the film is done except for one song. Written by CS Amudhan (the film is an adaptation of Thamizh...  
01:11 PM, May 16, 2012

Achala Sachdev's funeral to be held in Pune Mumbai: Yesteryear actress Achala Sachdev, who featured in the popular song 'Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen' from the film 'Waqt', has died following a prolonged illness. She was 88. For the last seven months, the actress was bed-ridden at the Poona Hospital and Research Centre (PHRC), Pune. "She passed away due to respiratory failure at 5.30 PM yesterday. She was bed-ridden for about six months after she suffered a cerebrovascular (brain...  
05:48 PM, Apr 30, 2012

Bollywood actress Achala Sachdev passes away New Delhi: Bollywood actress Achala Sachdev died at a Pune hospital on April 30, 2012. Achala was 88 year old. Born in Peshawar, she made her Bollywood debut with 'Fashionable Wife' in 1938. The actress who was bed-ridden from past few months, worked in more than 130 Bollywood films. 'Haqeeqat', 'Waqt', 'Mera Naam Joker', 'Julie' are some of her most popular films. Her last Bollywood film was Hrithik Roshan starrer...  
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