Jaipur: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan is slated to meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in Jaipur on Wednesday in connection with his plea for speedy trial of female foeticide cases, official sources said on Tuesday night. Khan had said in a TV programme recently that he would request the Chief Minister to set up a special court for speedy trial of such cases in the state. Superstar Aamir Khan, whose...
11:40 PM, May 08, 2012
After the spirited success of his latest '22 Female Kottayam', director Aashiq Abu has announced his next. Also a seemingly different attempt, the movie has been interestingly titled as 'Da Thadiya'. Aashiq Abu will present two new faces Sekhar Menon and Sreenath Bhasi, the popular DJ's as heroes through this movie, which will be another unconventional flick from the director. To be scripted by his regular scriptwriters Abhilash Kumar, Dileesh...
01:55 PM, May 08, 2012
Just when you thought that the news media was dissipating itself in the purposeless eddies of irrelevance, trying to keep people excited without engaging them ...
03:16 PM, May 07, 2012
The new Aamir Khan show 'Satyamev Jayate' has once again ignited the debate on the female infanticide in the country, especially in the north, which is also called the Hindi belt. The opening episode of the show had mothers from different parts of rural and urban India talking about the pressure and the problems they faced for delivering a girl child. "If Partition was the silent holocaust, foeticide is our...
01:24 PM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: While Aamir Khan's television debut 'Satyamev Jayate' got a thumbs up from the film industry and a large number of viewers, but there are a set of people who believe that the show is overrated. First episode of Aamir's chat show Satyamev Jayate raised the issue of female foeticide in our country. Media reports claim that Aamir Khan is being paid Rs 3 crore per episode for hosting...
01:09 PM, May 07, 2012
Mumbai: Actor-producer Aamir Khan, whose 'Satyameva Jayate' saw its first episode, dealing with female foeticide, aired Sunday morning, said there was no villain in his show and nor was he advocating any solution but just bringing problems to the people's notice. "Doctors should not be blamed in this (female foeticide). Everyone involved in this are equally responsible. I don't understand why there is so much of fascination with boy child....
10:37 AM, May 07, 2012
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan finally made his television debut with the highly talked about television show 'Satyamev Jayate'. While Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khans game shows were high on entertainment value, Aamir chose to be different. His highly emotional chat show, aims at bringing a change in the society. Real people and real stories form the strength of 'Satyamev Jayate'. First episode of the show...
02:40 PM, May 06, 2012
Malayalam director Aashiq Abu's new film, '22 Female Kottayam', has received a good opening at the box-office. ...
05:30 PM, Apr 25, 2012
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made an appeal to the Kadva Patidar community to end female foeticide. "The act of female foeticide should not be there, instead birth of a girl child should become a matter of pride for the family," Modi said while inaugurating the community building of Kadva Patidar. He inaugurated the cultural hall and the community centre in Kudasan on Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad road, which has...
11:40 PM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: The government will on Friday release the revised consolidated foreign direct investment (FDI) policy paper, a ready reckoner for foreign investment related regulations. "This will incorporate all changes effected in FDI Policy...i.e. from October 1 to March 31," a Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) official said. The government in 2010 had decided to come out with consolidated FDI policy paper summarising all the regulations including those...
07:32 PM, Mar 29, 2012
In a state infamous for female foeticide, Prakash Kaur is mother to 60 abandoned girls in Jalandhar. ...
04:40 PM, Mar 24, 2012
New Delhi: The 90s rap star Baba Sehgal is back with Praji Kunjam Kunjam Control and hes got Twitter talking. Made to support the cause of saving the girl child " the song and the video has gotten everyone paying attention. For all the wrong reasons perhaps! The title of the song - 'Praji Kunjam Kunjam Control' roughly translates to 'Sir control a little'. Baba Sehgal has picked words from...
08:19 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday urged both men and women to change their mindset towards women so as to ensure empowerment of women in its true perspective. The desired results could not be achieved by enactment of laws and formulating schemes unless there was a change in the mindset, said Hooda addressing the Northern Regional Conference of Chandigarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and...
05:32 PM, Mar 20, 2012
New Delhi: Rupa Ganguly won a National Award for her songs Dure Kothao Dure Dure and Aaji Bijan Ghare. But the director of the movie Abosheshey had to say that quite an amount of serious convincing was needed to get the actress to lend her voice for the songs. The Bengali film Abosheshey has already created quite a buzz by bagging the Best Female Playback Singer award at the National...
05:53 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Islamabad: In a major step forward towards normalising business ties, the Indian government plans to bring changes in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) to allow investments from Pakistan, a senior government official said on Thursday. "Commerce ministry has sent a proposal to the finance ministry for change in FEMA rules to allow investments from Pakistan," said a senior official who is accompanying Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma on...
12:55 AM, Feb 17, 2012
Los Angeles: 'Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' star Rooney Mara has emerged as the most desirable Oscar-nominated actress this year, beating fellow nominees Michelle Williams and Jessica Chastain. The 26-year-old grabbed the third spot on AskMen's 2012 "99 Most Desirable Women" reader-generated list, reported Huffington Post. Playing one of America's most desirable icons in history in 'My Week With Marilyn' earned Michelle Williams a spot at No. 63. Chastain, nominated...
08:23 PM, Feb 02, 2012
New Delhi: The United Nations has released new data, which shows that India is the most dangerous place in the world for the girl child. An Indian girl child aged between 1 year to 5 years is 75 per cent more likely to die than an Indian boy of the same age, making India the worst gender differential in child mortality in the world. India and China are the only...
12:02 PM, Feb 01, 2012
When the idea was proposed to President Pratibha Patil, there was a lot of excitement at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. One thing that President Patil insisted upon was that children from all the strata of society are invited and that there is a particular emphasis on the female child. ...
12:10 PM, Jan 24, 2012
