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11:43 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday granted permission to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute First Additional Special Judge for CBI cases T Pattabhirama Rao. He was suspended on Thursday by the Andhra Pradesh Chief Justice for alleged irregularities. The CBI is expected to register a case soon. The CBI has claimed that a deal of Rs 6 crore was struck between former Karnataka minister Gali...
08:41 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claims that a deal of Rs 6 crore was struck between former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and suspended CBI judge T Pattabhirama Rao for the former's bail. Rs 2.8 crore have been recovered from the locker of the suspended CBI judge's son, sources said on Friday. The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday night suspended the First Additional Special Judge for CBI...
07:07 PM, Jun 01, 2012
After the flop run of the recent movie 'Masters', all eyes were on Prithvi's latest 'Hero' which was supposed to celebrate the stardom and heroism of the young super star of Mollywood. No doubts about that, 'Hero' has plenty to rejoice and lap up for the devoted fans of the star's stunning well toned physique, handsome looks, loaded fights and punches that gets any villain land few metres away and...
04:49 PM, Jun 01, 2012
Urumi ('Pathinaindham Nootrandu Uraivaal') is an upcoming historical epic film made in Malayalam, Tamil and English. (Urumi means the weapon Surul Pattai in Tamil.) Though the film is seen as a Malayalam film its large canvas makes it a world film. The English version of the film has been titled 'Vasco Da Gama', while the Tamil version is 'Pathinaindham Nootrandu Uraivaal'. The film will have two versions for screening. One...
03:34 PM, Jun 01, 2012
As the Mollywood screens are bombarded with new generation flicks, which has also started mincing money, it seems that director Amal Neerad cannot wait with his usual styles. He will be back into the fray with a different movie titled 'Bachelor Party' which will get into theatres on the eighth of this June. Basically a road movie telling the plot of five friends, the movie has an impressive cast starring...
03:22 PM, Jun 01, 2012
'Radha Manoharam' is a musical romantic film to be directed by Siddhartha Bommagouni, who was associated with Pawan Kalyan as an assistant writer/director in the past. Siraj is debuting as the male lead. Music is composed by KM Radhakrishnan, this one is being made with high technical values. "The characters mirror the thinking of today's youngsters. This is a feel-good movie with a beautiful concept. There will be eight songs...
11:10 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Her cheery disposition and natty dressing made her the obvious choice for roles requiring a young, sprightly and even childish actor. After Sachin and Santosh Subramaniyam, it seemed like Genelia was willing to be pigeonholed with such roles. But with her performance as the Princess of Arakkal in Urumi, Genelia seems to have silenced critics with a sword. Urumi was the break that I was looking for, confesses the actor,...
05:45 PM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood filmmaker-turned actress Farah Khan has said she was surprised on being offered the lead role in Bela Sehgal's 'Shirin Farhad ki to nikal padi' as she thought 40-plus women were not in demand. "I was never waiting to act in movies. I was completely shocked that at this age, someone wanted me to act," Farah told reporters at the unveiling of the first look of the film here...
05:06 PM, May 31, 2012
After the not so encouraging responses that his new film 'The King and the Commissioner' has met at the Box Office, director Shaji Kailas is getting ready to make another try at the Box office with a new movie 'Simhasanam'. This time apart from calling the shots, Shaji will be also trying a hand at scriptwriting. Shaji Kailas who had earlier penned the stories for the movies like "Kiluukkampetty' and...
04:38 PM, May 31, 2012
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India is said to have flatly rejected the Andhra Pradesh government's plea to permit it to reduce sales tax on petrol by three per cent to "provide relief to people in view of the recent price hike." With a clear eye on the June 12 by-elections, state Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy directed officials of the Commercial Taxes Department to obtain permission from the...
01:33 AM, May 31, 2012
Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and state unit Congress president Manikrao Thakre on Wednesday targetted NCP for the party's debacle in recently held legislative council elections, almost putting the Sharad Pawar-led party on notice. "We decided to forget the past and fight the six legislative council polls from the local bodies constituencies with NCP. However our friends are not ready to give up their old habits. If this continues,...
01:16 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: First it was Vidya Balan and now it is Bill Gates who has come forward to extend support to Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh's sanitation drive. Gates, who has supported India's battle against polio, will now help alter behavioural patterns connected with sanitation. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Ramesh said, "We discussed how the Gates Foundation can support us in bringing behavioural changes along the lines of...
10:19 PM, May 30, 2012
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