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  • Dia Mirza clears the air about pending bills

    Actress Dia Mirza has spoken out against reports claiming she had not paid her water bills and says it happened because she was unaware they were pending bills. The incident came to the actress' notice after it was reported in the newspapers. "I am a law abiding citizen and the amount is not such that there can ever be a doubt I would try and avoid payment. The whole issue is a result of ...

  • Dabang Dolly tag makes Dolly happy

    After playing a woman who runs her own parlour and says 'cheers' with her mother-in-law in "Vicky Donor", Dolly Ahluwalia is being tagged as "Dabang Dolly" and is happy with the tag. "I am happy because if I am getting this tag at this age, then it's a good thing. I am the voice of all the women in the world," Dolly said at a press conference. She won a National Award for best supporting ...

  • Himachal proposes primate parks to contain monkey menace

    Himachal Pradesh has plans to develop primate parks by planting 10 lakh fruit-bearing trees, plants and shrubs to keep monkeys in their natural habitat. This fact came to light in a proposal on the ways to counter monkey menace in the state submitted in the Himachal Pradesh High Court Monday. "Killing or sterilisation of the animals (monkeys) is not the permanent solution," Advocate General ...

  • Save Bijlee Big B appeals to animal lovers

    What is Amitabh Bachchan concerned about? The ailing elephant Bijlee. He has appealed to animal lovers to rescue the tusker who had collapsed near Wockhardt Hospital in Mulund last week. In a series of tweets, the 70- year old said: "Attention! elephant 'Bijlee' lying collapsed in Mulund, suburb of Mumbai...she needs cure...will authorities please extend all help." He further tweeted: "There ...

  • Beautiful smile Dental makeover on the upswing

    For young or old, a visit to a dentist was seen as a painful experience. Only bleeding gums and toothaches could push people towards dental clinics. Things have changed now as growing numbers in India, conscious of the way their teeth appear, frequent dentists to get whitening, correction or decoration jobs. Ekta Chadha, smile designer at the Smile Studio, said: "There is a substantial growth ...

Movie Review

Picture Perfect

Much like this summer's earlier romantic comedy "My Best Friend's Wedding," "Picture Perfect" chronicles the adventures of an attractive, single, late-twenty-ish heroine who lies, connives, condescends, and abuses people to get what she wants. In "My Best Friend's Wedding," Julia Roberts wanted the man. In "Picture Perfect," Jennifer Aniston's Kate wants not just a man, but also a top-level job at ... ...

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  • Vaccination at frontiers to make India polio free

    To make the country polio-free, the central government has asked all the border states to step up thier vaccination efforts to cover all the children entering the country, a Tripura minister said Tuesday. "Following a World Health Organisation advisory, the (central) government has asked all the border states of the country to carry out non-stop polio vaccination among the children entering the ...

  • Enter filmdom with devotion Nageswara Rao Interview

    He was born in a farmer's family but grew up to be one of the country's acting legends. Akkineni Nageswara Rao believes one should enter films with "devotion" and not because it is the "fashion" to do so and says if you're popular, you're bound to be responsible for your actions. "You always carry huge responsibility as an actor when you become popular. One should be careful about his or her ...

  • BJP accuses Akhilesh government of being communal

    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday criticised the Akhilesh Yadav government and accused it of indulging in communal and appeasement politics. Pointing out how the Uttar Pradesh Police on a social network site had called rioters in Shamli agitating against rape of a minor girl as a 'Hindu girl', BJP state spokesman Vijay Bahadur Pathak said the fact that the UP government was trying to ...

  • Impasse in Kerala assembly over cheating case

    The impasse in the Kerala Assembly continued for the fourth day Tuesday with the opposition demanding that Chief Minister Oommen Chandy order a probe and quit office over his staff's involvement in a cheating case. The house was adjourned for the day. Within minutes of the assembly meeting for the question hour, opposition members started shouting anti-government slogans, forcing Speaker G. ...

  • Rishi Kapoor stuns Hollywood stunt directors

    At 60, Rishi Kapoor left Hollywood action directors Tom Struthers and John Street of "Inception" and "The Dark Knight Rises" fame, stunned. The veteran Bollywood actor is said to have performed a brilliantly executed action sequence on the sets of "D-Day" without any training or rehearsals. Rishi, who plays the character of Goldman, a most wanted criminal, was shooting for an action sequence ...

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