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Ram Gopal Varma apologises for his derogatory Ganapti tweet

August 30, 2014 0

If becoming popular on Ganesh Chathurti was Ram Gopal Varma’s intention, he seems to have achieved the same with full distinction. The maverick director who today famously suffers from the ‘foot in his mouth’ syndrome almost caused a mini blasphemy when he posted a string of deplorable tweets that more or less seemed downright insulting if not more.

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Maybe I'll go bald for a film: Priyanka Chopra

August 30, 2014 0

Priyanka Chopra, who has managed to pull off different looks in her over decade-long movie career, has sported a bald look for her forthcoming film “Mary Kom“. The actress, who didn’t actually shave off her head, says she may considering going bald if an entire film requires her to do so.

For “Mary Kom“, which releases Sep 5, the requirement was only for a scene.

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Hitler’s home set to become ‘House of Responsibility’ museum dedicated to his crimes

August 30, 2014 0

London, Aug 30 (ANI): Austria authorities have decided to turn Adolf Hitler’s home, located in the upper-Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, into a museum called as “House of Responsibility”, which would be dedicated to his crimes against humanity committed during the Third Reich. The two-storey “Hitler house” is in the centre of Braunau am Inn on Austria’s border with Germany. Andreas Maislinger, the Austrian historian behind the “House of Responsibility” project said he have been told by leading Braunau town association members that they would back the scheme.

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AAP greedy for power, claims Congress in wake of Kumar Vishwas-BJP link controversy

August 30, 2014 0

New Delhi, Aug.30 (ANI): The Congress Party said on Saturday that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) remains greedy for power. Responding to allegations that AAP leader Kumar Vishwas had been approached by the Bharatiya Janata Party to join it, Congress leader Mukesh Sharma said, that if this was true, then the AAP must reveal the name of the BJP MP. “Kumar Vishwas must reveal the name of the person, he is a big leader of AAP,and it is famous about the AAP, that they first do the sting operation and later on start the discussion. So, it is obvious that Kumar Vishwas must have made the video of that conversation.

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BJP on back foot, does not want elections in Delhi, says Tariq Anwar

August 30, 2014 0

Nagpur, Aug. 30 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Tariq Anwar on Saturday alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not want elections to take place in Delhi as they have now realized that the coming days are not good for them. Reaction to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas’s claims that a BJP leader offered him the Delhi Chief Minister’s post immediately after the Lok Sabha elections, Anwar said the saffron party is indulging in horse-trading to form the government in Delhi.

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Anwar hopes PM Modi is successful in taking Japanese help to boost India’s economic policy

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Nagpur, Aug. 30 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Tariq Anwar on Saturday said he hopes Prime Minister Narendra Modi is successful in taking Japanese assistance to boost the country’s economic policy during his visit. “He is visiting Japan on a foreign tour. We expect that he would be successful in taking help from Japan to boost India’s economic policy,” Anwar told ANI when asked to comment on the Prime Minister’s visit to Japan.

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BJP rubbishes Kumar Vishwas’ claims as ‘baseless’

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New Delhi, Aug.30 (ANI): Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Satish Upadhyay said today that allegations made by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas are baseless and aimed at stirring up controversy. AAP leader Kumar Vishwas had claimed that a newly-elected BJP MP had asked him to join the BJP saying that Vishwas was “CM material”. Dismissing the AAP leader’s claims, BJP leader Satish Upadhyay said, “It seems that Kejriwal has written a new script for Kumar Vishwas.

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BJP hopes PM Modi’s Japan visit will boost economy, bilateral ties

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New Delhi, Aug. 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders said here on Saturday that they were looking forward to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Japan, as a way to not only enhance the nation’s economy, but also to boost cordial relations between the two countries. “Japan and India are two of the biggest democracies of Asia and two of the biggest economic powers of Asia and surely the kind of relation that PM Modi is trying to maintain with Japan will not only help the economy of this country but will also see to it that India and Japan move ahead together in a cordial atmosphere in Asia,” said BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra. “PM’s visit to Japan is being keenly looked forward to by both countries, and we are very hopeful that it will be termed as a historic visit,” added another BJP leader Nalin Kohli.

‘Mary Kom’ becomes tax-free in Maharashtra

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The much-talked about forthcoming flick starring Priyanka Chopra, ‘Mary Kom‘ is releasing on September 5. The fresh news update about the film revealed that ‘Mary Kom‘ has declared as tax-free in Maharashtra. The movie has also gained ‘U’ certification, as per the report.

‘Mary Kom‘ is another women-centric flick after Rani Mukherjee starrer ‘Mardaani‘ hit the screens on August 22. This biopic of Olympic boxing winner M. C. Mary Kom gained tax-free status in Maharashtra and the lead lady Priyanka Chopra took Twitter to post her feeling by saying that “Yay! #MaryKom declared tax free in Maharashtra a week before release! Amazing! #Sept5,” The other tweet PeeCee posted after the film getting ‘U’ certification, said that “Awesome! ‘U’ certificate! Family movie #MaryKom,” On the other hand, the director Omung Kumar posted a tweet, “Mary Kom gets a ‘U’ certificate. More reach to us.”

Nimrat Kaur to portray Akshay Kumar’s wife in ‘Airlift’

August 30, 2014 0

We earlier reported about Akshay Kumar playing a billionaire businessman, who assists high-profile rescue operation in the upcoming film ‘Airlift‘. The film revolves around the biggest human evacuation of Indians from Kuwait during Iraq’s invasion of the nation in the year 1990. The makers intend to re-erect Kuwait’s war zones.

The further news update about the film revealed that Nimrat Kaur, who featured in the film ‘The Lunchbox‘ will be playing Akshay Kumar‘s wife as well as aide in ‘Airlift‘. Presently, Nimrat is busy shooting in Cape Town, South Africa for Emmy-award winning series Homeland. It is being said that Akshay will be co-producing this film. ‘Airlift‘ is expected to hit the floors in May 2015 and will be helmed by Raja Krishna Menon.