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Month: August 2014
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Ricky Gervais to reprise David Brent character from ‘The Office’
Washington, August 6 (ANI): Ricky Gervais is set to reprise his character of David Brent of the original version of the TV series ‘The Office’ in the movie ‘Life on the Road’, which will be produced by BBC Films in the U.K next year. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Gervais will be catching up with his character over a decade after ‘The Office’ ended in December 2003. BBC Films, which has not yet announced whether the film will be getting a theatrical release or will be made purely for TV, said that viewers will find out what happened to Brent in the last 15 years since his redundancy from his beloved Wernham Hogg.
LS Speaker to Congress: Give examples of communal violence, don’t make general statements
New Delhi, Aug. 6 (ANI): Rubbishing accusations of partiality by the Congress, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan on Wednesday said that people should first give examples of specific incidents of communal violence, and not make general statements. “People should first give examples of specific incidents of communal violence, and don’t make general statements,” said Mahajan. Earlier today, uproar prevailed in the Lok Sabha, as the Congress Party demanded a debate on rising incidents of communal violence across the country through an adjournment motion. Leader of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, party MP MI Shahnawaz and party whip K C Venugopal demanded the discussion on the issue, failing which they would seek suspension of Question Hour for taking up the adjournment motion.
Hollywood films fail to represent ‘real-life diversity’ in US
London, Aug 06 (ANI): A new study has revealed that Hollywood films still do not completely reflect diversity in US. It was found that in 2013, Hispanic actors played only 4.9 percent of speaking parts in movies, despite making up more than 16 percent of the population and Black actors were cast only in 14.1 percent of roles and 17 percent of films had no black speaking characters, the BBC reported. It was also found that if a film had a black director, more black actors were likely to be involved.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan policeman turned his gun on his colleagues at a police checkpoint in the country’s south, killing seven policemen, a provincial official said Wednesday. The incident late Tuesday night in the Uruzgan provincial capital of Tirin Kot was the latest among so-called insider attacks in which Afghan forces or gunmen in Afghan police or army uniforms turn their weapon on Afghan colleagues or NATO allies.
Finally, a film on ‘Komagata Maru’ incident
Mumbai, Aug 6 (IANS) The tragic Komagata Maru incident, whose 100th anniversary falls this year, is finally going to unfold on the big screen as part of a co-production treaty signed between India and Canada. Confirming these details, a source from Canada said, “It (‘Komagata Maru’) would now be a $22 million Indo-Canada production to be directed by an A-lister from Hollywood.” “It will have one top Indian actor playing a Sikh. One top Japanese actor and one Hollywood actor, besides many other prominent actors from India, Canada and the US.” Komagata Maru was a Japanese ship hired by a Malaysia-based wealthy Sikh Gurdit Singh in 1914 to forcibly bring 376 Indians, mostly Sikhs, into Canada to challenge racist laws of that time.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. officials prepared Wednesday to fly the body of a two-star general slain in an Afghan “insider attack” back home, as a similar attack saw an Afghan police officer drug and shoot dead seven of his colleagues, authorities said. The investigation into the killing of Maj. Gen. Harold J. Greene, the highest-ranked U.S. officer to be slain in combat since 1970 in the Vietnam War, continued Wednesday without any clear answers into why a man dressed in an Afghan army uniform opened fire. The shooting wounded about 15 people, including a German general and two Afghan generals.
Rajnath Singh defends PM, says he is neither communal nor a dictator
New Delhi, August 6 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today defended Prime Minister Narendra Modi by saying that the country knows that the PM is neither a dictator nor communal. His comments came after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today alleged discrimination by saying that the opinions of his party are not being heard in the Parliament and that the new government does not encourage any form of discussion over any issue. Rahul Gandhi also said that only one man’s voice counts in Parliament. If such were the case, he would have not gotten such a huge mandate from the people of the country.” Singh also commented on the ruckus in the Lok Sabha led by Congress leaders while demanding a debate on the rising incidents of communal violence across the country through an adjournment motion.
Arun Jaitley lashes out at Rahul Gandhi, Congress over partiality accusation
New Delhi, August 6 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today lashed out at the Congress Party’s allegations of not being allowed to speak in the House by stating that there was not a single instance where they were not being allowed to raise issues. Jaitley told reporters, “The question is why has the Congress party made an issue out of a non-issue? A section of the leadership of the Congress party, because of its inability to lead, has been under pressure.” Unsparing in his criticism of the party, Jaitley added, “They have been facing a palace coup. Jaitley also stressed that it was time for the Congress party to introspect itself.