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If true, exit-polls indicate anti-incumbency was strong: NCP

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New Delhi, Oct.16 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Tariq Anwar on Thursday said if the exit poll predictions indeed turn out to be correct then it shows that anti-incumbency in Maharashtra was strong although not very visible.

Pilot funding returns arts to California prisons

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In this Sept. 30, 2014, photo, inmates apply make-up on their faces before an Actors' Gang Prison Project workshop, an outreach program led by actor Tim Robbins, at the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco, Calif. The nonprofit acting program is expanding thanks to its slice of a $2.5 million arts pilot project from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The funding will bring state-funded arts of all kinds to inmates at more than a dozen prisons for the first time since California's prison arts network withered more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

NORCO, Calif. (AP) — Christopher Bisbano leaps onto the stage and his body transforms: He cries out for his true love, and then contorts his face into a droopy pout as the audience bellows with laughter.

Karan Johar revives his ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ memories

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16 years back, Karan Johar marked his directorial debut with ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai‘ and gave a new definition to love. Releasing on 16th October 1998, the film attained the blockbuster status with it’s college days love story. His created characters Anjali, Rahul and Tina played by Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukherjee remain immortal in the memoirs of Indian cinema.

Karan took Twitter to remember his early stepping days in the path of direction, by writing, “16years ago…#kuchkuchhotahai.:..the film that gave me everything I have today..indelible memories….”

Today, Karan is one of the prominent filmmakers of India, directing films like ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham‘, ‘My Name is Khan‘ and ‘Student Of The Year‘.

Abhishek Bachchan plays a prank on Farah Khan

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Behind Abhishek Bachchan‘s stern look, there lies a prankster who can bully anyone and everyone without giving it a second thought. After Rohan Sippy and Priyanka Chopra, his recent victim is ‘Happy New Year‘ director Farah Khan.

During ‘Happy New Year‘ shoots, Abhishek quietly took Farah’s cell phone and used her Twitter account to post the word of praises about himself. While, everything was on air, poor Farah had no clue about this tweet which was cuddling under her name. It was later, when she discovered this mischief after her followers started commenting on this post.

We guess, this Bluffmaster was taking his “badla” from the director for all the yelling which she showered on the actors to get her scenes right.

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BJP to form government in Maharashtra, Haryana: Exit polls

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New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) Exit polls Wednesday predicted major gains for the BJP in the assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana, with the party projected to come to power on its own or at least emerge as the single largest party in both the states.

Hong Kong police use pepper spray on protesters, anger simmers over beating

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Police officers try to disperse the crowd at an area near the government headquarters building in Hong Kong

By Clare Baldwin and Carlos Barria HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong police used pepper spray on Thursday to stop pro-democracy protesters from blocking a major road near the office of the city’s embattled leader amid public anger over the police beating of a protester a day earlier. At police headquarters in the nearby entertainment district of Wan Chai, hundreds of people gathered outside to express outrage at the beating, with dozens queuing to lodge formal complaints. …

Lawmaker sworn in with bash that busts tradition

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FILE - In this June 16, 2014 file photo Sen. Kevin de Leon,D-Los Angeles, second from left, receives congratulations from other lawmakers after he was elected the new Senate President Pro Tem at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. De Leon will be sworn-in as the new Senate leader at a lavish evening event, with far more pomp than the typical Capitol affair that marks the change leadership, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. De Leon succeeds Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, who is leaving due to term limits. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kevin de Leon was sworn in as the first Latino to head the California Senate in more than a century with an expensive and out-of-the-ordinary soiree Wednesday night in downtown Los Angeles.