Saturday, October 23, 2010

Junior NTR talks about mahesh babu

Junior NTR is said to be delighted, as his best contempo absolution ‘Brindaavanam’ is attractive a hit talk. Although the movie, is aloof average, back there is no boxy compete, ‘Brindaavanam’ is said to back some balance at the Telugu cinema box office.

According to sources, recently, Junior NTR was cornered with a blow catechism by the media persons. One of the correspondents, from NTV asked Junior NTR, what is the acumen for abounding big account movies accepting a bomb tag/ the media contributor additionally hinted appear the contempo flops of ‘PULI’ and ‘Mahesh Khaleja’ indirectly.

For this, the adolescent tiger laughed already and afterwards a bit of pause, answered that the aftertaste of the Telugu cinema audiences accept afflicted and so best of the movies are bitter the dust. Junior NTR additionally hinted that, back the audiences appetite a fresh abstraction and wholesome entertainment, abounding admiral are declining to cede the being to the public.

Junior NTR additionally antiseptic on the rumors that, his alliance is adjourned to abutting year, for some certain reasons.

Prabhu Deva’s engeyum kadhal review

Prabhu Deva’s directorial debut in Tamil, 'Pokkiri' starring Vijay and Asin, was the biggest blockbuster in 2007 and won him a big ticket to Bollywood. The choreographer-turned-filmmaker witnessed an overnight success with the Hindi remake titled 'Wanted' as well. However his next Tamil film, 'Villu' with Vijay turned to be a big flop.

After a break of 2 years, Prabhu Deva makes his comeback in Tamil film industry with the film 'Engeyum Kaadhal'.

This breezy romantic entertainer features Jeyam Ravi and Hansika Motwani in the lead roles and the films is being produced by Kalpathy S Agoram under the banner of AGS Entertainments. The producers had planned to launch the film’s audio by October 3 but the plans were dropped due to ‘Enthiran’-mania.

The film’s producer has now said that the music of ‘Engeyum Kaadhal’ will be released on October 24. This will be Harris Jayaraj’s first release of 2010. His previous releases, ‘Ayan’ and ‘Aadhavan’ are still going strong in the music charts.

‘Engeyum Kaadhal’ revolves around a cheerfully irresponsible chap (played by ‘Jayam’ Ravi) who doesn’t realize the essence of true love. But that changes when Hansika Motwani, the heroine, comes into his life.

The film is likely to hit the theatres this Diwali.

Katrina Kaif like to pair with abhishek

Bollywood’s advance charlatan Katrina Kaif has assuredly committed herself to ‘Italian Job’; which will be fabricated by Abbas- Masthan. The cine is a accommodate of the Hollywood blur ‘Italian Job’ which is blue-blooded as ‘Players’ in lead. The cine is said to be fabricated on a account of Rs 40 crores and will be produced by Studio 18.

Initially, there were letters that Bipasha basu was activity to act in this multi starrer film. But as she was active with added commitments, the makers were afraid on the changeable lead. But since, Katrina was absorbed in acting with Abhishek Bachchan, she active a accord with Abbas Masthan.

A few canicule ago, Aishwarya Rai appear that she has no abrogating accordance with Katrina Kaif in the blur industry. Now, in adjustment to bright the air from her side, Katrina additionally appear alone to ZOOM approach that she was acquisitive to assignment with Abhishek Bachchan and so has active ‘ Players’.

Madhavan and arya act together in vettai

At aftermost it was accommodated that Madhavan has active Lingusamy directed Vettai, which is produced by Dhyanidhi Alagiri beneath the banderole of Cloud Nine.

A columnist agenda appear by Dhyanidhi Alagiri says, “I am blessed to advertise that we Cloud Nine Movies accept active with Madhavan aka Maddy as a alongside advance role starring with Arya for the cine Vettai directed by N. Linguswamy”.

Madhavan, who beforehand formed with Lingusamy for the cine ‘Run’ says, “I heard the calligraphy from Lingusamy and anon agreed to do the film, which is a bilingual. I will be accomplishing the Tamil and Telugu adaptation of the blur with Arya and Mahesh Babu respectively. I will be abutting the assemblage from April afterwards my sabbatical”.

The changeable leads of the cine are not yet conformed. The ambassador says, “It’s activity to be great, alive with Maddy and Arya and I am agilely attractive advanced for the shoot to start. This would be one of our big productions. We accept the top technicians of Tamil cinema alive on this cine and it is affirmed that it would be a beheld amusement and absolutely a actual acceptable entertainer”.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Pasanga film wins 3 national award

Debutant administrator Pandiraj has won the civic accolade in the best chat category, for his blur Pasanga'. Two of the adolescent actors, Sriram and Kishore, were adjudged the best adolescent artistes at the 57th civic awards appear on Thursday in New Delhi. The two teenagers will accept Rs 50,000.

Pasanga' has additionally been called as the best Tamil film, with a banknote accolade of Rs 1,00,000. Tamil music administrator Ilayaraja has bagged the best accomplishments account accolade for his assignment in Pazhassiraja', the Malayalam aeon blur which was additionally fabricated in Tamil. He too will accept Rs 50,000.

Editor Sreekar Prasad has bagged a appropriate board accolade for his assignment in Pazhassiraja', Kutty Shrank' and Khaminey'.

The complete analysis of Pasanga', revolving about the animosity amid two apple academy children, Anbu and Jeeva, adjoin the accomplishments of accustomed ancestors squabbles, apparent a axis point in the children's genre, a abundantly alone breadth in Tamil cinema.

The arena in which the two fathers altercate the accent of banter amid parents so that accouchement are not traumatised by developed fights was powered by dialogues that went beeline to the audience's heart. "I capital my words to be both accustomed and effective," said administrator Pandiraj. "I spent 70 canicule cutting the film, but spent abounding months adjustment the dialogues until I was hardly satisfied," he added.

The achievement of anniversary of the about dozen accouchement in Pasanga', and the micro-level account was aftermost apparent in Mani Ratnam's Anjali'. Fourteen-year old Sriram (12 at the time of shooting) as the academy dada' Jeeva, and Kishore as the candied choleric Anbarasu with APJ Abdul Kalam as his role model, breezed through their roles with so abundant back-bite that one generally wondered if one had absolved into a absolute home or school. "I grew up in a chiffon family, my ancestor is a filmmaker. But arena Jeeva was accessible back it could be any of my friend's activity out there on the screen," said Sriram, a chic IX apprentice who has autonomous for home schooling. Dubbing for the blur was a breeze, he added," because the curve were simple with accustomed announced words," he added.

"The civic akin acceptance for out-of-the-box content, backed by a acceptable cine and chat is affidavit that Tamil cinema is a abundant abode for filmmakers," said administrator Sashi Kumar, who produced Pasanga'.

Im not getting married with Ritesh Deshmukh-Genelia D'Souza


Genelia D'Souza is agitated with rumours of her bells with amateur Riteish Deshmukh. The extra says she isn't accepting affiliated to anyone for the time being.

"To set the almanac straight, I am not accepting affiliated to anyone. I accept consistently maintained that my claimed activity is not article I would like to discuss. But this time back it was article that would affect my family, I absitively to booty a stand," said Genelia in a account appear actuality Tuesday.

"My films and my brands are my antecedence as of now and I'd like to accumulate it that way. And if I do adjudge to achieve down, you will apprehend it from me back as and back it happens," she added.

A abridged had appear the affair brewed amid Genelia and Riteish on the sets of Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) and that they are planning to get affiliated this year.

"It's rather funny that we accept to apprehend about the advance in our lives in the columnist afore we alike apperceive it ourselves. I admiration how account like that can be put out after any acceptance from the bodies whose lives are actuality discussed," she said.

Genelia is appropriate now attractive advanced to the absolution of Chance Pe Dance. She is commutual with Shahid Kapoor in the film, which is absolution on Jan 15.

Yuvraj get service tax notice for 1.15cr


Central customs administration has slapped a apprehension on cricketer Yuvraj Singh of Kings XI Punjab authorization gluttonous acquittal of account tax to the tune of Rs 1.15 crore aloft on his assets from two seasons of IPL and endorsements.

Yuvraj 's tax consultant, while agitation the claims of tax authorities, put the onus on IPL authorization KPH Dream, which owns Kings XI Punjab, for the acquittal of account tax for availing the cricketer's casework in promotional activities during the IPL matches.

"We accept served apprehension on Yuvraj Singh allurement him to pay account tax amounting to Rs 1.15 crore on money he becoming from two IPL seasons and accomplishing endorsements," a chief official of the Central customs department, Chandigarh region, said.

Serving the apprehension by including the assets of Yuvraj beneath 'Business Auxiliary Services' head, the administration has adjourned the account tax amounting to Rs 96.44 lakh from arena two seasons of IPL and Rs 19.53 lakh from accommodating in TV appearance Dus Ka Dum and agreeable in promotional activities for two agencies - Cornerstone Sports and Rhiti Sports.

Central customs administration has affected an assets of Rs 8.51 crore from IPL matches, Rs 99.99 lakh from acceptable Dus Ka Dum appearance aftermost year and Rs 65.30 lakh from promotional activities for two agencies, as per the notice.

The administration had already served notices on three added IPL players VRV Singh, Sunny Sohal and Uday Kaul, allurement them to pay tax of Rs 11.33 lakh, Rs 4.79 lakh and Rs 4.53 lakh, respectively.

The accommodation to appeal tax from candid players follows the non-disclosure of alienation of antithesis by them from IPL matches.

"Players were asked to accord the alienation of their antithesis from candid matches and endorsements but they bootless to accommodate us abstracted figures. Therefore, we accept been affected to burden tax on their income, whether it is bout fee becoming by players from IPL-1 and IPL-II season, afterwards assessing their assets on alone basis," the official said.

Terming as bottomless the apprehension served by tax authorities, Yuvraj's tax adviser Raman Aggarwal said that the cricketer could not be captivated amenable for advantageous account tax for IPL matches.

"It was IPL authorization Kings XI Punjab which asked Yuvraj to participate in promotional activities and it was allotment of the acceding active amid both the parties. The administration should ask Kings XI Punjab for acquittal of account tax," he said.

He said he would be filing a acknowledgment to the apprehension aural 10-15 days.

Aggarwal asserted that back arena candid was the amount action for a amateur while endorsements and promotional activities were accidental or ancillary, there could not be any allegory of money which a amateur becoming from IPL event.

He said that according to an acceding amid amateur and franchise, if a amateur could not participate in promotional activities again his 10 per cent of absolute fee could be retained by the franchise. "At the most, tax can be affected on 10 per cent of assets rather than on the accomplished income."

On tax affected on accommodating in Dus Ka Dum, Aggarwal said that the administration could not authority the money which Yuvraj won from the appearance as account and, therefore, it can not burden account tax on it.

He added said that the two firms were agents of Yuvraj for which he affianced in promotional activities. "Therefore, agents or companies will be advantageous account tax on it," he said.

In February, the administration had asked these players capacity apropos absolute acquittal and a alienation of the money accustomed for arena candid matches and sponsorships.

It additionally accepted archetype of agreements active by players with their authorization owner, absolute acquittal accustomed from authorization owner, account tax allotment number, if obtained, capacity of account tax of paid, copies of account tax returns, if filed, and complete books of accounts and antithesis sheet.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Dhoni wedding is already planned-Bipasha basu

Contrary to rumours that Indian candid captain M.S. Dhoni absitively to get affiliated on the activation of the moment, extra Bipasha Basu, a abutting acquaintance of his cricketer, says the bells was planned months in advance.

"The bells on Sunday night was all planned. But no one was declared to apperceive about it. Whatever the truth, we charge all be blessed for the couple. It's affair time!," said Bipasha.

Bipasha's affair for Dhoni's bells would accept to wait. She is cutting in the aback of the above and couldn't accompany her admirer John Abraham for the bells ceremony.

Says the afflicted actress: "I couldn't go for the bells because I'm cutting in Diu for Priyadarshan's 'Aakrosh'. But John is there. He's aback on Monday. I'll bless with Dhoni and his wife back they acknowledgment to Mumbai."

Latest News about Bharat Bandh

States disqualified by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and the Left Advanced shut bottomward on Monday as Action parties disrupted carriage casework and blocked anchorage during their Bharat Bandh beef adjoin the backpack in ammunition prices.

Senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi were arrested in Lucknow while aggravating to advance a advance appear the basic Hazratganj crossing. BJP workers claimed that a cardinal of affair activists and leaders were afflicted back badge baton-charged the protestors.

In NDA-ruled Bihar, Punjab and Karnataka, activity was befuddled out of accessory with agitators endlessly trains and buses. Schools, colleges and business establishments remained bankrupt as groups of protestors hit streets aggravating to accomplish the 12-hour bandh.

In West Bengal and Kerala, air, abuse and alley casework were disrupted. Only Air India flights operated out of NSC Bose International Airport in Kolkata as streets wore a

deserted attending in the eastern city area CITU gave the bang call.

In Maharashtra, badge absurd bottomward on agitation makers and bedfast about 10,000 people, admiral said. Considering low commuter amount in appearance of the bandh, calm airlines accept annulled 45 departures and 39 arrivals at the calm airport in Mumbai.

While taxis and auto-rickshaws are off the alley in the country's banking capital, borough buses and bounded trains were plying with actual few cartage during the usually awash morning hours.

At burghal Mulund railway station, BJP workers led by above MP Kirit Somaiya were bedfast while staging "rail roko". In burghal Borivali, Mumbai BJP admiral and MLA Gopal Shetty was bedfast with supporters during a similar

protest.

Incidents of stone-pelting on buses and trains were appear from Pune and some genitalia of Mumbai including Vikhroli, Borivali and Kandivali. However, no one was injured.

In Delhi, the bandh evoked a blood-warm acknowledgment admitting BJP workers blocked road, abuse and Metro casework in some areas. Buses, autos and clandestine cartage were on the streets from the morning while offices had added than boilerplate attendance.

Jaitely claimed in Lucknow: "the bandh is an aberrant success. We are accepting letters in this attention from all beyond the country. This beef has been broadly accurate by the boilerplate accepted man because he is absolutely the ambition of UPA government's policies".

The BJP baton said beef adjoin the behavior of the Centre will be reflected in Parliament. In Bihar, alternation and alley casework came to a basic arrest and shops and business enactment downed their shutters.

Several continued ambit and commuter trains, including New Delhi-Muzaffarpur Sampark Kranti Accurate were bedfast at altered stations in Bihar afterward the agitation, East Central Railway (ECR) Chief Public Relations Officer, Dilip Kumar said.

Bandh supporters cut corrupt pipes of some trains and squatted and approved on the railway advance to accomplish the bandh.

The Rajgir-Danapur commuter alternation was bedfast at Karahdhi, Hatia-Patna accurate at Jehanabad, Gaya-Patna commuter alternation at Islampur besides over 10 mail accurate trains were bedfast at Sasaram, Vikarmganj, Dholi, Narahan, Motihari, Sitamarhi and Jainagar railway stations in Bihar by the agitators, Kumar said.

Reports extensive the accompaniment address from Muzaffarpur, Gaya, Biharsharif, Bhagalpur, Begusarai, Motihari, Bettia, Siwan, Gopalganj, Chapra, Darbhanga,

Saharsa, Khagaria and Katihar said the bandh evoked acceptable acknowledgment with markets actual closed.

Stray incidents of bean barrage were appear in Karnataka area BJP activists chock-full the Mysore-Bangalore commuter alternation briefly and shouted slogans adjoin the UPA government at the Centre.

In Kerala, shops remained bankrupt and buses, taxis and autorickshaws kept off the anchorage throughout the state, actively affecting advancement of people. No abandon was appear from anywhere.

In Andhra Pradesh, bus casework were abominably hit as workers of assorted action parties staged demonstrations in advanced of some bus depots in Khammam, Nalgonda, Ranga Reddy and Kadapa districts.

In Rajahmundhry, casework of over 700 buses in nine depots accept been annulled as protestors chock-full buses and organised agitations, a APSRTC official said.

Bandh supporters in Orissa picketed assorted Central government and PSU offices to anticipate advisers from advertisement for assignment and alley and abuse cartage disrupted in the state.

Besides the BJP, those accommodating in the bandh are Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party, JD-U, CPI-M, CPI, Forward Block, RSP, AIADMK, MDMK TDP, BJD, JD(S), AGP, Akali Dal and INLD to beef adjoin the access in ammunition prices.

Dhoni weds sakshi

Indian candid captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni angry the bridal bond with adolescence acquaintance Sakshi Singh Rawat tonight in a clandestine commemoration abounding alone by ancestors associates and abutting friends, including a few of his team-mates, at a farmhouse in Dehradun.

The 28-year-old wicket-keeper batsman got affianced to Sakshi, a 23-year-old auberge administration student, at a clandestine commemoration aftermost night.

The bells at the arresting Vishranti Resorts at Bidhauli, about 25km from here, was carefully a clandestine activity with alone 50-60 abutting ancestors from both the families of the helpmate and the groom, forth with few of Dhoni's India team-mates, attending.

Harbhajan Singh, Ashish Nehra, RP Singh, Suresh Raina and Rohit Sharma were amid Dhoni's cricketer accompany who were present at the wedding, according to a ancestors affiliate who abounding the ceremony.

Owner of Chennai Super Kings, which was skippered by Dhoni in the IPL, and BCCI Secretary N Srinivasan was present at the ceremony.

BCCI admiral Shashank Manohar was additionally said to accept abounding the ceremony.

The bells at the affluence resort had its allotment of allure as Dhoni's acquaintance John Abraham and director-choreographer Farah Khan gracing the occasion.

The alliance rituals commenced about 8pm back Dhoni on a horseback and the groom's activity absolved for about bisected a kilometer to the bride's place, amid at the aforementioned resort premises.

Dhoni wore a atramentous 'sherwani' while Sakshi was dressed up in 'churidar-pyjama'.

Tight aegis was befuddled about the resort. The media was about kept out of bound and they had to base themselves at a 1 km ambit from the capital aboideau of the sprawling resort and the account apropos to the bells commemoration central came out in trickles.

Even the baddest guests who abounding the bells commemoration were apparent actuality brought into the resort in four cartage kept for the purpose.

A top badge official said that Dhoni accustomed aboriginal this morning at the farmhouse, area able badge force has

been deployed.

"We accept been requested by the ancestors associates that the bells should be absolutely a clandestine affair," said the badge official.

Although ancestors sources had adumbrated afterwards the assurance that the alliance will booty abode in October, India's bound agenda in the abutting few months ability accept prompted the preponement.

The brace is accepted to host a accession in Mumbai on July 7, which additionally happens to be Dhoni's 29th birthday.

Dhoni and Sakshi, who hails from Aurangabad, had been academy accompany at DAV, Shamily in Ranchi.

"Their fathers formed calm in MECON, and the Rawats confused to Dehradun afterwards retirement," a ancestors acquaintance said.

The Indian captain is currently adequate a attenuate breach from all-embracing candid and will be abutting apparent in activity during a three-Test alternation adjoin Sri Lanka appointed to activate from July 18 at Galle.

Dhoni, who fabricated his all-embracing admission adjoin Bangladesh in December 2004, has so far played 43 Tests, 166 ODIs and 25 T20s.

Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Cup Twenty20, CB Alternation of 200708, and the Border-Gavaskar bays 2008 assault Australia 20.

He additionally captained Chennai Super Kings to achievement in this year's Indian Premier League. He is now captain of India in all three forms of the game.

Under his leadership, India accomplished the cardinal one cachet in Test candid and became cardinal two this year in ODI rankings.

Dhoni has additionally been the almsman of ICC ODI Player of the Year accolade in 2008 and 2009 (the aboriginal Indian to accomplish this feat). He was bestowed the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna accolade and the Padma Shri, India's fourth accomplished noncombatant honour in 2009.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Manirathnam planned to leave cine field

Manirathnam had absitively to abdicate cine acreage and get acclimatized in Kodaikanal and comedy golf daily. Nayagan, Agni Natchathiram, Anjali, Thalapathi, Roja, Thiruda Thirudi, Bombay, Alaipayuthey, Kannathil Muthamittal and added and added were his hit films in Tamil. In his administration “Raavanan” is appear in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. The aboriginal three canicule tickets accept been booked. The absolute appraisement of the blur can be apparent on 4th day.

Meanwhile Manirathnam gave account as, “While starting “Ravanan” blur itself I absitively that this is my aftermost film. After this blur I planned to abdicate from cine acreage and get acclimatized in kodaikanal. I adulation and like to comedy Golf there daily. Everybody ask me what’s my abutting film. I too like to do addition film, but didnt adjudge yet. There’s so abundant expextations for “Ravanan” blur and i achievement the expectations will be fulfilled. “, said so Manirathnam.

Since Manirathnam has his own admirers amphitheater by his hit and acceptable films. He should not leave cine field. Atleast one blur charge be taken for one year for account of his fans.

Endhiran song planned to release on 18

Good account for the admirers who are annoyed of cat-and-mouse for the Superstar’s abundant accepted caricature ‘Endhiran’. Sun pictures, producers of Endhiran, has appear that Endhiran songs will be appear by July (Our Source: Best acceptable on July 18th). The audio of the blur will be appear in a admirable activity at Dubai (or London) and affairs are there that the accident will be alive advertisement in their accumulation channel, Sun TV. As the audio barrage is assuredly accepted for July, Endhiran is best acceptable hit the screens in the aboriginal anniversary of September.

In the beggarly while, The Oscar acceptable duo of AR Rahman and Resul Pookutty accept awash for ‘Endhiran’ . Director Shankar has appear in his blog that Rahman has already composed six songs for the film, one of which was articulate by himself. Complete artist Pookutty has been handed the final adapt of the blur and is active inputting the big activity complete furnishings to brightness the blur afore release.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Our top global partner is india-US

Hours ahead of the arrival of External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to US, a top diplomat said the upcoming Indo-US Strategic Dialogue has elevated India to the rank of America's top global partner.

"Our Strategic Dialogue this week elevates India to the rank of our most important global partners, allowing us to discuss and coordinate policies of global import, including on the future shape of the international economic system and on what we can do together to promote human development in other parts of the world," Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns, said at the Council on Foreign Relations, a Washington-based think tank.

"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is one of President Obama's most valued partners in the G20, and the United States strongly supported the recent expansion of India's World Bank voting share. Secretary Geithner travelled to New Delhi in April explicitly to consult on global stimulus plans, another clear indication of India's economic prominence," he said in his remarks on rise of India.

Burns said India's leadership, and the potential for US-Indian partnership, extends well beyond Asia.
"India's role in promoting global security is growing. India is today one of the largest troop contributors to UN peacekeeping operations, building on a rich tradition of Indian military contributions, including in World War II. The Indian Navy is a leading player in counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa, and it is a striking fact that the US military now holds more bilateral military exercises every year with India than any other nation," he argued.

"Expanded US-Indian defence cooperation, unimaginable not so long ago, is a valuable means of supporting our shared interest in India's broadened international security role. Our stake in India's defence modernisation is real and increasing, and defence trade has taken off since our 2005 framework agreement," he said.

"Two American companies are among the leading competitors today for a USD 10 billion sale of 126 advanced fighter aircraft to the Indian Air Force, currently the world's biggest defence tender. Timely completion of several key foundational agreements, such as a basic logistics supply accord, will open the door to greater bilateral cooperation," Burns said.

"Building on the success of the civil nuclear agreement, India is contributing constructively to global non-proliferation and nuclear security efforts. India has made clear its opposition to a nuclear-armed Iran, and voted again at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting last November to hold Iran accountable for its failure to live up to international obligations. At the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington in April of this year, President Obama praised India's leadership in launching a regional nuclear security training centre," he added.

Gujarat nano plant open today

Nearly two years after it was forced to shift the manufacturing plant of its dream car over a land row in West Bengal, Tata Motors will start the production of Tata Nano from its new unit at Sanad in Gujarat today.

The new plant at Sanand will be inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata, who seven years ago dreamt of making an affordable family car for the common man.

Spread over an area of about 1,100 acres, the new facility has been created at the cost of approximately Rs 2,000 crore.

Tata Motors, which first chose Singur in West Bengal for setting up the mother plant, pulled out of the site in October 2008 following violent protests over land acquisition. Tatas, by then, had already spent over Rs 1,000 crore in Singur.

As it searched for a new site, the company went ahead with limited production of Nano - touted as the world's cheapest car with a factory gate price of Rs 100,000 - from its Pantnagar plant in Himachal Pradesh.

Bookings for the car opened in March 2009 and deliveries began in July that year. It has so far delivered over 35,000 units. However, only the first 100,000 customers are assured of getting the car at an ex-factory price of Rs 100,000.

The Sanand facility has the capacity to manufacture 2.5 lakh units annually, which can subsequently be increased to 5 lakh units per annum. Pilot commercial production of Nano at Sanand has already begun.

The European version of the car was unveiled in Geneva in March 2009.

Vikram turns producer for sasikumar film


Subramaniapuram Sasi Kumar is all praises for Vikram, who produces his next directorial venture. “Vikram has never visited the sets or the shoot locations,” says he, adding that the only time he saw the end product was when Sasi Kumar screened the 3 songs shot recently to the producer. And did he like it? “He loved it,” replies Sasi.

Vikram turns producer with the Sasi-directed, as-yet-untitled flick, which is being shot in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra. The movie has no conventional hero – heroine as such and it is expected to be a riveting drama.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

New US Visa rules

New acceptance rules will be alien by the British government on Tuesday beneath which if a aggregation transfers its advisers to Britain again they won't be accustomed to achieve there.

The fresh aphorism appear into aftereffect alike as Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Tuesday alleged for the acclamation on May 6.

The fresh rules additionally action a sop: the top Tier 1 category, that attracts mostly Indians, will be accessible to graduates rather than those with alone a master's amount as before.

But aboriginal visas will be accurate for two years and not three, which may absolute application opportunities. Beneath Tier 2, Indians accession on intra-company transfers cannot administer for settlement.

There accept been some choir of beef adjoin the fresh acceptance rule.

"We acquisition this to be exploitation, area the casual worker, admitting he will be advantageous taxes, he will be accidental to the UK economy, will not be accommodated for settlement, which is absolutely unfair," says Amit Kapadia, Executive Director, Highly Skilled Migrants Programme (HSMP) Forum.

The fresh rules came on the day acclamation advancement kicked off, and the timing of the accommodation is no coincidence.

"There was no such absolute charge to accompany in this change, which is not anxious with the UK economy, but it is added anxious with the political intentions of the government," says Kapadia.

The bulletin is clear; appear if you can be of use to us, break as continued as, and alone as continued as you can be of use, again go. In the giving of this bulletin is a bulletin to the electorate, look, we are actuality boxy on immigration

Naxals attack

Naxals launched a above abhorrent adjoin badge cadre in an ambuscade in Dantewada commune in the accompaniment of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday morning.

The abhorrent has larboard at atomic 75 aegis cadre asleep so far.

The 120-men able CRPF aggregation was ambushed by heavily armed Naxals amid 6 AM and 7 AM. The ambuscade took abode amid Chintalnar and Tademetla in Sukma block of Dantewada commune back the aegis cadre were on the way to Tademetla in a vehicle.

The Naxals aboriginal triggered a landmine bang and the moment the agent stopped, the rebels ambushed the CRPF aggregation from a acropolis top in the affliction advance adjoin the aegis forces. The asleep included 72 CRPF cadre from the 62nd army and one Chhattisgarh accompaniment badge officer.

"The absolute blow is 73 and about 12 CRPF cadre accept been injured," said CRPF DIG (Anti-Naxal operations) SRP Kalluri.

Chhattisgarh Badge agent RK VIJ said that accretion has accomplished the ambuscade armpit and recovered 40 bodies.

"The CRPF affair was out for aftermost three days. The Naxalites attacked today morning amid 6 AM and 7 AM. The reinforcements accept reached. We are aggravating to abandon the afflicted through helicopters. The aegis armament affair was added than 80. We accept calm 40 bodies till now," said VIJ.

However, chief Chhattisgarh Badge admiral and sources in Ministry of Home Affairs feared that the afterlife assessment could rise. CRPF Director General Raman Srivastava will be abrogation for Dantewada and said that he would be able to accord the capacity alone afterwards extensive the area.

A gunbattle is activity on at Jagargunda in Chintalnar block of Dantewada commune amid hundreds of armed Naxals and about 100 CRPF personnel.

"We are aggravating to accelerate accretion armament to the spot. The armament are adverse adversity as the breadth has been blocked by the Naxals. Naxals had congenital bunkers on the acropolis top and CRPF cadre were not acquainted of the bunkers. The advance was preplanned. They aboriginal attacked the CRPF adaptable van and followed it up by battlefront on the team," said Chhattisgarh Director General of Badge Vishwa Ranjan.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that added armament accept been beatific to the breadth to booty on the Naxals.

"The Government of Chhattisgarh and the CRPF had calm planned this operation. They accept mobilised both the accompaniment armament and CRPF. But, article has gone wrong. They assume to accept absolved into a affected or a allurement set up by the Naxalites. The casualties are absolutely aerial and I am acutely shocked. I am apologetic for those who accept absent their lives. This shows the aboriginal attributes of the CPI(Maoist) and the atrocity and the abomination they are able of. Chief admiral are activity to that area. We will anticipate added letters from them," said Union Home Minister P Chidambaram.

A accidental of CRPF cadre from West Bengal has already been mobilised and ordered to move to Dantewada,

The CRPF aggregation was activity to Sukma area a gunbattle had been demography abode amid aegis armament and Naxals back Monday black back it was attacked.

One CRPF cadre had already been dead and addition afflicted in the gunbattle on Monday.

Kareena Kapoor replaces Nayanthara in telugu movie

Bollywoods baking adorableness Kareena Kapoor is all set to accomplish her admission in a Kannada movie “Symbol” which is now blue-blooded as “Super”. Earlier, Nayantara was active for this project, which appearance Upendra in the lead. Rockline Venkatesh is bearing this project. But back her dates did not bout with the one in demand, Nayan is out and Kareena is in.

There is account that the 25 lakh photo shoot of Upendra and Nayantara, announcement the movie “Symbol” is in the bin and a fresh one will be replaced with Kareena in the lead. According to amateur Upendra, who is additionally administering SUPER, Kareena is absorbed in authoritative a mark in sandalwood, as she thinks him as a dream attorney of Kannada cinema industry.

However, there is account that Nayantara will be paid Rs 2 lakhs as signing bulk and will be asked to break bashful on this accomplished issue. Earlier, Aishwarya Rai was about to do this project. But things did not assignment out and Deepika was asked to feature. But afterwards her denial, due to active dates, Kareena was approached and she has accustomed a blooming arresting to assignment in SUPER in the aftermost anniversary of March 2010.

Upendra and ambassador Rockline Venkatesh are captivated to apprehend that the International acclaimed Indian extra will affection in their project.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Give Respects to Army officers:supreme court

The Supreme Cloister has airtight the abutment government for alleviative army cadre like "beggars" in account of emolumentas and alimony and asked the authorities to accept a added "humane approach" appear those bravely arresting the country's borders.

"If a actuality goes to any allotment of Delhi and sits for begging, he will acquire Rs 1000 every day and you are alms a allowance of Rs 1000 per ages for a man who fought for the country in the aerial altitudes and whose arm was amputated?

"Is this the way you amusement those adventurous army officers? It is adverse that you are alleviative them like beggars," a bank of Justices Markandeya Katju and A K Patnaik said in exact comments while casual the order.

The acme cloister anesthetized the adjustment absolution the Centre's address arduous a Punjab and Haryana Aerial Cloister administration to pay college alimony to C S Siddu, a Short Commissioned Officer whose appropriate arm had to be amputated due to an blow while on assignment at the aerial altitudes on November November 21, 1970.

"The army cadre are bravely arresting the country alike at the amount of their lives and we feel they should be advised in a added good and added accommodating address by government authorities, particularly, in account of their emoluments, alimony and added benefits," the bank said in an order.

There was an aspect of ball in the cloister back Additional Solicitor General Parag Tripathi pleaded with the cloister not to use "strong words" in the adjustment like "beggars," "niggardly" "miserly", afterward which the bank alone them from the accounting order.

"We affliction to say that the army admiral and army men in our country are actuality advised in a bare address by the government. In this case, the acknowledging (Sidhu), who was acquaint at a aerial distance acreage breadth and met with an blow during acquittal of his duties, was accepted a meagre pension. This is a allowance (about Rs 1000) per ages additional DA. If this is the address in which the army cadre are treated, it can alone be said that it is acutely unfortunate," the bank however, acclaimed in its accounting order.