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Rahul Gandhi with least attendance in Parliament

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Janata Dal leader Kumaraswamy, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, and BJP's Navjyot Singh Sidhu are among those who barely attended Parliament in the third year of the 15th Lok Sabha. While Mr Gandhi was present in the Lok Sabha on 24 days out of the 85 sittings it had between May 2011 and May 2012, Mr Yadav fared slightly better by remaining present on 31 days. Mr Sidhu and Mr Kumaraswamy, former Karnataka Chief Minister, attended the Lok Sabha on 16 days. Congress leader Suresh Kalmadi was present for 30 days and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda attended 25 sittings of the Lok Sabha. UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi attended the House for 34 days out of a total of 85 days. She was also out of the country for treatment of an undisclosed illness. Nirmal Khatri, PL Punia, JP Agarwal, LK Advani, M Thambidurai were having cent per cent attendance.
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Allahabad cops ride bike on vendor's chest

A policeman has been caught on camera riding his motorbike on the chest of a vegetable vendor in Allahabad as other policemen and bystanders stood and watched. The incident took place on August 18 outside the Rambagh railway station. The vendor, Rohit Kesarwani, claims that the constable had asked him to move his cart and demanded a bribe. He alleges that when he refused, the cop assaulted him, beat him with a stick and threw him to the ground. The vendor alleges that the cop then rode the front wheel of his bike on his chest. Despite the visual evidence, the police have said that no such incident took place and that a photographer present there staged the whole thing for the camera.
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Mulayam demands for judge's review on coal scam

Mulayam Singh Yadav led a protest at Parliament, demanding a Supreme Court judge supervise an investigation into coal-gate scam. sources in the government say that it is considering whether a judge should review the allocation of coal blocks to private firms.  The manner in which those coal fields were assigned led to windfall benefits in crores of rupees according to the state auditor. The opposition BJP is adamant that the Prime Minister must resign, otherwise it says it will disrupt Parliament as it has for eight days now.  Outside Parliament, Mr Yadav led representatives of the Left and the Telugu Desam Party, stating that the disruption of Parliament must end. In Mr Yadav's call for a judicial inquiry, political parties see a compromise between the BJP and the government which could end the paralysis of Parliament.  Law Minister Salman Khurshid indicated that the government may not be entirely opposed to Mr Yadav's suggestion. 
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Chinese man almost died after mailing himself to girlfriend

A romantic prankster almost suffocated when he mailed himself to his girlfriend in a sealed box - and got lost in the post. Hu Seng, from Chongqing city, southern China, paid a courier firm to deliver him to partner Li Wang as a joke. But couriers mixed up the address and instead of 30 minutes in the sealed box, gasping Seng was trapped for nearly three hours. By the time the package finally arrived at his girlfriend's office, where a friend was waiting to record her surprise on camera, Seng had passed out and had to be revived by paramedics.
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TOP NEWS Prev Next Laden death mission book author threatened with legal action


The Pentagon's top lawyer has informed the former Navy SEAL who authored a forthcoming book describing details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden that he violated agreements to not divulge military secrets and that as a result the Pentagon is considering taking legal action against him. The general counsel of the Defense Department, Jeh Johnson, wrote in a letter to the book's author, former Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette, that he had signed two nondisclosure agreements with the Navy in 2007 that obliged him to never divulge classified information.
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I've had Sex for Money: Sherlyn Chopra

Ever since she announced on Twitter that she will feature nude on the cover of Playboy magazine, Bollywood actor of mainly B-grade films, Sherlyn Chopra, has never stopped creating ripples on social media websites, be it with raunchy pictures, teasers of her photoshoot, or as is in this case - outstanding confession of having accepted money for sex.

A series of 'confessional' tweets from the unverified account of Chopra, who supposedly tweets from the handle @SherlynChopra, shocked users on Friday. Chopra claimed in those tweets she has had paid sex in her life, but she is past that phase now. In the contrite posts - meant for her fans - a slightly defensive Chopra said it was up to people on how they wanted to perceive her after reading her tweets.


"The confessions of 'just a girl' - Dear all, before I proceed, let me make it very clear that the intent of sharing the following confessions. It is not to create public sympathy or to raise eyebrows or to project myself as a 'bad girl gone good', it's just to state a few facts. Physical intimacy with me at a price.... I've had sex for money, having indulged in out of free will.... but ever since I got back from LA in July this year, there has been a shift in my level of consciousness," Chopra said.
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Sridevi Hulchul in Hyderabad

Actress Sridevi is in Hyderabad today for the teaser trailer launch of her upcoming trilingual movie 'English Vinglish'. While interacting to media, Sridevi reveals that she was impressed with the storyline of 'English Vinglish' and feels that these kind of roles are tailor made for her. Sridevi  confidently stated that 'English Vinglish' will entertain Telugu audience like her earlier films and says that she loves Hyderabad a lot! Most part of English Vinglish has been shot in Newyork and the film also has Amitabh Bachchan and Ajith in special roles in Hindi and Tamil languages.
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Nani, Samantha YVM Audio Postponed

The audio launch of Gautam Vasudev Menon's 'Yeto Vellipoindhi Manasu' has been postponed in the eleventh hour. Audio launch function was expected to take place on September 2 in Hyderabad. However, the Tamil version 'Neethane En Ponvasantham' audio was launched yesterday evening in Chennai and Maestro Ilayaraja's concert was the center of attraction in the event. Nani and Samantha are coming up together for 'YVM' after 'Eega'. C Kalyan is producing 'YVM' under Teja Cinemas banner and CV Rao is co producing the movie. Talkie part of the movie is almost completed and the makers are planning to release the movie in the month of October.
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Sekhar Kammula LIB Movie Release Date

Sekhar Kammula's upcoming movie 'Life is Beautiful' is scheduled to be released on September 14. Earlier,  it was announced that the release date is September 13, but the makers have finalized the release date and 'LIB' movie will be hitting the screens on September 14. Mickey J Meyer has composed the music and the audio has received good response from the music lovers. Amala Akkineni is making her come back with 'Life is Beautiful' after more than 2 decades. Sexy sirens Shriya Saran and Anjala Jhaveri will be seen in pivotal roles. Abijeet, Shagun, Sudhakar, Kaushik, Zara, Rashmi, Vijay, Sanjeev, Kavya, Naveen,and Sriram are making their debut with 'Life is Beautiful' movie.
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Rajendra Prasad Hospitalized

 
Actor Rajendra Prasad Hospitalized : Actor Rajendra Prasad has been admitted into care hospital after he complained of chest pain. Veteran actor has been admitted in the hospital on Saturday night and sources close to Rajendra Prasad have stated that the actor is out of danger and his health condition is stable now. Rajendra Prasad rose to prominence with his comedy movies and has been entertaining Telugu audience for the past 35 years. Recently he appeared in 'Onamalu' and 'Julayi' movies. Lets us wish a speedy recovery to the legendary actor Dr Rajendra Prasad.
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Tamanna to Pair With Virat Kohli


Milky Beauty Tamanna is all set to pair with cricketer Virat Kohli. Well its not for a film, but for an advertisement. Tamanna and Virat Kohli are the brand ambassadors of Celkon Mobiles. Tamanna has already featured in Celkon mobile advertisement. Now, the actress is going to team up with Virat Kohli for a 60 second commercial. Buzz says, Trivikram Srinivas will be directing this advertisement. Tamanna is working hard to give a grand come back into Bollywood with 'Himmatwala'. Let us wait and see how far can Tamanna score with this advertisement.
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Chiru Fans Thank Balakrishna Fans

Well this is some rare incident in the history of Telugu film industry. Every one knew about the rivalry between Chiranjeevi and Balakrishna fans. Most of the times, both the heroes fans use to get into heated arguments and fights. Now we are talking about an incident that happened in Nellore district. Chiranjeevi fans has donated blood on the eve of their actor's birthday. When one the blood bank employees tried to misuse the blood packets(By selling to other hospitals), Balakrishna fans caught that employee and handed  the culprit to police officials. Chiranjeevi fans thanked Balakrishna fans for saving the blood packets donated by them. Kudos to the fans of Balakrishna for this noble act.
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Shirish Kunder gets ‘Kick’ed out?

Earlier this year, editor-director Shirish Kunder got the better of Shah Rukh Khan in a mid-night brawl and now the ‘Joker’ director seems to have irked Salman Khan. No wonder, Shirish is certainly facing the toughest phase of his Bollywood career!
Kunder was supposed to direct ‘Kick’ produced by Sajid Nadiadwala starring Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha. But buzz has it that he has been ousted from the project, that reportedly happens to be the producer’s brainchild.
‘Tiger’ Salman Khan, however, took to Twitter to clarify that Kunder had other projects in hand and hence he decided not to direct ‘Kick’.
Salman tweeted, “No that`s nt true . shirish left the film . He is working on sm thing else . Ho gaya clear ? Good ! Challo bye . Take care guys n nice(sic).”
Shirish has also apparently had a tiff with Akshay Kumar over ‘Joker, which eventually forced the latter and actress Sonakshi Sinha to withdraw themselves from the film’s promotions.
‘Joker’ that released last Friday turned out to be a Box Office dud!
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I feel I am growing as an actor: Emraan Hashmi

Emraan Hashmi is on a roll post the critical and commercial success of films like `Shanghai`, `Jannat 2` and the actor says he wants to have a consistent run at the Box Office.
In the recent past, Emraan has set the cash registers ringing with several hits like `Once Upon a Time in Mumbai`, `Murder 2`, `The Dirty Picture`, `Jannat 2`.
He has films with Karan Johar (untitled), Vishal Bhardwaj (`Ek Thi Daayan`), Rajkumar Gupta`s (`Ghanchakkar`) in his kitty.
“I feel I am growing as an actor. I want to be a consistent actor. If one or two films get Rs 100 crore and the others bring in small business of just Rs five crore, then one is not left with an average performance,” Emraan told reporters in an interview.
“I want to have a consistent run rate at the box office. It will be good if every film is doing a minimum Rs 50 crore business. The money keeps coming in consistently,” he said.
At a time when the position of an actor in B-town is governed by the number of Rs 100 crore films he has to his credit, Emraan says he would not compromise with the script to achieve the golden benchmark.
“Why Rs 100 crore, I want to be a part of the Rs 500 crore member club. My biggest hit has till now grossed about Rs 60-70 crore,” Emraan said.
“But I don`t want to do a sub-standard script because it will be grossing Rs 100 crore. I have few scripts where I felt that they could do that kind of business. But I don`t understand that. So it will be on my own terms. If a film touches that mark, good, if it does not, I am fine with it,” the actor said.
Considering his Box Office track record and mass appeal, Emraan has been put in `A` list category of actors, but he insists that he does not believe in the league.
“I don`t want to get stereotyped of what a star or superstar is… I want to break this mould. So I don`t believe in this whole term of `A` or `B` league of actors. I don`t understand the concept of league and I am not part of any,” Emraan stressed.
“I don`t understand the concept of big or small movie. Films are interesting. There are good and bad films. Sometimes big budget flicks also don`t do well. As an actor one can gauge his or her success by Box Office results. And I want my films to do well,” he added.
Emraan`s latest in the offing, `Raaz 3`, directed by Vikram Bhatt, revolves around the downfall of an actress and how she resorts to black magic to secure her position in the industry.
Starring Emraan, Bipasha Basu and Esha Gupta in the lead, the film is produced by Mahesh Bhatt-Mukesh Bhatt and releases on September 7.
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Himesh Reshamiya turns producer for Akshay Kumar’s film

Although Akshay Kumar’s Joker has not opened to great box office collections, he needed worry too much if Himesh Reshammiya’s comments are anything to go by. According to the super-hit music director and singer, “Akshay is extraordinary in the title role of Khiladi”. And why shouldn’t he be? With a record of previous box office successes using the ‘Khiladi’ title (Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi) and Himesh currently rocking the charts again (Bodyguard, Bol Bachchan), there is no doubt that this will be one knock out combination.
If you didn’t know already Himesh is not only producing Khiladi 786, but has also written the story, composed the music and will be acting alongside Akshay Kumar and Paresh Rawal. A confident Himesh shared “The story is nice and fascinating…the music will be very good and audience will love it!” Further, the film is being directed by debutant Ashish R Mohan, who was the assistant director in Rohit Shetty’s ‘Golmaal’ series, thus giving us all a flavour of what to expect.
Here’s hoping that Khiladi 786 repeats the success of Rowdy Rathod, when it releases on 7th December.
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Steps soon to make AC buses profitable in Hyderabad

The expert committee which went to Bangalore to study commuters’ response to the air-conditioned city buses there, has completed its study and will submit its report to the APSRTC management here in a few days.
The AP State Road Transport Corporation is operating 80 air-conditioned buses in Hyderabad and Secunderabad but is incurring losses due to poor occupancy of the buses.
The occupancy is 75 per cent in Bangalore and 45 per cent in Hyderabad. Because of the low occupancy, the APSRTC is incurring a loss of Rs 4,000 a day on each bus and a cumulative loss of Rs 3.20 lakh a day on all the 80 buses.
The monthly loss is touching the Rs 1-crore mark which the organisation cannot bear. The corporation has already accumulated losses to the tune of Rs 4,000 crore.
RTC officials are unable to know why commuters in Hyderabad do not prefer AC buses though fares here are lower than in Bangalore.
The AC bus fare in Hyderabad is Rs 1.25 per kilometre and in Bangalore it is Rs 2. The RTC management has sent three officers to Bangalore to study how AC buses are running in profits and why people prefer AC buses there. The team completed its study in three days and returned to Hyderabad and are finalising its report.
According to an officer, most of the software employees and others in highly-paid jobs, who depend on public transport, prefer to commute in AC buses in the Karnataka capital. Though this class of employees can afford own transport, long commuting distances, frequent traffic snarls and inadequate or even lack of parking space make them opt for public transport.
The other reason is the non-avaialbility of residential accommodation in the vicinity of Electronic City, the IT hub of Bangalore. The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is operating as many as 500 air-conditioned buses, most of them to the Electronic City and the airport, in Bangalore.
The KSRTC provides monthly bus passes to commuters at Rs 3,000 a month. In contrast, the officer said, 60 percent people of Hyderabad’s total population depend on their own transport like cars and two-wheelers to commute between home and workplace.
Because a majority of software professionals and others live not far from the IT hub, commuting by their own transport is neither cumbersome nor expensive for them. Hence the poor patronage for AC buses here. If AC buses are to run in profits here, it should have enticing schemes, he said.

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Andhra Pradesh BJP chief on terror hit list

The Andhra Pradesh police on Sunday claimed that if the terror gang busted by the Karnataka police had executed its plan, it would have created a havoc during the ensuing Ganesha festival.
The AP police suspect that the terror gang had planned to kill BJP legislator and state party president G Kishan Reddy and two Telugu Desam Party and one BJP corporators to create mayhem during the festival. This was revealed by Obaidur Rehman, a Hyderabadi student arrested by the Karnataka police from Chandrayangutta locality.
Besides Kishan Reddy, three GHMC corporators — Raja Singh and Singireddy Srinivas Reddy of Mangalhat and Saidabad divisions (TDP) and K Sahadev Yadav of Kurmaguda division (BJP) — were on the hit list. The arrested terror suspects told the Bangalore police that a special team from Karnataka was supposed to attack the corporators in Hyderabad.
It is believed that the suspects did a recce of Reddy’s house in Saidabad a few months ago and also followed his movements closely, sources said. However, this was not the first time that recce was conducted by terror groups to eliminate Kishan Reddy.
The gang wanted to kill the four leaders because of their right wing connections. The gang believed that the four leaders were fomenting religious hatred targeting Muslims in the communally sensitive Saidabad and surrounding localities. Singh, who runs a local religious TV channel and Yadav, were the suspects in communal clashes that broke during Hanuman Jayanti in the old city in April.
The violent clashes between two communities in Kurmaguda following desecration of religious places led to enforcement of curfew in Saidadad and Madannapet station areas, where several houses of minorities were targeted. Eventually, four Hindus were arrested on charges of desecrating a temple with an intention to trigger communal violence.

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Cyberabad cops to intensify drive against drunken driving

Police have decided to tighten the drive against drunken driving in Cyberabad following last week’s attempt by a group of youngsters to kidnap a girl from the University of Hyderabad campus.
Sources in the department said a directive was issued to further intensify the drive soon after the incident.
The police officials, however, pointed out that they had been conducting the drive in Cyberabad limits for some time now and there was nothing much to read in the latest development.
“We take cases of drunken driving very seriously. This (drive) will be taken up every day and right now, almost 7-8 cases are booked at every police station regularly,” explained a senior police official on condition of anonymity.
According to him, the drive would be intensified during weekends. The five youngsters, accused in the attempted kidnap case, were allegedly in an inebriated condition at the time of the assault.
Several students, who rescued the girl in question, told City Express that the five were drunk and blamed the security guards for letting them inside the campus.
Many girls on the campus are furious that drunken boys were being let off easily and felt that something had to be done to dispel the notion that the university was “safe” for boozing on weekends.
“If youngsters can come into the university in an inebriated condition just like that, it shows the appalling conditions here,” said Promit M, a student of UoH.
The isolated and vast open space in the university is considered a “perfect getaway” for youngsters to booze and have “fun”, several girls complained.
“Many go out at night to drink, and even drunk people come into the university at night. It is like a haven for them. Many are out on vehicles as well,” said a student who wished to remain anonymous.
As for the police, one official said they were doing their best by levying hefty fines, seizing vehicles and conducting counselling for the culprits.
“We conduct counselling so that the offenders do not repeat the same. The fine amounts are also very high, and we will also tighten our enforcement,” he said.
Although he did not specify whether checks will be increased near UoH, he mentioned that there were ‘special orders’, which hinted that the incident may have led to the issuing of the order.

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CGTR First Look Teaser Trailer Released



CMGR First Look Teaser Trailer: Power Star Pawan Kalyan’s ‘Cameraman Ganga Tho Rambabu’(CGTR )first look teaser trailer is released on the ocassion the actor’s 42nd birthday. The trailer of duration 1:54 minutes is fantastic with Pawan Kalyan sporting a powerful new look and a rocking background music. DVV Danayya is producing ‘CMGR’ on Universal Media banner. Puri Jagannadh is the director and Mani Sharma is lending the sound track. Tamanna plays the female lead.
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Pawan Kalyan in love with Danah Marks?

Power star Pawan Kalyan, who turned 42 yesterday, is making it to the headlines for all wrong reasons. The actor, who is said to have parted his ways with his wife Renu Desai, has a live-in relationship with his Teen Maar co-star Danah Marks. The Tollywood star even has alleged love child with the actress.
Pawan Kalyan met Danah Marks on the sets of movie Teen Maar, which was a remake of Love Aaj Kal and he reportedly fell in love with her. “Pawan and Danah fell in love on the sets of Teen Maar and have been living together. They are now the parents of a three-month-old baby girl,” Times of India quotes a source as saying.
According to the TOI reports, Pawan Kalyan and Danah Marks have been living together in a house on Road No. 12 in Banjara Hills. Their neighbours say that they have seen Danah taking the baby in a stroller for a walk. They even say that she gets along well with Pawan’s two children, who shuttle between Pune and Hyderabad and often stay with Pawan and Danah.
Meanwhile, the source also says that Pawan Kalyan and his second wife Renu Desai had been estranged for a long time. The couple has already officially divorced, and Renu has been living separately in Pune. Although their close friends and families tried to get them to reconcile in the interest of the two children, they decided to part their ways.

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