Tuesday, 31 July 2012

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Bihar News, Latest News from Bihar, News of Bihar, Biharprabha News

CIL to fuel all upcoming Thermal Power Plants in India

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:30 PM PDT

Coal India would fuel all Thermal Power Projects in  the country in upcoming years. It would supply at least 80 percent of coal requirements  needed by such projects with 65 percent of Domestic and 15 percent of Imported coal

Coal India agreed to supply at least 80 percent of the coal needed to fuel new power projects, a condition set by the government, but stipulated it could use a mix of 15 percent imported coal versus 65 percent domestic.

Its board, however, deferred a decision on penalties the company will pay in case it does not meet the supply guarantees, company officials said on Tuesday.

Electric utilities had asked for penalties equal to 10 to 20 percent of a shortfall in supply, while Coal India had earlier agreed to only 0.01 percent.

India aims to add 88,000 megawatts of power generation capacity in the next five years, most to be fuelled by coal. Coal India will now be able to sign agreements to supply utilities developing 48 power projects, officials said.

On Tuesday, nearly half of India’s 1.2 billion people were without power in the second major blackout in as many days as the grids covering a dozen states broke down after some drew more than their share of electricity from the overstretched network.

Coal India, the world’s largest coal miner, produces nearly 80 percent of the country’s domestic coal supply of about 550 million tonnes.

The revised fuel supply contracts will reduce pressure on the miner, which has struggled to increase domestic supplies for years because of failure to get swift environmental and regulatory approval and inadequate railway infrastructure.

Earlier this year, the government, which owns 90 percent of the company, ordered it to sign contracts guaranteeing 80 percent of coal supplies to new projects, which would pave the way for power generators to obtain funding for their planned projects.

India relies on coal for two-thirds of its power generation and will need even more for the additional capacity planned to tackle a peak-hour power deficit of as much as 13 percent.

Earlier this year, Coal India posted its first drop in quarterly profit in two years due to its reversal of a price increase following protests from power companies and to a sharp jump in its annual wage bill.

Whisky Bottle had Blood Stains of Aarushi and Hemaraj

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 05:30 PM PDT

arushi hemraj murdererAarushi Hemraj Murder Case was tweaked again when it was revealed to the court that a Whisky Bottle recovered from the Crime Spot had blood stains of both the victims on it.

BP Mahaptra, of Central Forensic Science laboratory told the court that blood stains found on Aarushi’s clothes and her bed’s sheets matched her group. The CBI yesterday produced seven exhibits out of 36 parcels in the special trial court here.

Mahaptra told the court that on the bottle of wine there were “partial male and female DNA generated” The public prosecutor RK Saini said that on the bottle of scotch, the blood samples found were positive. The blood samples found on the Valentine scotch bottle were of Aarushi’s and matched the samples found on her sheets, the CFSL witness told the court.

He said that a colorless liquid was found in another bottle which had no blood trace. A metallic lock was also produced with blood stains but no DNA could be generated on it, he told the court.

From Hemraj’s room, a red colour plastic bottle and a colourless bottle were recovered. From the room of the accused, the Talwars, a bottle of Valentine finest scotch bottle was recovered, the witness said.

The other exhibits produced were the clothes, undergarments and tops of Arushi and Hemraj and the CFSL scientist said that blood was positive on all these exhibits. The hearings will continue tomorrow.

Fortis launches Super Specialty Hospital in Singapore

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 04:30 PM PDT

Renowned Indian Hospital Chain, Fortis has opened its wing of Super Specialty Colorectal Hospital at Singapore. Fortis Colorectal Hospital (FCH) is the first medical facility in Singapore and Southeast Asia to focus on colorectal disorders.

“The Fortis Colorectal Hospital in Singapore is our first greenfield hospital internationally and the 76th in our global network. The hospital signifies our speciality approach to patient-centric healthcare delivery,” Fortis Healthcare Chief Executive Vishal Bali said in a statement here.

FCH will focus on education and research to improve the quality of colorectal disease treatment in the region. The hospital will offer laparoscopic surgery and has a clinic that provides round-the-clock consultations and follow-up care for colorectal conditions, he added.

Fortis Healthcare Limited (BSE: 532843) is an established chain of super specialty hospitals based in Delhi, also available in Amritsar, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, Mohali, Jaipur, Chennai, Kota, Bengaluru.

On 12 March 2010, Fortis healthcare had bought 23.9% stakes in Singapore’s Parkway Holdings Ltd. On 29th May 2012, Fortis Healthcare repororted an increase of 41.34% in the consolidated net profit for Q4.

NIRM Hyderabad launches Post Graduate Diploma in Tribal Management

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 03:30 PM PDT

National Institute of Rural Management,Hyderabad has launched One Year Post Graduate Diploma in Tribal Welfare and Management starting from this academic year.

Delivered through the distance education mode, the course envisages to develop an understanding of tribal development management and administration with a focus on ethics and values. This course is also expected to develop competence in project management and financial management.

It will be useful to those with a passion for tribal development and officials concerned with tribal affairs. NGOs, government sector, research institutes, and international organisations are expected to hire those who complete the course, an NIRD release said.

The function was chaired by NIRD Director General Dr M V Rao and attended by former member of the Planning Commission B N Yungandhar, besides additional secretary of the ministry for rural development S M Vijayanand.

Captain Lakshmi Sehgal’s Eyes gift vision to two Blind Women

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT

Kanpur – Legendary Freedom Fighter Captain Laskhmi Sahgal who died few days back had donated her body for medical research and well being. True to her wish, her two eyes have given vision to two blind women after her cornea was transplanted to them.

The surgery on 15-year-old Babli and Rampyari (55) was successful and they would soon be discharged from the hospital, said Dr Mahmood Rahmani, who conducted the surgery.

Both transplants were done on July 25 and the bandages were removed yesterday.

Rampyari and Babli had no visibility in one eye and very poor visibility in the second, and both had waited for two years for cornea, said Rehmani, who removed and transplanted the cornea.
“After getting Captain Sehgal’s cornea, I called up Babli’s father Guddu who hails from Hardoi and is from a financially weak background and asked him to come to Kanpur for the transplant,” Rehmani said.

Rampyari, the second person to benefit, belongs to Hatiya area of Kanpur.

Green India Mission to initiate from Bundi and Udaipur Districts of Rajasthan

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT

Green India Mission has chosen Bundi and Udaipur districts of Rajasthan for pilot projects to increase the forest cover of country to 33 percent

Both the districts posses a thick forest cover compared to other districts of the desert state, making them the potential holders for success of the mission, District Forest Officer (DFO) Rajendra Singh Nathawat said.

In Bundi, a grant of Rs 5.6 crore has been approved for execution of the project in Balwanpura and Talwas, which are among the 14 other landscapes apart from the Kotrada landscape in Udaipur which are selected for the project, Nathawat said, adding that the project will be implemented in four phases.

“Following survey and micro-planning of the areas and requirements of local people through interactive programmes, features of cattle and wildlife would be identified and facilities for better cattle breeding and their immunisation will be ensured,” he said. Villagers with fallow land will be encouraged for plantation as per ecological requirements under the project that is likely start next week, he said.

Meanwhile, state wildlife board member Rajpal Singh, holding that Bundi possesses vital ecological requirements for success of the mission, asserted that the move will also help develop the Ranthambore Tiger Corridor. “Forest cover was constantly coming down in the identified areas of Bundi and Udaipur districts. Plantation under Green India Mission would provide good habitat to wildlife,” he said.

Bihar Govt increases Retirement age of Engineering Teachers

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Bihar Government has increased the retirement age of teachers for engineering and polytechnic colleges from 62 years to 65 years.

The decision to this effect was taken by the state cabinet presided over by chief minister Nitish Kumar, official sources said.

Principal secretary of state cabinet and co-ordination department Ravi kant said in accordance with the provisions of AITEC the state cabinet decided to increase the retirement age of teachers of engineering college and polytechnic institution from 62 to 65 years.

The cabinet also approved Bihar Family Benefit Scheme with provision for payment of Rs 20,000 of compensation to those who dies in accident and criminal incidents.

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Service to be restored soon

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Darjeeling Toy TrainThe Darjeeling Himalayan railway Toy Train Service is likely to be resume very soon. The Train runs between New Jalpaiguri and Kurseong in Darjeeling. The landslides affected sites on NH-55 are likely to be reconstructed.

After the monsoon season ends, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and the railway will start their separate projects to revive their services in the landslide-affected areas of Kurseong sub-division.

NHAI officials said they have been consulting with the transport ministry in New Delhi and have also been in touch with Japanese experts on how best to reconstruct the damaged portion NH55.

Northeast Frontier Railway ADRM Devendra Singh Kunwar said “We will not wait for NH-55 to be reconstructed, but we will ourselves take initiative to lay down the damaged portion of the toy train trucks and where there is no service of the toy train we will start its resumption again after the monsoon.

Narendra Modi’s object lesson in political grandiosity

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 07:30 AM PDT

In saying that he should be hanged publicly if he is found guilty of complicity in the 2002 Gujarat riots, Chief Minister Narendra Modi has yet again provided an object lesson in political grandiosity.

His comments in an interview with Shahid Siddiqui, editor of the Urdu daily Nai Dunya, are symptomatic of a man who has an inordinately large sense of the self. What he is in effect saying is that even his failures and complicities, if those are indeed what he is guilty of, cannot be mitigated by a mere apology.

There seems to be another ploy behind daring a faceless adversary, namely, the country’s judiciary, to hang him. He is conscious that the bar of proving his direct involvement in the 2002 killings is so high and therefore practically futile that grandstanding by saying “Hang me, if I am guilty” is his best expedient option. It is also a case of extreme pre-emption.

Somewhere along the lines Modi also appears to betray a martyr complex by raising his alleged failures to the level of a crime deserving of the capital punishment. It is a narrative which would play well within his hardcore constituency that would also see any conviction of Modi as someone who took one for the team. That is ironic because Modi has never really seen himself as a team player.

As political posturing goes, this is fiendishly clever. For a politician subtly positioning himself for prime ministerial sweepstakes it cannot get smarter than choosing a virulent critic of his, editing a respected Urdu newspaper and a prominent Muslim to boot to give an interview which is a mixture of bluster and implied contrition. It is a no-brainer that he should have chosen an avowed critic of his to give a detailed interview in a newspaper largely read by the Muslims of Uttar Pradesh. Even if he manages to persuade a small percentage of them to at least be open-minded about him, Modi might have reasoned, he would stand a fair chance in national elections.

Modi would have known that his comments would set off a political churning in the 24/7 broadcast media as well as the bastion of national politics, namely Uttar Pradesh. Politicians around the world, particularly those as crafty as Modi, treat all media interviews as an exercise in either building themselves up or reinforcing their relevance. In his cost-benefit analysis the one and a half hours spent with Siddiqui is worth so much more in terms of return on political investment. And Modi is nothing if not a Gujarati who instinctively understands return on investment (ROI).

Incidentally, speaking of ROI, Modi has been touring Japan for the past four days mostly to encourage Japanese investments in Gujarat. It could well be a coincidence that he is out of the country doing what he likes best, talking development, just as the interview has come out. But then it could also be deliberate.

Even for Modi, who never tires of renewing his vows with Gujarat every so often, 13 years would have been a long time to remain in the state, subject of course to his winning the next assembly elections later this year. By the time the 2014 national elections take place he would have completed nearly a decade and a half as Gujarat’s boss. The calculation appears to be to start clearing the brush in preparation for 2014.

Of course, the path from Gandhinagar to New Delhi is still full of ambushers lurking around, the most potent being reasonable acceptance of his politics on the national stage. With daggers drawn in his own party at the state level, not to mention profound antipathies coming from an important Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ally in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, it can be nobody’s case that Modi has it all laid out for him. The Nai Dunya interview is no doubt his way of testing the waters.

He cannot but be mindful that if he wants to pursue national ambitions he has to change his ways of dealing with members of his own party, not just at the state level but even at the national level. He can no longer conduct himself with the aloof self-assurance with which he has been known to do in Gandhinagar and expect that people will support him no matter what.

Not many in the BJP would publicly acknowledge this but they know that Modi sees himself as larger than the party. He is one of those singular figures who shed affiliations and loyalties without any qualms as long as the self remains in control. He gives the impression that he has replaced ideological fealties with a messianic self-belief.

TV Addiction can lead you to Diabates Type 2

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 06:30 AM PDT

TV Addiction has been diagnosed to be the fresh cause of Diabetes among Elderly people. A Study in Australia suggests that it increases the chances of Type 2 of Diabetes among people who are over 60 years old.

The study, led by Paul Gardiner from The University of Queensland School of Population Health, was one of the first to examine the effects of sedentary behaviour and TV watching on older men and women.

“Up until now, most research about sitting and watching TV has been focused on children, while older adults have potentially the most to gain from changing their behaviour,” Gardiner said.

Researchers found that for each hour a person spends watching TV, his or her risk of developing metabolic syndrome increases. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiovascular disease predictors linked to the onset of type 2 diabetes, according to a Queensland statement.

Other lifestyle factors linked to metabolic syndrome include a lack of regular exercise, poor nutrition, high alcohol consumption and smoking.

Gardiner said even light activity such while watching TV can reduce the risk of developing metabolic syndrome.

“Reducing sedentary behaviour may be a feasible and practical way for older adults to improve their health and may be particularly important for those whose health or physical functioning limits their participation in moderate-intensity physical activity,” he said.

Previous studies had shown that sedentary behaviour has a unique physiological effect on the body and that this was different from the effect of lack of exercise.
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Monday, 30 July 2012

Bihar News, Latest News from Bihar, News of Bihar, Biharprabha News

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar rejects FDI in Retail

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:30 PM PDT

CM of Bihar Nitish Kumar has again opposed FDI in Retail Sector. He said that he was not in favour of foreign direct investment (FDI) in retail in the state and virtually made it clear that he was with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in opposing it.

“I am not in favour of FDI in retail and there is no question to accept it in Bihar,” Nitish Kumar told reporters here.

Nearly a week after Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi of the (BJP) ruled out FDI in retail in the state, the chief minister said that it will badly hit local small retailers.

Nitish Kumar said that he had written to Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textile Anand Sharma in this regard.

“It is our considered view that as the domestic retailing is underdeveloped and is in a nascent stage, it is important that this sector is allowed to grow and consolidate first before any liberalisation,” said his letter.

Nitish Kumar said that the case for opening up of the retail sector to FDI did not seem to be justifiable and was converse to our policy of growth with justice.

In his letter, Nitish Kumar pointed out that the entry of large global retailers would slowly but surely marginalise domestic retailers.

“We must accept that unorganised retailing in India is a means of livelihood and not of profit,” he said.

Nitish Kumar said the central government should reconsider its decision for liberalisation of the FDI policy in multi-brand retail in the interest of farmers, retailers and consumers.

Delhi to raise Funds by auctioning Fancy Registration Number for Vehicles

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 04:30 PM PDT

Delhi Cabinet has approved allotment of fancy registration numbers for four wheeled private vehicles through auction. The proceed funds will be used for public welfare purposes.

“The amount such accumulated would be transferred to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund for enhancing the sphere of grant during natural calamities and for the needy persons facing hardships,” sheela dixit saus at a press briefing after Monday’s cabinet meeting.

Under the new system, the minimum reserve price (MRP) for the number 0001 will be Rs.5 lakh. Similarly, MRP for category 2 numbers 0002 to 0009 will be Rs. 3 lakh each, while that for category 3 number like 0010 to 0099, 0786, 1111, 7777 and 9999 will be Rs.2 lakh each.

The MRP for the last category which includes fancy number like 0100, 0111 upto 8000, 0108, 1008 and 1313, will be Rs.1 lakh each. Any other specific number, which doesn’t belong to any of the above categories, will have an MRP of Rs.20,000.

According to Motor Vehicle Act, 1988, every motor vehicle must be registered and carry a registration number. However, to facilitate the new system of registration of vehicles, a new rule — 34 A — will be incorporated in the Delhi Motor Vehicles Rules, 1993.

Under the new system, the vehicles of the VIPs as well as the vehicles of state and union government departments will be entitled for allotment of fancy numbers without payment of additional fees.

Diskhit said that the new system will overcome the ongoing irregularities and would ensure overall transparency.

Woman sold to 4 Different Men rescued in Rajasthan

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 03:30 PM PDT

A 30-year old woman was sent to a shelter home in Rajasthan’s Dholpur Monday after she was rescued from a human trafficking gang which had sold her to four different men over the past one year, police said.

A case of rape has been registered against at least six men, they added.

“The woman was rescued from Basaidaang area of Dholpur district Sunday. We had acted on a tip-off. No one could be arrested from the house as its occupants had fled at the time of the raid,” a police officer told IANS.

The officer said that the woman had eloped with a man whom she identifies as Rakesh Kumar about a year ago.

“However, Rakesh sold her to a man called Jeetu. It has come up during investigation that Jeetu sold her to four different men in Basaidaang area over the past one year. Each of them kept her for some time and then handed her over to Jeetu again. She has registered a case of rape against Rakesh, Jeetu and the four men,” said the officer.

He added that the woman’s statements were recorded before a magistrate Monday in Dholpur, over 200 km from Jaipur.

“She was then sent to women shelter home here. Police teams have been rushed to various places in search of the members of the human trafficking gang,” said the officer.

Media People manhandled at Anna Hazare Fast Venue

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT

Around 150-200 people present at Jantar Mantar, the venue of the protest by Anna Hazare, allegedly broke down barricades and manhandled media persons late Monday, according to a reporter present at the spot.

The incident occurred after Team Anna member Shanti Bhushan claimed that media was not giving proper coverage to the protest, said the reporter who did not want to be identified.

IAC members Manish Sisodia, who is on fast at the venue, and Kumar Vishwas later tried to pacify the crowd.

No police case has been registered.

Millions crippled by Power Failure in North India

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:02 PM PDT

The Worst Power Failure in India since Independance has left Millions of Indians shocked. The Life was made to standstill. Rails, Metro and Civic Bodies were halted.

Seven states in north India saw power trip off at 2.32 a.m. Monday due to a major breakdown in the Northern Grid – an interconnected transmission network that delivers electricity from various power generating stations to distribution utilities.

The last time such a crisis took place was in 2001, when it took 16 hours to restore normalcy.

Apart from the national capital Delhi, supplies were badly affected in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir, said V.V. Sharma, general manager of Power System Operation Corp Ltd.

The power failure also hit water supply with water treatment plants unable to operate.

By evening, the electricity supply was “almost fully restored”, Sharma told IANS.

The power trip had occurred near Agra, the city of the Taj Majal, but officials were unable to say what caused the massive breakdown. “The reason is yet to be ascertained,” said Sharma, adding that a three-member committee formed to probe the cause would suggest remedial measures.

The company, a subsidiary of the state-run Power Grid Corporation of India, which manages the grid, got power supply from the western and eastern regions, as also Bhutan.

The Northern Grid supplies power to nine states and at this time of the year, requires around 34,000-35,000 MW, said Sharma.

The power trip left many trains stranded in north India and saw thousands of early morning passengers of the Delhi Metro, including college and school students, crowd stations waiting for train services to start.

Power to the railways and Delhi Metro was restored by 9 a.m.

According to the company, parts of Badarpur in south Delhi, Narora and Simbhauli in Uttar Pradesh and Bhinma in Rajasthan were not affected by the tripping.

By afternoon, a semblance of normalcy was restored with most areas in north India getting electricity supply.

“It was such a relief to get the electricity back. We immediately put on the water pump as there was no water in the house,” said Sharda Gupta, a housewife in Rohini.

Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde denied that essential services were hit.

Delhi Power Minister Harun Yusuf accused neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana of overdrawing power which he said led to the collapse.

A Delhi Metro official said they received hydel power from Bhutan on a priority basis, and added that Delhi Metro was amongst the emergency services, including the prime minister’s residence and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), that were provided power.

The power failure also led to a majority of traffic signals not working in most areas, causing massive traffic jams during office hours. However, traffic policemen were seen at many intersections in the national capital manning the morning traffic.

According to a Northern Railway spokesperson, nearly 100 trains were disrupted. Many important trains like the Lucknow-Delhi Mail and overnight trains plying between New Delhi, Lucknow, Allahabad and Varanasi, Moradabad, were stranded en-route. Many of the trains were brought to the nearest stations by diesel engines, a railway official said in Lucknow.

Railway traffic was back to normal by 8 a.m. Around 45 local trains in Delhi were also affected.

Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport functioned normally with the help of generators.

The blackout also severely hit business activities. Chandrajit Banerjee, director general of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), termed it “extremely unfortunate” and said the government must push reforms in the power sector and ensure adequate supply of coal to thermal plants. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) said the blackout had “severely impacted” business activities.

All government hospitals were put on emergency services and generator back-up, an official said.

Hydro-power generation in Himachal Pradesh resumed Monday morning more than seven hours after the Northern Grid collapsed and stopped electricity production.

Anna Hazare remains stable on 2nd day of His Fast

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 07:30 AM PDT

Anti-Corruption activist Anna Hazare continued with his indefinite hunger-strike Monday with a low turnout at his ongoing anti-graft rally at Jantar Mantar.

The 75-year-old Hazare looked fit on the second day of his fast that he started Sunday.

According to a health bulletin issued by the India Against Corruption (IAC), the group that supports Hazare, the septuagenarian’s blood pressure was recorded normal with pulse rate stable at 89.

His blood sugar level was normal at 98.

Hazare and his core team members Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Gopal Rai and Prashant Bhushan reached the venue around 11 in the morning with his supporters raising slogans of “Bharat Mata ki Jai”, “Vande Mataram” and “Inquilab Zindabad”.

Kejriwal, Sisodia and Rai went on an indefinite fast July 25.

The activists want the government to concede the demand for a more stringent Lokpal law that would create an all-powerful anti-graft ombudsman in India.

They also want the government to create a special probe panel to investigate graft allegations against 15 ministers, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

This is the fourth time that Hazare has launched an indefinite fast since April last year.

According to IAC, five of Hazare’s supporters who were also fasting were hospitalised Sunday night after their health deteriorated.

Indian High Commission at Trinidad starts Ayurveda Center

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Indian High Commission in Trinidad and Tobago has launched a centre for ayurveda following a growing interest in the Caribbean in the traditional Indian system of medicine.

The centre was inaugurated by Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Local Government Surujattan Rambachan a few days ago.
The minister also announced that a Chair of Ayurvedic Medicine will be launched soon at the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine.

He said this would be the second such academic programme to be launched at the university, the first being the Chair of Asian Studies.

Rambachan said the steps followed several agreements signed between Trinidad and Tobago’s Indian-origin Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh during Persad-Bissessar’s historic visit to India in January.

Rambachan said relations between India and Trinidad and Tobago have moved swiftly from mere cultural and religious to that of in-depth economic, trade and investment.

The former minister of foreign affairs also heaped praises on Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra, calling him “the entrepreneurial high commissioner”.

Mishra said Trinidad and Tobago was the second country outside India to have an ayurveda centre after Malaysia.

He said people can visit the centre and access all forms of information, brochures, publications and videos on ayurveda.
Mishra said opening of the centre followed a conference on the subject here last November, and from which, “there were widespread interests and requests”, all of which were encouraging.

Anusha Vaideeswaran, an ayurveda practitioner from Mumbai, gave a scholastic overview of the traditional system.

Around 44 percent of Trinidad and Tobago’s population has its genesis from India’s Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states, who came during 1845 to 1917 to work in the agricultural sector after the freedom of African slaves.

Tamil Nadu Express Fire Accident might be pre-planned

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Was it an accident or sabotage? The fire in the Tamil Nadu Express which killed 35 people in Andhra Pradesh early Monday was initially believed to have been caused by an electrical short-circuit but the railways would be probing it from all angles.

Railway Minister Mukul Rai has announced a probe by the commissioner-railway safety. Railway officials have not ruled out the sabotage angle.

The fire broke out between 4.30 a.m. and 4.45 a.m. in the S-11 coach minutes after the Chennai-bound train left Nellore railway station in south coastal Andhra Pradesh, about 450 km from Hyderabad.

The reported recovery of a kerosene can in the gutted compartment, the eye witness accounts and the speed with which the fire spread all point a finger towards possible sabotage.

Some witnesses said they heard an explosion before the flames engulfed the entire S-11 coach. They also claimed that three doors of the bogie were locked, making it impossible for people to escape.

Director General of Police V. Dinesh Reddy said that it would be premature to say anything about the cause of the fire without a thorough probe by the railways.

He told reporters that a railway employee near Nellore railway station saw the fire in the running train and alerted the authorities and police.

Paddy Crop badly hit by Insufficient Rain in Bihar

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:26 AM PDT

Inadequate rains have hit paddy cultivation in Bihar as less than 50 percent transplantation of the target area had taken place till date this Kharif season, leaving the state administration worried.

“Paddy transplantation was severely hit across the state due to over 20 percent rainfall deficit. Only 45 percent of paddy transplantation had been completed in the state so far,” an agriculture department official said Monday.

Sowing was severely hit in most districts except Araria, and East and West Champaran.

The agriculture department has earmarked 34.75 lakh hectares for paddy, 2.7 lakh hectares for maize and 1.5 lakh hectares for oilseeds.

“Till date paddy transplantation completed in 14.97 lakh hectares” said the official.

Last year, Bihar had recorded a bumper paddy crop of 114 lakh tonnes, thanks to a normal monsoon.

“Paddy transplantation by July 15 is good for bumper production but paddy transplantation by July 31 result in at least 10 percent less production and paddy transplantation after July is bound to hit production hard,” said agriculture scientist S.S. Singh.

The state had produced just about 46 lakh tonnes of paddy in 2010 because of insufficient rains.

The state has received 357 mm of rainfall against the normal 440.9 mm from June-July 25. Last year, it recorded 437.7 mm rainfall in the same period.

An estimated 70 million people, two-thirds of Bihar’s 105 million population, and nearly two-thirds of all agricultural activity are dependent on agriculture.

Bihar Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh said in view of the deficit rainfall the government had released Rs.13 crore towards diesel subsidy to help farmers to irrigate kharif crops.

Ten days ago, the state cabinet had sanctioned Rs.200 crore as advance from Rs.619.75 crore from the contingency fund, as diesel subsidy.

Sunny Leone says NO to Big Boss again

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 05:16 AM PDT

JISM 2 star Sunny Leone doesnot want to appear again in Big Boss. She though accepts that it was her gateway to Bollywood which she never dreamt of, but she would never think of going back again.
Sunny told IANS: “I would never go back to the house again… it is insane, it is crazy. But what it did for me is it opened the doors, opened a new world – something that I had never imagined.”

The actress is foraying into Bollywood with “Jism 2″, which was offered to her by Mahesh Bhatt while she was in the “Big Boss” house.

“Bhatt saab came in the house and talked about doing a movie, this idea never crossed my mind. I thought I will exit the house and never come back to India… but complete opposite thing happened,” she added.

Sunny says the reality shows in West are completely different from what we see in India.

“If you compare the reality shows here to there (US), here those who come on the show become very popular and achieve huge success. In America, if you do a reality show, they don’t care. They don’t identify people when they walk on streets, but here it does happen like that,” explained the 31-year-old.

Releasing Aug 3, “Jism 2″ has been directed by Pooja Bhatt and Sunny will be seen romancing Arunoday Singh and Randeep Hooda in it.

 

Watch her Pole Dance  in Big Boss Last Year
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Sunday, 29 July 2012

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500m Long Tunnel spotted near India Pakistan Border

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 06:30 PM PDT

A 500m Long Tunnel under construction with 3 feet diameter has been discovered across India Pakistan Border in Samba district south of Jammu. There can be no doubt that the tunnel was to be used to infiltrate Militants and push in Ammunition from Pakistan into the Valley. Officers donot deny the possibility of more such tunnels.

It was discovery of a farmer Sukhdev Singh of Chechwal who was tilling his fields and all of a sudden there was massive oil erosion that impacted around 20 feet. Trying to understand the caving in phenomenon, Singh traced a cave and informed the BSF. The entire area was sealed off and digging was started that eventually led to the discovering of a tunnel going towards the borde

With India’s Independence Day only 18 days away, some fear that the tunnel may have been prepared to infiltrate militants on or ahead of Aug 15.

The tunnel, about 55 km southwest of Jammu, is 3 feet by 3 feet in diameter and has pipes for supplying oxygen, according to Senior Superintendent of Police (Samba) Israr Khan.

It appears the tunnel is 400-500 metres long, he said.

The tunnel runs below the border fence, erected on Indian territory to prevent infiltration of terrorists from Pakistan. “Our fair assessment is that this tunnel is under construction.”

The Pakistani post Lambryal is about 500 metres opposite India’s Chinari post. “There is thick vegetation in the area. We can’t know the activities going on that side.”

Officials do not rule out the possibility of more such tunnels either already constructed or under construction from Pakistan to India.

Residents of Chhichwal village say the Border Security Force (BSF) and the army are not taking the issue seriously.

Said Fateh Singh, an elderly man: “It is over 36 hours since the tunnel was discovered. But no one from the army has come to find out the facts.

“It is only the senior superintendent of police who is camping here. The BSF came with a machine to dig the place but that machine ran out of fuel.

Ravi Choudhary, a farmer who saw the sinking area leading to the tunnel’s discovery, said: “By not acting fast we are giving time to Pakistan to cover up things.”

The Jammu and Kashmir Police has called for geological experts and the remote sensing department to study the tunnel. “But no one has reached so far,” said Parveen Katwal, another villager.

Because of strong security measures on the Indian side, Pakistan has been finding it difficult to push militants into Jammu and Kashmir.

“That is the reason Pakistan has embarked on constructing such an underground tunnel to push arms, ammunition and militants into Jammu and Kashmir,” one official said.

Hundreds of Kashmiri youths who went over to Pakistan for arms training and now desperate to return to the state by surrendering to security forces and making use of government rehabilitation policies.

Pakistan wants to push in more militants into Jammu and Kashmir as there are very few left in the state, another official said.

Use of tunnels under contested border is nothing new. Most of the Palestine economy and resistance is directly linked to 1200-odd tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza Strip separation barrier.

Indian Forex Reserves up by $589 Millions during last week

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:30 PM PDT

India’s foreign exchange (forex) reserves grew by $589 million to $287.34 billion for the week ended July 20, central bank data showed.

Foreign currency assets, the biggest component of the forex reserves kitty, increased by $565.5 million to $255.10 billion for the week under review, according to weekly statistical supplement released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

The RBI did not provide any reasons for the growth. It said the assets in US dollar terms included the effect of appreciation or depreciation of non-US currencies such as the pound sterling, euro and yen held in reserve.

The country’s forex reserves had declined by $872.7 million in the previous week under review.

The value of special drawing rights (SDRs) grew by $15.8 million to $4.34 billion during the week ended July 20, while India’s reserves with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) rose by $7.7 million to $2.13 billion.

However, the value of gold reserves remained unchanged at $25.76 billion.

India needs more TV Shows like Satyamev Jayate

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 04:30 PM PDT

Satyameva Jayate Aamir KhanSatyamev Jayate the first of its kind show in World has created History, not for the TRP it gained but for its immense social impact quadrupled by the Superstar effect of Aamir Khan. Satyamev Jayate did in 13 weeks what Social Activists could not do for over 30 years.

To Sum up, India needs more shows like Satyamev Jayate. The show went on air May 6 and in episodes after episode, Aamir brought forth unknown facts related to child sex abuse, medical malpractice, manual scavenging and dowry.

He followed it up off the screen by meeting concerned leaders to ensure the problems are resolved.

The actor-filmmaker met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot to request the creation of a fast track court to decide the cases of the doctors, none of who have been penalised in the female foeticide cases.

Coincidently, the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill, 2011, that was earlier cleared by Rajya Sabha, got the nod from lower house after the second episode of “Satyamev Jayte”.

The episode highlighting malpractice among medical practitioners irked medical community. Though the medical community was miffed and asked apology from Aamir, the parliamentary standing committee invited Aamir and the “Satyamev Jayate” team to discuss the issue.

The grand finlae show highlighted the basic tenets of the constitution that promises equality for all. Ironically, the people in the country are still subjected to discriminations on the basis of caste and religion.

“When India’s leaders envisaged building a new nation after independence, the constitution was the foundation stone of this endeavour. We had resolved to establish a sovereign, secular, democratic republic with justice, liberty, equality and fraternity for all. After 65 years of Independence, are we actually living up to those principles,” Aamir asked.

The episode saluted the courage of The Sarvodaya Trust, which gave shelter to both Hindu and Muslim children after the 2001 devastating earthquake in Gujarat as well as Sunitha Krishnan, a social worker who looks to rehabilitate prostitutes and rape victims through her anti-trafficking organisation Prajwala

Sunitha, one of the rape victims, said that irony is that “people want to make documentaries and movies on these girls, but no one wants to own them.”

The episode also appreciated the work of Naseema Hurzuk, a wheelchair bound lady who runs Helpers Of The Handicapped, an organisation helps disabled.

In last 13 weeks, the star evoked a range of emotions as he dealt with the sensitive topics, and each episode witnessed moist eyes among those in the TV audiences and many more at homes and offices across the country as people tuned in to watch the programme.

Before the show hit the screen, Aamir said in his promotional ads that he wanted to replicate the phenomena created by the epic Mahabharat and Ramayana teleserials of yore on Sunday mornings and he succeeded in doing so.

Equipped with well-researched instances and case studies, each episode forced people to think beyond boundaries. The programme was simultaneously beamed on Star Plus and Doordarshan, a first.

In terms of business too, Aamir has managed to draw big brands and loads of moolah to sponsor a reality show that puts the spotlight on the invisible people in the country. Airtel is the title sponsor, while Aquaguard Axis Bank, Berger Paints, Skoda, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson and Dixcy Textiles paying crores for the show.

The actor has said that he may come back with the second season of the show.

India successfully test Fires Brahmos Missile

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 02:47 PM PDT

Yesterday India test fired Supersonic Cruise Missile Brahmos from the defense base in Balashore with a range of 290 km and a conventional warhead capacity of up to 300 kg.

The missile was launched from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur in Balasore district, about 230 km from here. “It was an experimental repeat of a previous version,” M.V.K.V. Prasad, director of the test range, told IANS.

The missile has a top speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster than the US subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile. This makes BrahMos one of the fastest cruise missiles in the world.

The missile can be launched from submarines, ships and aircraft. Sea and ground launched versions of the missile have been successfully tested and put into service with the army and navy.

It was the 32nd flight test of the BrahMos. The latest test was carried out at about 10.30 a.m.

“The objective of the mission was to evaluate some of the newer subsystems which are produced from the Indian industry as part of production stabilisation. More than 25 such systems were incorporated in the development missile”, BrahMos Aerospace spokesperson Praveen Pathak told IANS.

The latest launch was primarily aimed at testing the new power systems, materials for airframe components, guidance scheme and various electric systems. The data obtained from multiple telemetry stations of ITR are being analysed for large scale production by the Indian industries, he added.

Women! Flirt Men to enjoy Success at Negotiations

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT

Feminine charm is a measurable phenomenon, scientists have established, with women who employ it enjoying the most success in negotiations, The Independent reported Sunday.

Results from the first academic study of the technique shows that it can increase success rates in negotiations with both men and women by as much as a third.

Effective feminine charm combines flirtation with friendliness and women who get it right can get around 20 percent off the price of a car, according to the study.

But getting the right balance between flirting and being friendly is vital, because women who are too straightforwardly friendly lose out, according to Laura Kray who led the study.

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the London School of Economics, carried out four separate experiments to investigate female charm, the newspaper added.

They say that, while there is a commonly held assumption that feminine charm boosts a woman’s effectiveness in negotiations, it has not until now been investigated by researchers.

Narendra Modi showers heaps of Praises on Biharis

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Gujarat CM Narendra Modi showered heaps of Praises for Biharis and emphasized on the Bihar-Gujarat Relationship for the past 100 years. He was speaking at a ceremony celebrating Bihar Centenary Celebrations.

In this unique style he said, “Gujarat and Bihar share an old bond. If Sardar Patel had not been there, Rajendra Babu (who hailed from Bihar) would not have become the President of India while Jayprakashji made Morarjibhai PM,”.

“Sardar Patel made Rajendra babu President. While it was Jayprakashji who made Morarjibhai Prime Minister. There are countless such examples that bind us,” he said adding Bihar was the land where Gandhiji started the movement for Swaraj.

Talking about large number of Biharis who have migrated to Gujarat, Modi said, “there was a time when Kolkata had most number of migrants from Bihar, but I think now Surat has broken that record.”

Trying to strike a chord with Biharis here, Modi said the state government was planning to build a large statue of Lord Buddha as there was much influence of his in Gujarat as it is in Bihar.

Asking the Biharis not to forget their roots, Modi said that, “Biharis settled in Gujarat may have become 100 per cent Gujaratis now but we do not want them to forget their roots”.

Modi also highlighted the strength of the Biharis saying that they display their talent in whichever field they go.

“If there were to be no Bihari youngsters, imagine what will happen to Television? 80 percent of the crew is from Bihar. This is their influence,” Modi said.

Madhura Nagendra was the Mysterious Girl in Red during Olympic Opening Ceremony

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 11:03 AM PDT

madhura nagendraThe Mysterious Woman who was seen in front of Team India parade has been identified to be Madhura Nagendra from Bangalore. According to Family sources, she was selected for a dance performance by show creator Danny Boyle.

She almost took away the whole camera attention from Team India during the  10s  show. Dressed in red shirt and blue trouser, Madhura was seen leading the Indian contingent in the march past alongside Beijing Games bronze medallist Sushil Kumar during the Opening ceremonyand her unwanted presence has left the Indians fuming as they had no clue as to who she was.However, her father K Nagendra said she was not an intruder and there was no security breach and also apologised for the controversial incident.

“My daughter Madhura was officially selected for giving a dance performance in the inaugural ceremony by show creator Danny Boyle,” Madhura’s father K Nagendra said.

Nagendra said his daughter was practising dance for past many months with all participants selected to perform at the Opening ceremony.

“From whatever I learnt and presume that she being an Indian, the London Olympics Organising Committee might also have selected her to ‘take’ the team inside the stadium. This might have hurt our team’s feelings. I feel very sorry for that,” Nagendra said.

Nagendra said there was no security breach by her daughter as nobody can enter the stadium without security clearance.

Nagendra also said that he was also given passes to watch the show. “I returned yesterday from London and my daughter would reach Bangalore in next couple of days,” he added.

Madhura is a post-graduate student and studied in Christ College in Bangalore. She is also a good dancer, according to her neighbour Yashodha Ramprasad, who stays at Banshankari area.

Understandably agitated by the incident, India's acting Chef-de-Mission PK Muralidharan Raja had shot off a letter on this embarrassing issue to the London Games organisers last night in protest against the incident.

"There is no mysterious girl. The incident just exposes the tall claims made by the organisers regarding security. Just imagine if this had happened in India that a person without any accreditation had walked ino the main arena, that too along with a contingent … all hell would have broken out in this side of the planet," an IOA spokesperson said.

"IOA has filed a complaint and is waiting for a reply from London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). Some say the girl was a volunteer. Even if that was the case, how did she manage to sneak in without an accreditation card hanging around her and if she was security cover, then she had no business to be walking in front of the contingent hogging all the limelight," the official said.

The Indians have fielded 81 athletes, the largest ever in the history of the Games, but only 40 athletes and around 11 officials participated in the parade at the opening ceremony, which showcased Great Britain's rich heritage combined with dazzling fireworks and stunning visual effects.

Meanwhile LOCOG has accepted that she was a cast member. Sebastian Coe, the London Olympics organising committee chairman said "The mystery woman who gatecrashed the opening ceremony of the London Games Friday night with the Indian contingent was a cast member  and should not have been there".

"I hear she was a cast member who got slightly overexcited. She should not have been there. But don't run away with the idea that she just walked in. We'll look at it for next opening ceremony," said Coe.

 

Congress Leader praises Narendra Modi in Gujarat

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:49 AM PDT

Congress Leader and Rajya Sabha MP Vijay Darda has triggered a Fresh Controversy by Calling Gujarat CM Narendra Modi a Lion and praised his style of functioning  while attending an Award Ceremony in Ahmedabad

“Modi’s commitment and dedication towards work bears resemblance to that of a lion,” Darda Said

The Congress MP, who is also the editor-in-chief of a media house, was given ‘Tarun Kranti Awards’ at the event for his services rendered to society through his media house. The other two recipients of the awards for social service wereBaba Ramdev and Jain International Trade Organisation (JITO).

Speaking on the occasion, Modi said Darda might have to pay a price for his comments made in Gujarat.

“It won’t be surprising to read tomorrow’s breaking news that Darda has been served a show-cause notice from the party high command for praising Modi,” he said, taking a dig at Congress leadership.

Darda, later clarified that he did not mean anything political through his comments on Modi. “I was just expressing my heart-felt feelings at a religious function,” he said. “In our culture, we always speak good about the host and this is a religious function, so none of my comments should be misconstrued as political remarks,” Darda added.

Meanwhile, Congress has taken a dim view of the entire episode. Party sources said that Gujarat in-charge Mohan Prakash will be asked for a report.

“First of all we will seek a report from the state in-charge and determine the truth. We will find out what needs to be done and then decide,” a senior party leader said.

Summary of first Day of Anna Hazare’s Fast unto Death

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 09:42 AM PDT

Social Activist Anna Hazare began his Hunger Strike after 4 days of inaction on part of Government. Hazare has threatened  to die of Hunger, if his demands are not met.

Hazare, 75, began his fast at 10.30 a.m. at the Jantar Mantar in the heart of the capital, very near the seat of the Indian government. It is his third indefinite fast in the capital in just over a year. The soldier-turned-activist’s 12-day long-fast in August last year had attracted massive following and forced the government to get working on a Lokpal bill.

Some 350 others, including three Team Anna members, have been fasting at the site since Wednesday. Fifteen of them had to be hospitalized after their condition deteriorated.

Addressing the crowd of a few thousands, Hazare said: “I am ready to sacrifice my life for the cause. I am confident that people will not let me die.”

“People will not let me die till Jan Lokpal bill is passed,” said Hazare as his supporters cheered.

He also said that though India was a democracy, the people had forgotten the real meaning of the word and it was time to awaken the people for a return to real people’s power.

“They (politicians) are servants and we people are the owners; but the picture today is that people have become the servant and the politicians are the owner,” he thundered to loud cheers.

“This movement is to awaken the people,” Hazare said.

Hazare denied accusations that Team Anna was deviating from its stated aim of getting the Jan Lokpal Bill passed in parliament. “It is the government which is moving away from its path. Our main demand is to get the Jan Lokpal Bill passed.”

He quickly added that as long as all 15 ministers in the Manmohan Singh government who Hazare alleges are corrupt remain in parliament, the Lokpal Bill will not be passed.

He also touched on yoga guru Baba Ramdev sharing the dais with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad, saying: “I do not want to be dragged into this muddy debate”, and then warned: “Don’t try to divide us.”

He added immediately that if he saw the movement becoming directionless “I will stop it right there.”

Later Hazare launched a book titled “Swaraj” by Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, who is also on fast at the venue.

Besides Kejriwal, two other team members on fast are Manish Sisodia, and Gopal Rai.

Earlier, Hazare used diplomatic language to criticise Saturday’s surprise protest by some of his supporters outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s official residence.

He said the protest was a reaction by people angry with the government. However he advised his supporters to “think before doing any such things” in future.

The crowds appeared to be more Sunday compared to earlier days. While the crowd was largely dominated by youngsters, the elderly also turned up in huge numbers.

Shilpa Gupta, an Anna supporter, told IANS: “I was not able to come the last four days. I decided to come to Jantar Mantar today to join the fight against corruption.”

Harkishan Gupta, a 69-year-old retired government official, told IANS: “The government can say anything it wants to, but the fact is that somebody has been keeping up this fight against corruption.”

A group of young chartered accountants have volunteered to manage the donations for India Against Corruption, run by Team Anna members, at the venue. Saksham Mittal, 32, an accountant with a private firm, said he could not join the movement last August “but this time I did not want to miss the opportunity,” Mittal said.

The Lokpal Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha in the winter session last year, but got stuck in the Rajya Sabha and was referred to a parliamentary select committee. It was expected to be tabled during the budget session but was not. Team Anna members are demanding that their version of the bill be incorporated and passed by parliament.

Team Anna has permission to fast at Jantar Mantar till Aug 8, the day the parliament’s monsoon session is expected to begin.
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National Liver Foundation launches Hepatitis Awareness Program in Slums

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 06:54 AM PDT

A Hepatitis B Awareness Program was launched in Slums of Mumbai to mark the World Hepatitis Day by National Liver Foundation.

The voluntary organisation’s pilot project named ‘Pahal’ will aim at disease eradication through screening, immunisation, medical care and interventions targeting pregnant women.

“With lessons learnt from our project in the slums of Mumbai, we hope to take this movement across the nation. This is a three-pronged information, education and communication mission towards eradicating Hepatitis-B from India,” said Samir R. Shah, general secretary, National Liver Foundation.

The project has been launched in collaboration with United Way of Mumbai and AmeriCares India and has the support of union health ministry and Rotary.

Meanwhile, All India Institute of Medical Sciences organised a public lecture on hepatitis in New Delhi Saturday.

Hepatitis-B, a liver ailment, spreads mainly through blood or sexual contact, and affects 30 million people in the country.

Who is Ujjawala Sharma ?

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 02:35 AM PDT

Ujjawala Sharma is the name which came up in headlines after it became clear that Rohit Shekhar is the Biological Son of Congress Leader Narayan Dutt Tiwari. Ujjawala Sharma, though younger to Tiwari is a Congress Activist and was General Secretary of All India Young Women Congress. She allegedly had extra-Marital Affair with N D Tiwari in 90s.

"Believing the repeated requests and being convinced of the love and affection shown by Tiwari hailing from a respectable and prestigious family, I submitted to emotional pressure and that culminated in the birth of Rohit Shekhar,” Ujjwala Sharma said in her submission.

Referring to her association with Tiwari, Sharma submitted that their relationship developed as Tiwari used to visit her when she was living with her father.

"Tiwari was a frequent visitor to the house of my father who was a member of parliament and we used to meet frequently as he was the president of the All India Youth Congress and I was general secretary of the All India Young Women Congress,” Sharma said in her submission.

“Though there was a considerable difference in the age, Tiwari kept trying to win my confidence and establish a close relationship when I was having a marital dispute with my husband," Sharma said.

“Every time we used to meet, he used to insist that he is issue-less and since his wife could not have a child on account of some physical problem, we should have child of our own. And he impressed upon me that he would complete the formalities of marriage after their divorces,” she said.

Sharma, legally separated from her husband, alleged in her plea that Tiwari started losing interest in Rohit after becoming an MP and started threatening her.

After the death of his wife in 1993, Tiwari had once again assured her that he would acknowledge Rohit publicly as his son by way of adoption but “when reminded in 1995 he refused to talk to me”, Sharma said.

Kya Super Cool Hai Hum collects 6.5 Crores on its Opening Day

Posted: 28 Jul 2012 12:59 AM PDT

Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum, which is the sequel to Kya Cool Hain Hum has done a very remarkable business on its First Day. It did open very well at multiplexes with collections around the 60-70% mark. It collected Rs 6.5 Crores in its Opening Day which is 8th Highest Opening of any Bollywood Movie in 2012. It is expected to collect a gross Income of Rs 10 Crores in First 2 Days. Made on a mild budget of Rs 17 Crores, Kyaa Super Kool Hain hum has been released on around 1400 screens across the country.

The opening at multiplexes was similar to Bol Bachchan but with a less shows as compared to Bol Bachchan. Multiplexes in Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad all opened to good houses.

The single screen opening was a bit lower but that is expected as the cast is not too strong but overall it should post a healthy first day total on strength of multiplexes. It is by the far the best opening of all Riteish Deshmukh or Tusshar Kapoor films where they have been the solo leads.

Kyaa Kool Hai Hum released in 2005 which did very well and grossed around 15 crore nett which was a very good total at the time
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