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Double maza for Salmans fans in ‘Dabangg 2’
Mar 13th
Zeenews Bureau
Mumbai: Salman Khan’s portrayal of the flamboyant Chulbul Pandey in ‘Dabangg’ has become an iconic character of sorts, for he has set a new trend with his thin handlebar moustache, formal trousers and shirts and his glares hung at the back of his collar.
And who could forget his performance in ‘Munni Badnaam Hui’ with his sister-in-law Malaika Arora Khan? Though we know for a fact that Kareena Kapoor will be shaking a leg to an item number in the film, here’s another dhamakedar song in store for you.
Yes, Salman Khan will be grooving in to ‘Pandeyji Mare Seeti’ along with his bhabhi jaan.
So people, are you ready for a double Salman ‘Dabangg’ Khan treat?
Salmans nerve ailment makes a comeback
Mar 3rd
Zeenews Bureau
Mumbai: One would think that after an elaborate medical treatment in USA, Salman Khan’s dreaded nerve ailment would be gone for good. But sources have stated that Salman has of late been complaining of a jaw pain.
Last year, in August, Salman underwent treatment for Trigeminal Neuralgia, a rare nervous disorder. Post the treatment, Salman recuperated for a while in the USA before joining Katrina Kaif and rest of the crew in London to shoot for Kabir Khan’s ‘Ek Tha Tiger’.
Salman had even assured his fans that he was doing well. But last month while shooting in Cuba for the same film, Salman reportedly experienced pain in his jaw.
Speaking to a tabloid, a source said, “Salman is feeling a knot in his jaw.”
Last year, the pain had led to Salman’s treatment and subsequent surgery. The pain was so acute that the star was unable to eat properly. Even though the recent pains are less in intensity, concern over the actor’s health has been worrying his near and dear ones.
Some attribute the intense action scenes on the sets of ETT as the main cause of the pain. But a source from the unit said that Salman never showed any sign of discomfort while he was shooting.
A close friend of the actor said, “Salman is on medication for the same. But he doesn’t worry about it much. People suffer from all kinds of conditions – blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol. This too, is a physical condition. This doesn’t mean that it will deter Salman from living his life to the fullest”.
Salman has been suffering of this disorder for the past seven years and post surgery he was said to be absolutely fine.
When the tabloid tried to contact Khan, he remained unavailable for comment.
Stricken cargo ship sinks off Mumbai
Aug 4th
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Indian shipping authorities ordered an inquiry into the sinking cargo ship M.V. Rak Carrier with an international crew that was struck off the Mumbai coast in the Arabian Sea Thursday morning.
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) rescued all 30 crewmen from the Panamanian flagged ship which sent out a distress call around 8 a.m. to the Indian maritime authorities after a suspected leakage led to heavy flooding.
The DGS has also served a notice to the Panama maritime authorities, from where the vessel was registered and to the ship owners, manager and local agent under provisions of Merchant Shipping Act, 1958.
The Mumbai Port Trust and National Hydrographic Officer, Dehradun, were told to issue navigational warning about the 225 metre long ship, three-fourths of which is now sunk.
All concerned agencies like the Mumbai Collector, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Director-General of Lighthouse & Lightships, the two port authorities and others were informed to initiate appropriate action against the ship owners and insurers.
The ship, owned and managed by M/s. Delta Shipping Marine Services, was carrying 290 tons of fuel oil and another 50 tons of diesel. It was on a voyage from Lubuk-Tutung, Indonesia to Dahej Port, Gujarat, carrying 60,000 tons coal cargo.
The crewmen included Indonesians, Jordanians and Romanians.
The ICG and other agencies concerned with maritime safety immediately dispatched two helicopters and a smaller vessel to the sinking ship, anchored around 25 nautical miles off south Mumbai.
‘Within a couple of hours, we succeeded in rescuing all the 30 crewmen, including 11 who had jumped into the sea. They have been brought ashore to Mumbai,’ ICG spokesman R.V. Prasad told IANS.
A coast guard ship, Samudri Prahar, which was in the vicinity, was diverted to the disaster site to coordinate relief operations.
Now, it will remain in the areas to monitor the situation and check whether the ship could pose environmental hazards, Prasad said.
By early afternoon, the ICG and the Indian Navy rescued all the crew, 18 of whom were shifted ashore by a naval helicopter and the rest by a merchant navy ship.
Source: inewsone.com
Mumbai blasts were coordinated terror attack: Chidambaram
Jul 14th
Union home minister P Chidambaram said on Thursday that Wednesday’s Mumbai blasts were coordinated terror attack and that all groups that are capable of carrying out such blasts are suspects. The home minister said that the government did not have any intelligence inputs about last with central and state agencie
Ammonium nitrate with timer devices were used in the IEDs in Mumbai, Chidambaram said. It was not a remotely triggered blast and the Dadar blast was a low intensity one, he added.
He put the death toll at 18 and said that the number of injured stand at 131 including 23 who are seriously in Wednesday’s blasts.
Maharashtra chief minister Prithiviraj Chavan announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh for families of blast victims.
Don’t touch Kareena, Says Saif
Jul 8th
Saif Ali Khan doesn’t allow anyone to touch the ‘Kareena’ tattoo on his forearm! No one besides Saif and Bebo are allowed to touch it. Not even the makeup guys on the sets of his films can get anywhere near his arm. He prefers to keep everyone at an arm’s length literally.
A source from the unit of Aarakshan says, “Saif required a lot of preparation every day on location. A lot of makeup had to go into making him look ‘normal’ in the part of a Dalit. But when it came to his tattoo, he wouldn’t allow anyone to touch it. He would do the makeup over the tattoo himself.”
Not just that, throughout the shoot in Bhopal, he would mail his look for the shooting to Kareena on his phone. Says the source, “Every morning he would click himself and send his photo to her. Only after she approved would he go ahead with the shoot.”
Amidst ongoing buzz of a rift, sources state that after the brief trip to Paris recently, the couple is determined to tie the knot next year.
No more 25 paise coins from June 30
Jun 29th
Mumbai, May 18 (IANS) Coins of 25 paise denomination, popularly known as ‘paavli’ or ‘chaar anna’, will be withdrawn from June 30, the Reserve Bank of India announced here Wednesday.
‘The coins of denomination of 25 paise and below will cease to be legal tender from June 30. These will not be accepted for exchange at bank branches from July 1, 2011 onwards,’ the RBI said in a statement.
The central bank appealed to the people to exchange stocks of these coins at the branches of banks maintaining small coin depots or at RBI offices around the country.
The exchange facility for these coins shall be available till the close of business hours June 29, 2011.
The decision comes in the wake of the Section 15A of the Coinage Act, 1906, by which the central government had decided to withdraw the coins of denomination of 25 paise and below from circulation from June 30, 2011.
With the end of the era of 25 paise coins and below, the 50 paise (or half-a-rupee) shall be now the lowest denomination coin in public circulation. Other coins include those of denominations one, two, five, and 10 rupees.
Is this a good time to sell your house?
Jun 20th
As property prices surpass 2008 peak levels, realty experts believe that a correction is possible in the next couple of quarters, especially in Mumbai and Delhi. This offers an opportunity to real estate investors to book profits.
Parvinder Singh Sidhu, a Navi Mumbai-based marketing executive, concurs. Five years ago, Sidhu had bought a second home, a 750-sq-ft flat at Belapur in Navi Mumbai for about 13 lakh. Currently , the flat is priced at 35-40 lakh. With the talk of correction in the property market, Sidhu is planning to sell this house now. “If property rates correct in the future, I could buy a similar property at a lower price,” he says.
Yashwant Dalal, president of the Estate Agents Association of India, says, “If you bought a house only as an investment, you should sell it at the earliest and buy later at lower rates,” says Dalal.
Pankaj Kapoor, MD of Liases Foras, a real estate research firm, believes that if the prices fall, it could take two to three years before they return to the current level.
Your decision should depend on various other factors. Here are some that you should consider.
Property market in your locality/city
What is applicable for city limits in Mumbai or Delhi may not be true for the location where you own property. The residential property market is location-specific and the prices will vary for different areas. Markets where houses are largely owned by investors could be more exposed to steep drops than areas occupied by owners, as investors are more likely to sell at the first hint of a market flux.
How soon do you need the money?
Do not sell your property in a hurry if you don’t need the money urgently. Getting the best deal may require patience or even spend some money to add value to your house. You also need to consider the rental return from the property as it will be a source of steady income.
Price it right
The biggest mistake sellers make is in pricing their property too high. The best way to determine the ideal price for your property is to check with brokers in the locality or by listing it on an online property portals such as magicbricks.com or 99acres.com.
Consider the taxes
How much you actually get after you sell the property will depend on how long you had held the investment. Vikas Aggarwal, a Delhi-based tax consultant, says that if you sell your house within five years of buying it, you will lose all the tax benefits that you had claimed for loan repayments. “You will also have to pay capital gains tax on the profit. One way to avoid this is to use the sale proceeds to buy a house within two years of selling the previous one, or use it to fund a house you bought a year before,” he says. You can also avoid the capital gains tax by investing in specified bnds issues by Nabard, NHAI and REC that are eligible for capital gains tax savings.
Is the property mortgaged?
Selling a house that has an outstanding loan requires a lot of documentation. So try to pay the loan and then sell the house. If you are unable to do so, you will have to sign an agreement of sale with the buyer outlining the terms of payment. The buyer can either pay you upfront and you can use the money to prepay the loan, or you can take a second loan, pay off the first one and then sell the house. The sale proceeds can be used to pay the second loan.
How to sell
Selling property is much more difficult than buying one. Unless you know of people who are willing to give a good price for your house, a property broker may be your best bet. However, do your homework before approaching one and do not be guided simply by what he says. Brokers usually have a wider reach and are more clued in to the local property market than an individual seller. You can also list your property online. Some realty portals allow sellers to list the property for free for some time. Others may levy a fee of 500 for six months. Over the past couple of years, people have also invested in property, where builders have offered to buy it back at the end of a specified period. Even if you have this option, it will be better to check the open market before approaching the developer.
Rahman’s Oscars were bought, accuses Ismail Darbar
Jun 1st
Retorting to the claims of Darbar, Rahman said “Oscars cannot be bought. It’s 3000 people… how can it be possible!”
Without offering any proof for the claims he has made, Darbar at a recent press conference in Nagpur said that AR Rahman, who has to his credit two Academy Awards — Best Original Score and Best Original Song — for his music in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, had ‘bought’ the honours and did not deserve them.
On contacting, he explained, “I just don’t understand how the music for that movie won the prestigious award. Aap hi bataiye us film ke music main Oscars jaisa kya tha … kuch bhi toh nahi tha (What was extraordinary about the song ‘Jai Ho`? Nothing). Agar Rahman ko `Roja` ya `Bombay` ke liye milta, toh samaj bhi aata aur main bhi khush hota… but not for Slumdog (I would have been happy had he won it for films like `Roja` or `Bombay`). He did not deserve it. Aur, mujhe pata hai ki ise kharida gaya hai (And, It know that it has been bought).”
Darbar further said that it is not publicity that is driving him to make the allegation. “There are other ways to get publicity,” he said.
Meanwhile, others from the industry seem to support Rahman. “It’s sad if Darbar said that. Rahman has made us proud,” said composer Lalit Pandit. “I don’t think Rahman can ever do that,” said composer Sulaiman Merchant.
Well, only time will tell if there is any truth to the claims made by Darbar against Rahman, or is this case of sour grapes?
source:http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story88869.htm
