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Sridevi’s struggle with Hindi

Sridevi character in her comeback film English Vinglish is quite close to the struggle the actress faced in her real life while working on Hindi films in Bollywood.  The south Indian actress had her bit of struggle with her Hindi when she stepped into Bollywood. Where on one side knowing and being fluent with Tamil made her dominance in South Indian cinema rather easy, her journey in Bollywood has had a lot of frictions because her command over Hindi was weak. Since she was not comfortable with Hindi, she always had a teacher by her side when shot her scenes.   Sridevi had lyricist Kausar Munir as her a full time language supervisor. Munir has worked on films like Ishaqzaade and Ek Tha Tiger and is director Gauri’s friend and took up the assignment to assist her.

Rajendra Prasad Hospitalized Due to Heart Attack

Rajendra Prasad Hospitalized: Comedy King, hero Rajendra Prasad was admitted to Care Hospital on Saturday night when he complained of severe pain in the chest. After finding out the problem, doctors have carried out angioplasty and the condition is normal.   According to sources, Rajendra Prasad who has taken 'Ayyappa Deeksha' recently complained of chest pain on Saturday night. Doctors stated that RP has done strenuous exercises for the sake of his journey to Sabarimala and they resulted in this ailment. His condition is stable for now and will be sent home by evening, revealed doctors  

Happy Birthday Power Star Pawan Kalyan

He is fondly called as Powerstar by fans. Pawan Kalyan always enjoyed an iconic status among youth but this year the 'Pawanism' has reached to its peak. Currently, Pawan Kalyan is riding high on the success of Gabbar Singh. As he celebrates his 42nd birthday; celebrations seem to have more meaning.     Till early this year his career was going downwards. But with Gabbar Singh, Pawan made a comeback, and what a comeback it was. Pawan's next film on which his fans have high hopes is Cameraman Ganga tho Rambabu. In this film he is playing a powerful role - that of an electronic media journalist who exposes the mighty politicians and their corrupt practices. The film is being directed by Puri Jagannadh. Earlier these two has worked in Badri in 2000, which went on to be a superhit. Fans and movie lovers hope that the duo recreate this magic. We at Teluguone.com wish Pawan kalyan a very happy birthday.

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.

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.

Mulayam demands for judge's review on coalgate

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.   

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.

Horse trapped in a pond, saved by fire fighters

The 27-year-old gelding, Jeremy, was trapped up to his neck in water after wading into thick, cloying mud at the pond in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester. He had already been in the water at the farm for a few hours when his owner Jayen Renshaw found him. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service’s specialist Water Incident Unit used their animal training to rescue Jeremy. This wasn’t the first time Jeremy has had to be rescued from water by firefighters, many years ago he went in the canal and the fire brigade were involved in getting him out then too.

2 IAF Choppers Crash in Gujarat

Nine defence personnel on Thursday were killed when two MI-17 choppers of Indian Air Force collided mid-air just after take off from an air base near Sarmat village of Jamnagar district in Gujarat. IAF sources said that there were nine people on board the aircraft who were all killed in the mid-air crash. Both the choppers were armed and were on a range-firing mission.   The villagers, who witnessed the accident, said the two choppers collided soon after take off and crashed near the village, 15 kms from Jamnagar city. The Russian-built choppers were from the tactical training school and not from the Jamnagar air base. An enquiry has been launched to ascertain the reason of the crash.  

Heavy rain in Delhi, water logging hits traffic

It was a rained out heavily in Delhi on Wednesday. The season's heaviest showers resulting in several areas being waterlogged and the inevitable traffic snarls. The early morning showers  led to chaos in the city with people wading through knee-deep water in several areas, water seeping into basements and traffic jams on key roads. The traffic department issued alerts on social networking sites and its website asking people to avoid rain-affected routes. At least 12 domestic flights were cancelled. However, the airport authority has claimed that flight operations are normal at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International airport. It said individual airlines took decisions to cancel flights. In the last 24 hours, Delhi has received its highest rainfall so far this season.

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.

No Khel Ratna for Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid is one of the best players to have ever played the game of cricket. Mister dependable  who protected India on the cricket pitch for 15 long years, has still not been awarded the country's highest sporting honour Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. Dravid finished as the highest run scorer in Tests for the year 2011, add to that his retirement from the sport early this year and many believe this was the perfect time to give the wall the honour he so richly deserves. Instead, it's being given to Olympic medalists, shooter Vijay Kumar and wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt. The BCCI has now recommended Dravid's name for the Padma Bhushan. Interestingly, Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the chairperson of the Khel Ratna committee, himself got the award in 2005, a year after his Olympic silver in Athens. Surely then, Vijay and Yogeshwar could've waited as well? And then there are those who have given up after waiting for so long. Like 13-time Grand Slam champion Mahesh Bhupathi. While it's great that 25 athletes are getting the Arjuna this time instead of 15, and 2 are getting Khel Ratna instead of 1, the bigger problem is, how to deal with the problem of backlogs. The idea one gets is of the federations not pushing enough. It is then upto the athlete, to use all kinds of sources to get the job done, like squash player Dipika Pallikal had to do this time around, to assure herself of an Arjuna Award.

32 convicted in Gujarat riots Naroda Patiya case

A decade after 95 people were killed in 2002 Gujarat riots cases, 32 people have been convicted and 29 have been let off in the Naroda Patiya case by a special court in Ahmedabad. On February 28, 2002 during the bandh call given by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a rioting mob had attacked Naroda Patiya, killing 95 Muslims. 95 innocent lives were lost in the carnage. Many were burnt alive. The case was first investigated by the Gujarat Police, but in 2009, the Supreme Court appointed a Special Investigation Team to probe ten cases including this incident. SIT registered cases against many accused including the then minister Mayaben Kodnani and arrested her. This was the first time in the history of Gujarat that a minister was arrested in a riot case. The Naroda Patiya victims had given statements stating that Ms Kodnani had incited mobs. Of the 64 people accused, three died during trial. The remaining 61 accused were tried for murder, arson and rioting - most of them are out on bail.

Supreme Court cinfirmed Kasab's death sentence

The Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack convict Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab. The supreme court has commented that waging war against the country was the primary and foremost offence committed by the Pakistani terrorist. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and C K Prasad dismissed the plea of 25-year-old Kasab challenging his conviction and death sentence confirmed by the Bombay High Court. The bench rejected Kasab’s contention that he was not given a free and fair trial in the case. The bench also observed that the failure of government to provide him an advocate at the pre-trial stage did not vitiate trial court proceedings against him. It also held that the confessional statement given by Kasab during the trial, was very much voluntary except a very small portion. Kasab along with nine other Pakistani terrorists had landed in south Mumbai on November 26, 2008 night. He travelled straight away from Karachi by sea and had gone on a shooting spree at various city landmarks, in which 166 people were killed. While Kasab was captured alive, the other terrorists in his group were killed by security forces during the counter-terror operations.

Manmohan to meet Khomenei and Ahmadinejad

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will leave for Iran on August 28, 2012 to attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit, which will be preceded by crucial bilateral talks with Iran’s supreme leader Ayotollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. A host of meetings with the leaders of other NAM countries, including Pakistan, is also likely to take place on the sidelines of the 16th Summit of the 120-nation grouping, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said on Saturday while briefing reporters in New Delhi on Prime Minister’s four-day Iran visit. Dr. Singh’s bilateral meeting with Iranian leadership take place at a time when the U.S. is pushing India to reduce engagement with Iran and implement sanctions imposed by some countries over its controversial nuclear programme.  

Prithvi II successfully test-fired

The Strategic Forces Command of the armed forces successfully flight-tested the surface-to-surface Prithvi II missile from Chandipur in Balasore district in Odisha State.After the missile lifted off from a road-mobile launcher at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, it flew over its entire range of 350 km, It then impacted in the targeted area in the Bay of Bengal with an accuracy of less than ten metres. The missile, which can carry nuclear warheads, carried a dummy payload in this mission. The SFC is entrusted with launching delivery systems that will carry nuclear weapons.The Defence Research and Development Organisation developed the Prithvi II, which is a single-stage missile that uses liquid propellants. It can carry a warhead weighing 500 kg.

PSU bank strike cripples services across the country

Employees of public sector banks have begun a two-day nationwide strike on Wednesday opposing banking sector reforms and outsourcing of non-core activities, affecting operations.Bank unions have been demanding pension revision, housing loan revision, a five-day working week and human resource related issues.  The strike call was given by the United Forum of Bank Unions protesting banking sector reforms and unilateral implementation of the Khandelwal committee report on human resources management in PSU banks. The strike has been called against government’s policies of liberalisation, privatisation and globalisation. The strike is on since this morning. Nearly 10 lakh employees are participating in it. This includes 27 public- sector banks like SBI and IDBI, 12 private banks and 8 foreign banks”. ATM machines will work until they have the cash and thereafter those services will also be impacted.  

Emaar MD wants CBI to video-record his examination

Managing Director of Emaar-MGF Land Limited Shravan Gupta, accused in the Emaar Properties case by CBI, has urged the special court to direct the CBI to video-record his examination probably going to start from  August 24 to ensure transparency in the investigation. Deputy Legal Advisor to CBI B. Ravindranath argued that the request for video-recording of examination of an accused was unheard of. As a well-informed professional, there was no necessity for an advocate to assist Mr. Gupta, he said. CBI is stating that the accused was a highly-influential person and required to be examined professionally; a questionnaire is being prepared already and he would be answering only to the questions there, hence recording is not required for such a simple process.  

Face book to remove content inciting violence

World's largest social networking website "Facebook" has said that it would remove the content, block pages or even disable accounts of the users who upload the content that incite violence or perprtuate hate speech. Indian Government has bring these things to the notice of the Facebook authorities and made an appeal to act quickly on such a violent postings. Facebook authorities has given the assurence of taking quick action againest the complaint. In fact, Facebook has already removed quite a significant number of such “inflammatory” and “hate” contents from its website and in some cases blocked pages. If any user repeatedly tries to upload such hateful content, Facebook can even disable the account, said an official requesting anonymity as he was not allowed to speak to the press on this issue.Expressing serious concern over the current situation in India wherein people have tried to use Facebook as a tool to incite violence or spread hate, the official said Facebook has taken a number of measures to prevent this.