I was depressed about my looks: Miley Cyrus

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August 30, 2015

The 22-year-old Wrecking Ball hitmaker said she was not always as body confident as she is now and used to have severe issues with her appearance, reported Female First.

“I’ve had really bad anxiety and depression in my life and a lot of that stemmed from the way I look. Now I really try not to give a… If you’re funny enough and cool enough and confident, that’s what will make you feel beautiful.”

Cyrus said she does not want to be bound by gender stereotypes and is constantly breaking them.

“I don’t relate to what people have made men and women into. I know I’m more extreme and badass than most guys, but that doesn’t make me a boy.

“And the other night I wore a pink dress because I felt cute. I can bake a cupcake and then go play hockey.”

Zayn Malik ‘smitten’ with Indian Burberry model Neelam Gill

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August 30, 2015

Former One Direction star Zayn Malik is “smitten” with Indian-origin Burberry model Neelam Gill, just a few weeks after calling it quits with his fiancee Perrie Edwards.

Malik, who dumped the Little Mix singer by a text message, met Gill here earlier this year.

Now, the model is planning to fly to Los Angeles to spend some quality time with Malik, who is renting a home there while he works on his first solo album, reported Daily Mail Online.

Gill, who was also known as Neelam Johal before taking her stepfather’s name, took to micro-blogging website Twitter to post about Los Angeles on Saturday.

“To live and die in LA, it’s the place to be…,” she wrote.

While Gill, who was the face of last year’s Burberry Prorsum campaign, and Malik first met at a studio here in March, nothing happened between them as he was still engaged to Edwards.

At the time Malik, having just left One Direction, was working with producer Naughty Boy and Gill was visiting her friends, hip-hop duo Krept and Konan, who were also recording in the building.

They later bumped into each other at the Asian Awards here in April, where Malik picked up an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music, but again nothing happened as he was still seeing Edwards.

Gill tweeted to him after the award ceremony, saying: “Congratulations on your award tonight @zaynmalik, catch up again soon!”

They are believed to have stayed in touch as friends until after Malik ended his romance with Edwards last month.

Corruption is a social evil

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Mahendra Singh

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August 30, 2015

We are reading reports about the efforts of the government to teach lessons in honesty and for living within the means to the employees. Junior employees in offices follow the example of their senior counterparts. When they see that ministers, officers and general managers are making money, how can they be expected to remain honest and follow austerity? BEST buses are incurring losses but there are reports about how the higher authorities have indulged in misappropriation of the transport undertaking’s properties.

Union Minister Uma Bharti has addressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Brahma, Amit Shah as Vishnu and Arun Jaitley as Mahesh. According to her they are the trimurthi and are running both the party and the government. She added that all three leaders were held in high regards even by their rivals. Known as a firebrand leader, Bharti said she has mellowed down after being given the task of Ganga rejuvenation and became ‘waterbrand’. Amit Shah has said that it will take another 25 years for achche din to arrive provided that BJP wins local and state level polls. Netizens criticized Shah for making this comments on social media. Later BJP clarified that he has been misquoted and said that it would take 25 years to restore India to its “ancient glory.

Despite being in the BJP-led government, the Sena has been criticising BJP on various issues, either directly or through ‘Saamna’, the party’s daily mouthpiece. Why not induct Aditya Thackeray in the cabinet for learning administration work? He could be groomed as the future leader of the party. Devendra Fadnavis is a honest man but to become an effective CM he needs to become strict.

India is facing shortage of electricians therefore training must be offered to youth for addressing this issue. Such enhanced training modules can be arranged with the participation of experts drawn from foreign countries. In our country, we must focus on the work of enhancing electric power generation and distribution.

Population control is very important otherwise strain on resources will tend to increase. It’s also necessary to curtail rising vehicular traffic. Why so many motor vehicles are allowed to ply on roads thereby increasing air pollution? Motor vehicle population is increasing but there is lack of adequate parking space in the city. Who will monitor this?

Alia Bhatt will never make ‘first move’ in relationships

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August 30, 2015

Bollywood young lady Alia Bhatt surely knows a thing or two about relationships as she was recently spotted giving tips on the ‘first move’ in a relationship with her ‘Shandaar’ co-star Shahid Kapoor in Mumbai.

When asked whether she has or will she ever make a first move, the ‘Highway’ star said, “I have never made the first move and even if I have I won’t let the guy know that I have made the first move. That’s the art for the girls.”

Shahid also gave several tips to guys on how to approach a girl and how to make their first move.

The ‘Haider’ star refused to divulge any details when he was asked who made the first move in his relationship with Mira.

‘ Shandaar’ has been the talk-of-the-town since its trailer launch and the two actors brought their chemistry alive at the event too.

The movie is all set to hit the theatres on October 22, 2015.

My father and I bond over food, not films: Tiger Shroff

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August 30, 2015

Even though they come from film background, Tiger Shroff says he and his father Jackie Shroff hardly discuss movies when they are at home.
The “Heropanti” star, who is yet to watch his father’s latest release “Brothers”, said Shroff does not give him any acting advice.

“We hardly discuss films when we are at home. Our discussions are generally on either family or food. He keeps a tab on my work but he doesn’t give me any tips,” said Tiger.

The 25-year-old actor, who was in the capital for the launch of fitness tracker maker Fitbit, said he has been conscious about fitness since childhood.

“I have been a fitness freak since my young days. It has been a way of life for me. I have always been a part of sports especially football and gymnastics. I am an ardent lover of dance. I never thought it to be fitness but always took it as fun,” he said.

Tiger is all excited to share screen space with his schoolmate Shraddha Kapoor in his second outing “Baaghi”. The duo has already shot a high-octane dance sequence for the Sabbir Khan-directed film.

“Shraddha was in form after ‘ABCD 2’ and I worked very hard for the song. And it will be a treat to the audience. It’s basically a party number.”

The actor, whose made his Bollywood debut last year with “Heropanti”, said he chose to be a part of ‘Baaghi’ because of the script which Sajid Nadiadwala took a while to develop.

Shraddha, director Shujaat great additions to Rock On 2: Arjun

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August 30, 2015

Actor Arjun Rampal, who will be reprising his role in “Rock On!! 2”, says the upcoming film’s new director Shujaat Saudagar and actress Shraddha Kapoor are valuable additions to the sequel.

The film will go on floors next month in Shillong and the 42-year-old “Roy” star said Shujaat will bring a new perspective and direction to the story of the musical drama, about a rock band

Magik formed by four friends and their relationship.

“Shujaat is a great addition. It is nice when you get a different perspective and a point of view. Shraddha Kapoor also is a great asset and a wonderful actor. I have seen some of her works and she has got a really nice voice,” said Arjun.

Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, who directed the first part, had moved the Bombay High Court to stall the making of the sequel to the film, accusing Farhan Akhtar’s production house Excel

Entertainment of giving writer Pubali Chaudhuri sole credit for the script. Kapoor claimed he had been working on the script since 2011.

Asked about his equation with the director, Arjun said, ” Abhishek is like a brother, I love him, we made a special film together. Sometimes someone else can take a film forward by taking the mantle… There is no harm in doing that. They move on. I don’t think anyone should take it to heart.”

The actor said even though sequels can be a tricky business, he did not have an inch of doubt in his mind about starring in the film.

“It is tricky. ‘Rock On!!’ was such a special movie for all of us and that’s why it took us 8 years to get the script right. I think we got it and I am very pleased and happy. I am looking forward to going back into that space and getting back to Joe Mascarenhas,” Arjun said.

He said in the new part his character Joe has been given the right treatment.

India against Islamic State

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August 28, 2015

Pramod Muthalik launches the website indiaagainstislamicstate.com and said that radicalisation of youth towards ISIS should be checked.

Sri Ram Sene Chief Pramod Muthalik expressed his concern about the rising influence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) across the world and its impact in India. The Jihadi terrorist group is involved in heinous terrorist activities in Iraq and Syria. Now they want to expand their field of activities than to limit themselves to Iraq and Syria. According to Muthalik, the radicalisation of youth towards ISIS needs to be checked. The ultra-conservative Islamic State ideology is gaining root among a section of Muslim youth in India, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir.

The IS group is known to operate 96,000 Twitter handles, each spewing out 2,000 venomous tweets daily. Each minute 300 hours of content is added on to YouTube, which includes terror propaganda and radical Islam with an aim to recruit global Muslim youth. The government lacks technical competency to monitor the social media. Counter-terror experts say that the Internet in comparison to physical contact and training drastically reduces the time to radicalise any individual.

ISIS is trying to reimplement the rule of ‘Islamic Khalifa’ throughout the world which was destroyed once upon a time by Kemal Pasha in Turkey. After establishing strong control over Iraq and Syria these terrorists are now turning their attention towards Turkey. ISIS has already declared India as its next target.

“Today India has to face several challenges arising due to Pakistan sponsored terrorism, Bangladeshi infiltration and insurgency in Jammu & Kashmir. The ISIS is trying to expand its foothold across the world. They are known for committing rapes, murder and spreading terrorism” said Pramod Muthalik

“The patriotic organizations from different parts of India have come together and have launched the website indiaagainstislamicstate.com a mass movement to combat terrorism. The main aim of this movement is to bring awareness among the common masses of the danger of Jihadi terrorism and to form a close line of patriots to help the government at different levels” he added.

Jihadi forces are becoming very strong in the entire world at present. Jihadi terrorism of ‘Al Queda’ is well known. There is competition between ‘Al Queda’ and ISIS to take the credit of the Jihadi attack on the newspaper which published a cartoon in France. There is reign of terror of Taliban in Afghanistan and the reign of terror ‘Boca Haram’ in Nigeria. Pakistan has become a birthplace of terrorist activities. There are Jihadi attacks in Australia.

Muthalik claimed that “bigger Hindutva organisations” have become “inactive” leaving the smaller groups to unite for the cause. He has been banned from entering Goa by the state government fearing law and order situation.

“I am confident that this Hindu Parivar will definitely establish Hindu Rashtra with divine power and Hindu unity,” he said.

Muthalik, who was linked to the 2009 Mangalore pub attacks, said BJP government was displaying double standards on the issue of Hindutva. He has had a love-hate relation with BJP, which was evident when the saffron party had accused him of misusing Modi’s name for raising funds. He joined RSS in 1975 and Shiv Sena in 2005, but left the latter in 2006.

Sheena Bora’s murder well planned, Indrani Mukerjea recced Raigad forest

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August 28, 2015

Yet another startling fact has come to the fore in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case.

According to the information available, Indrani Mukerjea along with her driver Shyam Rai had done a recce of the place, where they planned to dump Sheena’s body after murdering her.

This indicates that the April 24, 2012 murder of the former media honcho’s daughter was a well-planned one.

Indrani, wife of former STAR India CEO Peter Mukerjea, has told the police officials during interrogation that Sheena was strangulated by her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna.

Sheena was forced into the car by her mother and given sedatives, after which she was strangulated.

However, Khanna, who had divorced Indrani, is believed to have told the Mumbai police in Kolkata that he was in the car in which Sheena was allegedly strangulated but claimed to have slept during the crime.

Indrani’s arrested driver Shyam Rai has told the police that Indrani and Khanna had strangulated Sheena in the car after giving her a spiked drink in a hotel room in Mumbai.

Then the body was taken to a village in Pen tehsil of Raigad where it was burnt with petrol. Khanna had reportedly come to Mumbai on April 23, 2012, a day before the murder and took a flight back to Kolkata on April 25, according to police sources.

Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria has maintained that Sheena was murdered on April 24, 2012. Her body was found on May 23 that year after Shyam Rai revealed the murder site to police.

Both Indrani and the driver were arrested on Tuesday on charges of killing Sheena and disposing off her body in Raigad, near Mumbai. A court sent Indrani to police custody till August 31.

Was Indrani’s ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna ‘paid heavily’ to be part of Sheena’s murder?

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August 28, 2015

In a fresh twist, Mumbai Police is now suspecting that huge money trail is involved in the mysterious Sheena Bora murder case. Cops are investigating whether Sanjeev Khanna, the ex-husband of Indrani Mukerjea – who allegedly killed Sheena – was paid heavily for proceeding with the murder.

Notably, Sanjeev Khanna, who ran a cable business in Kolkata, among others, received a substantial sum of money from an undisclosed source soon after Sheena was murdered on April 24, 2012.

The police will now scan all of Khanna’s financial transactions after that date to determine if this was a payment for his participation in the crime.

A senior police officer said, “We will investigate all possible angles, including the financial transactions [between Indrani and Sanjeev] to find out the real motive behind the murder.”

Earlier in the day, Mumbai police brought Mikhail Bora, the brother of Sheena Bora, to Mumbai for the investigation into his sister’s killing.

A two-member police team escorted Bora from his home state of Assam on a flight to Mumbai, after he was quizzed at his Guwahati home on Thursday.

In the past couple of days, attention has been drawn to Mikhail’s claims that he knows a lot more about his sister Sheena’s killing and has promised to give all evidence to the police to nail their mother Indrani Mukerjea, who is among three people arrested by the Mumbai police.

Hospital hands over samples alleged to be of Sheena Bora recovered in 2012 to police

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Afternoon Voice

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August 28, 2015

Helping put the pieces together to solve the alleged murder mystery of Sheena Bora, the JJ Hospital in Mumbai has handed over the bones and teeth samples that it received in May 2012 to the police.

“We today handed over samples of bones, teeth that we revived from Pen police on May 25, 2012. JJ hospital had sent its report on samples in December 2012,” Dean of JJ Hospital Dr. Lahane said.

Police are probing the area at Raigad, on the outskirts of Mumbai, where alleged remains of Sheena’s body were found in 2012. Police are believed to have recovered some evidence, too, from the spot.

Meanwhile, Indrani’s ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna has been sent to police custody till the August 31. The public prosecutor has accused him of murder, criminal conspiracy and destroying the evidence.

The court has also allowed Indrani’s lawyer to meet her. Her lawyer Gunjan Mangla had made a plea to metropolitan magistrate that court direct police to allow her to meet Indrani.