Actor Anushka Sharma, who is also a producer, animal rights activist and an entrepreneur is spreading happiness all around the internet through her positive energy.
The ‘PK’ actor shared a video on social media in which she is reading positive comments that people randomly wrote. She captioned it as “#HappyTweets, Time for some internet positivity rn. #LoveAndLightProject”
Anushka has started a new initiative under a project called Love and Light, the sole purpose of which is to spread good vibes.
“Love & Light Project is a social experiment to constructively connect as human beings and not subject each other to negativity. I believe that through positivity and positive affirmations, our world would thrive better,” said Anushka.
Love and Light will be a digital thought-starter for the netizens to converse on positive things in life.
It is not unknown that the internet can be a negative space. Therefore, the actor who has around 60 million fans and followers felt the need to start a conversation about things that aren’t right can be sorted out with a discussion.
The 31-year-old old also recently started a campaign, #JusticeForAnimals, calling for stricter laws against offenders.
The actor also shared a picture with Prabhudheva, who is taking over directing duties from Arbaaz Khan. Arbaaz is attached to star in and produce the third film in the franchise with Salman.
“Dabangg 3” will see Salman reprise his role of Robin Hood-like cop Chulbul Pandey and Sonakshi Sinha as his wife Rajjo. South star Sudeep will portray the antagonist.
Actor-filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar‘s younger daughter Saiee is making her Bollywood debut with the film.
Actor Katie Holmes has ended her relationship with Jamie Foxx as they were not on the same page, as per reports.
According to an entertainment portal, they were living very “different lives” which eventually led to their break up.
“It has been many years of him stepping out with other women. He’s disrespectful and their lives were different. His partying ways don’t fit with hers as she’s focused on raising her daughter and working,” the source said.
A few days ago, the portal confirmed that the couple had parted ways after dating each other for around six years.
Another source said that it was ‘the gift’ actor who ended the relationship first.
Speculation of the split between the two started earlier this month when the ‘Blame It’ rapper was spotted with two other women in Los Angeles.
He was first seen in a night club with a blonde girl and later at Highlight Room on Thursday (local time).
Soon after that, he was spotted at Bootsy Bellows in West Hollywood, holding hands with singer Sela Vave.
Jackie Shroff is back on the silver screen in a ferocious new avatar in the upcoming movie ‘Prasthanam‘. The first look of the ‘Hero’ actor was unveiled on Wednesday.
The 62-year-old actor looks intense in a black outfit with flowy locks in the picture. Jackie is seen holding a silver weapon.
Trade analyst and film critic Taran Adarsh shared the poster on his Twitter handle, saying: “Jackie Shroff… Character poster of #Prasthanam… Remake of #Telugu film #Prasthanam… Stars Sanjay Dutt and Manisha Koirala… Directed by Deva Katta… 20 Sept 2019 release.”
Earlier in the day, Taran also shared the first look of the Ali Faizal who co-stars in the movie.
“Ali Fazal… Character poster of #Prasthanam… Remake of #Telugu film #Prasthanam… Stars Sanjay Dutt, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff… Directed by Deva Katta… 20 Sept 2019 release.” tweeted Taran.
‘Prasthanam’ was a 2010 Telugu political thriller, which starred Sharwanand, Saikumar, Sundeep Kishan and Ruby Parihar. The film produced by Maanayata Dutt has been directed by Deva Kutta, who directed the original one as well.
The flick is slated to hit the theatres on September 20.
Ryan Reynolds, who plays the role of superhero ‘Deadpool‘, tried to calm down Marvel fans who were shocked to know about the Sony Pictures and Disney split.
The actor weighed in on the recent news that ‘Spider-Man’ is reportedly no longer part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. According to an online portal, who were the first to break the story, Sony Pictures and Disney will not be working together on any upcoming MCU projects.
Marvel Studios’ president, Kevin Feige will not produce any further ‘Spider-Man’ films after both studios failed to reach on any agreement to co-finance the franchise.
However, after hearing this inside news, comic book fans and moviegoers’ were shocked and their hearts were crushed into a million pieces. “Marvel stans already lost tony stark this year and now we’re losing peter parker?? Tony did not DIE for this,” one person tweeted, with many sharing the same sentiments.
On Tuesday, a fan shared a tweet that caught the 42-year-old star’s attention and the Ryan intervened to calm his fans down.
“Can we get a Spiderman & Deadpool movie now,” the fan wrote.
To which Ryan was quick to reply, “You can. But you can only see it in my heart.”
The actor’s reply sent his Twitter fans into a tizzy who then stormed the reply section and asked Ryan to use his star power and turn things towards their favour. “Ryan pls help us,” one person wrote. “Are you selling tickets to your heart?” another asked.
Luckily, ‘Spider-Man’ fans will still see the superhero on the big screen sometime soon. According to Deadline, there are two movies in the works that will feature Tom Holland in the famous ‘Spider-Man’ suit.
Unorthodox play was followed from olden day and Smith is not any exception. Tony Greig used to play with a stance with bat high up to his thigh, Rohan Kanhai playing a defensive shot with his bat tucked behind left foot – all rare occurrences. Rohan Kanhai did not look uncouth when playing cricket. Chanderpaul was clumsy. Smith does not look too graceful particularly when he leaves the ball. The most important thing is that he puts a heavy price on his wicket. England and Archer realised that they cannot get him out and the bouncer of the latter floored him. Archer was bowling short and the umpires did not intervene.It was also very bad on the part of Archer to smile when Smith was down and also not rush to the injured batsman when he was hit. Steve Smith undergone a precautionary scan on his neck and appears safe as of now.
Clumsy way of playing at the International level caused major injury for the former Australian captain. He was avoiding the balls of pace bowlers in a peculiar fashion and that antagonised the likes of Jofra Archer. Batting is an art and at the highest level copy book style is adopted and the clumsy way of leaving the ball was not expected from a world class batsman like Smith. He was successful with his innovative play and that was not to last long and the English bowlers were at his throat to get his wicket for forcing an upset win. Smith was stubborn in his approach but Jofra Archer had other ideas to get the man of the moment with a steep bouncer. Smith was done in.
Smith, who made 144 and 142 in Australia’s victory in the first test, had defied the England attack again as he helped the touring side reach 203 for six in reply to England’s 258. He was eventually dismissed for 92 after being trapped by Chris Woakes. Australia batsman Steve Smith received a nasty blow to head on Day 4 of the 2nd Ashes Test against England at Lord’s in London. The right-handed batsman was struck just below the helmet by a stinging bouncer from England seamer Jofra Archer. Immediately, Smith went down on the ground as medical aid rushed to the spot. He was later taken off the field, declared retired hurt. After the incident, the twitterati alleged that Archer was seen sharing a laugh with Jos Buttler, and criticised the Barbados-born bowler. The twitter also criticised the England fans for reportedly booing when Smith was being taken off the field.
The series is the first being played under the International Cricket’s new concussion substitute regulations, part of the inaugural World Test Championship, which allow players who have suffered head or neck injuries to be replaced fully by a substitute, who was previously restricted to fielding alone. Marnus Labuschagne, on the field as 12th man when play resumed on Sunday, became the first concussion substitute in Test history after Australia’s request was approved by match referee Ranjan Madugalle. Labuschagne can now bat or bowl in Smith’s place if required, unlike traditional substitutes who were restricted to fielding. There are doubts whether star batsman Smith will feature in the third Test at Headingley starting on Thursday. Smith was hit by an Archer bouncer when on 80 and got retired hurt. Cricket has made a big turn around and concussion substitution is a new way of cricket.
(The views expressed by the author in the article are his/her own.)
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram was unable to get immediate relief from the Supreme Court on Wednesday as his plea seeking pre-arrest bail was referred to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi. A three-judge bench headed by Justice NV Ramana heard the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by the former finance minister against the Delhi High Court order which dismissed his anticipatory bail plea in the alleged INX media scam. Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh look out circular against P Chidambaram in connection with the INX Media money laundering case, officials said on Wednesday.
According to ANI report, Justice Ramana sent the file of P Chidambaram’s plea to Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to pass the order. CJI Gogoi, however, had commenced hearing in the Ayodhya dispute case due to which Chidambaram’s counsel Kapil Sibal was unable to mention the matter before him for urgent hearing. The SLP was filed by the former finance minister against the high court order which dismissed his anticipatory bail plea in cases filed by the CBI and the ED related to the alleged INX Media scam. “That if the present SLP is not taken up on urgent basis then the sole purpose of filing the present SLP will become infructuous. Therefore, it is desirable in the interest of justice that during the pendency of the proceedings before this Court, the interim relief as prayed for herein be granted or else the Petitioner shall suffer irreparable loss,” read the petition. The petition said that the High Court’s order is “manifestly contrary to law” and is “unjust”.
“The interim protection was granted by the High Court on May 31, 2018 and continued until August 20, 2019. Arguments were heard on the Bail Application and judgment reserved on January 25, 2019; and nearly 7 months later the Bail Application was rejected,” it said. Lawyers said that Chidambaram was summoned only once on June 6, 2019 in the FIR filed by the CBI. He had duly appeared and answered all questions, and no summons was issued thereafter, they said.
“The FIR mentioned Section 8 and Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 420 and 120B of the I.P.C. Section 13 of the P.C. Act was repealed and re-enacted w.e.f. 26.07.2018, without any saving clause. Hence, the section cannot be invoked to prosecute the Petitioner in view of the Constitution Bench Judgment reported in Kolhapur Cane sugar Works Limited vs. Union of India, (2000) 2 SCC 536 at Para 37,” the petition read.
“None of the three grounds to deny bail were made out: there is no allegation that the Petitioner is likely to flee justice; or that the Petitioner is likely to influence the witnesses; or that the Petitioner is likely to tamper with the evidence,” it read. Chidambaram said that the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), which was constituted in order to promote foreign investment in the country, unanimously approved the proposal of INX Media for approval for FDI.
“The Petitioner was the Union Finance Minister during the period 2004-2008. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) was constituted in order to promote foreign investment in the country and to grant approval for foreign investment proposals in cases requiring prior approval of the government. FIPB was an empowered body that laid down its procedures and guidelines. The Board consisted of six Secretaries to the Government of India and it was chaired by Secretary, Economic Affairs,” read the petition.
“In 2007, INX Media Pvt. Ltd. (INX Media), an Indian company, applied to the FIPB for approval for FDI up to 46.216 per cent of the issued equity capital of the company. The policy allowed FDI up to 74 per cent of the equity. FIPB unit examined the proposal, found it to be in order and submitted the case to the FIPB. FIPB unanimously approved the proposal and directed that the case be placed before the Finance Minister for approval,” it said.
Chidambaram’s lawyer said that then finance minister granted approval to INX Media’s proposal in the “normal course of official business”. “In May 2007, a bunch of proposals, including the INX Media case, was placed before the Finance Minister. He granted approval in the normal course of official business.”
In 2007, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered an FIR alleging irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance given to INX Media to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when Chidambaram was the finance minister. Based on the FIR, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had filed a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case against him.
Chidambaram’s son Karti has also been named in the two cases. He was arrested on February 28, 2018, by the CBI and was later released on bail. The ED had also attached properties belonging to him. On July 4, a Delhi court had allowed Indrani Mukerjea, the former head of the INX Media, to turn an approver in the CBI case. The agency had submitted that it has come across evidence in the form of conversations which only Indrani Mukerjea is privy to and will help consolidate the case.
According to PTI report, ED officials said the alert notice against the Congress leader, whose anticipatory bail was cancelled on Tuesday, has been sent to all land, air and seaports and law enforcement agencies at these facilities. It says the ED should be alerted in case the person is found on their premises. It also asks them to not allow the Congress leader to cross the Indian border without the permission of the ED.
The officials said this is a preventive measure exercised by the agency as Chidambaram’s whereabouts are not known at present and he is required by them to take the probe forward in the INX Media case, being investigated under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Logic of postal-orders in denominations of rupees 10 and 20
It was only after revelation through RTI application that Department of Posts discontinued postal-orders in outdated denominations like rupees 1, 2, 5 and 7 because of extremely low sale-figure and high handling cost. According to an RTI response, handling cost of a postal-order was rupees 37.45 to Department of Posts alone in the year 2011-12. Handling cost for clearing-operation of banks is even extra. It is highly illogical that public-exchequer may bear such extra-ordinary loss in handling postal-orders in denominations like rupees 10 and 20. Rather it is time that higher denominations like of rupees 100, 200 and 500 may be added to avoid purchase of demand-drafts in submitting various types of fees.
Government-fees below rupees 50 may either be increased or totally abolished. Or Department of Posts may issue special stamps like there used to be for licences of radio and TV sets for services requiring heavy use of postal-orders in lower denominations of rupees 10 and 20. Beginning can be done with introducing RTI stamps where presently heavy use of postal-orders in denominations rupees 10 is there. RTI stamps can be issued in denominations of rupees 2, 10 and 50. Presently copying-charges under RTI Act in amounts lower than rupees 10 is not feasible because of discontinuance of postal-orders in denominations of rupees 2. Even Central Information Commission (CIC) in its repeated verdicts has recommended issue of RTI stamps. CIC has also taken up the issue of RTI stamps with Department of Post administratively.
Madhu Agrawal
Govt should take steps to bring transgenders in main streamline
It refers to media-reports about just 22 transgenders applying for under-graduate courses combinedly in there universities in Delhi namely Delhi University, Jamia University and Ambedkar University, thus, establishing that much more is desired from Central Government to bring transgenders in main streamline.
Union government should constitute National Transgender Commission. Unrestricted admission to any educational institution (private or public) for free education to transgenders should be made compulsory without needing any reserved quota. Government should be duty-bound to make transgenders join mainstream with parents of new-born transgender child neither allowed nor necessitated to deject their transgender-child to be handed over to isolated society of old eunuchs for begging, dancing or resorting to some anti-social activities. Rather criminal action should be taken against those parents who may disown transgender-child. Eunuchs forcing parents to part away with transgender-children should likewise be arrested and punished with stringent-most framed legal provisions. Nothing can improve till effective measures are taken to make eunuchs come out from their regular profession of dancing and begging. It is to be noted that even some men posing as eunuchs resort to force people for giving them money.
While all other criterion for reservation like cast or religion is man-made, eunuchs are dominated section of society created by nature. It is indeed pity that even the respectable and affording families disown their own eunuch-children. Not only eunuchs should be given priority and reservation in government-jobs, but also private institutions giving employment of eunuchs should be encouraged by providing special subsidy on wages paid to eunuchs by private establishments. Seats should be reserved for eunuchs in legislature and in public-sector jobs.
Subhash Chandra Agrawal
Let us absorb teachings of Lord Krishna in our life
Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna is celebrated with great devotion and enthusiasm in India in the month of August. According to the Hindu calendar this religious festival is celebrated on the Ashtami of Krishna Paksh or the 8th day of the dark fortnight in the month of Bhadon.
The actual celebration of Janmashtami takes place at midnight as Lord Krishna is believed to be born on a dark, stormy and windy night to end the rule and violence of his uncle, Kansa. All over India this day is celebrated with devotional songs and dances, pujas, arti, blowing of the conch and rocking the cradle of baby Krishna. This Janmashtami let us all hail Lord Krishna and absorb his teachings in our life.
Jubel D’Cruz
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