Rajinikanth and Kamalahaasan's new generation movies of the twenty-first century may make bigger money than their earlier films but leave behind a lesser impact. That would make the difference between their success and failure as politicians, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the conviction of real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case.
"People never complain about standing in serpentine queues at hotels, ticket counters or any other place. But, they cannot spare 52 seconds to the tune of the national anthem in respect of their country," he said, while attending an event.
One finger goes a long way when it comes to gestures as these Bollywood stars will have you believe.
According to sources, all private offices will work from home and only government offices and essential services will be open.
'Let's not get carried away by stocks like D-Mart, Jubilant Foods and all those companies that are trading at an expensive valuations.'
It turns 20 and Mumbai will celebrate, says Avantika Bhuyan.
Kejriwal said there will be no restrictions on the number of people travelling in four-wheelers, two-wheelers, auto-rickshaws, e-rickshaws and other vehicles in the city. He said that until now, shops in markets were being allowed to open on odd-even basis, adding that there are no such restrictions mentioned by the Centre in its latest guidelines.
Around 120 people had been evacuated from the burning centre, rescuers said on Sunday.
Two former Uphaar cinema managers, undergoing seven years' rigorous imprisonment in the 1997 cinema hall fire tragedy case, on Tuesday moved the Delhi High Court challenging their conviction.
"Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency imparted the training to Gurpreet Singh," said Punjab Director-General of Police N P S Aulakh. Gurpreet Singh and two other suspected Babbar Khalsa militants were arrested near the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar on December 25. Aulakh said that Gurpreet went to Pakistan with a jatha of Sikh pilgrims and he was trained with another terrorist Harminder Singh. Gurpreet returned in mid-2007 to revive the terrorist module in the state.
Theatre and multiplex owners had a reason to smile today with the release of Shah Rukh Khan's much-awaited Rab Ne Bana di Jodi. Cinema halls in the city that have been bearing a deserted look since the terror attack last month, came alive with some audiences.
A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred the hearing till Thursday on the quantum of punishment in the Uphaar cinema tragedy case as the arguments remained inconclusive.
Diwali blockbusters Saawariya and Om Shanti Om may not be screened at a multiplex near you. Leading multiplex chains PVR Cinemas, Inox Lesiure, Cinemax India and Fame, which account for 80 per cent of the country's multiplex screens and half the box office collections, have rejected a demand for a higher revenue share by the films' distributors and have threatened a blackout.
The terror angle in the terror attack on Shringar multiplex was being pursued with DIG(Intelligence) Jagdish Mittal telling reporters the blast could be a result of a collaboration between the "jihadi groups and the Babbar Khalsa International," a Sikh separatist group. No outfit has so far claimed responsibility.
Depending on the location of theatre in the states, the movie-goers pay anywhere between 40 to 100 per cent tax on a ticket, making India a "highest entertainment taxed" country in the world.
An association set up by the family members of the Uphaar tragedy - the All Victims of Uphaar Tragedy on Tuesday moved a petition before the Delhi High Court seeking the enhancement of punishment of the two-year jail sentence awarded to the Ansal brothers in the fire tragedy case. The petition comes close on the heels of Gopal and Sushil Ansal, owners of the Uphaar cinema hall, getting bail from High Court after the trial court sentenced them to two-year imprisonment.
The banned militant group, which had earlied imposed a ban on screening of Hindi movies triggering closure of over 70 cinema halls in the state, has now gunned for popular mobile theatre groups in the state.
An FIR was registered on Thursday against Uttar Pradesh Ranji Trophy team captain Mohammad Kaif after he allegedly roughed up a press photographer who tried to take his picture when he was coming out of a cinema hall in Chandigarh.
Uttar Pradesh Ranji cricket team captain Mohammad Kaif on Wednesday night allegedly roughed up a press photographer who tried to take a picture of him when he was coming out of a cinema hall in Chandigarh.
The police said there is evidence to prove the brothers tampered with judicial records. The issue also came up before the Delhi high court with the police claiming to have got hold of substantial evidence against Sushil and Gopal Ansal and four others for tampering with the records of the fire that claimed 59 lives in the posh south Delhi cinema hall in 1997.
'I had been getting many offers, but either something had nudity or sex or abusive language.' 'I am not interested in doing all this just for the sake of it.'
Like his previous two movies Fanaa and Rang De Basanti, the screening of Aamir Khan's forthcoming film Taare Zameen Par in Gujarat ran into trouble when a group of men forced a cinema hall owner in Vadodara to remove posters of the flick for the actor's support to Narmada Bachao Andolan.
Kumar had told the court in evidence that unauthorised plywood partitions set up by the tenants inside the building had severely hampered passage when people from the balcony were rushed out to the open-air terrace, Saxena said.
The incident that claimed 43 live and left 16 injured brought back tragic memories of the Uphaar cinema hall blaze in 1997.
The bomb blast at a cinema hall in Ludhiana on Sunday night that claimed six lives was of high intensity with the possibility of the use of the deadly RDX was not ruled out, officials said. The sources said preliminary examination and samples collected from the site gave enough indication that RDX was used to give more charge to the explosive material so that the flying splinters could cover more areas to cause injuries.
Six persons were killed and 49 injured and a gas pipeline of Assam Gas Company Limited was extensively damaged in separate incidents of violence as ultras of the United Liberation Front of Asom went on a killing spree in Upper Assam on Sunday.
A spokesman of the Himachal government told rediff.com on phone from Shimla that unless that word is removed from the film, it would not be allowed to be screened in cinema halls of the state.
'How come our I and B Minister or our most popular Hon'ble PM (according to PEW) are maintaining stoic silence. High time!' he said.
The Aamir Khan-starrer was withdrawn from the theatre, following a self-immolation bid.
'On the drive to the airport, the streets are lined with men in battle camouflage carrying assault rifles and bearing familiar faces -- Tamilians, Bengalis, Punjabis, feared by the locals and in turn fearing them,' notes Aakar Patel during a visit to Srinagar.
A day before the end of the fourth phase of lockdown, the home ministry on Saturday issued new guidelines for the phased reopening of all activities outside containment zones till June 30.
Termed 'Unlock 1', the Centre on Saturday issued fresh guidelines relaxing the nationwide lockdown, the fourth phase of which ends on May 31.
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State governments have stepped up vigil at important places like airports, railway stations and bus stands.
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