Mumbai, March 21 — Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who started off doing character roles as well as smaller films, seems to be going mainstream now.
After tasting success with the blockbuster Kick (2014), he was appreciated for his act in the recently released Badlapur. Now, the actor, who is shooting with both Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan simultaneously, is quite excited about his list of releases this year.
“I am part of two big-budget films. While Bajrangi Bhaijaan starring Salman is releasing on Eid this year, I am not officially told about the release of the one with Shah Rukh. But this year has started very well for me,” says Nawaz.
The actor feels that, just like 2012, in which he had hits such as Paan Singh Tomar, Kahaani and Gangs Of Wasseypur series among others, this year, too, will be fulfilling for him. He is also playing a pivotal role in a Ketan Mehta directorial, based on the life of a mountaineer, which is likely to release this year.
“This year is as exciting as 2012, as I have three to four releases,” adds Nawaz.
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London, Mar 22 (ANI): Elizabeth Hurley, who has been single since 2013 after her split with Shane Warne, admitted that she has no time for love.
‘The Royals’ star recently appeared on ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ and said that she was single, but currently she had been working more than ever and her career was her priority, the Daily Express reported.
When asked about the 49-year-old actress’ ex Hugh Grant, about whom she gushed in a recent interview, explained that she and the actor couldn’t have a reunion, but he was a good friend that anyone could have. (ANI)

Mumbai: At a time when incidents such as rapes and molestation are on the rise across the country, a fearless girl in Maharashtra has set an example for those who look up to the government and society for their safety.

When attacked by a drunk man at Mumbai’s Kandivali station earlier this week, Pradnya Mandhare did not only singlehandedly fight him off but also dragged him by his hair to the nearest police station.

20-year old Mandhare, a third-year Bachelor of Mass Media student at Sathaye College in Vile Parle, got down at the Kandivali station while going to her home in Borivali from her college.

While she was waiting for another train at around 2:30 pm, a drunk man approached her and started touching her “inappropriately”.

“When I tried to avoid him, he grabbed me. I was shocked for a couple of seconds, but then I started hitting him with my bag,” a newspaper quoted the student as saying.

More shocking was the fact that none from the crowd came forward to help her when the incident occurred. She then did what we do not witness usually; she fiercely grabbed the 25-year-old man by his hair and dragged him to the nearest Government Railway Police (GRP) station.

“Most women are scared of approaching the police as filing a complaint is a lengthy process. But, I was firm on taking that man to the police,” the daily further quoted her as saying.

“Every woman should fight back in such cases and they should not keep quiet. Women are not objects for anyone to touch at will,” she added.

Mumbai: Notorious elements on Saturday morning pelted stones at Navi Mumbai’s Saint George Catholic Church.

Two bike-borne men were caught on the church’s CCTV camera hurling stones at the campus and fleeing.

More news to be followed in days to come.

Washington: Seeking to issue its next major threat, the Islamic State has posted the details of 100 US military personnel online and called for their assassinations by the Muslims.

Apparently an ISIS-affiliated group, the group that calls itself ‘Islamic State Hacking Division’, leaked online the names and addresses of 100 members of US Army, Air Force and Navy, and issued a call to the Muslims of the US to kill them for they had participated in US airstrikes against the ISIS.

SITE Intel Group, a terror-tracking site, posted on Twitter:

Though the group claims that it hacked the details of the military personnel, the US Defense Department says that most of the data was in the public domain, the BBC reported.

The US central command confirmed the threat saying, “Recently, a group claiming to represent ISIL has posed more online threats to military servicemembers and their families”.

“Adversaries and malicious “cyber” actors continue to use any method possible in an attempt to gain access and exploit any information they can. I ask that you maintain vigilance and continue to safeguard yourself and your family’s security while interfacing on the internet and participating in Social Media,” the US Central Command said.

New Delhi: BJP on Thursday decided to prepare a roadmap for ensuring development of northeast region and strengthening its base in various states there.

The decision was taken at a meeting of party office-bearers with party chief Amit Shah.

The problems of the region and the issues hampering development there were discussed at length by the party’s top brass.

BJP general secretary (organisation) Ram Lal, party general secretary Ram Madhav and vice president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe were present, besides Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Sarbananda Sonowal and Jitendra Singh, who were among other party leaders from northeastern states.

Shah is learnt to have heard the problems from the party leaders from these states and discussed solutions to ensure speedy development and integration of the region.

The BJP chief also told the party leaders to prepare a three-year roadmap for the speedy development and progress of the region, besides expanding party activities and strengthening BJP’s base and presence there.

At a similar meeting yesterday, the BJP president had discussed issues relating to development of all Union territories across the country and suggested ways and means to resolve them.

In collaboration with Satya Paul brand, Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan presented her first designs at Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai on March 20.
Shah Rukh Khan’s wife Gauri Khan debuted as a designer, and presented her best designs on the Lakme Fashion Week ramp.
Gauri Khan’s Bollywood buddies Karan Johar, Malaika Arora Khan, Zarine Khan, Elli Avram and many more came to support her at the fashion show.
Amongst others were Mandira Bedi, Kunal Kohli, photographer and a good friend Dabboo Ratnani with his wife were also present at the fashion show.
Gauri Khan grabbed all the attention by presenting “A Tropical Wonder” collection of floral prints that revealed the line of holiday wear. She showcased her style icon under Satya Paul brand on the occasion of the designer’s 30 years in fashion industry.
Gauri Khan’s “A Tropical Wonder” included outfits to be worn as casual and holiday wear. Matching her theme for the fashion show, Gauri Khan included printed floral sari, lounging on the beach the kaftan tie-up, sheer shirts sporting mesh inserts and tunics in her collection.
Gauri Khan showed all the confidence while walking the ramp. It was a perfect end to Day 3 of Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2015 with Gauri Khan’s A Tropical Wonder Collection for Satya Paul brand.

New Delhi: The I&B Ministry has issued an advisory to all TV channels not to broadcast live anti- terrorist operations to avoid any adverse impact on rescue exercise.

The advisory came in the wake of some TV channels covering live anti-terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on March 20.

The Ministry asked the TV channels not to focus on location, strength, movement, strategy and other related operations being followed by security forces engaging with the terrorists.

It advised all TV channels to safeguard innocent lives and ensure that no operations linked information reaches the terrorists and their handlers.

“In the interest of national security, live coverage of counter-terrorism operations by security forces should not be telecast,” the advisory said.

“The media coverage may be restricted to periodic briefing by an earmarked official till the operation concludes,” it said.

When contacted, I&B Secretary Bimal Julka said, “Keeping in view the sensitivities of the matter, we would seek cooperation from all the broadcasters.”

The I&B Ministry’s advisory comes at a time when the Home Ministry has already expressed its view that rules should be amended so that live coverage of security operations is disallowed.

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New Delhi: Condemning the recent terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Sunday said that it is a conspiracy to derail the peace process in the state

Sayeed further that Pakistan must control terrorism if it wants peace and reconciliation.

Hoping that peace would return to Jammu and Kashmir soon, he said, “People of Jammu and Kashmir have given a mandate. My suggestion is to introduce a resolution to condemn such attacks.

“The peace that was witnessed by the state after 2003, similar peace will return to Jammu and Kashmir, same peace will be restored and the forces which are doing this (such attacks) that we should send a message from the House …Pakistan is also a victim and their Prime Minister says he cannot do anything to control this,” he said.

“We have a strong will, a strong resolve to control to fight terrorism, if they want peace then they have to control them,” he said.

He said during the tenure of former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf “peace prevailed” on both sides of the border and Line of Control.

The Chief Minister again termed the terrorists from across the border as “non-state actors” and asked, “Who were the people who attacked churches in Karachi, who launched attacks in Peshawar, who is Lakhvi.”

The Assembly Session of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly today witnessed an uproar over the attacks by militants in the state.

The functioning of the House was disrupted after Bharatiya Janata Party leaders raised anti-Pakistan slogans in the Assembly.

National Conference (NC) leaders led by former CM Omar Abdullah staged a walkout from the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly after their adjournment motion condemning twin terror attacks in Jammu was rejected.

Two attacks by the militants have taken place in the last two days in Jammu and Kashmir.

Security forces gunned down two guerrillas during an attack on Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district yesterday.

On Friday, guerrillas had attacked the Rajbagh police station in Kathua district. Six people including two terrorists, two paramilitary troopers, a policeman and a civilian were killed.

Home Minister Rajnath Singh will be visiting is scheduled to visit Wagah border later toda

Churpi Becomes Hit As Dog Chew Abroad – Sales Close to US$ 5.6 Million in 2014

A chewy cheese made by generations of yak herders in Nepal has become an unexpected hit overseas — as a dog treat — bringing entrepreneurs and Himalayan farmers a windfall.

Known as “Chhurpi”, the dried cheese made from churned yak’s milk and cow’s milk has long been a popular snack domestically.
But businessman Sujan Shrestha said he had “a lightbulb moment” after an American friend bought the cheese for his pooch before returning home from the Himalayan country.

“We were actually offended at first (that)…he was giving Churpi to his dog,” Shrestha said.

Then they saw the business opportunities.

Shrestha, a former handicrafts salesman, and two friends decided to test the water in 2007, setting up a stall at a farmers’ market in Washington DC and selling the cheese exclusively for dogs. They sold out within half an hour.

Since then, business has nearly doubled year-on-year.

The company, known as Himalayan Dog Chew, is now a frontrunner among a handful of firms which market Chhurpi in the US, Britain, Canada and Japan.

It exported over 200 tonnes of Chhurpi from Nepal in 2014, with sales in North America and Japan totalling USD9 million.

Industry-wide, Shrestha and rival firms like Yeti Dog Chew say the US market alone accounts for annual sales of at least USD 10 million.

Nepal exported around 300 tonnes of dog chew in 2013 in total, with suppliers struggling to keep up with demand, according to a report by Kathmandu-based non-profit, Institution for Suitable Actions For Prosperity.

Shrestha also decided to establish a production plant in Seattle, where 60 workers use machines to try to replicate the laborious techniques of Himalayan farmers.

The traditional process — unchanged for centuries — sees yak herders churn and strain the milk by hand, before wrapping the semi-solid residue in a cloth and hanging it up to dry and ferment.

For farmers like Mingma Sherpa from Nepal’s Everest region, surging demand for his cheese has meant about USD1,500 a year in extra income — a bonanza in a country where one quarter of the population lives on less than USD 1.25 a day.

“It is strange to think that our Chhurpi is eaten by dogs. But it is so good… they must like it too,” Sherpa, 30, told AFP.