4.6.10
Housefull: review
Anupama Chopra reviews: Housefull
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In Housefull, director Sajid Khan has only one purpose: he wants to make you laugh. Does he accomplish this? Not often enough.
Housefull belongs to the same school of comedy that gave us Welcome, No Entry, Golmaal and All the Best. There is no craft or narrative or characterisation to speak of.
Random events and characters, lies and misunderstandings, serve to create a low-IQ comedy.
Perhaps Sajid has a bigger budget than Rohit Shetty. So, the stars are A-list and instead of Goa, the locations are London and Italy. But the comedy is the same: broad, farcical and mostly dim-witted.
Which in itself is not a bad thing. There are plenty of cheap laughs to be mined from people slapping each other.
But Housefull, about the misadventures of a singularly unlucky man named Aarush, played by Akshay Kumar, is exhaustingly inconsistent. There are a few laugh-out loud moments here and some sparkling asides. I found Lillette Dubey’s over-sexed Urdu spouting widow and an exchange on night suit pajamas very funny.
There is also a great answering machine message that Boman Irani playing the farsan king Batuk Patel has on his phone. It simply says: Beep pacchi Bako.
But Sajid, who also wrote the film, strains too hard to add humour to every frame. He resorts to the usual gay and Gujarati gags. The film feels laboured and many of the jokes, like Chunky Pandey as a half Italian named Aakhri Pasta, are flatter than Deepika Padukone’s stomach.
Sajid, who prides himself on being a voracious film watcher, has also cheerfully copied moments from films like Night In The Museum and The Hangover.
We even have Arjun Rampal re-creating Robert De Niro’s over-watchful intelligence officer from Meet the Parents.
Strangely, Sajid also bungs in moments of high emotion but it’s impossible to take these characters seriously. The half-a-dozen leads here all seem to be having a good time.
Akshay Kumar works well as the ace loser. He seems to have perfected the sincere geek act and he has a nice chemistry with Ritesh Deshmukh who plays his best friend.
For the women, the biggest challenge is wearing resort wear well and they carry it off with aplomb. But eventually, the writing in Housefull is too mediocre and the film is, at best, a below average entertainer. Keep your expectations low and see it if you
Housefull belongs to the same school of comedy that gave us Welcome, No Entry, Golmaal and All the Best. There is no craft or narrative or characterisation to speak of.
Random events and characters, lies and misunderstandings, serve to create a low-IQ comedy.
Perhaps Sajid has a bigger budget than Rohit Shetty. So, the stars are A-list and instead of Goa, the locations are London and Italy. But the comedy is the same: broad, farcical and mostly dim-witted.
Which in itself is not a bad thing. There are plenty of cheap laughs to be mined from people slapping each other.
But Housefull, about the misadventures of a singularly unlucky man named Aarush, played by Akshay Kumar, is exhaustingly inconsistent. There are a few laugh-out loud moments here and some sparkling asides. I found Lillette Dubey’s over-sexed Urdu spouting widow and an exchange on night suit pajamas very funny.
There is also a great answering machine message that Boman Irani playing the farsan king Batuk Patel has on his phone. It simply says: Beep pacchi Bako.
But Sajid, who also wrote the film, strains too hard to add humour to every frame. He resorts to the usual gay and Gujarati gags. The film feels laboured and many of the jokes, like Chunky Pandey as a half Italian named Aakhri Pasta, are flatter than Deepika Padukone’s stomach.
Sajid, who prides himself on being a voracious film watcher, has also cheerfully copied moments from films like Night In The Museum and The Hangover.
We even have Arjun Rampal re-creating Robert De Niro’s over-watchful intelligence officer from Meet the Parents.
Strangely, Sajid also bungs in moments of high emotion but it’s impossible to take these characters seriously. The half-a-dozen leads here all seem to be having a good time.
Akshay Kumar works well as the ace loser. He seems to have perfected the sincere geek act and he has a nice chemistry with Ritesh Deshmukh who plays his best friend.
For the women, the biggest challenge is wearing resort wear well and they carry it off with aplomb. But eventually, the writing in Housefull is too mediocre and the film is, at best, a below average entertainer. Keep your expectations low and see it if you
Raajneeti: Moview review
Raajneeti
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Raajneeti, writer-director Prakash Jha’s sprawling portrait of a political family, is a mixed bag. The film has moments of ferocious power and just as many flaws.
The narrative has a propulsive movement in the first half but becomes dramatically inert in the second. Jha, who has fought elections in Bihar himself, creates a real sense of the machinations and sordid deals that fuel politics but then hobbles it with outlandish twists and some decidedly ‘filmy’ moments – like a ridiculous love-making scene that is triggered because the characters get wet in the rain.
Apparently getting soaked in Bollywood still equals sex. And, as almost all the female characters in this film find out, having sex even one time, still equals babies.
The performances are strong—especially Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Nana Patekar—but the characters are largely one-note.
There has been much hype about Katrina Kaif learning lengthy Hindi dialogue for the film. She’s clearly worked hard but her luminous looks rather than acting are still her trump card.
Raajneeti is a film with ambition and scale but it works in fits and spurts. Jha’s political epic is too busy and bumpy and never quite fulfils the potential inherent in the story.
Raajneeti sources as much from The Godfather as it does from the Mahabharata. So we have sets of cousins whose rivalry spills into the open as soon as the head of the family suffers a stroke.
The film begins with a back-story of Sooraj Kumar, the Karna-like figure played by Ajay Devgn. Abandoned at birth, Sooraj is adopted by a Dalit family.
In quick succession, so many characters are introduced that Jha uses a voice-over to explain who is connected to whom and what the political affiliations are. It takes a good 15 minutes to take in the details and place the characters but the story-telling is engaging and soon you’re caught up with this Machiavellian family in which the plotting begins even as the father is still being treated by doctors. As the stakes get higher, the moves get bloodier.
Eventually, Samar Pratap, the Michael Corleone figure played by Ranbir Kapoor, the young brother who is working on a PhD on Victorian poetry, gets sucked into the murderous struggle for power.
Until here, Jha and his co-writer Anjum Rajabali tell the story with assurance and flair. But then the momentum dips and the intrigues become less and less interesting. Critically, Samar’s conversion to a ruthless murderer isn’t convincing. One minute he’s the student and the next, he, like everyone else is trigger-happy with bombs and guns.
Jha even borrows The Godfather’s famous severed horse-head scene.
Only here, a politician wakes up to find his male lover’s throat slit. Sadly, the gut-wrenching twist, when Kunti reveals to Karna that he is her son and therefore warring with his own brothers, is not done very effectively.
For the true power and emotion of that moment, watch Shyam Benegal’s Kalyug, in which the Mahabharata is transported to a business milieu. Shashi Kapoor who plays the Karna figure crumples slowly as he becomes aware of his own tragedy.
In its second hour, Raajneeti lets go of logic. We know that politics is an amoral, brutal cesspool but even so, leading politicians themselves murdering their rivals on a street in broad daylight is a bit of a stretch.
In a climactic shoot-out, we even have a perverted version of the Gita sermon in which the Krishna figure, played by Nana Patekar, insists on cold-blooded murder. Come on, finish them, he says.
Of course there is no one to root for in this gallery of rogues but more troublesome is the specious morality of the film. After a few feeble apologies, Samar Pratap finds a semblance of redemption.
Eventually then, Raajneeti is as exhausting as it is compelling.
The narrative has a propulsive movement in the first half but becomes dramatically inert in the second. Jha, who has fought elections in Bihar himself, creates a real sense of the machinations and sordid deals that fuel politics but then hobbles it with outlandish twists and some decidedly ‘filmy’ moments – like a ridiculous love-making scene that is triggered because the characters get wet in the rain.
Apparently getting soaked in Bollywood still equals sex. And, as almost all the female characters in this film find out, having sex even one time, still equals babies.
The performances are strong—especially Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Rampal and Nana Patekar—but the characters are largely one-note.
There has been much hype about Katrina Kaif learning lengthy Hindi dialogue for the film. She’s clearly worked hard but her luminous looks rather than acting are still her trump card.
Raajneeti is a film with ambition and scale but it works in fits and spurts. Jha’s political epic is too busy and bumpy and never quite fulfils the potential inherent in the story.
Raajneeti sources as much from The Godfather as it does from the Mahabharata. So we have sets of cousins whose rivalry spills into the open as soon as the head of the family suffers a stroke.
The film begins with a back-story of Sooraj Kumar, the Karna-like figure played by Ajay Devgn. Abandoned at birth, Sooraj is adopted by a Dalit family.
In quick succession, so many characters are introduced that Jha uses a voice-over to explain who is connected to whom and what the political affiliations are. It takes a good 15 minutes to take in the details and place the characters but the story-telling is engaging and soon you’re caught up with this Machiavellian family in which the plotting begins even as the father is still being treated by doctors. As the stakes get higher, the moves get bloodier.
Eventually, Samar Pratap, the Michael Corleone figure played by Ranbir Kapoor, the young brother who is working on a PhD on Victorian poetry, gets sucked into the murderous struggle for power.
Until here, Jha and his co-writer Anjum Rajabali tell the story with assurance and flair. But then the momentum dips and the intrigues become less and less interesting. Critically, Samar’s conversion to a ruthless murderer isn’t convincing. One minute he’s the student and the next, he, like everyone else is trigger-happy with bombs and guns.
Jha even borrows The Godfather’s famous severed horse-head scene.
Only here, a politician wakes up to find his male lover’s throat slit. Sadly, the gut-wrenching twist, when Kunti reveals to Karna that he is her son and therefore warring with his own brothers, is not done very effectively.
For the true power and emotion of that moment, watch Shyam Benegal’s Kalyug, in which the Mahabharata is transported to a business milieu. Shashi Kapoor who plays the Karna figure crumples slowly as he becomes aware of his own tragedy.
In its second hour, Raajneeti lets go of logic. We know that politics is an amoral, brutal cesspool but even so, leading politicians themselves murdering their rivals on a street in broad daylight is a bit of a stretch.
In a climactic shoot-out, we even have a perverted version of the Gita sermon in which the Krishna figure, played by Nana Patekar, insists on cold-blooded murder. Come on, finish them, he says.
Of course there is no one to root for in this gallery of rogues but more troublesome is the specious morality of the film. After a few feeble apologies, Samar Pratap finds a semblance of redemption.
Eventually then, Raajneeti is as exhausting as it is compelling.
Kites: Hindi movie review
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| A love story that crosses borders and linguistic barriers, Kites is a tale of romance between an Indian guy and a Mexican beauty. Starring Hrithik Roshan and Barbara Mori in lead roles, the movie is directed by Anurag Basu and produced by Rakesh Roshan . The film has Hrithik playing a man named J, who once used to be a clever, street smart, charming guy, but is now a wanted man. To add to his woes he's left to die in the scorching heat of the Mexican desert. Only one desire keeps him alive, to find the woman he loves. That woman is Natasha (Barbara Mori). She is engaged to another man, but that makes no difference to J. If loving her brings down loads of troubles on him, J would happily bear it all. What is the fate of this love story where the lovers don't even speak each other's languages? While she talks in Spanish, he speaks Hindi with a smattering of English. Kangana Ranaut completes the love triangle by adding another angle to the Hrithik-Barbara love story. The film has some breath-taking dances from Hrithik, Barbara and Kangana. The choreography in these songs is by Flexy Stu, a renowned American choreographer. For one song shot in Mumbai, Farah Khan did the choreography. |
| Country : India |
| Movie color: Color |
| Language: Hindi |
| Genre: Romance / Action / Thriller |
| Release Date: May 21 2010 |
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Vedam: Telugu movie review
Vedam movie is the most recent presentation of Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi in Telugu which is releasing today in the Cinema Halls. Vedam’s producer is Yarlagadda Shobhu & Devineni Prasad.
Vedam Movie Review: In the movie review of Vedam, the film is based on the story of Allu, a cable worker, who always wears the cable wire on his shoulders with an unusual appeareance. Vedam is a combination of 5 separate stories and every tale related to 5 chief characters. Manoj Bajpai (Bollywood actor) is too performing a vital role but his counterpart is not much known. Allu Arjun, who in lead role, does the job of a cable operator. The performance of an upcoming actor is doing by Manoj Manchu (Vija Chakravarthy) & Anushka Shetty performed the role of a prostitue named Saroja.
Vedam movie Music: The music is presentated by M M Keeravani and lyrics writer for the Vedam movie is Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry, Sahiti, ES Murthy & Keeravani.
Vedam movie Final Words: Vedam film was promoted in this manner as the producers are attempting to do price cutting and assuming the movie to be in hit category on the basis of Allu Arjun. But the result of movie in hit or flop box will be determined by the viewers response.
Vedam Movie Review: In the movie review of Vedam, the film is based on the story of Allu, a cable worker, who always wears the cable wire on his shoulders with an unusual appeareance. Vedam is a combination of 5 separate stories and every tale related to 5 chief characters. Manoj Bajpai (Bollywood actor) is too performing a vital role but his counterpart is not much known. Allu Arjun, who in lead role, does the job of a cable operator. The performance of an upcoming actor is doing by Manoj Manchu (Vija Chakravarthy) & Anushka Shetty performed the role of a prostitue named Saroja.
Vedam movie Music: The music is presentated by M M Keeravani and lyrics writer for the Vedam movie is Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry, Sahiti, ES Murthy & Keeravani.
Vedam movie Final Words: Vedam film was promoted in this manner as the producers are attempting to do price cutting and assuming the movie to be in hit category on the basis of Allu Arjun. But the result of movie in hit or flop box will be determined by the viewers response.
1.6.10
Congress go-ahead for yatra, says Jagan
In the eye of a storm ever since he defied the high command, the Congress MP, Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Tuesday claimed the party has given the "go-ahead" to him to continue with his tour of Telangana region and that all issues have been sorted out.
After meeting the law minister, Mr Veerappa Moily, the 37-year-old MP from Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, said he would continue with his yatra.
Mr Jagan Mohan said he had told Mr Moily that the yatra was apolitical and aimed at visiting the families of those who had died of shock or had allegedly committed suicide after hearing the news of his father Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's death.
"He (Moily) has given a go-ahead. He told me to go and continue with whatever I am doing.
After meeting the law minister, Mr Veerappa Moily, the 37-year-old MP from Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, said he would continue with his yatra.
Mr Jagan Mohan said he had told Mr Moily that the yatra was apolitical and aimed at visiting the families of those who had died of shock or had allegedly committed suicide after hearing the news of his father Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy's death.
"He (Moily) has given a go-ahead. He told me to go and continue with whatever I am doing.
Jagan claims all is well, will continue his tour
New Delhi: Congress MP Jaganmohan Reddy on Tuesday met Union Law Minister and Andhra Pradesh Congress in-charge Veerappa Moily in New Delhi and claimed that all the issues between him and the party have been sorted out.
Moily asked Jagan to explain why he went ahead with his 'Odarpu Yatra' despite the Congress high command's diktat not to undertake the yatra (tour). Speaking to the media after the meeting Jagan said that everything was fine now.
"The meeting went very well and everything has been sorted out. There is no problem whatsoever. All misunderstandings have been cleared," said jagan.
The Congress MP said that he would continue with his 'Odarpu Yatra'.
"He (Moily) has given the go ahead to go and continue what I am doing," he said.
He is likely to continue his tour in the Andhra and Rayalaseema region of the state, but has been asked to stay away from Telangana till the by-elections for 12 Vidhan Sabha seats of the region which are to be held in a couple of months.
Sources also say Jagan has been asked not to break law and order, and to ensure that there is no problem for the common people. He has also been asked to help Congress win Rajya Sabha elections in the state.
He has been asked to strengthen the party and not do anything which will help the opponents.
Jagan had defied the party high command's diktat to refrain from his tour to Telangana areas apparently to meet and console the families of those who allegedly committed suicide or died of shock over the death of his father YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
Jagan had on Monday clarified that he would not leave the Congress party.
"There is no question of me leaving the Congress. I will remain in the party. I will request the party to allow me to continue the yatra. I don't think that any disciplinary action will be taken against me. I have not done anything wrong," Jagan told to press
Fearing a cross-vote from Jagan's loyalists in the Rajya Sabha elections, Sonia Gandhi has already requested Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi to withdraw from the race for Rajya Sabha elections in Andhra.
Moily asked Jagan to explain why he went ahead with his 'Odarpu Yatra' despite the Congress high command's diktat not to undertake the yatra (tour). Speaking to the media after the meeting Jagan said that everything was fine now.
"The meeting went very well and everything has been sorted out. There is no problem whatsoever. All misunderstandings have been cleared," said jagan.
The Congress MP said that he would continue with his 'Odarpu Yatra'.
"He (Moily) has given the go ahead to go and continue what I am doing," he said.
He is likely to continue his tour in the Andhra and Rayalaseema region of the state, but has been asked to stay away from Telangana till the by-elections for 12 Vidhan Sabha seats of the region which are to be held in a couple of months.
Sources also say Jagan has been asked not to break law and order, and to ensure that there is no problem for the common people. He has also been asked to help Congress win Rajya Sabha elections in the state.
He has been asked to strengthen the party and not do anything which will help the opponents.
Jagan had defied the party high command's diktat to refrain from his tour to Telangana areas apparently to meet and console the families of those who allegedly committed suicide or died of shock over the death of his father YS Rajasekhara Reddy.
Jagan had on Monday clarified that he would not leave the Congress party.
"There is no question of me leaving the Congress. I will remain in the party. I will request the party to allow me to continue the yatra. I don't think that any disciplinary action will be taken against me. I have not done anything wrong," Jagan told to press
Fearing a cross-vote from Jagan's loyalists in the Rajya Sabha elections, Sonia Gandhi has already requested Praja Rajyam chief Chiranjeevi to withdraw from the race for Rajya Sabha elections in Andhra.
26.5.10
76 flights cancelled: AI strike continoues
New Delhi: Air India has cancelled 76 domestic and international flights scheduled for Wednesday on its network in wake of the strike by 20,000 employees of the national carrier who are protesting against gag order, issued by the airline management, following the Mangalore air crash.
"We have cancelled a total of 76 flights scheduled to be operated on domestic as well as international sectors from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore on May 26," an airline official said.
The airline has decided to cancel these flights after reviewing the situation of the availability of the executive engineers, who are not part of the employees' unions.
No flight could be operated until it is certified by an aircraft engineer. Since the number of executive engineers are less so Air India decided to cancel these 76 flights, said the official.
The national carrier has cancelled 24 of its flights from Delhi, 37 from Mumbai, six from Kolkata, seven from Chennai and two from Bangalore.
The flights that are cancelled from Delhi on Wednesday include: IC 134 to Mumbai via Bhopal-Indore, IC 409 and IC 415 to Patna, IC 411 and IC 811 to Lucknow, IC 413 and IC 813 to Kathmandu, IC 445 to Ludhiana, IC 471 to Mumbai via Jodhpur -Udaipur.
AI 480 to Singapore, AI 638 to Amritsar, AI 747 and IC 895 to Dubai, IC 817 and IC 861 to Ahmedabad, IC 821 to Jammu-Srinagar, AI 841 to Abu Dhabi, IC 849 to Pune, AI 853 to Bangkok, IC 864 to Chandigarh, IC 869 to Raipur-Nagpur, IC 885 to Muscat, IC 889 to Guawahati-Imphal and IC 896 to Jaipur.
From Mumbai three flights to Ahmedabad; six to Delhi, four to Chennai, two each to Bangalore, Goa, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Muscut and Cochin, and one each to Bangkok, Dubai, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Kozikode, Aurangabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Jaipur, Raipur, Bhubaneshwar, Udaipur and Jodhpur were also cancelled.
National carrier has cancelled its six flights from Kolkata to Agartala, Bagdogra, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Imphal and Port Blair, while seven flights from Chennai to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore-Cochin, and Bangalore-Trivandrum.
Two flights from Bangalore to Mumbai and Male in Maldives were also cancelled, the official said.
On Tuesday, over 20,000 employees went on a flash strike to protest Air India's gag order that hit flight operations. Management has threatened stern action including termination of service if the agitation continued.
"We have cancelled a total of 76 flights scheduled to be operated on domestic as well as international sectors from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangalore on May 26," an airline official said.
The airline has decided to cancel these flights after reviewing the situation of the availability of the executive engineers, who are not part of the employees' unions.
No flight could be operated until it is certified by an aircraft engineer. Since the number of executive engineers are less so Air India decided to cancel these 76 flights, said the official.
The national carrier has cancelled 24 of its flights from Delhi, 37 from Mumbai, six from Kolkata, seven from Chennai and two from Bangalore.
The flights that are cancelled from Delhi on Wednesday include: IC 134 to Mumbai via Bhopal-Indore, IC 409 and IC 415 to Patna, IC 411 and IC 811 to Lucknow, IC 413 and IC 813 to Kathmandu, IC 445 to Ludhiana, IC 471 to Mumbai via Jodhpur -Udaipur.
AI 480 to Singapore, AI 638 to Amritsar, AI 747 and IC 895 to Dubai, IC 817 and IC 861 to Ahmedabad, IC 821 to Jammu-Srinagar, AI 841 to Abu Dhabi, IC 849 to Pune, AI 853 to Bangkok, IC 864 to Chandigarh, IC 869 to Raipur-Nagpur, IC 885 to Muscat, IC 889 to Guawahati-Imphal and IC 896 to Jaipur.
From Mumbai three flights to Ahmedabad; six to Delhi, four to Chennai, two each to Bangalore, Goa, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Muscut and Cochin, and one each to Bangkok, Dubai, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Kozikode, Aurangabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Jaipur, Raipur, Bhubaneshwar, Udaipur and Jodhpur were also cancelled.
National carrier has cancelled its six flights from Kolkata to Agartala, Bagdogra, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Imphal and Port Blair, while seven flights from Chennai to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Bhubaneshwar, Bangalore-Cochin, and Bangalore-Trivandrum.
Two flights from Bangalore to Mumbai and Male in Maldives were also cancelled, the official said.
On Tuesday, over 20,000 employees went on a flash strike to protest Air India's gag order that hit flight operations. Management has threatened stern action including termination of service if the agitation continued.
Air India employees on Strike?
After the Mangalore crash, Air India sent a special flight for relatives of the victims. An Air India engineer was not available to clear the flight, so the airline used a Kingfisher engineer to clear the flight.
Air India engineers got upset, and issued a media release. The release said that Air India flouted norms.
Air India then issued a showcause notice to engineers and told them not to speak to the media.
Upset at this, the engineers called flash strike which was called by other ground staff.
Air India engineers got upset, and issued a media release. The release said that Air India flouted norms.
Air India then issued a showcause notice to engineers and told them not to speak to the media.
Upset at this, the engineers called flash strike which was called by other ground staff.
22.5.10
Ayesha murderer slips out of cop custody: New Police story
In a dramatic escapade, the prime accused in the 2007 rape
and murder of a teenager in Vijayawada gave police the slip while he was being transported back from a hospital here, police said on Saturday.
P. Satyam Babu escaped from police custody at Suryapet in Nalgonda district shortly after midnight on Friday when the policemen escorting him got down at a hotel for food.
Police were taking the 22-year-old to Vijayawada after treatment at a hospital here.
The Vijayawada Police Commissioner, Mr P.S.R. Anjaneyulu, suspended 11 policemen escorting the accused for negligence. "I received the information at 6.30 am that the accused has escaped. I immediately ordered suspension of the policemen for their negligence," he said. A sub-inspector, two head constables and eight constables were escorting Babu back to Vijayawada. However, there were hardly any takers for the police version. Relatives of the accused and human rights activists alleged that the police were trying to eliminate him in a staged shootout to shield the real culprits in the case.
They pointed out that Babu can't even walk as he is suffering from a neurological disorder. Police claim that Babu raped and murdered 19-year-old pharmacy student Ayesha Miran at a hostel in Vijayawada on the night of Dec 27, 2007. Ayesha's murder had raised a huge public outcry and the police had failed to crack the case for several months.
Her body with stab injuries was found in the bathroom. A letter dropped by the 'murderer' stated that the girl was raped and murdered for refusing his request for 'love'.
Babu was arrested in August 2008. Police had earlier arrested two people but released them after the State Human Rights Commission intervened on petitions filed by their
relatives. Interestingly, Ayesha's parents had also rejected the police claim that Babu murdered
her and alleged that police were trying to save some politically influential people involved in the case.
Earlier this month, Babu's mother P. Mariyamma had tried to launch a hunger strike in Hyderabad, alleging that police was implicating him in a false case and torturing him. It
was on her petition that the high court had last month ordered the police to make arrangements for his treatment in Hyderabad.
and murder of a teenager in Vijayawada gave police the slip while he was being transported back from a hospital here, police said on Saturday.
P. Satyam Babu escaped from police custody at Suryapet in Nalgonda district shortly after midnight on Friday when the policemen escorting him got down at a hotel for food.
Police were taking the 22-year-old to Vijayawada after treatment at a hospital here.
The Vijayawada Police Commissioner, Mr P.S.R. Anjaneyulu, suspended 11 policemen escorting the accused for negligence. "I received the information at 6.30 am that the accused has escaped. I immediately ordered suspension of the policemen for their negligence," he said. A sub-inspector, two head constables and eight constables were escorting Babu back to Vijayawada. However, there were hardly any takers for the police version. Relatives of the accused and human rights activists alleged that the police were trying to eliminate him in a staged shootout to shield the real culprits in the case.
They pointed out that Babu can't even walk as he is suffering from a neurological disorder. Police claim that Babu raped and murdered 19-year-old pharmacy student Ayesha Miran at a hostel in Vijayawada on the night of Dec 27, 2007. Ayesha's murder had raised a huge public outcry and the police had failed to crack the case for several months.
Her body with stab injuries was found in the bathroom. A letter dropped by the 'murderer' stated that the girl was raped and murdered for refusing his request for 'love'.
Babu was arrested in August 2008. Police had earlier arrested two people but released them after the State Human Rights Commission intervened on petitions filed by their
relatives. Interestingly, Ayesha's parents had also rejected the police claim that Babu murdered
her and alleged that police were trying to save some politically influential people involved in the case.
Earlier this month, Babu's mother P. Mariyamma had tried to launch a hunger strike in Hyderabad, alleging that police was implicating him in a false case and torturing him. It
was on her petition that the high court had last month ordered the police to make arrangements for his treatment in Hyderabad.
Air India on Mangalore air crash
Air India Express regrets to announce that a B737-800 aircraft operating as flight IX-812 from Dubai to Mangalore was involved in an accident early this morning, May 22, 2010. The accident occurred after the aircraft landed at Mangalore airport and overshot the runway. Air India is currently confirming the identities of the casualties. Air India is deploying all its resources for assisting passengers and their families. Air India Express Dubai Airport Tel. Nos. 00971-4-2165828/29.
12.5.10
India : Knocked out of T20 world cup
After India's humiliating exit from the World T20, skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said his side failed to play to its potential and admitted the IPL had taken a toll.
While making a reference to the Indian Premiere League (IPL), Dhoni said players need to manage their time better between playing, attending parties and travelling.
Players need to be smart, not only about cricket, but other things going around in the IPL. You have to respect your body and give some time to it because more than playing matches, attending parties and travel can take a toll, he said.
India needed to win by at least 20 runs against Sri Lanka but lost the Super Eights match by five wickets to crash out of the elite ICC event.
India looked set for big score as they were 90 for one in 10 overs after electing to bat and could score just 163 for five and ended up losing all second round matches.
"I think execution of plans from their bowlers was very good, even with set batsmen we couldn't score freely. Overall, batting is our strength and we should have done better. We didn't perform to our potential. The last 4-5 overs that they bowled really restricted us. We need to improve in quite a few areas," Dhoni said after the match.
Sri Lanka enhanced their chances of making the semifinals with this win and captain Kumar Sangakkara had nothing but praise for his bowlers.
"At the end, we were chasing at least 144. Even I thought India would make a very big score, but the guys came back really well at the back end to cut off the runs and to pick up wickets as well," he said.
"Dilshan really got the momentum back after the early wickets, and we have always talked about how good our young players are, and they showed that today. Whatever happens after this, we can rest assured we have done the best we can."
Angelo Mathews, adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his crucial 46-run knock said,"I had to give a good performance with the bat, I'm glad I did it at the right time."
While making a reference to the Indian Premiere League (IPL), Dhoni said players need to manage their time better between playing, attending parties and travelling.
Players need to be smart, not only about cricket, but other things going around in the IPL. You have to respect your body and give some time to it because more than playing matches, attending parties and travel can take a toll, he said.
India needed to win by at least 20 runs against Sri Lanka but lost the Super Eights match by five wickets to crash out of the elite ICC event.
India looked set for big score as they were 90 for one in 10 overs after electing to bat and could score just 163 for five and ended up losing all second round matches.
"I think execution of plans from their bowlers was very good, even with set batsmen we couldn't score freely. Overall, batting is our strength and we should have done better. We didn't perform to our potential. The last 4-5 overs that they bowled really restricted us. We need to improve in quite a few areas," Dhoni said after the match.
Sri Lanka enhanced their chances of making the semifinals with this win and captain Kumar Sangakkara had nothing but praise for his bowlers.
"At the end, we were chasing at least 144. Even I thought India would make a very big score, but the guys came back really well at the back end to cut off the runs and to pick up wickets as well," he said.
"Dilshan really got the momentum back after the early wickets, and we have always talked about how good our young players are, and they showed that today. Whatever happens after this, we can rest assured we have done the best we can."
Angelo Mathews, adjudged Man-of-the-Match for his crucial 46-run knock said,"I had to give a good performance with the bat, I'm glad I did it at the right time."
8.5.10
Lt Col arrested for child pornography
A serving Army officer, Lieutenant Colonel Jagmohan Balbir Singh, has been arrested in Mumbai for disseminating child pornography over the Internet.
Forty two-year-old Singh was arrested by the Cyber Cell in Mumbai on Thursday and will stay in police custody till May 12
Singh allegedly posted and downloaded pornographic photos of foreign children between the ages of 3 and 10 on the internet. The German Federal Bureau spotted the photos on a child pornography site and traced the pictures to India. Interpol was alerted which then passed on the information to India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who passed it onto the Mumbai Crime Branch.
The Mumbai police has taken two hard drives from Singh's house as evidence against him.
A spokesperson for the Army said Singh has been on study leave, and is currently not attached to any unit. He also confirmed that the Army will apply for bail so that it can deal with Singh's case.
Forty two-year-old Singh was arrested by the Cyber Cell in Mumbai on Thursday and will stay in police custody till May 12
Singh allegedly posted and downloaded pornographic photos of foreign children between the ages of 3 and 10 on the internet. The German Federal Bureau spotted the photos on a child pornography site and traced the pictures to India. Interpol was alerted which then passed on the information to India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) who passed it onto the Mumbai Crime Branch.
The Mumbai police has taken two hard drives from Singh's house as evidence against him.
A spokesperson for the Army said Singh has been on study leave, and is currently not attached to any unit. He also confirmed that the Army will apply for bail so that it can deal with Singh's case.
Nirupama's boyfriend is charged with rape
In a new twist in the case of Nirupama Pathak, the young journalist who was found dead at her parent's home in Koderma, the police have booked the girl's boyfriend Priyabhanshu for abetment to suicide and have questioned him. Priyabhanshu now has to fight to keep himself out of jail.
This after Nirupama's parents approached the Koderma court to file a case against him.
This morning the court, ordered the Jharkhand police to charge Priyabhanshu Ranjan with rape, cheating and abetment of suicide of Nirupama, the woman Priyabhanshu Ranjan wanted to marry.
It's a bizarre turn of events since just five days back the police had ruled out the possibility of suicide and arrested Nirupama Pathak's mother on charges of murder.
The case was registered on the basis of the postmortem report that said Nirupama died of smothering and her body was hung after she died.
Nirupama was then believed to have been killed for defying her family and wanting to marry a boy outside her caste.
"There are no external injury marks on her which means that she was probably pinned down by a few people and then smothered," said P Mohan, Civil Surgeon, Koderma.
Nirupama's mother Sudha Pathak is still in custody and last night the police seized Priyabhanshu's mobile and laptop and Nirupama's diary from her flat in Delhi, sources say they wanted a sample of handwriting to match it with the suicide note.
So, is the police going back on their claim that Nirupama was murdered by her own family.
"I am scared for my life," says Priyabhanshu
This after Nirupama's parents approached the Koderma court to file a case against him.
This morning the court, ordered the Jharkhand police to charge Priyabhanshu Ranjan with rape, cheating and abetment of suicide of Nirupama, the woman Priyabhanshu Ranjan wanted to marry.
It's a bizarre turn of events since just five days back the police had ruled out the possibility of suicide and arrested Nirupama Pathak's mother on charges of murder.
The case was registered on the basis of the postmortem report that said Nirupama died of smothering and her body was hung after she died.
Nirupama was then believed to have been killed for defying her family and wanting to marry a boy outside her caste.
"There are no external injury marks on her which means that she was probably pinned down by a few people and then smothered," said P Mohan, Civil Surgeon, Koderma.
Nirupama's mother Sudha Pathak is still in custody and last night the police seized Priyabhanshu's mobile and laptop and Nirupama's diary from her flat in Delhi, sources say they wanted a sample of handwriting to match it with the suicide note.
So, is the police going back on their claim that Nirupama was murdered by her own family.
"I am scared for my life," says Priyabhanshu
Will BJP to lead coalition govt in Jharkhand with JMM support
It's now clear that Jharkhand will have a BJP Chief Minister.
After intensive negotiations over who the next Jharkhand CM would be, BJP and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leaders have decided that the BJP will hold the top post in the state
BJP Parliamentary Board will meet on Monday to decide its Chief Ministerial candidate.
The decision was arrived at a meeting attended by BJP President Nitin Gadkari, senior party leader Ananth Kumar, Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das, JMM Legislature Party leader Hemant Soren and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) President Sudesh Mahato.
"We had fruitful discussions with senior BJP leaders. We will support a government in Jharkhand under BJP leadership. The decision has been taken to save the state from President's Rule," Soren said.
BJP General Secretary Ananth Kumar insisted that the talks ended on a happy note.
"A BJP-led government will be formed in Jharkhand. We want to save the state from Congress misrule. A stable government which stands for development will be formed," he said.
"We have decided that this government will complete its full term....This decision has been taken for the entire period of the Assembly," Kumar added
BJP, which had decided to withdraw support to the Shibu Soren government on April 28 after the JMM chief voted against the BJP-sponsored Cut Motions in the Lok Sabha, put its decision on hold after Hemant made an offer to BJP to head the government in the state.
Among the front-runners for the post of chief minister are former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, former Chief Minister and General Secretary Arjun Munda and Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das. (With PTI Inputs)
After intensive negotiations over who the next Jharkhand CM would be, BJP and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leaders have decided that the BJP will hold the top post in the state
BJP Parliamentary Board will meet on Monday to decide its Chief Ministerial candidate.
The decision was arrived at a meeting attended by BJP President Nitin Gadkari, senior party leader Ananth Kumar, Jharkhand Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das, JMM Legislature Party leader Hemant Soren and All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) President Sudesh Mahato.
"We had fruitful discussions with senior BJP leaders. We will support a government in Jharkhand under BJP leadership. The decision has been taken to save the state from President's Rule," Soren said.
BJP General Secretary Ananth Kumar insisted that the talks ended on a happy note.
"A BJP-led government will be formed in Jharkhand. We want to save the state from Congress misrule. A stable government which stands for development will be formed," he said.
"We have decided that this government will complete its full term....This decision has been taken for the entire period of the Assembly," Kumar added
BJP, which had decided to withdraw support to the Shibu Soren government on April 28 after the JMM chief voted against the BJP-sponsored Cut Motions in the Lok Sabha, put its decision on hold after Hemant made an offer to BJP to head the government in the state.
Among the front-runners for the post of chief minister are former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha, former Chief Minister and General Secretary Arjun Munda and Deputy Chief Minister Raghubar Das. (With PTI Inputs)
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