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Written by admin on 13 June 2011
Hisar (Haryana), June 13 (IANS) At least 12 people, including state president of the Non-Jat Association (NJA), were arrested here Monday for breaching ban on any assembly of five or more people at the mini-secretariat complex here, an official said.
Hisar Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar Aggarwal told IANS that NJA leader Ved Pal Tanwar and other protesters broke barricades, pelted stones and clashed with the police at the mini-secretariat complex here, 300 km from Chandigarh.
He said that one woman was injured in the incident and was taken to a nearby government hospital for treatment.
He said that orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) have been imposed near the mini-secretariat complex to prevent people from gathering there for a meeting called by Tanwar in support of non-Jats.
‘The agitators were instigated by Tanwar and others to resort to violence against the police and to violate prohibitory orders. We had no option but to take action against them after they started the violence,’ Aggarwal said.
Tanwar earlier rallied in support of last year’s victims of the Mirchpur village violence in which houses of Dalit community members were set ablaze by the dominant Jat community members.
A 70-year-old man and his 18-year-old physically-challenged daughter were burnt alive in the fire and at least 18 houses were destroyed in the attack by dominant Jat community members.
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Written by admin on 11 June 2011
Gurgaon, June 11 (IANS) One of the first Indian actors to work in international movies, Om Puri feels crossover cinema has a bright future if made on ‘relatable issues’. A veteran of over 250 films, he also advises newcomers to complete their education before joining the ‘speculative’ movie industry.
‘The future of crossover cinema is very bright, but we must realise that crossover cinema can only survive if we talk about common problems. If other people are not able to relate, obviously the films won’t be successful,’ 60-year-old Om told IANS in an interview here.
He was here to promote the film ‘West is West’, which has just released here and is a sequel to the crossover film ‘East is East’.
Om made his presence felt in the international arena with movies like ‘City of Joy’ (1992), opposite late actor Patrick Swayze; ‘Wolf’ (1994) alongside actor Jack Nicholson and ‘The Ghost and the Darkness’ (1996) opposite Val Kilmer. In 2007, he appeared as General Zia-ul-Haq in ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’, which stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.
He also featured in crossover films like ‘Life Goes On’ and ‘Bollywood Calling’.
After struggling a lot, Om has achieved what he has today; so he is convinced that youngsters ‘must have a parallel profession because it is a very speculative industry. A lot of people come here and they don’t make it; so if they don’t make it, they have to have something to go back to.’
Before taking the plunge into the world of glitz and glamour, wannabes should also complete their formal education and train themselves as actor, advises Om.
‘New actors should complete their formal education and they should go for proper training in acting. I went to the National School of Drama (NSD) for three years, then to the Film and Television Institute of India also, as it is a perfect learning platform,’ he said.
A respected name in filmdom now, Om made a humble beginning in 1976 with ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’, based on a Marathi play by the same name and the Ambala-born actor so far had a fruitful stay in the movie industry.
‘My journey so far has been satisfactory. I don’t brag about myself and about my work and I don’t even want to. People will come to know about it themselves. I have done 250 films out of which 30 will be remembered even when I am gone,’ he said.
His performance in off-beat films like ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron’ (1983), ‘Ardha Satya’ (1983), which won him a national award, ‘Aakrosh’ (1984) is seen as milestones in his acting career.
But Om tried his luck in mainstream films too and was appreciated for his comic role in ‘Hera Pheri’ and after that bagged many such roles. And he feels commercial cinema always has its eyes on the box-office and ‘they also do lot of compromises; but in realistic films there are less compromises.’
‘Commercial cinema will not feel shy to put six songs that have nothing to do with the theme of the film, but realistic cinema will not do that. They make films to be successful, but not at a cost,’ added the actor, who was last seen in ‘Teen Thay Bhai’.
Nowdays he has more mainstream movies in his kitty, including ‘Don 2′, ‘Choron Ki Baraat’, ‘Bin Bulaye Baraati’ and the ‘Agneepath’ remake. He will also be seen in the issue-based movie ‘Khap’, which is about honour killings.
(Priyanka Sharma can be contacted at priyanka.s@ians.in)
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Written by admin on 08 June 2011
Karnal (Haryana), June 8 (IANS) A Haryana minister and a senior government functionary have landed in trouble after a village sarpanch (headman) was found murdered. His son has accused them of murder and criminal conspiracy.
According to the police, Karam Singh, in his late 50s, was found murdered by unidentified persons Tuesday. He had submitted a written complaint Monday to the Haryana chief minister and Karnal police against state Transport Minister Om Prakash Jain and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Zile Ram Sharma regarding a fraud case.
Singh had accused Jain and Sharma of duping him of nearly Rs.13 lakh promising government jobs to his son and two nephews. But they neither provided the jobs nor returned the money.
Following this, he sent a written complaint against them to Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s office Monday.
Singh’s body, bearing stab wounds, was found near the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) here Tuesday.
His son Rajinder Singh alleged that his father was killed at the behest of Jain and Sharma.
‘My father had left home for Zile Ram’s house Tuesday morning. Then he called me after sometime and said that he was going to the PWD (public works department) rest house with Zile Ram’s aides.
‘Thereafter, he did not contact us and in the afternoon we got news about his murder,’ Rajinder Singh said here Wednesday.
‘I am very sure that my father was murdered by Zile Ram’s men. He was furious as my father had complained against him and the transport minister. We want murder case registered against them (Jain and Sharma). Police is not cooperating with us,’ he added.
Police have registered a murder case against unidentified persons.
‘We have received a complaint from Karam Singh’s son. So far we have registered a case of murder against unknown persons and our investigation is on. Karam Singh was murdered with sharp-edged weapons,’ said a police officer here.
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Written by admin on 08 June 2011
Gurgaon, June 8 (IANS) Singer-actress Ila Arun, who will be seen in crossover film ‘West is West’, would like to play West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee in a film.
‘If given a chance, I would love to play Mamata Banerjee in a film. I love her. She is a very intelligent women and full of life. I want to wear rubber chappals and plain saree like her and play a dynamic politician,’ Ila told reporters at PVR BluO in Ambience Mall, Gurgaon.
Last seen in Shyam Benegal’s national award winning film ‘Well Done Abba’, Ila will be seen playing the role of rejected and abandoned wife in ‘West is West’, which is a sequel to crossover film ‘East is East’ directed by Andy DeEmmony.
‘I have enjoyed doing the role of a rejected and abandoned women in the film. I worked very hard for it and have learned Pakistani Punjabi,’ said Ila, who has teamed up with veteran actor Om Puri in the film, which releases June 10.
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Written by admin on 07 June 2011
Gurgaon, June 7 (IANS) A 25-year-old girl was allegedly molested and then thrown out of a moving car near a mall in Gurgaon Monday night, officials said.
Police would conduct a medical examination to verify if the girl was raped. A manhunt has been launched for the accused, who reportedly belongs to a rich family from Gurgaon.
According to officials, the girl works with a property dealer in Gurgaon and had gone with the accused in his car to show him a flat in Delhi’s posh Vasant Kunj area.
The accused had come to property dealer Bharat Bhushan Monday evening seeking a flat, following which Bhushan asked the girl to accompany the man to Vasant Kunj.
Police said the accused had approached Bhushan several times earlier for the flat.
‘Bhushan asked his assistant (the girl) to sit in the car and take him (accused) to the Vasant Kunj flat and few other flats in Gurgaon. The accused misbehaved with the girl while driving and when she resisted, he turned violent,’ said a senior police officer.
Police said it is not known how the girl fell from the car, but that she alleged she was thrown from the moving vehicle.
The girl was admitted at the Gurgaon civil hospital with several injuries.
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Written by admin on 16 February 2010
Rohtak (Haryana), Feb 16 – The pre-wedding day bash of Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s son Deepender Singh Hooda, who is member of parliament from Rohtak, has this Haryana town all geared up.
Nearly 20,000 people – from ministers, MPs, legislators to bureaucrats and others – are expected to turn up for the lunch, being hosted by the Hooda family Wednesday as Deepender prepares for his wedding.
The wedding is scheduled to be held in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Feb 21.
Deepender, 32, is wedding Sweta, grand-daughter of the late Rajasthan Congress leader Nathuram Mirdha.
This is Deepender’s second marriage. His first marriage to Geeta Grewal, a dentist and daughter of a Haryana government official, ended in divorce in 2005.
Sweta’s elder sister Jyoti Mirdha is a Congress MP from Nagaur in Rajasthan.
Tight security arrangements have been made in and around Rohtak town, 70 km from New Delhi, in view of a number of VIPs coming for the wedding, along with thousands of other invitees, police said.
Additional police units and officials have been brought from other parts of Haryana for security for the bash.
The chief minister, his wife Asha Hooda and his octogenarian mother Hardevi will play hosts for the pre-wedding lunch on the grounds of the Baba Mastnath College of Engineering on Delhi Road here.
Deepender Hooda was pushed into politics in 2005 after his father resigned from the Rohtak Lok Sabha seat after becoming Haryana’s chief minister.
Deepender won the Rohtak parliament seat by an impressive margin of over 445,000 votes in May last year. He had won a by-election from this constituency in October 2005 by nearly 232,000 votes.
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