Cine unions don’t seem to be taking Mumbai Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria’s warning too seriously as they recently disrupted the shooting of Shah Rukh Khan’s new ad at Mehboob Studio.
According to a report published in Mid-Day, the politically-backed unions threatened to stall the ad shoot for roping in foreign artists instead of Indians.
A source was quoted as telling the daily, “Shah Rukh was shooting for a commercial last Saturday night when a group of 50-60 political activists landed at the doorstep and threatened to stop the shoot. They objected to the producer roping in foreign artistes without permission and demanded to see their documents. The studio bouncers and members of the production team prevented them from entering the set.”
The daily further added that the producer was asked to pay a fine of Rs.3-4 lakh for employing foreigners. And, when they refused to oblige, the activists started to argue and threaten to stop the shooting of the ad film. It was then the police was informed.
However, the line producer for the ad shoot, Arpan Fernandes clarified that the shoot was disrupted for a few minutes, but resumed soon after the cops reached the spot.
“The goons fled when the cops reached the studio. We had proper permission and work permit to rope in foreign artistes. Bandra police inspector Vilas Sutar was very supportive. I don’t have any issues with any political party, but the racket needs to be stopped,” he added.
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The vacant MLA seat after the demise of sitting MLA Bala Sawant will to polls on April 11th. On the last round up of campaigning each party has intensified its respective rallies.
The Congress was supported by heavyweight NCP Leader Sharad Pawar. Shiva Sena pulled in Devendra Fandavis and other ministers.
MIM has brought its senior leaders at its last attempt to woo voters.
However the local people of Bandra East do not see much hope from anyone of them. Sanjay Rane is too big a leader to be understood by the slum dwellers. The Muslim community do not relate much to MIM.
Shiva Sena candidate Mrs Bala Sawant does have the experience in Politics. Shiva Sena is completely banking on the sympathy vote. The deceased Bala Sawant was a well respected and loved leader by the people. He adddressed to local problems and nver let down anybody who cam to him for help.
As per local residents Shiva Sena is the strongest contender.
The state government will seal cellphone towers that flout radiation norms set by the Centre. It will also amend the existing policy for mobile towers in which a state-wide mechanism will be put in place to check violation of norms, and will initiate a study to verify whether high radiations cause deadly diseases like cancer.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis made this announcement in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, following demands made by legislators from various parties that the radiation levels were too high and the intensity could pose fatal health hazards that cause diseases like cancer.
The issue was raised when BJP legislator Dr Sunil Deshmukh pointed out that his hometown Amravati had 152 illegal cell towers. Deshmukh’s revelation led Mumbai MLA Ashish Shelar (BJP) and others to ask the CM to review the situation across the state, especially in Mumbai.
They demanded that the existing policy be altered so that the violations are checked and the general public is not put through health hazards due to the violation of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) guidelines on radiation levels.
Fadnavis said that since local self-governing entities did not earn much revenue by allowing cell towers on private premises, rules would be changed to help local municipal corporations.
The CM also said that a state-wide mechanism would be put in place to probe complaints of high level of radiations.
“I understand that there are certain lacunae in the existing policy and hence I will ask the Urban Development Department to make suitable changes to it,” said Fadnavis. However, he did not specify the proposed changes that would be carried out.
In Mumbai, the cell tower policy is administered by the BMC. Activists have consistently complained against high radiation and installation of towers at places that pose a threat to a large number of people. Currently, the issue of installing towers in open spaces and BMC gardens is facing a lot of flak from the public.
Recently, cellphone operators had asked the state government to allow cellphone towers on government-owned buildings across the state. They have also asked the government for a uniform policy that will ease the process of installation of more mobile tower antennae in the state.
In 2014 February and August eal News of India team raised issues on serios threats caysed by cell towers on two different locations.
One was Titanic Building in Maharashtra Nagar, and Shivam Nursing home in Government Colony. The society members were made aware of the health hazards caused to small children living in the society. There was a scuffle between Real News India Team and the Relaince staff before the installation of the tower. The matter was lodged in Khedwadi police station. Real news of India team used experienced lawyers to fight the case which was then ordered against the installation. Till date the Realaince tower has not been installed in Titanic Building.
The second case at Shivam Nursing home the tower was already installed. Real News of India team wanted to confirm if the radiation norms were followed. The first bizarre issue is the tower being installed at a nursing home which is supposed to provide proper health facilities to the general public. The questions raised by Real News of India went unanswered by the management team of Shivam nursing home. With the nexus of the authorities they were able to save their skin and are well protected.Till today Shivam nursing home has been answerable to the leagal questions and health issues raised by Real News of India Team.
KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Stone-throwing Nepali opposition protesters led by Maoists clashed with police in the capital on Tuesday as they enforced a three-day nationwide shutdown of schools, business and transport in the latest violence to mar talks over a new constitution.
Police in helmets and carrying shields fired tear gas to stop protesters attacking vehicles near the prime minister’s office, police official Kamal Singh Bam said. The protesters burnt a taxi after dousing it with petrol.
The impoverished Himalayan nation wedged between India and China emerged in 2006 from a civil war led by the Maoists that left 17,000 dead. It abolished the monarchy in 2008.
Politicians have missed several deadlines to agree on a new charter for the fledgling republic, and turmoil has increased in recent months. At least two activists were injured in Tuesday’s clashes, a protest organiser said.
An opposition front led by Maoist former rebels sponsored the biggest nationwide shutdown in five years to press the coalition government to seek consensus on the first republican constitution, seen as vital to ending instability.
“The strike is to exert pressure on the government that has not listened to our demands in negotiations,” Maoist leader Dinanath Sharma said.
From dawn, opposition activists waving red hammer and sickle flags fanned across Kathmandu to enforce the strike. Elsewhere, activists threw stones and damaged half a dozen vehicles but no serious injuries were reported, Bam said. Two dozen protesters were detained.
Pashupati Murarka, of the Federation of the Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), said one day of shutdown caused losses worth $20 million and would scare away tourists and investors and deny work to thousands of daily wage earners.
“I am sick of the strike,” said Dipak Adhikari, a government employee who had to walk 8 km (five miles) to work. “I think it only adds people’s hatred towards the organisers.”
Rajya Sabha’s next session will begin from April 23, three days after the second half of the budget session of Lok Sabha commences, amid government’s renewed efforts to reach out to regional parties for passage of land bill which is facing stiff opposition from non-NDA parties.
The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) chaired by home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday met and decided to recommend the convening of Rajya Sabha from April 23 to May 13 to take forward the business relating to Budget session of Parliament, sources in Parliamentary Affairs ministry said.
The 234th session of Rajya Sabha, which was the first part of the Budget session, was prorogued on March 28, 2015 and hence accordingly, the Upper House will begin its 235th session on April 23.
The Lok Sabha meets as scheduled earlier from April 20 and and will conclude on May 8 in the second part of the Budget session.
Sources said that while the government had no problem in beginning the new session of the Upper House from April 20 itself, it was advanced for three days in order to give the minimum 15 days period to members to give their notices of questions under Rule 39 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business of Rajya Sabha.
The budget session of Rajya Sabha was cut short on March 28 as the House was prorogued to pave the way for re-promulgation of the Land Acquisition Ordinance.
The bill on Land Acquisition, which provides for amending the Act of 2013, was passed by Lok Sabha during the first half of the budget session but it got stuck due to opposition in Rajya Sabha where ruling NDA is woefully short of numbers.
Under the Constitution, at least one of the Houses has to be prorogued to enable the government to issue an Ordinance.
The Land Acquisition Ordinance, which was promulgated in December last, was to lapse on April 5 because the bill could not be passed by Parliament.
The Ordinance was reissued on Friday last and carried the nine official amendments to the earlier Ordinance agreed to by the government in Lok Sabha.
NEW DELHI: In clear violation of rules, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju, a chain smoker, carries matchboxes with him on flights since he is not subjected to frisking.
Raju made this confession during his address at the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) event here today when he said that before becoming a minister last year, his matchboxes and lighters were confiscated by airport security. He had lost all his lighters and matchboxes then.
But after becoming the minister for civil aviation “people stopped frisking me” and “my matchbox also came along with me”, he said.
The Minister’s comment comes against the backdrop of rising concerns about aviation security in the country.
Matchboxes and lighters are among the items that are not allowed inside aircraft in India.
When asked whether matchbox should be allowed inside aircraft, Raju said, “I don’t know. I carry a matchbox in my pocket. Even now, here also, I carry it. There is no secret (about it)”.
“My own lighters and matchboxes kept getting confiscated…. It is just a fact that I mentioned,” he added.
On being asked whether he carries matchbox even while travelling in flight, Raju quipped, “You (reporters) are going to make an issue out of it” but added that “I have yet to come across an incident worldwide where a matchbox became a threat.”
The Minister, however, emphasised that security should be meaningful rather than being obtrusive.
“(So how do we) make security meaningful without being obtrusive or without obstructing economic activities. We need to make security less obtrusive,” Raju noted.
Raju is a senior leader of the Telugu Desam Party, an NDA ally.
Lucknow: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today said the party vice president Rahul Gandhi, who is currently on a sabbatical, will take part in the agitational programme on Land Acquisition Bill on April 19.
“The issue concerning the land acquisition is not temporary and I believe when Rahul Gandhi returns he will take part in the April 19 Kisan andolan,” Ramesh said here.
Ramesh said he was sure that later an agitation will be launched all over the country in favour of farmers under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul is on a sabbatical for more than a month and is expected to be back within two weeks. “The view of the party is that till the 2013 legislation is not implemented, the Opposition to the present format will continue both in and outside the Parliament,” he said.
“SP, BSP, CPI(M), CPI and other parties are with the Congress on this issue,” he added.
Earlier, Congress leader Digvijay Singh yesterday had said that Rahul Gandhi will address Kisan Rally of the party on April 19.
Hyderabad: At least 20 red sandalwood smugglers were killed in a joint operation by the Andhra Pradesh Police and forest officials in Chittoor district of the state on Tuesday. Majority of those killed are said to be natives of Tamil Nadu.
However, none of the forest officials and policemen were injured in the incident.
According to reports, the encounter began in Seshachalam forest at around 5.00 am at two places within a radius of one km in Chandragiri mandal of Chittoor, about 500 km from Hyderabad.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Kanta Rao told reporters that a large number of red sandalwood smugglers and labourers attacked policemen with sickles and axes and pelted stones on them, forcing the officials to open fire in self defence.
The encounter started after a joint team of the Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) and forest officials intercepted about 100 red sandalwood smugglers inside the forest area.
The encounter is still on and many smugglers have also sustained injuries due to heavy exchange of gunfire from both sides.
Top Andhra Pradesh officials have reached the encounter site and a massive search operation has also been launched in the areas adjoining the Chittoor forest.
On December 4, the police had seized 23 tonnes of red-sandalwood worth Rs 9 crore from smugglers.
Mumbai, Apr 07 (PTI) The rupee snapped its two-day winning run against the American currency, slipping 7 paise to close at 62.26 on fresh dollar demand from banks and importers coupled with positive global cues.
However, persistent foreign capital inflows into the equity markets restricted the rupee’s fall against dollar, a FOREX DEALER said.
The rupee resumed the day lower at 62.22 per dollar against the last closing level of 62.19 at the Interbank FOREIGN EXCHANGE (Forex) market.
The newest heartthrob of the nation, Tiger Shroff, was a big hit at the Bachchan Diwali bash with the kids. It seems all the star sons and daughters surrounded him as the newcomer taught them a few cool dance moves. Among the kids present were Saif Ali Khan’s son, Ibrahim, Sonali Bendre’s son, Ranveer and Shristhi Arya’s son, Veer Arya.
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