Farhad Samji recalls ‘Munna Bhai MBBS’ with Shah Rukh Khan (Image Credits IMDb and Facebook) Farhad Samji may now be known as a filmmaker, having directed films such as ‘Housefull 4’, ‘Bachchhan Paandey’ and ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’, but he began his career as a lyricist, writing more than 100 songs. In a…
Pune: David Beckham’s precision bends, Roberto Carlos’s power-packed long-rangers or Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s swirling free kicks have left football fans and experts mesmerised for years. But researchers say there’s science behind such magical strikes that often seem to defy logic.Behind every such strike lies an invisible contest between the football and the air…
Kacchi Basti Jawahar Nagar Jaipur: Despite Jaipur being declared Open Defecation Free (ODF), several families in Jawahar Nagar’s kacchi basti continue to defecate in the nearby jungle, with residents blaming poorly maintained public toilets, lack of space for household toilets and inadequate sanitation facilities. Residents of Jawahar Nagar Slum Area are facing many challenges including…
Mumbai: Along with a 100-acre plot in Andheri West around Gilbert Hill, Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) is set to launch 18 projects in Mumbai under the state govt’s recently introduced slum cluster redevelopment scheme.Clusters of at least 50 acres, where over 51% of the area is occupied by slums, will be taken up for the…
Pune: Three youths barged into a shop in Pimpri market on Sunday evening, assaulted the owner and robbed him of Rs 30,000.Pimpri police have detained a 16-year-old minor using CCTV footage. His two accomplices are absconding. The 21-year-old shop owner lodged a complaint.Pimpri police officer said, “It occurred around 4.30pm. The complainant was attending to…
The Laugardælir Church near Selfoss is so easy to miss that I had to find it using Google Maps. A small white timber building and a scatter of headstones in the southern Icelandic quiet, an hour or so from Reykjavík, ringed by nothing but farmland. This is the final resting spot of Bobby Fischer, one…
Bengaluru: In a significant ruling on cheque-bounce cases, the high court has held that in prosecutions under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, where the maximum substantive sentence is two years’ imprisonment, the default sentence for non-payment of compensation cannot exceed six months.Justice M Nagaprasanna made this observation while ordering release of Dinesh Kripalani,…
Famed actress Nicole Kidman has recently been busy with the production for ‘Margo’s Got Money Troubles’, an ongoing comedy series. However, as per the latest reports, the actress was rushed to a nearby hospital for immediate treatment while filming the series. The actress had been working with a flu at the time. Nicole Kidman rushed…
Payment was made at the rate of Rs7,300 per sqft for construction of the 360 sqft toilet Pune: Citizens’ group Sajag Nagrik Manch has said that a public toilet built at a high cost was damaged allegedly because of it poor quality and has sought a probe into the construction of the facility near Mhatre…
Parts of Kolkata saw scattered rain on Wednesday — Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: While parts of the city got scattered rain on Wednesday the Met office has alerted enhanced rain in the weekend. A system brewing over the Bay of Bengal is likely to add to the city’s rain count which is already on…
