Saifeena wedding: Babita, Neetu end cold war

 
 Late Raj Kapoor’s daughters-in-law, Neetu Kapoor and Babita, have nursed a mutual animosity for almost three decades now. While no one seems to know what triggered the fight, it’s believed to be an internal Kapoor family feud.

Now, with daughter Kareena’s wedding to Saif Ali Khan coming up on October 16, Babita seems to have finally extended the proverbial olive branch by personally inviting Neetu to the wedding.

A source close to the Kapoors tells us, “Kareena’s wedding served as the occasion for Babita to fix relationships. That included a friendly gesture towards estranged sister-in-law.”

“Babita personally went to meet Neetu in Krishna Raj (Neetu and Rishi Kapoor’s residence) with the wedding invite. Those who’ve known about the feud will realise what a big deal that is. It seems they have finally made peace,” reveals the source.

When we contacted Neetu, she confirmed that she will be present at the wedding, saying, “Kareena’s wedding to Saif is a very happy occasion for the entire family. We’re all excited about it and are definitely looking forward to it. It’s a happy moment and we will all be there for it.”

Babita and Neetu have worked together professionally only once in the film Dus Lakh (1966). Even at family occasions where they have previously met, the Kapoor wives apparently have avoided each other.

When Neetu lost her mother, Rajee Singh, in 2010, the entire Kapoor household was present for the last rites, apart from Babita and her daughters, Karisma and Kareena.

Past weddings the Kapoor wives missed
2003: When Babita and Randhir Kapoor’s elder daughter Karisma Kapoor married industrialist Sanjay Kapur, Neetu was absent from all the functions and the main event. Rishi Kapoor attended the wedding alone.

2007: When Neetu and Rishi Kapoor’s daughter Riddhima tied the knot with businessman Bharat Sahni, Babita and her daughters, Karisma and Kareena, again stayed away from the functions. This time, Randhir Kapoor went alone for the wedding.

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Won't allow Wal-Mart in Bengal: Mamata

 
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said she would not allow foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in the state.

"They (union government) allowed FDI in retail, capped subsidised cooking gas and now they will invest pension money in the share market. By doing this, they want to ruin the country. They want to sell the country to foreigners," Banerjee said at a public meeting in Tamluk in East Midnapore district.

"They want to snatch your land and livelihood and set up Walmart here. But let me say this: 'As long as I'm here, we will not allow Walmart to enter'. We cannot and will not allow anything that jeopardises the interest of common people," Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress chief, said.

She was in district to inaugurate a slew of projects in Haldia.

Banerjee came down heavily on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for the steep hikes in diesel and fertiliser prices and said the government would have to roll back the hikes.

Following the UPA government's decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail, her party had withdrawn support from the ruling coalition last month.

Earlier in the day, Banerjee inaugurated a PET resin plant of Dhunseri Petrochem & Tea Limited, an edible oil plant of JVL Agro and a logistic park of Apeejay Surrendra Group in Haldia.

Dhunseri plans to increase its PET resin production capacity to 4,10,000 tonnes per annum with the second plant, investing Rs.400 crore.

JVL Agro has set up the 1,200 tonnes per day capacity plant, pumping in Rs.165 crore, while investment for the first phase of logistic park of Apeejay Surrendra would be around Rs.100 crore.

Banerjee expressed unhappiness over the union government delaying environmental clearance for eco-tourism project in Nayachar in the district.

She sought immediate clearance for the project.

She said the government was also blocking Haldia's industrial expansion by imposing a ban on industries citing environmental issues.

"Once there was a proposal that there would be a petrochemical hub. Then the objection was there. Now we will be doing eco-tourism. I do not know why they have blocked it. If they do not clear the area for the tourism project, let us go for another area and not wait for anybody," she told a gathering here.

"I do not want to wait for anybody. If you want to do a job, you do it immediately. We cannot wait," she said.

Banerjee had opposed the chemical hub for environmental reasons during the previous left Front government.

After coming to power in May 2011, she revived Nayachar's industrial plan, and proposed an eco-tourism project instead of the petrochemical project.

But the eco-project too hit a roadblock with the Ministry of Environment and Forests seeking certain clarifications from the state government since a thermal power plant was also proposed along with the project.

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Rs.3,500 Bonus for Central Government Employees

New Delhi: Central Government of India has announced Rs.3,500 bonus for each of its employees. It can be considered as gift for central government employees on the occasion of Dussera and Diwali. This bonus will be applicable for Group C, Group D and non Gazette officers of Group B. This bonus will be provided for central police, paramilitary forces, and other armed forces.
For those central government employees who will get productivity linked bonus, bonus equivalent to 30 days salary will be provided. Bonus will be provided only for those who are in service till March of 2012 and for those who have joined in 2011-12 and provided six months of uninterrupted services. Indian government central finance ministry has issued a notification regarding this aspect. It is already a known fact that central government has increased DA by seven percent for employees. Employees are expressing their happiness regarding bonus.
It is already a known fact that salaries of Group B, Group C and Group D employees will be different as per their positions. This bonus will be applicable for all these employees regardless of their positions. Central government latest decision about bonus has brought smiles on the faces of government employees.

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Notification for Excise Constables on 8th Oct: Eligibility, Physical Test and District-wise Vacancies

Notification for Excise Constables on 8^th Oct: Eligibility, Physical Test and District-wise Vacancies
Hyderabad: Notification for the recruitment of excise constables is going to be released on 8^th of October 2012. The selected constables will be placed in the excise department. Candidates need to pass the physical examination and only for candidates selected in the first test, written test will be conducted. There are nearly 2600 excise constable posts are vacant across the state Andhra Pradesh. JNTU has been held responsible for conducting the examinations for this post. Excise department has listed out the number of vacancies in different districts of the state and submitted the same to the government.
Physical examination will be conducted under the supervision of district collector, SP, excise department and deputy commissioners. Now a new rule has been implemented. Those who are applying for constable posts, should have passed SSC at the minimum. Interested candidates can apply through mee seva, e seva and online methods. Women reservation will be applied only for 1172 posts among these jobs.
Physical examinations for excise constable post:

• Male candidates need to complete 4 kilometers race in 20 minutes and females need to complete 2 kilometers in 30 minutes. 100 meters race should be done in 15 seconds by males while females can take up to 18 seconds.
• Males need to be eligible for 3.8 meters long jump and females need to be eligible for 2.75 meters long jump.
• Men need to complete 800 meter race in 2.50 minutes.
• Males need to do high jump to 1.20 meters. Females are exempted from this.

This notification for excise constables has been released after 21 years. Highest number of posts are offered in Chittoor district and they are 249 posts in this district. Sports reservation is given as 2 percent. Those who have passed the physical test will be invited for written test, which will be conducted for 100 marks. Questions will be in the standard of tenth class.
Following are the posts allotted for each district:
Hyderabad – 96
Chittoor – 249
Anantapuram -  198
Ranga Reddy – 192
Kurnool – 84
Mahaboobnagar – 141
Nalgonda – 71
YSR District – 80
Vijayanagaram – 78
Kareemnagar – 130
Medak – 154
Srikakulam – 82
Visakhapatnam – 158
Nellore – 01
Nizamabad – 50
Adilabad – 137
Khammam – 127
Guntur – 82
Prakasam – 27
Warangal – 36
East Godavari – 90
Krishna – 240
West Godavari – 103

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First kiss petrified Bieber

 
Teen sensation Justin Bieber says he was terrified when he first kissed his girlfriend Selena Gomez.

The 18-year-old singer has been dating Gomez, 19, since 2010. Bieber said he was very nervous but was left smitten by the kiss.

"It was scary and spontaneous and it was just awesome. It was the best kiss of my life," dailystar.co.uk quoted Bieber as saying.

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Anna, team stand 'separated'

 
Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare Wednesday confirmed his "separation" from his former team and from key associate Arvind Kejriwal on the issue of forming a political party and directed that his photographs or name should not be used for political campaigning.

Formalizing a split with his team and opposing the movement taking a political plunge, Anna said: "I will not go with any political party or form any political party."

"It is unfortunate that Team Anna has separated," Anna said after a meeting with other social activists who were members of erstwhile Team Anna to decide future course of action.

Anna told social activists: "Do not use my photo or name for any political campaigning. Do whatever you can on your own basis."

"The meeting was attended by Anna Hazare, Arvind Kejriwal, Kiran Bedi, Prashant Bhushan, Santosh Hegde, Manish Sisodia, Kumar Vishwas and a few other prominent social activists, Aswathi Muralidharan, India Against Corruption media coordinator, told IANS.

Anna said: "My best wishes are with them (activist thinking to form political party). There is no harm in it. If they think that they can get majority in parliament, it is good. The paths have been separated. Both of us have chosen our separate paths."

Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that "country is on sale and passing through very difficult phase. "I will do everything possible for me to save my country," he added.

Kiran Bedi supported Anna's decision and tweeted: "Anna finally distances himself from political option. Moves to strengthen the movement. May bring together anti-corruption movements."

Hazare refused to accept the survey done by IAC for forming political party and said he does not agree with the exercise done through social networking sites.

Anna said that he will lead his war for Lokpal bill till election 2014. "Now it is that the government has to decide whether bring Lokpal or my death," he said.

Anna Hazare Tuesday said he did not support the idea of anti-corruption movement taking a political plunge and told Arvind Kejriwal that he should not expect his support for all his candidates.

"He (Kejriwal) will go his way and I will go mine. I have always stated that I don't want to form a political party and contest elections. My path is different," Hazare has said Tuesday in Pune.

The social activist's declaration that he would neither contest elections nor form a political party effectively threw cold water on a "referendum" by IAC, the results of which were released Monday.

According to IAC, its week-long survey attracted 737,041 respondents, of whom 561,701 (76 percent) favoured a political party while the rest were against the idea.

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Monsoon special: Anushka Sharma

The rains are here! The sun is on its annual leave. Just the perfect time to put your work on the back burner and sit by the window watching the heavens open up with some masala chai and hot pakodas for company or go a long bike ride with your beloved. But there’s a flip side to it. The romance of the season comes with a reality check. Water clogged roads, muck on the streets, dampness all around, high humidity, frizzy hair, wet clothes, smudged make-up, oily skin… the list is endless. But there’s good news. Starting todya Filmfare gets our B town divas to let you in on their solutions to some rain related problems. They can really swivel around fashionably even in gunk. Have a problem with your make-up or hair? No worries. Just read on. Now, if you’re taking tips you’d rather take it from the experts, right?

Prancing in the rain: Anushka Sharma

I prefer sticking to good quality cotton outfits and avoid fabrics that have a tendency to stick to the skin during rains. Bold colours, bright gumboots; anything that uplifts your mood on a gloomy rainy day.

As for shoes I like to keep it comfortable with closed shoes, flats and gumboots.

I keep my make-up waterproof and preferably not there at all.

My skin around this time is cleansed regularly. One must eat right and drink lots of water to flush out the toxins. Moisturise your body with a light moisturiser to stay hydrated.

I like to wear my hair with a serum to avoid frizziness and tie it up as much as possible.  A lot of people don’t realise it but the high levels of humidity dehydrate the hair. Since you wash your hair more often, make sure you oil it before washing to maintain its softness.

Romance is in the air and sharing an umbrella with someone is my fondest memory.

When it’s raining I like to have pakoras, bhuttas, chai and sit at home doing nothing.

My workouts cannot be excused just because it’s raining and yours shouldn’t be either! Eat everything in moderation and exercise indoors if you can’t go out.


Expert speak for the day:

Pooja Makhija – Nutrition consultant
“Monsoons tend to bring out one’s naughty cravings for fried food. Play smart and swap the calorie laden bhajiyas and batata wadas for a cup of boiled corn or a toasty sandwich, sure to satisfy your ‘potato and spice’ yearnings minus the grease. tSpice up the gloomy days with some steaming idlis, uttapams or hot rasam. Boiled chanas or a chatpata roadside bhutta makes for a good snack too.”

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Deepika is the new Juliet?

 After Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s comment that no married woman could be his Juliet, and Kareena Kapoor walking out of the movie citing contractual differences, the role of the legendary lover in his Ram Leela was up for grabs. Apparently, Bhansali wanted Priyanka Chopra and later Katrina Kaif to play the role. But as the role supposedly was about a character who was fair, Kat was preferred. But she didn’t have the dates. As Deepika Padukone had the dates, SLB was more than happy to have the Cocktail girl play his Juliet.

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Gustav Klimt Birthday

 

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