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New Delhi, March 19:Taking a serious note of the alleged attempt to molest a foreign tourist at the Hotel Agra Mahal in the Taj city, Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi Tuesday ordered the suspension of its three-star rating.

The tourism ministry has also issued a showcause notice to the hotel asking it why its license should not be cancelled, the ministry said in a statement late Tuesday evening.

Expressing distress at the molestation and gang rape of Swis tourist, Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi Tuesday said foreign women tourists and children should be provided adequate security.

He said he has also spoken to union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and requested a system to ensure the safety and security of all tourists, especially women and children, be put in place, said a tourism ministry release.

Chiranjeevi has also started contacting chief ministers of various states, urging them to institute an adequate mechanism in their state, said the statement.

He has also assured people that due punishment will be meted out to the culprits.

Vijayawada, March 17: Congress MP from Vijayawada Lagadapati Rajagopal today asked TRS Chief K Chandrasekhara Rao as how his party would win 100 Assembly seats in the coming elections when he miserably failed to muster support of 30 MLAs for the ‘no-trust’ motion tabled in the Assembly.

Speaking to the media here on Sunday, Lagadapati ridiculed KCR for failing to gather even 30 MLAs to introduce his ‘no-trust’ motion in the Assembly against the Congress government. He said the Congress high command would strive to retain United Andhra Pradesh. He said the Congress was ready to allow other parties to merge into the Congress if they were prepared to adhere to the party ideals. 

Predicting that the Telangana separatists would not win 100 MLA seats in the coming elections, Lagadapati warned that the government would show its power if separatists attempted to create disturbances in the name of ‘Sadak Bandh’.

Sanathnagar MLA Marri Sashidhar Reddy, who remained absent on the day the government faced ‘no-trust’ motion, said he didn’t attend the House as the government had full strength to win against ‘no-trust’ motion. He said he was in Delhi during ‘no-trust’ motion and the same was informed to Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy through a letter. He said the Chief Minister and PCC Chief Botcha Satyanrayana would initiate action against the party legislators, who defied the party ‘Whip’ during the voting on ‘no trust’ motion.

One Raju a fan of NTR from Ursugutta in Warangal district died in a stamped in the audio launch of ‘Badshah’ on Sunday. Thousands of fans of the hero descended on the Rama Naidu studio where the audio launch was scheduled. It became impossible for the police and the security staff to control the crowd.In the stampede that ensued, the fan from Warangal died. NTR in tears Soon after knowing about the incident, Jr. NTR was in tears. He took the mike and urged the mother of the fan to pardon him. He said nothing would replace what that mother lost and humbly urged that he and others of the unit be pardoned. Tears rolled down the cheeks of NTR when he spoke emotionally about the sad incident. He requested all the fans to reach home safely. He assured that he would ensure that no such incident would occur in future. Rs. 5 lakh compensation On knowing about the mishap producer Bandla Ganesh announced a monetary help of Rs. 5 to the victim's family. Expressing sadness at the death of the fan, he said no help would bring back the life of the fan to their family members. Stating that all the unit members were unhappy about the mishap, he requested all the fans to reach home safely after the function. "If something happens to you, it would haunt us life long" he told the fans. Vijaya Santi threatens to boycott the film Meanwhile, TRS MP Vijaya Santi expressed anger at the producers for not postponing the audio launch despite the death. Stating that this reflected the Seemandhra arrogance, Vijaya Santi said in a statement in Delhi, that they would give a call for the boycott of the film in the Telangana region.

Hyderabad, March 16: The marriage episode of film actress and TDP leader Kavita’s daughter with car driver Raj Kumar took curious turns like a real film story and ended in police arresting the mastermind of the marriage drama.

Police came to know that Alkapalli Raj Kumar who claimed to have married Kavita’s daughter, had married two other women earlier, by cheating, Earlier reports said Madhuri loved Raj Kumar and ran off with him when her mother objected to their marriage. The two got married at Peddapalli of Karimnagar district.

But responding to a complaint from Kavita, Punjagutta police rushed to Peddapalli and picked up the couple. While they restored Madhuri to her parents, took Raj Kumar to the police station. 

Even as they were interrogating him, his second wife Jaya Sri came to the police station with their 4-year-old daughter and told the police how he cheated her. The story unraveled later.

Raj Kumar first married Annapurna of Huzurabad in 2005. He left her and married Jaya Sri of Huzurnagar in 2008. He then shifted to Secunderabad and started working as a driver. He then somehow trapped Kavita’s daughter Madhuri and enacted the marriage drama without the knowledge of his first two wives.

Madhuri told the media on Saturday that she was threatened into the marriage.

Madhuri said that Raj Kumar sight his sights on her money and threatened to harm her family members to force her into marrying him.

She said she got married under threat by Raju and some other people. She said Raju asked her Rs. 15 lakhs to start a business. When she said she had no money, he forced her into marriage, to lay his hands on her mother's money. She said she was drugged and taken to Peddapalli and did not know what happened there.

Kavita also denied media reports that there was love between the driver and her daughter. She said they do not have any drivers and each of them drove their cars themselves. Profusely weeping, she thanked the police for restoring her daughter, within 24 hours of her disappearance.

New York, March 16: Dr. Kallam Anji Reddy was born in Tadepalli in Guntur district, AP. His father was a farmer. He studied in ZPHS School, Nutakki until 10th grade, graduated from AC College, Guntur in 1958, B.Sc (Tech) from Bombay University, Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune in 1969. 

Dr. Reddy started his career in Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL) (1969–1975), then he left the job to found Uniloids Ltd in 1976, founded Standard Organics Limited (SOL) in 1980, before founding Dr Reddy's Labs in 1984 with an initial capital of Rs 25 lakh and he is worth $1.4 Billion US Dollars. Under his leadership, DRL has been a pioneer and trendsetter in the Indian Pharmaceutical industry. 

Here are some of the highlights of his life: 

Contribution to Hyderabad Growth:

In 1970s, Pharma industry was not that big in Hyderabad and there were only handful of companies. Those companies used to produce the medicines for people of AP and all those were basic medications. Dr. Anji Reddy was the pioneer for Pharma Industry, who brought the Pharma Industry to India and put the Hyderabad in world map much before the IT industry. At some point of time, 80% of World Ibuprofen drug consumption was being produced in Hyderabad. All the credit for this goes to Dr. Anji Reddy. Dr. Reddy has given employment to thousands of families in Hyderabad directly and lakhs of families benefited indirectly and touched millions of people around the world through his medicines. 

To give you an example, when USA worried about Swine Flu, USA looked at Andhra Pradesh to get the medication for entire USA. Within a short period of time, AP has sent the shipments to USA. That is the power of AP Pharma industry now. Hetero Drugs has supplied that medication. Even when IT industry has ups and downs, Hyderabad did not face the down turn because Pharma industry is stable. I do not have the numbers but 20% of Hyderabad growth can be credited to Pharma Industry. 

Inspirational to several:

Dr. Anji Reddy has been inspirational to several industrialists in Andhra Pradesh. Some of the Industrialist were fortunate to work directly with him and some industrialists were indirectly inspired by him and started Pharma industries with confidence. There are hundreds of Ancillary units to Pharma industry. Whole Pharma Industry should be thankful to him. Hundreds of industrialists in Hyderabad either worked in Dr. Reddy Labs or supplied products to DRL. Hetero Drugs Parthasarathi Reddy, Aurabindo Ram Prasad Reddy, Divi Labs Murali, Virco Narayana Reddy and Venkata Reddy have worked for him and started the companies on their own. It is very hard to find a pharmacy company owner who did not work for Dr. Reddy. 

Gave financial support to several:

Dr. Anji Reddy has given employment to hundreds of families in 1980s, later become thousands and lakhs in 1990s. Thousands of families directly benefited by this and because of the employment, these families were able to afford higher studies for their kids and relatives. This was indirect help to thousands of families and he was The God to several families. I personally know a lot of families, who did not have basic education to get the job, but they got the jobs in 1980s and 1990s and now their families are rich and living in high standards. They are very fortunate to have an Industrialist like Dr. Anji Reddy. 

Cost of the Drugs:

Most of the drugs are invented in Developed countries like USA, Germany and they charge very high prices. If you convert the same dollars and try to sell for the same price, not even one percent of the people in India can afford it. This is where Dr. Reddy made a difference, Hyderabad became a Pharma hub and most of the medicines are being produced in AP. Even though Dr. Reddy has been selling for higher prices to US companies, Reddy Labs has been selling for nominal cost in India. This is not only in India but also other developing countries in Africa and Asia got benefited by this. Because of this philosophy, medicine costs were down and even poor people can afford medication. This is how Dr. Reddy touched millions of people around the world. 

Charitable Contributions:

After few years and seeing ups and downs of life, Dr. Reddy started Nandi Foundation. To give you an example, Dr. Reddy bought Mercedes Benz S500 at his earlier years and only two other people (Dheerubai Ambani and RP Goenka) had that car in India at that time. He bought Honda Accord in his later days and his son Mr. Satish Reddy asked why do not you buy latest car and he said instead of spending one crore on the good car, I will buy Honda Accord and the balance amount could be donated to Nandi Foundation so that poor people can be benefited.  Through Nandi foundation, he has helped various water purification plants and other poor people. He has helped LV Prasad eye institute also. 

Awards:

Dr. Anji Reddy has received so many awards. Here are some of awards: “Padma Bhushan” one of the highest civilian Award by Indian Government in 2011, Padma Shri in 2001, Sir PC Ray award (1984 and 1992), Businessman of the Year in 2001; CHEMTECH Foundation  'Hall of Fame' award in 2005. 

My personal experience:

As a family friend, I had the privilege to meet him few times and closely observe him since 1980s. I know hundreds of families who worked for him and got benefited. We had a good conversation about the American Universities and he shared his USA experiences with me. He has visited USA several times and his son Sathish Reddy studied in USA. He has inspired me and encouraged me to come to USA for higher studies. I am always thankful to him from bottom of my heart. 

I am sure his son Satish Reddy has big shoes to fill in and he has been helping DRL. I wish him good luck and hoping that he will carry the legacy of his father Dr. Anji Reddy. We all miss Dr. Reddy and Andhra Pradesh would not see a Visionary Industrialist like him. May his soul rest in peace in heaven.

There have always been rumours linking the blue eyed boy Neil Nitin Mukesh with slender beauty Sonal Chauhan but neither of the stars has ever admitted to their relationship. The duo paired for the first time for a horror movie ‘3G’. The movie is releasing this Friday, March 15th. The picture shows the sizzling chemistry between Neil Mukesh and Sonal Chauhan. You can see Sonal seducing her helpless boyfriend who is half buried in sand.Sonal Chauhan looks sizzling hot and stylish in shorts exposing her long legs. What do you say!

We generally see heroine's going semi-nude for their films, and that gets a lot of applause for the sex-appeal and glam quotient. This time our romantic hero is focusing on such thing and here goes the story.

For the upcoming Tamil film 'Theeya velaseyyanum kumaru', hero Siddarth is going shirt-less for the posters of the movie. If the similar thing is done by a heroine, we call it semi-nude and youths will be getting tempted after that. Maybe girls will be getting the same feeling after watching Siddu in that no-shirt look.

The guy beside Siddu is comedian Santhanam, and apple pie beauty Hansika is playing lead in this flick while veteran heroine Kushbu's husband Sundar C is the director.

Veteran actress and TDP leader Kavitha's daughter Madhuri (21) tied the knot with her car driver Rajkumar. It is said to be a love marriage happened without the consent of the parents.

Rajkumar (28), a native of Karimnagar, is working as driver for Kavita's family for the past three years. Kavitha who is pursuing her MBA developed a special bonding with the driver who drives her to college everyday and they have decided to take their relationship to the next level.

Recently, the two lovebirds eloped from home and got married at Venkateswara Swamy temple in Peddapalli. While speaking to media, Madhuri made it clear she took such a decision as her parents will no way agree for her marriage with Rajkumar.

Taking the missing case lodged by Kavita in Punjagutta police seriously, the cops have traced the lovers and took them into custody.

Movie : Back Bench Student
Rating: 2/5
Cast : Mahat, Pia Bajpai, Archana, Brahmanandam, Ali and others
Directed by : Madhura Sridhar
Produced by : MVK Reddy
Banner : Shirdi Sai Combines
Music : Sunil Kashyap
Release Date : 2013-03-15

Director Madhura Sridhar's latest offering Back Bench Student has caught the attention of few eyeballs due to its packaging and promotion. The director was immensely confident over his product that he conducted a huge Premiere show for this film. However the results haven't turned up as expected.

What is it about?

Karthik (Mahat) is a poor student who doesn't take his future seriously. As a result he fails in studies as well as loses his girlfriend Priyanka (Archana). But he has few skills that would help him find a good job. Chaitra (Pia) helps him to find job and gives him hope. Now Priyanka returns into Karthik's life but he is already in love with Chaitra. How this triangle ends up is the rest of the story.

Performances:
                                                                                                                            
Mahat is a poor choice to portray this role. He is weak in expressions and the awkward dubbing didn't do much good either. He tries too hard to impress but unfortunately he doesn't have it in him. Archana is alright. Should have taken care about her lip sync. Pia Bajpai's poor expressions failed to get the desired impact. Her character was supposed to be damsel in distress, but she lacks talent to pull it off. Brahmanandam and Ali are wasted. Rest of the star cast did okay in their respective roles.

Technicalities:
                                                                                                                            
Madhura Sridhar targeted young audience yet again. But his imaginative skills and narrative skills are pretty limited. He has noble ideas but couldn't convert them into a good film. He has failed as a writer and director and also is an utter disaster in getting the desired output from his team. Music by Sunil Kashyap is a pain. None of the songs are good and the background score is sheer torture. Cinematography is inconsistent, but never goes up beyond below average mark. Editing is very poor. Production values are okay.

Analysis:

Back Bench Student is like a film made with a team of back benchers. None of the team have put up their hand to pull this off. Story starts off an alright note and treads along in an okay manner for few minutes. But the director is left clueless after sometime. Meaningless scenes and aimless direction makes things worse for Back Bench Student. The film's fate is evident by interval point.

Any hopes of a better second half dies down immediately as the film heads in a predicable path with mediocre scenes. Anybody could guess the climaxand director made valiant efforts to make it watchable but in vain. Ali and Brahmanandam are thrown in to lift the hopes up, but neither of them could help the ship from sinking. Few dialogues are good and that is the only bright side in this film.

Attractive title might help the film to get some collections in the opening weekend, but it doesn't possess anything worthy to stand tall at the box office. Back Bench Student is Madhura Sridhar's weakest film till date.

Verdict: Back Bench Student fails in all aspects!

Hyderabad, March 14: Film actress and TDP leader Kavita complained to the Punjagutta police that her daughter Swati was missing.Police who registered a case started a search for the missing girl.It is learnt that police who took pains to find the missing girl because of the high profile nature of the case, traced her to Charlapalli, on the outskirts of the city.Love affair is suspected to be the reason for Swati’s disappearance.

The most stylish and fashionable star of Bollywood is back again to seduce the men with her breath-taking act. Katrina Kaif sizzles on the cover page of Filmfare yet again.Our leggy lass kick-starts the seduction campaign for the magazine and no wonder she was paid a bomb for doing so. With that captivating  eyes, vibrant red lips, deep cleavage peek, elegant pose and the well-built legs, Katrina is challenging other heroines. Enjoy the seduction folks!

Often n, Manchu family is struggling with various controversies these days for their filmy portrayals of certain communities in Andhra Pradesh. After facing huge criticism from Brahmin leaders for 'Denikaina Ready', here comes another one. In the film Gundello Godari, a hot actress Suja Varunee is seen selling 'poosalu' and talks dirty with people around. Her portrayal depicts her like a typical village prostitute. However, there seems to be a community in AP called Poosalu Community and they are lodging a complaint on Lakshmi Manchu for degrading their caste with such cheap portrayal.Heads of this caste have already met Censor Board head Dhanalakshmi in this context and it is heard that they are demanding few cuts and dialogue mutes. 

Here is the exclusive pic of Kamal Haasan and Pooja Kumar from the much-awaited spy thriller Viswaroopam 2. As declared by the versatile actor in his recent interview, there seems to be a lot of romantic sequences in it and this combination still gives the same impression.

Known for his experiments with physical appearance, Kamal disguises yet again and the make-up he had put on makes him a completely new person. On the other hand, Pooja who was draped in a saree looks gorgeous and this is completely contrast to the western look in Viswaroopam.

Kamal has already assured that Viswaroopam 2 will have all the elements the fans have felt were missing in the first part. The sequel is going to have a war-field sequence, mother-son sentiment and the romantic track between the lead pair. The legendary actor is ensuring that there would be no delay in the release of Viswaroopam 2 as he is taking all the necessary precautions.

Kolkata, March 11: A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped in the wee hours of Monday in the city's Jadavpur area. Two of the accused have been arrested, police said."Following a complaint of gang-rape we have arrested two persons. The 14-year-old victim was allegedly raped and at least three to four persons are suspected to be involved," Deputy Commissioner (Jadavpur) Sujay Chanda said."A medical test on the victim to ascertain rape will be conducted soon," Chanda said.According to police, the victim, along with another girl, had gone for a bath to a pond in the locality at around 3 a.m. on the occasion of Maha Shivratri. Two young men started teasing the girls. While her companion fled the spot, the victim was forcibly taken by the youths to a building still under construction and raped.The incident comes just two days after West Bengal Human Rights Commission chairman and former Supreme Court judge Asok Kumar Ganguly said West Bengal "was not lagging behind Delhi in the number of atrocities on women, and may have (even) surpassed the the national capital (in such crimes)".

Radio Josh (www.Radiojosh.com) a global online Telugu Radio and website was launched by actress Tapsee on the studio premises at Srinagar Colony Hyderabad. Music director Mani Sharma introduced Radio Josh Mobile Android apps. “It’s indeed a privilege to launch with new technology online radio which entertains people globally in one click. And it will be a lot more interesting to chat live with Radio Jockeys as well as with the fellow listeners”, said Tapsee on the occasion.www.radiojosh.com online Telugu radio network is now on air to reach millions of listeners worldwide by presenting greater breadth and depth of first-class streaming music, talk and audio. Featuring 260+ genres of music for music tastemakers from over 150 countries, to convey in short, www.radiojosh.com is brought available by real people with a deep passion for music. “Radio josh is the universal leader in delivering “joshful” music and Internet radio. Our aim is to bring together radio lovers and listeners at one place through Radio josh. www.radiojosh.com is quite accessible radio as it can be tuned through websites, mobile devices (IOS, Android Apps, Blackberry and Nokia), home entertainment centers, connected desktop products”, Agniputra Varma, CEO & Founder of Radio Josh has said.

Lakshmi Manchu's Telugu romantic-drama "Gundello Godari", a love story set against the Godavari 1986 floods, has raked in Rs.14.83 crore in its opening weekend worldwide.The film released March 8."The film, which was approximately made on a budget of Rs.45 crore has collected Rs.14.83 crore in its opening weekend all over," trade analyst Trinath told.Starring Aadhi Pinisetty, Lakshmi Manchu, Tapsee Pannu and Sundeep Kishan, the film is directed by debutant Kumar Nagendra. It also features Ravi Babu, Suja Varunee, Jeeva, Annapurna and Mumaith Khan.The film has music by maestro Illayaraja and cinematography by M.R Palanikumar. The Tamil dubbed version of the film titled "Maranthen Mannithen" is slated to release March 23. 

Director Teja who made his debut with romantic story Chitram revolutionalised Tollywood film making. Later he came with love stories like Jayam,Nuvvu Nenu, etc before changing to comedy films. Currently he is saying '1000 Abaddalu' casting Puri Jagannath brother Sai Ram Shankar.However to the surprise of all he is saying that it is not his film. The film is coming with the shocking tagline 'idi teja cinema kaadu'. Many are in awe with his marketing and promotional skills and the innovative way of having different tagline.Ramana Gogula is the music director for the film.

Andhra babe Bubbly Bindu Madhavi who offered Avakay Biryani to Tollywood movie lovers now is smitten by Idli Sambar so much so that though she is missing her parents, she is happy at being Tamil Ponnu (Chennai Gal). Speaking to scribes she says she is currently shooting three films for the last six months and added that she shares some connection with Chennai. She says she studied in Chennai and since she is doing good she is more of a Chennai Gal. Bindu's two films are up for release. She is currently starring in Kedi Billa Kiladi Ranga directed by National Award winning director Pandi Raj. 

Though she didn't have a hit in the recent times, actress Shriya still remains the preferred choice for our producers. Many thought that her career has been fading out and she has packed her bags to leave Hyderabad but the actress is springing surprises to the insiders by bagging plump offers. The actress is on an experimental spree and that doesn't mean that she is shying away to sport her usual glam diva roles when offered. Currently, Shriya is busy working for Janardhan Maharshi's masala drama 'Pavithra' wherein she plays a prostitute.It is known that Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna and Naga Chaitanya are teaming up for a multi-starrer film titled 'Manam'. Vikram Kumar of 'Ishq' fame is going to direct this film. Currently, the director is giving final touches to the script. Already Samantha has been zeroed in on as heroine opposite Naga Chaitanya and speculations rife that Ileana will be paired opposite Nagarjuna in this multi-starrer.And contrary to the rumors, news has arrived that Shriya is all set to romance Nag for the fourth time in 'Manam'. Earlier, Nag and Shriya have shared screen space in hit films like 'Santosham', 'Nenunnanu' and ‘Boss’. Other side, the makers are still keeping the name of the heroine who is
going to pair opposite ANR under suspense. The regular shooting of 'Manam' will begin shortly.

Rio de Janeiro, March 9: Brazilian goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes de Souza has been sentenced to 22 years in jail for ordering the murder of estranged girlfriend Eliza Samudio in 2010.The ex-Flamengo player was found guilty by a jury of five women and two men at a court in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais state Friday. He was also convicted of hiding the model's body and kidnapping the couple's son, reports Xinhua.Despite admitting to knowing that Samudio had been strangled and her remains fed to dogs, Fernandes denied ordering the assassination. Defence lawyers said they would appeal the decision.Fernandes had already been convicted of kidnapping Samudio and forcing her to terminate her pregnancy for which he had served a prison term of four years and six months."I expected more. They made it easy on him," the victim's mother, Eliza Silva Samudio, said.The judge said Fernandes' sentence was reduced due to his confession. The 28-year-old was captain of the Flamengo outfit that won the Brazil Serie A title in 2009 and was reportedly a contender for a berth in Brazil's national team."These crimes received a lot of attention not only because one of the defendants was a famous football player but also because of the plot that they involved and because of the mystery of where the victim's remains were hidden," Judge Marixa Fabiane Lopes Rodrigues said. 

Away from the hustle bustle, a day well spent doing absolutely nothing and it just felt so good for a change. After shooting for Nayak and Special 26, Kajal Aggarwal decided to pamper herself with a holiday in Bali spending entire day on the beach sipping coconut water and fruity mocktails, soaking up the sun and taking in the view.Enjoy her folks!!!

New York, Mar 8: An Indian American company based in Texas has been indicted by federal authorities on charges of fraud in the H-1B visa category and using it to create a low-cost workforce in the US.

The multi-count indictment filed last month against top officials of the Dibon Solutions of Texas -- Atul Nanda, Jiten 'Jay' Nanda, Siva Sugavanam, Vivek Sharma, Rohit Mehra and Mohammad Khan - alleges that the company paid H-1B visa-holding employees only when there was work.

According to the 15-page indictment filed last month and unsealed this month, Nanda brothers - the owners of the company - along with others named in the court conspired to fraud the H-1B system.

The indictment alleges that Dibon hired foreign workers on H-1B visas and instead of paying them, used them to work for a third company and gave them the salary only when they worked for the third company.

The company "sponsored the workers on H-1B visas with the stated purpose of working at Dibon headquarters in Carrollton, Texas, but, in fact, required the workers to provide consulting services to third-party companies located elsewhere," the indictment alleges.

"Contrary to the representations made by the conspirators to the workers (and the government), the conspirators paid the workers only when the conspirators placed the workers at a third-party company and only if the third- party company actually paid Dibon first for the workers' services," it said.

Additionally, in Dibon's visa paperwork, it falsely represented that the foreign workers had full-time positions and were paid an annual salary, as required by regulation to secure the visas, the indictment alleges.

This scheme provided the company with skilled foreign workers who could be used on an "as needed" profitable because it required minimal overhead and Dibon could charge significant hourly rates for a computer consultant's services.

Accordingly, the company charged substantial profit margin when a consultant was assigned to costs when a worker was without billable work.

"This scheme is known as "benching." Benching Department of Labor (DOL) as "workers who are in non-productive' status due to a decision by the employer, such as lack of work."

Dibon actively recruited H-1B workers and "benched" them, the indictment said.

According to the charge-sheet Dibon's "benching" scheme was facilitated by the company as a staffing company.

Dibon employed H-1B work with third-party companies. "The design of the H-1B system worker to perform services for the petitioning company, ie Dibon. In fact, regulations required that a petitioning company inform the government in petitions if the workers were assigned to a different location that the petitioning company's address-which Dibon did not do," it said.

Banner: Manchu Entertainment

Producer: Manchu Lakshmi

Director: Kumar Nagendra

Music: Ilayaraja

Casting: Aadi Pinisetty, Sandeep, Lakshmi Manchu, Tapsee, Ravibabu, Annapurna, Jiva and Others

Rating-1.75/5

Story

River Godavari breaches and enters a small village in Godavari district where Malli (Aadi) and Chitra (Manchu Lakshmi) get married. Malli and Chitra while running for survival latches on to a grass stack.

Both who were unknown to each other prior to marriage start interacting and in the process reveals their own past. While Malli narrates how Sarala (Tapsee), his boss daughter harassed him, Chitra narrates her own story on how Dorababu (Ravibabu) troubled her. As the flood water flows ferociously they get separated drowning in the water. Whether they survive and get united has to be seen on silver screen.

Performance

Manchu Lakshmi performed in a beautiful manner as a village belly. Tapsee though confined to first half spellbound all with her glamor and she is ok in acting. While Aadi is OK, Sandeep is a mismatch to Manchu Lakshmi. His acting is also not up to the mart.

Technical

Kumar Nagendra on debut chose a good storyline but his screenplay is not attractive. Though he tried for novelty it did not fructify on screen. Lack of entertainment undid the film and since Ilayaraja got little time to compose music, except for one or two songs, others are below his standard. Cinematography is ok. Film goes on snails pace.

Plus Points

Flood scenes

Manchu Lakshmi's acting

Tapsee's glamor

1986 environment

Minus points

Direction

Lack of entertainment

Slow pace

Music

Final

Since the film came during exam time, its survival in theaters is also doubtful.

It is already known that an advocate had recently filed a petition against actresses Anushka and Priyamani accusing them of wearing objectionable dresses, which comes under indescent representation of women.Surprisingly, the petitioner has raised objections about the outfits of Priyamani in her upcoming film 'Chandi' which were more decent than her past films. Taking advantage of the petitioner's ignorance, the actress now dares him to prove what's objectionable in the costumes of Chandi and declares she hasn't violated any dress code.Priyamani even claims not even single complaint was registered until now despite being in the Industry for so long and pokes fun at the petitioner saying she have no idea what he means by indescent representation of women. The actress, however, refused to comment on Anushka who is also facing the same charges as it would not be right on her part to comment without knowing the actual truth.Seems like Priyamani has forgotten all the sleazy acts she has done in her previous films. If someone takes up her challenge, she will surely land in big trouble!

Man hits Sharmila on head with a stone

Mar 07 ,2013 16:23 PMShare on emailEmailShare on printPrint Share |Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on googleShare on stumbleuponShare on diggYSR Congress leader Y S Sharmila had a minor interruption to her padayatra after she was hit with a stone on the head during her walks in Narasaraopeta today on Wednesday.A man, named Maruti who was at the site of the incident, near the Guntur Road in Narasaraopet. Sharmila was only just starting back from the Old Bus Stand after talking to a gathering and going to the Guntur Road.The sister of the YSRC president, was struck by a person called Maruti near the Vali Theater, Kallagunta Village in Nakirekallu mandalam, Guntur. She now has a minor injury on her head. Security swung into action immediately and grounded the victim. He was later surrendered at the Two Town police station.

Gorgeous beauty with loads of energy is the one line that describes this cute milky siren that is ruling hearts of Telugu youths from a while. Here is her latest treat in a yellow saree and matching blouse raising the temperatures everywhere. Tamanna Bhatia became the new 'happening' girl in Bollywood, thanks to her second Hindi flick 'Himmatawala'. After giving a splendin show of her curves in 'Naino Mein Sapna' song in the likes of veteran heroine Sridevi, here is Tammu again scorching the screens. Another hot song that goes 'Taki Taki' has once again showing our milky beauty at her best, both in curves and in dances. Her yellow outfit is one thing that is going to sparkle many fellows. Her trademark waist swinging, hip shaking and hero tapping on her shapely hip are some stunning moments for youths where they will fail to keep their sensations in control. This hardcore sex-appeal has already earned Akshay Kumar's flick for her, we have to see who else will get bowled out after watching this song.

Movie lovers across the country is waiting eagerly to savor the tussle of Super Beauty with Super Star. There is one and only one Super Star and he is none other than Rajanikanth. Now according to insiders Super Beauty Deepika Padukone is engaged in engrossing duel and romantic fight in their upcoming film Vikramasimha (Kochadaiyaan). 

Sources are confident that Rajini-Deepika's fight will be highlight in the film just like Hrithik- Aishwarya's in Jodha Akbar. Film is directed by Soundarya Rajinikanth. Rajini even sang a song in the film for which music is tuned by Rahman. Film has a star studded cast of  R. Sarathkumar, Aadhi, Shobana, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Jackie Shroff and Nassar.

Hyderabad, Mar 4: Film actress and MP Jaya Prada announced her decision to contest from Rajahmundry. She said she would contest to Lok Sabha from there.

Though she has not said from which party she would contest, it is being presumed that she would be the YSR Congress party's candidate as she was all praise for the late Chief Minister Dr. Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.

Stating that she was not against Telangana, she said she was however an integrationist. 

Jaya Prada has affirmed that it was due to the welfare schemes undertaken by late YSR that the state had developed. Though she said she liked the programmes of YSR very much, she did not say from which party she would contest. She said would make that announcement in Rajahmundry. She lamented that there was no Telugu girls on the Tollywood screen now. 

It may be recalled that Jaya Prada was an MP of the TDP when Chandra Babu Naidu was the Chief Minister. She also served as the Telugu Mahila chief. However, she left TDP and the state after she allegedly developed differences with Naidu. She joined the Samajwadi Party and was elected to Lok Sabha from that party. Recently he and her mentor Amar Singh were expelled from the SP after the latter developed differences with the SP Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav. Though Amar Singh launched a party, it could not create any impact in the last elections.

A private case was filed against heroines Anushka and Priyamani in the Malkajgiri court of Hyderabad.

The complainant has said both the actresses wore objectionable costumes in their films. Social activist Subuddha filed the petition.

However now situation is changed and she is now in secret romance with Mega Brother Naga Babu. Both as judges of comedy show Jabardasth on ETV are having full blast. Chiru who is Union Tourism Minister, knowing his brother's romance with Roja, questioned how could he forget bombs hurled by Roja when he launched PRP. Naga Babu however maintained stoic silence and Roja is trying to impress him to bag offers opposite their family heroes. Naga Babu who lost heavily with 'Orange' is trying to recover at least part of it by accepting all and sundry TV shows and serials.

On a tip off, Hyderabad police today raided a brothel ring and arrested three women, all of them reportedly below 25 years. One woman among the three persons was said to be a noted Telugu television serial actress, who is 22 years old. The police, however, didn't not reveal the name of the artiste.  Also, arrested was brothel organizer  Lokesh and a customer Pawan.The raids were conducted at Yellareddyguda of the city. One woman was said to have hailed from Srikakulam town. It was reported that one of the organizers of this ring went absconding. Police was reportedly searching for him. Cases were, however, booked against these persons.It's really unfortunate to note that why flesh trade is being carried out even by television artistes, said observers who have also said that earlier they heard flesh trade was to fill stomachs but now it took a new turn. Anyway, educated women at least should not fall into this trap and they should also help those already in the trap to come out of it.

The CCTV footage in Dilsukhnagar area, where the twin bomb blasts took place two days back, has now become a key to the investigation team to crack the case. The sources said that the CCTV camera showed that five persons were moving in that area on bicycles. The police reportedly are thinking that they could be the culprits responsible for the attack.Sources even said that the actual hit list of terrorists was Shirdi Sai Baba temple in Dilsukhnagar area. Since city police commissioner, Anurag Sharma visited the temple on Thursday, ten minutes before the bomb exploded, the culprits probably couldn't get through the tight security at the temple. Therefore, they could have left their bicycles outside Konark and Venkatadri theatres.As many as 16 innocent people, who were on Dilsukhnagar road, have lost their lives due to these culprits. Over 100 are injured. The condition of many persons was said to be critical. 

Old heroine Aamani is doing weird things. She was spotted in a transparent sari at recent movie muhurat of her where she plays goddess Lakshmi while Nagababu plays Lord Vishnu. Aamani has many credits to claim like 'Mr Pellam', 'Subhalagnam', 'Subha Shankalpam' and etc. But she has been going through a difficult phase and she is leaving no stone unturned to comeback. She was last seen in 'Devasthanam' opposite SP Bala Subramanyam and K Vishwanath.But looks like, Aamani is hinting the young heroes and directors that she is still in the race for glamour roles. But people who present at the spot opened their mouths wide by her acts. Anonymous person says, 'She may vie up for glam roles but she can't be young anymore. It's better for her to do roles that fit her age. What's the point in draping a see-through sari for a traditional film?'

For any heroine or hero, to get a sizzling debut, they should have a big hearted producer who is ready to invest money on new comers. Otherwise, there will be no good publicity and hype to that debut.Yesteryear diva Sridevi is also looking for the same now. She is in a serious hunting amidst huge public at CCL cricket matches the other day for a 'producer'. To launch her daughter Jhanvi, it is heard that our veteran heroine is not going to spend her husband Boney Kapoor's money. Also, Jhanvi is trying to woo everyone with her short dresses at the stadium. Many people still wonder why an actress like Sridevi wants someone else to produce a flick for her daughter, while she is having enough money. If her daughter is launched in their banner, then people will say that Sridevi is spending excessively for her successor. If it is some other producer, then they can demand many things for Jhanvi and also get remuneration for her. Is that it Sridevi?

 Telugu actor Meka Srikanth hopes to resurrect his dwindling career with an untitled bilingual film that will go on the floors in June.His last three Telugu films "Shatruvu", "Devaraya" and "Sevakudu" failed to strike a chord with the audiences."I've signed a Telugu-Kannada bilingual film which will go on floors from June. Even though my last three releases didn't live up to the expectations, I'm positive this film will do well. I have immense confidence in my director and his script," Srikanth told.The film will be directed by Srinivasu Raju and jointly produced by C.R. Manohar and E. Vijay. The rest of the cast will be announced soon.Asked if he will dub in his voice in Kannada, he said: "We haven't decided yet but I would love to dub in my own voice because I know the language well".

Banner: Sri Sai Ganesh Productions

Producer: Bellamkonda Suresh

Director: Nandini Reddy

Music: Thaman

Casting: Siddharth,Samantha,Nitya Menon, Dharmavarapu,Shayaji Shinde,Srihari,Tagubotu Ramesh and Others

Rating: 2.5/5.0

Story

Bairraju(Siddharth) an orphan who is on the run due to lot of debts, reaches Hyderabad. While searching for livelihood, he steals Shreya's (Samantha) business idea and snatches her job. Later both form their own event management company and within no time earn reputation. In the midst of this, differences crop up and both Bairraju and Sherya get seperated and even face hiccups in managing their own organisations.

Will they reunite together, can Bairraju stave off Bihari (Shayaji Shinde) gang whom he owes money and who is keen on getting him married to his sister. What is the threat of Malaysian don Javed Ibrahim (srihari) should be found on silver screen.

Performances

Siddharth came with good performance and emoted well. He excelled in dances. Samantha performed well and showed good expressions. Same is the case with Nitya Menon who impressed in special role. Shayaji Shinde, Dharmavarapu, Srihari,Tagubotu Ramesh, Telangana Sakuntala played their roles to perfection.

Analysis

Director Nandini Reddy perpared a script similar to Ala Modalaindi. She planned it to make it a comedy caper but one gets the feeling that slow pace of the film spoiled her intentions. Some of the scenes looked artificial and the story has no real twists or turns. Everything is predictable.

Plus Points

Siddharth's performance

Samantha's presence

Nitya Menon's special role

Thaman's music and songs

Shayaji Shinde,Telangana Sakuntala comedy tracks

Minus Points

Slow pace

No real twists

Stale storyline

Weak climax

Final

Slow paced Jabardasth has only comedy jolts

Hyderabad, Feb 22: The bombs that went off at Dilsukhnagar here in the Andhra Pradesh capital Thursday evening, which killed at least 12 people and injured over 50 others, were kept on two bicycles, police said.

Director General of Police V. Dinesh Reddy said they were improvised explosive devices (IEDs) which were triggered with timers. He described them as "powerful blasts".

The terrorists were suspected to have used a mixture of Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and ammonium nitrate in the blasts to cause maximum damage.

Unlike in the blasts in Pune, where the terrorists used new bicycles, they planted the bombs on old bicycles in Hyderabad.

Naga Sai, an officer in the bomb disposal squad, said they had not yet reached to any conclusion with regard to the nature of explosives.

He pointed out that unlike in the 2007 blasts, no splinters and balls were found at the blast site.

He said even a small quantity of explosives in a crowded place can cause a large number of casualties.

The officer also said terrorists did not keep distance or time between their targets.

"Both the places are close to each other and the second blast took place immediately after the first one."

Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and forensic experts were gathering clues at the blast scenes well past midnight.

They will be joined by more officials f

eb 21: When Nirbhaya was gang raped and murdered, the Supreme Court said Indian capital was not a safe place for women. Now after Nikhila’s kidnap attempt in the heart of Hyderabad, same doubts are being expressed about the safety of women in the AP capital.

Nikhil More the software professional depended on her own wisdom and courage to escape an apparent rape attempt. No police came to her rescue, though she screamed in terror on public roads. This shows the shallowness of our security system and the dependability of our cops. The traffic policemen who leave the traffic haywire and rush to collect ‘Mamools’ when they find a loaded lorry, are not worried even if women were kidnapped or raped on public roads.

Though police claim that they nabbed the criminals within 24 hours of the crime and boast of their greatness, allowing this offence to happen is itself a clear evidence of the shallowness of the security system. In Nikhil’s case a person who sat by the side of the auto driver turned out to be his accomplice in the crime. It is a common sight in Hyderabad for auto drivers to take their friends in the front seat. To take a second person in the driver’s seat is an offence. Still, police take their regular tips and won’t bother about such violations. It is mostly this second person that turns an accomplice in crimes committed by auto drivers. If Nikhil More had not jumped down from the auto, what would have happened later would be unimaginable. What is the use if the police catch the criminals after a woman was raped or killed?

Nikhil More of Vengurla village in Sindhurga district of Maharashtra is a design engineer working in a software company in Amirpet. She is living with a friend in Narayanaguda in a rented house.

Nikhil went to a beauty parlour in Madhapur after her duty on Tuesday evening. There she boarded a sharing auto to Mytrivanam in Amirpet. There was another person sitting by the driver’s side. All other passengers who boarded the auto got down before the auto reached Mytrivanam, excepting the auto driver’s accomplice sitting by his side.

When Nikhil was alone in the auto, the auto driver diverted the vehicle from the main road. When Nikhil grew suspicious as the driver has been going round for an hour, she called a friend on her mobile and told him what was happening. Auto driver snatched the phone from her, told her friend that they would be coming to Punjagutta in 15 minutes and kept her cell phone with him. Nikhil was shocked when auto driver’s friend caught her tightly, preventing her attempts to jump down. When she screamed, he tightly closed her mouth with his hands. Nikhil some how managed to bring out the pepper spray she was carrying in her bag, escaped by spraying it on the person holding her and jumped down from the auto. She sustained a head injury as she jumped down from a moving vehicle. Navin a software engineer coming that way on his two wheeler behind the auto, rushed her in 108 ambulance to hospital. She is recovering now.

Nowhere in this incident, there was police intervention. Police who boast of catching the criminals within 24 hours, should explain why they could not make Hyderabad a safe place for women.

Police set up CC cameras at important junctions. But they watch these cameras after a crime was committed and catch the criminals as they did in this case. But if the CC cameras were watched by a policeman all the time live, he would see a crime as it happens and would be able to prevent it, instead of allowing it to happen and then nab the criminal. It is better if policemen realize that they should first prevent a crime from happening and not boast about their ability in nabbing the criminals fast, after allowing a crime to happen.

Visakhapatnam, Feb 17: SIMS MD Surendra Gupta who cheated several gullible investors and vanished, surrendered before the police amid high drama. Customers who were cheated, staged dharna at the Visakhapatnam 4 Town police station where he was being questioned by the police. They asked the CI Hussain to hand him over to them so that they could collect their money from him straight away. Police advised the customers to maintain restraint, saying that they had to enquire about Gupta’s assets and his bank accounts. SIMS Company reportedly collected more than Rs. 500 crore in the name of multi-level business and brought the shutters down.

Super Star Rajini Kanth has visited Mohan Babu whose father died recently.

Rajini Kanth visited the Sri Vidya Niketan educational institutions run by Mohan Babu and consoled his family members on Sunday night.

TDP MLA Devineni Nehru visited Mohan Babu along with his family members on Monday and consoled the bereaved family. Others who visited Mohan Babu included high court judge Subhash Reddy, Lok Satta president Jaya Prakash Narayana, Balaji Hatcheries chairman Sundara Naidu, producer Rama Krishna Prasad and director Dasarath. 

Mohan Babu's father died last Sunday at the age of 95.

Noted south Indian star Vikram has brought the curtains down to the misunderstanding between him and Daggubati Rana.

Rana has himself tweeted that Vikram's remarks were contorted in the media, creating the unnecessary misunderstanding. He said Vikram personally spoke to him and expressed his regrets over the misunderstanding. He said he was now convinced that Vikram was misquoted.

It may be recalled that Vikram was quoted as stating that Rana was concentrating on Bollywood as success evaded him in the south. Strongly reacting to it, Rana told Vikram to mind his business.  He said as more than 10 of his films were flops he better concentrate on his career than that of others. He said he still admired him as an actor. Responding, Vikram spoke to Rana and resolved the misunderstanding.

There are reports about the love-story between this couple many a times, but both of them never opened about it. This time, hot siren Shradda Das is speaking her heart and mind. Check this out.

Big buzz in Film Nagar says that young hero Varun Sandesh and sizzling beauty Shradda Das are in a deep relation before things have fallen apart. Some say that this is just a rumour, but some say they have seen these two people getting close at many occasions. As the saying goes, truth should come from Horse’s mouth, here is our Bengali babe revealing what has happened.

Shradda stated that her relationship with Varun Sandesh is the first and last of her life. The actress shared that they dated for two years before breaking up. And, concludes that she got nothing to hide about it. Well that’s all about Varun-Shradda zing thing folks.