Unable to face and cope hiccups in love affair, an IT employee Preethi (26) committed suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan. She was working for a major IT Organisation from last four months and been residing at serenity apartment in Nanakramguda.
It is heard that her love affair with a friend was no longer working and that made her end life. They were quarreling and exchanging messages till late midnight of Thursday and she hanged herself in early hours after that.
The neighbors informed her brother in Ayyappa society after finding her dead. After he lodged a complaint, police reached her apartment and moved the body to Osmania. Investigation is still on.
Nobody can dare to disagree to the fact that TV serials are having the deepest bonding with most of the women. Each character and episode have the remarkable influence on many housewives. They get connected to the same emotions of the characters.
In a profound incident, Chinnari pellikuturu 'Anandi' actress Pratyusha committed suicide and the investigation is still under process to find the guilty. The serial's origin Balika Vadhu is from North and it has immense craze among people over there. A 26 year old married woman from Raipur in Chattigarh committed suicide as she could not cope depression after her favorite actress Pratyusha killed herself.
She hanged herself to a ceiling fan in front of her 2 year old son and husband found her dead when he arrived home after work. He revealed that his wife was too depressed to know that 'Anandi' is dead for real and updates on her death mystery seem to have pushed her to take this drastic step. -
In a profound incident, Chinnari pellikuturu 'Anandi' actress Pratyusha committed suicide and the investigation is still under process to find the guilty. The serial's origin Balika Vadhu is from North and it has immense craze among people over there. A 26 year old married woman from Raipur in Chattigarh committed suicide as she could not cope depression after her favorite actress Pratyusha killed herself.
She hanged herself to a ceiling fan in front of her 2 year old son and husband found her dead when he arrived home after work. He revealed that his wife was too depressed to know that 'Anandi' is dead for real and updates on her death mystery seem to have pushed her to take this drastic step. -
Power Star Pawan Kalyan's Sardaar Gabbar Singh has collected a gross of $606K through premiere shows in USA. This is second biggest opener in USA after SS Rajamouli's magnum opus film Baahubali that raked $1395K from the premiere shows in the territory.
Sardaar has become the highest grosser for Pawan Kalyan. His previous best was Attarintiki Daredi which had collected $345K at the USA box office in the preview shows. Sardaar has shattered superstar Mahesh Babu's Srimanthudu premiere show gross to take second place from the premieres in the country. The Koratala Siva directorial minted $560K from the US premiere shows.
Though the ticket price was increased to $25 in some locations, Sardaar registered good amount of bookings and the film ran to packed houses in several centers in the premiere shows.
Nonetheless, trade analysts predict that, Sardaar will have great run at USA box office only till the weekend and the collections would slow down from Monday, as a result of poor reviews and negative mouth talk. -
Sardaar has become the highest grosser for Pawan Kalyan. His previous best was Attarintiki Daredi which had collected $345K at the USA box office in the preview shows. Sardaar has shattered superstar Mahesh Babu's Srimanthudu premiere show gross to take second place from the premieres in the country. The Koratala Siva directorial minted $560K from the US premiere shows.
Though the ticket price was increased to $25 in some locations, Sardaar registered good amount of bookings and the film ran to packed houses in several centers in the premiere shows.
Nonetheless, trade analysts predict that, Sardaar will have great run at USA box office only till the weekend and the collections would slow down from Monday, as a result of poor reviews and negative mouth talk. -
This Bangalore college is sure an eye-feast for everyone. One of the girl students came to the college in shorts. A sagely professor found fault with it and asked her to come well-dressed. The girl took offense and was joined by other girls. The next day, all the girls attended classes wearing shorts. Their argument was that the professor cannot dictate what to wear and how to dress for the college.
But the professor is a gutsy person. The professor was not the one to be cowed down. She said she was ready for any probe and stood her ground. Now, its a showdown between devil-may-care students and damn-you kind of teacher. Both are firm on their standpoint.
Now the IT city's eyes are fixated on this college as to where this skirt war leads to. One only hopes that the showdown doesn't get any worse and the girls' protest gets skimpier. -
But the professor is a gutsy person. The professor was not the one to be cowed down. She said she was ready for any probe and stood her ground. Now, its a showdown between devil-may-care students and damn-you kind of teacher. Both are firm on their standpoint.
Now the IT city's eyes are fixated on this college as to where this skirt war leads to. One only hopes that the showdown doesn't get any worse and the girls' protest gets skimpier. -
Different factors can promote a movie until Friday morning, but only a good script can take it forward from then. Now that Sardaar falls flat due to its age old writings and pale presentation, we need throw a microscopic view on points that can save the film.
Though Pawan Kalyan seems to be the only strength of the film with his presence, he himself seems to be the biggest weakness for Sardaar with his writings and weak screenplay. Sardaar is a movie for a particular set of fans, who can enjoy every act of him on screen and they can push the film upto some extent. But his screenplay and story were so disastrous that most of the audience were worried about Pawan's choice of writing even after his adieu to acting in near future.
While Pawan's acts in this movie might have given him a perception that people watch him anyway sans peppy story, the reviews at this moment and collections after the full run might ridicule his perception to core. Wish Pawan watches his own Sardaar once again to know the fact that his writings are killing the movie and his stardom is struggling to save it. Powerstar is a hero with shotguns in Sardaar, but sure a villain with pen behind it! -
Though Pawan Kalyan seems to be the only strength of the film with his presence, he himself seems to be the biggest weakness for Sardaar with his writings and weak screenplay. Sardaar is a movie for a particular set of fans, who can enjoy every act of him on screen and they can push the film upto some extent. But his screenplay and story were so disastrous that most of the audience were worried about Pawan's choice of writing even after his adieu to acting in near future.
While Pawan's acts in this movie might have given him a perception that people watch him anyway sans peppy story, the reviews at this moment and collections after the full run might ridicule his perception to core. Wish Pawan watches his own Sardaar once again to know the fact that his writings are killing the movie and his stardom is struggling to save it. Powerstar is a hero with shotguns in Sardaar, but sure a villain with pen behind it! -
Venkatesh Babu Bangraram First Look
Buyers are quoting to grab the rights of Director Maruti’s upcoming film ‘Babu Bangaram’ starring Venkatesh.
Th rights of Venkatesh sir and Nayanthara starrer for Nizam were bagged by DilRaju for whooping 6.65 Cr, The Vizag rights sold for 2.70 Cr to Bharat films and the Overseas rights for 2.25 Cr to Bluesky.
The Worldwide Theatrical Rights of the film will be around 30 Cr.
Filmmaker Ketan Mehta says Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut will be seen in a completely new avatar as a strong-headed warrior in his movie "Rani Lakshmi Bai".
The "Queen" actress will play the titular role in the film based on the Rani of Jhansi, one of the leaders of the first Indian war of independence in 1857.
"Kangana will be seen in a new look in the film. It is a historical character and she will undergo lot of training in sword-fighting and horse-riding," Mehta told PTI.
The director, who last helmed Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer "Manji-The Mountain Man", said he is excited to team up with the "Katti Batti" actress.
"The pre-production is on. I am very excited to work with her. She is an exciting actress and I am sure the project will turn out nice," he said.
Mehta recently also filmed a short movie "Toba Tek Singh", starring Pankaj Kapur and Vinay Pathak.
The film, as part of "Zeal for Unity" initiative, is based on the political satire written by famous Urdu writer Saddat Hasan Manto.
"I was fascinated with the story for a long time. It has a very wonderful layer of satire and human drama to it. Pankaj is an incredible performer, and with Vinay Pathak as Manto, it was a lethal combination," he said.
The story is set just before India-Pakistan partition in one of the oldest mental asylums in undivided India.
"We shot the movie in 10 days in Punjab. It was very hot, and the experience was very intense. But looking back, it was extremely fulfilling," Mehta said.
"Zeal for Unity" initiative features short films by 12 filmmakers, six Indian and as many Pakistani, to make 12 different movies, as an effort to ease the tension between India and Pakistan.
The "Queen" actress will play the titular role in the film based on the Rani of Jhansi, one of the leaders of the first Indian war of independence in 1857.
"Kangana will be seen in a new look in the film. It is a historical character and she will undergo lot of training in sword-fighting and horse-riding," Mehta told PTI.
The director, who last helmed Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer "Manji-The Mountain Man", said he is excited to team up with the "Katti Batti" actress.
"The pre-production is on. I am very excited to work with her. She is an exciting actress and I am sure the project will turn out nice," he said.
Mehta recently also filmed a short movie "Toba Tek Singh", starring Pankaj Kapur and Vinay Pathak.
The film, as part of "Zeal for Unity" initiative, is based on the political satire written by famous Urdu writer Saddat Hasan Manto.
"I was fascinated with the story for a long time. It has a very wonderful layer of satire and human drama to it. Pankaj is an incredible performer, and with Vinay Pathak as Manto, it was a lethal combination," he said.
The story is set just before India-Pakistan partition in one of the oldest mental asylums in undivided India.
"We shot the movie in 10 days in Punjab. It was very hot, and the experience was very intense. But looking back, it was extremely fulfilling," Mehta said.
"Zeal for Unity" initiative features short films by 12 filmmakers, six Indian and as many Pakistani, to make 12 different movies, as an effort to ease the tension between India and Pakistan.
The US government is believed to have received about 250,000 petitions for H-1B visas –- the most sought after American work visas -– with a majority of them being from either Indian companies or having huge footprint in India.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services yesterday said it has reached the Congressional mandated cap for H-1B visas in the general category and also the 20,000 for those who completed higher education from inside the US in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.
USCIS did not give the number of H-1B petitions it received since April 1, when it started accepting applications for this most coveted visa for the fiscal year 2017 beginning October 1, this year. But, it says the successful petitions would be determined by a computerised draw of lots.
"We had 230,000 H-1B visa petitions last year. I think, this year it is going to be higher. We think 250,000 H-1B petitions were filed this year," Bill Stock, incoming president of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a founding partner of Klasko Immigration Law Partners told PTI in an interview.
Stock's estimates are based on his experience and interaction with lawyers and those groups who mostly file H-1B visas. This is fourth consecutive year that the Congressional mandated cap has been reached in the first five days of the filing. "Unless the economy changes again, we would continue to see it," he said.
Majority of these estimated 250,000 H-1B visa applications are "certainly" either by companies that have Indian owner like TCS or companies that have substantial operations or development centres in India like IBM, Stock said in response to a question.
The recent increase on certain category of H-1B visas, he said, "may have had a little impact" on Indian companies. "But I think their business so much depends on H-1B and being able to send people on projects, they (Indian companies) are going to pay fees on those petitions," Stock said.
President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Victor Nieblas Pradis said the "avalanche" of petitions for H-1B visas mean that USCIS will once again randomly determine which of those petitions will actually be considered for one of the 85,000 available visas.
Each petition not selected is a business need unfulfilled and a growth opportunity that is delayed or thwarted. "However, artificial limits established more than a generation ago are again hobbling the economic potential of this great nation," Pradis said, calling for lifting this visa cap.
"Why do we continue to artificially limit this program? In a reasonable system, market demand should factor into how many business visas are granted, and indeed, demand for H-1B visas slowed when the economy took a downturn. But each year that we cap these visas when demand outweighs supply, all we're doing is creating obstacles to economic growth. We're losing out on shared prosperity for no good reason," he said in a statement.
The US is one of the most important economies in the world, but its full potential is going unrealised, he said.
"We live in a wireless world, but our visa system is a relic from the days of the dial-up modem. It's long past time for Congress to lead on this issue and reform the H-1B program in a way that addresses the needs of American businesses, US workers and our economy. Congress must bring our immigration system out of the last century and into this one," Pradis said.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services yesterday said it has reached the Congressional mandated cap for H-1B visas in the general category and also the 20,000 for those who completed higher education from inside the US in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.
USCIS did not give the number of H-1B petitions it received since April 1, when it started accepting applications for this most coveted visa for the fiscal year 2017 beginning October 1, this year. But, it says the successful petitions would be determined by a computerised draw of lots.
"We had 230,000 H-1B visa petitions last year. I think, this year it is going to be higher. We think 250,000 H-1B petitions were filed this year," Bill Stock, incoming president of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a founding partner of Klasko Immigration Law Partners told PTI in an interview.
Stock's estimates are based on his experience and interaction with lawyers and those groups who mostly file H-1B visas. This is fourth consecutive year that the Congressional mandated cap has been reached in the first five days of the filing. "Unless the economy changes again, we would continue to see it," he said.
Majority of these estimated 250,000 H-1B visa applications are "certainly" either by companies that have Indian owner like TCS or companies that have substantial operations or development centres in India like IBM, Stock said in response to a question.
The recent increase on certain category of H-1B visas, he said, "may have had a little impact" on Indian companies. "But I think their business so much depends on H-1B and being able to send people on projects, they (Indian companies) are going to pay fees on those petitions," Stock said.
President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Victor Nieblas Pradis said the "avalanche" of petitions for H-1B visas mean that USCIS will once again randomly determine which of those petitions will actually be considered for one of the 85,000 available visas.
Each petition not selected is a business need unfulfilled and a growth opportunity that is delayed or thwarted. "However, artificial limits established more than a generation ago are again hobbling the economic potential of this great nation," Pradis said, calling for lifting this visa cap.
"Why do we continue to artificially limit this program? In a reasonable system, market demand should factor into how many business visas are granted, and indeed, demand for H-1B visas slowed when the economy took a downturn. But each year that we cap these visas when demand outweighs supply, all we're doing is creating obstacles to economic growth. We're losing out on shared prosperity for no good reason," he said in a statement.
The US is one of the most important economies in the world, but its full potential is going unrealised, he said.
"We live in a wireless world, but our visa system is a relic from the days of the dial-up modem. It's long past time for Congress to lead on this issue and reform the H-1B program in a way that addresses the needs of American businesses, US workers and our economy. Congress must bring our immigration system out of the last century and into this one," Pradis said.
Sardaar Gabbar Singh Movie Review & Rating:
Sardaar Gabbar Singh Latest Telugu Movie / Hindi Movie is Released After a Huge Gap In Powerstar Pawan Kalyan film Career. Sardaar Gabbar Singh Movie, which is said to be an action entertainer. KS Ravindra (Bobby) directed the Sgs / Sardar Gabbar Singh movie and Pawan himself penned the story and screenplay for the sardaar gabbar singh film. Kajal Agarwal played the heroine as a princess in the sardaar gabbar singh. Devi Sri Prasad composed the music and the audio of the film is a massive hit. Sardaar Gabbar Singh ( SGS / Sardar ) is one of the most awaited films that will hit the screens this year and Sharat Marar is producing the movie on North Star Entertainments banner. Sardaar Gabbar Singh will hit the screens across the world on April 8th in Telugu and Hindi languages.
Sardaar Gabbar Singh Latest Telugu Movie / Hindi Movie is Released After a Huge Gap In Powerstar Pawan Kalyan film Career. Sardaar Gabbar Singh Movie, which is said to be an action entertainer. KS Ravindra (Bobby) directed the Sgs / Sardar Gabbar Singh movie and Pawan himself penned the story and screenplay for the sardaar gabbar singh film. Kajal Agarwal played the heroine as a princess in the sardaar gabbar singh. Devi Sri Prasad composed the music and the audio of the film is a massive hit. Sardaar Gabbar Singh ( SGS / Sardar ) is one of the most awaited films that will hit the screens this year and Sharat Marar is producing the movie on North Star Entertainments banner. Sardaar Gabbar Singh will hit the screens across the world on April 8th in Telugu and Hindi languages.
Sardaar Gabbar Singh Movie Rating ( SGS / Sardar): 2.75/5
Directed by KS Ravindra (Bobby) Produced by Sharat Marar and Pawan Kalyan Edited By SR Sekhar Starring Pawan Kalyan, Kajal Agarwal Music by Devi Sri Prasad Cinematography Jayanan Vincent Production company North Star Entertainments and Pawan Kalyan Creative Team Works Censor Report U/A Release date April 8th Run Time 165 minutes Language Telugu Movie / Hindi Movie
Directed by KS Ravindra (Bobby) Produced by Sharat Marar and Pawan Kalyan Edited By SR Sekhar Starring Pawan Kalyan, Kajal Agarwal Music by Devi Sri Prasad Cinematography Jayanan Vincent Production company North Star Entertainments and Pawan Kalyan Creative Team Works Censor Report U/A Release date April 8th Run Time 165 minutes Language Telugu Movie / Hindi Movie
Story:
Sardaar Gabbar Singh is the story that happens in a village Rathanpur which happens to be the border of three states. A mafia goon Bhairav Singh (Sharad Kelkar) rules the people there dominating them and stealing the natural resources with his ruthless man power. This is the time Sardaar Gabbar Singh (Pawan Kalyan) gets transferred to Rathanpur to challenge the mafia don over there. He falls in love with the princess of Rathanpur Arshi (Kajal Agarwal) and the rest of the film is how he eradicates the mafia in Rathanpur and impresses his love. Watch Sardaar Gabbar Singh to know about the rest.
Analysis:
The first half of Sardaar Gabbar Singh will sure fall short of an average film. There are some episodes that will impress the audience. Some of the scenes showcasing Pawan Kalyan have been stylish. The action episodes looked completely fake and the songs have not been shot well. The interval episodes have huge dose of action that fail to impress the audience and the complete plot has been predictable. The second half of Sardaar Gabbar Singh too has nothing much to reveal. =
Pawan failed completely with the story and the screenplay which is the major drawback of Sardaar Gabbar Singh. The climax has been dragged too much and they lack everything. On the whole the complete second half too fails to impress the audience and Sardaar Gabbar Singh falls flat by miles.
Performance:
Pawan Kalyan has been completely impressive with his performance and he has done an energetic job all over. He should have taken extra care on his costumes and the entertainment which involved him. Kajal has been decent and her character has been written well. She has been gorgeous on screen and is the highlight of the film.
Sharad Kelkar has been assigned a job that he has not done ever before. He tried handling the job well with his impressive performance. All the other actors have been decent with their roles. The story of Sardaar Gabbar Singh has been completely outdated and is out of reach. The screenplay and the dialogues are the major drawbacks of the film. The music and the background score too leave the audience in shock as they offer nothing much. The cinematography has been breathing and the editing has been completely lacked. The production values have been decent and Bobby selected an outdated plot that offered nothing new for the audience.
Positives :
1.Pawan Kalyan
2.Kajal
3.Cinematography
Negatives :
1.Story,
2. Screenplay and Direction
3.Music and Editing
4.Second half Climax
Final Verdict :
Watch it with low expectations You can enjoy the movie .. Pawan kalyan One Army Show
Hero Rajasekhar is always known for his indiscipline and lack of punctuality for attending the shooting spots. There have been complaints from many filmmakers earlier about Rajasekhar's lack of punctuality. There were many instances Rajasekhar being opted out of a couple of projects owing for this reason.
As per an update Rajasekhar has reportedly committed the same blunder that he usually does. As we know, Rajasekhar was roped in for a key role in the movie to be directed by Teja. He has reportedly been paid an advance as well. But then, Rajasekhar's delay in attending the shooting spots irked the filmmakers and eventually, Rajasekhar was out of the project.
And now the makers are contemplating to rope in a familiar hero as a replacement forRajasekhar. The name of the hero will be revealed on the auspicious day of Ugadi. Brahmaji and Navdeep are playing the key roles of the movie.
Tollywood Star Hero Suffering With Aids?
“Aids” is one of the diseases, which frightens the entire globe. Till now we don’t have any medicine to cure this disease. The person who is affected by HIV positive will be left alone like orphans, since the society does not encourage such a deadly disease. We cannot blame the society because, AIDS is such a type of disease.
This situation will normally happen to everyone who are affected with AIDS.. Imagine if it is a celebrity star?? it will be a hell for him to survive.
Earlier, when one of the Hollywood actor declared that he is suffering from aids, it created a commotion between his partners. And now, one such news is making rounds on the social networking site in Tollywood.
From the reliable sources, we heard that, one of the top Tollywood hero is affected with aids. In recent times, this hero is facing some back to back failures. Along with these movie failures, the actor faced some health problems too.. and at that time, it was heard that he is affected with aids, which made the actor depressed. However the actor does not want to reveal his name as of now since the way people see him will be different.
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NTR To Start New Party?
If grapevine is anything to go by, Jr NTR would be the face of new political outfit that’s likely to emerge in the truncated state of Andhra Pradesh. Buzz is that NTR’s dearest friend-Gudivada MLA Kodali Nani and Jr NTR’s father-ex Rajya Sabha MP Nandamuri Hari Krishna are toying with the idea of floating new political party. What’s more? Already Nani and Harikrishna have chalked out a plan for the same and even consulted several senior politicians seeking their advise on how to take it forward.
While few openly advised Harikrishna to drop plans as it isn’t easy to run a political party and survive, others suggested him to do good groundwork before starting it. In fact, this is not something new for Harikrishna as he has set up a political party Anna Telugu Desam way back in 1999. The party contested in general elections then saw colossal result as it failed to win a single Assembly seat or Parliament seat. Subsequently, Harikrishna merged the party into TDP and even became politburo member of the party and nominated to Rajya Sabha. Considering the past experience, Harikrishna now is making wise moves.
Going by reports, Nani and Harikrishna want to join as many as senior leaders from TDP and people who have already left YSR Congress. The move is to take on the ruling TDP. It’s well-known by now that Harikrishna and Jr NTR are not happy with TDP. Harikrishna is of the opinion that ‘injustice’ was meted out to him and his son Jr NTR in the TDP after campaigning for the party in 2009 elections. Unable to digest the reigns being handed over to Nara Lokesh, Harikrishna, who wants his son Tarak to lead TDP, started distancing from the party.
Since NTR is presently busy with films, Nani and Harikrishna want him to join later and in between, the duo is expected to make all necessary arrangements to launch the party. Nani is most trusted aid of Jr NTR and Jr NTR himself made it very clear many times. The recent public appearance of Nani with Harikrishna and Nani’s statement that Harikrishna was his ‘Political Guru’ indicate that something is really brewing. What’s more? And this is reportedly backed by YS Jagan to counter Naidu by weakening TDP with family feuds. Jagan wants to pit Jr NTR against Nara Lokesh and Nani, Harikrishna against Chandrababu Naidu so that he’d get political mileage in 2019 elections.
However, at the moment this is the just speculation doing the rounds. Whether it becomes reality or not has to be seen. If all goes well per the plan, AP would see a new political party before 2019 elections.
US authorities announced on Tuesday the arrest of 10 people from India and 11 from China for alleged visa fraud involving college admission and likely deportation of hundreds of Indian students.
The accused used a phony university in New Jersey to grant certification needed for legitimate student and work visas but were not aware it was run by federal agents investigating them.
Authorities said defendants helped over 1,000 foreign students stay in the US legally with papers provided to them from this phony institution, University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ).
The accused are charged with visa fraud and making false statements, each carries a sentence of five years, and H-1B visa fraud and harboring aliens, each carrying 10 years.
Authorities are cancelling non-immigrant student visas of foreign nationals who benefitted from the racket, and, if applicable, arrest them and start deportation proceedings against them.
The Indian Embassy in Washington is in touch with the US government about Indians among these students — around 370 and 380 according to official sources — seeking fair treatment for them.
The embassy has requested the US government to not arrest or deport them. And given them a chance, instead, to keep their student visa by transferring to another university.
“This has been done before in the case of Tri-Valley (a fake California university busted by authorities in 2011 for running a pay-to-stay student visa racket),” said an official in Delhi.
The embassy is also awaiting consular access to those among the arrested who hold Indian passports — going by their names, 10 of them seemed to be Indian or of Indian descent.
Students from India have been found enrolled in vast numbers in almost every fake university busted in recent years — Tri-Valley in 2011 and University of Northern Virginia in 2013.
Late 2015, US authorities deported hundreds of Indian students headed for two California universities from the airport itself, San Francisco, and in some cases from their stop-overs.
Most of these universities operate as fronts from pay-to-stay operations, selling I-20s —“Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status - for Academic and Language Students — needed to get a student F-1 visa.
This time agents of Homeland Security Investigations (a wing of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration) started one as part of a sting operation.
Set up in 2013, UNNJ had no instructors or educators, no curriculum, and conducted no classes or education activities, said a statement from the office of US attorney for New Jersey.
The university, which “operated solely as a storefront location with small offices staffed by federal agents posing as school administrators”, could issue I-20s, however.
That brought them the defendants, recruiting companies, brokers and business entities located from all over the country — New Jersey, California, Illinois, New York, and Virginia.
Everyone involved — recruiting agents and their clients, mostly from India and China — knew UNNJ was a phony university, as perhaps like the others they had heard of.
Only, this one was being run by undercover federal agents.
Defendants are charged with producing false documents to facilitate their clients’ enrolment at UNNJ and also arrange for H-1B visas meant for highly skilled foreign workers.
Beneficiaries were mostly those already in the US on valid visas. Enrolment and work permit through UNNJ allowed them to continue staying, legally but through illegal means.
Known for his daring talk, firebrand actor Mohan Babu is all set to join the active politics one more time. He made it official that he will soon be working in politics fulltime actively.
Although he didn't mention any party in particular, sources revealed that he might be joining YS Jagan's party.
Mohan Babu announced that he is going to join as member of an existing party and serve for the poor. Since he is close to YSR's family, political pundits are predicting that he will join the YSRC party.
Lending credence to this, his guru Dasari Narayana Rao also recently met YS Jagan and had long chat with him.
It is expected that Dasari will be aligning with YS Jagan at appropriate time. Given this scenario, it is natural to think that Mohan Babu is also joining YSRC party.
An ardent fan of late NTR, he joined Telugu Desam party when the actor launched the party in 1982 . He was also nominated as Rajyasabha MP in 1995 by TDP. But he left the party and kept himself away from active politics till now.
The current moves of Mohan Babu have made TDP worry about the realignment of forces in Andhra Pradesh.
Sara Khan slimmed down to a perfect heroine material and is superhot now. Like Sonakshi Sinha and Sonam Kapoor, Sara Khan too turned slim from weights of triple digit. Check it out!
Young Tiger NTR has found himself in a slightly embarrassing situation this evening. The actor's car was stopped by the city's traffic police when they noticed that the car windows are still covered with the black film. This is in violation of a Supreme Court's ruling.
The cops reportedly informed NTR about the SC rule and made a challan for Rs. 700 towards fine. NTR, apparently, did not make any fuss, cooperated with the police, paid the fine and immediately left the scene in his car. This incident once again shows how serious the city police are in implementing the rules.
NTR is currently acting in Janatha Garage alongside Mohanlal. The actor will take a short break to celebrate Ugadi with his family and will resume the shoot after the festival
The cops reportedly informed NTR about the SC rule and made a challan for Rs. 700 towards fine. NTR, apparently, did not make any fuss, cooperated with the police, paid the fine and immediately left the scene in his car. This incident once again shows how serious the city police are in implementing the rules.
NTR is currently acting in Janatha Garage alongside Mohanlal. The actor will take a short break to celebrate Ugadi with his family and will resume the shoot after the festival
After rocking the entire world and shaming at least 500 popular celebrities across the country, the Panama Papers scandal has now hit the Telugu business world. According to the latest reports published by a leading national media house which played a key role in unearthing the scandal, three noted Telugu Industrialists, Hyderabad-based Moturi Srinivas Prasad and Bhavanasi Jaya Kumar and US-based Olas Bhaskar Rao, were found having offshore accounts.
The leaked documents of Mossack Fonseka revealed that Moturi Srinivas Prasad heads 4 offshore entities in British Virgin Islands. He has been working as the Executive Chairman and MD of Nandan Cleantec Limited and also owns SICA Securities. He was earlier arrested in April 2012 for illegal assets in biodiesel case and is now out on bail.
Bhavanasi Jaya Kumar is the Director of Nandan Technologies limited, Yes De Ventures, Grand Bay Canal Limited along with Moturi Srinivas Prasad and Bhaskar Rao. He is also the Director of 6 other companies that are associated with Nandan Technologies.
Bhaskar Rao is the MD of Nandan Technologies and its associated companies. He is also the co-owner of SICA Securities and promoter for Nandan Cleantec Ltd. Bhaskar Rao has been living in Britain ever since his retirement.
Incidentally, all the three Industrialists refuted the allegations and said they had nothing to do with any offshore companies and assets. -
The leaked documents of Mossack Fonseka revealed that Moturi Srinivas Prasad heads 4 offshore entities in British Virgin Islands. He has been working as the Executive Chairman and MD of Nandan Cleantec Limited and also owns SICA Securities. He was earlier arrested in April 2012 for illegal assets in biodiesel case and is now out on bail.
Bhavanasi Jaya Kumar is the Director of Nandan Technologies limited, Yes De Ventures, Grand Bay Canal Limited along with Moturi Srinivas Prasad and Bhaskar Rao. He is also the Director of 6 other companies that are associated with Nandan Technologies.
Bhaskar Rao is the MD of Nandan Technologies and its associated companies. He is also the co-owner of SICA Securities and promoter for Nandan Cleantec Ltd. Bhaskar Rao has been living in Britain ever since his retirement.
Incidentally, all the three Industrialists refuted the allegations and said they had nothing to do with any offshore companies and assets. -
Parents of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who allegedly committed suicide, today alleged that her daughter took the extreme step as she was subjected to torture by her boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh.
Rahul, a TV producer, who is currently in hospital, was today booked after police registered an FIR based on a complaint filed by Banerjee's mother Soma at Bangurnagar Police Station.
"He (Rahul) should not get out. My daughter should get justice and I would like to appeal to the entire nation to help me in seeking justice for my daughter. He tortured my daughter a lot and finished her," Soma told reporters here after the prayer meet held in memory of Pratyusha.
Asked what kind of justice she expects, Soma said, "He should be kept alive in jail and made to suffer for his entire lifetime."
Pratyusha's father Shankar Banerjee, said, "We could not come out in the open earlier as Pratyusha's last rites were not performed. Today, we lodged an FIR against Rahul and told the police about her suffering."
"Our world has been shattered. It doesn't matter if he (Rahul) is hanged or gets life imprisonment. Our daughter's soul won't rest in peace unless he is punished...We trust the law and have faith that truth will ultimately come out," he said.
They alleged Rahul used to scare their daughter and alienated her from her friends.
Accusing Rahul of being a fraud, they said, "We are fighting this case, so that these things never happens to any other girl. He should get the strictest punishment. We are getting full support from police and are sure that justice would be done."
Recalling his last conversation with Pratyusha, Shankar said, "She was very interested in astrology and would ask me to read her horoscope. Her star sign was Leo. I was telling her that it was a good year for her. Then I heard her door bell rang and she hung up the phone saying she will talk later."
Her mother Soma said like any other girl Pratyusha had a dream of getting married. "Like any other girl Pratyusha had a dream of getting married and have kids. But lately she realised that she had taken a wrong decision and lost her life while doing the wrong right," she said.
Besides family and friends, a host of television personalities like Kamya Punjabi, Vikas Gupta, Sara Khan, Shashank Vyas, Jay Bhanusali, Deepshikha Nagpal, Anuj Sachdeva, Sangram Singh and Rohit Verma and others were present at the prayer meet.
Pratyusha, known for her role as Anandi in TV series "Balika Vadhu", was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her apartment on April 1.
Rahul, a TV producer, who is currently in hospital, was today booked after police registered an FIR based on a complaint filed by Banerjee's mother Soma at Bangurnagar Police Station.
"He (Rahul) should not get out. My daughter should get justice and I would like to appeal to the entire nation to help me in seeking justice for my daughter. He tortured my daughter a lot and finished her," Soma told reporters here after the prayer meet held in memory of Pratyusha.
Asked what kind of justice she expects, Soma said, "He should be kept alive in jail and made to suffer for his entire lifetime."
Pratyusha's father Shankar Banerjee, said, "We could not come out in the open earlier as Pratyusha's last rites were not performed. Today, we lodged an FIR against Rahul and told the police about her suffering."
"Our world has been shattered. It doesn't matter if he (Rahul) is hanged or gets life imprisonment. Our daughter's soul won't rest in peace unless he is punished...We trust the law and have faith that truth will ultimately come out," he said.
They alleged Rahul used to scare their daughter and alienated her from her friends.
Accusing Rahul of being a fraud, they said, "We are fighting this case, so that these things never happens to any other girl. He should get the strictest punishment. We are getting full support from police and are sure that justice would be done."
Recalling his last conversation with Pratyusha, Shankar said, "She was very interested in astrology and would ask me to read her horoscope. Her star sign was Leo. I was telling her that it was a good year for her. Then I heard her door bell rang and she hung up the phone saying she will talk later."
Her mother Soma said like any other girl Pratyusha had a dream of getting married. "Like any other girl Pratyusha had a dream of getting married and have kids. But lately she realised that she had taken a wrong decision and lost her life while doing the wrong right," she said.
Besides family and friends, a host of television personalities like Kamya Punjabi, Vikas Gupta, Sara Khan, Shashank Vyas, Jay Bhanusali, Deepshikha Nagpal, Anuj Sachdeva, Sangram Singh and Rohit Verma and others were present at the prayer meet.
Pratyusha, known for her role as Anandi in TV series "Balika Vadhu", was found hanging from a ceiling fan in her apartment on April 1.
US law enforcement agencies today arrested 21 people, including 10 Indian Americans, on charges of visa fraud involving about 1,000 foreign students.
Arrested in New York, New Jersey, Washington and Virginia these 21 individuals were brokers, recruiters and employers who conspired with more than 1,000 foreign nationals to fraudulently obtain student and foreign worker visas through a "pay to stay" New Jersey college, Department of Justice said.
"Today's arrests, which were made possible by the great undercover work of our law enforcement partners, stopped 21 brokers, recruiters and employers across multiple states who recklessly exploited our immigration system for financial gain," US Attorney Paul J Fishman said in a statement.
"Pay to Stay schemes not only damage our perception of legitimate student and foreign worker visa programs, they also pose a very real threat to national security," he said.
As per the federal compliant unsealed today, the defendants, many of whom operated recruiting companies for purported international students, were arrested for their involvement in an alleged scheme to enroll foreign nationals as students in the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ, a purported for-profit college located in Cranford, New Jersey.
Unbeknownst to the defendants and the foreign nationals they conspired with, however, the UNNJ was created in September 2013 by federal agents.
Through the UNNJ, undercover HSI agents investigated criminal activities associated with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), including, but not limited to, student visa fraud and the harboring of aliens for profit.
The UNNJ was not staffed with instructors or educators, had no curriculum and conducted no actual classes or education activities.
The UNNJ operated solely as a storefront location with small offices staffed by federal agents posing as school administrators, the Justice Department said.
During the investigation, HSI special agents identified hundreds of foreign nationals, primarily from China and India, who previously entered the US on F-1 non-immigrant student visas to attend other SEVP- accredited schools.
Through various recruiting companies and business entities located in New Jersey, California, Illinois, New York and Virginia, the defendants then enabled approximately 1,076 of these foreign individuals – all of whom were willing participants in the scheme – to fraudulently maintain their nonimmigrant status in the US on the false pretence that they continued to participate in full courses of study at the UNNJ.
During the course of their dealings with undercover agents, the defendants fully acknowledged that none of their foreign national clients would attend any actual courses, earn actual credits, or make academic progress toward an actual degree in a particular field of study, it said.
Rather, the defendants facilitated the enrollment of their foreign national clients in UNNJ to fraudulently maintain student visa status, in exchange for kickbacks, or "commissions".
Arrested in New York, New Jersey, Washington and Virginia these 21 individuals were brokers, recruiters and employers who conspired with more than 1,000 foreign nationals to fraudulently obtain student and foreign worker visas through a "pay to stay" New Jersey college, Department of Justice said.
"Today's arrests, which were made possible by the great undercover work of our law enforcement partners, stopped 21 brokers, recruiters and employers across multiple states who recklessly exploited our immigration system for financial gain," US Attorney Paul J Fishman said in a statement.
"Pay to Stay schemes not only damage our perception of legitimate student and foreign worker visa programs, they also pose a very real threat to national security," he said.
As per the federal compliant unsealed today, the defendants, many of whom operated recruiting companies for purported international students, were arrested for their involvement in an alleged scheme to enroll foreign nationals as students in the University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ, a purported for-profit college located in Cranford, New Jersey.
Unbeknownst to the defendants and the foreign nationals they conspired with, however, the UNNJ was created in September 2013 by federal agents.
Through the UNNJ, undercover HSI agents investigated criminal activities associated with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), including, but not limited to, student visa fraud and the harboring of aliens for profit.
The UNNJ was not staffed with instructors or educators, had no curriculum and conducted no actual classes or education activities.
The UNNJ operated solely as a storefront location with small offices staffed by federal agents posing as school administrators, the Justice Department said.
During the investigation, HSI special agents identified hundreds of foreign nationals, primarily from China and India, who previously entered the US on F-1 non-immigrant student visas to attend other SEVP- accredited schools.
Through various recruiting companies and business entities located in New Jersey, California, Illinois, New York and Virginia, the defendants then enabled approximately 1,076 of these foreign individuals – all of whom were willing participants in the scheme – to fraudulently maintain their nonimmigrant status in the US on the false pretence that they continued to participate in full courses of study at the UNNJ.
During the course of their dealings with undercover agents, the defendants fully acknowledged that none of their foreign national clients would attend any actual courses, earn actual credits, or make academic progress toward an actual degree in a particular field of study, it said.
Rather, the defendants facilitated the enrollment of their foreign national clients in UNNJ to fraudulently maintain student visa status, in exchange for kickbacks, or "commissions".
Allu Aravind is called as master strategist, the man who planned or managed Chiranjeevi's career to greater eyes. Industry observers say his every movehas an hidden agenda or plan.
Although his so-called strategy forChiranjeevi's political party turned into a dud, many still take himseriously.
According to political circles of Andhra Pradesh, Allu Aravind is noweyeing for lands in Vishakapatnam to develop a film studio.
After bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh is bereft of any major movie studio as all the film infrastructure is developed in Hyderabad which belongs to Telangana state.
Chiranjeevi already owns huge bank of land in Vizag and he has plans to develop a studio. Now, Allu Aravind is also eyeing for lands for him and his son Allu Arjun.
The audio success celebrations of Allu Arjun starrer "Sarrainodu" are to be held in Vizag on 10th April as part of this strategy.
Recently it has become a common practice for Tollywood filmmakers to hold audio release or platinum disc events in Vizag, Vijayawada, or Tirupathi, no filmmaker holds a press meet with Andhra Pradesh minister before those events.
But Allu Arvind conducted a press meet today in Vizag along with Ghanta Srinivasa Rao, minister of Human Resources Development of Andhra Pradesh state.
Ghanta openly requested Allu Aravind to establish a movie studio. Many are suspecting that in the name of establishing studios and other film infrastructure units, some of the top Tollywood filmmakers are eyeing for free lands from government of Andhra Pradesh.
Superstar Mahesh Babu's Brahmotsavam release date is almost finalized for May 6th. In fact, they have planned to release the movie on May 31st, but advanced it as to take advantage of summer holidays. Now, with the latest development in Brahmotsavam release date, young hero Nithin's A.Aa release plans have also been altered.
A.Aa.. that was initially scheduled for May 6th release is now pushed to 22nd. So, there will be a minimum of two weeks gap between all the summer big releases. Although most of the top stars are in summer race, Nithin is hoping to give tough fight to them, since there is a good buzz on his film too.
Firstly, A.Aa.. is being directed by family entertainers specialist Trivikram Srinivas who delivered hits with his last two films- Attarintiki Daredi and S/O Satyamurthy. Then, Tolywood top actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu is leading lady in the film and Malayalam sensation Anupama Parameshwaran is playing second fiddle.
A.Aa.. first look posters are refreshing and Nithin appeared classy and cool in them. Mickey J Meyer is said to have provided fascinating tunes for the film.
Will Trivikram deliver hat trick hits with A.Aa..? Will this movie provide break for Nithin whose last couple of films were duds. We need to wait for few more days to get answers for these! -
A.Aa.. that was initially scheduled for May 6th release is now pushed to 22nd. So, there will be a minimum of two weeks gap between all the summer big releases. Although most of the top stars are in summer race, Nithin is hoping to give tough fight to them, since there is a good buzz on his film too.
Firstly, A.Aa.. is being directed by family entertainers specialist Trivikram Srinivas who delivered hits with his last two films- Attarintiki Daredi and S/O Satyamurthy. Then, Tolywood top actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu is leading lady in the film and Malayalam sensation Anupama Parameshwaran is playing second fiddle.
A.Aa.. first look posters are refreshing and Nithin appeared classy and cool in them. Mickey J Meyer is said to have provided fascinating tunes for the film.
Will Trivikram deliver hat trick hits with A.Aa..? Will this movie provide break for Nithin whose last couple of films were duds. We need to wait for few more days to get answers for these! -
Mahesh Babu’s new movie ‘Brahmotsavam’ is progressing smoothly with current shooting schedule. Director Srikant Addala is canning the climax scenes in Ramoji Film City with entire casting team present. By April 10, whole talkie is going to be wrapped up. Later on, they would travel to Pune for completing balance work left on couple of songs. By April last week, final product could be well on hand.
Producer Prasad V Potluri is playing with the idea of conducting ‘Brahmotsavam’ audio function in Tirupathi sometime in April mid. If execution goes as per blueprint sketched at PVP office, definitely the film is likely have best probable chances for May first week release.
Along with Mahesh Babu, there is big casting team in Samanta, Kajal Agarwal, Pranita Subhash in main female leads. Srikant Addala is known for cooking wholesome family entertainers included with heart touching family drama and strong nativity. Let us see, how far ‘Brahmotsavam’ stands up to our anticipation?
