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Mohan Babu's daughter Laxmi Manchu to make Bollywood debut with Department
Veteran Telugu superstar Mohan Babu's daughter Lakshmi Manchu is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Ram Gopal Varma's Department. She will be paired opposite Sanjay Dutt. Lakshmi Manchu is not new to the world of showbiz, she is well known for her talk shows like 'Lakshmi Talk Show' and 'Prematho Mee Lakshmi'. She received a lot of appreciation for her negative performance in her debut Telugu film Anaganaga O Dheerudu. She has also acted in the American Television series Las Vegas and Desperate Housewives. Lakshmi has earlier acted in RGV's low budget Telugu flick Dongala Mutha. Impressed with …
03 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
No breakthrough in political deadlock
The current political situation, with strange bedfellows, was best described by the Prime Minister in his address at the Inner Temple last week when he was elected overseas bencher. Citing Ronald Reagan, he said that politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession, but he (Reagan) was constantly reminded that it bears a very [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Indian professor decodes Vedic maths
Professor Ravi Kumar Iyer is the international joint coordinator at Sewa international, a non-profit organisation for self-management, disaster management and humanities. He has worked at training camps for yoga and basic Hinduism and has coordinated more than 300 workshops on Vedic Mathematics. Iyer is in Mauritius on a holiday. On Monday, he delivered a lecture [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Dayal asks Parliament to cut short holidays
Former police commissioner and leader of the Mouvement Démocrate National (MDN), Raj Dayal, requested that the National Assembly sessions resume soon. He also wants the Evidence Bill should also include measures to be taken against those who make false allegations. The bill should aim to show the work done by the investigators when a person [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Man gets 10 years
On Tuesday, magistrates Azam Neerooa and Kesnaytee Bissoonauth sentenced François Stéphane Praire to 10 years imprisonment for a rape case. The accused had pleaded guilty. The court took into consideration that Praire had apologised and regretted having committed the crime. The court also considered the fact that the accused was going to marry the victim [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Countdown for IOI Games begin
The final countdown for the 8th edition of the Indian Ocean Island Games has started. The games will kick start on August 5 in Seychelles. Mauritius is being represented by a strong delegation of 350 athletes and officials. Boxing champion Bruno Julie has been designated flag bearer for the country. The 2011 games will revolve [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Qantas axes Travolta video as union battle heats up
SYDNEY (AFP)Qantas is axing Hollywood actor John Travolta's safety video from flights in a move the pilots' union Wednesday claimed was linked to their industrial dispute with the Australian airline.In the pre-flight video, the Saturday Night Fever star -- a certified pilot and owns an ex-Qantas Boeing 707-138 airliner -- tells passengers "there is no one I'd rather have at the controls than a Qantas pilot".The Australian and International Pilots Association claims the airline is planning to replace pilots with outsourced and offshore alternatives and said the Travolta message was now considered inappropriate."Admittedly, the John Travolta in-flight video had its …
03 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
508 low-cost housing units ready by year-end
Some 508 social housing units in 10 different places will be delivered between late September and the end of the year. With these 508 houses of the National Housing Development Company (NHDC), several families will find a home. The government had to look for a sum of about Rs 325 million for the construction of [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Tengur attacks TM over deal on energy
The shift from the production of energy to the so-called green energy is giving rise to an interesting debate. Many countries have chosen to opt for a change by abandoning fossil fuels. In Mauritius, it has been nearly a decade since the use of bagasse was presented as an alternative. Unfortunately, as it is produced [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Plaines Wilhems daily water supply down to five hours
The water level in reservoirs continues to drop. On Tuesday, Mare aux Vacoas, the biggest reservoir of the island was filled at 31.1 per cent with only 8.05 million cubic metres of water. The other reservoirs are also drying up quickly. Piton du Milieu is currently filled at 42 per cent of its capacity while [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Chinese netted for fishing sea cucumbers
The Flic en Flac National Coast Guard (NCG) arrested Pan Ila Dong, a 40-year-old man of Chinese national, on Sunday with five 25-litre tins of sea cucumbers. He was caught fishing in front of the Villas Caroline Hotel, Flic en Flac, with a group of men of other nationalities. This was despite a ban on [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
President appoints new electoral commissioners
President Sir Anerood Jugnauth decided to appoint four persons as members of the Electoral Supervisory Commission (ESC) and the Electoral Boundaries Commission. They are Nargis Bundhun, Oograssen D Cowreea, Pramahunse Bissessur and Vedita Devi Peerun. Jugnauth used the power vested in him under the Constitution to take this decision in consultation with the leader of [...]
03 Aug 2011, The Independent Daily
Pritam files police complaint against lyricist Mohammed Azam
We all know that the song 'Character Dheela' (from the film Ready) has proved to be a chartbuster of the year. Needless to say, everybody associated with this song is on cloud nine…except for one person who goes by the name of Mohammed Azam, a Turkish songwriter. For the uninitiated, Azam is the same guy who had filed a case against Pritam, accusing him of allegedly plagiarizing his lyrics for the said song. But, the Bombay High Court dismissed his petition, reasoning that Pritam is not a lyricist, something that triggered Azam to threaten Pritam stating that he would go …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Marseille s'offre un bel entraînement (8-2) face à une sélection de Manchester
MONACO (AFP)L'Olympique de Marseille s'est offert un entraînement de choix mardi face à une sélection de Manchester United balayée 8 à 2 (mi-temps: 2-2), à Monaco, lors d'un match au profit de l'association humanitaire "Un sourire, un espoir pour la vie" pour les enfants malades.En prévision de l'ouverture de la Ligue 1 samedi face à Sochaux (21h00), Didier Deschamps a pu réaliser une intéressante revue d'effectif face à une faible opposition où seuls Park, Evra, sifflé par Louis-II, et, à un degré moindre, Smalling sont titulaires. Malgré un Fabien Barthez encore affûté dans les buts, la sélection mancunienne d'Alex Ferguson …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Kareena Kapoor agrees to play the lead in Madhur Bhandarkar's Heroine
Download image as wallpaper All the speculations regarding UTV Motion Pictures and Madhur Bhandarkar's most ambitious film project Heroine finally come to an end as actress Kareena Kapoor agrees to step into the shoes of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and play the lead role in Heroine. Heroine has been facing obstacles since the beginning; first Kareena who was the actual choice for the role refused the film as she was not happy with the script and had date issues. Then Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was signed on for the film but after 10 days of shoot, she announced her pregnancy. There were …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Ajay Devgn to star in Hindi remake of The Arab, The Camel & P Madhavan Nair
Ajay Devgn is in a wildly experimental mood. Swinging from the hardcore mainstream Singham, he now goes into what is arguably the quirkiest film of his career. The film to be entitled The Arab, The Camel & P Madhavan Nair is currently on the verge of completion in Priyadarshan's mother tongue Malayalam. The original stars the inimitable Mohanlal. As the film neared completion, Priyadarshan felt Ajay Devgn was the only actor in Bollywood who could do justice to the part in Hindi. Apparently, Priyadarshan was sent feelers from Akshay Kumar and Shah Rukh Khan for the role that's been described …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Rugby: Lièvremont satisfait à mi-parcours de la préparation au Mondial
MARCOUSSIS (Essonne) (AFP)L'entraîneur du XV de France Marc Lièvremont s'est dit, mardi lors d'un point presse, satisfait à mi-parcours de la préparation au Mondial-2011, soulignant que "les joueurs en redemandent" malgré la fatigue et qu'ils devront "valider cet investissement" lors des matches de préparation contre l'Irlande.Sixième semaine de préparation. "J'avais senti le groupe beaucoup plus marqué physiquement lors du premier stage. Il fallait digérer le rythme de travail quotidien très exigeant qui leur a été soumis. Là, on peut penser qu'on a atteint un rythme de croisière intéressant. Les joueurs font péter leurs records assez régulièrement en musculation du haut …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Norvège: Behring Breivik voulait parler anglais au tribunal
OSLO (AFP)L'auteur du carnage du 22 juillet en Norvège, Anders Behring Breivik, s'est vu refuser de parler anglais devant le juge comme il le demandait, a annoncé la police norvégienne mardi, en indiquant également que sa demi-soeur qui vit aux Etats-Unis avait été entendue."Quand il était au tribunal, il a voulu parler anglais mais je n'ai pas d'information supplémentaire là-dessus", a déclaré le procureur de la police d'Oslo Christian Hatlo lors d'une conférence de presse, après une question de l'AFP sur le très bon niveau d'anglais du tueur.La demande a été rejetée lors de l'audience du 25 juillet durant laquelle …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Di Canio hits out at Italian betting scandal
ROME (AFP)Swindon Town manager Paolo Di Canio has hit out at football back in his homeland following the betting scandal that erupted this summer.The former West Ham and Sheffield Wednesday player has returned to his adopted home to carve out a career in management.And he criticised the system in Italy which has been troubled by yet another scandal, just five years on from the infamous Calciopoli match-fixing saga."I signed (with Swindon) just when the whole betting scandal was exploding," the former Lazio and AC Milan star told Gazzetta dello Sport."These episodes are the result of an erroneous system. In the …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?
Malte: deux prêtres condamnés pour pédophilie
LA VALETTE (AFP)Deux prêtres maltais ont été condamnés mardi par le tribunal de La Valette à six et cinq ans de prison pour des actes de pédophilie commis dans un orphelinat dans les années 80.Le verdict, rendu après huit ans de marathon judiciaire, a été rendu devant une salle d'audience comble. Les deux prêtres ont annoncé à travers leurs avocats leur intention de faire appel.Charles Pulis, reconnu coupable dans neuf affaires d'abus (dont six à son domicile), a été condamné à six ans de prison, tandis que Godwin Scerri a écopé d'une peine de cinq ans pour avoir abusé d'un …
02 Aug 2011, Orange Ki News ?