Cinema/Showbiz
Parliament not immune to casting couch: Renuka Chowdhary
New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Renuka Chowdhary on Tuesday raised many eyebrows by saying that "not just film industry and other wo...Read more
Ranbir Kapoor doesn't think his life is 'inspiring'
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Actor Ranbir Kapoor says he won't mind someone making a film on his life, but he feels it's not inspiring enough.
Ranbi...Read more
It's just a bend, not the end: Ranbir Kapoor on career choices
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor, who has showcased his versatility in a variety of roles but whose recent films have not fared w...Read more
Stay humble, lovable: B-Town tells Varun Dhawan on 31st birthday
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) As Varun Dhawan turned 31 on Tuesday, Bollywood celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Anil Kapoor and Shoojit Sircar wished him su...Read more
Govind Namdev reunites with Govinda in film
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Veteran actor Govind Namdev says he is happy to work with actor Govinda after 26 years, this time for "Raju Rangeela" directed...Read more
Humbled that 'Nakkash' is being shown at Cannes: Inaamulhaq
Cannes, April 24 (IANS) Actor Inaamulhaq, known for films like "Filmistaan" and "Airlift", says he is excited as his first lead role in the forthcomin...Read more
Saroj Khan sparks fresh row on casting couch, apologises (Lead)
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Veteran choreographer Saroj Khan's brazen comment that the casting couch "provides livelihood at least" in showbiz received a ...Read more
Katrina Kaif to endorse jewellery brand
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif will endorse jewellery brand Kalyan Jewellers.
"Katrina personifies brand Kalyan's attri...Read more
Real women have real bodies: Pooja Bhatt (Movie Snippets)
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt says real women have real bodies and they must celebrate themselves as they are.
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Ranbir as Sanjay Dutt isn't what Kingsley was as Gandhi
By Subhash K. Jha
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) The long-awaited teaser of Rajkumar Hirani's Sanjay Dutt biopic, now finally titled "Sanju", again pr...Read more
Pradhan requests Prabhu to set up airport at Paradip
Bhubaneswar, April 24 (IANS) Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday requested Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu to set up an airport in Odisha's industrial town Paradip.
In a letter, Pradhan sought the personal attention of Prabhu to examine the techno-economic feasibility for setting an airport at Paradip as soon as possible.
"The grand vision of development of Paradip would remain incomplete without an airport providing air connectivity, as the nearest Biju Patnaik International Airport at Bhubaneswar is 135 kms away and takes more than three hours by road," he said , adding that the Paradip Port Trust has already requested the Airport Authority of India to set up an airport there.
Paradip is one of the major ports in eastern India and last year became one of the three ports in India to have handled a total cargo of over 100 million tons.
The port is being further expanded and modernized and it is expected that by 2020 it would be able to handle 332 million tons of cargo per annum thereby making it the largest port in India, said Pradhan.
He said the Union government has declared Paradip Port as a Smart Port Industrial City, which is fast emerging as a major industrial hub in Odisha and Eastern India.
Besides having the port, Paradip already has an oil refinery of 15 MMTPA capacity, a 12 MMTPA pellet plant, two fertilizer plants together of 4 MMTPA capacity and a edible oil refinery, he said.
In addition, Pradhan said that his Ministry is implementing several big ticket industrial projects, including expansion of refinery to 21 MMTPA from 15 MMTPA, a 700 TMT Poly Propylene plant by 2018 and a 355 TMT Mono Ethyl Glycol unit by 2023-24 which will feed various downstream industries including plastics, paints, rubber and synthetic yarn industries, and all these initiatives "require seamless connectivity".
--IANS
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