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What with shows like Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao showing high TRPratings thanks to some sleaze and sexy display of skin in them, more and more TV programs are depending on sleaze to get better viewership.

In this effort sex models are being roped in for reality shows. Big Boss3 has plans to include the likes of Sherilyn Chopra and Claudia Cieisla in their show.The reasons for this being obvious. Incidentally this show is being hosted by Amiatbh Bachchan.

More Sleaze means more TRP's, who wouldn't want to adopt this easy way to pocket a few dollars more!

Madhuri Dixit was chosen over a pricey Aishwarya Rai to judge a dance reality show...

It was a battle between two very popular actresses, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in which the former has emerged a winner. Madhuri has joined several Bollywood stars to judge the reality show, Dance Premier League. Our source associated with the show said, “Madhuri and Aishwarya were both being considered to be the judge for one of the teams. Aishwarya lost out to Madhuri as she quoted an exorbitant amount of money. The makers of the show couldn’t afford her and the scales tipped in Madhuri’s favour as she had demanded an affordable price.”

Madhuri’s manager Riku Rakesh Nath said he could not reveal any details at this stage and said, “The discussion is still on.”

However, Danish Khan, VP Marketing of the channel admitted, “Yes, Madhuri has been chosen to represent one of the teams.” He refused to comment on the reason why Aishwarya lost out to Madhuri and said, “I don’t want to talk abut the money involved but Madhuri is definitely on board for Dance Premier League.”

Our source said, “Madhuri was far more affordable is the reason why Aishwarya lost out on the show.”

Starting with 'Fair & Lovely' ad, Ileana made her debut in to Telugu films with Y.V.S. Choudhari's "Devadasu". With the tremedoussuccess of her flick "Pokiri" co-starring Mahesh Babu, she shot up to become a super star. She rose to a stage to receive one and a half crores of rupees as remuneration. She says " compare my photo with Jannifer Lopez's and I will be looking more soft natured and tender than her. From my childhood I am a calm person, I don't like quarelling with anyone." Exactly what Ileana wants to convey? Does she mean that she is more glamorous than Jennifer Lopez...?

The Andhra Pradesh government Thursday abolished the orderly system, a demeaning colonial practice of engaging police constables and home guards as domestic servants at the homes of senior police officers.
The government has issued an order, doing away with the orderly system that is prevalent in the police department.

The latest move came in the wake of death of a constable, P. Muralinath, under mysterious circumstances while on duty July 29 in Noida in Uttar Pradesh. The armed reserve constable was deputed to work as orderly at the Noida residence of additional Director General of Police Vivek Dubey who is the chief of OCTOPUS, an anti-terrorist force of the state police.

As the constable’s death exposed the feudal system and evokedpublic outrage, the state government constituted a high-level, three-member committee, headed by Chief Secretary P. Ramakanth Reddy, to probe the matter.

The committee which submitted its report early last monthrecommended scrapping the orderly system and replacing them with helpers, to be recruited separately, for posting at the residences of senior police officers.

The government Aug 25 also suspended Dubey and Abraham Lincoln, both senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, holding them ‘indirectly responsible’ for the suspicious death of the constable. Lincoln, working as Commandant, Special Armed Reserve, had sent the constable to Noida in Uttar Pradesh 'without competence', the government said.

It is estimated that over 15,000 constables work as orderlies at the homes of senior police officials in the state. In most cases, they end up working as drivers, cooks and gardeners and silently suffer the humiliation.

A clause in the Andhra Pradesh Police Manual allows IPS officers to engage constables and head constables to assist them. But, in practice, it is misused by most senior officers. The state has nearly one lakh strong police force, out of which 800 are top-rank officers, including over 200 IPS officers.

The orderly system was first introduced during British rule in 1861. In the absence of communication facilities at that time, the idea was to ensure that the services of policemen were available for the officer to act quickly in case of any law and order problem.

If someone is told that there is a rumour making rounds about him/her, it is natural that they would get upset. But young heroine Genelia is different, she would say " yes, what you heard is true." When she is being told that certain website has written some gossip on her, she would confirm it by saying that she got it written herself. In this way Genelia shocks the people who intended to do the same to her. Speaking about this, she said " when people say something adverse about yourself, take it very casually and they will shut their mouths." Afterall, she is a Mumbai girl !!

It is common or rather customary for every actor or actress to have fan-following to certain extent. It is well known that top heroes and heroines have their fans associations almost in every village. We have also heard many things about fans associations of heroes. But did you ever heard of anyone saying no to fans associations? Anushka, the heroine who started with Nagarjuna starrer "Super" and went on to become top heroine with "Arundhathi", said no to the people who came to her with a proposal to start fans association. She said its ridiculous that I have any fans associations, I am still at the stage of learning in acting.

Widely known item girl Mumaith Khan needs no other introduction, the titillating item number "ippatikinka na vayasu ninda padahare" in the movie "Pokiri" is enough to explain what sort of a dancer she is. She commands an unseen demand in Tollywood. Even though she charges thirty lakhs for an item number, it is surprising to see that producers are lining up for her dates. Many other item girls have come and gone, but Mumaith's demand is intact in its place!

Dil Raju is known to be a talented movie producer who gets involved in every aspect of movie making. He is also known to be passionate about whatever he does and it shows in the final product.

He is currently busy with the ground work of “Maro Charitra” which is the remake of the yesteryear hit. The original starred Kamal Haasan and Saritha in the lead and had a tragic end.

The new version is expected to star Varun Sandesh in the lead. New beauty Anita will play the role of the heroine.

Meanwhile sources reveal that Dil Raju is changing the tragic end of the movie to a happier ending and the backdrop of the film will be a foreign location, mostly US or Canada.

Infosys Technologies, Wipro and HCL Technologies are among the software service providers that are laying foundation for the next round of multi-million dollar orders from the big UScorporations, by pitching for low-value, but politically important US state governments’ orders. Infosys, which counts JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley as clients for its services, bids for Arizona Public Service’s (APS) 400 positions, who work in its information-services department, and another 400 or so contractors to raise the staff strength for undisclosed amount.

Nine other US states, some from where politicians opposed offshoring work, are looking to outsource their healthcare operations worth over $2 billion, said Wipro chief strategy officer KR Lakshminarayana, and the company hopes to get a slice of these. Indian companies, which were used to contracts of hundreds of million-dollars at one go, are bidding for these low-value orders since their traditional clients are cutting down on technology spending and at the same time provides visibility, which would be helpful in getting big orders when tech spending recovers.

While the global government IT outsourcing market is estimated to be around $100 billion, experts tracking the sector said the US state governments could outsource projects worth up to $5-6 billion this year. States, which in the past opposed the outsourcing of work to Indian companies by the likes of Microsoft and Citigroup, are now turning to the same Indian companies, as their mission now is in line with that of the companies cut costs.

Sushmita Senis back.

The actress, who has been on a rather long hiatus from films, was spotted gyrating to a dance number on the sets of her forthcoming movieDo Knot Disturbat a studio in Mumbai on Thursday.

The movie, which also stars Govinda and Reitesh Deshmukh, is produced by Vashu Bhagnani and directed by David Dhawan.

The elderly man is up to some serious investigation. A well-dressed but distracted middle-aged man is being grilled. A little later, his wife joins him. The conversation assumes some more seriousness though the elderly man tries to play it down with reasoning. The scene is being canned for Gentleman by Posani Krishnamurali who incidentally plays the middle-aged techie, the title role. Aarti Agarwal is cast as his wife. The elderly man turns out to be veteran character actor Kota Srinivasa Rao. His role is that of a scientist on the verge of inventing a medicine to cure a disease called EMR (extra marital relationship) that affects some men.

Posani, known more for his strong dialogues and eccentric political satires, has steered away from the beaten path and has come up with a family-oriented theme exploring man-woman relationships. Nallam Padmaja is the producer. Posani, besides scripting the movie, directs.

The protagonist is a software engineer and is a happily married man. He loves his wife; in fact adores her and is very caring. Like most men (or is it some?) after a blissful five or six years of married life, he is attracted to another woman. Still he loves his wife but is unable to live without the other woman too. No one knows why and how this happens. A very devoted husband suddenly finds himself turning into a Casanova. He is unable to figure it out too. Here comes the scientist to his rescue. The scientist too is concerned as the man’s wife is none other than his niece.

As he is explaining the genesis of the scene, the other heroine Lucie joins the actors. Posani explains her part and the expressions expected from her. She is a model-turned-actress from London, says Nallam Srinivas who is producing the movie. She plays a techie too, a colleague of the protagonist. Bowled over by the way she adapts to Indian traditions, he is attracted towards her and soon a relationship starts. “We have films on extra-marital relationships earlier but no one tried to explore why a man is attracted to the other woman when he has so much love towards his spouse. That’s what makes our film unique and different,” smiles Nallam Srinivas.

The film also introduces two new talents: cinematographer Anand C. Kumar and music director Mallik Sharma. The starcast includes Chalapthi Rao, M. S. Narayana, Raghu Babu, Surekhavani and Jyothi. The movie is slated for release in October.

Forget the Reddys, it is the Kamma and Kapu gangs hat keep bickering about upmanship in Tollywood. All eyes are now on the newly-formed Raju gang, led by none other than Ravi Teja.

The actor, who was always surrounded by faithful Raju aides has extended this trend outside his immediate circle. Sunil, Prabhas, Subba Raju, Raja Ravidra etc all are a few prominent Tollywood names that are part of this camp.

The shooting of Tanokkade is fifty percent done. The film is being made by Charisma Films banner and the director cum producer is Kala Dhananjay. The movie will be shot in Nallamalla, Talakona forest from the end of this month when the third schedule begins. The climax, a theme song and a few important scenes will be a part of the shoot. That will be followed by the picturisation of two songs in Araku. The story is about a professor and his students who get stuck in Nallamala forest and the experiences there in. Vijayabhaskar, Kala, Mani, Suman Shetty, Ram Reddy are the rest of the actors. The songs are written by RDS Prakash, camera is by Dhananjay, editing is done by Nandamuri Hari. Satya Prakash plays a nagative role.

The movie "Jayam" in Teja's direction with Nitin as hero was a sperhit in the past. The heroine of this flick Sada, though acted in several other movies, couldn't get much success. Later in "Aparichithudu" in Shankar's direction and Vikram playing the hero's role, she got good recognition as an actress. Recently various reports of her dating someone have appeared in the media. Reacting on them, she said " if I have shoot-schedule, I will be participating in it or else I spend time with my family. I do not roam here and there as reported, I am not a flirt. Moreover, I despise dating."

Turning to glamour in Telugu, Vimala raised a few eyebrows when she sported a bikini in Lover Boy paired with Tarun. “In a full-fledged glamour role, the bikini part was in the script. I see the movie as a seachange from my Tamil films. I cannot complain of lack of variety,” says Vimala.

The lithe girl said Sandalwood doors are opening for her after the impact of Aptharaksha in a suspense-filled character. “When the director is P. Vasu, the impact is much faster,” Vimala said, with a twinkle in her eyes.
Nursing a tinge of regret in not getting the right kind of roles in Tamil, Vimala is prepared to wait. Patience is the key to success is the advice K. Balachander (director of Poi) gave her

CHENNAI: Sachin Tendulkar is hoping he can mark his 20 years in international cricket by leading India to become the world’s top ranked One-day team.

The premier batsman made his India debut as a 16-year-old against Pakistan in November 1989, since setting many batting records, including Test and One-day aggregates and hundreds.

India enter the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa starting next week as strong contenders after staying unbeaten in One-day series over the past one year.

They are third in the ODI rankings, just one rating point behind world champions Australia and South Africa going into the premier eight-team event starting on Tuesday.

"We definitely have the ability, the spirit, the desire, the hunger to get there (number one team)," the 36-year-old former skipper said on Friday.

"Playing cricket for India means the world to me. I grew up dreaming about playing cricket for India. I am living my dream."

Tendulkar underlined his continued desire to excel, scoring his 44th One-day hundred last week to set up a tri-series final win over hosts Sri Lanka in Colombo.

"It is going to be a challenging season, a lot of cricket," he said. "I wish we had more Test cricket, we only have three Test matches this season."

India’s best performance in the Champions Trophy was finishing as joint winners in 2002 alongside hosts Sri Lanka.

"We have to see to it that we live up to the expectations of the entire nation and get to where we as a team have targeted," he said. "We want to be there at the top, just go out and give our best.

"We’ve been working towards it," he said. "If you look at our performances in the last couple of years, it has been terrific.

"A couple of hiccups here and there are always going to be there," he said. "It is never going to be a smooth journey. That is what keeps us together." (REUTERS)

"This is for the first time that we have displayed the list of officers against whom we have given the sanction for prosecution," Central Vigilance Commissioner Pratyush Sinha told reporter.

Releasing the list of officials, the CVC stated that it would do so on a regular basis. The list includes names of 101 officials against whom the commission has suggested imposition of "major penalty".

Of these, 17 are working in nationalised banks, 13 in Delhi Development Authority and 11 in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Of the 22 officers against whom prosecution proceedings have been advised, seven are from the home ministry -- four of them are IPS officers, seven from the Central Board of Direct Taxes and two from the Indian Forest Service.

The anti-corruption agency has also recommended heavy penalty against nine officials each from the ministry of railways and the New India Assurance Company Ltd, and 11 from the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC).

"In furtherance of the transparency initiatives and the spirit of the RTI (Right To Information) Act, 2005, the Central Vigilance Commission has decided to regularly post information/details of cases pending for sanction for prosecution over four months with organisations/departments," reads a message on the CVC's website.

"Cases where (the) commission has advised issuance of sanction for prosecution during the month and cases where (the) commission had advised imposition of suitable major penalty during the month," it said.

Ever since ‘Magadheera’ has turned out to be a huge blockbuster, the house of Geetha Arts has been working with renewed vigor. The reason for that seems to be to come up with something that will elevate the image of stylish star Allu Arjun with that magnitude.

Currently, Allu Sirish, son of Allu Aravind and brother of Arjun has taken over the mantle of the production house. Known to be a shrewd and at the same time intelligent, they have announced a new movie and sources reveal that they want it to cross ‘Magadheera’ at any cost.

It is heard that Sirish said the production house would produce another big budgeted movie titled Badrinath with his elder brother Allu Arjun. "The film, with an estimated budget of Rs 35 crores, will be directed by VV Vinayak and will go to sets in 2011," he said.

Miss India Sindhura Gadde is back. She is testing her luck in Tollywood again. Sindhura made her debut in Rasool Ellore’s Sangamam, which was a damp squib and later she went into hibernation for sometime. Now she returns to Telugu screen with renewed zeal and makeover. Director Ravi Babu is giving her break in his current film, Amaravathi, which is almost at finishing stage. Sindhura plays the key role in the film along with other two main heroines - Bhumika and Sneha. Will Sindhra get her real break with this film? Lets wait and watch.

Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy is helpless in stopping attacks on girls and a fresh case showed up yesterday in Rajahmundry. The entire State is expressing concern over rising crimes against women and demanding that the State government take concrete measures to put an end to such incidents.

A youth allegedly stabbed the parents of a girl to death and injured her grievously for spurning his love at Rajahmundry in East Godavari district yesterday. The attack on a girl by her jilted lover at Rajahmundry yesterday is shocking. The girl's parents were killed on the spot and she is battling for life. This is terrible.

Girl's parents lodged a complaint on the killer some time ago but police released him after some pressure from the local politicians. Home Minister Sabitha Indra Reddy is helpless and suggests that society should change instead of police. Do we really need a home minister if society can change on it's own?

Another incident of a stalker murdering in the name of love has come to light in Rajahmundry. Rajesh stabbed to death the parents of Anusha when they tried to prevent him from attacking their girl. Rajesh who was working as a courier boy I Rajahmundry was reportedly in love with 16-year old Anusha who was studying inter. When the girl refused his persistent advances, he had on many occasions threatened her that he would kill her and he parents.

The terrified parents once even lodged a complaint on the boy. He was in jail for 2 days and when he was released he came to Anusha’s house and stabbed her on the neck. When the girl’s mother flung herself between him and Anusha, she too was stabbed repeatedly. On hearing the commotion Anusha’s father came to the scene and tried to prevent Rajesh form killing his wife and daughter. In the process he was stabbed to death. A hapless Anusha , who herself was bleeding tried to rescue her parents by taking them to a hospital but her mother too passed away in the hospital.

With many actresses looking north, this actress from north has established herself in the south. She is none other than the milk white beauty Tamannah and after making her mark in Tollywood, she has made a niche for herself in Kollywood as well.

The actress recently spoke about her likes and dislikes. Though she seems to be a reserved person, her likes seem to be similar to other girls. She said that she likes the moment just before the rain starts and the first few moments after rains.

She apparently likes the smell of the earth before and after rains. She added that no matter what she never misses out to smell the earth whenever it rains and relishes those few moments.

EFX team of Prasad Labs has organized a press meet today at Prasad labs where SS Rajamouli spoke to media.. This is the team that worked for special effects and CG work for the movie Magadheera at Mumbai and Chennai. They showed the media the work that they have done for the film including ‘Palace set’ and other sequences.

By the by SS Rajamouli clarified ' Allu Arvind approached me to make the film in Hind, ,but I didn't agree for his request and I am also clarifying that there would be no sequel to Magadheera as the script doesn't allow the sequel'.

The hot and raunchy sex siren Sameera Reddy is a name that brings on good images to our minds. Though she hasn’t made it big in Tollywood, her popularity cannot be counted as less. Her films have done well in Bollywood and Kollywood as well. Now the pretty actress is ready to take up challenging roles. The lady would be seen

playing the role of a naxalite in her forthcoming film that is currently on in Bollywood. The film is titled Red Alert – the war within and is directed by the noted TV actor Ananth Mahadevan. Sources say the film is based on a true story of a Maoist and Sam is said to have done her ground work to make her role look as realistic as possible.

From child artists to lead roles, Hansika Motwani has everything to woo her fans now. But we never knew this cute baby girl has grown up to be a hot and sexy glam doll until her cute and hot photo shoot. This was revealed during a photoshoot, where she did some hot and sexy pose in different outfits. From a cute baby girl to a s3ex glam doll, Hansika Motwani is surely grown up as new Bollywood sex siren. In her first look, Hansika looked stunning in black and revealing outfit. She wore a black bikini in her second look. Well, Hansika knew that she is just 18 and she don't want to shade it now so she wear a black net top over the bikini. When asked which looks she loves most, she says, "For me every look is perfect. And my portfolio should be looked perfect."

HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Rosaiah on Thursday cleared a record number of files pending for the last few months. Sitting in the Dr MCR HRD Institute undisturbed for three hours, he is said to have cleared 415 files.

In fact, many of the files were waiting for clearance for long. At least three fourth of the files were to have been signed by Rosaiah’s predecessor Y S Rajasekhara Reddy. “The late YSR could not sign the files during the budget session. We were expecting that he would clear the files immediately after the end of the Assembly session. But his sudden death prevented that,” an official told TOI.

Rosaiah could not clear these mounting files in the last few days since taking over as CM as the political situation was not conducive. Since the stalemate is almost cleared, the chief minister asked the officials to submit all the files requiring the green signal from him.

So an exclusive “signing session” was scheduled at the HRD institute. Chief secretary P Ramakanth Reddy, CM’s principal secretary Jannat Hussain, special secretaries MGVK Bhanu and Madireddy Pratap were present in the meeting. According to sources, the meeting began at 4 pm and ended around 7.30 pm. Interestingly, the notable absentee in the meeting was YSR aide KVP Ramachandra Rao. Whenever such confidential meetings are held in the verdant institute under YSR, whether it was for clearing files or discussing the transfers of officials, KVP used to be present.

---TOI

The Opposition units are eagerly watching the developments in the Congress party, especially the leadership crisis. The happenings provide a chance for them to bounce back into the political limelight in the coming days.

Jagan is too young in politics so it may not be difficult to take him in elections. Naidu also knows that it is very difficult for the future CM to continue the ongoing schemes due to the alarming financial condition. This might be advantage to the TDP. As for megastar Chiranjeevi’s Praja Rajyam Party, it is not sure whether he can take advantage of the current Congress situation. PRP lost its deposit in Tekkali recently.

There is a buzz that if there is a breakup in the Congress party due to the current crisis, one of them would rope the PRP into its camp and Chiranjeevi has been showing his inclination towards the Congress. Another party which is currently waiting to encash the Congress setback is the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

All these years, YSR was the only hurdle to the UPA government conceding a separate Telangana state and with him gone the TRS hopes to regroup with the UPA at the centre and put pressure on Sonia to grant the separate Telangana state.

However, the TRS is also facing a crisis with many of its own members said to be looking at other parties. Currently, the game of hide and seek has been happening in the state and while the people of Andhra Pradesh are enjoying the excitement, the underlying truth is that this would affect the progress of the state unless proper solutions are not adopted for the welfare of the Telugus.