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Samjhauta bomb explosion
Hisar lad in Nehru Cup Football Tourney
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BJP all set to take on govt in Assembly session
Geetika Sharma Suicide Case
Institute starts BTech in 3-D animation
CM lays stones of roads
DC constitutes teams to redress public grievances
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Sonepat MC fails to check encroachments
Yamunanagar institution holds induction programme
Food safety officers appointed
Dairies ‘choking’ sewer lines
Work on Renney Well project in progress
Bishnoi demands extension of two trains to Hisar
State Youth Fest at Sirsa from Aug 30
Work on four-laning of NH-10 to start soon
State gets palliative care centre
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Samjhauta bomb explosion
Panipat, August 23 Advocate Momin Malik said that he had sent letters to the Pak High Commission twice in 2011 seeking information on the pending claims of the relatives of the victims. There has been no response inspite of 41 reminders sent by him, he said. Hapless relatives of victims of the bomb blast that occurred in Samjhauta Express at Diwana Station (Panipat) on February 18, 2007, have been running from pillar to post for compensation. Even after the Indian government cleared their case to visit India, the Pak High Commission has not shown any concern. Malik had asked the Pak High Commission to inform whether the Government of India has announced compensation to the next of kin or has it said that the compensation would be paid in accordance with railway laws.“I have sought this information so that the matter can be taken up in the High court but there is no response at all,” Malik said. “In view of non-cooperative attitude of the Pak High Commission towards its own nationals, I would now write to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani for their intervention,” he said. Malik said that the DNA report of the victims was also not available and in case Pak High Commission furnishes the desired information, it would be easy to pursue the case for compensation in the High Court. While pursuing the case for visa, Malik came to know that the amount of compensation of two minors Sayed Umar Ali and Sayed Fahad Ali, whose father, mother minor brother and sister were killed in the blast had not been paid any compensation and one of their relatives Afaq Hasan, a resident of Farookhabad in India, usurped the compensation in connivance with some railway officials. Similarly, parents of one Ayaz Ahmed of Karachi also died in the bomb blast and their compensation was also claimed by Afaq Hasan. Munna Khan, a resident of Karachi also lost his wife, daughter and son in the blast and the compensation was fraudulently claimed by his co-brother Abdul
Rafiq.
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Hisar lad in Nehru Cup Football Tourney
Hisar, August 23 He has been included in the list of 38 probables, who joined the training camp at Bangalore. After the first phase, the list was slashed to 26 players. Manandeep had represented the country in the qualifying matches for the London Olympics. He has also represented the country at various tournaments held in Iran, Qatar and Dhaka. Recently, he was named as the Best Young Player for scoring the highest number of goals in the Football L-League for 2011. He first played for Haryana in 2007 and became the captain of the team in 2010. He was selected to play for the East Bengal Football Club in 2009. Earlier that year, he was selected for the India Under-19 Football Squad which participated in the qualifying matches for the Asia Football Cup at Arbil, Iraq. He was also selected as a member of the India Under-14 Team which went to Iran. In 2007, he went to Saudi Arabia as a member of the India Under-17 Team. This team became the first Indian Under-17 Team to qualify for the Asia Cup that year. He credits his parents, school and coach Madan Singh Rathore for his achievements. He has been groomed by Rathore, popularly known as ‘coach sahib’ in the local football circles.
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Rohtak gets its first synthetic track
Rohtak, August 23 “Though there is a district-level sports stadium in the city, the standard of facilities is poor as most of the events are still held on grass and soil-based ground, which is outdated in view of the standards required at the national and international level,” Sumit, a budding sportsman, said. He said the development of the Rajiv Gandhi Sports Complex with the facility of synthetic track and astro turf grounds would change the shape of sports in the district. He said while such a facility had been awaited for the past several years, it was quite a positive development that something latest had been facilitated here. The authorities said though a majority of the facilities at the new sports complex had been thrown open for players, its formal inauguration would be done by the end of the year.
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BJP all set to take on govt in Assembly session
Sonepat, August 23 She said the state government had adopted an ‘indifferent’ attitude with the region while getting the Metro rail sanctioned for Banadurgarh, which was a part of the Rohtak Parliamentary Constituency represented by Deepender Singh Hooda. The state government had already deposited Rs 1,600 crore for the project, she said. She said another issue, which she would raise, was about non-implementation of number of projects announced by the Chief Minister during his visit to Sonepat in December. Fixing of quota for accredited journalists on the pattern of other categories in the allotment of plots in HUDA sectors, reissuing of cancelled BPL cards, supply of wheat on APL cards, arrangement of diesel generators for supply of drinking water were some of the issues which would be raised during the Question Hours, she said. She would also seek the government’s explanation for not regularising unauthorised colonies, though the government had announced regularisation of such colonies almost seven years ago. The party will also raise other issues pertaining to farmers, inmates of children homes and firing on the farmers in
Rewari.
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Geetika Sharma Suicide Case
Reprimand by the Rohini court for leaking Geetika’s postmortem report to the media, the police is under attack not only from the victim’s family, but also from Kanda’s supporters. Even the National Commission for Women has questioned its role. The Delhi police failed to arrest Kanda, who disappeared after he was summoned to appear by the police on August 7 and surrendered before it at his own will on August 18 after exhausting all possible legal remedies. As it has now come out in the disclosure report of Kanda that the former minister was hiding in Sirsa from August 8 to 10, when teams of Delhi police were camping here and conducting raids on his palatial house and other establishments. When the police was thinking that he is hiding in Nepal, Kanda was in fact hiding under the Delhi police’s nose in the Shalimar Bagh of Delhi by sending his SIM card to Nepal. Even when the police wanted to foil Kanda’s attempt to surrender, the former minister comfortably dodged the police by arriving at the Ashok Vihar police station in a van owned by his news channel. After the police took Kanda into seven-day custody, its role has been under attack from various quarters. On one day, the police said it would go for brain mapping test, as Kanda was not cooperating with it, while on the very next day, the police said they did not need the test, as they have enough evidence to nail the former minister. The victim’s family has alleged that the Delhi police had been providing Kanda a VIP treatment and at the same time tarnishing the family’s image to stifle them. Mamata Sharma, chairperson of the NCW, whom Geetika’s family met recently, said the family believed that the former minister and the police were ‘colluding in the character assassination campaign’ of the former airhostess. Geetika’s brother Ankit Sharma said, “We still haven’t been given the postmortem report, but it's been leaked to the media. During Kanda's interrogation, a lawyer is allowed to be present, so we want to know what is really happening. Is there pressure on the police in this case?” The Rohini court has also issued a notice to the police asking it to explain why Geetika’s postmortem report was leaked to the media. As all these criticisms were not enough, the Delhi police has been facing criticism from Kanda’s supporters, who held a demonstration outside the Ashok Vihar police station at the time of his surrender. His brother Gobind Kanda has also accused the Delhi police of harassing his brother.
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Institute starts BTech in 3-D animation
Panchkula, August 23 Announcing the launch of the course at a press conference in Panchkula recently, Gurukul Vidyapeeth officials said Gurukul was the only institute in the northern region offering this course. Going into the background of the introduction of the course, educationist and CEO of Gurukul Vidyapeeth Manmohan Garg said he
was so impressed by the Shahrukh Khan-starred movie Ra.One that he decided to introduce the course for the students of north India, adding that the institute had decided to offer 60 seats in 3-D animation and graphics. Executive Director Desh Raj Thakral said the animation industry attracted a large number of students, who thought that their creative talents were enough to make it big in this dynamic field. An artistic eye was definitely useful in the world of animation.
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Policemen get training in defusing bomb
Kurukshetra, August 23 Talking to mediapersons, the district police chief, Rakesh Kumar Arya, said a team led by Dr Promila Rathi told the trainees that whenever they got any such information, they should ask the person giving the information the exact site of a suspected bomb. After that, the nearest PCR and rider should be sent to the site so that public can be moved to a safer place. Then, senior police officials and the bomb disposal team at Madhuban should be informed. Dr Rathi also gave a demonstration of disposing of a bomb.
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CM lays stones of roads
Faridabad, August 23 The Municipal Corporation Faridabad (MCF) will complete the project at a cost of Rs 2 crore. Mukesh Sharma, senior deputy mayor of the MCF, said the roads were a longstanding demand of the residents of the area. Completion of the project by the corporation would enable better connectivity in the area, including Dabua colony, Oriya colony, Parvatia colony, Jawahar colony, Ballabgarh and Palli and NIT 1 and 2, and wards 5, 8, 9 and 10. At present, the 3 km stretch on which the roads would be laid, is known as “revenue roads” in government’s record books. MCF’s chief engineer NK Katara said the construction work for the roads had already begun and the project would be accomplished before this year-end.
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DC constitutes teams to redress public grievances
Rewari, August 23 An official team headed by City Magistrate Ajay Chopra and comprising secretaries of the Rewari, Bawal and Dharuhera municipal committees as its members, would listen to all such complaints of the residents of Rewari city and Bawal and Dharuhera towns and would get them rectified by officials of the departments concerned. Similarly, two other officials teams, one chaired by GL Yadav, SDM, Rewari, and the other led by Jaideep Kumar, SDM, Kosli, would attend to the grievances of the villagers of the Khol, Rewari and Bawal blocks as well as those of the Jatusana and Nahar blocks of the district. Wile the Deputy Commissioner has urged the urban as well as the rural people to approach their respective official committees with their day-to-day problems, he also directed the officials concerned to see to it that public grievances were redressed speedily.
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Community-based ‘Radio Mewat’ touches lives of local masses
Mewat, August 23 The journey of Radio Mewat formally commenced on September 1, 2010, and it has already crossed a significant milestone by getting a national award from the Union Ministry for Information and Broadcasting under the Sustainable-Model category at National Community Radio Sammelan. The path was strewn with a host of roadblocks and multifarious difficulties. “The first and foremost challenge was to get clearance - not only from government babus, but also by the local community, the psyche of which is riddled with cultural dogmas. Then, we had to make it widely reachable, socially acceptable and financially viable,” said Archana Kapoor, director, Radio Mewat. Establishing the community radio here has been a sustained struggle even for Archana, who has been working towards mainstreaming school dropouts through her non-formal education centres in Mewat since 2001. Archana’s NGO, Seeking Modern Applications for Real Transformation (SMART), was functioning under the aegis of the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) before the NGOs working in the area were told to wind up their operations by the authorities concerned. “As many as 19 NGOs were blacklisted by the government, while several other ones like us were abruptly asked to pack up despite our sustained efforts and encouraging results,” she said. Despite that experience, Team SMART decided to carry on with their endeavour to reach out to the people of Mewat and improve their lot. By venturing into an altogether new sector, they also hoped to overcome the shortcomings encountered during their earlier enterprise. It was then that they realised the reach, power and potential of radio as a mass medium. “For one, radio can reach even the illiterate people, which, given the dismal literacy rates in the area, was a big advantage. We also had the good fortune of reaching out to the masses through their cellphones, which enabled us to have personal ties with the vast populace,” said Archana, who has also made nearly 300 documentary films on a wide variety of socio-cultural issues. Little wonder that the community radio, which made a humble beginning with a modest 2-hour daily broadcast, now goes on air 11 hours a day. It covers a host of programmes aimed at creating awareness on matters pertaining to health and hygiene, education, women empowerment, children’s issues, agriculture and so on. The issue of having a local appeal was addressed by employing and training local residents, garnering the support of the district administration, sponsors and community leaders and focusing on local issues, concerns and means of entertainment.
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Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Sirsa, August 23 The Northern India Regional Council representing over 36,000 chartered accountants (CAs) and 1,76,000 students is spread across Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Chandigarh. This is a constituent body of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, a body established by an Act of Parliament to regulate the profession of chartered accountancy. The regional council has over 29,800 members in the national capital region (NCR), 3,023 in Haryana (except the NCR regions), 3,549 in Punjab, 1,007 in Chandigarh, 331 in Himachal Pradesh and 313 in Jammu and Kashmir. A majority of seats have been going to the NCR region in the past, of the 12 members elected in 2009, 11 came from Delhi and NCR region of Haryana and one from Punjab. “Large areas of Haryana, entire Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir have remained unrepresented in the past,” said Rajinder Narang, a CA from Fatehabad, who missed the last election by a narrow margin and is contesting the poll again. Narang has taken up the cause of CAs practicing in Haryana with the state government. He has written to the government to appoint CAs in departments having financial implications for bringing about transparency in the system. He has also demanded compulsory audit of VAT on line with the income tax. Many of the sitting members of the regional council plan to contest the poll again and some of them have already started a vigorous campaign. Meanwhile, sources said the number of elected members in the regional council had been increased from 12 in 2009 to 13 this year in view of the increasing number of members in the region.
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Sonepat MC fails to check encroachments
Sonepat, August 23 There is hardly any shop or establishment in the town which has not been encroached upon public land, one way or the other. The municipal authorities had, in the past, tried to take action against the encroachers at a few places. But to their surprise, the situation was back to where it was the next day. Even under these circumstances, the authorities seem to be in no mood to take action against the offenders. It is also being alleged that it was being done “in connivance” with the MC officials. The footpaths and some portions of the roads here are being encroached upon by the shopkeepers to display their extra stock. Then there are encroachments at most places by the rehriwallas and at many places by the workshop owners, who carry out repairs of vehicles and other machinery on the roads. According to many rehriwallas, they pay to the civic authorities as well as to the shopkeepers for using the footpath and the road in front of their shops. As the use of personal vehicles had increased considerably by people for visiting markets and offices, they have no other option but to park their vehicles on the roads or footpaths, creating traffic hurdles in the market. The situation is no better in residential colonies. The house owners have constructed ramps which occupy some part of the street or the road in front of their houses. At many places in these areas, there is no room for vehicles to cross each other. Even the developed sectors of HUDA are not free from this problem. A senior official of the local municipal council said it was a permanent problem in every town of the state and had been continuing for the past many decades.
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Yamunanagar institution holds induction programme
Yamunanagar, August 23 A ‘havan’ was performed at the Shree Siddhivinayak temple on the campus of the institute. Dr MK Sehgal, chairman-cum-CEO of the institute and renowned academician of the region, welcomed students and emphasised the significance of hard work and consistent learning in life. He encouraged students to maximise utilisation of time to improve their knowledge and communication skills. Prof Ajay Sidana, additional director, Students Welfare, told the students about the opportunities they could explore and briefed them about foreign tie-ups, MoUs with foreign universities and government bodies for personality, skill and entrepreneurship development programmes.
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Food safety officers appointed
Chandigarh, August 23 Senior medical officers(SMOs) in charge of subdivisional hospitals would be FSO for local areas within the subdivision. Similarly, SMOs in charge of Community Health Centres (CHCs) and medical officers in charge of primary health centres (PHCs) would serve as FSOs for local areas within the jurisdiction of CHCs and PHCs, respectively.
— TNS
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Dairies ‘choking’ sewer lines
Rohtak, August 23 The plan to shift the dairies out of the city appears to have hit a roadblock though it had been taken up a couple of decades ago. “The lack of will on the part of the authorities concerned and political intervention appears to be the main constraint,” said Virender Kumar, a resident of Para Mohalla here. He said the sewerage system was blocked most of the time and the residents were forced to hire private sweepers to clear the blockades. The response of the civic authorities is too slow, he added. “There are over 100 dairies in localities like Prem Nagar, Chand Nagar, Kailash Colony, Vikas Nagar, Gandhi colony, Chunnipura,” claimed Manjit, a resident of Hafed Road in Prem Nagar. The other areas which are affected by the menace include Janata Colony, Preet Vihar, Ambedkar Colony, Chotu Ram Colony, Ekta Colony, Durga Colony, Bharat Colony and Devi Lal Nagar. He said while several representations had been sent to the authorities concerned about the problems and inconvenience caused by these dairies, no action had been taken. He said choking of sewerage and the drainage system results in flooding of houses and streets whenever there is heavy rain. There had been more than 50 colonies in the city which were affected by these dairies, but due to no clear cut guidelines and policy, the civic body officials felt helpless. “Any complaint in this regard is attended to only when the complainant is an influential person,” claimed an employee of the Municipal Corporation. He said political intervention also results in a hurdle in taking any action. The district authorities had planned to shift the dairies outside city limits but due to no follow up, nearly all the dairies, including Dairy Mohalla where the concentration of dairies is maximum, had been functioning within the city.
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Yogeshwar gets warm welcome in Bahadurgarh
Jhajjar, August 23 As many as six functions at different places were organised by various social and non-government outfits in the town to extend a warm reception to him. Fans of Dutt took him to the programme venues in an open jeep amid drum beats. Interacting with mediapersons later, he said he succeeded in realising his dream to clinch a medal at the Olympics only due to the public’s support, their blessings and prayers. He said there was a lot of pressure on him, particularly after losing the pre-quarterfinal. “I cannot deny that. The occasion was huge and I did not want to lose this time. But the good thing is that I generally tend to do well under pressure," he said. Yogeshwar said for the last four years, after Beijing Olympics, he woke-up with the dream of winning a medal at the Olympics and was grateful that God had been kind to him this time around. “At least, I can now enjoy a sound sleep,” he added. When asked about the future of wrestling in India, he said the upcoming wrestlers were very good and so the future augurs well, but at the same time attention must be paid to the requirements of these budding athletes. They needed both financial as well as physical support, he said. The grappler also appreciated the state government for providing cash rewards to the Olympic medallists and said such incentives would encourage more youths towards sports. During the function, some people also accused the state government of adopting ‘indifferent’ attitude towards Dutt, saying that it should have offered land to him too, similar to Sushil Kumar, for establishing wrestling academy in Sonepat. “If Government can offer free land to Olympic silver medallist Sushil Kumar, despite him not being a resident of Haryana, then why not to Yogeshwar Dutt. The latter should also be treated on par with Kumar by the government,” said Indervesh Sherawat, a social activist. When asked about the performance of the youths at the Olympics and how he sees the future generation of wrestlers, Dutt said, "Both Narsingh (Pancham Yadav) and Amit Kumar are talented. With a bit of practice and experience, they can be the medal prospects for the country at the next Olympics".
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Work on Renney Well project in progress
Sonepat, August 23 The work of lying of pipelines from Jajal village to Osram factory has already started. According to a detailed project report submitted by the Public Health Department, the population of the town will increase up to around 10 lakh from the present four lakh. Therefore, the project is aimed at maintaining water supply of 135 litre per day per head for the next 30 years. The town has witnessed rapid urbanisation during the past 10 years and migration of population from the rural areas has put an additional burden on the public health authorities to meet drinking water requirements. The population of the town increased to 3, 36,000 in 2011 from 2.25 lakh in 2001. OP Goyal, superintendent engineer of the department, said here recently that the department had already acquired three acres of land near Jajal village for storage of water in big tanks and would supply it with the help of boosting stations. Another acre of land was also in the acquiring process, he added. Goyal, who has been credited with the successful completion and launching of the Renney Well project in Mewat, said in the first phase, boosting stations at three places- Public Health Office at Housing Board Colony, near ITI ground, and near Janki Dass public School, would be used for the supply of Renney Well water. There was a plan to add three more boosting stations to ensure full pressure supply to consumers, he added. “There will be problems for the residents when the pipelines will be laid in the localities with narrow streets, but the entire project is likely to be completed within two years,” he added.
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Bishnoi demands extension of two trains to Hisar
Hisar, August 23 In a memorandum submitted to Railways Minister Mukul Roy, Bishnoi pointed out that extending the Ekta Express which ran between Bhiwani and Chandigarh and the Kalindi Express (Bhiwani-Kanpur) to Hisar would not only boost rail revenue, but the large number of passengers from Hisar and surrounding areas would be benefited. He said at present people had to travel to Chandigarh by bus as there was no train available. By extending this train to Hisar, people would be benefited as the train timings were suitable and fares were lower, as compared to buses. Likewise, he pointed out that Hisar railway station had six platforms as against three in Bhiwani. Thus, long distance trains could be accommodated here more easily than in Bhiwani. By extending the Kalindi Express to Hisar, the local industries and businesses would also benefit, he ascertained. He also demanded that a train be introduced between Hisar and Haridwar. The memorandum also demanded that the Mumbai-Hisar-Jammu train, which ran twice a week, be plied daily.
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State Youth Fest at Sirsa from Aug 30
Sirsa, August 23 He added that only those participants would be invited who had not participated in National Youth Festivals during the past three years. In this festival, only those participants who had bagged the first positions in district-level Youth Festivals would participate. Ganesan said the participants getting first, second and third positions in their respective competitions would be honoured with cash prizes of Rs 1,000, Rs 800 and Rs 600 respectively along with certificates. He said that district-level youth festivals were being organised in all districts of the state on August 18.
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Work on four-laning of NH-10 to start soon
Fatehabad, August 23 Speaking to mediapersons, Gillankhera, who holds the charge of PWD (B&R), besides Housing, Forest and Environment, said the state government was spending Rs 4,080 crore on buildings and roads in 2012-13. Gillankhera said the work on the four-laning of the NH-10 would start soon. He said work on a new four-laned bypass for Fatehabad had begun from Dhangar village. The bypass would be built at a cost of Rs 25 crore. The bypass would connect Hisar with Sirsa by bisecting Bhuna road and Ratia road. He said overbridges would be constructed on Bhuna road and Ratia road for the free flow of traffic. He said service lanes would also be constructed on the bypass. Gillankhera said during the term of the present government, Rs 99.65 crore had been spent on buildings and roads in his Fatehabad Assembly Constituency. He said the upcoming 2,800-MW nuclear power project at Gorakhpur would improve the lot of this area forever. He said the Rs 23,502-crore project would not only end power woes of the area, but also of the entire state.
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State gets palliative care centre
Hisar, August 23 Satish Kalra, general secretary of the Vaanprastha Dignity Trust, said the state government should implement the Centre’s Senior Citizens Policy notified in 2011. Sampat Singh said he would take up the issue with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. He said the problem of loneliness in later years of life was not confined to the urban areas. The rural aged were also victims of this. He underlined the need for setting up volunteer organisations to care for the elderly. Sudama Aggarwal of Vaanprastha said the centre currently had four beds, wheelchairs and other equipment which would be provided free of cost to the needy.
— TNS
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MOVIE THIS WEEK
Directed by: Bela Sehgal The buzz is that Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi is shot at real Parsis colony at Colaba (Mumbai). It is a first Bollywood film to be shot there. Farah’s dresses have been designed by Dilnaz Kharbari. She looks gorgeous in Parsi ‘gara’ sarees with a lot of embroidery work. The promos are already on air and have created a lot of curiosity among viewers. The viewers will love to watch actors naughty at forty in this comedy film which is set so release today at Fame Shalimar-Panchkula, Fun Minerva, Nigar (Ambala), BMG, Everest (Rewari), Sun City- Hisar, PVR MGF, PVR Sahara, PVR Ambience, SRs Omaxe, SRS Wedding, DTCC, DTMM, DT Star Mall, (Gurgaon), SRS Sec 12, SRS Sec 21, SRS Eldeco, SRS Shubham, PVR Crown Plaza, PM Sec 12, PM Sec 20, INOX (Faridabad), Glitz-Kurukshetra, Bangar, Satyam (Rohtak), Dimple-Jagadhri, Fun, Cinemax (Panipat), Movie Time, Movie Time Super Mall, Movie Time Indira Mall, K3C, Harsha
(Karnal). — Dharam Pal
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Sirsa, August 23