SRK fined for illegal ramp
Shah Rukh Khan has been fined Rs1,93,784 by the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation for constructing an illegal ramp outside his bungalow Mannat in Bandra, a RTI query revealed here on Thursday.
Activist Anil Galgali sought details under RTI on a reinforced cement-concrete ramp constructed outside the actor's landmark bungalow which was used for parking his vanity van, leading to an outcry early last year.
Following a campaign by various citizens and activists, the municipal commissioner initiated action and a notice was slapped on Shah Rukh on February 6, 2015.
After the notice period ended, the BMC started the demolition on February 15 of the ramp which falls outside the bungalow on the junction of HK Bhabha Road and Mount Mary Road.
Pernia Qureshi, the leading stylist, actor and a formally trained Kuchipudi dancer, under Raja-Radha Reddy, will showcase her dance skill through a recital in Delhi on February 12, 2016. The style icon will now be seen promoting India’s classical dance forms — Kathak and Kuchipudi through her dance recitals that she will be conducting in India and abroad including Delhi, Mumbai and abroad. Her dance recitals, ‘Chandi Raatein – love and Dance under the Moonlight with Pernia Qureshi’ will be a live orchestra with musiciansand singers.
In keeping with the Government of India’s initiative to showcase the prowess of the country’s robust manufacturing sector, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with the FDCI will host Weaves of Banaras as part of the Make in India Week. It will be held in Mumbai, on February 14th, 2016 at the ITC Grand Central. Sunil Sethi, president, FDCI said, “We are glad to announce the impressive list of 12 designers for ‘Weaves of Banaras’ who will narrate a story through the use of ingenious silhouettes.”
Healy slams One Direction
English musician Matt Healy of rock band The 1975 has lashed out at One Direction, saying the band lacks credibility.
“Oh, well... they're four guys who queued up outside an arena to sing in front of Simon Cowell. Do they really have any artistic credibilityIJ That sounds like a mean thing to say, but it's a good question.
like, do they,” a magazine quoted Healy. He also opened up about a writing session that didn't go well with the group.
“They got me in, and they said ‘We really like your band. Would you write a song for usIJ' They didn't seem to be actually that interested; they just wanted to play me this song that they said was really, really inspired by us,” he said.
The song was Change your ticket, which was reportedly influenced by The 1975's Girls.
After hearing the song, Healy told the band, “listen guys, fill your boots, the song doesn't sound that much like Girls. But the guitar and the whole vibe of it is a complete lift. So take the guitars off, and we're good.”