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‘Ramayana & Mahabharata preaches violence’

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The Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury made a controversial statement on Hindus recently. He said religious epics Ramayana and Mahabharata show how Hindus can also be violent. Earlier, Sadhvi Pragya Singh claimed that Hindus don’t believe in violence.

In counter to that, Yechury said kings in mythologies fought battles and Ramayana, Mahabharata are mostly filled with violence and wars. In a public meeting, he said: “Being a pracharak, you narrate the epics but still claim Hindus cannot be violent?”.

He said that it a false idea that Hindu don’t believe in violence as our historic and epic stories don’t verify this claim. “What is the logic behind saying there is a religion which engages in violence and we Hindus don’t,” he added. Many people extended their support to his statement saying both Raavan and Kamsa, being Hindus, are violent than anyone in history.

Finally, Yechury went on to attack the BJP and urged the public to vote for Digvijaya Singh and defeat Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal.

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కెసిఆర్ పోలవరానికి అడ్డుపడుతుంటే కేవీపీ లెటర్ రాశాడా? – TDP Devineni Uma

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Allu Arjun to do Sukumar Movie along with AA20 Simultaneously | Box Office

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Modi Talk About AP & Telangana In Bihar

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Speaking at a poll campaign in Bihar’s Ram Nagar, Narendra Modi has dragged the issue of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He has made sensational comments on both the states that how they’re fighting against each other even after splitting. Modi blamed Congress for the manner in which AP was bifurcated. He has said the people of both states are not able to see each other’s faces although both speak the same language – Telugu. Modi said even after 5 years after the bifurcation, he alleged that there is no bond between the Telugu states.

This is not all. Modi went onto allege that those who want to split the nation has bifurcated AP. Modi said Congress has totally failed in handling the bifurcation of AP. Modi recalled how Atal Bihari Vajpayee had handled the carving out of three states. Modi reminsced that Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar, Uttarakhand was carved out from Uttar Pradesh and Chattisgarh was carved out from Madhya Pradesh in an amicable, friendly way. He said the people of the existing state and the new states have been maintaining friendly relation.

The fresh comments of Modi on both AP and Telangana have become hot topic in the political circles. While BJP had backed the bifurcation of AP back in 2014, Modi’s fresh comments are expected to trigger sharp political reactions from TRS and Congress in Telangana.

Beach Pictures Not Working Out

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To catch the attention of film folks and audiences, these days the best tool is social media. Whether it is the effervescent comments of directors or the hot pictures of struggling heroines, social media presence is helping some of them.

However, trends are changing and somehow the beach pictures are ending up as duds for these hotties. These pictures are becoming a ‘pulihora’ if we have to say in common terms. There a bunch of struggling heroines like Pragya Jaiswal, Ruhani Sharma, Poonam Bajwa and others who wanted to crack the opportunities door using these pictures.

While it is Pragya’s beach stroll pictures or Ruhani’s over the top skin show on a beach, whether it is Poonam Bajwa’s swimsuit pics from beach and pool or Laxmi Rai’s bold treat from Bangkok beaches, they are just getting some ‘likes’ on the respective social media but actually not bringing opportunities.

We hear that heroines who thought that beach bikini pics can alter their fate are now pushed into thinking about alternative routes to impress filmmakers. Maybe they should attend more auditions and look into scripts rather just looking at remuneration and combination.

Megastar Makes Another Big Donation

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Megastar Chiranjeevi is making quite a lot of charity these days and he is continuing the donation spree. After contributing Rs 10 lakh to Raghava Lawrence’s charitable trust, he gave Rs 1 lakh to a fireman who risked his life to save a 4 year old girl from Naala. Most recently, the actor donated Rs 1 Crore to Sri. Allu Ramalingaiah Homeopathy College in Rajahmundry.

He’s stunned everyone by making yet another big donation on Saturday. Marking the birthday anniversary of ‘Darsaka Ratna’ Dasari Narayana Rao on May 4, Telugu film directors association decided to remember him every year on this day. They entitled May 4th as “Directors’ day” . So, on Saturday, all the association members gathered and invited Chiranjeevi as the chief guest for the event in Hyderabad.

At the same function, director Raghavendra Rao announced a trust for underprivileged directors, including veterans, associates and assistants, who are looking out for some helping hand. The senior filmmaker said that the trust will aim to gather a fund of Rs 5-10 Cr and it will help pay a monthly pension of Rs 5,000 to the filmmakers who are really in need. On that note, he urged all the directors and their fans to make their bit for the trust.

Having learnt about it, Megastar Chiranjeevi has instantly declared a huge contribution of Rs 25 lakhs from his side and asked to organizers to collect the cheque in next one week. Prior to it, Chiranjeevi has remembered his long association with Dasari and how he had the opportunity to visit him during last days of the legendary man.

Boney Kapoor In Tears When Asked About Sridevi

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Bollywood producer Boney Kapoor had tears in his eyes when asked about his wife Sridevi who died last year. Boney was the guest of Bollywood trade analyst Komal Nahta’s talk show Aur Ek Kahani. The 63 year old was asked if there was ever a day when he did not miss Sridevi and to this he replied that “It’s impossible.”

The teaser of this episode’s talk show is shared in the social media and we can clearly see Boney controlling his emotions. This video of Boney Kapoor in tears is going viral and this says how much he loved his estranged wife.

Sridevi passed away on February 24th due to an accidental drowning in a Dubai hotel. She was widely recognised as a superstar pan-India, having acted in over three hundred films in a span of five decades in the industry. Sridevi last featured in the movie ‘Mom’ which was produced by Boney Kapoor himself.

Chiru Gives Clarity On Koratala Film

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Koratala Siva’s last film was Bharat Ane Nenu which saw the light of the day on April 20, 2018. Since then, Koratala Siva is waiting for his next film with Chiranjeevi. With Chiru being stuck with Sye Raa, a historical biographical film, produced by Ram Charan, Siva has been waiting.

The latest update in the industry circuits is that Chiru has given his nod to start shooting for Koratala’s film. Apparently, Chiru agreed to begin Koratala’s film even before the release of Sye Raa. As per the buzz, Chiru and Koratala’s film may go onto the floors in June or July. While Sye Raa will be under the post-production, Chiru will start Koratala film.

And towards Sye Raa release, he will be back to promotions and after Sye Raa release, he is expected to return to Siva’s film. Talk is that Siva is aiming to release Chiru’s film in April 2020. Looks like, this is some clarity to Siva as well as fans who are eagerly waiting for their combination.

Whom To Blame For Maharshi’s Over-Budget?

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Mahesh Babu’s Maharshi is one of the most anticipated films in this season and the film is riding with high expectations. But what is worrying the trade and industry circuits is its high budget.

While a few rumour mongers and some media folks are unnecessarily blaming superstar Mahesh Babu for no reason, but the fact is that director Vamshi Paidipally was the man behind Maharshi. As Mahesh is always prompt to the shootings and is a disciplined actor, he was never the cause for the additional costs of his films. Many in the industry know Mahesh as director’s actor and producer’s actor.

On the other hand, it is director Vamshi Paidipally who has complete control on Maharshi. Right from erecting big sets to choosing different locations to extending number of working days. The onus lies on director Vamshi. In addition to the making costs, Vamshi took a lot of time on script during the pre-production stage. No doubt, it’s good to work on script properly, but those costs also shot up adding to the overall budget of Maharshi.

Even Vamshi’s previous film Oopiri which got rave reviews couldn’t do well compared to its high budget. While the Telugu version did well, the Tamil version has failed to rake in moolah. Vamshi always wants to make his films look grand and lavish. There is nothing wrong in going for rich visuals. But at the same time, he also has to bring down the making costs of the film without affecting the quality. Since Vamshi is a good director, he has to understand producer’s concerns and make them earn more profits to both producers, distributors.

When it comes to Maharshi, the final judgment lies with the audiences who are gonna give verdict on May 9th.

Actor Prakash Raj Begins His Week-Long Campaign For Aam Aadmi Party In Delhi

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Deserted Beaches: Lanka Tourism Hit After Bombings

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LANKA/COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s $4.4 billion tourism industry is reeling from cancellations as travellers shun the sun and sand Indian Ocean island after multiple suicide bombings that killed over 250 people two weeks ago.

Suspected suicide bombers from little-known Islamic groups in Sri Lanka attacked churches and luxury hotels in the country on Easter Sunday, killing worshippers, tourists and their families.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks. Tourism, which accounts for 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, has suffered as tourists from around the world cancelled hotel and flight bookings fearing more attacks.

“It’s a big blow to the economy, as well as the tourism industry,” Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said in an interview on Saturday.

“For the economy to develop, it’s important tourism return to where it was before the attacks. “Net hotel bookings dropped a staggering 186 percent on average over the week following the attacks compared to the same period last year, data from travel consultancy ForwardKeys showed.

A decline of more than one hundred percent indicates more cancellations than bookings. Cancellation rates at hotels across the country averaged 70 percent as of Saturday, with the capital Colombo taking a bigger hit, Sri Lanka’s Tourism Bureau Chairman Kishu Gomes told Reuters.

“Some airlines have also discontinued frequency of flights. Load factor is much lower than it used to be,” Gomes said

“It is a worrying factor for sure.” Tourism took off in Sri Lanka, which boasts of a 1,600-km (1,000-mile) long coastline, following the end of the decades-long civil war with Tamil separatists in 2009.

It was Sri Lanka’s third largest and fastest growing source of foreign currency last year.

Decisive policy and security measures will be important to revive the industry and support economic growth, the International Monetary Fund has said. For now, businesses from luxury hotels to beach shacks are facing mounting losses.

In Bentota, one of a string of beach resorts south of Colombo, occupancy rates have plummeted, according to interviews with hotel managers.

Samanmali Collone, 54, runs the seven-room Warahena Beach Hotel in Bentota, where rooms cost 10,000 Sri Lankan rupees ($56) per night.

Her hotel had previously been fully booked for the day when Reuters visited on Thursday, but when news of the bombings on Easter Sunday emerged, all of her guests cancelled.

“There are no bookings: this week, next month, even in October, they have all cancelled,” she said, speaking in her deserted beachside restaurant where waiters polished glasses and re-arranged tables, but without any sign of any guests arriving.Collone said if bookings do not pick up soon, she will have to let go some of her sixteen staff.

“We have had issues before but this is completely different,” she said.

Why Jagan’s covert should report to Naidu?

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The cold war between Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu and Andhra Pradesh chief secretary L V Subrahmanyam has reached its peak with the latter skipping the official meeting of Naidu called to review the impact of super cyclone Fani.

It appears to be more of an ego clash between the two, rather than any official confrontation. Had the relation been smooth, Subrahmanyam attending Naidu’s review meeting should not have been an issue at all, say political observers.

It is only Naidu who has to be blamed for this ugly situation. When the Election Commission shifted senior IAS officer Anil Kumar Punetha from the post of chief secretary and replaced him with Subrahmanyam, the senior most IAS officer, Naidu made a hue and cry as if it was the biggest crime.

Even that is okay, considering Naidu’s grudge against the EC for shifting the intelligence chief and two SPs prior to that. But the way he made serious comments against Subrahmanyam led to the actual problem.

He described Subrahmanyam as a covert of the YSR Congress party and a co-accused in YSRC president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s case.

Naturally, it has angered Subrahmanyam. Unlike Naidu, the chief secretary did not utter any word against Naidu, except to tell the media that in the wake of model code of conduct being in force, the chief minister would not have the regular powers.

However, he has not been attending any meetings called by Naidu, for the simple reason that Naidu cannot hold meetings when the poll code is on.

It is not that Naidu does not know this. Yet, he wanted Subrahmanyam to report to him, because it satisfies his ego.

Though the chief secretary can meet the chief minister as a matter of courtesy as has been the case with all the other states, but Subrahmanyam also has his own ego.

He is of the view why he should go and meet Naidu who had called him Jagan’s covert and a co-accused in the case. So, citing the rule position, he is not caring the chief minister.

Now, Naidu is threatening to take action against Subrahmanyam under business rules. He said he would convene a cabinet meeting next week and would take action if any bureaucrat failed to attend.

But the question is who would prepare the agenda for the cabinet meeting and who would put up the note files?

It is the chief secretary and Subrahmanyam won’t do it as no official policy decisions could be taken due to election code.

So, Naidu has to convene the cabinet meeting without any official agenda. In such a case, the officials cannot attend such a meeting and Subrahmanyam will skip it again.

It remains to be seen what action Naidu would take and who would implement his directions.

Trade Talk: Last Week Before Maharshi Takes Over

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Avengers: Endgame has been on a roll in Telugu states like it has been across India and across the globe. It has set new records for a Hollywood film in Indian markets.

The Hollywood superhero film has surely dented the business of local films right from its day 1.

Jersey and Kanchana 3 withstood the Avengers storm and have held their ground in the second week. Both the films have been doing steady business in their respective strong circuits.

Jersey continued to do better in A centers while Kanchana 3 held well in B and C centers. Both the films are commercial hits in terms of box office returns.

There are no notable releases in this weekend as Mahesh’s big ticket film Maharshi is lined up for next weekend.

It is the last week for Jersey, Kanchana and Avengers to cash in on before Maharshi takes over the summer box office.

Ashwini Dutt Gets Money from Maharshi

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The row over profit-sharing has been resolved amicably with the intervention of Mahesh Babu, a source close to the developments informed GreatAndhra.

Dil Raju and PVP, the other two partners in “Maharshi”, will share profits after the movie’s release based on its performance at the box-office.

Ashwini Dutt will not have any stake in the film henceforth. Dil Raju has agreed in principle to pay him Rs 7 Cr as part of his share from the film.

Ashwini Dutt has been demanding Rs 10 Cr from this project but Dil Raju refused to part anything as the film’s budget has gone beyond its pre-release business.

To avoid last minute head-ache, Mahesh Babu reportedly intervened and settled the issue.

Ashwini Dutt may not get any dates in future from Mahesh Babu as he reportedly got miffed with the senior producer in this entire issue.

Zuckerberg vs Sharma: WhatsApp Pay can gobble up Paytm

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When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on April 24 that the company is actively working on to launch WhatsApp Pay in India, the message was clear to the digital payments leader in the country: Brace for the landfall.

The country’s digital payments industry — estimated to hit $1 trillion by 2023 — is going to witness a seismic change this year with global players joining the bandwagon, creating flutters among the existing players, including Alibaba-backed Paytm which rules the market.

Amazon just announced the launch of Amazon Pay UPI for Android customers in the peer-to-peer (P2P) transaction market.

Google Pay has also strengthened its presence — over 45 million users with recording $81 billion in transactions (at an annualised run-rate) in March.Apple Pay would also arrive and with the lowering of iPhone prices in India, the service which has 390 million paid subscriptions globally and on track to reach 10 billion transactions — would reach more hands.

WhatsApp Pay, however, is going to be the real game changer — for a simple reason that it has the capability to become the top player in the Indian digital payments market with the word go.

WhatsApp currently has over 300 million users in India (Facebook has another 300 million in the country) and once it starts peer-to-peer (P2P) UPI-based payments service, the sheer numbers will take it beyond Paytm which last reported over 230 million users.

“Indians love WhatsApp, and will love the convenience of transacting through the app. I foresee a trend wherein entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises start embracing and using WhatsApp Pay,” Prabhu Ram, Head, Industry Intelligence Group (IIG), CMR, told IANS.

“This will contribute to, and increase their creditworthiness. In turn, this trend will enable them to easily borrow credit from formal sources, such as banks,” Ram added.

Paytm Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma is aware that fierce global competition is coming his way.

Sharma last year launched a Twitter attack on WhatsApp’s parent company Facebook.

“After failing to win war against India’s open internet with cheap tricks of free basics, Facebook is again in play,” Sharma had tweeted.According to WhatsApp, almost one million people tested WhatsApp Pay to send money to each other in a simple and secure way.

“In response to India’s payments data circular, we’ve built a system that stores payments-related data locally in India,” a WhatsApp spokesperson had told IANS.”WhatsApp Payment is useful for people in their daily lives and we hope to expand the feature to all of India soon so we can contribute to the country’s financial inclusion goals,” the spokesperson added.

The company on May 3 told the Supreme Court that it would comply with the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) data localisation norms before launching the full payments service in the country.According to Pavel Naiya, Senior Analyst, Devices and Ecosystem at Hong Kong-based Counterpoint Research, WhatsApp Pay will become an instant threat for products like Paytm Wallet and others who are using UPI as a method of transaction.

“With the huge user base, WhatsApp Pay is already a good match to become a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) platform for real-time payment,” Naiya told IANS.The entry of WhatApp Pay will give a significantly more positive and viral impetus to India’s digital economy.

“The rapid adoption of digital payments in India will be driven by WhatsApp, riding on its vast user base and strong vernacular language focus,” added Ram.Zuckerberg would finally merge all his platforms and the enormous user base would create a natural winner

“In Instagram and Facebook, you have shopping and you have Marketplace, and you have all the tens of millions of small businesses that use Pages and a lot use Instagram for sharing their inventory and being able to help people discover and pay,” the Facebook CEO told analysts during the earnings call.

According to Naiya, with Facebook and Instagram’s platform support, “WhatsApp Pay is likely to further extend beyond P2P platform to become a payment gateway for the company’s social commerce in the future”.The die is cast. It is only matter of time when the Indian digital payments market sees a new leader.

Pic: Actress gifts herself a brand new luxury car

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Reports of Salman Khan gifting a luxury car to Katrina have been doing the rounds from quite some time now.

And Katrina, being a car enthusiast herself, recently took to her Instagram handle to share a picture of the same.

Taking to her picture sharing app, Katrina shared a picture of herself as she posed in front of the luxury car.

Dressed in a mini dress with denim jacket, Katrina poses with her white beauty in style. Her open tresses and white sneakers compliment her overall look.

On the work front, Katrina will be seen in Ali Abbas Zafar’s ‘Bharat’ starring Salman Khan. The film also features Disha Patani, Jackie Shroff, Sunil Grover and others in pivotal roled.

The film is slated for an Eid release this year.

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