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candidate for the Guwahati to Lok Sabha of Assam where he was defeated by
Congress candidate Bhubaneshwar Kalita.[13]
As an army officer's son,[11] he attended schools in various cities. Arnab has a
Bachelor's (Hons.) from Sociology from the Hindu College in Delhi University.[9]
In 1994 Arnab completed his Master's from Social Anthropology from St. Antonys
College, in Oxford University.[9] In 2000, Arnab was a Visiting D C Pavate Fellow
at the International Studies Department at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
University.[9]
Before joining NDTV in 1995 Arnab Goswami started his career in "The
Telegraph" in Calcutta,[14] which was for a stint less than a year.
He later shifted his career in TV news broadcast with NDTV 24x7 in 1995, where
he anchored daily newscasts, and reporting for News Tonight a programme
telecast on DD Metro.[15] Later as the news editor, he was part of NDTV's core
team during the transition from programme producer to the 24-hour mode in
1998.[citation needed] He hosted the Newshour show every weeknight.
Newshour was the longest running news analysis shown on any channel (1998
2003).[citation needed] As a Senior Editor with NDTV 24x7, he was responsible
for the overall editorial content of the channel.
He hosted one of the channel's top rated news analysis show Newsnight,[16]
which won him an award for the Best News Anchor of Asia 2004 in the 2004
Asian Television Awards.
Goswami is the editor-in-chief and a news anchor of the Times Now news channel
since 2006.[17] His show The Newshour is aired at 9 pm with live news coverage,
which has featured notable personalities like Parvez Musharraf[18] and Rahul
Bajaj. His notable accomplishments include stepping up with the 11 July 2006
Mumbai train bombings, interviewing over 200 politicians and analysts during
the Trust Vote in October 2008 within a span of 26 hours of live anchoring and
hosting the 26/11 Mumbai Terror attacks for over 65 hours.[19] He also hosts a
special programme Frankly Speaking with Arnab,[20] which has featured
personalities such as Benazir Bhutto[21] and former UK Prime Minister Gordon
Brown,[22] Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai,[23] retired head of state of the
Tibetan Government in Exile Dalai Lama,[24] former United States Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton,[25] and a host of prominent Indian personalities from
politics, sports, films, and the corporate world. He has also written a book named
Combating Terrorism: The Legal Challenge.[citation needed]
The Newshour reception[edit]
Goswami's heated discussions during The Newshour has invited criticism from
newsweekly Outlook running a cover story titled 'The Man Who Killed TV News'.
[26] "Newshour is where Arnab plays judge, the audience the jury", the report
stated, adding that "On key news events, Arnab has emerged as The Great
Polariser, his acid tongue stripping complex issues of all nuance"[26] Goswami,
Career[edit]
Kher made his acting debut in the 1982 Hindi movie Aagman. Then in 1984 came
Saaransh, where 28-year-old Kher played a retired middle class Maharashtrian
man who has lost his son. He hosted TV shows such as Say Na Something To
Anupam Uncle, Sawaal Dus Crore Ka, Lead India and the recent The Anupam
Kher Show - Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai which has become a big hit on its 1st
episode when Shah Rukh Khan was invited as his guest. He has had many comic
roles but has also played the villain such as his acclaimed role as terrorist Dr.
Dang in Karma (1986). For his role in Daddy (1989) he received the Filmfare
Critics Award for Best Performance.
He has starred alongside Hindi Cinema's superstar Shahrukh Khan many times in
films such as Darr (1993), Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995), Chaahat (1996),
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998), Mohabbatein (2000) and Veer-Zaara (2004).
He ventured into directing with Om Jai Jagadish (2002) and has been a producer.
He produced and starred in the film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005). He
received the Best Actor Award from the Karachi International Film Festival for his
performance. The role of the Police Commissioner Rathor, played by him in
critically and commercially acclaimed A Wednesday is also very much
appreciated.
Kher is known internationally for Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Bride and
Prejudice (2004), Speedy Singhs (2011), his appearance on the hit TV show ER,
and more recently in The Mistress of Spices (2006) and Lust, Caution (2007). In
2012 he co-starred in the Academy Award-winning Silver Linings Playbook.
Kher has written and starred in a play about his own life called Kucch Bhi Ho
Sakta Hai, which was directed by Feroz Abbas Khan.[4][5]
Until recently he served as chairman of the Indian Film Censor Board. He is an
alumnus of National School of Drama (1978 batch) and was its director between
2001 and 2004.
In 2007, Anupam Kher, with his batchmate of NSD, Satish Kaushik,[6] started a
film production company, Karol Bagh Productions. Their first film, Tere Sang, was
directed by Satish Kaushik.[7]
He was appointed in 2010 as the goodwill ambassador of the Pratham Education
Foundation, which strives to improve children's education in India.[8]
In 2011, he starred alongside Mohanlal and Jayaprada in the Malayalam language
romantic drama Pranayam. Kher chose Pranayam as one of the seven best films
of his career.[9]
He also starred in a number of Marathi films such as Thoda Tuza...Thoda Maza,
Kashala Udyachi Baat and Punjabi films such as Yaaraan naal bahaaraan.
He is also an occasional talk show participant.[10]
In 2009, Kher has given his Hindi voice to Carl Fredricksen in the Disney-Pixar 3D
animated film Up, which was his first dubbing role and his very first voice role.
[11]
Anupam Kher has currently appeared in The Dirty Politics. The movie also
features Om Puri and Jackie Shroff.[12]
In 2014, Kher starred in the British film Shongram, a fictional romantic drama
based around the factual and historical events of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation
War
Anupam Kher is a Kashmiri Pandit. He is married to fellow actress Kirron Kher
(since 1985).[14] Her son, his stepson, is actor Sikandar Kher.
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Siddaramaiah (born 12 August 1949) is an Indian politician who has been the
22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka, a state in South India, since 2013. Currently a
leader of the Indian National Congress party, Siddaramaiah was a member of
various Janata Parivar factions for several years.[2] Earlier, as a Janata Dal
(Secular) leader, he was Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka on two occasions.[3]
On 13 May 2013 he was sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka.[4] S
Siddharamaiah, an atheist, is known for his socialist, secular and anti-caste
outlook.
He was born to Siddarame Gowda and Boramma in a remote village called
Siddaramanahundi in Varuna Hobli near to T.Narasipura of Mysore District in a
farming family.[5] He had no formal schooling until he was ten but went on to do
his B.Sc and Bachelor of Law from Mysore University. He is a leader from the
Kuruba Gowda community.[6][7][8][9] He is the second amongst five siblings.
[10]
Siddaramaiah was a junior under a lawyer, Chikkaboraiah, in Mysore and later
taught law for some time.
Political career[edit]
Before 1978, he began political career when Najunda Swamy, a lawyer in Mysore,
spotted him at the district courts as a law graduate. He was asked to contest and
was elected to the Mysore Taluka. He contested on a Bharatiya Lok Dal ticket
from Chamundeshwari constituency and entered the 7th Karnataka Legislative
Assembly in 1983. His was a surprise victory and it earned him name and fame
in the Old Mysore region.
Later he joined the ruling Janata Party and became the first president of the
Kannada Surveillance Committee (Kannada Kavalu Samiti), set up to supervise
the implementation of Kannada as an official language. During the mid-term polls
in 1985, Siddaramaiah was re-elected from the same constituency and became
Minister for Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services. In Chief Minister
leader Murli Manohar Joshi. A few residents from Shamli were also invited to the
launch.
After completing his schooling from Saint RC Convent School, Mohit earned his
engineering degree from Amity University. He recently married Dhaarna, a Noida
resident, who is now CEO of Ringing Bells
The ministry of communications and information technology on Monday quizzed
the management of Noida-based firm, Ringing Bells, which came into the
limelight after launching a smartphone for Rs 251.
The company's president Ashok Chaddha and promoter Mohit Goel were grilled
about the viability of their business model and how they were offering the
smartphone Freedom 251, at such a low price when experts have said that the
handset cannot be sold below Rs 3500.
"It will import 50,00,000 units in the first phase, which will be assembled here.
Then,they will start manufacturing in India," a senior official from the ministry
told Business Standard. The company also informed it would soon apply for a
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certificate.
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asked department secretary, Aruna Sharma, to
look into the scheme.Also, a committee has been set up in the department to
ascertain the claims by Ringing Bells. It has been triggered by a letter from
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kirit Somaiya and Indian Cellular Association. The
panel's report is expected this week.
The income tax and excise departments are also looking into the financial
structure of the company and have obtained documents, including from the
registrar of companies, in this regard. Freedom 251 was launched last week in a
big event by BJP senior leader Murli Manohar Joshi. The online booking started on
February 18 but the company site soon crashed.
Till now, it has taken money from 30,000 customers -- while the phone will be
delivered in the next four months.
W DELHI: Since he announced the launch of a mobile phone for Rs 251, Mohit
Goel has faced widespread scepticism, along with visits by police and income tax
officials at his rented two-storey office in Noida. However, the Amity University
graduate insists that he will not only deliver the phones at the stunning price he
has quoted, but also make a profit of Rs 31 on each handset sold.
"Why am I being hounded? What wrong have I done?" Goel asked in the course
of an exclusive interview with TOI. The director of Ringing Bells insists that his
new venture is not a fly-by-night operation and will begin customer deliveries
from April 15.
"Has there ever been a case of income-tax evasion against me or my company,
or has there been an FIR filed against me in any police station? Why am I being
called a 'bhagora' (who'll run away with the money)? I intend to do a valid
business, just like any other startup, and I have a business plan ready."
The company claims it has received over 7 crore registrations on its website
since it started accepting applications on February 18. "We are taking online
bookings for only 25 lakh units in the first batch due to limited supplies, while
giving another 25 lakh through offline distributors. I will deliver the handsets
before June 30. All the money that we receive from customers through the
payment gateway will be kept in an escrow account and we will touch it only
when we deliver the devices." The company has an account with ICICI Bank.
Goel, and his much-older confidant Ashok Chadha, who is the president of the
company, insists that there have not been any infringements on design and
other matters.
"Some of the devices had the Adcom branding as we sourced panel (screen) from
them. However, the final device will have our branding and the phone will have
the same features and design that we had showcased."
The dual SIM Freedom 251 device carries a 4-inch display, 1GB RAM, 8GB internal
memory with a 1.3GHZ quad-core processor, dual cameras and comes with a
charger, headphone and one-year warranty.
The duo say that they have a carefully laid-out business model to manage the
disruptive price for the device "The price that works out per device is roughly
around Rs 1,500," Chadha says. insists, though significantly lowering it down
from the Rs 2,500 he had announced on the day of the unveiling of the device.
"We will source the devices from a supplier in Noida, who will be assembling the
units for us after getting components from Taiwan." And while we do this, we also
start the work to identify land and suppliers for setting up our manufacturing
locations. For this, we have identified Noida while also looking at locations in
Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Bihar and Punjab," Chadha says.
And just how does he bring down the cost to Rs 251, and also earn a profit?
"Economies of scale gets it down to around Rs 1,200, and thereafter an online
sales model cuts down marketing and sales expenses, giving us further savings,"
he says. And to this we will add marketing piggybacks from companies whose
applications we load on the devices. We will save around Rs 300 per device more
through this," Chadha says.
The unveiling of the phone on February 17 had created quite a flutter among
existing handset suppliers, prompting industry body Indian Cellular Association
to file a complaint with the government. (ICA) -- which has members such as
Samsung, Apple, Sony, Lava, Micromax, Karbonn, Motorola and HTC -- ICA
president Pankaj Mohindroo wrote a letter to telecom minister Ravi Shankar
Prasad, expressing doubts about the intentions of Ringing Bells, saying it is not
possible to supply a phone for Rs 251.
Also, there were allegations that the company had ripped off the design of the
prototype from American phone major Apple's iPhone, while also giving out
devices sourced from a local electronics importer Adcom.
The company is also talking to large e-commerce companies, such as travel
website Goibibo, to get their apps on the devices. "We will also monetize from
the heavy traffic on our website and will make it into a marketplace for other
brands to hop on. This will also help us to bring down the cost." The commonly
seen milliampere-hour (mAh or mAh) is one-thousandth of an ampere-hour (3.6
coulombs). A milliampere-second (mAs) is a unit of measure
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Pahlaj Nihalani is the present head of the Central Board of Film Certification of
India.[1] He is a film producer. He was also the President of the Association of
Motion Pictures and TV Programme Producers for 29 years until 2009.[2] He is
known as the producer of the films such as Shola Aur Shabnam and Aankhen.[2]
[3]
Prior to the Indian general election, 2014, he had also produced the YouTube
video "Har Har Modi, Ghar Ghar Modi" supporting BJP candidate Narendra Modi.
[4] In November 2015, he produced another video paying tribute to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi, entitled "Mera Desh hai Mahaan".[5]
Nihalani produced his first film in 1982, it was Haathkadi. His second film was
Aandhi-Toofan in 1985. His next film, Ilzaam in 1986, is notable for being actor
Govinda's debut. His film, Aag Hi Aag in 1987, also served as the debut for
Chunky Pandey. He then went on to produce Gunahon Ka Faisla in 1987, and
Paap Ki Duniya in 1988. In 1989, the film Mitti Aur Sona, starring Chunky Pandey
and Neelam Kothari, was considered a box office success. The Shola Aur
Shabnam released in 1992, starring Govinda and Divya Bharti, was considered a
huge box office hit. In 1993, Aankhen, produced by him, was also a big box office
hit.[2]
In 2008, he made a cameo appearance in the film Halla Bol.[6] In 2012, he
directed his first film, Avataar, starring Govinda.[7] In 2013, he said that he
would help debut Govinda's daughter, Narmada Ahuja.[8] Before the 2014
general elections, he produced the viral campaign called "Har Har Modi, Ghar
Ghar Modi", supporting Narendra Modi.[4]
He took the office of the chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification
(CBFC) on 19 January 2015.[6] Soon after his appointment, he floated a new set
of strict guidelines under which curse words will be allowed only in A-rated films.
He also said that depiction of violence against women will be discouraged and it
will be ensured that no content which may hurt religious sentiments will be
allowed.[9]
On 12 March 2015, two members of the CBFC, Ashoke Pandit and
Chandraprakash Dwivedi, criticised the way in which Nihalani was running the
organisation.[10] On 9 July 2015, he implemented a new rule under which A-
rated films were no longer allowed for television broadcast. Earlier, A-rated films
could be re-cut, to achieve U or U/A rating and released on television. Nihalani
justified his decision by saying that past A-rated films contained horror or
violence, but most recent A-rated films have sexual themes and so they cannot
be re-cut.[11]
On 10 November 2015, a music video called "Mera Desh Mahaan", produced by
Nihalani as a tribute to Prime Minister Narendra Modi was uploaded to YouTube. A
shorter version of the video was played in film theatres during the interval of the
film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo.[12] After the kissing scenes in the film Spectre were
shortened before release, Nihalani attracted criticism on the social media.
Nihalani responded to the criticism by stating that cuts were within the rules.[13]
[14][15]
In December 2015, Nihalani registered "Sanskari" as the title of his next film.[16]
In late December 2015, Nihalani requested the Ministry of Information and
Broadcasting to form regulations on online film trailers. He said that some films,
like Mastizaade and Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3, were using deleted scenes in their
online trailers and misleading the people.[17]
Personal views and opinions[edit]
Nihalani is self-confessed supporter of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and considers
Narendra Modi a hero.[18] Nihalani has expressed concerns regarding the
existence of nudity online and on television.[19][20] According to him, there
should be one policy on the censorship of nudity in all media similar to films.[19]
He has also expressed concerns that young children may be accessing the
website of pornstar-turned-actress Sunny Leone.[20] Nihalani holds the view that
films should not contain cuss words. He has said that film like cuss words like,
Omkara and Gangs of Wasseypur, should not have been approved for release.
[21] He has claimed that normal and civilised people do not cuss in the manner
depicted in films.[22]
Nihalani has said that producers should not make controversial films like PK.[23]
Nihalani has proposed that the existing system of film ratings should be replaced
by a new system with more categories.[24][25] He has also condemned the
protests of FTII students against the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan as the
Chairman, by calling them anti-government.[25][26]
2012 Avataar is an upcoming Bollywood drama comedy film directed by Pahlaj
Nihalani. It features Govinda and Shatrughan Sinha in the lead roles, along with
Yashpal Sharma in a supporting role. The film also features Sunny Deol, who
makes a special appearance.[1] The film was scheduled to be released on 25
December 2015.[2]
Govind Nihalani is an Indian film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and
producer, known for his works in Hindi cinema. He has been the recipient of six
National Film Awards, and five Bollywood Filmfare Awards. The film (Aligarh)
deals with homosexuality, we have given the trailer an A certificate and it will
run with other adult films. We are not trying to sabotage the film at all. It is on
the makers to accept it or not. If they want to go to the revising committee or
tribunal they can go so by all means. In fact, we will be happy if they get the
desired results from there, he added.