Madhuri will have Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Kareena Kapoor for company at the famous museum.

Madhuri went on Twitter to share the good news with all her fans yesterday. “Madame Tussaud’s made the announcement and I am confirming it. Will be in London in March to introduce my likeness! Thanks for all ur support,” she tweeted.

She also added, “It’s a real mark of achievement to be recognised for ones art and work. It’s also wonderful to be following in the footsteps of other Bollywood stars and some of my personal heroes!”

An official statement from the Madame Tussauds London said, “The award winning actress Madhuri Dixit-Nene is the latest Indian film star set to join the A-list line up here at Madame Tussauds London. Madhuri has already given a sitting to our sculptors in Mumbai and is expected to unveil her likeness here in March.” They also said that their decision to choose Madhuri was based on all the requests they received about her.

Sources say the government is also proposing nearly 50 per cent reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes in the Lokpal Bill and that the Lokpal monitors the CBI in cases of corruption it refers to the investigative agency.

But as Anna spreads his wings, the government’s worries have increased, specially after Anna threatening to launch a jail bharo agitation and a fast if the bill isn’t passed in this session.

via : IBN Live

Under new regulations, retail giants such as Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Tesco, long barred from selling directly to Indian consumers, will now be permitted to own a majority 51% stake in joint operations with a local partner. So-called single-brand retailers, the likes of Apple and Ikea, can own 100% of their stores, up from 51% previously. Both kinds of stores will have to source nearly a third of their goods from small and medium-sized Indian suppliers as well as confine their operations to 53-odd cities with a population over one million.

Indian consumers also tend to buy groceries in neighborhood shops. Organized retail operations — professionally managed chains, as opposed to family-owned independent stores — account for just 5 percent of the retail market, according to the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.

“It’s a country in which infrastructure is not fully developed,” said Rajagopalan. “For any individual to travel to a large store is not the easiest of things.” Political pressures remain. Shops and markets across India were shut today as traders supported a daylong strike demanding the government scrap its decision on foreign investment. States have a say in allotting licenses and West Bengal may not allow foreign investment in retailing, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said in televised comments Nov. 28.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, get ready to see a generous dose of action and drama, for drama queen Dolly Bindra is apparently set to enter the show. Dolly had last years’ TRPs soaring with her loud and notorious antics. According to sources, she will enter the house this week. However, her duration of stay remains unconfirmed. Whether she’ll come as a guest or make a wild card entry is being kept under wraps, sources reveal that this is being done to give the falling TRPs a boost.

Former contestants of this season of the show have expressed relief. Afghan beauty Vida Samadzai, who got evicted last week, says, “It is great. I am very happy that Pooja is out of the house. It was about time this happened. She is a mean person and a big drama queen.” Samadzai however adds, “I hope she learns a lesson from this and becomes a better human being.”

Singer Raageshwari Loomba, who left the house last month, says, “Though I don’t follow the show anymore, I know there have been negative attacks on her. Her behaviour in the house may be because of the unnatural setting of the show that drives a person to the edge. I only hope this helps her positively.”

“Juhi and Sky were the nicest people in there and my best friends! I don’t differentiate between genders in friendship.. Sad so many oppose it,” she posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Bedi’s closeness with Sky also sparked rumours of their link-up. In fact, in one of the episodes, she was seen hugging Sky and giving him a good-night kiss. Bedi, on realising how the gesture had the rumour mills buzzing, cleared the air and wrote, “yup! Even my dad who appreciates my enthusiasm toward friends told me th hug with Sky looked bad on tv!!sigh!Lesson learned! (sic).”

Pooja’s evidently unhappy with Mahek Chahel and thinks she is one person who always looks out for fights, claims Pooja.

“Mehek Chahel is non-stop negative energy! The vulture who hungers and hankers for fights constantly! thrives on it for sympathy! does it show?” she further posted.

The actress, however, describes the whole experience as a roller-coaster ride. In fact, initial reports suggested that Misrra took drugs too. However, Bedi clarified that and wrote, “PM only smoked cigarettes!No drugs!Our bags were checked thoroughly before entering! Even the pockets of all shirts and jeans! (sic)”

Terming Anna’s remedy as reminiscent of the Taliban, Samajwadi Party leader Mohan Singh said, “While he wears a Gandhi cap, Hazare’s thoughts are akin to that of Taliban.”

“This statement has dented his image,” he added.

Criticising the anti-graft campaigner for the comment, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Nilotpal Basu said, “There is no need for self-appointed guardians in our society.”

While agreeing that Anna’s cause was right, social activist Ranjana Kumari said his ways “are not acceptable”.

“Flogging people is taking law in your hand, you can’t do that,” she said.

Anna recently told a TV channel that drunkards should be flogged so they drop the habit.

His encouraging women in his native village Ralegan-Siddhi to flog the errant menfolk reportedly “cured” the place first of liquor and then gutka and pawn.

Source : DNAIndia

Born to a Punjabi family in Ontario, Leone has appeared in various reality shows in the US, and was named among the world’s top 12 porn stars by fashion magazine Maxim in 2010.

She is the first international celebrity to enter Bigg Boss season 5. It is not confirm yet that the porn star would be the long term participant of the show or she would just stay 2,3 days.

Sunny’s entry will definitely raise the drama and excitement level, as the house already has two single men-Siddharth Bhardwaj and Akashdeep Saigal. This move seems to have been inspired by Pamela Anderson’s successful innings in the last season.

Peter Schurman, a Diaspora spokesman, declined to comment on specific details but acknowledged Zhitomirskiy’s death. “We’re all very sad that Ilya has passed away,” Schurman told FoxNews.com.

The New York University graduate was struggling to launch his social network Diaspora — an open-source social network Zhitomirskiy started building with classmates Dan Grippi, Maxwell Salzberg and Raphael Sofaer early last year. Their goal was to provide an idealistic Facebook alternative with an emphasis on user control and privacy.
The team struggled with money as it worked to release its website, despite quickly raising $200,000 in funding through venture capitalists and microfinance startup Kickstarter after being featured in The New York Times.

The site’s founders described Diaspora as a “distributed network, where totally separate computers connect to each other directly, will let us connect without surrendering our privacy.” Last year, they released the first version of the site to a limited audience.
The team’s efforts even got the attention of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who donated money to the project. “I think it is cool people are trying to do it,” he told Wired. “I see a little of myself in them. It’s just their approach that the world could be better and saying, ‘We should try to do it’.”

“Shocked and deeply sad for the world that my friend @zhitomirskiyi, co-founder of Diaspora, is dead… The world needed his voice,” said Mozilla interface guru Aza Raskin
Diaspora has launched a site redesign in the wake of Zhitomirskiy’s passing.

Source : Fox News

Now comes a twist in Big Boss 5. According to reports : A recent and fresh trouble have cropped up for TV actor Amar Upadhay after an Udaipur court has asked Upadhyay to present himself for his alleged role in a bounced cheque case.

As per the sources, Amar Upadhyay had launched a company called Mihir Virani Multitrade Pvt Ltd, in Malad (West), which followed the finance chain-membership system. Udaipur resident- Harinarayan Soni, has filed a case against the company, since one of the cheques issued to him by Amar’s company, in lieu of the profit made out of Soni’s investment, had bounced. Soni had reportedly invested in the company, and earned profits worth Rs 7 lakh in 2001. Apparently, Soni went to the police soon and eventually filed a court case. It is said that the Udaipur court had issued the summons to the actor one-and-a-half years ago, but Amar ended up missing his first hearing, forcing the court to summon him again. Speculations are rife that the cops will have to enter the Bigg Boss house to hand deliver the summons.

Guess, it’s time for Amar to think about the troubles in his life rather than taking pleasure at the catfights!

Gulabo Sapera earlier, during her stay in the Big Boss house charged Pooja Mishra for taking drugs. “She (Pooja) smokes a lot. So, she went into the smoking zone smoked a cigarette and something else too. I am sure she is on drugs! And then she started behaving like a mad person, broke the mop and all,” Gulabo said.

In an interview, Gulabo added, “Pooja would often ask me for incense sticks which I never refused to share until I got to know what she used it for. Honestly, I couldn’t believe when I saw her taking a lit incense stick to the washroom. What on earth will people do with a lit stick in the washroom? I’m sure she would either eat the remains or snort it. Uske baad toh woh badal jaati thi. Pooja is such an addict that she has even stolen those sticks from the packet I had.”

Celebrity publicist Dale Bhagwagar, taking Pooja’s side claimed that Gulabo might have been more careful and cautious with her words that has been used against another celebrity in national TV. “If Pooja decides to challenge her charges about drugs in the court of law, how will Gulabo be able to prove anything?” he said.

He also explains how every contestant gets checked and scanned thoroughly before entering Big Boss. “There is no way anyone can smuggle unwanted materials into the Bigg Boss House without the knowledge of their production crew. It’s impossible,” he added.