8 NRI PULSE ...... Pulse...... February 2010 Belongs Aamir, Shah Rukh ‘2 SP Expels Amar To All Of India: Singh And ‘Close Chidambaram Idiots’: Compatriot’ Jaya New Delhi: (IANS) Mumbai: (IANS) After targeting Bollywood Idiots’. It shows the head of Aamir (the star and Slamming the Shiv Sena for superstar Shah Rukh Khan for his remarks sup- promoter of the movie) popping out of a drum and its controversial “Mumbai porting the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the SRK sticking his tongue from another drum - signifying for Marathis” slogan, IPL, the Shiv Sena dragged in Aamir Khan, calling the accompanying heading of ‘2 Idiots’. Home Minister P. the duo ‘2 Idiots’. Aamir had said Friday that if he were to select IPL Chidambaram said such a ‘In real life, Aamir and Shah players he would do so only “pernicious” thesis has to Rukh have been proved as ‘2 Idi- on the basis of their perfor- be rejected and the city be- ots’ as both are making stupid mance and not nationality. longs to all of India. statements supporting the cause The Shiv Sena Friday “We reject the thesis of Pakistani cricketers,’ said a hit out at Shah Rukh, who is of Shiv Sena. Mumbai be- statement in the party’s Hindi also the Kolkata Knight Rid- longs to all of India and all Indians are free to live and mouthpiece Dopahar Ka Saamna. ers co-owner, after he said he Lucknow/New Delhi: (IANS) The Samajwadi work in Mumbai,” Chidambaram told reporters. ‘On the one hand, while SRK would have picked a Pakistani Party (SP) recently expelled its high profile lead- “As a matter of policy, we reject the theses is openly displaying his love for player for IPL matches if his ers Amar Singh and Jaya Prada for their anti-party of the Shiv Sena and the MNS ( Pakistani players, Aamir has even team had a slot. activities. Former general secretary Amar Singh Navnirman Sena). These are pernicious theses and put nationalistic sentiments in his Shiv Sena hit back within minutes to describe the expulsion they have to be rejected,” he said. utterances on this issue,’ said the MP Sanjay Raut said if the as “a blessing in disguise”. The home minister said that the Maharashtra statement in the tabloid, which hit actor was so keen on them, “Amar Singh and Jaya Prada, one Rajya Sabha government was “competent” to handle the situa- the stands this afternoon. ‘he could go play his member and the other Lok Sabha member, have tion in Mumbai after the Shiv Sena Sunday ob- ‘According to Aamir, if any cricketer is good, matches in Lahore, not in India’. been expelled from the Samajwadi Party for their jected to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s he would like to have him in his team, it makes no Thane Shiv Sena leader an- anti-party activities,” newly-appointed SP gen- (RSS) view that the city is for all Indians. difference to him which country he belongs to,’ nounced that no film of Shah Rukh would be eral secretary Mohan Singh told reporters in “If the government of Maharashtra seeks our ad- said the statement. screened in the district. Lucknow. vice, we will advise them. But I am sure they are com- The statement is accompanied by a digitally Both actors have not reacted to the Shiv Sena’s The parliamentary board of the party headed petent to manage the situation,” Chidambaram said. altered picture of the recent record blockbuster ‘3 tirade. by party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, he said, decided to expel Amar Singh as “well as his close BJP Surprised Over compatriot Jaya Prada from the primary member- ship of the party”. Padma Award To Ramakrishnan, Zakaria, Amar Singh quickly responded to the latest decision by saying it was “dictatorial”. Sant Singh Chatwal “I had asked for sick leave from the party after 14 years of work... I wanted to take rest. The party cannot New Delhi: (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Chatwal Amongst NRI function in a dictatorial and feudal system,” Amar Singh Party (BJP) recently expressed “surprise” over told reporters in New Delhi minutes after Mohan Singh the government announcing Padma Bhushan for announced the decision. non-resident Indian hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal Padma Awardees “I have been called mad, shameless and scoun- despite controversy over some of his financial drel. This is what I got in return for 14 years of New Delhi: (IANS) Thirteen foreigners, non resi- Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, who is also US-based, deals. service,” he said, referring to Mohan Singh’s ear- dent Indians (NRIs) and people of Indian origin (PIOs), for science and engineering. Also in the list is Britain BJP spokesman Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said lier remarks against him. including Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Manvinder Singh Bangal alias Vindi Banga for trade such awards should not be given to people facing “I will not say anything to Mulayam Singhji. Indian American and industry. From the US are Sheldon Pollock for controversies. “People have expectations that these He has blessed me. It is a blessing in disguise. He journalist Fareed literature and education, Ponisseril Somasundaram awards are given to persons who have worked in has liberated me.” Zakaria and New for science and engineering and Sudhir M. Parikh, the public sphere and are not controversial,” he Mohan Singh said the party was now seek- said. York-based hotelier doctor and newspaper publisher, for social work. From Spain is Dr. Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez for ing legal opinion on how to throw Amar Singh and “We had brought controversies faced by Sant Singh Chatwal, public affairs. Jaya Prada out of parliament. him (Chatwal) to the knowledge of the govern- have been given the ment. They have ignored our suggestion,” Naqvi Padma awards this added. year for services to Andhra Tycoon Dies Of Shock After BJP deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gopinath India. While Munde had written a letter to Prime Minister Ramakrishnan, Abducted Daughter’s Murder Manmohan Singh expressing disapproval over the who got the Nobel Vijayawada: Unable to bear the shock of the grue- up for speedy trial in the case. “We can’t follow the government’s move to bestow Padma Bhushan on Fareed Zakaria Prize for Chemistry some murder of his 10-year-old daughter two days routine process to punish these murders who have put Chatwal. last year, has got the after she was kidnapped, a top Andhra Pradesh busi- even the devil to shame.” The body of Class 4 student Munde told mediapersons later that if a mis- Padma Vibhushan - the second highest award - for science and engineering, five have got the Padma Bhushan nessman died of a cardiac arrest. Naga Vaishnavi was found in a boiler of a take has been made, the government should rec- - the third higest award - and the rest the Padma Shri. Palagani Prabhakara Rao, who was foundry on the outskirts of Guntur town, tify it. Those that have got the Padma Bhushan are in the liquor, real estate and finance busi- about 50 km from Vijayawada. She had Chatwal had faced trials in India in connec- Newsweek In- ness and was a leader of a backward been kidnapped in Vijayawada by three tion with an alleged bank fraud. He is considered ternational edi- class organisation, collapsed in unidentified men while she was on her close to former US president Bill Clinton and his tor Zakaria for Vijayawada after hearing the news of his way to school in a car. The car driver was wife Hillary Clinton. journalism, US- daughter’s killing. Doctors said he had stabbed to death. Rao’s 14-year-old son Speaking to Headlines Today over phone, based Prof Tan two cardiac arrests and died at a private Sai Tejesh, who was in the car too, man- Chatwal said he felt “very proud” over the United Chung for lit- hospital. “There is huge public anger aged to escape. The attackers fled in the Progressive Alliance government bestowing the erature and edu- over the killing of innocent girl. I heard men and women car with Vaishnavi. Police suspect that the abductors high civilian honour on him. cation, Chatwal, in TV debates asking the government as to why the murdered the girl before throwing her into an elec- Terming the controversy over the alleged bank hotelier and lob- murderers can’t be killed in an encounter,” chief minis- tric boiler used to melt iron scrap to make bolts fraud as “old stories,” Chatwal said he loved India Sant Singh Chatwal byist, for public ter K Rosaiah said. He said family feud could be the and nuts. Police could only recover charred re- and had worked hard for the country. affairs and motive, announced that a fast track court be would set mains of the girl.