Danny in Akshay's Boss, Salman's Mental

A while back there were rumours that Danny Denzongpa would next be seen in the Dharma production film Shuddhi. Though the initial buzz proved to be untrue, we now have confirmed reports that Danny will in fact be seen in Akshay Kumar's upcoming film Boss and Salman Khan's Mental.

Further it is said that the 65-year-old actor will be seen in an action avatar in Boss and in Mental respectively. While in Boss Danny will be seen engaging in some high octane hand to-hand combat, Mental will feature the actor as the main villain.

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Sonam to replace Freida in NH10

A while back, it was announced that Freida Pinto would soon be making her Bollywood debut in the Navdeep Singh film NH10. Though the actress had confirmed her presence in the film, we now here that Freida has opted out of the project.

It is learnt that Freida, who till now had been pretty excited about her Bollywood debut, so much so that she even roped in international financers for the film, has since decided on opting out. The reason she claims behind this sudden change were the apparent delays in the film's schedule.

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I am shocked and disappointed: Sachin Tendulkar on fixing

Mumbai: Sachin Tendulkar has finally spoken on the issue of the IPL spot-fixing scandal saying that he has been hurt by the revelations.

“Developments in the last two weeks have been shocking and disappointing.”

“It always hurts me when game of cricket is in news for wrong reasons,” Tendulkar said on the issue of spot-fixing on Friday.

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1.5 lakh students in rural Punjab to get Akash tablets

Amritsar: 1.5 lakh students in rural areas would be provided with Akash tablets from this session at a cost of Rs 110 crore, Punjab government said on Tuesday.

The government is fully committed to strengthen higher education in rural areas of the state and the education sector was a priority for the SAD-BJP government, Chief Parliamentary Secretary (Education) Inderbir Singh Bolaria said here.

The tablets would be distributed with an aim to make rural students aware about the use of technology in present day education, he said.

Under the previous budget, Punjab government had sanctioned 12 per cent of the whole budget to the education sector, he said.

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Mercury registers slight drop in Punjab, Haryana

Chandigarh: There was a marginal drop in the maximum temperatures at a few places across Punjab and Haryana Thursday, giving some respite to the people from the heat wave conditions.

The maximum in their common capital and Union territory of Chandigarh dropped by over three degrees from yesterday to settle at 38.3 degrees Celsius, one notch below normal, the MeT office said.

Ambala in Haryana recorded a high of 39.2 degrees, down one notch while Karnal's maximum, too, fell marginally to settle at 39.4 degrees.

Hisar and Bhiwani where temperatures had been hovering close to 45 degrees over the past few days, too, saw temperatures come down to settle at 41.1 and 41.4 degrees, respectively.

However, Narnaul today continued to sizzle at 44 degrees today, up three degrees.

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Parliament session in July likely to pass Food Bill

New Delhi: Moves appeared to be afoot to call a special Parliament session in July to pass two key bills, including the National Food Security bill.

A final decision on the issue will be taken after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returns from his foreign tour tomorrow, sources said.

While the dates for the session are being talked about as July 1-5, the government sources said that no schedule has yet been finalised.

Sources also said Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kamal Nath and Food Minister K V Thomas are in favour of holding a special session of Parliament considering the Opposition's demand for detailed discussion on the Food Bill.

Kamal Nath is expected to hold consultations with allies and supporting parties on this issue.

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