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- Soha rushes to meet an injured Kunal Khemu in Goa
- Complete land aquisition for NH 4 by May ;Centre tells Goa Government
- 39 new dragonfly species found in Goa
- Ajay Devgn likes a suite on Palolem Goa beach
| Soha rushes to meet an injured Kunal Khemu in Goa Posted: 05 May 2010 06:00 AM PDT Soha Ali Khan flew into Goa four days ago to spend time with the Golmaal 3 unit. Most people assumed she had gone there to bond with her brother's girlfriend Kareena Kapoor, who is the leading lady of the film. But the truth is that Soha heard that her 'good friend' Kunal Khemu, who is also a part of the Golmaal-3 starcast, had met with an accident while doing a stunt scene. Rohit Shetty, the director of the film, confirms the news of the mishap. Says he, "Kunal was on a waterski and he injured his leg really badly.'' One of the unit members said that at one point, Kunal was in so much pain that they thought he had fractured his leg. And that he would be rendered unfit for shooting for a few days. However, it turned out that his injury wasn't that serious and he is now able to continue shooting with a sprain bandage on his upper leg, just above his knee. Obviously, Soha heard of the accident and she immediately rushed to Goa to check how badly Kunal had injured himself. What's more, after she landed there, she apparently decided to hang out in Goa for a few days making sure that Kunal didn't take any risks with his injured leg and attempt any dangerous action scenes in his hurt state. An insider says that it was indeed very sweet to see the way Soha cared for Kunal hanging around the sets, though the temperature on the Goa beach where the unit is stationed is a raging 38 degrees. Of course, the fact that Bebo is around makes things that much simpler. "Soha gets along famously with most of the actors who are around,'' says the source. "Seeing her sitting around with the cast actually makes it seem like she is part of the unit too.'' And is Kunal happy with this development? Those who have seen the actor in the last few days say he looks more than happy to Soha around. And he is absolutely basking in all the extra attention that he has been getting. Courtesy:Indiatimes |
| Complete land aquisition for NH 4 by May ;Centre tells Goa Government Posted: 05 May 2010 05:17 AM PDT Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways informed Mr. Shantaram Naik, MP in the Rajya Sabha today that national highways authority of India has requested Government of Goa to complete the process of land acquisition for NH-4A by May, 2010 and for NH-17 earliest possible before October, 2010. He further told Mr. Naik that the total area to be acquired is 132 ha for NH-4A and 310 ha for NH-17. Mr. Singh told Mr. Naik that the construction period of NH-4A is 30 months and for NH-17 is 36 months. The Minister further said that for NH-4A tender has been awarded under Build, Operate & Transfer (BOT) (Design, Build, Finance, Operate & Transfer pattern) for a total project cost of Rs. 471.00 crore. The total project cost of NH-17 is Rs. 1872 crore for which bidding is in process. In the reply to another question on State Highways and District Roads Mr. Singh told Mr. Naik that as per provision of the Central Road Fund (CRF) Act, 2000, the cess levied on Petrol and High Speed Diesel is utilized for the development and maintenance of National Highways, development of the rural roads, development and maintenance of other State roads including roads of Inter-State Connectivity and Economic Importance and construction of roads either under or over the railways by means of a bridge and erection of safety works at unmanned rail road crossings. He further told Mr. Naik that this Ministry is responsible for the allocation of funds to the States for the development and maintenance of State roads including State Highways, Major District roads and other roads of importance excluding rural roads. The allocation made to the States accordingly for such roads is Rs. 13613.05 crores so far. State Governments implement the projects sanctioned under the CRF by incurring expenditure against the annual allocation made to them and release of funds based on progress of works and actual expenditure. The total amount released to States till date is Rs. 11104.42 crores, he added. |
| 39 new dragonfly species found in Goa Posted: 04 May 2010 07:42 PM PDT The whir of tiny dragon flies and damsel flies was not heard much amidst the recent din about turtles and tigers. But a 19-month long study carried out in Goa some time back is likely to bring them into sharper focus as the number of their species has now gone up to 74. In an extensive study carried out in 2007-08, wildlife enthusiast Parag Rangnekar, associate professor of zoology Manoj Borkar and computer engineering student Omkar Dharwadkar listed 39 new species. “The significant finding is reporting of 34 new species and four families of dragon flies for the first time,” Borkar said. “In 2007-08, in all 38 surveys were conducted throughout the state to cover varied habitats ranging from mountain streams, inland water bodies, paddy-fields to marshland,” says Rangekar. While, dragon flies are robust, natural flies are delicate. The study was published by the Journal of Threatened Taxa, a peer reviewed research journal published by Coimbatorebased Zoo Outreach Organization. “The publication took time as it was preceded by aprocess of peer review, which, in this case was done by K A Subramaniam, a reputed odonatologist of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI),” he added. Dragon flies are considered indicators of the health of wetlands. “Dragon flies lay their eggs only in clean water. As wetlands are being reclaimed, their conservation is at stake,” Borkar said. They also serve to keep a check on a lot of insects and pests as a means of biological control. Biological diversity or biodiversity is variety, variability and number of living organisms. But only two, plants (floral diversity) and animals (faunal), are appreciated as they are more noticeable. “Very importantly, there is a greater range and diversity of microbes which we hardly appreciate due to lack of optical gadgets,” Borkar said. Odonata is a scientific term to classify dragon flies and damsel flies. In India, documented dragon flies number 499 species. Till the mid 1990s, serious taxonomic work to document them was not conducted in Goa. In 1995, M Prasad, an odonatologist of repute published findings of a sporadic survey of dragon flies in Goa and listed 17 species. In 2006, Borkar along with two of his students, Durga Karnam and G Chandraprabha added 16 more species after some field work in Salcete. “These species were not included by ZSI in its paper published in 2008 under the authorship of P P Kulkarni and S S Talmale”, he added. Courtesy:TOI |
| Ajay Devgn likes a suite on Palolem Goa beach Posted: 04 May 2010 09:41 AM PDT What Ajay Devgn wants, he gets. In this case, a suite at the Hotel Intercontinental The Lalit on Palolem beach, Goa. Says a source close to the actor, “Ajay feels comfort is essential for an artiste to perform well. To him, the hotel rooms he stays in, while shooting in India or abroad, have to feel like home - spacious, stylish and comfortable. While shooting in Hyderabad, he stays at a particular suite; when in Goa, he stays at the Presidential Suite at the Palolem beach hotel.”
Mera wala kamraa “When Ajay’s family comes to Goa, they stay in the suite. It is the biggest suite in the hotel and Ajay always insists on it. He even has the hotel chef coming to him to take his order. Often, the chef whips up some exotic dish as per the actor’s specifications.” Won’t leave Courtesy:Oneindia |
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