Malaysian Deputy PM unviels Malaysian Visa Application Centre in Mumbai for Increasing the Tourism Growth

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has today unvieled a Malaysian Visa Application Centre along with Director, VFS Global, Mr. Paul John at Babulnath Temple,Girgaum in Mumbai .It was organised by VFS Global Visa Company to endeavour and give boost to India- Malaysia Relations and expand it's services to other parts of the country. This Visa Application Centre will benifit to the travelers and visa seekers as they can now able to avail Malaysian visas from Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata,Banglore, Ahemdabad, Chandigarh and Kochi.Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was on a five-day official visit to India from March 8 to12.

While speaking on the ocassion, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said,"I am indeed pleased to join Malaysian Visa application centre in Mumbai, this centre has became a focal point where indias all travel Agencies will submit visa applications to Malaysia and this can be done by Visiting our office. This will help to all Indian Travellers who want to visit Malaysia and they can come to the Visa application centre for making it done easily. Numbers of visitors from India going to Malaysia has been increased from last decade, from just over 130 thousands visitors in year 2000, the arrivals of Indians in Malaysia is increased 690
thousands in 2010, and I am pleased to inform you that India is now in top 10 Rank of Visiting Malaysia. I beleve this reflect the increasing relationships between India-Malaysia in terms of bussiness and process culture.Now in Malaysia 8 percent of Population is from India and our country has increasing number of employement for the Young professionals from India. In Malaysia, Indian Companies like Reliance , Satyam,Wipro Has set up their organisation and We hope there will be more companisies from India will settle down in Malaysia. Through this both country will come closer to business perspective and Culture too. Tourism is also an important key factor and through this Visa Centres it will be more easy for Indians to visit Malaysia.."

Filmstars played a Football charity Match for social cause

Today Bollywood Celebrities has teamed up against Pune XI Team which compromises of Bureaucrats, Young Politicians for an entralling Celebrity Foot Ball Match which is organised for a social cause for the Cancer and Aids Patients at Balewadi Stadium, Pune. The Celebrity Football match was organised by Pune Based Abhijit Kadam Memorial Foundation jointly with Salman Khan's Being Human Foundation and at the end of the Match Bollywood Team emerges as a winner of the Foot ball match by Beating Pune XI by 7-2 win. Salman Khan was the Captain of the Bollywood Team and his Brother Sohail Khan has kicked 4 goals for the counterpart which helps Bollywood Team to win. Bollywood Team was compromises of Sohail Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kunal Khemu, Ritesh Deshmukh, Harman Baweja, Ashmit Patel, Salman Khan as captain and many other Personalities. In Pune TeamXI the players were Dhanraj Pillay, Siddarth Jadhav, Ankush Chawdhari and various others.

While speaking to the Media, Bollywood Actor Sohail Khan said,"Every Year there is a great environment and happiness for us to be here for Foot ball. It's a great thing that we had played for the charity and we are just a as a family and we had won this time also against the Pune XI. Yesterday we have lost the cricket match at Vyazak.we have won the Foot Ball match and it's feel great to be here ."
When Asked about Indian Cricket Team, Sohail Khan said, As a sportsman, to play Foot Ball in front of the Large audiences is a good thing for me."


On the Other side, Congress Leader and Pune Team XI player said,"Foot Ball Tournament is done and now Charity Match is done for the cause of raising awareness about AIDS, HIV and Cancer among young children and today we have played a match against Salman Khan's Being Human Foundation Team and the public has also given a good response to the Football. All the money from the charity has to be given for the cause of HIV, Cancer patients and for the prevention of the Cancer and I am greatful that for the noble cause Bollywood stars had also helped us in this Foot Ball Match."

Maharashtra's first Celebrity Wax Museum opened up in Lonavala

Sunil Kandalloor is the first Indian Sculptor who makes a first Life size statue of Chatrapati Shivaji in India and He also had opened a Wax Celebrity Museum which is one of it's own kind in Maharashtra. He has made statues of the top most prominent People of India which includes, Father of India Mahatma Gandhi, Jawahar Lal Nehru, Mother Teressa, A R Rehman, Adolf Hitler, Swami Vivekanand and many more.Sunil Kandalloor who has been making large size wax statue from last 13 years and now because of him there is no need for the people to visit to the Madame Tussauds for seeing a look of their favourites. Sunil Kandalloor has made a museum in Lonavala which has consists of 25 prominent personalities from India and Across the World. For Making this statue, he not only use Wax but he adds some chemical powders and add real Hair for giving the Statue a real Look with expressions. In Maharashtra, it is the one of it's own kind of Wax statues and Musium.

While Speaking to the UN TV, Sculptor, Sunil Kandalloor said,"I am From Kerela, I have two more museums in India, Both were in Kerela and now this is new in Lonavala. I started the first wax Museum branch in 2005 in Kanyakumari, now I am here in Lonavala with my 25 Wax models including Shivaji Maharaj. 12 years before I started to make this kind of things in India, I think I am the first person in India."

When asked him about where the Idea had came from to make a Wax museum, her replied,"From my Childhood I had little talent in drawing, paintings and all, I developed in my finance college after that I had to do something special that I had to do something special that's why I had spent 6 years in my home for findings out this kind of Technology, but the problem is that nobody is doing this kind of things, there were no wax models are in India, It's not available for even for a look, so I had to suffer from it, as I spent six years in my home for developing this kind of Technology which was very difficult for me."


When I asked about how much time it takes for making an Idol, he said,"Now, I can finish one model in a month because I have 13 years of Experience, we have to collect original hair for Shivaji, beard hair is Original human hair collecting from the people and fixing it to one by one, head hair is also original.and that also we have to fulfill us it's gloves, his eyes is also resembles as original eyes and we fixed it properly that it shows expressions."

When asked about his Museum, he replied,"Before it was regarding Shivaji Maharaj, Gandhi, Nehru, there all are from the photograph, we can collect the photographs details from the photographs, now all the details are available on the Internet.Now the Technology is totally developed, if the celebrities and Personalities are available for 1 hour, I can make the measurement, I can study about the figure and speciality about that figure. This came out like Russell parukutty, A R Rehman like that and last week I met Amitabh Bachchan and he thoroughly watched my Statues and asked me that it's a wax statue or a real person. So I think, what he said to me, I feels it's a great award for me, he told me to come to my home and If I got a chance to make his statue, So I will make the model in 1 month."

When asked about, Are you commercially sell the statues of the Museum, he said,"I don't have time for this thing, we have to develop the big measures Like for making Madame Tussauds kind of museum with in a period of 2 to 3 years. So doing business like that and and selling them is not what I want to do, I am not willing to give this kinds of Models."


When asked about him the difference between his Wax Models as compare to Mademe Tussauds, he said,"Now a days ,technology has been developed because in my first museum, so many models are there but the mobility is the big problem there, it's totally wax,solid wax but about this thing, this is a Swallow, we can dismantle it, refix it with in 10 minutes, we can carry in a bag and take every where. In the statue, including wax we use powder color to get more harder then body contains using fibre glasses that's why mobility is easy."

When asked about his further plans about the future, he said,"Now, it's one month it's hapenning here, It's totally of mine museum, no help from anyone. It's a small museum but I have big dream to make such museum like Madame Tussauds in London. We have to invite the celebrities, personalities from all over India, the model will have to be there in my museum and that's my dream."

When asked about the cost of a single Statue, he replied,"The expenses for making a statue is 1.5 lakh and it took one month time to prepare and my statue is not for sale."

When asked about his favorite Actor whom he want to make a wax statue, he said,"Amitabh Bachchan is my dream, Aishwarya, Lata Mangeshkar, L K Advani, Sharad pawar, Bal Thackeray to be waxed in India and my dream is to open a Wax Museum Branch in Mumbai and it will be open by the year 2012 as it's really difficult to endeavour in Mumbai as per my plan, I hope some help from government and Tourism Minister Chagan Bhujbal has offered me for help too."

He had recently made the statue of Shivaji Maharaj which was unvieled by Tourism Minister Chagan Bhujbal and He is soon unvieling the Statue of Chagan Bhujbal itself by the first week of April."

When asked about, the celebs who have visited his museum, he said,"There are so many people visited here in which Chagan Bhujbal had visited, Jackie Shroff had visited and Now today Anupam Kher is likely to be coming."

Sunil Kandalloor is now working on for the wax statue of Indira Gandhi, Lata Mangeshkar and R Madhavan which will soon be unvieled.

'Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female Awards' honours inspirational Bollywood Actresses

Today Bollywood Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor, newly Famed actress Anushka Sharma, Mallaika Arora Khan were seen on a same platform for the Awards Ceremony of the 'Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female Awards 2010' at Hotel Taj Lands End, Mumbai. Bollywood actors like Imran Khan, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh were also present for the awards.The awards was to honour real Cosmo women leading inspirational lives and for the Women's Spirit and attitude. The awards were differentiated in 24 different categotries and in which The Max Cosmopolitan Fearless Female Actor Editors Choice awards was given to Kareena Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan grabs Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Female of all time Awards and Anushka Sharma was awarded with Van Heusen Cosmopolitan Fun Fearless Star on the rise and many other actress also won awards in various categories.
While speaking to the Media, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan said,"I think it's wonderful that Cosmopolitan has given us this sweet little momento of appreciation and it''s really precious as I get it from the biggest jury that is the audience. It's the viewers and readers who have voted me and made this possible to take this little token of appreciation."


Dabbang's Fame Mallaika Arora khan said,"As a women and at a award funtion like this , I think it's a wonderful opportunity for a women world over that where ever they go they make make up themselves to reach a the top."

Bollwood Actress Kareena Kapoor said,"This is not a regular award,it;s a different award, it's a fashion magazine and it's always nice to win different Kinds of awards and I wish all the women a very proud women's day."

Actress Anushka sharma said,"I never expect Awards and I always just want to be a part of the shows"

Aishwarya Rai supports the cause of Women Empowermen​t

Bollywood Actress Aishwarya Rai was seen today along with Vice President of Marketing - Lavasa Anuradha Paraskar for Women's Drive 2011 Awards Ceremony where the Winners of the Race were awarded in different categories at Hotel Hayat Regency, Mumbai. The motto behind the Women's race was to help and support the womens and create awareness of Breast cancer in women . Aishwarya Rai was present to support women education and awareness in a programme which was dedicated to the women. Aishwarya also presented awards to the winners of the Lavasa Women's drive.

While speaking to the Media, Bollywood Actress Aishwarya Rai said about the Social awareness initiative that ,"I think it's very humbling, I don't believe i am the inspiration, on the contrary I believe that they have been very inspiring to all of us because some of the women share there courage and have strength to potray in their ability,to wake up every day to strong enough to conquer the challenges of being faced with cancer. There are some women who work relentlessly here day in and day out, aiding the cause, serving the cause, working with the hospitals and are very inspiring. I am happy to be here to see women celebrating an evening for empowerment, feeling empowered with the Knowledge of possibilities, seeing success stories around you, strong women around you and as so many women were positively participated in this drive to Lavasa and to actually help increasing awareness I think it's great that such initiatives are taken up and spread by the communication and it's important for the womne to go for regular checkup to overcome the breast cancer."

APJ Abdul Kalam: Indian Banks has to be technologi​cally advanced for prospering economic growth by 2020

Today Indian Former President APJ Abdul Kalam was present in an event of 7th Edition of Annual Banking Technology Conference and Awards along withof SBI, Chairman O.P Bhatt and Managinig Director of Bank of Baroda, M.D. Mallya at Hotel Trident Mumbai.The Bank Tech Conference is about to discuss incorporated various technology issues that are challenging to Indian Banking Industry. According to A P J Abdul Kalam, The country will only prosper when our Banking Sector will start using technology at a higher extent and strenthening of Technology indirectly make india economically strong by the year 2020.

While speaking to Media, Former President APJ Abdul Kalam said,"I am delighted to participate in the Banking Technology Conference and giving away the Banking Technology awards 2010, in Mumbai. I visualise the following demands in the emerging areasof Banking and there is a time left for 9 years to compel india's Mission to Make India Economically Strong and technically equiped by 2020. For Bringing Sustainable rural development, technology ceretainly is an important factor as technology provides innovative solutions to the global challenges. If Banking adopts technology it will certainly help to meet the challenges of Rural areas for the development. "
He also added,"As India celebrates 64 years of Independence and we are the largest democracy in the World and for economically development activities, it just remaining nine years for the mission 2020 for development and there is already a significant progress is happening in all direction and we have to make a sustainable system which acts as an enabler nad brings growth to the country."

Expert says Budget 2011-12 is good as FM has been able to balanced it out

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today presented the Budget of fiscal year 2011-12 in Parliament and as per the assumptions, the Budget proposals address the problem of high inflation and give a push to economic reforms. Instantly after the Budget, it has seen that the Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange has jumped to nearly 400 points. According to the president of United Stock Exchange from BSE, Saurav Arora, this budget is good and the Finance minister has taken care of all the populists concerns and had given a good road map for the Economy.


While Speaking to UNI TV ,United Stock Exchange, president, Saurav Arora from BSE said,"I think the Budget is good and the finance minister has done a good in taking care all the populists concerns,they had given a good road map and Whatever kind of directions we needed from the market, we have get that from the Goods and Service Tax (GST) and Direct Tax Codes (DTC). It has been percieved well by the Industry, and there are many important things that Finance minister has to do."
When asked about the Key factors of the Budget,he replied,the most key factor that had given a clear road map about Goods and Service Tax (GST) that in three years time it will get implimented and by next 2012 the (Direct Tax Codes) DTC will get implemented which was one thing which was pending but now they have given a renewed focus on education and this time 24,000 crores will be spend on education. they have given grant to Colleges, to students which i think is important. As FM is said, education and Population is the both asset and challenge which the government has addressed in the budget and for me this are the two important highlights of the Budget and I think the budget is good as they have been able to balanced it out."

On the Other side one of the Investor in BSE,Siddharth K Kuvavala said,"I think the Finance Minister has addressed everybody, we are anticiating GDP 9 % and above and the fiscal deficit at 4.6% for the Fiscal Year 2012., both is very good and this are commendable figures and much more comfortable than any countries all over the world and this budget will attracts lot of foreign direct investment also from here now."

Senior Research Analyst Ramesh Bhojwani said,"There is no negativity in this budget, all duties, Taxes, excise, customs, service Tax, income tax, they have been mainted or improved."

DGP D Shivanandan wants police to be tech-advanced for the prevention of Future threat

Today Maharashtra State's Director General of Police (DCP) D. Shivanandan retired from Police Service and during his farewell at Police Headquarter in Naigaon mainly all the Top officers of police were present for his farewell ceremony. D Shivanandan was the IPS officer of the 1976 batch and have been in the police service from last 35 years. According to D Shivanandan, the country will face major threat challenges in the upcoming future and to prevent this kind of threat our police has to be technology and scientifically advanced.

While Speaking to the Media,Maharashtras Director General of Police D Shivanandan said "We are going to face four major internal security challenges in the future,i.e; growing Terrorism,growing Left Wing Extremism, Communal Problem and Growing Corruption and for this police force has to use Science and Technology and they have to be improve, there has to be less manpower and more technology and this is the way that we will make prevent such threat. "

Sharing his past experience D .Shivanandan said,"My memory for 35 years is memorable and every challenge that was there for me , I had faced them properly and I have got every opportunity without any issue or any other thing. I held most important charges in the state, I have been Commissioner of Police Nagpur, Thane, Mumbai, 6 years in Crime Branch as Additional CP and CP and even I was in Anti Corruption Bureau and many other top posts. My journey has been absolutely memorable and I am retiring only from Government service not from the service. I have opened many schools and wishing to open Hospitals in the future too."

Tanu and Manu at show 'Jhalak Dikhlaja'

Today Bollywood Actor R. Madhavan and Actress Kangna Ranaut were seen promoting their forthcoming flick 'Tanu weds Manu' at the sets of Dance Reality Show 'Jhalak Dhikhlaja' at Filmistan, Mumbai. Tanu Weds Manu is a Romantic Comedy Film which is produced by Shailesh R Singh and directed by Anand L. Rai . It stars with Actor R Madhavan, Kangna Ranaut and Jimmy Shergil in the lead roles and the story is based on the age old belief that marriages are made in heaven. The film is scheduled for release on February 25, 2011.Accrding to Lead actor of the film R. Madhavan,it's not a comedy movie, it's a humorous movie with full of romance.

While speaking to the Media, Actor R Madhavan said,"I am a big fan of actress Madhuri Dixit and for that reason I was here and I got the chance to meet Madhuri Dixit as she is a great actress and we miss her in this film Industry and our director of the film is also influnced by Madhuri Dixit."

From this film, I didn't expect to be a good response but the film has got a good response from Film Industry, Madhuri and several actors and directors also appreciated the film. I hope just like Film Industry shows a good response and now we are expecting for a good response from the audience.

On the Other side Kangna Ranaut said,"For me Madhuri Dixit is a big inspiration and we have learned acting by seeing her actings in the films. We have learned a lot by seeing her acting not by learning with our own. As someone said that I resemble as like Madhuri, If I am looking as like Madhuri than it's a proud thing for me. I am also thankful to Madhuri that she had seen our film and also appreciated it ."