Rakhi Sawant doesn't seem to stop harping about how she's the original item girl. In fact, not too long ago, Rakhi even took a dig at Malaika Arora Khan and Katrina Kaif about them doing item numbers.
But while Rakhi believes that Malaika and Katrina can't sizzle like she does, the item girl secretly seems to be aping Malaika. Or why else would she ask one of Malaika's costume designers to design the exact same thing for her too? When fashion designer Ashley Rebello, who designed for Malaika in Dabangg, when asked about Rakhi Sawant, he said, "It is better we don't talk about her. Every time I design something for Malaika Arora-Khan, the next day Rakhi calls me and asks me to design the same thing for her." Wonder what Rakhi has to say to this.

                                   Television actor Sushant Singh Rajput seems to have benefitted from the fallout between Farhan Akhtar and filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor. Farhan and Abhishek worked together for their 2008 release, Rock On!!, but if rumours are to be believed, Abhishek waited for Farhan's dates for his next, Kai Po Che! for two years, after which the filmmaker had to rope in an all new cast and production house. The episode worked in Sushant's favour because he auditioned for the role originally meant for Farhan and immediately bagged it. For this film, he even let go of offers from big banners, says a source. The insider confirms, "He had to sign a three-film contract with the current production house. This role really excited him." The film, based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Three Mistakes of my Life, stars Sushant, Amit Sadh and Raj Kumar Yadav (of Ragini MMS fame) along with Amrita Puri (of Blood Money). The cast and crew have wrapped up their schedule in Ahmedabad and are headed to Hyderabad. Interestingly, they shot at Ahmedabad's Sabarmati grounds where Daniel Craig's latest James Bond movie, Skyfall, was scheduled to be shot but they couldn't secure permission. "The ground is very sacred as it is related to Mahatma Gandhi. We feel that this is the reason why the Bond team was denied permission to shoot there," says a source from the film unit. The shooting of KPC was stalled for a while in Ahmedabad because of the extreme heat. Incidentally, both Sushant and Amit had to be hospitalised and the shooting resumed only after the duo was fit to face the camera again. The scenes were shot at real locations without any sets being created. One of Amit's close friends reveals that when Amit bagged this role, he was just recovering from his break-up with Neeru Bajwa. "But he is a happy man now. He had spent years to build Neeru's career and now that she has broken up with him, he wants to concentrate on his career."

उदयपुरको सदरमुकाम गाईघाटस्थित एक होटलमा पेप्सीको बन्द बोतल भित्र अखाद्य वस्तु फेला परेको छ । २ सय ५० मिलिलिटरको पेप्सीको बोतल भित्र स्वादिस्ट प्रिति नामको स्विट सुपारीको २ वटा प्याकेट भेटिएको हो ।

आजै राजधानीमा भएको अर्को कार्यक्रममा माओवादी पोलिटब्युरो सदस्य हरिबोल गजुरेलले पनि राजतन्त्र फर्काउने उद्देश्य र रिमको योजनामा पार्टी विभाजन गरिएको आरोप लगाउनुभयो । १२ बूँदे सहमतिको विरोध गर्नुले पनि राजतन्त्र ब्यूत्याउँन खोजिदैछ भन्ने कुराको पुष्टी गरेको उहाँको भनाई थियो ।
गजुरेलले पार्टी विभाजन गर्नेहरु समय क्रममा पछुताउनुको विकल्प नहुने दाबी समेत गर्नुभयो ।

The United States expressed alarm that its protégés in the Egyptian army were abusing hopes for democracy by ordering more military rule just as the Muslim Brotherhood was claiming victory in the country's first free presidential election.

The Islamists' self-assurance was contested by the other candidate in the run-off race, a former general who was prime minister when Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year by an army anxious to save itself from the revolution in the streets.

But there was still no result from the two-day poll, although independent officials privately spoke of a likely win for Islamist Mohamed Morsy over military man Ahmed Shafik.

Yet whatever the outcome - and one electoral supervisor said it might not be announced until Thursday - the new president was shorn in advance of much of his power by a decree issued by the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) just as polling stations closed and two days after it had dissolved a new, Islamist-led parliament.

In protest, the liberal urban youth movements which were in the vanguard of protests at Cairo's Tahrir Square 16 months ago, as well as the Brotherhood and other supporters of the uprising, plan a major demonstration there later on Tuesday.

"This decree just makes plain the hegemony of SCAF," said Khaled Ali, a liberal lawyer eliminated in the first round of voting. "This decree strips the president of the powers he was elected to have and gives those to the military council."

The constitutional declaration, one more twist in Egypt's halting progress toward democracy since the Arab Spring, effectively means that a July 1 deadline promised for a handover to civilian rule has been reduced to semantics, since the new civilian president looks to be very close to powerless.

Liberals and Islamists called it a "military coup".

U.S. "DEEPLY CONCERNED"

U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Monday that the violence in Syria must stop but gave no sign of agreeing on how to do it even as Syrian security forces pounded opposition areas across the country.

Intense artillery fire was reported in Douma, a town 15 km (9 miles) outside the Syrian capital Damascus that for weeks has been under the partial control of rebels who have joined the 15-month-old revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.

At least 79 people were killed in violence that has escalated since international observers suspended their mission, activists said.

A Russian naval source said Moscow was preparing to send marines to Syria in the event it needed to protect personnel and remove equipment from its naval facility in Syria's Mediterranean port of Tartous, according to the Interfax news agency.

Russia is one of the Syrian government's staunchest backers.

International efforts to halt the violence are deadlocked because Russia and China, which wield vetoes in the U.N. Security Council, have blocked tougher action against Assad. They say the solution must come through political dialogue, an approach most of the Syrian opposition rejects.

Obama and Putin held two hours of talks - longer than originally planned - at a Group of 20 summit in Mexico after a week of Cold War-style recriminations between U.S. and Russian diplomats over Syria. Putin frowned and Obama wore a sober expression during remarks to reporters after the meeting.

"We agreed that we need to see a cessation of the violence, that a political process has to be created to prevent civil war," Obama told reporters.

"From my point of view, we have found many common points on this issue" of Syria, Putin said, adding the two sides would continue discussions.

Obama said they pledged to "work with other international actors," including U.N./Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, to find a resolution.

The newly formed Communist of Party of Nepal-Maoist has said that the party's ultimate strategy is to establish "People's Republic" through "a people's war or revolt" while tactical demands are roundtable conference and formation of interim government.
Though the faction aims to "overthrow" the current regime to establish what it calls a people's regime, it has said roundtable conference is the only option left with the parties to end the existing political impasse.
Speaking at a press conference in the Capital to make formal announcement about the new party, party Chairman Mohan Baidya said formation of a new party was essential to continue the aspirations of "people's war" that began in 1996.
The party has also decided to revive the parallel government, base areas and armies of Maoist party, which was automatically dissolved after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2006. Baidya said that pro-federal forces will practice a parallel government at the grassroots level.
The three-day conclave of the hard-line faction of the Maoist party on Monday decided to form a new party accusing Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Baburam Bhattarai of being "neo-reformists" and "opportunists." Baidya believes while CPN-UML is reformist in that it has given up all communist ideals, Dahal and Bhattarai are neo-reformists as they went one step ahead in compromising with the core communist principles.
In the press conference, which was crowded by journalists, supporters and cadres, Baidya spent most of his time criticizing Dahal and Bhattarai. He even claimed that the two leaders worked at the behest of expansionist forces.
"Dahal and Bhattarai disarmed the combatants without bringing the new constitution and without carrying out integration in a dignified manner," Baidya said.
As the government has announced a date for next CA elections, Baidya said there is no meaning of the CA, as it cannot draft a constitution.
The faction has indicated that it will boycott the constitution-drafting process through the CA either from revival or fresh election.
Ruling out the possibility of party unity with the UCPN (Maoist) led by Dahal in the near future, Baidya said Dahal and Bhattarai could join the new party if they corrected their mistakes and transformed themselves.
He also urged the revolutionary forces in the establishment camp to join his party. He added that formation of a new communist party was the beginning of a new chapter in the country. "Neither a coalition of the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML nor of "neo-reformists" (Dahal and Bhattarai) can steer the nation forward. Both coalitions want power. So we are the third force in the country to give an outlet to the country," he said



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Indian analysts who have been closely watching the communist movement in Nepal have described the recent division in the UCPN Maoist as an "unfortunate incident". They have cautioned the splinter faction, which formed a new party on Monday under Mohan Baidya, that the path it has taken does not have "any future".
"Though Baidya is ideologically honest, the path he has taken is not a pragmatic one," said senior Indian journalist and a Maoist sympathiser Anand Swarup Verma.
"Attempts of revolution without taking cognizance of the current regional and international dynamics will be suicidal," he added.
In view of Professor SD Muni, the estranged Baidya group is capable of creating difficulties for its mother party and the whole political process only in the short run.
"But in the long run, he [Baidya] will go into oblivion," Muni tweeted. "He may become another Mohan Bikram [Singh]."
Professor of International Relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University Kamal Mitra Chenoy observed the split as a serious matter, quickly adding, however, that there is no possibility for the Baidya group of re-embracing a war.
He told the Post that Indian Maoists, who are critical of Pushpa Kamal Dahal for taking the path of peace and constitution, would probably be elated because "the revolutionary line still exists in Nepal with Baidya forming a new party".
Rights activist and another noted analyst who keeps tabs on Nepal's communist movement, Gautam Naulakha begged to differ. He termed the split in the Maoist party as a positive turn of events.
"The real issue is what kind of strategy political forces should adopt to bring transformation in Nepal. But Prachanda and Baburam moved on the path of compromise," Naulakha said.

एकीकृत नेकपा माओवादीबाट यसअघि नै टुक्रिएको नेकपा माओवादीका संयोजक मातृका यादवले भर्खरै फुटेको वैद्यले पक्षले पार्टीको नाम जुधाएकोमा आपत्ति जनाएको छ । नेकपा माओवादीका संयोजक यादवले मंगलबार विज्ञप्ति निकालेर पार्टीको नाम परिवर्तन गर्न आग्रह गरेका हुन् ।
यादवले प्रचण्डपथीय प्रवृत्ति बोकेका व्यक्तिहरुको चाहनाअनुसार आफ्नो पार्टीसँग नाम जुधाएको टिप्पणी गरेका छन् । एउटै नाम राख्दा सहकार्य गर्नुपरे अप्ठ्यारो हुने उनको भनाइ छ ।
उनले एकीकृत नेकपा माओवादीका अध्यक्ष पुष्पकमल दाहाल र प्रधानमन्त्री डा. बावुराम भट्टराई दक्षिणपन्थी संसोधानवादका नाइके भएको भन्दै वैद्य अलग्गिएकोमा खुशी व्यक्त गरेका छन् ।
मातृकाको पार्टीको नाम नेकपा (माओवादी) रहेकोमा वैद्य समूहले आफ्नो पार्टीको नाम नेकपा, माओवादी (बीचमा कमा) राख्ने निर्णय गरेको थियो ।

विराटनगर नगरपालिकाको विभिन्न छ वटा होटल र लजहरूबाट छ युवती तथा आठ युवकलाई मंगलबार दिउँसो पक्राउ गरिएको छ ।

                                 धान रोप्ने र मकै गोड्ने सिजनले किसानहरूलाई भ्याई नभ्याई चटारो छ । त्यहीमाथि दिनहुँ धाउँदा पनि रासायनिक मल नपाइएपछि उनीहरू नराम्ररी पिरोलिएका छन् । सरकारले भने मलको हाहाकार हटाउन कुनै तत्परता देखाएको छैन । बरु कृषि सामग्री कम्पनीले बीस दिनयता मल उपलब्ध नहुने जनाएको छ । कृषि मन्त्रालय स्रोतले मल खरिद प्रक्रिया नै अन्योलमा रहेकाले यो सिजनमा मल आउने सम्भावना नै कम भएको बताएको छ ।दिनहुँ कृषि सहकारी धाउँदा पनि मल नपाएपछि राजधानी आसपासका किसान आक्रोशित भएका छन् । काठमाडौं, ललितपुर र भक्तपुर क्षेत्रका किसानले कालाबजारीका कारण मल नपाएको भन्दै कृषि सामग्री कम्पनी लिमिटेडको कार्यालय कुलेश्वरमा मंगलबार धर्ना दिए । बिहान ४ बजेदेखि कार्यालय परिसर आएर लाम लागेका किसानलाई मल नभएको जानकारी गराएपछि उनीहरू क्रुद्ध भएका थिए । उनीहरूले गोदाम जाँचको माग पनि गरेका छन् । भीड नियन्त्रण गर्न ठूलो संख्यामा प्रहरी परिचालन गरिएको थियो । किसानहरूले कृषि सामग्री कम्पनी लिमिटेडका निमित प्रबन्ध सञ्चालक शशिराज तुलाधरको कार्यकक्षमा समेत प्रदर्शन गरे ।
लिमिटेडका निमित प्रबन्ध सञ्चालक तुलाधरले यसपालि वैशाखमा रासायनिक मल अभाव भएको भन्दै तत्काल उपलब्ध गराउन नसकिने बताए । 'गलत अश्वासन दिनु हुन्न, जति चाँडो गरे पनि बीस दिनअगाडि कुनै पनि हालतमा मल उपलब्ध गराउन सकिँदैन,' उनले भने ।

                                प्रदर्शनीमा देखाउने 'होलिकोप्टर' बनाउन असफल भएपछि सदरमुकामस्थित ग्रीन भ्याली एकाडेमीका एक विद्यार्थीले आत्महत्या गरेका छन्। विराटनगरमा बुधबार आयोजना हुने प्रदर्शनीमा देखाउन सोमबार राति एक बजेसम्म हेलिकोप्टर बनाउने आफ्नो प्रयास असफल भएपछि कक्षा-१० का १५ वर्षीय सिद्धार्थ (बाबुराजा) सुवेदीले आत्महत्या गरेको पारिवारिक श्रोतले बताएको छ।
सुवेदी सानैदेखि विज्ञान र इलेक्ट्रोनिक्स सामग्री बनाउन ज्यादै उत्सुक रहेको जिल्ला शिक्षा कार्यालयका कर्मचारीसमेत रहेका उनको ठूलो बुबा डम्बर सुवेदीले बताए। बाबुराजाले यसभन्दा पहिले पनि इलेक्ट्रोनिक्स सामग्री बनाएर विद्यालयमा प्रदर्शनी गरेका थिए। उनले भने 'ऊ आफूले जे प्रयास गरेपनि सफल नै हुनुपर्छ भन्ने सोच राख्ने विद्यार्थी थियो। त्यसदिन पनि आधारातसम्मको प्रयासमा सफल नभएपछि आत्महत्या गरेको थाहा भो।'
शान्तिडाँडा घर भएका सिद्धार्थ परिवारका एक्ला सन्तान हुन्। उनी सदरमुकामस्थित वाह्रबस्तीमा बुबा-आमासँगै बस्दै आएका थिए। ठूलो बुबा डम्बरका अनुसार सोमबार राती ११ बजेसम्म कोठामा बसेर होलिकोप्टर बनाउन प्रयास गर्दा पनि आफूले बनाएको होलिकोप्टर गुड्ने मात्रै भएको थियो। 'यसलाई रातीसम्म लगाएर भएपनि गुड्ने नै बनाउँछु भन्ने अठोटले सिद्धार्थ साथीकहाँ गएका थिए। राती १ बजेसम्म पनि त्यसलाई उडाउन नसकेपछि उनले साथीहरुलाई सुत्दै गर्न अनुरोध गरेर आफू काममै लागेका थिए। विहानमात्रै उनलाई झुण्डिएको अवस्थामा भेटिएको डम्बरले बताए।ग्रीनभ्यालीमा कक्षा-४ देखि पढ्दै आएका उनी विद्यालयका राम्रा विद्यार्थीमा गनिने प्रिन्सिपल राजन माइकल गरुङले बताए। उनले भने 'बाबुराजा ट्यालेन्ट थियो। आफूले गरेको प्रयासमा सफल हुनैपर्छ भन्ने जिद्धी पनि गर्थ्याे।' गुरुङले प्रदर्शनीमा विद्यालयले पठाएको नभई बाबुराजा व्यत्तिगत रुपमै जान लागेको बताए। विद्यालयले बाबुराजालाई 'यो वा त्यो बनाएर लैजानू' भन्ने कहिल्यै दवाव पनि नदिएको उनले बताए । प्रहरी सहायक निरीक्षक लीला गुरुङले प्रदर्शनीमा लैजाने सामग्री बनाउनमा लामो समयदेखिको प्रयास असफल भएपछि आत्महत्या गरेका प्रारम्भिक अनुसान्धानले देखाएको बताए।
उनले आत्महत्या गरेपछि त्यही प्रतियोगितामा गायन र नृत्यतर्फ सहभागी हुन विराटनगर जाने योजना बनाएका ज्योति विद्या मन्दिर र दानावारीस्थित एक विद्यालयका विद्यार्थी पनि नगएको विद्यालयहरुले जनाए।

सप्तरीमा गएराति एक जनाले आफ्नी श्रीमतीको हत्या गरेका छन् । बरही बिरपुर-१ निवासी सन्तोषकुमार यादवले २५ वर्षीया श्रीमती रम्भादेवी यादवको घाँटी थिचेर हत्या गरेको जिल्ला प्रहरी कार्यालय सप्तरीले जनाएको छ ।

                            डिजेल र मट्टितेलको मुल्य आजैबाट लागु हुनेगरी बढेको छ । नेपाल आयल निगमले आजबाट लागु हुने गरी डिजेल र मट्टीतेलकोे मूल्य बढाएको जनाएको छ । दुवै इन्धनमा प्रतिलिटर ४ रुपियाँ बढाइएपछि अब डिजेल र मट्टितेलको प्रति लिटर मूल्य ९३ रुपैयाँ पुगेको छ । पेट्रोल हवाई इन्धन लगायत अन्य इन्धनको मूल्य भने यथावत राखिएको आयल निगमले जनाएको छ । निगमका प्रबक्ता मुकुन्द ढुंगेलका अनुसार अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय बजारमा डिजेल र मट्टितेलको बढेको भाउसँग  समायोजन गर्न नेपालमा पनि भाउ बढाउनु परेको हो । अन्तरराष्ट्रिय बजारमा तेलको मुल्य घटेका बेला नेपालमा पनि बढाउनु उचित नभएको सरोकारवालाहरुले टिप्पणी गरेका छन् ।