Dutt set to play suave serial killer

After playing the simple and golden-hearted Munnabhai, Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is set to metamorphose into the cold and calculating serial killer, Charles Shobraj, in a film called Charles and I, reports agencies from Mumbai.
Made by “People Pictures”, the racy thriller will be directed by Prawaal Raman.

Cop held for setting afire  pregnant lover

A police constable was arrested in Chennai after he set his pregnant lover on fire, reports IANS quoting official sources here. The woman is in critical state  having suffered 80 percent burns, said officials at Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital. Constable R Kumaran, 30, lured S Kumuda, 28, to the Andhra Pradesh border, 40 km from here, under the guise of marriage. He asked her to consume large amount of alcohol whereupon she lost consciousness.

Katrina gets a helping hand

Britain-born actress Katrina Kaif, who is the face of Vijay Mallya’s Indian Premier League (IPL) Bangalore Royal Challengers cricket team, missed her flight to Bangalore but the business tycoon’s jet came to her rescue, reports agencies from Mumbai. “I was shooting in Goa and had to catch a flight to Bangalore, but it. Fortunately, Vijay Mallya had me flown in his jet or I wouldn’t have been able to make it,” Katrina said.

Kerala MLA’s election nullified

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday declared as void the election of CPM MLA M J Jacob from Piravom assembly constituency in Ernakulam district,reports DHNS from Thiruvananthapuram. A voter of the constituency had alleged in his petition that M J Jacob distributed pamphlets in the constituency during the last Assembly election tarnishing the character of his opponent and former minister T M Jacob. Justice Thotthathil B Radhakrishnan said the court had found that Mr Jacob had indulged in a corrupt practice under the election code.

HC stays notice on Vodafone pug

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted a stay on a notice issued by Animal Welfare Board (AWB) to Vodafone and has admitted the telecom operator’s petition for final hearing, reports news agenices from Mumbai. Vodafone has challenged an order of the AWB which requires the telecom operator to withdraw an advertisement sequence which shows a pup chasing a school van.