Actress Gautami Appointed as Member of Central Censor Board

Actress Gautami, who has displayed leanings towards the ruling BJP at the Centre, has been appointed as a member of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).In a major revamp of the top Censor body, the Centre brought in many changes in the much-criticized Board’s organizational setup.

Pahlaj Nihalani, who was serving as the chairman from 2015, was sacked from the post and was replaced by popular lyricist Prasoon Joshi. The entire film industry in all languages across the country must have heaved a huge sigh of relief with the exit of Nihlani and the entry of Joshi.

It was earlier speculated that national award-winning Bollywood starlet Vidya Balan would be appointed as a member of the Board. However, as it turned out, it was the Tamil-Telugu actress Gautami, has now been appointed as a member.

20th International Children Film Festival In Hyderabad From Nov 8

Hyderabad will host the 20th edition of the International Children Film Festival in November. The week-long festival will be held from November 8 to 14 at Shilpakala Vedika.

Information and Public Relations Department Commissioner Navin Mittal on Friday held a preliminary meeting with the Film Development Corporation and Children Film Society officials and reviewed the arrangements to be made for the successful conduct of the biennial film festival.

He asked the FDC and CFSI officials to conduct a joint inspection of the theatres and said 12 theatres in the city should be reserved for the festival. The festival will also be organized in all the districts.

A media center will also be set up for the purpose. Accommodation for foreign and child delegates, reservation of preview theatres for Jury screenings, identification of child delegates, foreign delegates and other dignitaries, the constitution of various functional committees and other issues were discussed at the meeting.

Upendra Holds Press Meet & Reveals His Political Entry

The Kannada Superstar Upendra who is also popular in Telugu, Tamil has today announced that he will be starting a new political party. In this regard, he made it clear that his political party will not take any political funds, will be different from other existing parties.

It will not have any kind of rallies, cutouts, and other Hungama. Upendra said that it is a kind of experiment and result will not affect him. “I will use print media, electronic media, web media for promoting my agenda. I believe the propaganda to work hard but not expect its deeds”.

BBC Accidentally Broadcast Adult Content Video on News At Ten

The BBC accidentally broadcast a $ex scene on News At Ten last night (Tuesday, August 8), with eagle-eyed viewers spotting an explicit video being played on a computer screen in the background of a shot.

When the presenter Sophie Raworth was anchoring the News at Ten, a computer screen behind her appears to show a clip of a woman taking her top and bra off to expose her breasts in live BBC News Broadcast. The Bare breast$ was unexpectedly seen by 3.8 million people.

The origin of the clip is not yet known and online commenters can’t decide whether it is from any porn movie or a scene from a film. Many viewers jumped to the conclusion that pornography was being played. A user wrote, “@BBCNews why is there a porn video playing behind one of your news anchors during a report?”

News Reader Sophie Raworth was presenting the news about England Cricket Team’s emphatic win over South Africa in the four-match Test series by 3-1 at the News at Ten show when it happened.

The BBC NEWS has issued a statement since, saying that they are investigating the incident and are “establishing the facts.”The incident came just hours after a woman flashed her brea$t in the background of a live broadcast.

Bigg Boss Contestant Swami Om Arrested

Swami Om Arrested: One of the most controversial contestants across all seasons of the reality show 'Bigg Boss', Swami Om was Arrested on Wednesday by Delhi Crime Branch Police from Bhajanpura. He not only sparked many controversies during his stay in the Bigg Boss house but was also accused Last year,

The court issued non-bailable warrants against Swami Om for allegedly breaking and entering a cycle shop owned by his brother Pramod Jha.He was accused of stealing 11 cycles, a few spare parts and the sale deed of Jha’s house.The controversial godman rose to fame for his appearance in Bigg Boss season 10.

In February, a Women Registered a complaint against the ex Bigg Boss contestant and his associate for allegedly outraging her modesty. According to the complaint, Om Swami and his associate Santosh Anand allegedly ripped off her clothes on February 7.The victim alleged that the duo attacked her and ripped off her clothes in an attempt to humiliate her in full public view at Rajghat area in New Delhi.

#JustIn: first footage of #Swamiom..In Police custody.. @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/6P57ZRuXXu

— Mahender Singh (@mahendermanral) August 9, 2017

Swami Om Ji also faces charges under the Arms Act, Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act in other matters and almost a dozen of cases have been registered against him.Now, Swami Om has been arrested, Stay tuned for more details on the matter are still awaited.

Police Files Case on Actor Vijay Fans Who Abused A Female Journalist On Twitter

The Chennai Police have filed a case in connection with the online abuse of a woman journalist by alleged fans of top Tamil actor Vijay after she made some comments about his film, even as the star urged that no such campaign should be carried out against women.

City Police filed the case against two or more Twitter handles and invoked various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC), Information Technology Act 2000 and TN Prohibition of Harassment of Women Act, 2002.Sections such as 'stalking' and 'criminal intimidation' were invoked against two Twitter handles.

Earlier, the journalist Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of an online portal, had preferred a complaint with the city police and its Central Crime Branch today filed the FIR.She had earned the wrath of self-professed Vijay fans after she made some critical remarks against one of his films in a recent tweet while talking about the latest Shah Rukh Khan starer 'When Harry Met Sejal.'

Rajendran had to face a volley of abuse from various Twitter users who were allegedly fans of actor Vijay, who has a number of hits under his belt.Responding to the incident, the journalist said she could be criticised for her work or "question my ethics", but that use of abuse and sexual threats were not proper.

"I may have done a lot of things you don't like or do not appreciate. You don't like my stories, jokes or plain stupid stuff I did. Criticise me, question my ethics... But please never use that to support abuse and sexual threats in any way.

By doing that, we strengthen anonymous mobs," she wrote on her Facebook page.Meanwhile, actor Vijay, currently shooting for his film 'Mersal', said everybody had a right to criticise films.

"I respect women in society. Anybody has the freedom of expression to criticise anybody's film. My opinion is that maligning or making slanderous comments against women should not be made," he said in a statement.

Womanhood should be praised, he said and urged that no comments "hurting anybody" and women, in particular, should be published online.

Ivanka Trump to Visit India Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017

Almost a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited American President Donald Trump and his family to India during his first meeting with the later, Donald Trump's daughter and Advisor Ivanka Trump is coming to visit Hyderabad in the month of November.

Ivanka Trump will be attending the Global Entrepreneur Summit 2017, which will be held on 28th of November in Hyderabad. Ivanka Trump is visiting this summit, on the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he also will be attending this summit.

Even hours later, Ivanka Trump took to Twitter and thanked Indian Prime Minister for the invite. She wrote: “Thank you, Prime Minister Modi, for inviting me to lead the US delegation to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in India this fall.” New Delhi, Washington, and Hyderabad have been working on Ivanka’s visit from the past one-and-half months.

The paper also quoted the sources saying that Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru were among the top preference to host the event, however, Hyderabad was chosen because of its international clientele and infrastructure for hosting large conferences.