1. Salman Khan’s Being Human Foundation Faces Blacklisting by BMC
Salman Khan’s much feted NGO Being Human Foundation is facing the possibility of being blacklisted by BMC. The civic body has issued a show-cause notice against the organisation for failing to set up concessional dialysis units in Bandra after over a year of being allotted the project.
According to a report by Mumbai Mirror, BMC has also forfeited the NGO’s deposit and has already floated fresh tenders to find a replacement.
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2. Amitabh Bachchan Praises Soha on the ‘Spine & Spunk’ of Her Book
Actress-author Soha Ali Khan has received a letter of encouragement from megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who praised her book The Perils Of Being Moderately Famous. Soha on Thursday took to Twitter, where she shared the letter from Amitabh.
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3. Akshay Kumar Installs Sanitary Pad Vending Machine in Mumbai
National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar has installed a sanitary pad vending machine in Mumbai Central ST Bus Depot and hopes to put several across India.
Akshay, whose latest release PadMan delves with menstrual issue and hygiene, especially in rural India, took to Twitter on Thursday to share a photograph of him along with Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray inaugurating the vending machine.
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4. Nawazuddin Was the Only Choice for ‘Thackeray’: Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, who is caught up with the production of the movie Thackeray, says actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui was the only choice to play the party's late supremo Bal Thackeray on the big screen.
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5. Sidharth Malhotra-Manoj Bajpayee Starrer ‘Aiyaary’ Banned in Pak
Featuring Manoj Bajpayee and Sidharth Malhotra as army officers on a mission to expose corruption, Neeraj Pandey’s Aiyaari has been banned in Pakistan. This will be Pandey’s third film that has faced trouble in Pakistan. Previously, Naam Shabanaas well as Baby didn’t make the cut.
“I don’t think I am a problem. It has to be the film. The theme (of ‘Aiyaary’) is very patriotic and doesn’t cut well there. Even MS Dhoni was not allowed to be shown in Pakistan.”Neeraj Pandey
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