Mumbai Apr 25 PTI Author Shrayana Bhattacharya on Monday said she finally met her hero superstar Shah Rukh Khan and presented her book Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh to him at his Bandra residence hereIn an Instagram post Bhattacharya said she sat down with Khan for an hour-long meeting at Mannat on SundayThey say you should never meet your heroes Whoever wrotethought that had clearly never encountered iamsrk After meeting him for an hour at Mannat last night I can only say that he is superhuman not of this universe yet the most humane A million thanks to poojadadlani02 without whom this would not have happened she wrotePublished by HarperCollins India Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh Indias Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independence was launched last year and received widespread acclaimIn her post Bhattacharya continued that the book had finally reached its intended destination Khans home library as she shared a picture of the title placed in one of the bookshelvesYes we took photos But woh kitaab ki one year anniversary par post karenge she wrote using the hashtag finallyfoundshahrukhBhattacharya also shared pictures of the handwritten note Khan wrote for herTrue to his signature wry wit in his message the Bollywood star thanked the women who love him and expressed gratitude towards the author for putting me to some good useMy love and thanks to you and all those wonderful women who like me so much More power to you and your tribe Khan wrote in the note shared by BhattacharyaAccording to the publishing house Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh maps the economic and personal trajectories the jobs desires prayers love affairs and rivalries of a diverse group of womenDivided by class but united in fandom they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy independence and funEmbracing Hindi film idol Shah Rukh Khan allows them a small respite from an oppressive culture a fillip to their fantasies of a friendlier masculinity in Indian men the synopsis readsKhan will be next seen on this big screen in his upcoming actioner Pathaan set to be released in January He will follow it up with Dunki which will hit the screens in December 2023 PTI JUR RDS RDS

Mumbai Mar 30 PTI The statements made against Bollywood superstar Salman Khan by a neighbour appear to be supported by documentary evidence a civil court has said here The court last week refused interim relief to Khan who has filed a defamation case against his Panvel farmhouse neighbor Ketan Kakkad Additional Sessions Judge Anil Laddhad rejected Khans plea seeking an interim order barring Kakkad from making any further comments against him or his family members in connection with Khans farmhouse at Panvel in neighbouring Raigad district The detailed order became available on Wednesday Kakkad an NRI owns a plot on a hill next to Khans farmhouse Khans defamation suit alleged that Kakkad made defamatory comments against the actor in an interview to a YouTube channel Khans advocate Pradeep Gandhy argued that Kakkad made false disparaging and defamatory allegations in videos posts and tweets Kakkad had tried to purchase a plot of land next to Khans farmhouse but the transaction was cancelled by the authorities on the ground that it was illegal the lawyer told the court Kakkad then started making false accusations that the transaction was cancelled at the behest of Khan and his family Gandhy stated Advocates Abha Singh and Aditya Pratap appearing for Kakkad opposed the relief sought by Khan arguing that the statements revolved around facts about Khans property and could not amount to defamation Kakkad had purchased his land in 1996 He retired in 2014 and wanted to live there but could not access his land due to encumbrances caused by Salman Khan and his family the lawyers claimed The judge after examining the tweets and videos placed on record said that Khan did not explain how the innuendos in the tweets pertained to him There is documentary proof to substantiate the allegation about Khan restraining Kakkad from approaching his land the court noted As to the allegations that Salman committed encroachment and violated the Forest Act and Matheran EcoSensitive Notification Kakkad placed on record the applications made to the forest department and the collector along with show cause notices issued by the forest department the judge said The defendant Kakkad contended that he is a whistle-blower to the illegal acts done by the plaintiff Khan and he made imputations in public interest by taking reasonable precautions by producing documentary material in support of the same the judge noted Therefore at preliminary stageas the plaintiff failed to explain innuendo how it relates to him and the defendant raised the plea of justification which is prima facie supported by documentary evidence I am not inclined to grant an injunction to the plaintiff the court ruled PTI AVI KRK KRK

Bhopal Mar 23 PTI The Madhya Pradesh government will issue a notice to IAS officer Niyaz Khan who had posted controversial tweets on the recently released movie The Kashmir Files state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said on Wednesday In one of the tweets Khan who is deputy secretary with the MP Public Works Department had last week urged makers of The Kashmir Files to also make a film on the killings of large number of Muslims across several states in India and said members of this minority community are not insects but citizens of the country Talking to reporters here on Wednesday Mishra said I have seen Khans tweets This is a serious issuehe is crossing and violating the lakshman rekha limit set for government officialsthe state government will issue a show-cause notice to him and seek his reply Khan had also said that he was planning to write a book highlighting the massacre of Muslims so that a movie like The Kashmir Files could be produced by someone to bring the pain and suffering of minorities before Indians Later had also appealed to The Kashmir Files producer to transfer all earnings from the movie for the education of the children of Kashmiri Pandits and construction of homes for them in Kashmir After his tweets became viral the films director Vivek Agnihotri had sought an appointment with Khan for exchanging ideas Later state Medical Education Minister Sarang had said he was going to write a letter against Khan to the personnel department alleging that the IAS officer was talking about firqaparasti sectarianism Produced by Zee Studios The Kashmir Files depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir following systematic killings of people from the community by Pakistan-backed terrorists The film which was released on March 11 has sparked a debate among political parties Several BJP-ruled states including Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat have exempted the film from entertainment tax PTI MAS GK GK

New Delhi Mar 21 PTI India has received praise from across the board for many of its foreign policy initiatives Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Monday a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan lauded India for its independent foreign policy When asked at a media briefing about Khans comments Shringla said Indias record speaks for itself and suggested that it would be wrong to say that only one leader complimented New Delhi To say that one person would be wrong I think we have received praise across the board for many of our foreign policy initiatives at the level of the prime minister I think our record speaks for itself the foreign secretary said at a media briefing At a public rally in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Khan lauded India for following an independent foreign policy saying New Delhi imported crude oil from Russia despite American sanctions on Moscow for its attack on Ukraine PTI MPB RT RT

Kolkata Feb 23 PTI CPIM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday condemned the alleged killing of student leader Anis Khan whose death has sparked protests in various parts of West Bengal claiming that this is a reflection of the law and order situation in the state He said that the delay in arresting the culprits is raising suspicion as to what is the motive behind the killing I strongly condemn the incident This is a reflection of law and order in the state he told reporters on the sidelines of a programme here Khans family members have alleged that he was pushed off the third floor of their residence at Amta in Howrah district on Friday night by four persons with one donning a police uniform and the others wearing the dress of civic volunteers Even though Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has formed a special investigation team SIT and promised an impartial probe the father of the deceased has stuck to his demand for a CBI investigation The government should take a call on the fathers demand for a CBI probe Yechury said The SIT on Wednesday arrested a homeguard and a civic volunteer in connection with the case PTI AMR NN NN

Kolkata Feb 21 PTI A lawyer on Monday made an oral prayer before the Calcutta High Court seeking initiation of a suo motu motion into the mysterious death of student leader Anish Khan at Amta in Howrah district which led to widespread protests and demands for investigation by an independent agencyJustice Rajasekhar Mantha asked the lawyer to appear before the court with a written prayer at 2 pmThe lawyer made the oral plea before Justice Mantha praying for the courts intervention by way of a suo motu motion into finding who are the persons responsible for the death of KhanAlleging that four persons had come to their house on Friday night donning police and civic volunteer uniforms Khans father has claimed that his son was pushed off the third floor of their house in Amta Khans family has been demanding a CBI investigation into the death PTI AMR SOM SOM

Mumbai Jan 25 PTI Days after Shah Rukh Khan sent signed pictures and a note for an Egyptian travel agent who helped an Indian professor only because she belonged to SRKs country Amul on Monday acknowledged the actors star power in its latest topical titled Pardes mein SwadesThe topical features Khan standing in the balcony of his bungalow Mannat with a signed photograph facing the fan who is in Egypt in the backdrop of pyramidsPardes mein Swades ka effect the topical tweeted by Amul read hinting at the sweet story that unfolded as two Shah Rukh Khan fans connectedOn December 31 Ashwini Deshpande a professor of Economics at Ashoka University took to Twitter and shared how when she faced problems transferring money to a travel agent in Egypt the man agreed to make the booking himself because she was from the country of SRK and he trusted herI will make the booking you pay me later For anywhere else I wouldnt do this But anything for Shah Rukh Khan And he did SRK is king Deshpandes viral tweet readThe tweet which has so far clocked in more than 15000 likes and 3000 retweets was followed by an update when the professor and her husband finally met the agent and shared pictures with himDeshpande tagged Khans production house Red Chillies Entertainment and requested if the Egyptian fan can be sent a signed photograph for his daughterMy husband and I finally met the man in this story today I told him about the tsunami of good cheer his story generated RedChilliesEnt he would be delighted with a photo of iamsrk autographed in his daughters name if possible Please DM me if this can be arranged thanks her tweet on January 10 readOn January 22 Deshpande revealed that the 56-year-old actor had taken note of the fans gesture and not only sent him signed pictures but also a handwritten noteThank you for being kind to my fellow Indian very gracious and generous of you May your kind of good souls multiply love Shah Rukh Khan the note readDeshpande said the superstar also sent a signed picture for her daughter and thanked the actors manager Pooja Dadlani for getting in touchA very happy ending to this story she wrote as Twitter users showered the actor with love for his gestureSoon after the viral tweet Amul paid a filmy tribute to the actor by invoking a reference to his films Pardes and SwadesKhan has been absent from the big screen since his 2018 romantic drama Zero The actor is expected to return to the screen this year with Pathan PTI JUR BK BK

Mumbai Dec 26 PTI Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan on Sunday was discharged from a hospital after he was bitten by a non-venomous snake at his farmhouse near Panvel in adjoining Raigad district sources saidAccording to sources the snake bit Khans hand on Saturday night following which he was taken to a hospital at Kamothe in Navi MumbaiThe actor was discharged on Sunday morningSalman was bitten last night and taken to a hospital He was discharged after six hours He is back home and well sources close to the actor saidKhan is back to his Panvel farmhouse where he will be ringing in his 56th birthday on MondayHe was recently seen on the big screen in Antim The Final Truth which released last month PTI ZA JUR VT RDS RDS

Mumbai : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mohit Kamboj has alleged a fake narrative is being created around the drugs-on-cruise case involving Aryan Khan. According to sources, Kamboj has claimed that some Maharashtra Minister are in the deck to extort money from Khans and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has links to the high profile drugs case. NCP Spokesperson Nawab Malik has called  the allegations an “unsuccessful attempt to misguide and divert the attention from the truth”.

Mumbai : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mohit Kamboj has alleged a fake narrative is being created around the drugs-on-cruise case involving Aryan Khan. According to sources, Kamboj has claimed that some Maharashtra Minister are in the deck to extort money from Khans and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has links to the high profile drugs case. NCP Spokesperson Nawab Malik has called  the allegations an “unsuccessful attempt to misguide and divert the attention from the truth”.