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It Happens: Nag Panchmi

Allahabad, August 2 (ANI): Devotees thronged temples, offered and poured milk on snakes to celebrate Hindu festival, ‘Nag Panchami’ to honour serpent god on Friday. Devout Hindus in Allahabad city of Uttar Pradesh flocked temples of Hindu Lord Shiva and offered milk, water, flowers and fruits to serpents as a unique expression of devotion on the auspicious occasion. The festival is believed to bring prosperity and happiness, eradicating evil and hardships from people’s lives. Snake charmers lined the streets and attracted devotees to offer milk to snakes. Followers of Lord Shiva in Madhya Pradesh province also celebrated the festival with religious pageantry. As per scriptures, Shiva sports a snake around his neck while Vishnu reclines on a hooded couch created by Shesha Naga. The festival also holds great importance for the snake charmer community. Aug 2, 2014
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'Bangalore Days' remake on the cards?

'Bangalore Days' is a movie which got a story line that can be easily associated with the dreams of every youngster across the country. The multi starrer, coming of age Malayalam movie is still running successfully, courtesy - A starry cast, wonderful screenplay, and lovely music. According to media reports, the film is now set for a remake in Tamil and Telugu. Prasad V Potluri of PVP Cinema and Dil Raju have jointly acquired the remake rights. Jul 30, 2014
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Manam completed 50 Days

Akkinenis multi-starrer 'manam' was released on 23rd May and is completing 50 days run successfully on 11th July in 65 centres. Having collected Rs.36+ crores share, the movie stood as the biggest grosser for Akkineni heroes. Apart from its collections, the movie has been appreciated as one of the best family entertainers of recent times. All the Akkineni Nageswara Rao's fans are proud of the success of the movie, as they felt the result of the movie has become a fitting tribute to the legendary actor. The film is based on re-incarnation theme with some slight changes and Vikram Kumar directed it. It is an Annapurna Studios production and it was made with a big budget. Samantha and Shriya are the heroines. Anoop Rubens composed the music for this movie and it was promoted extensively as ANR’s last film. Jul 11, 2014
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Shimray Asaiwo Bellrose and 17 others from Northeast clear civil services

Manipur, July 05 (ANI): 30-year-old Shimray Asaiwo Bellrose, a Tangkhul Naga who hails from Lunghar village in Manipur, is proud to have cleared the civil services examination, 2013, conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. She has secured the 1106th position in the final list of the successful candidates. Bellrose has been staying in New Delhi since 2011 after completing her Msc in Botany from Manipur University. Bellrose is among the 18 candidates from the northeast who have cleared the civil services examination. Of the successful candidates, at least six are from Assam, four from Manipur, while two are from Meghalaya. Three candidates are from Mizoram and one each from Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Nagaland. Asaiwo believes that continuous disturbance by militant outfits in the northeast prevent the talented youngsters from achieving their potential. Bellerose_s family in Manipur feels proud of her success in the civil services. They believe that it has been possible only because of her hard work and determination. Jul 5, 2014
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Students from Northeast region seek admission in Delhi University

New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): Admission in colleges across New Delhi is in full swing. Like every year, Delhi University colleges are attracting students from the Northeastern states. Hannah, who hails from Mizoram, has chosen Delhi University to be her choice for higher studies. Better facilities and infrastructure at colleges in the national capital attracts many like her. They prefer courses like Political Science, Botany, English and Mathematics. Various Northeast student organizations have set up helpdesks to assist and guide the applicants. They help the newcomers in filling up forms, choosing colleges, accommodation and completing other basic formalities. The Naga Students Union, Kuki Student Union Delhi and Bodo Student Union Delhi and many more organizations are helping the students, who have come to Delhi for the first time. Jul 2, 2014
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Kamal Haasan to remake Manam

Ulaga Nayagan is always busy, but this year he is busy with doing so many films. the latest in addition might be Manam in Tamil. Manam is a super duper, hit Telugu film, starring the Akkineni family. Apparently it's the last film of legendry Nageswara Rao, who acted along with his son Nagarjuna and grandson Naga Chaitanya. it was the most successful Telugu film abroad, with foreign box office records better than Kochadaiyaan in some countries. recently, there are news about the remake rights of the film and there already is a rumour that Kamal Hassan might act in the remake. if this news is true then Kamal is doing most number of films for a hero this year... like his top form in 80's and 90's with lots of movies in hand. here are the films yet to come from him... Ramesh Aravind's 'Uththama Villain', Drishyam Tamil remake, his much awaited Vishwaroopam part 2, and the revival of Maruthanayakam, with fox star showing interest to co-produce and Manam in pipeline! Jun 27, 2014
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Autonagar Surya Clears Censor Board Formalities

Auto Nagar Surya starring Naga Chaithanya and Samantha in lead roles completed all the censor formalities and it is a U/A certificate holder from censor authorities. It is now all set to hit the screens. Prasthanam fame Devakatta directed this movie while produced by K.Achi Reddy under the banner of Max India productions.Anup robins scored music for this film. This Telugu flick has faced many problems after announcing its release date on 27th June. After the complaint issued by a business man, Guntur court has stopped the movie release till 10th of July. So the realease date of Autonagar Surya is yet to be known. Jun 24, 2014