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Coming: ‘Passport Seva Kendras’ across country If you have seen the popular Bollywood biopic Sanju, then it is hard
@hiindia /hiindianoone FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2018 not to fall in love with another character called. Kamli in the movie.
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Played by actor Vicky Kaushal, Kamli is loosely based on the life and
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relationship between Sanjay Dutt and his dear friend for life Paresh Ghelani.
The government is planning to open such centres in each of the 543 parliamentary constituencies
at India’s Consulate here. Singh was applications has crossed one milMIDWEST EDITION | EAST COAST EDITION | Volume 9 • Issue No. 491, NOVEMBER 2018“Passport | THElionCOMMUNITY FIRST on a US trip 30, to inaugurate mark for the first time and IANS, NEW YORK
than six crore passports have o ensure a smoothKAMLI pass- Seva” projects inFROM New York, Wash- more THE REAL HIT been issued through the ‘Pasport port experience for its ington DC and Atlanta. According to the minister, the Seva’ system,” informed Singh. citizens, the Indian govBOLLYWOOD project will have an easySANJU, and conThe Ministry of External Affairs ernment has announced MOVIE to open “Passport Seva Kendras” in venient application submission (MEA) has taken several measures each of the 543 Parliamentary con- process, standardisation, digital to improve the passport service ISacrossAthe country CHICAGO tracking and delivery experience in the recent stituencies by overhauling, statusMAN
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The government is planning to open such centres in each of the 543 parliamentary constituencies
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh. (Photo: Twitter)
Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh. (Photo: Twitter)
‘Delink Kartarpur from Mumbai attacks’ ror cannot go together),” he added. Responding to the invite from Pakistan for the November 28 ceremony, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said this week that Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Puri will represent the Narendra Modi government. According to Singh, “We are willing to talk and this we laid down in 2014. We are willing to talk on any issue whatsoever provided you create an environment for talks”. “India is making all possible diplomatic efforts, talking to all friends and even to China with regard to the UN Security Council designation of Azhar Masood, the 26/11 mastermind,” the minister added.
Indo-Canadian doctor forges degree, fined DUBAI: An Indo-Canadian female dermatologist, found guilty of forging and using a fake diploma as well as other documents to practice medicine in Dubai, has lost her appeal against a six-month jail term. Public prosecution records showed that the 38-year-old woman managed to have the licence to work as a dermatologist issued for her after filling in her application form with false information, the Khaleej Times reported on Wednesday night. A trial court had earlier convicted her on charges of practicing medicine with a licence she had wrongfully obtained and committing forgery. It sentenced her to a six-month jail term, to be followed by deportation. —IANS
W EntErtainmEnt THE REAL KAMLI FROM HIT NBOLLYWOOD MOVIE SANJU, IMRAN EXTENDS OLIVE ot many may know that Paresh shares a deep connection with the city of Chicago. He arrived here as a young boy and grew up in Chicago. It was here on the streets of Chicago, that Paresh learnt to live and love life to the fullest. It was also here that he formed many meaningful friendships with many other Bollywood stars too. Ghelani who shifted to California a few years ago, still has family in Chicago and visits the cold chi town often, even though it was the extreme cold that led him to find another home in the West coast. The movie Sanju, has not only crossed the Rs 500 crore mark in earnings worldwide but has also gone down as one of the most successful films directed by Raj Kumar Hirani. Naturally a lot of audiences moved by the purely lovable friendship shared between Sanjay Dutt and Kamli in the movie are curious to know more about the real guy who was the friend, philosopher and anchor for Dutt, both during his rough times as well as easy times. Finding the sudden spotlight on him Paresh Ghelani, who consciously stayed away from the media glare until now, is finally ready to come out and speak about the experiences that shaped one of the most talked about friendships amongst Bollywood fans today. Ghelani who had been in India for some time now to be with the team of Sanju recently came back to the comfort of his home in the US. He took some time out to speak with Hi India on Sanjay Dutt, the friendship he shared and why it is commendable that Sanju came out to tell his tale. Reminiscing on the days he spent with
Sanjay Dutt, when both of them were young and reckless, Paresh gets both nostalgic and thoughtful. He admits that even though the world is only getting to know now about their deep friendship the two friends have always had each-others’ backs. But the foremost thing that strikes you about such a lovable friend who went through thick and thin with one of the biggest stars of India cinema remains – how did he escape the limelight for so long? Paresh gives a friendly smile and says, just because I was Sanju’s friend won’t mean that I
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Vicky Kaushal: Bac WAR NOT AN OPTION be your we A willful to toddler in the Referring the strained White House relations between the two countries, the Pakistan PM A said a lot of mistakes have been made in the past by both the ctor Vicky Kaushal, who is on a roll with the success of Mansides and said ‘the past is for marziyaan and Raazi, urged Page 6 learning lessons’ people to avoid having backup ASHOK EASWARAN, WASHINGTON
VICKY KAUSHAL: BACKUP CAN BE YOUR WEAKNESS
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hundreds of miles away from the US border. A ruthlessly efficient opportunist unfettered by morality or ethics, Trump defined the caravan, initially as “illegal aliens”, gradually raising the threat perception to “infiltrators” and finally to “invaders” with all its undertones of a demographic and cultural takeover, whipping up his core constituency into a hysterical frenzy. Republicans managed to hold the Senate, partly due to Trump’s divisive campaigning. Donald Trump’s governance strategy rests at the confluence of endangered White Privilege and subjugation of the truth.
plans in their career. According to Vicky, one should focus on one plan at a time and give 100 percent to it. “Being an engineer, I tore my job letter to give my entire attention to acting. Your backup can be your weakness, and thus to give those 2-3 per cent extra, I dropped my backup. “Today everybody is giving 100 per
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