Namitha wants to go 'dirty'!

Namithaa, the hot and happening actress of South Cinema openly says that she would like to play the role of Silk Smitha in the Tamil remake of The Dirty Picture!

The actress who is now working hard to shed some extra kgs says, "Nowadays people asking me about my opinion and commitment on the Tamil remake of Ektha Kapoor's The Dirty Picture. It gives immense happiness to me. Because, I'm one of the very big fans of late Silk Smitha. In fact, I'm the very suitable actress to do justice to the role. If the producer offered the role to me, I will do that with out any second thought!"

Recently, a survey revealed that Namitha is the only actress having a large number of fans in South Indian Cinema. Speaking on that, the dazzling diva told, "It makes me more proud and happy. Thanks to my dear Machans!"

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IPL: BCCI bans five players accused of spot-fixing

Mumbai: The disciplinary committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Saturday, banned five players accused of fixing in a sting operation during this year's Indian Premier League.

The three-member committee consisting of BCCI chairman N Srinivasan and board vice-presidents Arun Jaitley and Niranjan Shah  went through the reports submitted by BCCI's anti-corruption wing.
While TP Sudhindra has been banned for life, Shalabh Srivastava has been banned from playing for a period of five years. The other three - Mohnish Mishra and Amit Yadav and Abhinav Bali - have been handed a year's ban each.

While Mishra had issued a written apology days after the sting operation was aired saying that he had 'done it casually to increase his value,' Srivastava had claimed innocence.

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Stalin leaves for Delhi, likely to meet Kanimozhi

CHENNAI: DMK tresurer and party chief M Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin on Monday left for New Delhi.

The leader is likely to meet his sister Kanimozhi, lodged in Tihar jail for her alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam.

Stalin, also DMK's Legislature Party Leader, left by a government carrier.

Karunanidhi, who met Kanimozhi at the jail last week, had told reporters here on his return from Delhi that his daughter was shut in the prison in an "inhuman manner".

He had also stated that Kanimozhi was suffering from blisters and swelling on her body.

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Rahul Gandhi visits hospital, meets young girl attacked

New Delhi:  Rahul Gandhi today met a 14-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh, undergoing treatment at AIIMS after being stabbed in the eye by two young men who tried to rape her.

Mr Gandhi went to the Rajendra Prasad Eye Centre at the AIIMS at 10.45 am and spoke to the girl and her parents for, sources said.

They said doctors briefed Mr Gandhi about the treatment being given to the minor girl.

His visit comes close on the heels of the Congress attacking the Mayawati government over the alleged spurt in incidents of rape and murder in her state.

The victim was allegedly kidnapped by two persons from her home in Ghurpurwa village in Kannauj district on June 19 and was stabbed in her eyes when she resisted a rape attempt.

The villagers found her in the fields and rushed her to the district hospital.

Doctors are learnt to have told Me Gandhi that the victim has lost vision in one eye while 80 to 90 percent recovery is possible in the other eye, which was operated upon.

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