I have always found women superior: Anil Kapoor

Actor and filmmaker Anil Kapoor is happy to see that women are finally getting their due in male-dominated Bollywood. And one girl in particular is making him proud – his younger daughter Rhea who has just wrapped up her first production, Aisha.

“I have always believed that women and men have different qualities and I have found women to be superior to men. If you see, my children have grown up so well, that’s because of their mother and not because of me,” said Kapoor.

Kapoor tied the knot in 1984.  He has a son called Harsh and two daughters – Sonam and Rhea.  “The way girls are coming up; taking charge, holding situations, calling the shots … at the age of 23, Rhea has made the whole film. I am very happy, not only for Sonam and Rhea, but for all girls,” he said.

Sonam Kapoor made her debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Saawariya in 2007 and also worked with the filmmaker on Black. She was next seen in Delhi-6 with Abhishek Bachchan and stars in the recently released I Hate Luv Storys.

Rhea, who worked as an assistant on the 2009 Ranbir Kapoor film Wake Up Sid, decided to remain behind the camera as a producer.

30 burnt alive in India bus accident

BANGALORE: At least 30 people, including 10 children, were burnt alive on Sunday when a bus bound for the southern Indian city of Bangalore ploughed into a roadblock and caught fire, police said.

The state-owned vehicle veered off a small bridge after colliding with the roadblock in the dark and fell into a ditch, local superintendent of police Labhu Ram told AFP from the accident site by phone.

“The bus caught fire when the diesel tank exploded on impact,” he said.

The bus had 64 passengers on board and was on its way from Surpur in southern Karnataka state to the IT hub of Bangalore, 600 kilometres away.

Pigeon held in India for ‘spying for Pakistan’

NEW DEHLI: Indian police are holding a pigeon under armed guard after it was caught on an alleged spying mission for Pakistan, media reported on Friday.

The bird was found by a local resident in India’s Punjab state, which borders Pakistan, and taken to a police station 40 kilometres from the capital Amritsar. The pigeon had a ring around its foot and a Pakistani phone number and address stamped on its body in red ink.

Protests in Indian Kashmir over killings

Police in Indian Kashmir fired teargas on Saturday to disperse thousands of villagers protesting against the alleged staged killing of three Muslims by security forces.

Late last month, the military said it had foiled an infiltration bid by killing three militants in the area.

But three families in the northern district of Baramulla said the slain men were innocent relatives who had gone missing three days back.

India to export 263,000 cotton bales to Pakistan

The trade minister Delhi informed Federal Advisor on Textile Dr Mirza Ikhtiar Baig on Saturday that India has started issuing licence to allow export of cotton to Pakistan.

After revalidation of cotton contracts, India will export 263,000 cotton bales that were purchased by Pakistani companies.

Dr Baig requested the Indian commerce secretary and the trade minister Delhi to expedite the shipment of Indian cotton against Pakistani orders and was also pursuing this matter with the Indian and Pakistani High

Indian Border Security Force involved in Kashmir violence: Canada

Young painter shot dead by BSF & SOG men while painting wall in Habbakadal Srinagar

Srinagar, May 21st: In a stunning development, Canadian High Commission has accused the Indian Border Security Force of being anti human and is solely responsible for the violence that is going on in the Kashmir valley. In fact, the Canadian authorities have rejected a visa application of an ex BSF employee on the ground that they have been carrying on attacks on the innocent civilians in the valley.

Pandher, a retired jawan of the BSF, immediately took up the matter with the Director General of the BSF and has requested him to take up the matter with appropriate authority and at the appropriate place.