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Yash Chopra hospitalised after dengue attack

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(Colombo Lankapuvath) Filmmaker Yash Chopra, who recently turned 80, was rushed to Lilavati Hospital in Bandra on Saturday.
“He was admitted after being diagnosed with an attack of dengue. He has been kept under observation. He is feeling much better and should be home soon,” says a spokesperson from Yash Raj Films, when contacted.
According to a source at the hospital, the director-producer was feeling extremely weak before he was admitted.
"The filmmaker is currently lodged in the ICU on the sixth floor of the hospital. He is expected to be shifted soon to the eleventh floor as he is responding well to the treatment," reported a daily.

For the past few months, the filmmaker has been busy shooting his last directorial film, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, with Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Chopra. The film is slated for a Diwali release on November 13.

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Lafarge holds Children's Art Competition

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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) Lafarge Mahaweli Cement organized a children's art competition on Safety at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute.
 
Children of agents and distributors of Lafarge participated in this event. The main drive of this initiative was to emphasise the importance of safety through educating and informing children of these families, with the aim of them passing on the safety message to their parents and extended family, which would lead them to take extra precautions and to avoid hazardous situations while carrying out their day to day activities.
 
Many of the senior staff members of Lafarge attended the competition and the opening speech, given by Anurag Kak, Managing Director of Lafarge, highlighted the importance of upholding a safe family unit.
 
The children and their parents were given an introduction by Subash Rathnaweera, Health and Safety Officer of Lafarge, on a number of hazard areas that children can get into and should be mindful of. Avoiding dangers when handling electricity without parental supervision, playground safety, water safety and traveling on the road were the main topics he discussed. S. Rathnaweera also took the opportunity to underline the decision taken by the Department of Education to approve an ergonomic school bag. This bag aids children to develop a healthy back posture and provides the required spine support when carrying heavy text books.
 
Children, who came from all parts of the Island, were very enthusiastic in depicting pictures, which displayed various hazards prevalent as well as how they should be avoided. An employee of a Lafarge distributor, Vasanthi Liyanagunasekara, and her 13 year old daughter, Amali Tharangani, travelled from Hatton to take part in this event. “This event was a creative way of educating children on how to be safe from a young age and to avoid getting into dangerous accidents, which is helpful for both child and parent”, commented V. Liyanagunasekara.
 
A separate judging panel was invited to grace the event and the children were broken up into four separate age categories. The pictures that best portrayed the Safety topic and met their judging criteria were awarded the winners of the competition.
 
Subash Rathnaweera added: "working on the children’s art competition was a rewarding and moving experience. I was highly impressed by the quality of the children’s artwork". He also stated that he was especially touched by the children's understanding of the different points explained to them through the safety presentation.
 

The art competition was held in line with Lafarge's global objective to prevent accidents through awareness and safe behavior.

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Akshay Kumar-Twinkle Khanna blessed with a baby girl

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(Colombo Lankapuvath) Akshay Kumar's wish to have a girl child is granted. His wife Twinkle Khanna gave birth to a daughter on Tuesday morning. The former actress delivered at Breach Candy Hospital in South Bombay reportedly.

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Professor Stanley Wijesundara Memorial Lecture

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(Colombo-Lankapuvath) A memorial lecture on the late Vice chancellor of the University of Colombo, Professor Stanley Wijesundara was recently held at the Sri Lanka Foundation in Colombo.

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SL Crafts at the “Magic Of Gifted Hands” New Delhi

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(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - High Commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam joined Commerce Minister Anand Sharma, Secretary of Textiles Smt. Rita Menon and the Development Commissioner of Handcrafts of India in inaugurating the Theme Pavilion of Indian Handicrafts “MAGIC OF GIFTED HANDS” & the India-Sri Lanka Crafts Exchange Programme at the India International Trade Fair in New Delhi.

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Riteish&Genelia to wed in 2012

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(Colombo Lankapuvath)Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza have confirmed they are planning to tie the knot next year.

"It's an exciting new chapter in our lives and all your wishes and blessings make it even more beautiful and special for Riteish and me," tweeted Genelia.

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Will Aish deliver her baby on 11/11/11?

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(Colombo Lankapuvath) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in her ninth month of pregnancy has become a topic of national interest. And, with speculations around her delivery date making rounds in the media circuits, the news has got everyone hooked onto details of her pregnancy.  However, all this hullaballo over her pregnancy and the speculated date (11.11.11) on which she will deliver her baby has miffed the Bachchans.

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Desyat Let – Russian ballet concert

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(Colombo, Lankapuvath) - The essence of the term, “ballet” surpasses the seemingly delicate art of dance thus placing it as a perfect paradox. “Ballet”, as a form of Art contradicts the delicate façade, considering the tremendous amount of effort and dedication that it veils. This knowledge is, unfortunately, not perceived by many.

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