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Twinkle Khanna feared exploding like `gas canisters` during `Badshah` song shoot

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Twinkle Khanna, daughter of legendary Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia tried her hand at acting in the 90s. However, after a string of flops, the actress realised that it is not her cup of tea and moved out of the movie business. During her time as a Hindi film actress, Twinkle appeared in some memorable films including Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Badshah which was released in 1999. Recently, Khanna opened up about the challenges she faced while shooting for the romantic track `Mohabbat Ho Gaye` with Khan in the Abbas-Mustan directorial.  Speaking with Shrayana Bhattacharya, Twinkle Khanna stated, “I know you see all these actresses saying that they don’t diet and they eat everything; it’s not true, most of them are starving. I was starving, if you want your stomach to be flat in all those catsuits that we used to wear—I don’t know why we wore them. This was my own brainwave that I’m going to live on channa. For some reason, being Gujarati, I felt that was also cheap, and you know, I could …

Parliament security breach: Accused smuggled smoke canisters inside cavity of shoe soles, say police

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Security personnel on high alert at Kartavya Path near Parliament House, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The two persons who opened smoke canisters in the Lok Sabha chamber had smuggled them in cavities cut into the left sole of custom-made sports shoes supported by thick rubber layers, according to Delhi Police’s FIR. The pamphlets that the duo — Manorajan D and Sagar Sharma — carried into the Lok Sabha had the picture of a fist against the backdrop of a tricolour, a slogan in Hindi and a slogan in English on the Manipur violence issue. In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack, Sagar and Manoranjan jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour on Wednesday, released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by the MPs. Around the same time, two others — Amol Shinde and Neelam Devi —  sprayed coloured gas from canisters while shouting “tanashahi nahi chalegi” outside Parliament premises. Police have filed terrorism …

Watch: Security breach in Lok Sabha, two persons enter House, open gas canisters

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In a security breach in Lok Sabha, two men jumped into the House from the visitor`s gallery and had canisters in their hand, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram said, reported news agency ANI. He said the canisters were emitting yellow smoke. In a major security breach on the 22nd anniversary of Parliament terror attack, two intruders jumped into the Lok Sabha chamber from the public gallery during Zero Hour and released yellow gas from canisters and shouted slogans before being overpowered by MPs. The House was adjourned soon after the incident. The two intruders jumped from public gallery number four at around 1 pm when the Zero hour was in progress.They also shouted slogans like `tanashahi nahi chalegi` (dictatorship will not be allowed), reported PTI. Outside the Parliament also, two persons, including a woman, were detained for protesting using cans that released colour smoke, police said. Narrating the LS incident, Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “One person was seen leaping over the benches of the Lok Sabha while another was seen dangling …