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In comments that can rake up yet another controversy, Indian-origin author Salman Rushdie has termed the British monarchy and its traditions as "stupid" and "archaic".

Bollywood actor Salman Khan, whose latest film ''Dabangg'' opened to full houses across the country, received flak from various quarters on Sunday for his comments on a Pak TV channel over 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. The actor reportedly told the channel that the 26/11 attacks were widely noticed only because two major hotels in Mumbai were targeted and it claimed the lives of influential people. “Attacks have happened on trains and small towns too, but no one talked about it so much,” he told the Express TV channel in an interview. He also reportedly said the Pakistani government was not to be blamed for the attacks. “Our security had failed. We have had lot of attacks earlier, and all of them were not from Pakistan,” he said. Salman’s comments upset many, including Maharashtra Chief Minister, Ashok Chavan, who reacted angrily. “The attack was not only on Taj and Oberoi but also on the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus where common people killed,” he said.

Priyanka Chopra registered a case against her former personal secretar y Jaju for allegedly threatening her and using abusive language. Jaju, who is suspected to be based in Indore, was arrested in 2004 following a complaint by Chopra alleging that a Chhota Shakeel gang member had threatened her on his instance.

Bollywood actress Neetu Chandra’s publicist Wednesday rubbished Pakistani bowler Mohammad Asif’s ex-girlfriend Veena Malik’s claims that the Indian actress has links with the cricketer, now embroiled in a match-fixing controversy. Veena, however, claimed Neetu was lying. ‘Without any concrete evidence, Ms. Malik is going on and on talking about how she thinks Neetu Chandra is involved with Mohammad Asif. She is probably doing this for publicity, as we’ve heard that she herself has Bollywood dreams,’ Neetu’s publicist Dale Bhagwagar told reporters here.

The 2010 Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy refers to allegations stemming from a report by News of the World released during the Pakistani cricket team's tour of England that Pakistani players Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt had accepted bribes from agent and bookie Mazhar Majeed to purposely under-perform at certain points in the 4th Test at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England.

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton is to be charged with possession of cocaine, an offense that could possibly lead to time behind bars. The DA is said to have filed the case involving the socialite, who was allegedly caught with 0.8 grams of cocaine this weekend in Las Vegas, reports TMZ.

The family members of Obul Reddy, a Anantapur-based factionist and an opponent of the slain leader Paritala Ravi in the real life, complained that filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma failed to check the facts before scripting his controversial film Raktha Charitra and that he never bothered to meet them, though he did the same with the slain leader’s family and that of Maddelacheruvu Suri, the prime accused in the killing of Paritala.

The family members of Obul Reddy, a Anantapur-based factionist and an opponent of the slain leader Paritala Ravi in the real life, complained that filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma failed to check the facts before scripting his controversial film Raktha Charitra and that he never bothered to meet them, though he did the same with the slain leader’s family and that of Maddelacheruvu Suri, the prime accused in the killing of Paritala.

Former “Friends” actress Jennifer Aniston appears to have caused a bit of controversy recently, after she let the r-word slip during an interview with Regis Philbin and Kristin Cruz. She received lots of criticism for using this word at the time of interview.

‘Munni Badnaam Hui Ddarling Tere Liye’, by this song from Salman starer movie Dabangg is in controversy which is going to be release on 10th Sept 2010. An activist has filed a petition in the city civil court seeking deletion of the word ‘Hindustan’ from a song in forthcoming movie Dabangg. Rajkumar Tak, in his petition, has alleged that the song has used nation’s name hurting the patriotic sentiments of every Indian.

As per the latest tabloids report, Bollywood Khiladi Akshay Kumar landed himself in a controversy by donning a pink turban in a still from the movie, 'Patiala House.' Reportedly, a still from the movie ‘Patiala House’ was uploaded by the crew on the micro-blogging site Twitter. Though there was nothing wrong in the still, it was the clean shaven look of the actor that was challenged by few viewers.

Controversy once again grip Aamir: The latest buzz in tinsel town is that controversy has once again gripped Aamir Khan. This seems to be a common thing with Aamir when he has a release round the corner. This time his much awaited film “Peepli Live” has been caught up in a controversy with respect to one of its songs which is alleged of being plagiarized. The song called “Chola Maati Ke Ram” composed by Gangaram Siwar of Chattisgarh.

After Dimpy Mahajan it is Payal Rohtagi who has broken her silence. She confessed that she was also a victim of Raul Mahajan anger.She was upset about the fate of Dimpy and had this to say about Rahul “He did hit me twice. Once he banged my head against the door. When Rahul is angry, he completely loses his mind.”

Rahul Mahajan, the son of late Pramod Mahajan who had married Dimpy Ganguly in March on national television through the show ‘Rahul ka Swayamvar’, beat his wife for a SMS message in the early hours of 29th July, Thursday and a furious Dimpy left the house at 3.30 am with a vow never to return.

Aamir Khan, who got sucked into a controversy for not paying a musical group in a Madhya Pradesh village for using its folk song in his forthcoming production venture ’Peepli Live’, regrets that the payment got delayed.

Rajeev Masand, while expressing his opinion on promotional gimmick by Akshay Kumar on his new release tweeted – ‘Need innovative ideas to promote films in competitive times. But Akshay Kumar grinning like a jackass at RKLaxman's hospital bed is a new low’. Mentioning of Akshay Kumar as ‘jackass’ was something Amitabh Bachchan didn't appreciate and while expressing his unhappiness he tweeted the journalist back –‘Rajeev, your fraternity will never pull you up for calling Akshay a 'jackass'. Ever thought if the reverse were to be done would your fraternity have spared Akshay if he were to address you as one? Never expected this language from you!’

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has found herself in the center of yet another controversy. The actress who is well-known for asking for bags of money whether it’s a movie or a performance, has been called out for overcharging the Commonwealth Games officials when she performed a dance at the games a few years ago.

Political controversy has been ignited after an advertisement that showed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar holding hands was released by the BJP.

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan confesses that he accidentally removed actor Shah Rukh Khan from his follower list on microblogging site Twitter, but has now got him back.

The Australian City Council has denied further permission for shooting of Mahesh Bhatt's Crook: It's Good To Be Bad. The shooting that was going on in Melbourne, thus, had to be called off two days before the schedule could end.