Shilpa is pregnant !

Bombay,-Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra

has announced she is expecting her first child with

businessman husband Raj Kundra.

She married Kundra in 2009 and suffered a

miscarriage earlier this year. Currently actresses Lara Dutta and Celina Jaitley are

also pregnant with their first child. 

Rao Award for Hema Malini 

Hyderabad,-Hema Malini has been chosen for the prestigious Akkineni

Nageswara Rao Award for the year 2011.

The ANR award was instituted in the year 2005 by the

Akkineni International Foundation as an 'Award for Excellence'

to those who dedicated their life "towards service to our

medium" (the film industry).

Akkineni Nageswara Rao, ANR as he is popularly known, is

a living legend of the Telugu film industry.

91 patients suffocated to death in 

hospital fire

Kolkata,-At least 91  patients suffocated to

death when a massive fire broke out in a centrally-

airconditioned seven-storey private hospital in the metropolis

on 9 december here.

Police and hospital sources said 91  people had died in

the fire at the private 190-beded AMRI Hospital at Dhakuria in

the southern fringes.

The fire in the annexe building of the hospital was

detected at around 3:30 AM by local people who rushed to the

gates, but were driven away by the security guards, following

which the fire spread swiftly, West Bengal Urban Development

Minister Firhad Hakim said.

As smoke billowed out, firemen using ladders with

platforms smashed window panes in the facade of the building

to rescue patients trapped inside the ICU, ICCU, Intensive

Therapy Unit and Critical Care units.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,  visited the hospital,

ordered cancellation of its licence. She urged angry relatives

of the victims to go to the state-run SSKM Hospital to

identify the bodies.

Licence to be cancelled- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata

Banerjee directed cancellation of the licence of AMRI

hospital at Dhakuria where 91 patients died in a devastating

fire.

SHO arrested for taking bribe

    Jaipur,-A police inspector was today arrested

for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 50,000 here,

anti-corruption bureau sources said.

    Pradeep Goyal, SHO Kotputali police station here had

allegedly taken Rs 18,000 as bribe from a person, Bhuvnesh

Tiwari, in October for registering an FIR against some local

people who had damaged the boundary wall of his agricultural

land.

    When the villagers again damaged the wall recently, the

SHO demanded Rs 50,000 for registering another FIR, they said.

    After verification of the complaint lodged by Tiwari, a

trap was laid and the SHO was nabbedwhile accepting the

bribe amount, they added. 

Irregularities found in govt hospital, 

CMS suspended

Bulandshahr,-The Chief Medical

Superintendent of a state-run hospital here was suspended

after glaring irregularities were found during an inspection,

a top district official said here.

Babu Banarasi Das hospital CMS RK Varma was suspended

after irregularities were detected in the hospital

during a surprise check, District Magistrate Kamini Chauhan

said on 9th december.