Coming soon: ‘Rajavinte Makan’ remake!

Rajavinte Makan', the cult film that made Mohanlal a household name and a superstar in Malayalam, is all set to be remade.

Apparently, remaking yesteryear super hits is a popular trend among Malayalam film makers these days. After the recent success of Neelathamara, a remake of the 1979 Malayalam classic with the same title, Rajavinte Makan (1986) could be the next to be remade!
According to sources, director Thampi Kannanthanam and script writer Dennis Joseph, makers of the original movie, had a discussion last Friday with Mohanlal's favourite producer Antony Perumbavoor and the team has reportedly decided for a remake.
In all probability, the pooja will be held on July 16. To be produced under the banner of Ashirwad Films, the remake will have Suresh Gopi reprising his role of the original version.
An adaptation of Rage of Angels (1983) by Sidney Sheldon, Rajavinte Makan revolves around Vincent Gomas and a group of underworld goons in Kerala. He is cheated by a politician (Ratheesh) and seeks revenge.

The 1986 film, written by Dennis Joseph and directed by Thampi Kannanthanam, would be remade with the same cast and crew, it is learnt. The pooja of the remake is scheduled to take place on July 16.

Though it was speculated that a sequel to the blockbuster was on anvil, the filmmakers and Mohanlal have settled for a remake, says our source. The racy gangster film with razor sharp dialogues had Mohanlal at his best; he was ably supported by a cast including Ratheesh, Suresh Gopi, Ambika and Adoor Bhasi.

Some of the dialogues by Vincent Gomas (a don, played by Mohanlal) in the film such as "Manassil Kuttabodham Thonnikkazhinjaal Cheyyunnathellam Yaanthrikamaayirikkum," "My Phone Number is Double Two Double Five," and "Orikkal Raaju mon ennodu chodichu. Uncle nte Achante Perenthanennu. Njaan paranju. My father is a king. I am the prince. Raajaavinte Makan" are very popular even now.

Salman Khan worth Rs 50 crore now!

Salman Khan, 45, who took a fee cut for Ready during recession has hiked his price, post his super successful run at the box office. The actor who was charging Rs 40 crore for his films, will now take back home a whopping Rs 50 crore. 

Two filmmakers have confirmed to film expert Subhash K Jha that Salman has not only hiked his price, but is also 'choosing' his directors.

"Salman is not only quoting a fee close to Rs 50 crore, he is also 'recommending' (read: appointing) directors for these films. Like, for the T Series project Salman has put forward the names of two directors and has asked producer Bhushan Kumar to choose from one of them. Furthermore, he insisted on Sonakshi Sinha for Kick and now he's recommending Zarine Khan to his prospective producers," a source told film expert Subhash K Jha.

Filmmaker Bhushan Kumar told Jha that Salman's price has been re-structured for his next. "When Salmanbhai did Ready the film industry was facing a huge financial crunch. But he agreed to cut down his price from Rs 40 crore to Rs 17 crore. This was the only way we could have made Ready at that time. Now the market has changed for the entire film industry. So, we are currently re-negotiating with him for our next film."

Rakhi Sawant wants to marry Baba Ramdev

"He's my new dream man," she confesses

Rakhi Sawant used to be controversy's favourite child but things had been quiet with the item girl-turned-reality TV star for a while. Not anymore! Rakhi has come up with a statement that's got everyone talking - she says that she wants to marry yoga expert Baba Ramdev.

Rakhi said that she thinks of Baba Ramdev as 'Swami' Ramdev, and confessed that she likes him a lot. She went on to add that while Rahul Gandhi was her dream man earlier she has now changed her choice to Baba Ramdev. 

“Jab bhi main unhe dekhti hun mujhe kuchh ho jaata hai. Unki aankhein mujhe sabse zyaada attract karti hai. (Whenever I see him something happens to me. His eyes attract me the most) I want to marry him” she said in Delhi while promoting her TV show 'Gajab Desh Ki Ajab Kahaaniyaan' on Imagine TV. 

Rakhi added that she admired Baba Ramdev's efforts to sort out the black money issue. She also said that she planned to invite him to her show and then propose to him. 

Of course knowing Rakhi's penchant for publicity, the timing of this 'love confession' coincides with the launch of her new show.  

Rakhi had earlier been part of Imagine TV's reality show 'Rakhi Ka Swayamvar', where she selected Canadian businessman Elesh Parujanwala as her groom. She later refused to marry him, alleging that he had misrepresented himself on the show. 

Website of Kochi Metro Rail Project inaugurated

site:  www.kochimetro.org

Electricity Minister Aryadan Mohammed launched the website of the Kochi Metro Rail Project here on Tuesday.

The site www.kochimetro.org has details of the project, land acquisition and rehabilitation, project design and stations among other things. The website is intended to clarify doubts regarding the project and ensure transparency in its implementation.

Members of the public who require more details on the project should e-mail their queries to info@kochimetro.org. The reply will be e-mailed within 48 hours. The website will have all major info related to the implementation of the Kochi metro. Visitors to the portal can verify detailed descriptions on the necessity of the project, the reason for having the Kochi metro rail, its detailed plan, technical data, major specialities, land needed for the project, details on land acquisition and rehabilitation facilities, metro stations and trains.

The decision to launch a website was taken during a meeting of high-level officials and other stakeholders under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in Kochi last month. The decision was taken by the Chief Minister as part of an initiative to ensure transparency.

Ten tourist spots exempted in new liquor policy

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ten tourist spots have been exempted from the restrictions on issuing of bar licences cited in the new liquor policy.

The policy was approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday.

Bekal, Vythiri, Kumarakom, Alappuzha, Fort Kochi, Kumili, Munnar, Varkala, Kovalam and Ashtamudi had been exempted, Excise Minister K Babu said.  Under the new policy, the UDF Government plans to confine the issuing of bar licences to five-star hotels by 2013-14.

In the first phase of this plan, licences will be confined to four-star hotels and above by the next fiscal. "But hotels in these 10 spots have been exempted as they are tourism spots. We will continue to issue licences here to 20-room three-star hotels and above. The selection is based on a request by the Tourism Department,’’ the Excise Minister said.

The hotel-to-hotel distance limit also will be not  applicable in the case of the 10 places.  The new policy says there should be a minimum distance of 200 m between two four-star hotels for issuing bar licences. The policy has raised the minimum age for buying and selling liquor to 21. Good Fridays will be dry days from now on.  The government has slashed the amount of liquor that could be possessed by an individual at a time from 27.1 litres to 15. Only 3 litres of IMFL can be kept in possession at a given time.  Bars in panchayats and municipalities will be open between 8 am and 11 pm and in corporations between 9 am and midnight.

The policy makes it mandatory that statutory warnings against the consumption of liquor be displayed when boozing scenes are shown in movies.

Cabinet nod for bus fare hike proposal

Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Cabinet on Tuesday has decided to hike the bus fares in the state. The cabinet approved the suggestions submitted by the expert committee appointed by the government to study the bus fare issue.

With the decision the minimum fare of the ordinary buses will go up to Rs 5. For the fast passenger buses will go up to Rs 7.

According to the fares approved by the cabinet the minimum distance that can be travelled for minimum fare will be increased from 2.5 kilometers to five kilometers.

The decision is likely to be announced after the discussions to be held between the transport minister and the bus owners Wednesday.

Joshiy's daughter dies in car accident

Malayalam cinema's top commercial director Joshiy’s daughter Aishwarya died on Sunday night in a road accident on ECR near Chennai. Aishwarya was a IT professional working for Infosys in Chennai. Three other persons travelling with her were killed in the tragic accident where a lorry crashed into their car. The other two dead have been identified as Radhika, native of Thrippunithura and Arjun of Thrissur. Two others sustained serious injuries. Joshiy is one of the most successful Malayalam directors ever over a period of 33 years in which he has directed 63 films. He has directed blockbusters likeNew Delhi, Nair Saab, Lelam, Twenty:20and the recent Christian Brothers.

Summons issued against Meera Jasmine

The elusive actress Meera Jasmine has been issued a summons by the CJM court in Kozhikode in "for not honouring her commitment to do a film after taking an advance amount."

Meera had approached the Kerala High Court saying that she should be granted exemption from making a personal appearance in the court, on the summons issued by CJM.

However, the High Court has rejected her appeal and asked her to be present at the court on or before August 8.

Malayalam producer and director KA Devarajan had filed a case against her that she had taken an advance of Rs 5 lakhs from him to do the filmSwapnamalika, but failed to honour her commitment.

Meera's argument in the case is that after signing the contract, Devarajan had changed the story and started making the film with another heroine.

Meera was recently seen in Tamil films like Penn Singam and Ilanjian, both written by former chief minister M Karunanidhi.

The Malayalam actress is no longer doing films in her mother tongue and has two films to be released in Tamil, Mambattiyan and Adhinarayana.

Mathrubhumi fake news about Mohanlal

പൃഥ്വിയ്ക്ക് പിന്നാലെ മോഹന്‍ലാലിനും വ്യാജവാര്‍ത്ത പരിഹാസം
(From mollywoodfox.com/article_detail.php?no=2823)
പൃഥ്വിരാജിനെതിരായി മാതൃഭൂമി പത്രത്തിന്റെ പേരില്‍ ഫെയിസ് ബുക്ക്, ഓര്‍ക്കുട്ട് വഴി വ്യാജവാര്‍ത്ത പ്രചരിപ്പിച്ച സംഭവം വലിയ വിവാദമാകുകയും ഇത് സംബന്ധിച്ച കേസില്‍ തിരുവനന്തപുരം നേമം സ്വദേശിയായ ഒരാള്‍ പിടിയിലാവുകയും ചെയ്തതാണ്. മല്ലിക സുകുമാരന്‍, മാതൃഭൂമി ഇലക്‌ട്രോണിക്‌സ് മീഡിയ മാനേജര്‍ കെ ആര്‍ പ്രമോദ് എന്നിവര്‍ നല്‍കിയ പരാതിയിലാണ് സൈബര്‍ പോലീസ് കേസെടുത്തത്. ഇപ്പോഴിതാ മോഹന്‍ലാലിനെതിരെയും മാതൃഭൂമി പത്രത്തിന്റെ പേരില്‍ പരിഹാസ രൂപേണയുള്ള വ്യാജവാര്‍ത്ത പ്രചരിക്കുന്നു.

'മോശം നടനുള്ള ഓസ്കാര്‍ മോഹന്‍ലാലിന്' എന്ന തലക്കെട്ടിലുള്ള മാതൃഭൂമിയുടെ ഒന്നാം പേജ് വാര്‍ത്തയാണ് കൃത്രിമമായി ഉണ്ടാക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നത്. താഴെയായി 'കേരളമൊട്ടാകെ ആഹ്ലാദപ്രകടനം-സുകുമാര്‍ അഴീക്കോട്‌ നടുക്കം രേഖപ്പെടുത്തി' എന്നുമാണ്. ഇതിന് താഴെയായുള്ള ഹൈലൈറ്റ്സുകളില്‍  വിനയന്‍, വിമല്‍ കുമാര്‍, മോഹന്‍ലാല്‍, ആന്റണി പെരുമ്പാവൂര്‍ എന്നിവരുടെ പേരുകളില്‍ പ്രതികരണങ്ങളും കൊടുത്തിരിക്കുന്നു. മോഹന്‍ലാലിന്റെ ഫോട്ടോയുടെ കാപ്ഷന്‍ നല്‍കിരിക്കുന്നത് അണ്ണന്‍ റോക്‌സ്-ഫാന്‍സ് എന്നാണ്. ഇത് തന്നെയായിരുന്നു പൃഥ്വിയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള വാര്‍ത്തയുടെ സാമ്പിളും. എന്നാല്‍ പൃഥ്വിയെ 'തല്ലിക്കൊന്ന'പോലുള്ള ഗൗരവമല്ല ഇത്. 

ഫേസ്ബുക്ക്, ഓര്‍ക്കുട്ട് എന്നിവയിലൂടെയാണ് ഈ വ്യാജവാര്‍ത്ത പ്രചരിക്കുന്നത്. നേരത്തെ 'സൂപ്പര്‍ സ്റ്റാര്‍ പൃഥ്വിരാജിനെ ജനക്കൂട്ടം തല്ലിക്കൊന്നു' എന്ന തലക്കെട്ടിലുള്ള മാതൃഭൂമിയുടെ ഒന്നാം പേജ് വാര്‍ത്തയാണ് വിവാദമായത്.

Actress Sukumari Admitted in Hospital

Malayalam actress Sukumari was suffering from fever for the past few days.

Sukumari was at the shooting location in Sreenarayanapuram (SN Puram) in Kodungallur, from where she caught fever. 

On Monday 25 July 2011, Sukumari went to visit the Sree kurumba Bhagavathi Temple in Kodungallur.

Later she went to the shooting location where she experienced high fever.

She was immediately taken to nearby "Modern Hospital".

As the doctors found that her condition was getting worse, she was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit for better treatment. 

The news that Sukumari is in ICU has made lot of her fans disappointed and everyone is praying for her recovery.

Sukumari has acted in lot of malayalam and tamil cinemas and she has acted more in the roles of mother.

IT officials raid houses of Kannada film stars

The Income Tax (IT) officials in Bangalore conducted raids on the houses of Kannada TV and film stars Ravikiran, Sihi Kahi Chandru and K Manju today (Friday, July 8). According to reports, the raids took place simultaneously on the three stars' residences early morning and is expected to last for another few hours. 

IT sleuths raided the residences of small screen actor and producer Ravikiran, TV and film star Sihi Kahi Chandru and film producer K Manju in Teachers Colony, JP Nagar and Jayanagar respectively in Bangalore. According to sources, they have found some irregularities in the advance tax assessment of these actors. 

In recent years, there have not been any report about IT raids on the houses of Kannada stars and this is the instance of its kind. Since the raid is still going on, the exact facts and figures are yet to be announced 

GSAT-12 placed in geosynchronous orbit

The GSAT-12 communication satellite, launched onboard PSLV-C17, has been successfully placed in geosynchronous orbit with a perigee of 35,684 km, apogee of 35,715 km and an orbital inclination of 0.17 deg with respect to the equatorial plane.

On July 15, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C17) injected GSAT-12 into an elliptical transfer orbit of 281 km perigee (closest point to Earth) and 21,027 km apogee (farthest point to earth), and orbital inclination of 17.9 deg.

Critical manoeuvres to raise GSAT-12 Satellite into geosynchronous orbit were performed by firing the 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) of the spacecraft for about 80 minutes in five spells during July 16-20.

The communication antenna onboard the satellite was deployed successfully on Thursday at 15:30 hrs and the spacecraft is in its final orbital configuration, pointing towards earth, according to an ISRO statement.

GSAT-12 is now located at 63 deg East longitude. The satellite would be moved to reach its designated longitude of 83 degree East within the next 16 days (at the rate of one degree per day). The GSAT-12 would be co-located with INSAT-2E and INSAT-4A satellites, the space agency added.

After parking the satellite at this location, the communication transponders are planned to be switched on by August 5, followed by in-orbit testing.

"The GSAT-12 satellite is in good health and is in continuous radio-visibility from ISRO's Master Control Facility, Hassan," it was stated.

My Dear Kuttichathan re-releasing this Onam

Navodaya Appachan's Malayalam film My Dear Kuttichathan is the first Indian 3D movie and it was released in 1984. The film hit the screens again in 1997 and it reached the Blockbuster status in both years. Now, Appachan is said to have planned to re-release it for third time during this Onam festival.

The story of My Dear Kuttichathan revolves around three children, who develop friendly relationship with a ghost named as Kuttichathan. A cruel magician wants Chathan to lay hands on a treasure. Even though magician is a owner of Chathan, he is burnt and killed by Chathan in the climax. Chathan turns into a bat and flies away.

This Malayalam flick has been directed by Jijo Punnoose and produced by Navodaya Appachan. Raghunath Paleri and TK Rajeevkumar have penned the script for the film, which has Ilayaraja's music, Ashok Kumar's cinematography and TR Shekhar's editing. It was first made with a huge budget of 25 crore.

However, My Dear Kuttichathan was dubbed into Hindi as Chhota Chetan with additional scenes with Urmila Matondkar and into Tamil as Chutti Chathan. It was successful in these two languages. Now, the movie is releasing in Malayalam for the third time with additional footage in 3D digital format and Prakash Raj and Santhanam. It should be seen whether the film would impress the present generation.

Income tax raids on Kerala superstars

The Income Tax department has conducted simultaneous raids on the homes and offices of two of Malayalam cinema’s biggest stars

Mammootty and Mohanlal, who are known to have several business interests, are facing IT action for the first time. Our sources tell us that this could well be the first major raid on stars from the Kerala film industry. Reports coming in suggest that IT sleuths have swooped in on the stars’ offices in Kochi, Bangalore and Chennai. The duo is known to have business interests, with Mohanlal even being touted as a possible owner of an IPL team.

On his part, Mammootty has been active in the films and television, besides owning a distribution company called Playhouse Entertainment that has recently bagged the rights to distribute the upcoming film The King and the Commissioner. The actor, who is a qualified lawyer by profession, was also reportedly involved in the Smart City project in Kochi. His name came up in this context a few times. He had reportedly associated with Dubai-based businessman MA Yousuf Ali and the Dubai Internet City officials.

His contemporary Mohanlal has several business ventures related to movie production, distribution, restaurants and packaged spices among other things. He owns Maxicab Cinemas and Entertainments, and Vismayas Max, a post-production studio. His banner Pranavam Artshas produced several films while his non-filmi business includes a restaurant chain in Dubai called Mohanlal’s Tastebuds. Additionally, he is said to have stake in the restaurant Travancore Court in Kochi and The Harbour in Bangalore.

Income tax sleuths have raided the houses, offices and hotels of Malayalam film stars Mammootty and Mohanlal in Kochi, Bangalore, Chennai and Thrivananthapuram , yesterday in a well planned, secretly dealt operation as per the  section 132. The searches started by 6.30 in the morning verifying records of various business ventures of the superstars including their film production and distribution activities. The team who has seized many documents is also reported to have found an elephant tusk from Mohanlal's Kochi residence and twenty lakhs currency from Mammootty's Chennai residence.

The IT men who had been observing huge differences in the IT returns of superstars also found that both has engaged the same chartered accountant wit this Head office at the capital city. Interestingly, the house of Mohanlal's close aid Antony Perumbavoor and also of Mammootty's daughter and son in law's hospital were also raided yesterday.

Mammootty  arrived the late evening yesterday from Chennai to answer the officials while Mohanlal is shooting at the coastal town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. Mammootty was questioned for seven hours, till early morning 3 am and the officials said that he has well co operated with the department. IT officials will further question Mohanlal on the 25th and 26th of this month.

One bedroom of Mohanlal at his Kochi residence is yet to be opened as a bio-metric gadget which can be opened only with the fingerprints of close family members is engaged. This is the first time that the Super stars of Mollywood are being jointly raided. The media has already named as 'the biggest ever raid carried out simultaneously on M and M'. The raid is continuing today at various centres.

Responding to the news that the IT has seized many antiques of great value from his residence, Superstar Mohanlal has responded that all kerala knew about his interests to collect antique articles. 'I used to gather similar articles whenever i am shooting on various places that have such materials. And many media has earlier reported about my collections and i have never kept this as a secret' points out Lal who also made it clear that he will not be able to appear become the IT officers in the next couple of days. Lal further added that he will appear before the public shortly to clear off the confusions regarding the raids.

Meanwhile, Megastar Mammootty feel some kind of sabotage behind the event as the entire raid was planned on the day when he was away preparing for his son Salman's marriage function. Further he makes it clear that the twenty lakhs of currency found from his house is not black money, as he was maintaining this for the expenses of his son's marriage. Every kerelalite know how much it costs to hold a marriage, and this is also white money stored for such an occasion', adds the Megastar.

Reports suggests that IT officers are planning to pounce upon an young superstar and an actress who had made big money from appearing in the big films of the south, in the coming days.

Mandela Day honored around the globe

JOHANNESBURG - In Nelson Mandela's 93 years birthday, a lot of best wishes poured in fromaround the globe for one of the world's most loved men.

Former President Nelson Mandela prepares for his 93rd birthday with family members at his home inQunu in this handout photo released by the Mandela family July 17, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

As Nelson Mandela spent his birthday in his home village of Qunu in the country's Eastern CapeProvince, South Africans celebrated his birthday by singing and doing charitable works.

Earlier in the morning, thousands of South African school children joined in singing a special"Happy Birthday Madiba" for the elderly statesman.

While concerns were raised earlier this year over Mandela's health, he was reportedly in goodspirits on Monday.

President Jacob Zuma, who was meeting with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron on Mondaymorning, was set to visit Mandela on Monday afternoon.

Meanwhile tributes and well wishes poured in from around the world.

"As the people of the world celebrate Nelson Mandela's 93rd birthday on July 18, Madibacontinues to be a beacon for the global community, and for all who work for democracy, justiceand reconciliation. On behalf of the people of the United States, we congratulate NelsonMandela, and honor his vision for a better world," said President of the United States BarackObama in a statement.

South Africa's opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) was one of many organizations sending himwell wishes. Helen Zille, DA leader said, "The most significant honor we can pay this great manon his birthday is to work towards his vision of a better life for all South Africans, to build on hisdream, and to vigilantly and consistently protect the Constitution which he called a 'sacredcovenant'."

In November 2009 the United Nations declared July 18 as Nelson Mandela International Day andlast year it was marked with acts of good works in communities throughout the world.

This coincides with ordinary South Africans who do individual and collective acts of service.

Mandela Day is an outreach event which hopes to encourage South Africans to spend 67minutes making a difference in the lives of those less fortunate than themselves.

"Nelson Mandela spent 67 years of his life making South Africa a better place. We are askingordinary South Africans to spend just 67 minutes one day a year to make a difference insomeone else's life," Nelson Mandela Foundation spokesman Sello Hatang said on Sunday.

"We want people to go beyond only doing good on one day- it doesn't matter when you do your67 minutes and certainly, we would hope people would do more than just that," Hatang added.

On Sunday, young and old followed this year's theme of "Take Action, Inspire Change, MakeEvery Day a Mandela Day". Hundreds of people met at a park at in Sandton, Johannesburg togo out to various needy charities in the area.

In Alexandra near the sandton business centre of Johannesburg, volunteers painted the walls ofthe Alexandra Kopane School of Education Trust library.

A Johannesburg resident told Xinhua on Monday that he had done his 67 minutes of good byvisiting an orphanage in the township of Soweto. "We as a company decided to throw thechildren a party. It might be something small- but if we all do a little, it makes a big difference,"he said.

Police prepare sketch of Mumbai blast suspect

NEW DELHI - The Indian police have prepared a sketch of one suspect in Wednesday's triplebombings in Mumbai, while a man reportedly died of police torture during interrogation aboutthe blast, local media reported on Sunday.

"We are taking the help of technical experts to improve the quality of the (grainy) image and Ithink in 24 to 48 hours we should able to get a better image," Rakesh Maria, Maharashtrastate's anti-terrorism squad chief, told reporters.

Investigators have zeroed in on two suspects, local daily Hindustan Times quoted Maria assaying on Saturday.

He said although the police had another suspect's photograph obtained from the closed circuitTV footage, the police need to work more on the photograph due to the poor quality of thefootage, according to the report.

Police examination of debris has already indicated that the bombs, hidden in the crowdedstreets, used ammonium nitrate - a fertilizer ingredient commonly used in improvised explosivedevices.

During the police's ongoing investigation, Faiz Usmani, brother of 2008 Ahmedabad blastaccused Afzal Usmani, died early on Sunday following a brain hemorrhage, according to Indo-Asian News Service, quoting hospital sources.

The report quoted a medical officer as saying that Faiz Usmani was picked up as a suspect inthe triple blasts, which left 19 people dead and 129 others injured, but late on Saturdayevening he suddenly took ill and was rushed to Sion Hospital in Mumbai. He died there around1:20 am on Sunday.

The officer said when Faiz was brought to hospital, his blood pressure was in excess of 220points and there was a large amount of blood in his brain, said the report.

Faiz was the brother of Afzal Usmani, one of the prime accused in blasts in Ahmedabad andSurat in Gujarat in 2008, and both were suspected members of the Indian Mujahiddeen.Relatives of Faiz said he was tortured by police.

Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik called Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram, assuredhis Indian counterpart of Pakistan's fullest assistance and said that the culprits will be punished,said the Interior Ministry of Pakistan, according to Xinhua.

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani had condemned theblasts in Mumbai and expressed distress at the loss of life and injuries.