Devgun, Salman named for smoking at public place

June 23rd, 2009 Obama admits occasional cigaretteWASHINGTON — One day after signing legislation giving the government unprecedented power to regulate tobacco, President Barack Obama is admitting that he's sometimes "fallen off the wagon" in his own effort to stop smoking. Obama told reporters Tuesday that he's "95 percent cured." But he added that "there are times where I mess up." He said he's not a "daily" or "constant" smoker, and that he doesn't smoke in front of his kids.

April 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Khan brothers - Salman and Arbaaz - will be teaming up after almost four years in the film 'Prem Kaa Game'. Salman, who will be seen throughout the narrative of the film, will be advising Arbaaz's character, Prem, how to stray in marriage.

April 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - He has become the darling of Lok Sabha hopefuls. So much so that Bollywood actor Salman Khan is campaigning for politicians cutting across party lines.

April 9th, 2009 PATHANKOT - Bollywood star Salman Khan on Thursday campaigned for the veteran actor and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate from the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat Vinod Khanna. Khanna has been elected thrice to the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha seat.

March 28th, 2009 KANPUR - Bollywood superstar Salman Khan will contest for the Congress in upcoming general elections. Annu Tandon, Congress candidate from Unnao, said that the actor would start campaigning from Unnao Lok Sabha constituency from Sunday.

February 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Taking forward his well-known legacy of taking off his shirt, Bollywood star Salman Khan has done it again - this time on Zee TV's reality show 'Lux Dance India Dance'. When one of the contestants requested Salman to take his shirt off, he said: 'Main har bar shirt utaarta hoon.

February 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Oscar winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow has expressed her yearning to smoke again. The 'Iron Man' actress has also decided to take up smoking in old age, reports thesun.co.uk.

January 9th, 2009 TAIPEI - Taiwan will take a giant step in its anti-smoking campaign Sunday by banning smoking indoors across the island, the Department of Health (DOH) said Saturday. Under the new rule, all offices and indoor facilities like department stores, restaurants, cafes, airports and railway station will ban smoking.

January 9th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan have been figuring in the news for all the wrong reasons by consistently breaking the no-smoking law in the first smoke-free city of the country. Both actors have been served five penalty notices for smoking at public places in the last three days in Chandigarh and in neighbouring Punjab.

January 7th, 2009 PANAJI - Director A.R. Murgadoss and actor Aamir Khan, who are riding on the success of 'Ghajini', are being lauded by National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE) for cinematically endorsing and propagating the no-smoking ban in the action thriller.

January 7th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Bollywood actor Ajay Devgan seemed to have hidden behind a smokescreen Thursday. The Chandigarh police, despite repeated attempts, were unable to serve a penalty notice on the actor for allegedly breaching the no-smoking law in the city Monday.

January 5th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A Chandigarh-based non-government organisation (NGO) Tuesday filed a complaint against Bollywood actor Ajay Devgun for allegedly smoking at a public place. 'We have submitted a written complaint at the offices of senior superintendent of police and director of health services, Chandigarh.

January 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Just seeing someone smoke aborts the smoker's resolve to kick the habit, according to new research. Brain scans taken during normal smoking activity and 24 hours after quitting show there is a marked increase in a particular kind of brain activity when quitters see photographs of people smoking.

December 27th, 2008 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh police, yet to register a maiden case against a smoker even after three months of ban on smoking in public places, say they have more serious jobs in hand in the Maoist insurgency-hit state. Top officers at the police headquarters here said the state police, having a strength of nearly 40,000 personnel for nearly 20.08 million population, were still looking for the first case against a smoker.

December 26th, 2008 MUMBAI - Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt, who were not on talking terms for quite sometime, met up on the sets of 'Veer' and poured their hearts out to each other. A few days earlier when Salman heard Sanjay was shooting on an adjoining set at Film City, he decided to pay his estranged friend a visit.