Entertainment
Sex comedy films are making bigger bucks on box office: Claudia Ciesla

In an exclusive chat with Nation Next, the very gorgeous Polish-German actress Claudia Ciesla spoke about the perfect present of sex comedy films in Bollywood. Dressed in a cut long black tunic with shredded denims, the Balma girl was also quite prompt in sharing her diet secrets with the young girls who starve to shed those extra kilos. Excerpts:
You are a certified nutritionist who believes in eating healthy over starving. What advice would you give to the young girls
It’s a very good question. I never starve. I probably eat more than all of you combined! Surprisingly, many girls still think that starving is the best way to have the ?bikini? body. It’s completely untrue. They are gradually slowing down their metabolism and are causing more harm to their body. Many of my friends keep asking me how to get glowing hair and healthy hair, to which I reply by saying that all this comes from inside. Only healthy eating can help you look and stay fit. You can’t have samosas and pakoras every day. Not that it’s forbidden; once in a while you can definitely have them. Keep snacking fruits, salads and nuts in between your breakfast, lunch and dinner. Exercising is a must.
You enjoy singing and have worked with German and Hollywood producers. Also, you have worked in German and Italian sitcoms too. What do you enjoy more ? singing or acting?
I was trying my luck in the UK around five-six years back. Singing was something that I started my journey with but I always wanted to make a mark in modelling and acting.
You came into limelight after making it big in Bigg Boss 3. Similarly, your Kya Kool Hai Hum 3 co-star Mandana Karimi also garnered popularity in Bigg Boss 9. Hows your equation with her?
I didn’t know her before Kya Kool Hai Hum 3. I got to know her on the sets. Shes a very strong personality. Shes exactly like the way she portrayed herself in Bigg Boss. I never had any problem working with her.
How comfortable were you working in a sex comedy movie (Kya Kool?) for the first time?
I loved this experience. It was a different one though. Nowadays, sex comedy movies are making bigger bucks at the box office than other regular movies because the new generation is really chilled out about these kinds of movies. People are ready for sex comedy movies. I think if you are spending around Rs 300 for a ticket, you should rather come out of the theatre with a smile on your face rather than crying in the movie.
Tell us about your upcoming projects.
I did hear some narrations before meeting you. I can’t really discuss them as nothing is certain now.
COVID-19
Thane Municipal Corporation adds 25 beds as COVID cases rise
Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) added 25 additional beds in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital Kalwa apart from arranging a special ward dedicated to COVID-19 patients. The total number of active patients in the city stood at 252 while five succumbed to the virus. Meanwhile, TMC Commissioner Abhijit Bangar said a ‘death audit’ of patients who died of COVID would be conducted. The TMC has ensured it has additional stock of oxygen concentrators, testing kits, medicines, to name a few. Bangar told HT, “Due to the increasing number of Covid patients, it is necessary for everyone to be alert.”
He added, The number of Covid tests should be increased to stay one step ahead of the disease. As a result, the number of patients is likely to increase due to increased testing. However, as per the ‘test, isolate, treat’ protocol for Covid, it becomes necessary to isolate and treat more and more patients. The testing centres will not remain closed even for a single day. At the same time, more arrangements for testing will be made immediately in public places, markets, railway stations, malls.”
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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Politics
After Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification, his namesake who contested from Wayanad disqualified

Rahul Gandhi
An independent candidate for Lok Sabha elections named Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from contesting polls for failing to lodge account of election expenses. Gandhi, who’s name figures as ‘Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma’ in an Election Commission list of persons, had contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as an Independent and had received 2196 votes from the Wayanad seat in Kerala – a constituency from where ex-Congress MP Rahul Rajiv Gandhi had won with over seven lakh votes.
However, since it is mandatory for all contestants to submit their account of election expenses among other mandatory requirements under EC rules and the Representation of the People Act.
Rahul Gandhi K E S/o Valsamma stood disqualified to contest polls from September 13, 2021 till September 13, 2024. According to Section 10A, the Election Commission can disqualify a contestant for a period of three years from the date of the order if he/she has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and in the manner required by law and has no good reason or justification for the failure.
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Nagpur News
Nagpur records 22 COVID cases in 24 hours
A total of 22 patients tested positive for COVID-19 in Nagpur in past 24 hours on Thursday. Almost 242 people were tested in the city, out of which 15 belonged to urban area while and 6 were from the rural areas, and one from outside Nagpur district.
At present, there are 72 active patients in the city. Three new cases of the new XBB.1.16 variant of COVID-19 were detected that took the total tally to five in the district.
India recorded 3,095 new COVID cases and five deaths in last 24 hours.
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