Dancing sensations from Mangalore 'Boyzone' win '7UP Dance for Me' to bag Rs 51 lakh

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June 5, 2012

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Mangalore, June 5: 7UP began an amazing journey more than two months back when they launched Dance For Me contest. That journey of UPtimism and dance culminated Monday as 7UP brand ambassador and actors Allu Arjun and STR, along with actress Hansika Motwani declared 'Boyzone' as the winner of '7UP Dance For Me' to win Rs.51 lakhs as cash prize! The seven talented members of 'Boyzone' are from Mangalore and are captained by Dikshith.

With multiple city and state auditions, the 7UP Dance for Me Contest reached out to close to 4.3 million people to make it a true UPtimistic dance extravaganza. Seven teams were selected from a total of 1365 teams from across 21 cities in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala basis the judging parameters and online voting by consumers.

The teams went through multiple rounds before the best of the best were selected to perform in front of 7UP brand ambassador and actors Allu Arjun and STR. At each round, 7UP made sure all the teams remained UPtimistic by sharing customized goodies. Finally, the winner of Dance for Me, 'Boyzone' will be awarded a whooping Rs. 51 Lakhs and the other 6 teams win themselves IPods, X-Box and prestigious participation certificates!

Speaking at the grand finale, Ms. Ruchira Jaitly, Executive Vice President - Marketing, Beverages (Flavours), PepsiCo India said, “Heartiest congratulation to Team Boyzone for winning 7UP Dance For Me. I'd like to thank all our participants for making 7UP Dance for Me such a grand success. It has been a long journey where a lot of budding dancers got a chance to showcase their talent. We are thrilled with the encouraging response Dance for Me has received with the initiative reaching out to more than 4.3 million people and we hope to come back with much more excitement and UPtimism…”

Actor and 7UP brand ambassador Allu Arjun commented at the 7UP Dance For Me Grand Finale, “We saw a well deserved win by Team Boyzone. All 7 members were a treat to watch and were beautifully coordinated. The other 6 teams also displayed some wonderful talent and it was very difficult for us to choose one winner. I want to encourage all participants to continue to infuse positivity and UPtimisim through dance, as it is one of the most expressive forms.”

Actor and 7UP brand ambassador STR added, “I enjoy dancing and I'm very happy to see the passion for dance in so many youngsters. 7UP Dance For Me has given a chance to a lot of dance enthusiasts and I hope they had as much fun performing as we did watching the routines! Congratulations to Team Boyzone!”

An ecstatic captain Dikshith of the winning team 'Boyzone' said, “We are thrilled to win 7UP Dance For Me! It was a dream come to true to perform in, front of Allu Arjun and STR. We have worked very hard to get here and this means a lot to all of us. Thanks 7UP!”

Dance enthusiasts registered at their city auditions in teams of seven and top two teams qualified for the regional finale in Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad. One more team from each city was selected through online voting by consumers for the regional finales. Then the top 2 teams from the three regional finales and one wild card entry, again through online voting by consumers, were selected as the finalists. They were given a chance to take part in a specialized dance workshop in Chennai to get them ready for the biggest dance off.

7UP, the refreshing clear drink with 100% natural lemon and lime flavour was created in 1929 and was launched in India in 1990. For the last 4 years, 7UP is amongst the fastest growing brands in the carbonated soft drinks category in India. It is available in various pack sizes of 330 ml Can, 250ml Slim Can, 200 ml and 300 ml returnable glass bottles (RGB); 500 ml, 600 ml, 1 litre, 2 litre and 2.25 litre PET bottles. Nimbooz is India's first nationally available packaged Nimbu Pani (lemonade), launched in 2009. It is available in 350ml PET, 200ml RGB and 200ml Tetrapak.


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February 29,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 29: Dreaded underworld don Ravi Poojary's lawyer Dilraj has allegedly been kept out of hearing distance and as a mute spectator during interrogation by the police.

"The lawyer is a mute spectator out of hearing distance from the interrogation. He is not privy to what police ask Pujari," a source told media.

As directed by the court and requested by Poojary, Dilraj is allowed to be present near the interrogation for him to consult on legal issues, but the cops have made sure that he does not hear anything for fear of leaking information.

The court has also ordered the interrogation to be video graphed, which the police are carrying out.

Police sources said that Ravi Poojary is relaxed and cool during the multi-lingual interrogation.

"He is cool, giving frank replies. Poojary is exhibiting confidence in whatever he is telling. Maybe confidently lying, police are not new to him," said the source.

According to source, the gangster knows how to handle police, with sufficient knowledge to reveal how much he wants to, when to stop, when to talk, when to mislead and plant false information.

"Poojary is being interrogated in his mother tongue Kannada, Hindi and English. He is fluent in English," the source said.

However, the source denied speculation gaining currency that Poojary requested police not to send him to Mumbai fearing of being eliminated by the henchmen of dreaded underworld dons Dawood Ibrahim and Chota Rajan.

"Nothing of that sort happened. It doesn't work like that. He has been captured after 25 years, and he is not a king to choose. Wherever the law takes him, he will go there," said the source.

Rajan is serving a life sentence inside a high security cell in Delhi's Tihar jail.

Currently, the probe is focused on Tilknagar Shabnam Developers double murder shootout case. Police are discovering information, verifying it with respect to evidence and building the case.

Taking regular breaks, police are interrogating Poojary from morning till evening.

Of the over 200 cases against Poojary in the southern state, 39 are in Bengaluru, 36 at Mangaluru, 11 in Udupi on the state's west coast and one each at Mysuru, Hubballi-Dharwad, Kolar and Shivamogga in Malnad.

The other cases are in Mumbai (49) and in Gujarat (75) pertaining to extortion, kidnapping, ransom demand and murder threats.

Poojary also extorted huge amounts from popular Bollywood stars and realtors. He was also involved in an attempt to murder case, aimed at killing a prominent lawyer of Mumbai.

A four-member Karnataka police team led by Pandey brought the 52-year-old underworld don to Bengaluru from Dakar in Senegal via Paris in an Air France scheduled flight during the wee hours and kept him at an interrogation centre in the city's south-east suburb.

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April 5,2020

Chikmagalur, April 5: BJP Lok Sabha MP from Udupi Chikmagalur Shobha Karandlaje on Saturday claimed that "efforts to spread coronavirus throughout the country" began at Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi and termed it as "corona jihad".

"Efforts began at Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi to spread coronavirus throughout the country.

Most of the attendees of that event are untraceable. There seems to be 'corona Jihadi plan' behind that meeting," she said while speaking to reporters here.

Meanwhile, according to officials, out of the seven new cases from Mysuru, two cases are connected to the Jubilant Generics cluster while the rest five cases have a travel history to Delhi.

Total positive cases of COVID-19 in India stand at 3072.

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June 29,2020

Mangaluru, June 29: Six more personnel from Ullal Police Station in Mangaluru taluk have tested positive for covid-19. 

With this, the total number of covid positive cops from the Ullal Police Station mounted to 10.

Official sources said that throat swabs of five police personnel and a Home Guard from Ullal today received positive report today. Earlier, four other cops were tested positive. 

In addition to the police personnel, two undertrials arrested by the Ullal police on the charges of murder attempt at Thokkottu Olapete too were tested positive for Covid-19 June 28.

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