Mumbai beat

Meanwhile, city tenants8217; groups feel that sine the case may drag on for sometime, the state government is not likely to pass the Maharashtra Rent Act Bill which was tabled on Thursday during the monsoon session. In fact, critics state that the onus of passing the Bill is likely to rest with the newgovernment which takes over after the assembly elections scheduled to be held early next year.

Bajrang Dal disrupts film screening
Bajrang Dal activists forced several theatre owners to postpone indefinitely the screening of a newly released Hindi film Lafda today.

The Dal activists took strong objection to the scene of a nude actor in the film. 8220;Unlike our earlier protests during release of Fire, today our agitation passed off peacefully after theatres like Alankar and Minerva readily agreed with us and suspended their screenings,8221; said a Dal member from Girgaum, R Srinivas.

Srinivas, speaking on behalf of his president Yashwant Shinde, stated that they had mainly objected to a close-up shot of a stark naked actor along with the issue of extra-marital affairs shown in the film.