Even though two high-profile marriages — Liz Hurley with Arun Nayar and Katy Perry with Russel Brand — resulted in divorce, tourism experts say it would not affect the rising number of foreigners coming to Rajasthan to get married in Indian style.
The couple, Katy Perry and Russel Brand, tied the nuptial knot last year at a resort near Ranthambhore under Swai Madhopur district while Arun Nayar married Hollywood actress Liz Hurley in 2007 amid much fanfare at the historical Umaid Palace in Jodhpur. “According to Hindu astrology, it is not the place but a person’s star and timing that plays a key role in longevity of married life. It does not matter whether the marriage take place in Rajasthan or somewhere else,” says Jodhpur-based astrologer Rajendra Purohit, who was the first who predicted the dissolution of marriage between Liz and Arun.
Mr Purohit said it was wrong to blame a place for a failed marriage. “They (Liz and Nayar) choose the timing as per their convenience, not according to the muhrat,” Mr Purohit says.
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CWG scam: EC set to issue notices to contractors
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, Jan. 3
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing several cases of corruption related to the Commonwealth Games (CWG) contracts, is set to issue notices to certain private contractors for alleged violations of foreign exchange rules. Notices will be issued to some private contractors who were awarded overlays contracts (worth `540 crore) of the CWG.
According to sources, the agency has recently obtained information from the Reserve Bank of India against various contracting firms and agencies for contravention of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). The overlays for the Games included first-aid kits, water dispensers, office stationery, staircases, bookshelves, curtains, doormats, fire extinguishers and emergency lights.
Sources said the agency is set to issue FEMA notices to a Singapore-based firm and its directors for allegedly flouting the mandatory regulatory framework relating to foreign exchange investments in India involving an amount of `185 crore. The agency has already filed its complaint in this regard with the adjudicating authority of Foreign Exchange Act in the country. Besides, probe has also established that some contracts related to overlays were awarded on single-tender basis also, sources added. Probe by the agency has prima facie found serious indications that there was allegedly a “criminal conspiracy” between the contractors and some former members of the OC.