Shah Rukh Khan unveils first global property named after him at Mumbai event
Mumbai: Shah Rukh Khan attended a grand event in Mumbai on Friday to launch Shahrukhz Danube, a 56-storey Dubai-based property that has been named after him, the first such project to carry his name. The tower will offer around 450 sq ft of premium office spaces and is being developed by Danube Properties.
Speaking at the event, also attended by Danube founder and chairman Rizwan Sajan, the actor said the honour would have made his mother proud. “My mother would have been very happy. It is a very big honour. When my kids come, I will tell them, ‘Papa ka naam likha hai, Papa ki building hai’,” he told the audience.
When asked about having a property named after him, he said he had never imagined putting his name on anything other than his films. Filmmaker Farah Khan, who was also in attendance, responded by saying he had already given his name to “Gauri, Aryan, Suhana and AbRam.”
The actor’s trademark wit continued through the evening as he joked about being “Eid ka chand… kam dikhta hoon, but jab dikhta hoon, kamaal hota hai.” He also helped Sajan attempt the iconic open-arm pose, the ‘Don’ walk, and one of his most remembered dialogues from Om Shanti Om.
Shah Rukh said he was moved by Sajan’s personal story about his wife’s health and the idea of helping people who arrive in big cities to build homes and businesses. “If I could be a part of it and an inspiration, it would be the greatest gift for me,” he said.
The tower will feature a statue of the actor at the entrance apart from all amenities. The project is expected to be completed within the next three to four years, with plans to take the concept to other cities.
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Have sanctioned 1,000 buses for next fiscal, says K'taka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy on Wednesday said the government has sanctioned procurement of 1,000 government buses in the next year’s budget.
According to him, in the current fiscal, 2,000 buses were sanctioned and many of them have already arrived.
Speaking in the Legislative Council, he alleged that the previous BJP government neither bought a single bus nor recruitment was done in the state transport department.
He was replying to BJP MLC Y M Satish’s request for buses for Ballari and Vijayanagara districts.
“From 2019 to 2023, not a single bus was purchased in the four corporations. Not even one bus. If buses are not purchased continuously for four years, what will happen to the organisation?” Reddy asked.
He recalled that the last time buses were procured and recruitments took place were in 2016, when he was the transport minister during the previous Congress government from 2013 to 2018.
“After we came to power (from 2013), we procured 6,080 new buses. Then last year, 2,000 buses were provided, and many of them have already arrived. This year too, 1,000 buses have been sanctioned in the budget,” Reddy told the House.
He noted that 9,000 people were recruited and 1,300 people were appointed on compassionate grounds during the Congress tenure.
The Minister added that around 2,000 to 2,500 buses have been refurbished.
“In total, 6,080 buses came in two years. Last year’s 2,000 buses, and now 1,000 more. Altogether, we have about 26,000 buses. Out of these, nearly one-third have been added in the last two-and-a-half years,” Reddy said.
Satish told the Minister that at least 100 red buses and about 20 Volvo buses are required for Ballari and Vijayanagara districts.
In response, Reddy said in 2022-23, 720 buses were given, and in 2024–25, 307 buses; in 2026, 140 buses—totalling 1,173 new buses were given to Kalyana Karnataka region.
There are around 4,000-odd buses in Kalyana Karnataka region, he said adding that another 400 buses have been tendered and funds have to be released.
“Additionally, 56 high-end buses—sleeper AC, non-sleeper AC, and Volvo buses—are also coming. Now, 400 buses are coming. Priority will be given to Ballari and Vijayanagara districts,” Reddy said.
