(IANS) Aishwarya Rai has checked into the Seven Hills Hospital here for delivery of her first child, her spokesperson said.
"Yes, she checked into the hospital late last night (Monday)," Ash's spokesperson confirmed to IANS.
The Bachchan family has been eagerly waiting for the baby's arrival and has been busy for past few days with the preparations to welcome the new member.
"A day of expectation...but another day! The Lord has his ways and they are most special...we wait" father-in-law Amitabh posted on micro-blogging site Twitter Monday night.
Earlier, the 69-year-old wrote: "The family gathers together from all over as we wait for the 'arrival' ... Greatest joy for me - a full house and the 'chahel - pahel' (hustle bustle)."
Aishwarya, 38, and Abhishek, 35, tied the knot in April 2007.
2011/11/16 10:11:34 (IANS) A girl was born to star couple Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan at a private hospital here Wednesday morning.
The baby, their first child, was born at the Seven Hills Hospital. Mother and daughter were both doing fine.
"IT'S A GIRL!!," Abhishek, 35, posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.com. He had recently said he wanted a daughter who looked like Aishwarya.
Proud grandfather Amitabh Bachchan too couldn't control his happiness and tweeted: "I AM DADA to the cutest baby girl, A dada ji ... Ecstatic."
Hospital sources said the delivery was normal and came a few minutes before 10 a.m. The Bachchan and Rai families were present for the momentous occasion.
Aishwarya, 38, developed labour pains around 4 a.m. and was taken to the labour room where the delivery took place after nearly six hours.
The actress is on the fifth floor of the luxury private hospital in Andheri east.
The hospital had booked three rooms on the floor -- one for Aishwarya, the other for the Bachchan family and the third for the Rai family. The entire floor was kept out of bounds for all except the two families.
The hospital has been under tight security for the past three days in expectation of the youngest member of the Bachchan family.
Aishwarya was admitted to the hospital Monday night, according to her spokesperson.
The Bachchan family had been waiting for the baby's arrival for a few days and preparing for the child's welcome.
The girl is Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan's third grandchild, after Agastya and Navya Naveli -- children of his daughter Shweta and son-in-law Nikhil Nanda.
Aishwarya tied the knot with Abhishek in April 2007 and rumours about her pregnancy had been doing the rounds ever since.
In June this year, when Amitabh announced her pregnancy through Twitter, it grabbed the headlines.
A 10-point advisory by the Broadcast Editor's Association (BEA) reportedly asked TV channel heads to curtail media coverage regarding the high-profile delivery.
Media is abuzz with the news about Aishwarya Bachchan delivery. While some sections in the media predict twins for Aish, some predicts exact date 11.11.11 for her delivery despite there is no official confirmation about it. The over enthusiasm shown by the media on this issue has comes to BEA (Broadcasting Editors' Association) notice, which slaps some guidelines to media over this particular matter.
It orders not to publish or telecast any predictions about the date, gender, health, photo or horoscope of the baby until Amitabh Bachchan family officially gives information and permission. BEA also asks the media not to stall its OB vehicles before the Hospital for giving live-updates from the Hospital. It also asks its media-members not to start any type of discussions on this subject thus creating embarrassment to Big B family. Hope media would honor the guidelines.
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Bollywood star Abhishek thanked his friends and fans for their best wishes on the birth of his first child Wednesday. He says the mother, actress Aishwarya Rai, and the baby girl are doing fine and resting.
"Thank you all for your prayers and good wishes. Both Aishwarya and the baby are doing great and taking some much needed rest," Abhishek posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.
Aishwarya gave birth to her first child Wednesday morning at a private hospital in Mumbai. Congratulatory messages for the parents, and grandparents - Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, poured in soon after Abhishek announced ""IT'S A GIRL!!!!!! ))))" on micro-blogging Twitter.
Ash was admitted to the hospital Monday night for delivery, and Abhishek has been by her side all the time.
He is so excited that he is unable to sleep.
"And I'm trying my level best to get rid of this caffeine high and get some sleep too. Don't think it'll work. TOO EXCITED!!!!" added the proud father, who always wished to have a daughter.
Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai's father, admitted to a city hospital for a stomach-related health problem, has been operated upon.
Krishnaraj, 55, was taken to the Hinduja Hospital Thursday afternoon after he complained of stomachache and subsequent vomiting, hospital officials said.
Doctors said he suffered from some gastro-intestinal problem and was operated upon Thursday night. Later, he was shifted to the intensive care unit and is under observation.
The actress and her mother Vrinda were with Krishnaraj through the night. Aishwarya left the hospital Friday morning after the doctors declared him to be out of danger.
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is touched by the electronic media's self-imposed restraint on the coverage of his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai's child birth.
"I am also most touched by the decision taken by the electronic media on the coverage issue for Aishwarya's delivery... humbled!!" Amitabh posted on his Twitter page.
According to media reports, the Broadcast Editors Association (BEA) has issued a 10-point advisory to its members on coverage of the birth of the veteran's grandchild.
When the 69-year-old veteran was being asked whether he approached the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) to ban TV channels from placing reporters and cameras outside the hospital, Bachchan took to the micro-blogging site to clarify.
"I&B and media matter! Firstly, I have no such intention ever, secondly do you really think I&B would listen to me!?? No way baby," he wrote.
Aishwarya is expected to give birth in mid-November.
New Delhi, Nov 19 (IANS) Pictures of Aishwarya Rai and her newborn baby girl have been doing the rounds on the internet. However, Ash's father-in-law, megastar Amitabh Bachchan and her husband, Abhishek Bachchan have claimed the pictures to be fake.
"Many morphed pictures of the 'little one' with her mother in hospital doing the rounds on the net... all fake!!" -- Amitabh posted on his Twitter page.
"To be my daughter in her mother's arms. Full points for creativity to the people who made them. Spent the morning with the girls and showing them some rather entertaining photos morphed by some very talented people of who is supposed..." Abhishek wrote with sarcasm.
Aishwarya gave birth to her first child Wednesday morning at a private hospital in Mumbai. Abhishek announced the news through the micro-blogging site.
The electronic media gave only limited footage to the news of Ash's delivery, following a reported 10-point directive from the Broadcast Editor's Association (BEA) warning news channels against excessive coverage on TV of her childbirth.
Thanking the media, the Bachchan senior tweeted: "And once again a word of kindness to the electronic media for their non interference and dignified distance... thank you!!
"A word of appreciation too, to the print media for highlighting a few salient points... our joy in welcoming the girl child... and emphasising the commendable desire of Aishwarya in having a normal delivery without any epidural or pain killers. The often coined phrase 'too posh to push' was put to rest in her case... she was determined to do it the way she felt was correct!" he added.
The 69-year-old third-time grandfather is already receiving suggestion for the baby's name, though Abhishek has chosen to nickname her 'Beti B'.
"More time spent with the 'little one'... each and every movement sinking deep into our memory cells... to narrate to them when older! Thank you all for sending in suggestions for names for the baby... some of them really good... will run it by the parents!" he wrote.
Aishwarya seeks blessings of Abhishek's ailing grandmother
2007/1/16 2:19:45
A day after getting engaged to Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai visited her fiance's ailing grandmother Teji Bachchan at Lilavati Hospital to seek her blessings.
Accompanied by Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya remained with Teji for quite some time, sources said.
Teji was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra a couple of months ago.
Aishwarya and Abhishek got engaged at a quiet ceremony at Bachchan's residence Jalsa in suburban Juhu yesterday. Abhishek had reportedly proposed Aishwarya at New York after the premiere of Mani Ratnam's "Guru"
2011/11/19 18:30:32 Bachchan family which is blessed with baby girl recently, is fondly addressing her as 'Beti B' for time being until her naming ceremony is performed. Amitabh Bachchan has revealed this in his recent tweets. He said the whole family is eagerly waiting to welcome the mother and child to home. Appreciating his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Bachchan, he wrote she has shown immense courage in bearing the pains for having a normal delivery than for a cesarean operation. Amitabh seems to be too much excited with the new arrival into his family. Ever since, she comes into this world he is showing more concern towards her than anything else. If, the baby absorbs his full attention towards her, probably we may loose a great actor. Aishwarya Bachchan may be discharged from hospital tonight or tomorrow.
No breaking news of Ash's baby, skeleton coverage on TV
2011/11/16 20:04:04
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The news of Aishwarya Rai's pregnancy and her star-studded baby shower grabbed print and electronic media coverage galore. But thanks to a 10-point directive against excessive coverage on TV of her childbirth, news channels had skeleton coverage when she delivered a baby girl Wednesday.
According to media reports, the Broadcast Editors Association (BEA) had issued a 10-point advisory to its members on how to cover the birth of Amitabh Bachchan's third grandchild, following obsessive speculation about the date of Aishwarya's delivery and the baby's gender.
While some predicted 11.11.11 as the birthday of the Bachchan baby and bookies even placed bets on the date, many believed Ash would give birth to twins.
However, most of these shows and news clippings were curtailed as the advisory was issued earlier this month. The directives saw a direct impact on the amount and nature of media coverage on the television.
Mumbai's Seven Hills Hospital, where Ash delivered her bundle of joy, had tight security outside as well as inside.
The paparazzi was only allowed to set up cameras behind the walls of the seven-star hospital, where Bachchans booked three rooms -- one for Aishwarya, the other for the Bachchan family and the third for the Rai family.
Therefore, coverage was bare minimum.
Amitabh had earlier clarified that he had no role to play in banning TV channels from placing reporters and cameras outside the hospital. However, he took to Twitter to applaud media's self-imposed restraint on his celebrity daughter-in-law's pregnancy.
Other events in the Bachchan household, including Abhi-Ash's wedding in April 2007, Aishwarya's Karva Chauth, the announcement of Aishwarya's pregnancy in June, and her baby shower in October, saw almost all news channels blowing information out of proportion and jazzing their programmes to have maximum TRPs.
All aspects of Abhi-Ash's "low key" wedding were covered. Be it the pre-wedding functions like mehndi and sangeet, to the D-day when Abhishek, went from his house Jalsa, to his other house, Prateeksha, to marry his lady love - all of it was covered frame by frame by electronic news channels.
When the former Miss World observed a Karva Chauth for the first time for Abhishek, secret TV cameras were planted behind bushes to capture the special moment, while for Ash's second Karva Chauth, prying camera spoilt the sanctity of the festival, according to Amitabh.
"The prying electronic media positioned themselves at vantage points to invade private space inside our home. It is callous, abhorrent act. Our privacy was invaded without our consent," Amitabh had said.
As soon as 69-year-old Big B announced in June that Ash is expecting, it received a lot of national and international coverage. Since Aishwarya also announced plans of withdrawing from Madhur Bhandarkar"s "Heroine", the coverage continued to be blown out of proportion.
Following that, whether it was any party or event, Aishwarya's baby bump drew interest among cameramen - but in vain. She made few public appearances, and even if she did, she took care to hide her tummy.
Her baby shower was attended by several female celebrities - and news channels once again parked themselves outside Bachchan house to dig details of the party.
Pictures from Aishwarya's last public appearance before her delivery at a party last week, saw the actress in a black and gold heavy Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla creation, which very well hid her baby bump. However, her bloated and glowing face were a mark of her mother-to-be status.
Big B denies controlling coverage of grandchild's birth
2011/11/8 10:36:22
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he has no intention of controlling the electronic media coverage of his grandchild's birth.
His daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai is expected to deliver a baby in mid-November.
Responding to a report that said he approached the Information and Broadcasting Ministry (I&B) to ban TV channels from placing reporters and cameras outside the hospital, Bachchan tweeted: "I&B and media matter! Firstly, I have no such intention ever, secondly do you really think I&B would listen to me!?? No way baby.
Big B, who was also informed of the development through a message from a senior journalist, took to his blog to clarify that he had no role to play in moving these guidelines.
He wrote Monday night: "...this afternoon a print media sent a message - 'have you told the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to stop OB Vans from being anywhere near your house and hospital during the delivery of the baby."
"This was of course not true and a lot of nonsense, so I put the PR agency to look after the matter. They came back with the response that they contacted the journalist and told them that the news was wrong and refuted it on my behalf, but also told me that apparently there is news that the I&B Ministry has passed an order stating that the dignity of a patient should be respected and that the placing of OB Vans outside hospitals be not allowed."
A media report said that the Broadcast Editors Association (BEA) has issued a 10-point advisory to its members on how to cover the birth of Bachchan's grandchild.
Be it Amitabh's son Abhishek's wedding, Aishwarya's baby shower, Karva Chauth or Diwali -- all such events at the Bachchan household have attracted mass media coverage in the recent past.
Diwali will most probably be a quiet affair for the Bachchan family with the condition of Teji Bachchan, mother of megastar Amitabh Bachchan, continuing to remain "critical but stable".
The 92-year-old Teji is in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Lilavati Hospital, Bandra, where she was shifted Wednesday.
Teji has been in the hospital for the past 10 months for treatment of age-related health problems. Owing to her poor health, she could not attend the wedding of grandson Abhishek with Aishwarya on April 20. The couple had gone to the hospital to seek her blessing soon after the wedding ceremony.
Since Wednesday, a host of VVIPs, family friends, politicians and Bollywood personalities have been streaming in to visit Teji. Apart from Amitabh, his brother Ajitabh, Abhishek and Aishwarya, and Tina Anil Amabani came to visit Teji.
In 2004 and 2006, Teji had spent long spells in the hospital. She has been kept there to ensure round-the-clock expert health care.
2011/11/2 7:34:48 (IANS) A newborn Wednesday died in a sub-divisional hospital in this West Bengal district after the mother was allegedly cleaned with an acidic solution instead of a disinfectant. Officials denied the allegation but ordered a probe into the matter.
"A formal verbal accusation has been made that Sikha Devi was subjected to pre-delivery cleaning by the Lalbagh sub-divisional Hospital staff with an acidic solution which caused the death of her baby. A medical board under the hospital superintendent has been set up to probe the matter," said Lalbagh Sub-Divisional Officer Charanjit Ghosh.
The verbal complaint was made by Sikha Devi's family members.
Ghosh, however, claimed no acidic solution was used and the baby probably died as it was underweight and premature.
"As per initial reports, no acidic solution was used. The baby was born premature and also under weight. We are looking into the matter," he said.
The incident comes in wake of a series of crib deaths in West Bengal recently. Between Oct 25 and 28, the B.C. Roy Children's Hospital - the only children's referral hospital in Kolkata - witnessed 16 deaths. The Burdwan Medical College and Hospital had 12 infant deaths Oct 27-28.
Earlier, on June 18 babies had died at the B.C. Roy Children's Hospital.
Following the deaths, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - who also holds the health portfolio - had ordered probe and on both occasions, the hospital authorities were absolved of any wrong doing.
Actress Raveena Tandon delivered a baby boy on Thursday morning at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai. Raveena and Anil Thadani have a two year old daughter named Rasha and this baby boy is their second child.
Raveena had a normal delivery at 11.40 am on Thursday. Both the mother and the child are healthy and fine. Tandon and Thadani families are overjoyed by arrival of the newborn but haven’t thought of a name yet. Raveena is expected to stay in the hospital till next week.
Bollywood director and choreographer Farah Khan, who delivered 2007's biggest hit, Om Shanti Om, yesterday morning delivered triplets at Jaslok Hospital.
Farah and her husband, Shirish Kunder, became proud parents of two girls and one boy. Within minutes of the delivery, the news was leaked out to the press and Peddar Road was jammed with traffic as OB vans took up position outside the hospital's gates. Shirish, who was by Farah's side all through, shot a video that captured the miraculous moments.
The proud father has apparently shot over one hour of footage and the couple are believed to be watching it over and over again at Farah's private room at the hospital after she delivered the babies. The babies are yet to be named as Farah and Shirish are not too happy with the six names that they had earlier chosen. Meanwhile, friends like Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan dropped in to see Farah and her babies.
Sneha Ullal is popularly referred to as Jr. Aishwarya Rai. She has similar blue eyes and looks.
When she made her debut in films Sneha felt very happy to be compared to Aishwarya Rai and actually took pride in the ‘Jr. Aishwarya’ tag.
Now that she has done some films and has managed to get an identity Sneha is no longer happy with being called Jr. Aishwarya! She wants to be known by her real name Sneha Ullal.
Amitabh Bachchan's mother Teji Bachchan passed away on Friday. She was 93.
She had been ailing for over a year, and was admitted at Lilavati hospital in Bandra, a western suburb of Mumbai. In November, she was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital after her condition became serious.
Amitabh was very close to his mother and she was a pillar of support for the Bachchan family. One of the first things Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai did after they got married was visit her at the hospital.
Teji Bachchan was an important part of the Big B's professional life as well. For instance, in the original script of Coolie, Amitabh's character was supposed to die. But she requested director Manmohan Desai to change the ending.
2011/6/9 12:23:43 Senior Congress leader and former MP G Venkataswamy was on Thursday discharged from the Care Hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment after suffering a stroke on May 20.
Doctors said that following improvement in the senior politician’s health, they were discharging him. “All his vital organs are working satisfactorily, the Care Hospital doctors said.
Mr Venkataswamy, better known as Kaka, was first admitted to the Yashoda hospital on May 20 following complaints of breathing problem and high blood pressure. Later, the doctors shifted him to the Care Hospital for higher treatment.
His son G Vivek had said that the veteran leader had been the patient of Care Hospital doctors for many years and thus was more comfortable there.
The doctors implanted pacemakers in the heart to improve his heartbeat and put him on ventilator for some days.
Superstar Rajnikanth has been admitted in a hospital once again. He has complained of breathlessness. He is now back in the St. Isabel hospital in Chennai.
Rajni was in hospital last week for a day due to exhaustion. The doctors are treating him and they said that Rajikanth is now stable.
Bollywood veteran Dilip Kumar on Thursday underwent medical tests, including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), at Breach Candy Hospital in South Mumbai.
"He only underwent an MRI scan and went back home after that," hospital sources said without elaborating.
The 88-year-old thespian arrived at the hospital this morning for tests and hospital sources said he was otherwise fine, and was not admitted.
(IANS) Aishwarya Rai has checked into the Seven Hills Hospital here for delivery of her first child, her spokesperson said.
))))" on micro-blogging Twitter.
Bachchan family which is blessed with baby girl recently, is fondly addressing her as 'Beti B' for time being until her naming ceremony is performed. Amitabh Bachchan has revealed this in his recent tweets. He said the whole family is eagerly waiting to welcome the mother and child to home. Appreciating his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Bachchan, he wrote she has shown immense courage in bearing the pains for having a normal delivery than for a cesarean operation. Amitabh seems to be too much excited with the new arrival into his family. Ever since, she comes into this world he is showing more concern towards her than anything else. If, the baby absorbs his full attention towards her, probably we may loose a great actor. Aishwarya Bachchan may be discharged from hospital tonight or tomorrow.
(IANS) A newborn Wednesday died in a sub-divisional hospital in this West Bengal district after the mother was allegedly cleaned with an acidic solution instead of a disinfectant. Officials denied the allegation but ordered a probe into the matter.
