London, June 04: Rohit Sharma tore apart Pakistan’s bowling attack with a 80-run blitzkrieg as India bulldozed their arch-rivals by nine wickets with three overs to spare in their final warm-up match of the ICC World Twenty20 on Wednesday night.
Chasing 159, Rohit and Gautam Gambhir (52 not out) raised 140 runs in just 16 overs for the opening stand to slam the door on Pakistan and India cruised to 159 for one in 17 overs to complete a facile win.
Mumbai, June 03: Controversy queen Rakhi Sawant has found a new admirer. And mind you, the latest one is none other than the superstar Salman Khan himself. On one of the recent shoots for his show DUS KA DUM, Salman was seen openly defending Rakhi Sawant against the accusations hurled by Mika Singh who was also present on the show.
Rakhi spots a big smile
Mumbai, June 03: Shah Rukh Khan has kept the promise that he had made for DULHA MIL GAYA. 10 days back he had finished entire shooting for the film by participating in the shoot of a ‘qawalli’ and a promotional track. Early morning yesterday, he also completed his dubbing portion of the film, hence ensuring that producer Viveck Vaswani could finally heave a sign of relief.
Mumbai, June 03: Mugdha Godse is confessing that by working in films as diverse as JAIL and ALL THE BEST she is enjoying the best of both worlds. While former is a gritty dramatic affair by Rohit Shetty, the latter has Rohit Shetty bringing on a full on laughter show with ample dose of gloss and sheen.
”What more could someone like me want who is only one film old and finding her feet in Bollywood”, smiles Mugdha who had made heads turn with her spirited and sustained act in Madhur Bhandarkar directed FASHION last year.
Mumbai, June 03: It seems Sonam Kapoor can’t get over her fixation with Ashwariya Rai Bachchan’s age. Now we hear the bubbly actress has nicknamed Ash as Aunty and she calls her by this name among close pals.
Ash-Abhi’s Idli magic!
Earlier too, Sonam was in news for her statements that Ash belonged to a different generation of actors which had upset Ash, though she chose not to react to it.
Well, looks like Sonam surely is giving Ash some sleepless nights by her acid comments. Wonder what’s next in store?
—-Agencies
Mumbai, June 03: Tips’ AJAB PREM KI GAZAB KAHANI is certainly one of the most written and talked about projects in recent times, and the reason being manifold. First of all it marks the comeback of the extremely talented and creative director, Rajkumar Santoshi, who was the most expensive director of his times. Then it was the strange title that caught the attention of one and all, and last but not the least, the lead pair of the film, Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, who undoubtedly are the hottest and the most happening pair of the present times to have been cast together!
American President Barack Obama arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on his first stop of his regional Middle East mission, where he would seek Arab backing for his bid to revive peace moves while the U.S. adopted a firmer tone with its ally Israel.
On a trip highlighted by his long-awaited address to the Muslim world in Cairo on Thursday, Obama will also attempt to prod moribund regional peace diplomacy back to life.
He left the White House late Tuesday enroute to Saudi Arabia for talks with King Abdullah, who has been trying to re-launch a 2002 Arab-backed peace initiative.
Mumbai, June 03: Expect the unexpected whenever a new film or project is about to take off. Rumourmongers create stories of their own once the countdown for the release of a film begins, and the concerned people may complain but never give a clear picture. It slowly dies down after the film is released. The actors themselves resort to such cheap publicity sometime. It looks like the breakup story about Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif is just another such publicity stunt.You will get a clue if you look into how the breakup story of Salman and Katrina took its shape.
Washington, June 03: The federal government mistakenly made public a 266-page report, its pages marked “highly confidential,” that gives detailed information about hundreds of the nation’s civilian nuclear sites and programs, including maps showing the precise locations of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons.
Cairo, June 03: Muslims may no longer pray at al-Sultan Hassan, one of Egypt’s most historic mosques, after security forces cordoned the mosque, sparking outrage from the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, in preparation for U.S. President Barack Obama’s trip to Cairo.
Muslim Brotherhood members complained to parliament about the Grand Imam, minister of interior and prime minister for banning the faithful from praying.
” Egypt’s security service has cordoned the whole area around the mosque and has told businesses nearby to close on Wednesday and Thursday ”
Muslim Brotherhood
Dubai, June 03: A popular British soap opera is set to introduce a controversial storyline that will see one of its Muslim characters become gay, which is likely to ruffle some feathers among British Muslims and add fuel to an already heated debate about Islamophobia in the United Kingdom.
EastEnders, a long-running soap opera named “Best Soap” in the 2008 National Television Awards, will introduce the new plotline this summer and will see its Asian character Syed Masood find himself struggling with his Muslim faith and his sexuality.
Washington, June 03: The United States has refused to send Yemeni “enemy combatants” held at Guantanamo Bay back to their home country over fears they could join the local al-Qaeda movement, press reports said on Tuesday.
Although U.S. President Barack Obama promised in January to close the controversial prison it was still unclear what would happen to the 240 detainees currently being held in Cuba.
Advani is believed to have offered is resignation as Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha but the party persuaded him to stay on. He was the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate in the elections and was projected as a strong and decisive leader.
The BJP lost no occasion to compare Advani, “the iron man”, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was accused of being weak and ineffectual. Advani himself accused Singh of taking his cues from Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Chennai, June 03: Less than a week after the Tamil Nadu government claimed to have put in place a system to curb collection of capitation fees by private medical colleges, a investigation has caught on camera officials of two leading medical colleges demanding Rs 20 lakh to Rs 40 lakh for an MBBS seat.
New Delhi, June 03: A 26-year-old nursery school teacher, along with her boyfriend, allegedly bludgeoned and stabbed her mother to death with kitchen knives, a broken beer bottle and a pressing iron after they were caught together in her Paschim Vihar house in west Delhi, police claimed on Tuesday.
The murder took place last Thursday and was initially reported as the handiwork of robbers — a story allegedly cooked up by the daughter to save herself.
New Delhi, June 3:Concerned over racial attacks on Indian students in Australia, the Centre would collect the details of students going abroad for education, Union Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi said.
Based on the information gathered, a data bank of Non-Resident students along with other NRIs would be set up, Ravi told reporters at Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.
It has also come to the Centre’s notice that some ‘illegal groups’ sending students abroad for education were operating in South India like the fake job recruitment agents, Ravi said.
Hyderabad, June 03: In a dastardly act, a seven-year-old girl, Sujatha, was burnt alive by assailants in Venkatagiri Colony, Road Number 10, Jubilee Hills, on Tuesday evening.
Jubilee Hills police said Sujatha came to Hyderabad from Mahbubnagar for her summer vacation, a month ago. She had been staying at her grandmother Lakshmi’s house in Venkatagiri Colony and used to regularly visit her aunt J Padma’s house in the vicinity.
Offering a glimpse of his much-anticipated speech to Muslims across the globe, US president Barack Obama said he will try to introduce, rather than impose, the United States and its set of “universal” values as a role model to the Muslim world.
“The thing that we can do most importantly is serve as a good role model,” Obama told, only two days before his speech on US-Muslim relations.
In the interview, Obama said he believes that “American” and Western values in general could be shared with the Muslim world.
Mumbai, June 03: Celina Jaitley is busy thanking all the people who have supported her cause of bringing gays and lesbian relationships out of the closets. In her recent blog she goes gaga over her fans and their gracious remarks for her efforts.
Here are the excerpts from her post:
Wow! Pages and pages of response… and what a response! Firstly, I would like to say thank-you to all those who support this human rights issue. But what is really interesting to me is:
A) The humongous amount of hatred towards the gay community; and,
Mumbai, June 02: Some projects hit the headlines and remain highlighted from the day of announcement. One such project is Ashutosh Gowariker’s historical offering, the international project, BUDDHA, which has received tremendous amount of attention, right from its humungous budget to its speculative cast. And as always we bring you the latest on that front!
Mumbai, June 02: In a new twist to their love-hate relationship, the estranged brothers Aamir Khan and Faisal Khan seem to have patched up for good. The two, who were involved in a legal battle some time before, have buried their differences and according to reports the two are even working together.
Aamir, Akshay, Hrithik to vie for top spot!
Faisal has joined Aamir’s production house and is reportedly getting involved in big brothers business and hopes to direct a film sometime later.
London, June 2:A schoolboy from Bristol who was returning from half-term holiday is among the 228 people feared dead after an Air France plane disappeared over the Atlantic.
Clifton College prep school confirmed that one of its pupils, Alexander Bjoroy, 11, is one of seven children and five Britons on the passenger list of flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris.
The school’s headteacher, John Milne, issued a statement saying: ” Alexander joined the school in January, 2009, and was a well liked and respected boarder who will be sorely missed by his fellow pupils and staff.
Mumbai, June 02: Angry over the racial attacks on Indian students, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Tuesday said Australian players in IPL cricket teams should be removed till such incidents continue Down Under.
“Two things should be done immediately. Captains of Australian companies who have invested in India should be summoned and told that the business atmosphere would not be conducive till the attacks stopped,” Thackeray said in an editorial in party mouthpiece ‘Saamna’.
Mumbai, June 02: His bad boy acts, weird antics and volatile rage might have given sleepless nights to many, but now it seems Salman Khan has met his match.
On the receiving end this time around, Salman is having tough time dealing with Anil Sharma, the director of his upcoming flick ‘Veer’.
Sharma, who is holding the directorial reins of Sallu’s most ambitious project, has previously had problems with Pravin Shah of ‘The Hero’ and Nitin Keni of ‘Gadar’.
Washington, June 02: Presdient Barack Obama’s apparent reversal of his commitment to release photos of Bush-era torture was driven by a bone-chilling assessment of what might happen, delivered by none other than Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Malik, According to a Monday report.
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