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Katrina concerned about global warming

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Mumbai, July 16: Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif, who is riding high on the success of her recent hit “New York”, may not be worried about her career graph, but is sure concerned about global warming.
“Global warming is becoming a very serious issue.

It is crippling the world and as individuals it is our responsibility that we make a conscious effort to deal with it in our own little way and make the world a better place to live,” Katrina said in a statement.

‘Kambakkht Ishq’ director is Kareena fan

Salman Khan’s Bhaiya connection

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Mumbai, July 16: Salman Khan’s Bhaiya connection Amitabh Bachchan has one, Sanju Baba got one and now Salman has his own- Politician on speed dial. We hear Salman was the guest of honour at the lavish bash of Member of Parliament Annu Tandon, and was seen hobnobbing with the political honchos late in night.

Well lest you think that Salman is free-lunch types let’s remind you that it was Salman who was instrumental in Annu Tandon’s win from the Unnao Lok Sabha constituency in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

Namak Halaal Amitabh Bachchan

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Mumbai, July 16: Namak Halaal Amitabh Bachchan With Amitabh Bachchan’s celebrated look in the classic “Pag Ghunghroo’ from the film Namak Halaal still fresh in our minds, the actor will be seen once again in a similar avatar in Eros International’s “Aladin’.

Big B will be seen grooving to a peppy number called “O Re Sawariya’ in the celebrated White kurta and Pink Pagadi which he once donned for the film Namak Halaal.

In this sequence, Jacqueline (Jasmine) is trying to woo Riteish (Aladdin) while Amitabh Bachchan (Genie) keeps popping into the scene at various points.

Katrina’s 25th birthday a family affair in London

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New Delhi, July 16: Katrina Kaif has many reasons to smile. First her recent release “New York” became a huge success and now comes her birthday, which the British-born actress will celebrate with her entire family in London Thursday.

“I’m celebrating my birthday this year with my entire family, all my sisters who have flown down from all over, my mom who’s flown down from Chennai and my brother who’s a professional rock climber,” Katrina, who will turn 25, told media through SMS.

Veterans responsible for Pak’s defeat: Younis

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Colombo, July 16: With the Pakistan team facing criticism from all quarters after their defeat in the second Test against Sri Lanka, skipper Younis Khan said he could hardly do anything if the veteran batsmen in the team were not performing well.

Pakistan on Tuesday crashed to a second successive Test defeat on their tour of Sri Lanka, after the hosts won the second Test of the three-match series to take an unassaialabe 2-0 lead.

With this defeat, Pakistan has also lost a Test series in Sri Lanka for the first time in history.

Priyanka’s heart beats for Shahrukh

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Mumbai, July 16: Priyanka Chopra may have huge fan following but when it comes to her choice, she has got only one name in her lips and he is the favorite of all, Shahrukh Khan. Priyanka has been a great admirer of Shahrukh Khan since the age of six.

Says Priyanka, ”I have always been and will always be a fan of Shah Rukh Khan. I admire a lot of people but true blue, going weak in the knees type of fan I am only of SRK!”

Deepika gets cosy with Rakesh

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Mumbai, July 16: Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone shot a sizzling ad for a soap giant with model cum actor Rakesh Bapat. The ad sequence was being filmed under a shower and this made Deepika uncomfortable.

After as many as 50 retakes the actress was unable to deliver a perfect shot. Since the focus was on the shower and the sizzling chemistry between the two stars it was impossible to alter the concept.

After shocks shake New Zealand powerful earth quake

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Wellington, July 16: New Zealand’s southern region shook Thursday with hundreds of aftershocks after the country was hit by its most powerful earthquake in 78 years, which measured 7.8 on the Richter scale

Seismologists who monitor the 14,000 quakes recorded in New Zealand every year said most of the aftershocks were too small to be felt but five exceeded magnitude 5. Usually, only about 20 tremors of this strength are logged annually.

Has Jennifer Aniston found true love?

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London, July 16: Jennifer Aniston is once again making news for having found true love in Gerard Butler ever since she was spotted strolling arm-in-arm with the Scottish actor.

Thesun.co.uk reports that 40-year-old Aniston was walking with the 39-year-old actor on the set of their new movie “The Bounty”. The movie is being filmed in New York.

A source on the set also reports that Gerard has been making Aniston giggle a lot and has managed to put a smile back on her face.

Eng’s tactics at Cardiff was within the rules

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Melbourne, July 16: After Steve Waugh, now Shane Warne begs to differ with Ricky Ponting on the alleged time-wasting tactics of England during the Ashes opener in Cardiff, saying the hosts played within the spirit of the game.

Ponting was furious after England’s last pair of James Anderson and Monty Panesar batted out the last 40 minutes, punctuated by the surprise visits of England physio Steve McCaig and 12th man Bilal Shafayat. The Aussie skipper was convinced that England indulged in delaying tactics which robbed Australia of valuable time, a claim which both Warne and Waugh rejects.

Confident Sammy targets victory

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Grenada, July 16: In the build-up to the second Test against Bangladesh Darren Sammy, the West Indies vice-captain, has said the home side is looking for inspiration from their performance in the morning session on the last day of the first Test.

A West Indies team weakened due to the strike action of the region’s leading players ran through the Bangladesh tail, taking five wickets for 24 runs early on Monday to give themselves an outside chance of winning before a batting failure led to a 95-run defeat.

Australia To Take On England Today

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London, July 16: Australia will be looking to take lead in the series as they will take on England in the second test match of the Ashes series at the Lords today, after ending first test match with a draw.

The first test had finished with a draw as Australia failed to take just one wicket after M Panesar and J Anderson played through almost 12 overs on the last day of the match.

Australian batsmen performed brilliantly in the first test with four of them scoring tons including R Ponting, B Haddin, M North and S Katich, while M Johnson and N Hauritz were also impressive with the ball.

Militant leader killed in Pakistan clashes

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Islamabad, July 16: Pakistan’s army claims to have killed a most wanted militant commander in the clashes that erupted in the tribal area northwest of the country.

Security forces managed on Wednesday to kill the leader of militant Peochar Abu Laith group during the ongoing search operation against the remaining militants in Swat and Malakand divisions.

Another militant commander, identified as Ismail, surrendered himself to security forces in the village of Goal Sakhra, while locals in Sandoka village, near Thana, captured three insurgents and handed them over to authorities.

Sudhir Mishra’s Next Tera Kya Hoga Anurag!

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Mumbai, July 16: Anurag Kashyap has developed quite a taste for acting.

After playing a director in Zoya Akhtar’s Luck By Chance he’s back in Sudhir Mishra’s Tera Kya Hoga Johnny. And Sudhir is so impressed by Anurag’s acting abilities that he has already signed the Dev D director for a pivotal role in Mishra’s next project later this year.

And Anurag isn’t the only filmmaker playing a part in Mishra’s film.

IJF sympathizes with Iran over plane crash

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Tehran, July 16: The President of the International Judo Federation (IJF) voices sympathy with Iran over a deadly plane crash that killed members of Iran’s Junior Judo squad.

Marius Vizer extended his condolences over the tragic event in a letter to Iran’s Judo Federation, ILNA news agency reported on Wednesday.

Ten members of Iran’s Junior Judo squad — eight athletes and two coaches — were among the passengers of an Iranian plane which crashed in northwest Iran, killing all the 168 people on board.

Israel’s key spy charged by Lebanese prosecutor

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Jerusalem, July 16: A Lebanese prosecutor has formally charged a car dealer with espionage activities for Israel and passing information about Hezbollah.

Military Prosecutor Rashid Mizher said the car dealer from Nabatiyeh was also accused of providing Israel with intelligence on the Lebanese Army’s positions.

Mizher initially recommended the death penalty for the suspect but later reduced it to a life sentence.

The indictment was the first step before the trial begins with no date set for the actual trial.

US military resumes Guantanamo tribunals

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Cuba, July 16: The US military has resumed the controversial Guantanamo tribunals for the first time in months with a series of pretrial hearings.

The US President Barack Obama suspended the proceedings shortly after taking office in January but announced in May that some of the cases would continue, drawing criticism from human rights activists.

On Wednesday, prosecutors sought delays pending a review in the cases of three defendants, said Joe DellaVedova, a Spokesman for the Military Commissions at the US naval installation in Cuba.

More killed in Mexico’s drug wars

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Mexico, July 16: Mexico’s drug wars have claimed 17 more lives as cartels hit back at a government squeeze on their operations in the country’s north.

Judicial sources said that two police officers had been shot dead driving in an official car through Chihuahua, the capital of the eponymous northern border state that has seen much of the bloodshed.

The attack was carried out using a 0.50 caliber weapon — often used “by drug traffickers to kill police,” said the official, who asked not to be named.

Chihuahua state shares long borders with the US states of Texas and New Mexico.

Crashed plane’s black boxes recovered

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Tehran, July 16: Two black boxes of a passenger plane, which crashed near the Iranian city of Qazvin, have been found and search is underway to find the third one, an official has said.

Ahmad Majidi, Head of the Crisis Working Group of Iran’s Road and Transportation Ministry, told IRNA that experts from Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) have recovered the two boxes.

Majidi noted that the black boxes of the Tupolev plane were heavily damaged but experts are trying to retrieve data from them.

Iran’s junior judo squad killed in plane crash

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Tehran, July 15: Ten members of Iran’s Junior Judo squad were among the passengers of an Iranian jet which crashed in northwest Iran with nearly 168 people on board.

Eight Iranian judo athletes and two coaches were traveling to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, on Wednesday to hold a training camp.

The Iranian passenger plane crashed near the city of Qazvin.

The Russian-made Tupolev went down near the village of Jannat-Abad at 11:33 am local time.

—–Agencies

Irfan accepts affair with CA

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Mumbai, July 15: Irfan accepts affair with CA Irfan Khan and Shilpa Shetty; are the next guest on the show Dus Ka Dum. It was an interesting episode altogether as both of them talked about their personal lives, with Salman.

In this conversation Irfan revealed about his love life too. “Sallu directly told Irfan that you are having an affair. Irfan immediately accepted and said yes, there is someone and her name is Shubhangi,” says the source.

‘US tacitly telling Iraq Kurds to forget Kirkuk’

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Kirkuk, July 15: Analysts interpret the unexpected trip by the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff to Iraq’s northern city of a Kirkuk as a warning to ethnic Kurds.

Adm. Mike Mullen traveled on Monday to the oil-rich city of Kirkuk which Kurds have claimed as the capital of their autonomous region in the north.

They have drawn up a draft constitution claiming extra areas as part of the region’s territory, including the ethnically divided Kirkuk province and parts of Nineveh and Diyala provinces in official Kurdish territory.

Strauss wants inspiration from Cardiff jailbreak

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London, July 15: Andrew Strauss wants to harness the spirit from the final afternoon in Cardiff to drive England to a 1-0 Ashes lead in Thursday’s second Test at Lord’s. The England captain was impressed by his side’s fight as his men held on for a draw on Sunday after scratching out a 13-run lead through its final pairing of James Anderson and Monty Panesar.

Flintoff to retire from Test cricket

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London, July 15: Andrew Flintoff has called a press conference at 12.30pm today, in which he will announce his retirement from Test cricket at the end of this Ashes summer, although he still intends to make himself available for Twenty20 and ODI cricket.

Flintoff, who has missed 25 of England’s last 48 Tests through a variety of injuries, suffered another fitness scare on the eve of the Lord’s Test, when he reported soreness and swelling in the same right knee that required surgery back in April, after he tore his meniscus while playing in the IPL.

Fleming to end ties with Wellington cricket

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Wellington, July 15: Stephen Fleming is set to end his association with Wellington cricket which will allow him to concentrate on his sports management business. Fleming stepped down as a board member of Cricket Wellington and is expected to withdraw from the Wellington Twenty20 side.

The former New Zealand captain retired from international and first-class cricket in 2008, but returned to captain a struggling Wellington team in the Twenty20 format.