subhan Mumbai, July 01: Mugdha Godse gets nostalgic After the success of Fashion, Mughda Godse is looking forward to a string of films ahead.
She has Madhur Bhandarkar’s Jail and Ajay Devgan’s All The Best. The model turned actress tells us she is excited about the films she is doing now. She also at the same time shared with us one of her most memorable moments in life.
Mumbai, July 01: Vivek Oberoi is slated to make an appearance on the show MTV Stunt Mania — where contestants prove themselves through a series of stunts on motorbikes.
Says a source close to Vivek, “Vivek was holidaying in the Greek Islands when he got a call from the producers of his forthcoming film Prince to inform him about the tie up with the channel and they urged him to return to shoot for the show.
The actor boarded the next flight out, and reached Mumbai at 3.30 the following morning. He headed straight for the shoot, which was to begin at 9 am on the outskirts of Mumbai.
Mumbai, July 01: A lot of bonding and gifting happened on the sets on Ajay Devgan’s All The Best, directed by Rohit Shetty. First Sanjay Dutt, a Blackberry addict, converted Ajay Devgan, by gifting him one. Now, Ajay has presented his leading lady Bipasha Basu with the same phone last week.
Laughs Bipasha, “Yes today I am a Blackberry convert thanks to Ajay and the rest of the gang in Goa. I have been listening to Sanju, Ajay and Fardeen talk about their phones since the last two months. Then last week, Ajay gifted me one and since then, I have become a BB fan.”
Washington, July 01: US President Barack Obama hails the withdrawal of US forces from Iraqi towns and cities as a “milestone” but warns of the “difficult days” he believes are yet to come.
Obama late Tuesday touched on the US military success in meeting a June 30 deadline to complete its pullout from urban areas and hand over full control to local security forces ahead of its planned departure from Iraqi soil by 2012.
London, July 01: England captain Andrew Strauss has issued a stern warning to Andrew Flintoff after the allrounder was disciplined for missing the team bus during a trip to the World War I trenches in Ypres. Strauss said he would be strong enough to drop Flintoff from England’s Ashes team.
London, July 01: Former England skipper Nasser Hussain praised Michael Vaughan as “one of the very best England captains” Wednesday, the day after he announced he was retiring from the sport.
“To win more than half your games in charge is a phenomenal achievement, and while I do not like comparing people of different eras it is hard to think of anyone who could have been better,” Hussain wrote in the Daily Mail.
“He just ticked so many boxes, an excellent leader of men, a cool and calm captain who developed into an astute tactician.”
New Delhi, July 01: Sri Lanka Cricket’s Interim Committee is still not clear over India’s plans for the forthcoming triangular series also involving India and New Zealand.
The Sri Lankan cricket board recently announced the inclusion of India in an already finalised bilateral series with New Zealand.
When announced, BCCI secretary N Srinivasan had only mentioned that India had been invited to play in the triangular which would provide them with preparation for the Champions Trophy in late September.
London, July 01: England captain Andrew Strauss heaped praise on Michael Vaughan, who announced his retirement on Tuesday, saying his predecessor’s ability to outwit opponents set him apart from the crowd.
“I count Michael as a good friend as well as a team-mate and I know what a tough decision this will have been for him as he took so much pleasure and pride in representing his country,” said Strauss.
The 34-year-old Vaughan decided to cut short his career after failing to make the cut for the Ashes series against Australia.
London, July 01: Michael Atherton said the fact England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was in the news for missing the team bus during a squad weekend away was an unwanted “distraction” ahead of the Ashes.
Ex-England captain Flintoff, 31, joining up with the squad for the first time after several months out with a knee injury, missed the team bus for Saturday’s visit to the World War One trenches at Ypres in Belgium.
Karachi, July 01: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is unhappy with the Future Tours Programme (FTP) drafted by its Indian counterpart BCCI since it does not include any bilateral series between the arch-rivals.
PCB sources said that the ICC had asked all Test playing nations to submit draft FTPs after consulting each other and the one proposed by India does not include any bilateral series with either Pakistan or Bangladesh.
London, July 01: West Indies captain Chris Gayle has signed up for Western Australia’s Retravision Warriors for this year’s domestic Twenty20 competition, officials said on Wednesday, hailing a major coup.
The left-hander, who is the world’s only international Twenty20 centurion, will play the ‘Big Bash’ competition between the Windies’ Test and one-day series here in November and December.
“With Chris we have secured one of the game’s best Twenty20 players,” said coach Tom Moody.
Mumbai, July 01: The Bollywood actress certainly hasn’t been humiliated in the French capital but has been thrown out of Sanjay Gadhvi’s upcoming movie 7 Days In Paris.
The reason, well believe it or not Priyanka demanded a whooping amount of Rs. 5 Crores for the movie. Priyanka had hiked her price since the success of Fashion and Dostana and felt she deserved the fee after being offered Rs 3 Crores for Pyaar Impossible by Yash Raj Films.
Priyanka believed since she would star opposite newcomer Imran Khan in the movie the movie will ride on her shoulders.
Beijing, July 01: The United Nations on Wednesday warned that North Korea faces another growing food crisis, with signs of increasing malnutrition among children.
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) can currently distribute food to about 2 million of its targeted 6.2 million North Koreans, said Torben Due, the agency’s country representative in North Korea.
“It’s a very difficult situation for many people in North Korea,” Due told reporters in Beijing.
New Delhi, July 01: Reliance BIG TV has entered into a strategic partnership with “Oxigen”, a premium recharge service provider to enable its customers to enjoy uninterrupted television viewing.
Under the tie up, Reliance BIG TV will offer its customers the entire portfolio of Oxigen’s easy recharge option. The deal is considered as a part of its customer service motto to offer convenient and user-friendly customer service experience.
Mumbai, July 01: While Preity Zinta cools her heels in US her ex beau Ness Wadia seems to have found his new ladylove. The business tycoon is dating Ayesha Thapar, the heiress of Thapar Industries.
The two were recently spotted mingling like a love struck couple at a party. The two have been close to each other for a few months now but their proximity gained momentum once Ayesha announced separation from her foreigner husband Engin Yesil.
Johanesburg, July 01: South African captain Graeme Smith’s inspirational leadership and prolific batting in the season gone by, fetched him the twin honours of ‘Cricketer of the Year’ and ‘Test Cricketer of the Year’ at the country’s annual cricket awards here.
In a glittering ceremony here last night, the other major winners were AB de Villiers (One-Day International Cricketer of the Year and Fans’ Cricketer of the Year) and JP Duminy (Pro20 Cricketer of the Year, SA Players’ Player of the Year, and KFC Taste the Action Performance winner).
Gaza, July 01: The Zionist regime army has handed out demolition orders for the destruction of Palestinian homes and structures located in Al Kahder town in the occupied West Bank.
The demolition plans are in accordance with Israel’s policy of changing the demography of Jerusalem (al-Quds) and the surrounding area in order to turn Islam’s third-holiest city into a “Jews only” region.
Washington, July 01: A top British diplomat says that all foreign troops are losing in Afghanistan because their leaders do not know how to handle the war.
“We’re losing,” Paddy Ashdown, the former British representative for Bosnia, said on Tuesday.
He also added the US- and NATO-led coalition faced defeat unless operational changes were made.
“We’re on our way to losing and our young men are dying out there because politicians won’t get their act together,” according to Ashdown.
Tokyo, July 01: Japan plans to send two new warships on an anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia to replace two destroyers that have been in the Gulf of Aden since March.
The two destroyers, with a combined crew of 420, will set sail next Monday.
“I ordered to send two patrol ships on July 6 to the Gulf of Aden off Somalia so that they will start their missions at the end of July,” Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada was quoted as saying by AFP.
Gaza, July 01: In another act of piracy outside its territorial waters, the Zionist regime’s navy seized a foreign vessel carrying humanitarian assistance for Gaza and forcibly diverted it and all onboard to Israel on Tuesday.
The “Spirit of Humanity” was carrying 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney.
The crew was detained by the Israeli military, who said they would “be handed over to the proper authorities.”
Lucknow, June 30: In a daylight robbery, a man and his cashier were looted of Rs 2 lakh in Indra Nagar area of the Uttar Pradesh capital today.
Masked marauders snatched the money bag from Lokesh Awsathi, an employee at Dayal Industries, and his cashier Om Prakash when they left the State Bank of India’s branch, police said.
The motorcycle-borne robbers fled the scene.
Investigation was on, police added.
—Agencies
Mumbai, June 30: It looks like Amrita Rao has decided to take short cut route to success after hitting a new low in her film career.
The girl who is known for her homely roles has suddenly resorted to hot suits in the film Short Kut, produced by Anil Kapoor. Instead of regretting over her makeover, Amrita revealed that she always knew that she could look hot.
Hyderabad, June 30: Four Soft Limited (4S), a global leader offering software solutions for transportation and logistics, today announced that the company has been appraised as fully compliant at Maturity Level 3 with Carnegie Mellon’s Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) Capability Maturity Model(R) Integration for Development (CMMI(R)) Version 1.2.
New Delhi, June 30: The BJP today declined to comment on the report of Liberhan Commission, probing the demolition of Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, saying the party would react only after the contents of the report were made known.
BJP spokesman Ravishankar Prasad in his initial remarks, said the report had been submitted only today and there were other processes like preparation of the Action Taken Report by the Government.
London, June 30: As Michael Vaughan, a major pillar of England’s 2005 Ashes success, prepares to call time on his career, the current group of players hoping to replicate his feat of four years ago have been quick to laud his contribution.