Mumbai, June 24: Salman Khan’s upcoming next, Wanted’s team recently shot for his reality game show 10 Ka Dum. His co-star in the film, Ayesha Takia Azmi and director of the film, Prabhu Deva were his star guests as part of their film’s promotion.
A source reveals, “Prabhu Deva and Ayesha were on the show to promote their film Wanted with Salman asking them several questions about the film.
Karachi, June 24: Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan fast bowler, has said the 17-year-old left-arm seamer Mohammad Aamer needs to put on weight to add more power to his bowling.
Aamer who called for his selection to the national side in July last year, made his international debut in the World Twenty 20 and took six wickets at a strike-rate of 24 from seven matches. He played a crucial role in the final, dismissing Tillakaratne Dilshan for a duck in the first over.
Mumbai, June 24: It was reported that Saif Ali Khan couldn’t attend the recently concluded IIFA Awards 2009 at Macau in order to promote his home production Love Aaj Kal at the Twenty20 World Cup.
However, sources said that Saif was shown the door by IIFA organisers, as they couldn’t buy his demands.
Mumbai, June 24: The anchor cum actor, Chandana Sharma is all set for her new journey with the show Love Ne Mila Di Jodi on Star One. Earlier too she was seen hosting a show Home Shanti Home on the same channel. Chandana rose to fame with her stint as Tara in Yeh Dil Chahe More and now is back with a new avatar to surprise the audience.
In an exclusive heart-to-heart conversation she talks about her new show, love life and marriage.
You are coming after a gap of a year. What you had been doing all these while?
Melbourne, June 24: THE former head doctor of a South African AIDS treatment centre has denied allegations he sexually assaulted a gay patient at a Brisbane clinic.
The 58-year-old doctor, who cannot be identified, was arrested yesterday after a 22-year-old patient complained to police he had been touched inappropriately during a physical examination.
The doctor was charged with one count of sexual assault and appeared in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today afternoon where he applied for bail.
Washington, June 24: Hundreds of people on the FBI’s “terrorism watch list” were able to buy firearms over the past five years because of a gap in US gun ownership restrictions, according to a new report delivered to US lawmakers.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of the US Congress, released findings Monday showing that 963 people on the list tried to buy firearms between February 2004 and February 2009 and that 90 percent of them succeeded.
London, June 24: Shahid Afridi, who guided Pakistan to glory in the Twenty20 World Cup, may soon receive an offer to play in Sheffield Shield for the Australian domestic side New South Wales.
The 29-year-old cricketer helped Pakistan win their first major title in 17 years by beating their sub-continental rival Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final at Lord’s on Sunday.
“He is clearly one of the world’s best Twenty20 players, but also he would be a valuable addition to our dressing room, our young players would learn a lot from him.”
New Delhi, June 24: A huge setback in the Lok Sabha Elections 2009 has left Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati shell-shocked.
During the election campaigns Mayawati could never hide her ambitions to become the country’s prime minister. However, the Lok Sabha Elections results have shattered the her dreams. She is quite literally on a rampage, targeting not only her senior party leaders but even state bureaucrats and top cops whom she feels were not faithful during the elections.
–Agencies
Hyderabad, June 24: The Andhra Pradesh government Tuesday ordered probe into allegations that suspended secretary of Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) V. Chamundeswarnath sexually exploited women cricketers.
State Home Minister P. Sabita Indra Reddy ordered a special officer to look into the complaints that Chamundeswarnath sought sexual favours from women cricketers for selection.
The special officer will also probe allegations of corruption against Chamundeswarnath, who was manager of Indian women’s team at Twenty 20 World Cup.
Mumbai, June 24: Swades might have been one of his critically most appreciated roles but Shahrukh Khan loves commercial success more than anything.
This is perhaps the only explanation as to why Shahrukh turned down Ashutosh Gowariker’s offer to star in his next movie. Ashutosh approached Shahrukh for a period film which will have Rani Mukherjee as the female lead.
Buzz up!
Cairo, June 24: Germany has more Muslims than it originally thought, with nearly half of them holding German citizenship and thus able to vote in elections, according to a government survey released Tuesday, which found Muslims were religious but tended to be less socially integrated.
Muslims make up five percent of Germany’s 80 million population, two percent more than most common estimates, according to the first survey of German Muslims.
Mumbai, June 24: It was reported that Hrithik Roshan would play Amitabh Bachchan’s character Vijay Dinanath Chauhan in the remake version of Agneepath by Karan Johar but reality tells a different story. Hrithik has backed out of the film, as he has no dates available.
Buzz up!
Karan is planning to start the film by early next year but Hrithik won’t be available at that time of the year, as he has allotted his dates for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Guzaarish. Owing to this problem, Hrithik has asked Karan to look for another actor.
London, June 24: Shane Warne, the former Australian legspinner, has said the decision to leave out Michael Vaughan from the pre-Ashes camp was a blunder given his wealth of experience as a former Ashes-winning captain.
Vaughan has made only 147 runs at 21.00 for Yorkshire this season and the chief selector Geoff Miller said he would have to make runs consistently in the county season to force his way back.
Mumbai, June 24: Recently on his show 10 Ka Dum, Salman Khan said, “mujhe sari pehenna nahin aata hai, sirf nikalna aata hai.
But he recently bought saris for group of women. The actor, who is known for his generosity, was approached by some sweeper women during the shooting of Wanted and they asked him to buy saris for all the women working there!
Buzz up!
Bangalore, June 24: Galactosemia is a condition that affects the body’s ability to use or metabolise a simple sugar called galactose resulting in the accumulation of galactose 1-phosphate in the body. Galactose is a primary part of a large sugar called lactose which is present in all dairy products and also in smaller quantities in many others foods.
What are the causes?
New Delhi, June 24: The Rail Bhavan drives the world’s largest railway network. Yet, officials in the railway ministry’s headquarters are chugging along direction-less.
With the rail budget scheduled for July 3, the babus are working overtime to put together the final document because railway minister Mamata Banerjee has been away, in West Bengal, for most of the time.
New Delhi, June 24: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L.K. Advani on Tuesday denied statements appearing in a section of the press that he was set to become the party president to revive the sagging fortunes of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Mr. Advani and his family members arrived at the junior college helipad here on a five-day private visit. He and family members would be staying at the Orange County resorts near Siddapur.
New Delhi:It’s RAM (Rahul, Akhilesh, Maya) in UP.
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a youth revolution of sorts. And it is not the uncrowned ‘prince’ of the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, who is bringing it about alone. Every party in this stirring cauldron of cut-throat politics is out to seize the opportunity with their own youth icons.
Tehran, June 24: Iranian riot police and militiamen appear to have halted protests in the capital, Tehran, after days of clashes over the country’s disputed election.
Residents say the city is quiet, but opposition supporters have called for a day of mourning on Thursday for those killed during the protests.
Barack Obama has condemned the “unjust” violence used against protesters.
Meanwhile, reports say four Iranian footballers who appeared to show solidarity with them have been banned.
Diplomats expelled
Islamabad, June 24: The Pakistani president has rejected British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s description of the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan as the ‘crucible for global terrorism.’
“I think sometimes people say things they don’t understand or mean but I think his concern is genuine and I appreciate the concern,” Asif Ali Zardari told ITV’s News at Ten.
He also denied any knowledge of militant training camps in Pakistan, saying it was an “old thought” among British intelligence that thousands of radicals were arriving in Britain.
Kinshasa, June 24: Two people were killed and 12 others injured in the Democratic Republic of Congo when prison inmates who tried to escape detonated two grenades.
About 20 female prisoners were also raped during the failed prison break attempt, according to Congo’s attorney general.
The female prisoners were raped when male prisoners in the prison in Goma in eastern Congo failed to break through the prison’s walls, Oscar Kasangandjo said on Tuesday.
The prisoners attacked the pavilion where the female prisoners were being held and raped around 20 of them, he added.
Islamabad, June 24: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a review petition filed by Indian national Sarabjit Singh and upheld the death sentence given to him for his alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990.
A three-member bench led by Justice Raja Fayyaz Ahmed dismissed Sarabjit’s review petition on merit and upheld the death sentence awarded to him by an anti-terrorism court in 1991. The apex court gave its verdict after his counsel failed to appear in court.
Mumbai, June 24: His first film ‘Johnny Gaddar’ was a blockbuster, and got him instant fame and recognition, leading to the opportunity to work with top-notch actors and filmmakers in Bollywood.
At a media event in the Capital, Neil Nitin Mukesh spoke, about his upcoming film ‘New York’ and talked about his chemistry with co-stars John and Katrina.
Q. How was it working with John and Katrina?
Mumbai, June 24: Almost two months after his father Feroz Khan passed away, actor Fardeen Khan, 35, is slowly beginning to piece his life together.
He’s been quietly shooting in Goa for Ajay Devgan’s All The Best and though it is difficult to do laugh-out-loud funny scenes that this comedy demands, he’s being a professional. “One has to fulfill one’s professional requirements. Personal life is something that you have to deal with on your own. I try and don’t let the two overlap,” he says.
Mumbai, June 24: Bollywood is not short of folks who are superstitious and Akshay Kumar is one of them. But the superstar is now shedding his superstition. At least that’s what it seems.
On every movie release of his, Akshay had an invariable habit of flying out of the country. Not only that, he even used to miss the movie’s premiere shows. Doing that, he believed, brought him luck at the box-office. But now, he’s set to break this ritual.