Bollywood star Aamir Khan is happy after watching the final cut of his upcoming action film Dhoom 3 and says he can’t wait for the audience to see it this Christmas.
The 48-year-old will play an antagonist for the first time in the third installment of the popular ‘Dhoom’ series along with actress Katrina Kaif.
While Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra will reprise their roles as police officer Jai Dixit and his sidekick Ali Khan respectively.
Former Indian captain Rahul Dravid today called for making match-fixing and spot-fixing a criminal offence since only a strong law can serve as a huge deterrent to potential fixers.
Dravid suggested a two-pronged approach to curb the menace of match-fixing and spot-fixing, saying making these illegal activities a criminal offence and educating cricketers at the junior level should be the first step.
Amid the raging controversy over his statement on the Poonch killings, Defence Minister A K Antony today briefed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the situation on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir where five troops were killed in an ambush.
Antony met Singh against the backdrop of controversy over his statement that the soldiers were killed by “terrorists along with persons dressed in Pakistan Army uniform”.
In view of increasing instances of physical attacks on women, the DRDO has developed a chilli-spray for protection using the world’s hottest chilli grown in Assam, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
“Yes, Defence Research laboratory in Tezpur has developed a chilli-spray called CAPSISPRAY. It is a non-lethal spray for personal protection and self-defence,” Defence Minister A K Antony said in reply to a written query.
“It contains Oleoresin Capsicum extracted from world’s hottest chilli Bhut Jolokia, largely cultivated in Assam and other parts of northeast,” he said.
The United States has blacklisted the new leader of a Pakistan-based group that carried out terrorist attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan. The State Department announced it has added Bahawal Khan”s name to its list of specially designated global terrorists. According to Dawn News, the move will freeze any assets Khan may have in US jurisdictions and bars Americans from transactions with him.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has issued notices to former president retired General Pervez Musharraf’s collaborators in the imposition of emergency in 2007. The FIA has begun a major investigation into the high treason case against Musharraf under Article 6 of the Constitution. According to the Express Tribune, the agency has sent notices to former prime minister Shaukat Aziz, his principal secretary Khalid Saeed, former law secretary Justice (retd) Ajmal Mian and seven other top government functionaries.
Al-Qaeda operatives may have developed a new kind of undetectable liquid bomb, US officials have said. The officials said the new technique consists of dipping clothes into a liquid that would make the textile explosive upon drying. According to the Huffington Post, the new technique was developed by Ibrahim al-Asiri, al-Qaeda”s bomb maker in Yemen. Asiri is believed to have designed the devices used by ‘Christmas Bomber’ Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on a flight to Detroit and during an attempt to assassinate Saudi Arabia”s deputy interior minister, the report added. (ANI)
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for serious and substantive negotiations with the international community over its nuclear programme. Rouhani said he was confident both sides’ concerns could be resolved in a short time, but added that a solution could be reached solely through talks, not threats. The US has said Rouhani”s presidency presents an opportunity for Iran to resolve the world”s deep concerns.
Andhra Pradesh Police have arrested 94 people for damaging the statues of national leaders during the ongoing ‘Samaikya Andhra’ agitation in Rayalaseema and Andhra regions.
Police booked 39 cases in connection with the attack on statues and booked the accused under section 153-A of the Indian Penal Code. If convicted, a person may be jailed for up to three years.
About 170 members of the Youth Congress were detained here Wednesday while marching towards the Pakistan High Commission to protest the killings of five Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Around 200 members of the Youth Congress gathered near the Pakistan High Commission in Chanakyapuri in central Delhi around 1 p.m.
They climbed police barricades and raised anti-Pakistan slogans.
Police said water cannons were used to disperse the protestors and 175 of them were detained. They were later let off.
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday urged the central government to mount pressure on foreign countries so that turbans worn by Sikh travellers were not ordered removed for security checks at international airports.
Badal termed the turban as an integral part of the Sikh identity.
He said it was unfortunate that Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) President Manjit Singh GK was asked to remove his turban during frisking at the Rome international airport.
AICC Secretary and MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy on Wednesday alleged that Seemandhra leaders were imposing agitation on the people of their region.
AICC spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi on Wednesday appealed to Telangana leaders to restrain from making provocative statements.
Talking to media persons here, Dwivedi said that the decision on Telangana has already been taken and announced. However, he said it would take some time to implement it after following mandatory procedures.
The CBI Special Court on Wednesday rejected the CBI memos seeking judicial custody of former ministers P Sabitha Indira Reddy and B Dharmana Prasada Rao in connection with the quid pro quo case.
It may be mentioned that on June 7, the CBI filed memos in the CBI Special Court seeking judicial custody of former ministers. While Sabitha has been named as accused in the Dalmia Cements case, Dharmana Prasada Rao is facing charges in the Vanpic case. The CBI raised apprehensions before the court that the duo might influence the investigation and witnesses if not sent to judicial remand.
Kamalapuram MLA G Veerashiva Reddy on Wednesday ridiculed the TRS claims that there was a threat to the life of K Chandrasekhar Rao.
Talking to reporters in the Assembly premises here, Veerashiva Reddy alleged that KCR himself was enacting the drama of someone giving “Supari” on his name to draw public attention. He said KCR lost his prominence after the Congress party took a decision in favour of Telangana State. Therefore, he said that TRS leaders came out with a sensational story of a possible assassination bid on KCR.
Eating raw garlic twice a week can nearly halve the risk of developing lung cancer, even lowering the danger for smokers, a new study has claimed.
Chinese researchers found that those who consumed raw garlic as part of their diet were 44 per cent less likely to suffer the disease.
Even when they allowed for whether people smoked – the biggest single cause of lung cancer, the scientists found garlic still seemed to reduce the dangers by around 30 per cent, the `Telegraph` reported.
Sleep deprivation can make us crave for junk food more than healthy food, a new study has revealed.
Researchers at UC Berkeley scanned the brains of 23 healthy young adults, first after a normal night`s sleep and next, after a sleepless night by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
They found impaired activity in the sleep-deprived brain`s frontal lobe, which governs complex decision-making, but increased activity in deeper brain centers that respond to rewards. Moreover, the participants favored unhealthy snack and junk foods when they were sleep deprived.
Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Gurudas Dasgupta on Wednesday said the UPA Government must not suspend talks with Pakistan, but instead, take a strong stand on the killing of five Indian soldiers in Poonch on Tuesday morning. “The media is saying India is a soft state. Do you want India to be a military state?
A team of researchers has discovered a brain molecule that is responsible for regulating human emotion and mood.
The research team at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute has found that an enzyme called Rines regulates MAO-A, a major brain protein controlling emotion and mood. The enzyme is a potentially promising drug target for treating diseases associated with emotions such as depression.
Monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) is an enzyme that breaks down serotonin, norephinephrine and dopamine, neurotransmitters well-known for their influence on emotion and mood.
Tumors develop resistance because a protein called AXL helps cancer cells to circumvent the effects of ErbB inhibitors, allowing them to grow unchecked, a new study has revealed.
The findings by Doug Lauffenburger, the Ford Professor of Bioengineering, head of MIT`s Department of Biological Engineering and an affiliate member of MIT`s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, have suggested that combining drugs that target AXL and ErbB receptors could offer a better way to fight tumors.
While talking about his son, SRK seemed a bit emotional. The 47-year-old actor did not wish to talk about his health.
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan feels that its unfair to subject new-born AbRam to his life, which is constantly under media glare and wants his son to remain untouched by this job hazard.
Gauri and Shah Rukh Khan`s baby boy, through surrogacy was reportedly born on May 27 at 34 weeks of pregnancy. After spending almost seven weeks in the hospital, he is back home now. The couple already has two children – Aryan and Suhana.
Actress Alia Bhatt, who is excited about `Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania` – her second venture with Karan Johar after `Student Of The Year` (SOTY), says she believes in the filmmaker`s vision for her.
In the quirkily titled `Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania`, Alia is paired with her SOTY co-star Varun Dhawan.
“(My next is) `Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania`. The announcement has just been made and I am doing this film with Varun. It will release next year. (I am) Very excited about that,” the 20-year-old said here Tuesday at the India International Jewellery Week.
Actress Anushka Sharma will join the cast of upcoming movie “Bombay Velvet” in Sri Lanka and is looking forward to the experience.
Directed by filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, “Bombay Velvet” brings actor Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka together on the silver screen for the first time.
Last seen in director Vishal Bhardwaj`s “Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola”, Anushka said: “I am really excited and looking forward to joining the crew of `Bombay Velvet` in Sri Lanka.”
Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor, a mother of two, still makes many heads turn with her good looks and perfect curves. Her book “My Yummy Mummy Guide”, which offers post-pregnancy tips for women, will hit the stands this August-end.
Karisma`s good looks, sartorial taste and curves, especially post-pregnancy, are desired by many, and her fitness and beauty secrets will be out soon.
“My favourite book is my book `My Yummy Mummy Guide`, which will be out by end of this month,” Karisma told IANS.
An Indian ex-employee at software giant Microsoft’s corporate headquarters in Washington has been reportedly charged with raping a janitor at his office.
Vineet Kumar Srivastava, 36, a former programming manager at the company allegedly called the woman in his office, molested her, showed her pornographic images on his cellphone and then raped her, the New York Daily News reports.
According to authorities, Srivastava blocker the woman from leaving her office and raped her for several minutes.