Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar was not too happy when he was asked by his then captain Sourav Ganguly to bat at number four in ODIs in 2002-03, according to a book.
Ganguly, who captained the recently-retired Tendulkar in 143 of the 341 international matches they played together, recalled that the Mumbaikar was brought back as opener during the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.
India’s economy expanded at a sluggish 4.7 percent in the third quarter of the current financial year from 4.8 percent in the previous quarter, dragged down by contraction in the manufacturing and mining sectors, government data showed Friday.
According to data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), manufacturing output shrunk by 1.9 percent, while mining production contracted by 1.6 percent in October-December quarter of the current fiscal.
The services sector grew at 7 percent and the farm sector expanded by 3.6 percent during the quarter under review.
The “2 States” trailer features Alia Bhatt locking lips with Arjun Kapoor and its producer Karan Johar says kissing scenes help in luring the audience.
Earlier kissing scenes were not included in promos, but it has become a trend now.
When asked about the same, Karan said: “It’s great these kids of the new generation are kissing on screen. It’s the new ethos… but senior actors didn’t do this. I like to watch kissing scenes, it’s wonderful. Kissing scenes help to get opening and people also like to see it, so it’s all about kissing.”
There isn’t enough food for everyone in the country and now actress Yami Gautam endorses ‘Food for Soul’ campaign, which aims at feeding the underprivileged.
Initiated by online food ordering platform Foodpanda along with non-profit organisation Uday Foundation, the campaign encourages patrons to generously feed the lesser privileged.
Foodpanda patrons can log on to the website and make a donation to a listed food item like foodgrains, pulses, vegetable oil and biscuits. The portal will then forward the proceedings to the charitable institution, thus reaching out to many children.
A court here has allowed Utsav Bhasin, who is facing trial in the 2008 BMW hit-and-run case, to visit Europe for 14 days.
Bhasin, son of a Haryana-based industrialist, was driving his BMW car when he allegedly hit a two-wheeler on Delhi’s Moolchand flyover, killing rider Anuj Singh in September 2008. A journalist of a TV channel was also injured in the accident.
He is facing trial under various charges dealing with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, driving rashly which could endanger human life and causing grievous hurt.
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BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi Friday claimed people have realised that the Congress party was responsible for their miseries and hence that party would be wiped out in the Lok Sahba polls.
Addressing an election rally in this north Karnataka town, around 270 km from Bangalore, he attacked Congress President Sonia Gandhi, without naming her, for what he described as her failure to “give an account of 10 years’ rule” to the people.
Speaking in Hindi, he said: “Madam was here 10 days back. Did she give an account of what the government has done.”
A California man is suing McDonald’s for 1.5 million dollars, claiming that he only got one napkin with his meal.
Webster Lucas said that he was stiffed on napkins at the Mickey D’s in Pacoima, CA on January 29th after ordering a Quarter Pounder Deluxe.
And when he went up to the counter to ask for more, he was rudely rebuffed by the manager who insisted he already got some, TMZ.com reported.
According to his lawsuit, Lucas, who is black, then retorted. That’s when Lucas said that things got racist, claiming the manager (a Mexican-American) mumbled something about “you people.”
Barack Obama has confessed that he did drugs in school and didn’t think about the harm it could do to him. The US president, who launched the ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ initiative, spoke to teenagers involved in the ‘Becoming a Man” program to help at-risk boys in his hometown, Chicago, the Huffington Post reported. He said that he sees himself in the teenagers and admitted that he made bad choices when he was in school and didn’t take it as seriously as he should have. Obama added that he made excuses and sold himself short sometimes.
Madhuri Dixit-Nene is all set to showcase the power of women on International Women’s Day with her latest film ‘Gulaab Gang’.
The 46-year-old actress wrote, “Let’s show the world this woman’s day, the power of pink! Gulaab Gang!”
Gulaab Gang, starring Madhuri Dixit-Nene and Juhi Chawla in the lead is scheduled to release on 7th March, 2014. (ANI)
The union cabinet Friday approved a revised cost estimate of Rs.2,962.78 crore for completing the development programme of the Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV Mk-III and to carry out an experimental flight.
An official release said additional fund requirement was Rs.464.78 crore over the original provision of Rs.2,498 crore was needed to complete the scope of the project, including one experimental flight called LVM3-X and two developmental flights called GSLV Mk-III D1 and GSLV Mk-III D2.
Priyanka Chopra recently tweeted about her bitter experience while reading tweets, articles and peoples’ comments on Twitter.
The ‘Fashion’ actress wrote, “It amazes me how vulnerable people are on social media now. When I joined it I always told my peers it was such a great way of spreading love”.
“Had a moment of feeling sad for what the world is turning into. Let people live their lives guys. And smile a lil. Don’t hate so much”, she added. (ANI)
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today stressed that women empowerment was a must for the country’s development and called upon them to identify their strength.
“Women would have to identify their strength and become self reliant to improve the future of their families and the country,” Gandhi said at a meeting with aanganwadi workers and women self-help group members at Sarai Shekh village of Chinhat on the outskirts of Lucknow.
Internet biggest radio station, Pandora, has surpassed 250 million registered users worldwide, who have created more than six billion stations on the web-based radio service, despite growing competition from others.
Even after growing competition from giants like Apple and Google, who added new services like iTunes Radio and All Access last year, Pandora has continued to grow and the latest milestone with roughly 50 million registered users a year has indicated its growth.
Three men have confessed in a court in Saudi Arabia that they buried alive five Asian workers, believed to be Indians, on a farm four years ago, a media report said.
The bodies of the victims were discovered by a farmer, Ali Habib, who had rented a 20,000-square-metre farm two years ago from its elderly woman owner, earlier this month while clearing the land in Safwa area of Qatif in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The crime happened in 2010.
Police arrested 25 people, including expatriates and Saudi citizens, in connection with the case, the Arab News reported Thursday.
Samsung is at number one amongst most popular Android gadgets used by enterprise users, according to a report.
The report from Mobile Device Management (MDM) Company Fiberlink revealed that Samsung stood at first place with 56 percent of the market followed by Motorola at 22 percent and HTC at 8 percent and a host of other companies with 2 percent or less.
Julianne Moore has confessed that she showed her daughter “different kinds of boobs” on their outing to a naked spa.
The 53-year-old actress told Chelsea Lately that her 11-years-old daughter Liv loves to go to spas, so when they were in a female only room, where everyone was naked, she got to see different kinds of bodies, the Mirror reported. ‘The Kids Are Alright’ star said that her daughter expressed surprise over the fact there are so many different kinds of boobs, like “big, little, round and pointy”. (ANI)
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who won Face Of Romantic Music Award here, says he was touched by the tribute paid to him by the singers at the ceremony.
The 48-year-old actor was honoured with the prestigious award at the 6th Radio Mirchi Music Awards held yesterday.
“Extremely touched by all singers coming together to do this for me. It’s given me 10 years of energy to go on stronger and harder. Thank you Mirchi,” SRK tweeted.
Eva Green has revealed that she was left black-and-blue after a violent sex scene for her new film, ‘300: Rise of an Empire’.
The former Bond girl was left bruised whilst filming an aggressive sex scene with her co- star Sullivan Stapleton. In an interview with the ShortList Magazine, Green said that she hasn’t seen the sex scene yet, but heard that it’s quite full-on and brutal. (ANI)
The union cabinet Friday deferred taking up the anti-graft ordinances which were being pushed by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
The cabinet decided to postpone taking up the ordinances, informed sources said.
The ordinances on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill and the Right of Citizens for Time-Bound Delivery of Goods and Services and Redressal of their Grievances Bill were on the agenda but were not taken up.
These were among the anti-corruption bills being pushed by Gandhi to create a “framework” to fight graft.
Are you among those who surf Facebook or watch TV before hitting the sack after a tiring day? You belong to the majority as bedtime rituals have changed from a good book read to taking resort in the virtual world before sleep.
New research reveals the average bedtime ritual consists of checking social media networks four times and watching 17 minutes of television.
Experts have said that in order to get a good night’s sleep, most people need to unwind for at least half an hour away from technology before trying to get some shut-eye.
This is not the case anymore.
Madhuri Dixit-Nene is all set to showcase the power of women on International Women’s Day with her latest film ‘Gulaab Gang’.
The 46-year-old actress wrote, “Let”s show the world this woman”s day, the power of pink! Gulaab Gang!” Gulaab Gang, starring Madhuri Dixit-Nene and Juhi Chawla in the lead is scheduled to release on 7th March, 2014. (ANI)
A Texas research institute has released a 10-minute video that tries to explain the mysteries of attraction in terms of economic supply and demand.