Jammu, March 21 (IANS) Despite his initial reluctance, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will fight for the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir and no one is happier over the decision than Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. Top sources told IANS that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had called Azad and discussed his nomination before […]
The B-Town queen, Rani Mukherji celebrates her birthday today. The actress, who has given some remarkable performances in films like ‘Saathiya’, ‘Yuva’, ‘Hum Tum’, ‘Veer-Zaara’, ‘Black’, ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ and ‘No One Killed Jessica’, turn 36 years old today. Rani is currently going through a rough phase in her career with few box-office flops in […]
Yesterday, we had reported that Deepika Padukone is finalized for Karan Johar’s ‘Shuddhi’ and now it is learnt that Ranveer Singh has been roped in to play the male lead in the film. The actor is currently shooting in Delhi for YRF’s ‘Kill Dil’ and after returning from the capital, he will meet Karan Johar […]
Washington, March 21 (IANS) Controversial Indian-American candidate Manju Goel has lost the race for the Republican nomination for US House member from Illinois to Larry Kaifesh, a US Marine Corps Reserve colonel. With 95 percent of precincts reporting Goel had garnered 9,338 votes to Kaifesh’s 23,295 votes in Tuesday’s primary for the State’s eighth Congressional district, […]
Rome, March 21 (IANS) Italy will take on Ireland in a soccer friendly match in London May 31. The friendly will be played at Fulham’s Craven Cottage, and after that the team will return to Italy for its final warmup against Luxembourg four days later, reported Xinhua. Italy drew 2-2 with Nigeria at Craven Cottage in […]
New York, March 21 (IANS) A US court has asked India’s Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi to provide a copy of her passport to show that she was not in the US between Sep 2 and Sep 9 last year. Gandhi had filed a motion in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, seeking dismissal of […]
Los Angeles, March 21 (IANS) Actor Ryan Gosling has been reportedly roped in to co-produce late movie director Busby Berkeley’s biopic with Marc Platt. Based on Jeffrey Spivak’s book “Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley”, the film will present the life of the late director and choreographer. Gosling is also expected to play Berkeley, […]
United Nations, March 21 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel over the weekend to The Hague to attend the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit, a UN spokesperson has said. The secretary-general will speak at the opening session of the two-day event Monday, Xinhua quoted Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesperson, as saying here Thursday. The Nuclear […]
Los Angeles, March 21 (IANS) Hollywood actor Johnny Depp will travel to China later this month to promote his forthcoming sci-fi thriller “Transcendence”. It will be Depp’s first trip to China, where he is scheduled to make appearances with some of the country’s top actors, music stars and artists, reports hollywoodreporter.com. Depp is expected to arrive […]
Islamabad, March 21 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Thursday said that Islamabad will not send its troops to other countries, rejecting assumption that the country had changed its policy about Syria. The reaction came amid speculations in the media that Pakistan has changed its policy towards Syria and could send troops to Saudi Arabia to […]