Mirpur (Dhaka), March 17 (IANS) Kamran Akmal and Mohammad Hafeez made the difference with stroke-filled half-centuries to guide Pakistan to a nervy six-wicket win that came in the penultimate ball over New Zealand in their first ICC World Twenty20 warm-up game at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Monday. Kamran (52 in 45 balls) and Hafeez (55 in […]
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) Singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo, who will contest for the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal on a BJP ticket, Monday ridiculed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, saying he was not fit for politics. The voice behind a number of hit Bollywood songs, Supriyo urged voters to bring a single party to power, […]
Kolkata, March 17 (IANS) Describing close friend and actress Gul Panag as “sensible” and “smart”, Bollywood actor Purab Kohli Monday said he would be happy to support the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate from Chandigarh for the Lok Sabha polls. “She is very smart and sensible. I know her well personally. She would make a good […]
Hyderabad, March 17 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s intervention saved the party from a setback in Telangana as two legislators dropped their plans to cross over to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). The legislators said that after receiving a phone call from Gandhi, they decided not to leave the party. One of them, Nandishwar Goud, […]
Chennai, March 17 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Lakshmy Ramakrishnan has titled her next Tamil directorial “Nerungi Va…Muthamidathe”, which will focus on the recent petrol crisis in Tamil Nadu. The film will be a commercial entertainer unlike Lakshmy’s directorial debut “Aarohanam”, which addressed a domestic issue from the perspective of a woman. “‘Nerungi Va…Muthamidathe’! (This is the) title for […]
Los Angeles, March 17 (IANS) Actor Jean Dujardin finds it easy to work with George Clooney and says that the latter’s modesty and passion for work is enviable. Dujardin featured in Clooney’s directorial venture “The Monuments Men”. The French actor was amazed by the Hollywood actor-director’s dedication to work while shooting the movie which also stars […]
Chennai, March 17 (IANS) Actor Allu Arjun points to a unique phenomenon in the Telugu film industry and says that here directors strive to portray heroes exactly the way their fans want to see them on the screen. He is confident his fans will like watching him in his forthcoming action movie “Race Gurram”. “It is […]
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh), March 17 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will lose “by a big margin” in the Lok Sabha polls here, AAP leader and candidate Kumar Vishwas says. The Arvind Kejriwal associate also said in an interview that the biggest losers of the election in Uttar Pradesh will be, besides the Congress, the Bahujan […]
Mumbai, March 17 (IANS) Meera Chopra, who is foraying into Hindi films with forthcoming comedy “Gang Of Ghosts”, would like to follow her star cousin Priyanka Chopra and play negative roles. Priyanka is known for playing grey roles in “Aitraaz” and “7 Khoon Maaf” with elan and Meera, a popular name down south, would accept such […]
Genoa (Italy), March 17 (IANS) Andrea Pirlo curled in a last-minute free-kick to give Juvenus a 1-0 win against Genoa here. The reigning Serie A champions were under pressure at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris, and an under-strength team struggled to dominate an enterprising Genoa side Sunday, reports Xinhua. Juventus’ veteran goalkeeper Gigi Buffon parried an Emanuele […]