Chennai, March 15 (IANS) Director Sukumar has roped in actor Sumanth Ashwin to play the lead in his maiden yet-untitled Telugu production venture, which will be directed by one of his associates, Vema Reddy. Sukumar launched Mahi Entertainments few months back to make films with his associates. “Sumanth is playing the lead. It was Sukumar sir […]
Basel (Switzerland), March 15 (IANS) Indian shuttler P.V. Sindhu tamed World No.2 Shixian Wang in straight games to enter the women’s singles semifinals at the $125,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold at St. Jakobshalle here. Parupalli Kashyap too made to the last four while Saina Nehwal exited the competition. World No.9 Sindhu took 45 minutes Friday […]
Panaji, March 15 (IANS) Police have not made arrests in Goa’s multi-billion rupee illegal mining scam because they are busy crunching data for a judicial probe, according to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Parrikar, who was addressing students at a Bharatiya Janata Party convention in the city Friday, also said that local police officers in Goa cannot […]
Kiev, March 15 (IANS) Kiev is in talks with the US and NATO over a possible military technical assistance, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk said Friday. “As for military assistance, we hold bilateral and multilateral consultations on technical support,” Yatsenyuk said during a media briefing at the International Boryspil Airport after his visit to Washington, Xinhua […]
Cairo, March 15 (IANS) Supporters of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi staged massive protests across the country, resulting in clashes with security forces and about 50 arrests, media reported Friday. The protests took place in a number of governorates, including Cairo, Giza, Alexandria, Damietta, Minufiya, Fayoum, Gharbiya, Qena and North Sinai, Xinhua reported. The marches were […]
United Nations, March 15 (IANS) The UN General Assembly has extended for two years the appointment of Achim Steiner as executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), beginning June 15, the UN spokesperson’s office said here Friday. The General Assembly made the decision following the recommendation of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the UN […]
Washington, March 15 (IANS) Two days after a New York judge dismissed the visa fraud case against Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, a US grand jury Friday again indicted her on same criminal charges. “A grand jury has returned a true bill today on a two-count criminal indictment of Devyani Khobragade, said the office of US prosecutor […]
Washington, March 15 (IANS) US President Barack Obama said Friday that he continued to hope that a “diplomatic solution” can be found to the current crisis in Ukraine. When meeting Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the White House, Obama told reporters that there would be “consequences” if Ukraine’s sovereignty is violated, Xinhua reported. “We continued […]
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) BJP leader Arun Jaitley Friday slammed AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for attack on “democratic institutions”. “Arvind Kejriwal started as a populist. He has evolved into a demagogue. He can make allegations against anyone and everyone without any supporting evidence. He has little concern for the truth. He believes in repeating the […]
Directed by Ksshitij Chaudhary of “Heer Ranjha” and “Jatts in Golmaal” fame, this comedy will get you going! The movie features Yuvraj Hans, Jassi Gill, Babbal Rai, Jaswinder Bhalla and Binnu Dhillon in lead roles. Four friends leave their village and go to the city in a bid to fulfil their dreams. In Binnu and Bhalla the […]