Alia Bhatt, who debuted in Bollywood with ‘Student of the Year’, celebrates her birthday today. The actress this year impressed everyone with her act in the film ‘Highway’. Alia turns 21 years old and in a very short period of the time, the actress has proved her mettle in B-Town. She has some good films […]
Chennai, March 15 (IANS) Actress Gazala, who is set to make a comeback to the southern film industry after a four-year hiatus, says she would like to take up author-backed roles with good story rather than commercial roles. Gazala’s last film in Telugu was “Money Money, More Money” and “Durai” in Tamil. “I want to take […]
Actors Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s song, Locha-E-Ulfat, from Abhishek Varman’s 2 States, which is out now, has a particular scene which has been shot at IIM-A (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad), a first for a Bollywood film. Because the novel on which the movie is based on is set in the college, the makers […]
Chennai, March 15 (IANS) Actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan will feature in a dual role in upcoming Tamil comedy “Uttama Villain”. He will play an eighth century drama actor and a 21st century cinema superstar. “Kamal will be seen as Uttaman, an 8th century and drama actor and Manoranjan, a 21st century cinema superstar. Andrea Jeremiah will be […]
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 […]