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Zeenat Aman: Priyanka Chopra Will Be Ide...

Zeenat Aman: Priyanka Chopra Will Be Ideal For My Biopic

Veteran actress Zeenat Aman, who is still remembered for her bold character in Dev Anand’s “Hare Rama Hare Krishna”, says that Priyanka Chopra would be ideal for her biopic if a film is ever made. “I want Priyanka Chopra to do my biopic. I think she is very good and lovely. Priyanka would... read more »

Watch Tubelight teaser: Salman Khan is a...

Watch Tubelight teaser: Salman Khan is a simpleton stuck in the 1962 Indo-C...

The teaser of Tubelight, directed by Kabir Khan, and starring Salman Khan and Zhu Zhu in the lead roles, is finally here. Perhaps, there can not be a better and more successful writer-director combination in Bollywood right now than Salman Khan and Kabir Khan. Kabir Khan who comes from the world... read more »

Deepika Padukone attacks foreign media f...

Deepika Padukone attacks foreign media for confusing her with Priyanka Chop...

Over the last few months, on several occasions, the foreign media mistook Bollywood star Deepika Padukone for her contemporary Priyanka Chopra, but the actor chose to reserve her reaction on the goof-ups. Today, however, Deepika was not in the mood to ignore this attitude and without mincing her... read more »

Parineeti & Shraddha battle it out t...

Parineeti & Shraddha battle it out to perform at the Bieber concert:

The two leading ladies of Bollywood who share not just acting talent but are also competing to emerge as who’s the better singer are in a fight right now. Looks like Parineeti Chopra and Shraddha Kapoor are battling it out to give exclusive performances at the Justin Bieber concert in... read more »

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Sensex scales new highs, Nifty tests 6750; Top ten stocks in focu...

NEW DELHI: The S&P BSE Sensex managed to hit yet another record high in morning trade on Wednesday, led by gains in ICICI BankBSE 1.81 %, HDFCBSE 0.83 %, InfosysBSE 0.77 % and Bharti AirtelBSE... read more »

Indian bank increased interest rates on FCNR (B) d...

Yesterday Indian bank announced its revised rates on the FCNR (B) deposits. The rates are effective from 1st April, 14. For the tenure of 1 to 2... read more »

Maruti Suzuki’s 2013-14 sales decline 1.4 percent

Automobile manufacturer Maruti Suzuki Tuesday reported a decline of 1.4 percent in its total sales for 2013-14 at 1,155,041 units from 1,171,434 units sold in... read more »

KEC International to sell land to Tata Housing for over...

Mumbai: RPG group company KEC International Ltd is to sell a piece of land in Thane to Ardent Properties Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Housing Development Co.... read more »

Five concerns raised by Rajan

Reserve Bank of India governor, Raghuram Rajan at the end of his policy speech said he was pleased that the market was getting a hang of what the central bank... read more »

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SRK says he'll learn Bengali from Jaya Bachchan

SRK says he’ll learn Bengali from Jaya Bachchan

Kolkata – Overwhelmed at being invited to inaugurate the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), megastar Shah Rukh Khan Sunday said he would learn Bengali from actress-politician Jaya... read more »

Nikunj had Kangana phobia

Nikunj had Kangana phobia

TV actress Nikunj Malik, who will make her cinematic debut with “Revolver Rani”, admits to being scared of co-star Kangana Ranaut. The... read more »

Candy positive about Tanisha’s ‘Bigg Boss&#...

Candy positive about Tanisha's 'Bigg Boss' win

New Delhi – Former model Candy Brar’s stint at “Bigg Boss – Saath 7″ is over, but she doesn’t think actress Tanisha Mukherjee will face... read more »

Amitabh-Jaya, SRK, Kamal Haasan inaugurate 19th KIFF

Amitabh-Jaya, SRK, Kamal Haasan inaugurate 19th KIFF

Kolkata – Gems of Indian cinema Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Mithun Chakraborty and Kamal Haasan came together Sunday with West... read more »

Sanjay Gupta to use music that embellishes, not blemish...

Sanjay Gupta to use music that embellishes, not blemishes

Mumbai – Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta says the audience is scared of simple melodies after being served with noise in the name of music and that he has decided... read more »

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Meet the Spanish man who is riding 2,000 miles on horse-back for job!

Meet the Spanish man who is riding 2,000 miles on horse-back for ...

New York – A jobless Spanish man has decided to ride his horse from Spain to Germany to find a job, as he can’t afford to pay for petrol to fill up his car. Jesus Jimenez, who has been... read more »

Average employee takes over year in sick leaves during working life

Average employee takes over year in sick leaves du...

London – An average person spends almost a year of their working life off sick, it has been revealed. A study has shown that Britons take an... read more »

More men undergoing cosmetic surgery to enhance work op...

More men undergoing cosmetic surgery to enhance work opportunities

Melbourne – Men are increasing going under knife so as to increase their work opportunities, a researcher has said. Dr Russell Knudsen, past president of... read more »

Washing hands after failure boosts optimism

Washing hands after failure boosts optimism

Washington –  A new study, which examined how physical cleansing affects us after failure, has revealed that people who wash hands after doing a task... read more »

HIV put in remission in baby born with AIDS virus

HIV put in remission in baby born with AIDS virus

Washington – Doctors have revealed that they may have put HIV into remission in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus. The new report on the case,... read more »

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SC questions lack of transparency in appointment of CVC

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday questioned Centre on lack of transparency in the appointment of chief vigilance commissioner and vigilance commissioner. The top court had on Wednesday asked the... read more »

China anti-corruption activists on trial in Jiangxi

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Ahmedabad

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Ahmedabad on Wednesday on a three-day visit, which is expected to define the relationship between the two... read more »

Maneka Gandhi warns legal action to organisations which...

Want to know how to get on in business. Follow some dog rules to succeed

New Delhi: Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday warned legal action to organisations which did not have sexual harassment... read more »

Keep your feet on the ground, Sena tells BJP after bypo...

Don't worry about Maharashtra: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray draws line for N. Modi

MUMBAI: The Shiv Sena on Wednesday took potshots at the BJP for the reverses suffered by it in the bypolls, saying it should learn a lesson and keep its... read more »

Men’s helpline gets 25,000 calls over four months

SIF, the mobile app launched five months ago for the protection of men’s rights, has received a mega response in the last four months. The app, launched... read more »

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Bravo reveals Lara `told him to go out, make name for himself` after first day of Kiwi Test

Bravo reveals Lara `told him to go out, make name for himself` af...

Wellington –  West Indies player Darren Bravo has revealed that cricket legend Brian Lara messaged him after the first day of the New Zealand Test and said that it was important for him to go... read more »

Moyes `vows` to `get things right` at Man U despite `shaky PL start`

Moyes `vows` to `get things right` at Man U despit...

London – Manchester United manager David Moyes has said that he is confident he will get things right at Old Trafford, according to... read more »

Haddin hails Clarke as `best batsman in world` after `s...

Clarke batted at No.10 during early grade cricket days: Report

Johannesburg –  Michael Clarke’s stylish 148 on day two of the second Ashes test against England on Friday was another glorious consummation of... read more »

Chelsea boss Mourinho refuses to rule Man U out of PL t...

Jose Mourinho labels Luis Suarez `acrobatic swimming pool` diver

London – Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has refused to rule Manchester United out of the Premier League title chase, according to reports. According to... read more »

Woods describes meeting Mandela in 1998 as `most inspir...

Woods describes meeting Mandela in 1998 as `most inspiring time`

Johannesburg –  American golfer Tiger Woods has said the death of Nelson Mandela was a sad day for many people, especially those who had the chance to... read more »

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Denzel Washington summon racial discrimination

Washington, 59, shared that he was involved in a physical fight due to racial profiling years ago, reported Ace Showbiz. Hollywood star Denzel Washington, who was at the 2014 Toronto International... read more »

50 days of war leave Israelis and Palestinians onl...

JERUSALEM: Only time will tell whether Israel will maintain the quiet it so desperately sought during 50 days of war with Palestinian militants in... read more »

India, Australia to collaborate on health care

Australia on Friday announced the extension of the Australia-India Strategic Research Fund (AISRF) for a further four years and also pledged Australian dollars... read more »

IS recruitment of foreign fighters key issue for NATO: ...

The shadow of the Islamic State appeared to loom large over the meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in Wales, U.K., this week, as alliance... read more »

China says 2 pilots died in aircraft carrier tests

Two Chinese test pilots were killed during development of the country’s first aircraft carrier fighter wing, state media said. President Xi Jinping had... read more »

Crude oil slump hits Indian shores

The plunge in global oil prices may have brought cheer to consumers, but it is hurting the companies involved in oil exploration and production locally. Cairn India, country’s... read more »

IndusInd Bank up over 2% as RBI allows FIIs to buy shares

Shares of IndusInd Bank on Monday surged over 2 percent in morning trade on the bourses after the Reserve Bank on Friday removed the lender from its caution list. RBI in a release on... read more »

Diageo may not recover Rs 900 cr loan from Vijay Mallya co

Global spirits giant Diageo has said it may not be able to fully recover a loan of USD 135 million given to Vijay Mallya-affiliated Watson by Standard Chartered Bank where it had acted as a... read more »

Defence veterans end fast-unto-death, protests to continue

Defence veterans, who were on fast-unto-death, on Sunday called off their hunger strike following a clarification from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the voluntary retirement issue, a day... read more »

Migrant crisis: Germany to release funds to help regions cope

Germany’s coalition government has agreed to spend 6bn euros (£4.4m) to support record numbers of migrants and other measures to deal with the influx. Critics at home have accused Chancellor... read more »