New Delhi: Altaf Raja has returned with a trendy song that he has sung for director Raj Kumar Gupta's forthcoming film 'Ghanchakkar'. The film stars Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan in the lead roles, and is set to be released on June 28, 2013.
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12:29 PM, May 24, 2013
Moscow: A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Russia's Far East in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula, according to the US Geological Survey. The epicentre of the quake was located 244 miles west north west of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy at a depth of 385 miles, the USGS said. The Russian authorities issued a tsunami warning in the Sakhalin region and advised people to move away from dangerous areas. The tsunami warning...
12:28 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: A day after Delhi recorded its hottest day in May in the last 10 years, the mercury is expected to rise further Friday, the India Meteorological Department said. "The heatwave conditions will prevail over the city Friday. The maximum temperature is expected to be around 46 degrees Celsius," an IMD official said. The minimum temperature early Friday was three notches above average at 29.5 degrees Celsius, while the...
12:00 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: 'Now You See Me' is set around four talented magicians who mesmerize an international audience with a series of bold and original heists, all the while pursuing a hidden agenda that has the FBI and Interpol scrambling to anticipate their next move in. Directed by Louis Leterrier, the film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman in important roles. The film...
11:34 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Mumbai Police are unlikely to entertain Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan's request for extension of deadline to appear for questioning after his name cropped up during investigation into the IPL spot-fixing case, sources told CNN-IBN. Mumbai Police sources say Meiyappan must honour Friday's 5 pm deadline to appear for questioning. The police had issued summons to Meiyappan on Thursday stating clearly that he must appear for questioning...
11:33 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta has asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to intervene in a gas deal that he says deliberately favours Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). Dasgputa also called for Oil Minister Veerappa Moily to step down for favouring RIL. He said if RIL's sale price of gas to the government is accepted, the government's subsidy burden would rise by Rs 36,000 crore. He said the corresponding...
11:23 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Smartphone maker BlackBerry announced easy monthly instalment (EMI) schemes for its two models - BlackBerry Z10 and BlackBerry Curve 9220 - starting this weekend. "Customers can now buy the BlackBerry Z10 via their credit cards by paying an EMI of Rs 4,799 per month for nine months," BlackBerry said in a statement. The smartphone model is available in price range of Rs 35,000 to Rs 43,500 in the...
11:10 AM, May 24, 2013
Washington: Microsoft Corp won a round in a complex patent war on Thursday when the International Trade Commission said the company's popular Xbox entertainment system did not violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility. If the ITC had found that Microsoft infringed, it could have barred the Xbox from being imported into the United States. The fight over the Xbox is related to a larger smartphone patent war...
10:52 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: After 50 years of service, the phaseout of the MiG-21 will begin in 2017 as confirmed by Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne. It is expected to be replaced by the Light Combat Aircraft (LAC) Tejas. IAF operates about 80 (four squadrons) of these Russian-origin planes in its fleet and due to the recurring problems in their engines, it had to ground all of them after a crash. A...
10:47 AM, May 24, 2013
Mumbai: Arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh's custody in the IPL betting case ends on Friday and the Mumbai Police is likely to seek an extension of the custody as the probe in the case is on. It is Vindoo Dara Singh's interrogation that led to Chennai Super Kings CEO and BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan. According to the police, the call records of Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara...
10:43 AM, May 24, 2013
Thiruvananthapuram: As the Congress led-UDF government completes three years in Kerala, there are more reasons to worry than cheer. The simmering rivalry between Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and state Congress President Ramesh Chennithala has now become an open conflict. An interview given to the New Indian Express has now openly pitted Chennithala against Chandy. A key bone of contention has been Chandy's failure to induct Chennithala into the Cabinet. After...
10:10 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Investigation into the IPL spot-fixing scandal continues to shock the cricketing world with Mumbai Police sources now telling CNN-IBN that Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of the BCCI chief N Srinivasan, has been placing bets on IPL matches since 2011. According to sources, Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh - arrested in the spot-fixing case - has revealed that Meiyappan started with bets of Rs. 10 lakh that went up to...
09:53 AM, May 24, 2013
Srinagar: Three Indian Army personnel were killed on Friday in an ongoing encounter in Tral area of south Kashmir. The encounter began after the security personnel got a tip-off about the terrorists. Sources said at least 3-4 terrorists may be involved in the gun battle. One suspected terrorist has been shot dead while one Army personnel in injured. An Army spokesman said the troops had launched an anti-insurgency operation in...
09:52 AM, May 24, 2013
St. Louis: Manchester City overcame a three-goal deficit to beat rivals Chelsea 4-3 on Thursday in the opener of a two-game U.S. tour. Edin Dzeko's second goal of the game tied it in the 85th minute for Man City and Micah Richards scored the stoppage-time winner by redirecting a header into the net. "They've had a tough couple of weeks, losing the manager, losing the F.A. Cup final," Man City...
09:35 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: 12:20: BCCI Disciplinary Committee chief Arun Jaitley met IPL chief Rajeev Shukla over IPL spot-fixing scandal. Rajeev Shukla said the two leaders met Law Minister Kapil Sibal and asked him to bring a strong law to stop spot-fixing at the earliest. 12:15 pm: While there is no clarity as to where Meiyappan is, his father-in-law and BCCI chief N Srinivasan is in Kodaikanal. 11:54 am: An alleged cricket...
09:26 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office on Friday tweeted that growth must be inclusive and must benefit the poor, especially in rural areas. It further tweeted that wages given under MGNREGA per day have almost doubled since the launch of the scheme. "Every fifth rural household in India benefits from Mahatma Gandhi NREGA scheme," another tweet said. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act aims at enhancing the livelihood...
09:16 AM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has made it clear that no foreign player is involved in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal. "No foreign player's name has come up in our investigation," Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar said. He said 12 bookies and three players - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - have been arrested so far in the case. The custody of former Ranji player Manish Gudheva...
09:08 AM, May 24, 2013
Kathmandu: An 80-year-old Japanese man has become the oldest person to scale Mount Everest. Yuichiro Miura first climbed Everest in 2003 and repeated the feat five years later, breaking the record of Nepal's Min Bahadur Sherchan who reached the summit at the age of 76 in 2008. Yuichiro Miura, a professional mountaineer summited the 8,848 metre high peak at 9 am on Thursday, said Tilak Pandey, an official at Ministry...
08:21 AM, May 24, 2013
Kolkata: The Left Front on Thursday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to respond to allegations by a senior West Bengal IPS officer about "corrupt practices" when she was the railway minister. "Serious allegations of corruption have been levelled by a senior and respected IPS officer from the state. We don't to want question her (Banerjee) integrity. But to keep that image intact the chief minister must come out with an...
04:26 AM, May 24, 2013
Jammu: Five suspected militants have been arrested with heavy arms and ammunition in connection with a botched plot to kill security personnel near Thathri Police Station in Doda district. The five suspected ultras named Abdul Rashid, Akhter Hussain, Mohammad Rafi, Altaf Hussain and Mohammad Yaqoob were arrested on Wednesday in Doda, police said in Jammu. Police have also seized one AK-56 rifle, 3 Magazines of AK-56, 143 rounds of AK-56...
02:06 AM, May 24, 2013
