Mumbai: At a time when most Bollywood biggies avoid a direct clash at the box office, Anil Kapoor and John Abraham's two new films " 'Race 2' and 'Shootout at Wadala', are all set to release within a week of each other next January. Date drama Incidentally, John and Anil star in both films. In Sanjay Gupta's encounter flick set in the late 1970's and early '80s, Anil plays Isaque...
10:54 AM, May 31, 2012
Paris: World number one Novak Djokovic showed great composure to beat Italian Potito Starace 7-6 6-3 6-1 and reach the second round of the French Open on Monday. The Serbian was dragged into a first-set tiebreak, which he won 7-3, before gradually outpacing the world number 97 as he bids to become the first man in 43 years to hold all four grand slams simultaneously. Starace put up a decent...
10:11 PM, May 28, 2012
Vadodara: A massive fire broke out at Race Course Tower in Vadodara, Gujarat on Tuesday afternoon. The fire broke out at the fourth floor of the building but all the occupants of the building were rescued, and there are no reports of casualties. Race Course Tower is an important commercial building with several shops and is five-storey tall. Fourteen fire tenders were sent to the site and officials said the...
04:18 PM, May 22, 2012
India's highest Constitutional post falls vacant on July 24, 2012 when President Pratibha Patil's term ends. Several names are doing the rounds as nominees for the top post, including that of Vice President Hamid Ansari, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar and NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma. The United Progressive Alliance government at the Centre has to depend on other parties as it...
03:04 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: Young Khushbir Kaur finished a disappointing 71st in women's 20km race walk after Irfan Kolothum Thodi qualified for London Olympics in men's 20km competition on the second and final day of the IAAF World Race Walking Cup at Saransk, Russia on Sunday. Khushbir, who had bettered the Olympics qualification 'B' standard of 1:38.00 last month in the Federation Cup which was not a London Games qualifying event, clocked...
06:18 PM, May 13, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini insists his side still have work to do if they are to be crowned Premier League champions for the first time since 1968. The Blues host QPR on Sunday knowing a win will almost definitely be enough to see them lift the Premier League trophy, due to their eight-goal goal difference superiority over rivals Manchester United. The clubs are level on points, with only...
03:29 PM, May 09, 2012
Manchester: Patrice Evra has declared that, while Manchester United look likely to lose their Premier League crown to rivals Manchester City, talk of a demise and a lowering of standards is somewhat premature. United head into the final day of the season needing QPR to do them a favour at Eastlands, with their cross-city rivals odds-on favourites to lift the trophy on Sunday afternoon. The club currently trail Roberto Mancini's...
11:58 AM, May 08, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has once again insisted the title race is not "finished", despite his side's 2-0 victory over Newcastle United at Sports Direct Arena on Sunday. A second-half double from Yaya Toure ensured the Italian's side remained top of the Premier League going into the final game of the season against QPR next week at the Etihad Stadium. Even with this weekend's 1-0 win over Stoke...
10:04 AM, May 07, 2012
Manchester: Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has refused to throw in the towel on the Premier League title race after his side's 2-0 victory over Swansea as they sit behind city rivals Manchester City on goal difference with one game left to play. The club currently trail Roberto Mancini's side on goal difference after they secured a huge victory of their own by beating Newcastle United 2-0 away on Sunday,...
09:45 AM, May 07, 2012
Mumbai: Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who is shooting for 'Race 2', has been training hard for the action sequences and hopes the effort pays off. "I am working hard on the action for 'Race 2' and concentrating on putting all my time and effort into that," the 26-year-old said here. She is upbeat about the action sequences. "I love action... so I am very excited. Actually it's a role I have...
06:12 PM, May 05, 2012
Manchester: Manchester City's visit to in-form Newcastle United on Sunday will be more difficult than last Monday's match against title rivals Manchester United, according to manager Roberto Mancini. The Italian said fifth-placed Newcastle would approach the game against Premier League leaders City in an extremely confident mood after their 2-0 victory at Champions League finalists Chelsea on Wednesday. "Newcastle played a fantastic game at Chelsea and I think this game...
10:01 AM, May 05, 2012
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Chlo Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee Director: Martin Scorsese Martin Scorsese's 'Hugo' inspires the kind of affection and awe that few modern movies do. Starting out as an enchanting adventure story, the film ultimately reveals itself as a tribute to the history and the power of cinema. Lusciously photographed, in glorious 3D, it tells the story of 12-year-old Hugo (Asa Butterfield), an orphan in 1930s Paris, who secretly...
11:39 PM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Congress looks for consensus on a presidential candidate, the demands of various parties are growing, putting the party in a bind. While North East leader PA Sangma has insisted that a tribal candidate be made the president, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has asked for a three-year moratorium on the interest on the debts accrued by the state, in return...
03:52 PM, May 04, 2012
Rome: The Serie A title chase has taken a surprising turn with only two rounds remaining, leaving Juventus with just a one-point lead over AC Milan. Juventus looked set to keep their three-point lead intact until an error from goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon handed 10-man Lecce a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw on Wednesday. "It was like missing a score two metres from the goal," Juventus manager Antonio Conte said....
03:45 PM, May 04, 2012
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