Mumbai: Cops now have reason to believe that late international model Viveka Babajee, who took her own life in 2010, may have been driven to suicide over Simran Soods growing closeness to her then boyfriend, financial stockbroker and socialite Gautam Vora. Police sources suspect that Simran could well be the reason behind the unexpected suicide by the well-known ramp model. Babajee had been found hanging from the ceiling in her...
12:48 PM, Apr 20, 2012
Mumbai: In the latest twist in the murder of aspiring film producer Karan Kumar Kakkad, a CCTV footage has emerged showing two of the main accused at a Mumbai shopping mall. The CCTV footage shows the two accused, Vijay Palande and Ganesh Shinde, at a shopping mall in Mumbai on March 9 where they allegedly used Kakkad's credit cards to make purchases. Police say Palande confessed that they murdered Kakkad...
06:10 PM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: Days after his arrest for allegedly masterminding TV actor Anuj Tikku's father's murder, Vijay Palande, who even claimed complete innocence in the case, made a shocking confession to another murder. Palande revealed on Monday that he killed and then dumped aspiring film producer Karan Kakkars body, following which cops have recovered disembodied parts from the forests at Kumbharli Ghat in Chiplun near Mumbai. While his severed head and an...
11:45 AM, Apr 17, 2012
Mumbai: She had played a bit part in the 2011 horror film '404' that spooked audiences. But, the uncut tale of small-time actress Meenakshi Thapas murder is considerably more unnerving. According to cops, the two advocates-cum-struggling actors, who were arrested by unit IX of Mumbai crime branch on Saturday night, were carrying the severed head of the 26-year-old for two days before throwing it out of a moving bus. According...
02:58 PM, Apr 16, 2012
Mumbai: The young woman in the picture is Simran Sood, a small-time model-cum-actress and accomplice of Vijay Palande alias Karan Sood. Cops say she was often used as a honeytrap by Vijay, who is currently behind bars. So are his aides Dhananjay Shinde and Manoj Gajkosh, in connection with the murder of senior citizen Arun Tiku. And yet, had police managed to puzzle out the kidnapping case of Karan Kumar...
12:46 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Mumbai: A 25-year-old model-cum actress was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a Delhi-based wannabe film producer with the help of her three gangster associates, who are currently under arrest in connection with a senior citizen's murder, police said on Friday. Simran Sood was apprehended on Thursday on the charge of abducting Karankumar Kakkad, 28, who wanted to try his luck in the film industry, said an official from Amboli police station....
06:01 PM, Apr 13, 2012
Kochi: Tamil actress and DMK politician, Khusboo Sundar, asked women to empower themselves before asking for women's empowerment in Parliament or Assembly. "Why speak of women's empowerment? Kerala is 100 per cent literate. But how many women are career oriented? Quite surprising not many," the 41-year-old said while addressing management students here. "Women should come out of the shell they have created and need to fight for their rights within...
10:47 AM, Apr 11, 2012
Mumbai: Getting an award is always special but receiving one from one's own community and hometown adds an extra dimension to the experience. Though Asin Thottumkal is tied up with the promotions of her upcoming film and travelling, she took time off recently to make a trip to Thiruvananthapuram where she was honoured by the government of Kerala. The actress was awarded for her achievements and success in the field...
12:27 PM, Mar 29, 2012
London: Actress Kate Winslet is apprehensive about how her naked scene in the 1997 film 'Titanic' will look in the movie's forthcoming 3D Version. "I'm not going to look. I'll be in the bar by that point. I wish I hadn't shown so much flesh but I was young and I knew I had things to prove," Winslet said of the nude scene with Leonardo DiCaprio, reports thesun.co.uk. The 36-year-old...
11:25 AM, Mar 29, 2012
New Delhi: The script has changed in Bollywood in the last 60 years - the women are more worldly, the men more macho and the cinema itself more techno-savvy, almost as good as Hollywood, says veteran cinema writer and critic Bhaichand Patel. "The women in Hindi cinema are more assertive though no less beautiful (than yesteryear ones), they often smoke on screen and they are equal to men. Mainstream cinema...
11:28 AM, Mar 28, 2012
San Francisco: San Francisco's sheriff has been sentenced to three years' probation and must undergo a domestic violence programme for a New Year's Eve dispute with his Venezuelan actress wife. Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's sentence today was part of a deal struck with prosecutors over allegations that he bruised his wife's arm. Mirkarimi initially faced multiple misdemeanour charges, including domestic violence battery. That could've landed him in prison for up to...
12:28 AM, Mar 20, 2012
Mumbai: After doing films like 'Style', 'Jo Bole So Nihaal' and 'Thank You', model-turned-actress, Shillpi Sharma has been signed for Madhur Bhandarkar's, 'Heroine', which has Kareena Kapoor in the lead role The actress has shot a couple of scenes for the film. "Madhur, a family friend, approached me for the role. He was looking out for someone glamorous and was of the opinion that I was perfect. I cannot reveal...
07:01 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Actress Vidya Balan talks about the story of 'Kahaani', 'Dirty Picture' and more. ...
06:34 PM, Mar 09, 2012
New Delhi: Clad in denims, a cotton kurti and a big blue "bindi" and with a marked Kannada accent, the dusky model, movie actress and doctoral fellow from Bangalore is an unlikely political commentator. Meet Lakshmi Priya, an emerging writer who released her political comment, "Rahul Gandhi: The Great Warrior of Indian Politics" at the 20th World Book Fair. "When I met Rahul Gandhi in 2007, his style of functioning...
05:04 PM, Feb 27, 2012
Rajeev Masand takes you through the nominations for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Film for the Academy Awards. ...
12:09 PM, Feb 25, 2012
Mumbai: Two years back, Goregaon locals had barged into the local Saroj Guesthouse to bash up women and pimps reportedly engaged in prostitution, and got the lodge closed. Last week, a similar incident took place in the suburb. Residents of Motilal Nagar gathered around the residence of a Bhojpuri actress suspected to be soliciting customers to her house, and beat her and a producer up. The police arrested two residents...
12:33 PM, Feb 23, 2012
The Oscar nominees for the Best Actress include Rooney Mara for 'The girl with the dragon tattoo'. ...
04:03 PM, Feb 22, 2012
