Mumbai: Legendary sportsman Milkha Singh feels today's generation will know about his contribution and achievements in the field of sports primarily due to an upcoming film based on his life titled 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'.
The trailer and music of 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' was launched late this evening at a suburban multiplex by the star cast of the film -- Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor and director Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra.
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11:17 AM, Jun 20, 2013
Mumbai: Producer-director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, who is all set to release his film, 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', based on the life of former athlete Milkha Singh, said that the film was not based on sports and could have been on anybody in an endeavour to show the human spirit. "I will like to clarify that the film is not based on sports or about a sportsman. It is about the triumph...
10:15 AM, Jun 20, 2013
Milan: A Milan court on Wednesday convicted the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana of tax evasion. They were found guilty of failing to declare 200 million euros ($268 million) through a Luxembourg company to authorities and given a one year and eight months suspended jail sentence. They were ordered to pay a penalty of 500,000 euros (about $670,000) to tax authorities. The court, however, acquitted them of misrepresenting income...
07:59 AM, Jun 20, 2013
Recife: Brazil will benefit with more than just new soccer stadiums from hosting the 2014 World Cup, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said as unrest in the country continued to overshadow the Confederations Cup. "In football, the whole country gets the legacy," Blatter said in an interview with Rio's O Globo newspaper. "Football involves the whole country. The country improves airports, hotels, highways, telecommunications, sustainability programs." The eight-team Confederations Cup, the...
10:34 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: Pakistani actor Ali Zafar doesn't believe in being overworked as he loves to spend quality time with family. "I am very happy with the kind of scripts that I am getting right now, but more than that I am happy that I am distributing a lot of time to my family and not burning out myself with work," Ali told IANS "I want to balance myself between work and...
06:52 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Hardwar: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday reiterated that the administration was facing no shortage of funds or resources in carrying out relief and rescue operations in the flood and landslide ravaged areas of the state. Even as the death toll crossed 100, Bahuguna said that he was not in a situation to give the exact estimate of the people killed in the calamity. Speaking on the wide scale...
05:29 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Johannesburg: Prolific batsman Hashim Amla has been nominated in four categories of the Cricket South Africa (CSA) professional awards, including the prestigious Cricketer of the Year, to be announced here on July 3. Amla has also been nominated for the Test Cricketer of the Year award, the One-Day International (ODI) Cricketer of the Year and the 'KFC So Good' award which is for a single outstanding achievement. The other nominees...
04:30 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: Rafael Nadal will be seeded No. 5 at Wimbledon, setting up the possibility of a quarter-final match against Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic or Andy Murray. The All England Club released the seedings on Wednesday for this year's championships, with the top five in the ATP rankings remaining in their positions. Djokovic is No. 1, followed by Murray, Federer, David Ferrer and Nadal. Nadal, who was sidelined for about seven...
04:14 PM, Jun 19, 2013
London: The FA Cup final has been restored to its traditional place as the last match of the English football season, with the showpiece occasion having had to share the spotlight with Premier League fixtures in recent years. The English Football Association said Wednesday that the final will take place at Wembley Stadium on May 17 - a week after the Premier League has concluded. Alex Horne, general secretary of...
03:56 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Mumbai: Rumours of Instagram getting Vine-like video capabilities are growing stronger by the day, even as Facebook prepares for its all-important event on June 20. Reports are now suggesting that the addition of video capacity to Facebook-owned Instagram will be the only revelation the social networking giant will make at the event. The video-capability is something that sources claim Instagram has been working on for the past couple of years,...
12:17 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Sydney: Pakistan-born legspinner Fawad Ahmed was on Wednesday named on the Australia A squad for a tour of Africa beginning next month, despite also being in contention for selection for the Ashes series against England. Ahmed was added to the 15-man squad for the July and August tour along with Ashton Agar, who has Sri Lankan grandparents and pacer Gurinder Sandhu, born in Australia but of Indian heritage. "This is...
12:05 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Varanasi: Pinki Sonkar from Mirzapur will make her Wimbledon debut of sorts this year as she flips the coin at Wimbledon. In 2007, Pinki had undergone a life-changing free cleft repair surgery. A documentary on Pinki's surgery was also nominated at the Oscars last year. The 11-year-old is excited about meeting top seed Rafael Nadal. "I'm going to Wimbledon. I am very happy," said Pinki. ...
10:49 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New York: Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it now has 1 million active advertisers globally who used the platform in the last 28 days, a milestone for the company that is seeking to revive its revenue growth. A vast majority of those advertisers are small business owners who have flocked to the world's No. 1 social network. Facebook executives are hoping to net even more small advertisers since 16 million...
10:39 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Paris: Fabio Capello is set to be announced as the new manager of French club Paris Saint-Germain, according to a report in ESPN Soccernet. Current PSG manager Carlo Ancelotti would then be allowed to make his highly-rumoured move to the vacant position at Real Madrid. Current Russia national team boss Capello has been chosen ahead of Tottenham's Andre Villas-Boas, with the young Portuguese coach rumoured to have resisted the French...
09:32 AM, Jun 19, 2013
The Gujarat High Court has asked the CBI to conclude its probe and file charges by July 4. On Tuesday, top Intelligence Bureau officials Rajinder Kumar was also interrogated in the case. ...
08:22 AM, Jun 19, 2013
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in the middle of a controversy yet again. She lost her cool yet again and went to the extent of saying that the Barasat gangrape and murder accused are CPM workers and those protesting are CPM cadre. ...
11:58 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Rio de Janeiro: FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke wants Sepp Blatter to reverse a previous pledge and stand again for the presidency of world football's governing body. The 77-year-old Blatter, who has been in office since 1998, was handed a fourth, four-year term in 2011 after saying he would stand aside in 2015. But Blatter has been dropping hints that he wants to remain in the job, and his closest...
09:06 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Kolkata: Angry netizens on Tuesday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and sternly told her to "shut up and do some work", a day after she lost her cool and branded as "CPI-M people" anti-rape protestors as also rapists of a college girl. Facebook users and Twitterati assailed the Trinamool Congress supremo for asking a resident of Kamduni village in North 24 Parganas district to "shut up"...
07:23 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Mumbai: Resuming its downfall, the rupee on Tuesday sank by a whopping 90 paise to all-time closing low of 58.77 on massive dollar buying by banks and importers as forex markets became jittery ahead of Fed's decision on continuing monetary stimulus. Capital outflows also affected the market sentiment with FIIs offloading shares worth over Rs 750 crore in two days, amid talks of continuing sell-off in debt as well. Since...
06:55 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Mumbai: Noted designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee will present his collection at the grand finale of Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive season this year. Renowned both in India and abroad, Sabyasachi's collections have won accolades and critical acclaim. His finale presentation is set to be one of the season's most awaited shows, after a hiatus of five years. Lakme Fashion Week will start from August 23. "Presenting my collection at LFW is always...
05:27 PM, Jun 18, 2013
