Chandigarh: Infamous for their unlawful social diktats, especially against women marrying within their gotra or clan, Haryana's khap panchayats were on Sunday asked by the state government to fight atrocities against women. Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bhukkal urged social organisations and Khap panchayats "to give a befitting reply to those who indulge in atrocities against women". Bhukkal was redressing grievances of people in Jhajjar district, 300 km from Chandigarh. She...
02:53 AM, Oct 08, 2012
Cast: Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Saba Joshi, Avatar Sahani, Rupinder Walia, Geeta Bisht, Manav Kaushik Director: Sidharth Srinivasan Land politics has always been a life affecting thing in Delhi-NCR but it never received many mentions on the silver screen as a topic. Khosla Ka Ghosla touched the subject in a funny manner and now Pairon Talle has come up with an analysis of the aftereffects of being neo-rich through land deals. A...
01:31 AM, Oct 03, 2012
New Delhi: In a historic first for Indian women's wrestling, the country notched up a second medal at the ongoing World Championships after Geeta Phogat(55kg) added another bronze to the one clinched by her sister Babita in Edmonton, Canada. With this, India's medal haul in the event so far stood at two, an improvement on the singular bronze that Alka Tomar had won in the 2006 China edition. India is...
02:48 PM, Sep 29, 2012
New Delhi: A seven-member women's team led by Olympian Geeta Phogat will represent India at the 2012 World Senior Female Wrestling Championship, that gets underway at Edmonton, Canada on Wednesday. While India's lone woman grappler to have participated in the Olympics earlier this year, Geeta, will spearhead country's challenge in the 55kg weight category, veteran Babita Kumar will lead the fight in 51kg section, a release from the Wrestling Federation...
04:45 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Selvaraghavan, who worked round the clock for 'Irandam Ulagam' in Georgia, has returned to Chennai after a long three month schedule. The critically acclaimed director shot the film in odd locations that didn't have even basic amenities. It seems, he surprised his wife Geetanjali and the duo spent some quality time with their little one, Lilavati, and headed to Chennai's hotspot, Marina beach, that's dear to every Chennaiite. Meanwhile, shoot...
12:29 PM, Aug 30, 2012
Karachi: Pakistan's Sindh province government has established contact with a well-known welfare foundation to obtain details of a hearing impaired Indian girl, who had inadvertently strayed into the country some 13 years ago, as efforts were being made to send her back to India. An official of the Edhi trust foundation, which has taken care of Geeta for the last few years and has housed her in Karachi for the...
10:16 AM, Aug 14, 2012
London: Country's lone woman wrestler, Geeta Phogat crashed out of the London Olympics after she was blanked 3-0 by Tetyana Lazareva of Ukraine in the repechage round two bout in the 55kg freestyle category at the ExCel Arena here on Thursday. Geeta was overwhelmed by the 31-year-old Ukraine girl, who started on an aggressive note to nearly pin down the Indian with her superior technique and strength. In the first...
11:12 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: Despite losing her opening bout in the women's freestyle (55kg) category, India's Geeta Phogat is still in the medal contention after entering the repechage round where she will meet Tetyana Lazareva of Ukraine. Geeta, who lost her first round match against world number two Tonya Lynn Verbeeek of Canada earlier on Thursday, entered the repechage round after the Canadian reached the final. According to the rules, wrestler who lost...
07:56 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: Indian grapplers will join the Olympic action from Thursday hoping to provide the late sparks to the contingent's campaign which has so far not really lived upto expectation with the flop show of many of the serious medal contenders. The wrestlers had won a bronze medal in the Beijing Olympics Games through Sushil Kumar and will be keen to improve upon their tally when the freestyle competitions get underway...
05:27 PM, Aug 08, 2012
Mumbai: The dream girl of Indian cinema, Hema Malini, feels there is no need for top notch actresses to endorse item songs. "It's not my taste but people's taste has changed. What to do? People love to see all that. But I would like to say one thing that the big heroines who have earned a name for themselves don't need to do item numbers. There are a lot of...
05:08 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Mumbai: Javed Akhtar arrived late at the launch of his own book's Marathi translation. Let alone the media, the lyricist-writer made chief guest Lata Mangeshkar wait as well. Lata didi had arrived half an hour early and made an early exit. Looks like Javed saab had no time for his own book and even rushed through the interviews for his own publicity! Director Hemant Madhukar's wife is miffed with Veena...
10:44 AM, May 24, 2012
New Delhi: There is something about Emraan Hashmi's almost decade-long career in cinema that defies established logic. Try a simple search on YouTube with his name as the key word. The auto-suggestions are his various on-screen kissing exploits with his co-stars from the time he debuted in Footpath (2003) to his last big hit - The Dirty Picture (2011). Actors of his generation would have cringed at the early nickname...
02:32 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: The Health Ministry has sacked Medical Council of India Secretary Sangeeta Sharma. This comes days after CNN-IBN reported how she was blocking investigations into the Medical council scam. "My appointment here is permanent. There is no question of deputation," Sharma earlier said. Days after Sharma made that statement on CNN-IBN - her services at the Medical Coucil of India office have been terminated. The decision comes close on...
06:47 AM, Mar 31, 2012
Mumbai: There have been reports about an upcoming television serial that will bring alive Dilip Kumar's romance with Madhubala, but the thespian's wife Saira Banu remains unfazed. When asked about the TV show, Saira stated that she is aware of it but did not want to say anything on that front. The show apparently will focus on the personal relationship of Dilip Kumar and Madhubala, especially her torn state between...
01:53 PM, Mar 28, 2012
