Golfer Gautam Berry's daughter Tara debuts with biopic 'Mastram'
by IANS
Mumbai: Tara Alisha Berry, who lost her golfer-father Gautam Berry just two months ago, is stepping into Hindi films with a very unusual debut vehicle - a movie focusing on the country's well-known porn writer Mastram. Tara, who was lately in the news for an unsavory property dispute with her stepbrother Sikandar (Gautam Berry's son from his first wife Kirron Kher), will be seen as Hindi pornographic literature's resident-guru Mastram's...  
02:11 PM, May 06, 2013

Telugu film 'Adda' is inching its completion Telugu actor Sushanth is busy shooting for his upcoming film titled 'Adda' . G S Karthik si the director of the film. Ace producer Naga Sushila and Chinthalapudi Srinivasa Rao are jointly producing the movie under the banner of Sri Nag Corporation. The music of the film is composed by Anup Rubens. The promo song of the film was launched on May 3 and has received a good response from...  
01:53 PM, May 06, 2013

Delhi: Neighbour rapes 8-year-old girl, absconding
by IANS
New Delhi: An eight-year-old girl was raped by a 40-year-old neighbour in New Delhi, police said on Sunday. The accused is on the run. Suspect Rajinder, a jobless man who is the neighbour of the girl in Sarai Rohilla area of north Delhi, lured the victim to his house on Saturday evening and raped her, police said. "The girl's parents approached us on Saturday night," said a police officer, adding...  
10:33 AM, May 06, 2013

Ex-players not happy with Woodhill as Pak batting coach Karachi: The appointment of Trent Woodhill as batting coach of the Pakistan team for the ICC Champions Trophy has not gone down well with the majority of former players, including Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram. Woodhill, who has not played first-class cricket and until last year was the associate coach of the New Zealand team, is set to join the team in England for the upcoming tournament. Miandad, who is...  
10:30 AM, May 06, 2013

Congress slams Modi for spreading 'lies' on Narmada issue Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been spreading "blatant lies" and unnecessarily blaming the Centre for not constructing gates at the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam. "Gujarat Chief Minister is using the Narmada project for a canard campaign against the central government and spreading blatant lies to conceal his own failures and criminal negligence in implementing the Narmada project," former Opposition leader Shaktisinh Gohil told...  
12:26 AM, May 06, 2013

Pramerica spirit of community awards

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11:30 PM, May 05, 2013

Tommy Haas defeats Philipp Kohlschreiber to win BMW Open Munich: Tommy Haas won the BMW Open for the first time in his 10th attempt. The third-seeded Haas beat defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3, 7-6 (3) on Sunday to win the first all-German final in Munich in 48 years. The 35-year-old Haas capped an impressive week by beating Kohlschreiber in 83 minutes for his 14th ATP Tour title and his fourth on home soil. He is the first 35-year-old to...  
11:08 PM, May 05, 2013

Delhi: 3,450 missing children still untraced by police New Delhi: Close to 3,450 children who went missing in Delhi in the past over three years are yet to be traced and girls accounted for 55 per cent of them. The capital witnessed the missing of 17,252 children, including 8,724 girls, between January 2010 and April 15, 2013 out of whom 13,863 were traced. Of them, 6,941 were girls. According to Delhi Police statistics, police are yet to trace...  
06:59 PM, May 05, 2013

Misconception that anybody can do commercial films: Prasanna
by IANS
Chennai: Tamil actor Prasanna Venkatesan feels that an actor should accept commercial roles only after having enough experience and confidence that audiences is ready to accept him in such a avatar. "It's a misconception that anybody can do a commercial film after two or three hits. You can tread that path only if you have years of experience and large fan following. People should be ready to accept you in...  
04:45 PM, May 05, 2013

BA Pass: Shilpa made kiss scene comfortable, says Shadab
by IANS
Mumbai: New kid on the block Shadab Kamal, who is making his full-fledged debut with 'BA Pass', has gone all bold in the 'erotic human drama' with actress Shilpa Shukla. He says 'Chak De! India' actress made the experience easy for him. "I was quite nervous with the intimate scenes because I was worried about my co-actor. It's a very awkward situation, but when you have a confident co-actor, the...  
12:59 PM, May 05, 2013

Kapur, Gangjee tied sixth; four shots behind leader in Jakarta Jakarta: Shiv Kapur stumbled to a crippling double bogey on the 17th hole but still gave himself a shot at the title by being tied sixth after the third round of the CIMB Niaga Indonesian Masters here on Saturday. Three-under after 16, Kapur double bogeyed the 17th but got one back with a birdie on the 18th to end the third day at two-under 70. At seven-under 209 for three...  
02:31 PM, May 04, 2013

One shall learn to compromise as a debutant: Senthil Kumar
by IANS
Chennai: A film is not a one-man show, but the output of a team and, therefore, it's important to compromise wherever needed, says first time director R S Durai Senthil Kumar, whose debut Tamil film 'Ethir Neechal', released recently. "It's easy to get carried away after you don the hat of a director. But, a film is not a one-man show, it's a team effort and, therefore, it's important to...  
01:49 PM, May 04, 2013

Maharashtra: Man arrested for raping 6-year-old girl in Nagpur Nagpur: A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a youth at a wedding hall in Kanhan near in Nagpur, where she had come with her parents to attend a marriage celebration, police said on Saturday. Rakesh alias Chakradhar Jagoji Bele (27), working in an office on the top floor of the wedding hall complex, lured the girl on Friday on the pretext of giving her an ice-cream and raped her...  
12:47 PM, May 04, 2013

I do limited films because script is important to me: Mahie
by IANS
Mumbai: Mahie Gill, who will next be seen in Satish Kaushik's comedy 'Gang of Ghosts', says films like 'Chillar Party' should be made as audiences are ready to enjoy new kind of cinema. Co-directed by Nitesh Tiwari and Vikas Bahl, 'Chillar Party' won the 2011 National Film Award for Best Children's Film. "I have seen 'Chillar Party', it was a fantastic film made by a friend, Vikas (Bahl). I feel...  
11:12 AM, May 04, 2013

Mickelson grabs Quail Hollow lead at halfway mark Phil Mickelson, spotless with his putter, surged into a two-shot lead at Friday's halfway mark of the Wells Fargo Championship by firing a five-under-par 67 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. The big lefthander made everything from inside 10 feet on the soft greens, making him 31-for-31 from those distances during the first 36 holes for a nine-under total of 135. Tied for second on 137 were fellow Americans...  
08:01 AM, May 04, 2013

US, Latin America must strengthen economies: Obama San Jose: President Barack Obama came to Latin America eager to move the region's relationship with the US beyond fighting drugs and organized crime, yet the pervasive problems still trailed him throughout his three-day trip to Mexico and Costa Rica. In the Costa Rican capital on Friday, Obama defended his administration's efforts to stem US demand for drugs that many regional leaders see as a driving factor in their security...  
07:30 AM, May 04, 2013

HP: Teacher gets 8 years jail for raping minor girl Hamirpur: A local court on Friday sentenced a school teacher to eight years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 in a rape case committed in March 2012. A class VIII student of the Government School, Kiyarabagh in Hamirpur district had lodged a complaint in Badsar police on June 2, 2012, that a teacher had raped her on March 24 and was repeatedly harassing her. The victim had stopped...  
03:57 AM, May 04, 2013

Tamil flick 'Ethir Neechal' spells profit for Dhanush
by IANS
Chennai: Dhanush's production venture 'Ethir Neechal' raked in approximately Rs 4 crore on its release day in Tamil Nadu despite getting mixed reviews. Said to be made on a budget of Rs 9 crore, Sivakarthikeyan-starrer Tamil romantic-drama hit the screens on May 1. "The film released in over 300 screens in Tamil Nadu and collected approximately Rs 4 crore on the first day," said a statement from the production house....  
06:17 PM, May 03, 2013