Cast: Arjun Kapoor, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Rishi Kapoor, Sasheh Agha, Jackie Shroff, Tanvi Azmi, Amrita Singh, Sikandar Kher Director: Atul Sabharwal The conviction to commit a crime makes a gangster menacing and important. Director Atul Sabharwal's 'Aurangzeb' is interesting in this aspect that none of his characters is innocent. It's full of treacheries and the audience rarely witness a change of heart which lasts for more than five scenes. The story...
01:14 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: After a satisfactory performance in 'Ishaqzaade', Arjun Kapoor is returning to silver screens with another crime saga 'Aurangzeb'. Directed by Atul Sabharwal, the film also features Sasheh Agha, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Rishi Kapoor, Jackie Shroff and Amrita Singh. 'Aurangzeb' revolves around a family which is infamous for their involvement in land scams. The next generation of the controllers of the dreaded real estate business is determined to change the...
09:58 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The union cabinet on Thursday approved the establishment of the Gandhi Heritage Sites Mission to conserve and restore the sites associated with the Father of the Nation. "The mission would be entrusted with the identification, collation and assessment of information on Gandhi heritage material for its management and deployment," said an official release. The mission will aim at preserving for posterity 39 core sites as well as other...
06:00 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Signalling apossible realignment of his party's alliance in Haryana, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday met INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala at a hospital in Delhi, party sources said. They said Rajnath Singh, accompanied by party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, met Chautala at the Ram Manohar Hospital in Delhi. The leaders of two parties are learnt to have discussed current political developments during the meeting which lasted...
04:46 AM, May 17, 2013
Jammu: A team of Jammu and Kashmir ministers headed by Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand on Thursday visited the quake affected areas of Jammu region and took stock of relief and rehabilitation work. Chand, along with Minister for Rural Development, Ali Mohammad Sagar, and Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmad Khan, interacted with people and inquired about their problems and relief measures at Bhalessa, Gandoh, Changa, Kishtwar, Thatri and...
12:37 AM, May 17, 2013
Rome: Six-time champion Rafael Nadal overcame one of the worst opening sets of his career to edge Latvian qualifier Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4 Thursday and reach the Italian Open quarter-finals. Nadal's performance, and sometimes sluggish movement on the court, raises questions about whether he will be able to successfully defend his title at the French Open. The year's second Grand Slam starts in 10 days. Nadal will next face...
11:29 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: CBI on Thursday quizzed a senior Air Force officer as witness in connection with alleged corruption in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP Helicopter deal in which former Air Chief is one of the suspects. Without naming the officer, CBI sources said an Air Marshal level officer was examined as witness to clarify technical issues related to the tender of 12 helicopters for which UK-based AgustaWestland was chosen as...
10:21 PM, May 16, 2013
Rome: Top-ranked Novak Djokovic improved his clay-court record this season to 8-1 and reached the Italian Open quarter-finals by beating Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 6-4 Thursday. The only danger Djokovic faced came while serving at 3-2 in the second set. He saved two break points - one with a big serve down the middle and the other with some crisp shot-making that forced Dolgopolov to net a backhand. The start of...
06:10 PM, May 16, 2013
Mumbai: State-owned energy major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Thursday reclaimed the spot as the country's most-valued company, pushing IT giant TCS to the second slot. At the end of trade, ONGC commanded a market value of Rs 2,89,047 crore. This is about Rs 4,428 crore more than TCS's market cap of Rs 2,84,619 crore. ONGC scrip ended 0.82 per cent higher, while TCS lost 1.02 per cent...
04:53 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: At the New York premiere of 'The Great Gatsby', the noise went up for a moment and the US media was left wondering if Leonardo DiCaprio had come, but it was actually Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan. The crowd's cheers were overwhelming, says Big B. "Back from 'The Great Gatsby' premiere and has to be said... the EF (extended family) was the main attraction. Simply superb! American media, fans,...
04:51 PM, May 16, 2013
Day one was the Cannes Film Festival was opened with the cast and crew of 'The Great Gatsby' and leading the pack were the film's lead actors Leonardo Di Caprio and Tobey Maguire. And while Carey Mulligan glommed it up with her all black look, Isla Fisher chose to go white. And amongst the Hollywood stars, was Bollywood biggie Amitabh Bachchan. The Bollywood veteran spoke about Cannes's commemoration of 100 ...
04:48 PM, May 16, 2013
Rome: Sania Mirza and her American partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands scored a straight set win over Francesca Schiavone and Samantha Stosur to move to the quarter-finals of the WTA Premier event, here. The sixth seeded Indo-American pair registered a 6-4 6-3 win over the Italian-Australian combination in one hour and 13 minutes in the second round of the prestigious clay court tournament. There was little to separate the two teams as...
03:55 PM, May 16, 2013
Amitabh Bachchan usually gets it right. But on Wednesday morning as he posed with his co stars of 'The Great Gatsby' at Cannes, one couldn't help but wonder why he chose a blue stripe jacket blazer and white pants for the occassion. Tied around the waist, the entire look gave Bachchan a bulky look and raised a few eyebrows back home among the fashion conscious people. ...
12:00 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Amitabh Bachchan made the Hindi film industry proud by speaking in Hindi at the opening ceremony of the Cannes International Film Festival 2013. Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' opened the prestigious film festival, and Amitabh Bachchan has played a special role in the film. Cannes 2013 is also celebrating the 100 years of Indian cinema this year. Amitabh Bachchan tweeted, "Acknowledging Cannes in recognising 100 yrs of Indian...
10:26 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: Another shameful incident of rape has been reported from the national capital. A 21-year-old was allegedly raped by the Chief Medical Officer of Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital in Seelampur. The survivor claimed she was asked to undergo an ultrasound prior to which she was given a drink laced with sedatives. The police said that her medical test confirmed rape and the doctor has been taken into custody. "The...
08:53 AM, May 16, 2013
Cannes: The Cannes Film Festival got off to a blockbuster, if stormy start, as Baz Luhrmann's 'The Great Gatsby' opened on a soggy French Riviera. Amid heavy rain, dancing flappers flocked down the Cannes red carpet on Wednesday night, bringing a touch of the Jazz Age to the Croisette. 'Gatsby' stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Tobey Maguire helped give the festival's opening day a strong dose of star power....
08:14 AM, May 16, 2013
Srinagar: There was a 36 per cent decline in militancy-related violence in Jammu and Kashmir during 2012 as compared to 2011 and 54 security forces' bunkers were removed from public places here in 2012, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday. Abdullah was speaking at a meeting of various departments under his charge. "Under the amnesty scheme devised for youth involved in stone-pelting, orders to withdraw 196 cases involving 1,432...
04:06 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: A 51-year-old Chief Medical Officer of a government hospital in New Delhi was arrested on charges of raping a 21-year-old patient after luring her into a clinic on the pretext of undergoing ultrasound scanning, police said on Wednesday. Narendra Singh, CMO of Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital, advised the patient to undergo an ultrasound examination and took her to a clinic near the hospital on Tuesday, police said. He...
11:52 PM, May 15, 2013
