Over the weekend, yet again there was buzz that Lara Dutta is on the family way. Last month, too, there was similar buzz doing the rounds. To believe " or not to believe? Prachi Desai replaces Genelia in Rohit Shetty's upcoming film Genelia DSouza has opted out of Rohit Shettys Bol Bachchan, citing date issues. Instead Prachi Desai has been roped in. The director apparently was in no mood to...
08:39 PM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has suggested that it is for the President of India to take a call on placing her and her family's property details in public domain. Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi underlined the fact that he had no powers under the RTI act to pass any direction in this regard. "The Commission cannot pass any direction in this regard, as it does not come within...
05:14 PM, Jun 17, 2011
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev on Thursday made an attempt to silence his critics by giving details of his business empire. The yoga guru listed capital and expenses of his trusts but remained silent on companies run by his trusts. In the end he ended up hiding more than what he revealed. A smiling Acharya Balkrishna declared the overall worth of Brand Baba Ramdev - an empire estimated to be worth...
09:52 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Ramdev lists capital and expenses amounting to more than Rs 1100 crores but does not reveal details of companies run by his trusts. ...
09:48 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Tehran: Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Al-Arabi was elected as Arab League Chief after last minute diplomacy left him as the only candidate in the race. Amr Moussa, a former Egyptian foreign minister, was head of the Arab League for 10 years. Egypt changed its candidate for head of the 22-member Arab organization at the last minute on Sunday, backing Nabil Al-Arabi, who was quickly elected. Al-Arabi replaces Amr Moussa, who...
02:45 PM, May 16, 2011
New York: US unemployment might still be hovering near 10 per cent, but don't worry about the supermodels. The world's 10 top-earning models pulled in a collective $112 million during the past year, a 30 per cent increase from the previous year, thanks in part to consumers spending again on the luxury sector, according to Forbes.com. But most of the increase went to the big three of the modelling world,...
05:00 PM, May 07, 2011
Hindi film heroines still get little chance to take on the burden of a film and end up playing wife, girlfriend or love interest, says actor-producer Lara Dutta, explaining that the name of her production company Bhigi Basanti is a tongue-in-cheek take on how they are viewed in Bollywood. "Basanti obviously came from Sholay and it's also a typical Hindi film heroine name. I think Bhigi Basanti is a very...
04:15 PM, Apr 30, 2011
New Delhi: The members of 1960 Olympics Indian football team were insulted after the felicitation ceremony at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi. After being given a cheque of Rs 1.5 lakh each, the team members claim that they were asked to pay for their dinner at the International Youth Hostel. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Ajay Maken on Thursday apologised to...
12:40 PM, Apr 14, 2011
New Delhi: If the train-catching sequence in the promo of Lara Dutta's debut production Chalo Dilli gives you a sense of deja vu, it was meant to be! The actress admits that she took inspiration from 1995 blockbuster Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ). "There is one scene in the film where I run to catch the train and Vinay's character Manu...he extends his hand to pull me onto the train....
06:39 PM, Apr 06, 2011
New Delhi: "Jai Ho", "Jai Hind" and "Vande Mataram" was the response of Bollywood celebrities like Madhuri Dixit, Shilpa Shetty, Sushmita Sen and Anupam Kher as India beat Sri Lanka to win the cricket World Cup after 28 years. The film fraternity saluted Indian captain M.S. Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar, apart from congratulating Sri Lanka for a tough match. The celebrities took to micro-blogging site Twitter to congratulate team India...
11:33 AM, Apr 03, 2011
Mumbai: Actor Vinay Pathak, who has gained appreciable success with his offbeat films, is upset that his Chalo Dilli co-star Lara Dutta's potential has not been fully utilised by the industry. "I am not a commercial celebrity. It's a fantastic opportunity for me to work with Lara. She is a fabulous actor, very underused in our industry. She has done some wonderful roles, but she is yet to be exploited,"...
03:34 PM, Mar 31, 2011
Mumbai: Bollywood actress Lara Dutta, who recently married tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi, has launched her second fitness DVD "Power Play" that focuses on teaching strength and cardiovascular exercises. The DVD, which has been developed with the assistance of Lara's fitness expert friend Zareen Watson, aims to make exercise fun. "Exercise has always been an important element of my life and I think it's necessary to incorporate a little bit of...
07:09 PM, Mar 07, 2011
Panaji: Tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi and Bollywood actress Lara Dutta are all set to tie the knot in a formal wedding ceremony today in Victorian style. The celebrity couple, who has registered their marriage in Mumbai, has planned a grand reception for 200 invitees at a five star hotel near Sinquerim beach, 10 kms away from here. On Friday night, a star-studded 'sangeet' ceremony held at Club Fresh on the...
01:06 PM, Feb 19, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Lara Dutta and tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi on Wednesday had a registered marriage. Announcing their wedding on microblogging site Twitter, Mahesh posted his picture with Lara, saying: "Mr. and Mrs Bhupathi folks..." On Feb 19, the couple will reportedly have a Church wedding in Goa and their sangeet ceremony is on Feb 18. After months of speculations that they are dating, Lara, 32, and Mahesh, 36,...
05:40 PM, Feb 16, 2011
New York: A female CBS News correspondent was recovering in a US hospital from a sexual attack and beating she sustained while reporting on the tumultuous events in Cairo. Lara Logan was in Egypt's Tahrir Square on Friday after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down when she, her team and their security "were surrounded by a dangerous element amidst the celebration," CBS said in a statement on Tuesday. The network...
09:28 AM, Feb 16, 2011
