Los Angeles: Michael Jackson's nephew Taj recently claimed that his uncle late King of Pop Michael Jackson gave him the much needed support after he was sexually abused by a relative. Taj, whose father is Michael's brother Tito, was sexually abused by his mother's brother, reported Ace Showbiz. The revelation comes after choreographer Wade Robson claimed that Michael, who died in 2009, had sexually abused him for seven years. After...
05:24 PM, May 17, 2013
Manchester: When Alex Ferguson wakes up on Monday morning without a Manchester United team to manage he will not be putting his feet up and settling into a quiet retirement. The 71-year-old Scot takes charge of his 1,500th and final United game at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday before stepping down after more than 26 years at Old Trafford. He might have had 10 hours' sleep for the first time...
05:16 PM, May 17, 2013
Dharamsala: Against the spectre of spot-fixing, the Indian Premier League will continue on its road to the play-offs as Mumbai Indian and Kings XI Punjab play their last league fixture here on Saturday. While Punjab's outside chance of reaching the top-four has already been blown away by Sunrisers Hyderabad who beat Rajasthan Royals on Friday to register their ninth win, Mumbai would want to finish with a win to consolidate...
04:55 PM, May 17, 2013
Kolkata: The West Bengal Election Commission on Friday announced dates for the Panchayat elections in the state. The elections will be held in three phases on July 2, 6 and 10. The results will be announced three days later. The state government's demand for a two-phase polling was earlier shot down by the Calcutta High Court. The state election commission though said that the court order was not clear on...
04:55 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: F. Scott Fitzgerald's book has seen many cinematic renditions and after making its way to the silver screen for almost three times, Baz Luhrmann is yet again ready to weave the romantic story on screen. The film revolves around a war veteran Nick Carraway who comes to live in New York and finds himself drawn to the past and lifestyle of his millionaire neighbour Jay Gatsby. While the...
04:16 PM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: Ratings agency Standard & Poor's affirmed India's sovereign rating at 'BBB-minus' with a 'negative' outlook, reiterating there was a one-in-three chances of a ratings downgrade over the next 12 months, a statement said on Friday. S&P said the government's ability to prop up investment growth remained uncertain. The ratings agency, however, said there was scope to upgrade the sovereign ratings if the government unleashes public and private investments to...
04:12 PM, May 17, 2013
The three Rajasthan Royals players - Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila - arrested for spot-fixing by Delhi Police on Thursday. ...
04:10 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed the release of Liyaqat Shah on bail and expressed hope that the National Investigation Agency will complete its probe soon. "I welcome his release on bail and now I hope that the NIA completes its investigation as soon as possible," Omar told PTI. Omar's comment came after a Special Court granted bail to Liyaqat as NIA investigation "confirmed"...
04:01 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Ongoing interrogation of the players and bookies arrested on charges of spot-fixing has revealed that two more Rajasthan Royals' players - one is Indian, the other international - could be under the scanner for their alleged role in spot-fixing during last season of the IPL, sources told CNN-IBN. Sources told CNN-IBN that Delhi Police, who are interrogating Sreesanth, Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila along with several bookies, have...
03:55 PM, May 17, 2013
Dharamsala: Hitting out at the scandal-hit IPL's critics, BCCI Joint Secretary Anurag Thakur on Friday said former players, who are lambasting the event in the wake of the ongoing spot-fixing controversy, are themselves minting money from the cash-rich league. "Even ex-cricketers are earning crores of rupees...they are getting handsome amounts from it and still criticising it. If they consider it bad money, they should not receive it," said Thakur when...
03:40 PM, May 17, 2013
Melbourne: Tennis Australia expects that Bernard Tomic will play in the French Open, despite coach John Tomic recently declaring his son's participation unlikely. The 20-year-old Tomic has resumed training after withdrawing from this week's Rome Masters following an assault case involving his father in Madrid, and has made no suggestion he will also skip Roland Garros which starts May 26. Tennis Australia's Todd Woodbridge tells Fairfax Media on Friday "my...
03:31 PM, May 17, 2013
At 70, he has made his Hollywood debut with 'The Great Gatsby' and now he's taken that film to Cannes. Speaking to CNN-IBN Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand, Amitabh Bachchan says that the very fact that the Indian actors have been invited to Cannes Film Festival shows that the film industry has progressed. ...
03:18 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Results for the Class X Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE 2013) and Class XII Indian School Certificate (ISC 2013) examinations have been announced by the Council of Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). The results can be checked online as well as via SMS. ICSE and ISC results on the Web can be accessed at cisce.in.com. Candidates can view their individual results on the website and school principals...
03:00 PM, May 17, 2013
The IBN18 Editor-in-Chief reflects on the latest IPL spot-fixing scandal on his video blog 'Directly Rajdeep Sardesai'. ...
02:26 PM, May 17, 2013
Ankeet Chavan's brother claims that he is innocent and is being framed in the IPL spot-fixing. ...
01:52 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI has called an emergency meeting of its Working Committee on Sunday to discuss the IPL spot-fixing saga that has returned to haunt Indian cricket, while dismissing cricketer-turned-bookie Amit Singh, one of the several bookies arrested by Delhi Police along with three Rajasthan Royals' players. "The President, BCCI, has convened an Emergent Working Committee Meeting at 11:00 am on Sunday, 19 February 2013, at the Park Sheraton, Chennai,"...
01:50 PM, May 17, 2013
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
Kochi: As more details pour in about the IPL 6 spot-fixing probe, there is shock and dismay among cricket fans, especially in Kochi. The fans still can't believe that their boy, S Sreesanth, is involved. Sreesanth, the man who was once Kerala's pride, may have let his team, his state and his profession down. But his family believes the troubled cricketer is innocent. In the wake of the spot-fixing scandal,...
12:48 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi police on Friday claimed that arrested Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan confessed before the probe team to their involvement in spot-fixing in IPL 6 matches. Chavan reportedly said that he got lured and made a huge mistake by indulging in spot-fixing. Sources say the transcript shows that Chavan was initially reluctant but later succumbed to the bait as the bookies kept on increasing the...
12:03 PM, May 17, 2013
