New Delhi: Vidyut Jamwal made his presence felt as a villain in 'Force' (2011) and kept John Abraham on his toes throughout the film. Once again, Vidyut is ready to hit the silver screen, literally, with his latest film 'Commando - A One Man Army' in which he is all set to showcase his martial art skills. Vidyut is said to have trained in the ancient Indian form of martial...
03:02 PM, Apr 10, 2013
New Delhi: A day after Sunil Bharti Mittal, CMD of Bharti Cellular Ltd, got a temporary relief in a graft case related to allocation of additional 2G spectrum in 2002, Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia also moved the Supreme Court challenging the Special CBI Court's order summoning him as an accused in the case. Ruia, whose name was not mentioned as an accused in CBI's FIR and chargesheet filed before...
08:45 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: Dalmia Cements, named as accused in the CBI chargesheet in disproportionate assets case against Jagan Mohan Reddy, has allegedly invested Rs 55 crore through hawala route in the cement companies promoted by the YSR Congress chief. CBI sources claimed they have got money trail of Rs 55 crore which were allegedly invested by Dalmia Cements in Jagan's company through hawala routes in return for favours received from the...
07:22 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Bhopal: Senior Congress leader Ajay Singh on Monday hit out at BJP Vice President Uma Bharti for her remarks that the 'final rites' of Congress would be performed during the Assembly elections later this year. Uma on Monday said that she had decimated Congress in 2003 and added that, "in 2008 its last rites took place. In 2013, I am sure its pind-daan' (rituals after cremation) will be performed." Ajay...
06:06 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Nagpur: Aadhaar cards will henceforth bear date of birth of the holder, facilitating people to avail benefits of several government and non-governmental schemes which require age validation. Till now, only year of birth was mentioned in the card, but now, it has been agreed in-principle to insert the date of birth, said city-based RTI activist Avinash Prabhune, who pursued the matter with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and...
12:45 PM, Apr 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday offered partial relief to Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal and six others by directing the 2G case trial court not to withhold hearing till April 16, 2013 but also said it was free to proceed against any person not named in a charge sheet if there were material evidences against them. Hearing Mittal's plea, the court said it would examine April 15, 2013...
05:13 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Bhopal: Claiming that Madhya Pradesh was "ahead of Gujarat" in development, BJP Vice President Uma Bharti on Monday said the party would add to its tally in this year's assembly elections under leadership of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. In the past, Bharti had bitterly resented elevation of Chouhan as Chief Minister and had left the party in a huff eight years ago. Bharti and other newly-appointed members of BJP's...
10:18 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Home Minister Sabita Indra Reddy was on Monday named by CBI as one of the accused in its fifth chargesheet in connection with the disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy. The agency filed its fifth chargesheet before a Special CBI Court naming Jagan and naming 12 other individuals, and firms. Sabita is the third minister from the state to figure in five chargsheets...
08:38 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan: The United States accepts that a diminished but resilient Taliban is likely to remain a military threat in some parts of Afghanistan long after US troops complete their combat mission in 2014, the top US military officer said Sunday. In an Associated Press interview at Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul, Army Gen Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he is cautiously...
10:43 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Dublin: Ireland is set to begin an inquiry into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar. She had died in 2012 after an Irish hospital denied her an abortion due to the country's strict Catholic laws. More than 50 statements by health experts have been furnished in the case. Ireland has promised that the probe will be transparent and open to public scrutiny. The quality of care provided by the...
10:10 AM, Apr 08, 2013
San Antonio: Martin Laird has spent the last six months on the driving range looking for answers to his struggling game. The Scottish golfer finally found what he was looking for, and then some on Sunday - winning the Texas Open with a final-round 9-under par 63 to overcome a resurgent Rory McIlroy and some of the world's best along the way. Laird, who entered the week 161st on the...
08:08 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Double US Open champion Curtis Strange has hit out at Nick Faldo and Johnny Miller for criticising world number two Rory McIlroy's recent switch of club manufacturers. McIlroy ditched his Titleist equipment at the start of the year but Strange believes the 23-year-old Northern Irishman's slump in form is nothing to do with the change he has made. "I don't think clubs have anything to do with it at all,"...
07:11 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Los Angeles: Hollywood actress Halle Berry is said to be pregnant. The baby, rumoured to be a boy, will be her second child, this time with actor-fiance Olivier Martinez. "Berry is three months pregnant and expecting a boy," TMZ website reported. The 46-year-old already has a daughter, Nahla, five, with her ex-boyfriend, Canadian model Gabriel Aubry. After a lengthy and bitter battle for custody, Berry and Aubry finally reached an...
06:32 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Duler (Goa): In-form Sporting Clube de Goa will be looking to keep their unbeaten run going when they take on Mohun Bagan on Sunday in the 23rd round of I-League at Duler Stadium, Mapusa. Sporting, who have a good record at Duler Stadium, will be missing their reliable defender Samananda Singh who got marching orders in the second half against ONGC which helped the Mumbai side restore parity. But coach...
06:25 PM, Apr 06, 2013
London: Capturing the unruly, ever-changing Internet is like trying to pin down a raging river. But the British Library is going to try. For centuries the library has kept a copy of every book, pamphlet, magazine and newspaper published in Britain. Starting Saturday, it will also be bound to record every British website, e-book, online newsletter and blog in a bid to preserve the nation's "digital memory." As if that's...
12:32 PM, Apr 06, 2013
London: The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has rejected a motion supporting regulation of abortion where there is a real and substantial risk to the life of a pregnant woman as in the case of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar who died as a result of miscarriage. The motion was defeated by 42 votes to 32 at the IMO's annual conference in Killarney. In the heated debate, doctors also voted against a...
09:29 AM, Apr 06, 2013
London: Martin O'Neill, still licking his wounds following his first sacking as a manager, believes he was unlucky to be dismissed by Sunderland after helping keep them in the Premier League last season. O'Neill had once been heavily touted in the media for a big job like Liverpool or even Manchester United but now the 61-year-old's reputation is at an all-time low with 16th-placed Sunderland having slipped to a point...
11:23 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: Bharti Airtel on Friday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court's order giving its nod to the Centre's decision holding the 3G roaming pact of the telecom major as illegal. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on March 15 had issued a notification restraining Bharti from providing 3G intra-circle roaming facilities in seven circles where it did not have the spectrum and also levied a penalty of...
06:39 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Cast: Luke Kenny, Kirti Kulhari, Ashwin Mushran, Benjamin Gilani Directors: Devaki Singh, Luke Kenny Being a zombie means reaching a state where the sub-conscious starts ruling the body in a way in which the living being turns into a walking dead. The body doesn't die which gives weapons like gun, dagger and sometimes tanks a chance to kill the zombie. Luke Kenny and Devaki Singh's 'Rise of the Zombie' accepts...
06:38 PM, Apr 05, 2013
New Delhi: Ramsay Brothers contributed a lot in establishing horror as a sough after genre in the Hindi film industry, and they experimented with different versions of ghosts in their film. Though zombies were also a part of their films in different forms but they never based an entire film on the zombies only. Now, Luke Kenny and Devaki Singh have come up with a proper zombie film, which stars...
01:24 PM, Apr 05, 2013
