In Madhur Bhandarkar’s Fashion, actress Priyanka Chopra will be seen in an unbelievable 137 outfits in the film. Priyanka plays a small-town girl, Meghna Mathur, who goes on to become a supermodel in Mumbai. The dresses support the five subtle but distinct phases her character goes through in the film. “I wear 137 costumes in [...]
Mumbai, Oct. 28: A retired army major who runs a pro-Hindu organisation in Pune was today arrested with an associate in connection with last month’s Malegaon blast. Former major Ramesh Upadhyay, working president of Abhinav Bharat, and Sameer Kulkarni are the fourth and fifth suspects arrested in the case that has highlighted the participation of [...]
KARACHI (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed when a strong earthquake struck southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday bringing down hundreds of houses, and the toll was expected to rise, a provincial government minister said. Read More : http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKTRE49S1DE20081029
Former World chess champion Vladimir Kramnik has always believed in a certain style – a subtle, patient grinding of an opponent with combinations and sequence of moves. Kramnik has in the past compared himself to an artist – albeit this one crafts creative patterns on the 64-square board. His artistic temperament and upbringing perhaps nurtured [...]
Katrina Kaif, who is on location in the US filming for Kabir Khan’s next, has been away from her family since the past two months and the gnawing loneliness is making her eagerly look forward to Christmas, which she hopes to spend with her family. “I am feeling homesick,” says the 24-year-old. Katrina’s sister Isabelle [...]
Mumbai, Tuesday 28 October 2008: A 23-year-old Patna man, enraged by Raj Thackeray’s anti-Bihari campaign, pulled out a country-made revolver inside a Mumbai double-decker city bus on Monday shot at and injured a passenger and held 13 others captive. The 30-minute drama ended with a police sharpshooter killing the man after he refused to surrender. [...]
Bears have charged up. Sensex has broken another psychological mark of 8000 and Nifty slipped below 2300 level as well. Metal, FMCG, power, capital goods, banking, realty, IT and oil stocks collapsed like a pack of cards. The Sensex lost 971 points at 7729 and Nifty fell 320 points to 2,264, at 1:15 pm. Sensex [...]
Viswanathan Anand took yet another step, coming within one game of retaining his world title, as he drew the eighth game and took his tally to 5.5 points as against Vladimir Kramnik’s 2.5 in the 12-game World Chess Championship final in Bonn. [ad] Anand now needs just one point from remaining four games to be [...]
India’s growth story will continue despite a slight deceleration, but there will be no recession as in some advanced economies, Reserve Bank of India Governor D Subbarao said on Saturday. [ad] “India’s growth will continue and even if there is some moderation, it will only be a modest moderation. But it will not be a [...]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit at Beijing later on Saturday. He is all set to push for bold action and greater effort by the developed countries to turn around the global financial crisis and stave off recession. [ad] He is also expected to call for generous support from the [...]