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  • Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani ties up with hair oil brand

    A hair oil brand, endorsed by Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, has come on board as the official partner of her forthcoming movie "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani". Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the movie, which stars Deepika and her former beau Ranbir Kapoor, is produced by Dharma Productions. A TV commercial highlighting the association between Parachute Advansed Tender Coconut Hair Oil and the movie ...

  • Four years of UPA-II Battlelines are drawn

    Political leaders were hard at debate Wednesday as the UPA-II regime completed four years with the clamour of corruption and charges of misgovernance seeming to drown out claims of achievements. Some opinions from Congress leaders, allies, analysts and the opposition on their assessment of the government and the road ahead: Mehbooba Mufti, president People's Democratic Party: UPA-I performed ...

  • India successfully test fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

    India today successfully test fired the 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy's latest guided missile frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa. The missile performed the high-level 'C' manoeuvre in the pre-determined flight path and successfully hit the target. Jointly developed by India and Russia, the BrahMos is capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg. ...

  • Geetika suicide Court notice on Chaddhas plea

    The Delhi High Court Wednesday issued notice to police on a plea of Haryana's former minister Gopal Goyal Kanda's employee Aruna Chaddha against the framing of fresh charge of abetment of rape against her in the Geetika suicide case. Justice G.P. Mittal also summoned trial court records, thereby suspending the proceedings before the trial judge till May 30. The trial court had framed charges ...

  • This IPL is exceptional Big B

    Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is disappointed with the spot-fixing scandals surrounding the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). Nevertheless, he believes it has been an exceptional season. He was specifically impressed by the huge turnout of cricket aficionados at the Ferozeshah Kotla Grounds in Delhi Tuesday night. "Disturbing on all the wrongs that overcome IPL, but exhilarated to see massive ...

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Kingdom of Heaven

Kingdom of Heaven

On paper at least, Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven looks like a powder keg lobbed into a burning building. Considering the current global sociopolitical context, making a film about the 12th-century war between Christians and Muslims for control of Jerusalem would seem a ... ...

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  • Cleanliness drive in Kashmir provide impetus to tourism

    Kashmir's Nageen Lake has got a new look following the construction of a state of the art Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), and due to a cleanliness drive that has attracted tourists and received applause from locals. The Lakes and Waterways Development Authority (LAWDA) constructed the STP which has a capacity to treat 5.4 million litres of sewage per day. Saqib, a resident, appreciated the state ...

  • PETA to hold protest against Air India

    Wearing prisoner uniforms and animal masks, activists will stage protest May 23 outside the Air India office here after the carrier backtracked on its ban on transporting animals for cruel tests, the PETA said Wednesday. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) will stage a protest outside Air India office, near Patel Chowk Metro station here, at 12 noon Thursday, the animal rights ...

  • Kunal Roy Kapoor in search of hero for directorial

    Bollywood actor Kunal Roy Kapoor is currently in search of a leading man for his new directorial project. He says the script for the film is ready, and a producer is also on board for it already. "I am hoping to direct a movie by the end of the year. I have a producer on board. I am casting for it at the moment," Kunal told IANS. Kunal said the film falls in the genre of a dark comedy, and ...

  • Green Tribunal issues notices for damage to Dadri wetlands

    Concerned over destruction of Dadri wetlands in the National Capital Region (NCR), the National Green Tribunal Wednesday issued notices to the union environment ministry and others for failing to take steps to protect the area. The Dadri wetlands is the only area within 200 km radius of Delhi where blackbucks exist in their natural environment along with nilgais (Blue Bulls) and over 230 ...

  • Anti-incumbency may affect UPA in parliamentary polls Congress MP

    The anti-incumbency factor could affect the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, a Congress MP and former Goa chief minister Francisco Sardinha said Wednesday. The South Goa MP is a key minority face in the party and is the chairman of the estimates committee of the Lok Sabha. Speaking to reporters at the state Congress headquarters, Sardinha said: "The ...

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