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  • Completely support Mumbai Indians says Ranbir

    Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor asserts that he "completely" supports his home team Mumbai Indians in the sixth edition of Indian Premier League. "I am completely supporting Mumbai Indians," Kapoor told a television channel while promoting his forthcoming film "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani". Directed by Ayan Mukerji, the movie, coming out May 31, is produced by Dharma Productions and stars Ranbir's ...

  • Pleasure to lead Rajasthan Royals Rahul Dravid

    Despite having gone down to the Mumbai Indians in a nerve-wracking IPL playoff, Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid lauded his teammates for splendidly rising up to challenges both on and off the field, and said it has been a "pleasure to lead this team". Dravid said the squad has "probably given more than they been asked to". "Just take our team spirit, our energythe fight we had as a ...

  • Mumbai stutter past Rajasthan to book IPL final berth

    in front in the death over, but eventually Mumbai managed to finish it off. Chasing 166 to book a place in the finals, Mumbai started off briskly scoring 45 runs in the first six overs. The duo galloped to 70 in nine overs before Tare was snared by Sanju Samson of the bowling of Kevon Cooper. Meanwhile, Smith continued his good run with the bat and kept scoring at a brisk rate as Mumbai went ...

  • Mumbai Indians pip Royals to reach IPL final

    were the other contributors for Rajasthan. Bowling the last over speedster Lasith Malinga conceded 18 runs including two extremely wide deliveries. Harbhajan 3/23 and Kieron Pollard 2/6 were the most successful bowlers for the Mumbai ...

  • Pressure mounts on Srinivasan to resign Gurunath arrested

    The clamour for Indian cricket board president Narayanswamy Srinivasan's resignation got louder after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, Chennai Super Kings chief executive, Friday was interrogated by Mumbai police in the IPL spot fixing scandal and later arrested. Chennai Super Kings, however, sought to distance itself from Meiyappan, whose name cropped up during questioning of Bollywood actor ...

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The People vs. Larry Flynt

The People vs. Larry Flynt

It's unfortunate that "The People vs Larry Flynt" is so drastically misunderstood by groups like the National Organization for Women. Their constant criticisms and even taking out pages in trade magazines against the film probably cost it several deserved Academy Award nominations. It's a classic example of not being able to see the forest through the trees, or hating the messenger so much you nev ... ...

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  • Gurunath arrested by Mumbai police

    Mumbai police late Friday night arrested Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan, in the IPL spot fixing scam after three hours of intense interrogation, an official said. Questioned at the office of the Crime Branch, Meiyappan was confronted with the evidence against him and arrested around midnight. His name criopped up in the scam during revelations by ...

  • Himachal courts quashes appointment of 480 teachers

    In a setback to the previous Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government in the state, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday quashed appointments of 480 teachers made in 2011 as these were not in accordance with law. Delivering the judgment, Justice Rajiv Sharma said the appointments of postgraduate teachers under the Postgraduate Teacher Class III (non-gazetted) Recruitment and Promotion Rules of ...

  • Court quashes rape FIR against three DJB officials

    The Delhi High Court Friday quashed an FIR and summoning order against three Delhi Jal Board employees, accused of gangraping an executive working in a private company. Justice Suresh Kait allowed the plea of DJB engineers and quashed the trial court order which had summoned the officials to stand trial in the case despite a closure report filed by police which stated that they were falsely ...

  • Mumbai bomb blast inspired me to make D-Day Nikhil Adwani

    Filmmaker Nikhil Adwani, who is gearing up for his film "D-Day" says Mumbai bomb blast "affected" his life and that inspired him to make this film. "It's fictional characters. We have taken events from India's history and used them as triggers. I am particularly obsessed with the fact that I was 21 when the bomb blast happened in Mumbaiit affected my life, quite a lot and I wanted to make a ...

  • Britannia posts 65.7 pc jump in Q4 net profit

    Biscuit and bakery major BritanniaIndustries Friday registered a 65.66 percent jump in its net profit to Rs.87.85 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, from Rs. 53.03 crore during the same period last year. The city-based food maker's net sales during the period under review stood at Rs.1,486.63 crore compared to Rs.1,309.57 crore in the same period a year ago, it said in a filing to the ...

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