FLICKING through the television stations in India it is only so long before you come across a slightly peculiar ad, fronted by Bollywood stars Sanjay Dutt and Sunil Shetty. In it, they act out a Hollywood-style bar-room gunfight so overtly macho that it would make Guy Ritchie blush. After seeing off some baddies, they sip [...]

A short time ago, the bubbly and vivacious Mink found a perfect prodigy in Ada, an aspiring air hostess from Baroda. When she set foot on Dancing Queen, Ada discovered that dancing is what she loved to do. Mink was thrilled to get Ada as her partner. Everything between them was perfect and together they [...]

In walked lazily the Indian Cricket team and Chennai Super Kings captain MS Dhoni clad in the CSK team jersey and amidst much frenzy rattled off the following lines “Dhoni.. MS Dhoni… Chennai Super kings Jr yaar? Namma Vijay TV paar ” in typical Tamil filmi style and a signature hand gesture to go along [...]

Already badly shaken by crucial Kashmir holocaust and Pakistan destabilization issues, all of its own making, India has got another issue to be settled quickly in its northern neighbourhood, Nepal. With the rise of nationalist sentiments and emotional outbursts in Nepal about Indian pressure-cum-sideline tactics, Nepalese are putting up a joint front to redeem the [...]

After judging a dance reality show on a Bengali channel, now Bollywood’s original disco king Mithun Chakraborty is set to judge a show on Zee TV.
The National Award winning actor, who became a dancing sensation in the 1980s with hits like Disco Dancer, will now be seen judging every step and move of participants on [...]

A local court here today framed charges against gangster Abu Salem in a fake passport case.
The special judge for CBI framed charges against Salem, main accused in the case and adjourned the trail to February 27.
Salem, escorted by a team of Mumbai police led by Inspector Gaurule, was produced before the special judge for CBI [...]

Underworld don Abu Salem, who has been lodged in Arthur Road prison in Mumbai, was produced in the special court for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases here on Thursday to face charges in connection with securing a fake passport from Kurnool.
He pleaded not guilty when the judge V. Raghunath Rao read out to him [...]

Pakistan’s chief selector Abdul Qadir has hinted that some of the under-performing senior players could be rested for the two-match Test series that begins in Karachi next month.
A former leg-spinner, Qadir, said Pakistani cricketers showed a lack of spirit and commitment in their shocking 234-run defeat in the in the last match of the one-day [...]

More than 1,000 students of Kadvibai Virani School performed music and dance programme, Ek Sur Ek Taal’, with Yuvak Biradari, a national award-winning organisation working at pan-India level since 1974, here on Thursday.
The students practised for two days for the event. Through this programme, Yuvak Biradari, founded by noted actor Balraj Sahni, Umashankar Joshi and [...]

Pakistani cricketers associated with the Indian Premier League (IPL) fear that they might not get their dues from the cash-rich Twenty20 league because of the strained relations between the two neighbouring countries, a newspaper reported here on Friday.
According to Express, an Urdu daily, top Pakistan players who featured in the inaugural season of the IPL [...]