Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, who has apparently been spotted several times with actor Ranbir Kapoor, has triggered off a series of speculations. Grapevine has it that the actor is being considered for the filmmaker’s ambitious film Paani, whose lead actor apparently had been finalized as Hrithik Roshan.Several rumors are floating around: the filmmaker is perhaps planning another film with Ranbir,...
Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who reportedly wasn't too keen on having a 'married' Juliet as the female lead in Ram Leela, has finally found his heroine. Deepika Padukone will now be seen romancing Ranveer Singh in the filmmaker's adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play.After Kareena Kapoor left the project, due to 'contractual differences', the filmmaker reportedly wanted Priyanka Chopra and later...
Kangna Ranaut has opted for the unconventional yet again. However, this time it isn't for a role. The actress has crossed over to 'the other side' of the camera and has turned director. And no, she isn't retiring from her acting career just yet.Sources reveal that the actress' directorial debut is a short film, written in collaboration with an...
NEW DELHI: Triggering a major power crisis, three electricity grids connecting more than 20 states and the national capital collapsed on Tuesday.While the northern grid failed for the second straight day, the eastern and north-eastern grids too collapsed. These three grids carry about 50,000 MW of electricity.The collapse has left more than half of the country powerless. Essential services...
NEW DELHI: 300 trains came to a grinding halt at various places this afternoon due to failure of both the Northern and the Eastern grids covering close to 10 states, with movement on the busy Delhi-Howrah route almost paralyzed.According to Railways, services in six railway zones such as the Northern Railway, North Central Railway, West Central Railway, East Central...
LONDON: India's top shuttler Saina Nehwal romped into the knockout stage of women's singles competition, while Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also kept their hopes alive in the women's doubles event after recording contrasting victories in their respective groups.Saina, ranked fifth in the world, was in no difficulty at all as she brushed aside the challenge of Belgium's Lianne...
LONDON: Parupalli Kashyap scored a dominating straight games win over Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen to progress to the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles event of the badminton competition at the London Olympics, here on Tuesday.21st ranked Kashyap outplayed his rival, ranked 11 places above him, 21-9 21-14 in the second and final Group D match.Kashyap topped Group D to...
NEW YORK: The dreaded Haqqani network has emerged as the "most ominous threat" to the already fragile US-Pakistan ties as American officials believe the terror group has an "ongoing relationship" with the ISI and the two were doing more than just talking, a media report has said.A senior Obama administration official said that the US thinks the Haqqani network...
NEW DELHI: Anna Hazare's indefinite fast entered the third day today with the activist regretting the attack on media by his supporters and warned that he will call off his fast if they again indulge in violence.Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal, who is also fasting, apologized for the misbehavior with media but sought to blame media house owners, saying...
NEW DELHI: The ambitious proposal to build an alternative Parliament House complex would be finalized only after wide ranging consultations, government sources said today.The sources said that the Urban Development (UD) ministry is examining the proposal to go in for a new building which would take the place of Parliament House, which has witnessed severe wear and tear since...