Veteran actress and parliament member Hema Malini, who will turn 66 Thursday, will spend her birthday with her family in Mumbai. “Will be in Mumbai with my family for my bday and then go to Mathura for a few days where I will oversee preparations for the Cleanliness Drive,” HemaRead More

Pooja Bhatt, who has mostly been behind the camera for the last 13 years, will be in front of it soon. Her self-imposed 13-year-long break over, Bhatt will be seen in a romcom called Mr Chaalu, directed by Reema Kagti. The producers of the film, Ritesh Sidhwani and Farhan Akhtar,Read More

After starting her career with Farah-Shah Rukh Khan’s joint production ‘Om Shanti Om’ seven years ago, actress Deepika Padukone feels her upcoming project ‘Happy New Year’ is like a homecoming. ‘Happy New Year’, releasing this Diwali, is again co-produced by Farah and Shah Rukh and the actor will be seenRead More

Randhir Kapoor, who is playing a grandpa in his forthcoming film “Super Naani”, says his younger daughter and actress Kareena, who is married to actor-filmmaker Saif Ali Khan, is not planning to have children right now. The 67-year-old’s elder daughter and actress Karisma has two children and he said: “I am very proud ofRead More

Odense (Denmark): Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu reached the second round of the women’s singles event of the Denmark Open Super Series Premier here Wednesday. While 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist Saina was made to work hard for her 12-21, 21-10, 21-12 win over Germany’s Karin Schnaase, two-timeRead More

After inserting East Zone in, West Zone bowled the side out for 278 on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy quarterfinals here. In reply, West ended the day at 10 without loss. In fact, East did well to reach its final total. Half the side had been dismissed whenRead More

Former captain Sourav Ganguly believes that the Indian cricket team has a good chance of defending the World Cup title in 2015 to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand. “India have got a good chance of defending the World Cup. They are a very good One-Day International (ODI)Read More

Last year’s runner-up Robin Haase of the Netherlands defeated Dominic Thiem 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in front of the Austrian’s home crowd at the Erste Bank Open yesterday. The 72nd-ranked Haase, who has won both his career titles in Austria, lost serve in the opening game but had two breaks toRead More

Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board moved to end a controversy surrounding the captaincy of the national team and issued a statement by Shahid Afridi in which the allrounder threw his weight behind struggling Misbah-ul- Haq as skipper for next year’s World Cup. The board said in a late night releaseRead More

Australia will overhaul its visa programme and relax immigration restrictions on skilled workers while maintaining strong safeguards against its abuse, as part of the government’s competitiveness and innovation agenda. The changes to the scheme are aimed at making the 457 visa process more flexible for businesses, Prime Minister Tony AbbottRead More