Archive for: June 2010

The grapevine has it that the actor has been planning for the last two years and has finally taken a call.

And what better time than now, when the World Cup fever is on? The actor wanted his first production to be based on a sport. ” I enjoy films on sports as they displays varied emotions,” he said.

But let’s not forget John that Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal flopped at the box office!

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Pakistan have had an injury scare involving their captain Shahid Afridi on the second day of the tour game against Kent. Afridi, clutching his back on the way to the dressing room at lunch, has what he said is a side strain and will visit a clinic tomorrow morning to ascertain the full extent of the injury.

“I just had a minor side strain,” Afridi confirmed to Cricinfo, adding that there was no cause for serious concern. Earlier in the morning he had appeared comfortable during fielding drills and played touch …

Demand for diesel cars — that has been on the rise for the last a few years — may dip as government is increasing price of the fuel, bringing it closer to petrol.

Officials from top car companies said the ’attractive’ price differential between petrol and diesel was the key reason behind the rising preference for diesel vehicles. “Lowering of the pricing gap could blunt this advantage, pushing the deal favourably towards petrol-driven cars that are also around 10-15% cheaper than diesel variants.”

“If the price of diesel moves up …

In the wake of Home Ministerial talks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday pinned “some hope” on developing peaceful ties with Pakistan but made it clear that while moving to develop trust, India would “verify” how anti-India terror groups are dealt with.

Reflecting a guarded approach of his government, Singh said only time will tell how events would unfold in the context of relations with Pakistan.

“The Home Minister (P Chidambaram) was in Pakistan last week. You must have read what he has stated. I think there is some hope,” Singh told …

As he prepares to meet External Affairs Minister S M Krishna next month, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said ’nothing dramatic’ should be expected from “one sitting” and emphasised that the dialogue process should be made “irreversible”.
Qureshi, who along with Krishna has been tasked to bridge the trust deficit, said mutual suspicions were the main reason for the trust gap and the two countries should work to remove those.

He said in an interview here that he will make some suggestions to Krishna for reducing the trust …

The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex tanked over 160 points in opening trade on major sell-off by funds and retail investors amid slumping global markets.
The 30-share index, which had lost over 240 points in the previous session, plunged by 160.31 points, or 0.91 per cent, to 17,373.78 points.

All the sectoral indices, led by metal and realty, were trading in the negative territory with losses up to 2.74 per cent.
The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty dipped by 46.15 points, or 0.87 per cent, to 5,210.00.

Brokers said investors resorted to heavy-selling …

As part of the efforts to broaden the front against the anti-people policies of the Centre and mobilise the people’s support for the July 5 hartal, protesting the increase in prices of petroleum products, the CPI would rope in like-minded parties, including Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK), headed by actor Vijayakant.

“Besides writing a letter, I will meet Mr. Vijayakant (DMDK president),” CPI state secretary D. Pandian told reporters on Tuesday.

The CPI(M) has already expressed its willingness to include the DMDK in all the mass struggles on people’s issues. …

Twenty-six personnel of the 39 Battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force were killed in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Tuesday. “At present we can confirm only 26 deaths,” said CRPF Inspector-General Vijay Raman. “We shall be in a position to give a final figure only once all the troops returned to the camp.”

“We also lost a CRPF officer, Assistant Commandant Gulati, in the ambush,” said another source in CRPF intelligence, adding that “the toll was expected to rise.” About 70 CRPF personnel were conducting …

Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s push to clear the decks for an election by resolving the mining tax stand-off starts in earnest today when Treasurer Wayne Swan returns from the G20 summit in Canada.

The Opposition is talking up the chances of Ms Gillard calling an early election, after she made minimal changes to her Cabinet yesterday and as Labor continues to show improvement in the polls.

Speaking in response to election speculation today, Ms Gillard would only say that the Government would go to an election in the second half of …

Sri Lanka has imposed a temporary ban on its cricketers playing in foreign leagues to help it select a squad for next year’s World Cup, an official said.
Brian Thomas, Sri Lanka Cricket media manager, said the ban affected 76 players, who are set to be sent away to a camp so they can be assessed by national selectors.

“All contracted players have been told not to take part in any overseas leagues,” Thomas said yesterday.
Former captain Sanath Jayasuriya and seam bowler Chaminda Vaas, who currently are playing for English …