India's Vijender Singh stunned the boxing fraternity by comprehensively defeating Olympic gold medallist Bakhtiyar Artayev of Kazakhstan in the quarter-finals of the AIBA President's Cup boxing tournament in Taipei on Tuesday. Vijender won the bout on points 12:7 in the 75-kg category to enter the semi-finals of the tournament.
'There is never a safe choice in the movie business.' 'Everything is chance.'
With only around 100 days away from the Lok Sabha polls, senior BJP leader L K Advani has used his Urdu website to reach out to Muslims to say he is in no way related to the Babri Masjid demolition.
He also wrote the lyrics of Hosh waalon ko khabar kya from Sarfarosh.
Every single one of Parinda's magnificent frames is a masterclass in slick. Sukanya Verma tells us why.
'I was not nervous because I had to wrestle strong opponents. It is a World Championship and qualifying for the Olympics was very important for me, so that nervousness was there'
A Wednesday is a taut film which works mainly because of it's leading man, Naseeruddin Shah. Anupam Kher is his perfect foil. Overall, a must-watch movie.
Maruti Warke's basic understanding illustrated how far outside the system most less privileged Indians are -- simple, innocent people barely but admirably eking out an existence, with almost no knowledge of their surroundings or owning even the basic smarts to go about life. The same people who instinctively and often astutely vote governments into and out of office in New Delhi without knowing the entire reality of this country. The folks who are actually the essence of India.
Lesser-fancied Indians again stole limelight in the LIC World Junior Chess Championships, being played at Hotel Hyatt, in Pune, on Friday. Nandhidhaa PV created a sensation in the fifth round, upsetting IM Meri Arabidze of Georgia, who is rated and titled higher than her, while 15-year-old Maria Ivana Furtado shocked Nguyen Thi Mai Hung to emerge joint leaders.
'People have already given a verdict against Himesh Reshammiya.' 'If people watch my performance with an open mind, then there is a chance that they will accept me.'
We received a flood of entries for our Valentine's Day SMS contest recently and after much debating, we managed to narrow it down to the top four original entries -- here they are!
The actor gets French recognition at an event on Sunday.
'Khaike Paan Banarasiwala doesn't sound like a Hindi song,' Kishore Kumar said. 'I don't think I can sing this song.' We pleaded with him. Finally, he relented on one condition...
The film has no story and poor acting. But excellent songs.
Shah Rukh Khan sends a warning to the people behind Saawariya.
Good looks, good acting chops, and now good voices!
'Everybody had told me that I was the next big thing in Bollywood because my face and body structure was like a superstar. But when it didn't happened, I learned a lot of important things in life.'
'There were times when my courage and confidence would fail and I was close to giving up,' says Jyoti Kumari who wanted to bring her father home safely. So she began the cycle ride of her life.
Honey Singh with team up with Sunny Leone for a hip hop number in Ragini MMS-2
Here's how Bollywood stars spent the weekend in various parts of Mumbai.
We look at 52 of them, spread over 52 Fridays, in a two-part special. Here's the first part.
The chief minister also stated in unambiguous words that while dealing with the complaints the government would proceed in accordance with the law and irrespective of the caste, creed and political affiliations of the guilty.
In a bid to increase its sales from rural India, the country's largest car maker, Maruti Udyog Ltd, is offering over 2.1 million functionaries in panchayats (local self-governing bodies in villages) its cars at special discounts.
Former cricketers have come to defense of ace Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami, who came under sharp criticism of Muslim fanatics for posting his wife Hasin Jahan's pictures on social media. On December 23, Shami posted a picture along with his wife after which he was viciously trolled, with some even abusing him for the outfit of his wife. Shami was reminded of his religion, with some even asking why his wife was not wearing a hijab.
'How can the romance of Indian Cinema ever leave us? Never.'
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When Khayyam talked about his favourite singer, the song he can never forget and the film that won him the National Award.
Anil Kapoor talks about his new releases and what keeps him going.
Fox Production will debut on Star Plus with a musical to fill the gap left by SRK.
'If this is how the audience likes me, I will continue doing it.'
Musicians pick favourite songs of 2015!
The memorable portrayal of a pathan 'Sher Khan' by actor Pran in Bollywood movie 'Zanjeer' on Friday found its way into diplomacy as Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned it to underscore how Indians view Afghans as true and magnanimous friends.
How many of these have you already visited?
Actor Ritesh Deshmukh talks about life and his upcoming Apna Sapna Money Money.
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