After the roaring success of last year's Sivaji: The Boss and the much-hyped Robot waiting to be released later this year, superstar Rajnikanth is all set to star in Kuchelan, in which talented actor Pasupathy will don the lead role.
The family along with their entourage, who are currently globetrotting around the world as part of their Unforgettable tour, got a taste of India when they halted at the Nawab Authentic Indian Cuisine restaurant in Toronto recently.
Mysterious text messages have begun circulating in Mumbai praising Anil Ambani, the Indian businessman.
Officially confirming Sharif's deportation hours after he landed in Islamabad from London after a seven-year exile, Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao said "It is in the supreme interest of the country".
Spain go into the quarter-final against Italy on a roll, looking to extend their unbeaten run to 20 games after winning all three group matches.
Fransa Pax refused to play the match as their request to reschedule their fixtures following the controversial Mahindra United tie was turned down.
Australia opener Simon Katich batted all day for an unbeaten 148 to lead his side to a commanding 330 for three at the close of the third day of the third Test against West Indies Saturday. Phil Jaques scored 108 in an opening partnership of 223, Australia's second best opening stand in a second innings and one which helped Australia to an overall lead of 365.
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal became the first Indian to clinch the World Junior Badminton Championship after a straight games victory in the final in Pune on Sunday. The top seed got the better of her ninth seeded Japanese Sayaka Sato 21-9, 21-18 in a match that lasted just 25 minutes.
Shivnarine Chanderpaul became the third player to score half centuries in seven consecutive test innings as West Indies forged ahead on the second day of the first Test against South Africa on Thursday.
In a major consolidation in the domestic IT industry, MindTree, a listed IT services company, will acquire Aztecsoft, another listed outsourcing product development firm. MindTree, which has bought four companies in the last eight years, will acquire 32.57 per cent stake in Aztecsoft from e4e Holdings, Mauritius, in an all cash deal for around Rs 117 crore (Rs 1.17 billion).
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink headed a stoppage time winner for Celtic in a 2-1 win over Rangers, who had Carlos Cuellar sent off during the pulsating Scottish Premier League derby on Wednesday.
The Riazor jinx returned to haunt Real Madrid and the champions fell 2-1 away to Deportivo Coruna in their Spanish Primera Liga opener on Sunday, while Pep Guardiola's Barcelona were stunned 1-0 away to promoted Numancia. The performance of the day came from Atletico Madrid, who qualified for the Champions League group stage during the week, and stormed to the top of the standings with a 4-0 demolition of another newly promoted side Malaga.
A 23-year-old Indian taxi driver was verbally abused and attacked by a passenger in Melbourne, the latest in a series of attacks targeting cabbies from South Asian countries. Lakhvir Singh who picked up a passenger late night on the weekend was attacked by the commuter when he got out of the cab to close the door left open by the man.
Nicole Cooke won Britain's first gold of the Games after surviving an uphill sprint finish in the pouring rain in the women's Olympic 126-km road race on Sunday.
UK-based British Airways has been slapped a service tax notice by the Revenue Department asking it to pay the balance of Rs 143.5 crore (Rs 1.44 billion) liability on sale of tickets in India between May 2006 and November 2007.
There was a shortfall in utilisation of funds for staff welfare to the tune of Rs 50 crore (Rs 500 million) in 2005-06 and Rs 57 crore (Rs 570 million) in 2006-07, said the Standing Committee on Railways in its latest report.
Dipika Pallikal stunned top seed Christina Mak of Hong Kong in straight games to storm into the semi-finals of the ICL Chennai Open Squash tournament on Friday. The fifth seeded Indian beat her higher-ranked opponent 9-7, 9-5, 9-3 in 34 minutes.
"The government of India should come up with its roadmap to Kashmir. We would welcome its proposals on the resolution of the long-standing dispute of Kashmir," the Hurriyat chief said.
The Indian ace crushed qualifier Sachin Jadhav 9-2, 9-1, 9-1 to enter the quarter-finals at the Western India Open Squash Championship.
According to Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation officials, city buses are plying as usual.
Delhi Giants paid the price of not building partnerships as they lost their ICL encounter to Kolkata Tigers by just one run at Tau Devi lal Stadium in Gurgaon on Sunday.
Terming the killing of seven people by an over-speeding Blueline bus as shocking, the Delhi high court has summoned the counsel for NCT government and Blueline operators on Monday for an urgent hearing on the matter. The court's direction came after amicus curiae Anup J Bhambani brought the accident to its notice and sought appropriate directions to the government and Blueline operators.
Alka Film Corporation's Saadhu Miranda directed by Siddique is a surprisingly good crime thriller flick -- if you can ignore the slapstick.
Chennai Superstars gained valuable points from their 83-run win over Mumbai Champs in their round robin league match of the Indian Cricket League domestic tournament in Chennai on Monday.
The latest figures available with the Ministry of External Affairs indicate that there are 893 Indians in Bangladeshi prisons compared to 655 in Pakistani jails.
Flavio Briatore compared F1 to Italian football's match-fixing scandal and suggesting the championship had been decided "around a table".
World number one Roger Federer has withdrawn from the Kooyong Classic, the warm-up event for next week's Australian Open, because of a stomach virus.
The city and its adjoining districts were in the grip of a serious fuel crisis with petrol pumps going dry following the indefinite strike by West Bengal Tankers Association, which entered the sixth day on Tuesday.
Dr Singh made this remark while releasing Chidambaram's book titled A View from Outside: Why Good Economics Works for Everyone in New Delhi on Monday.
Real Madrid stretched their lead at the top to four points after beating Racing Santander 3-1 at home while arch-rivals Barcelona were held to a 1-1 draw at Espanyol in the Catalan derby. Real skipper Raul steered his side to their seventh win in seven games at the Bernabeu when he took his tally for the season to eight goals with a classy double.
According to the police, the grenades were discovered by sweepers who were cleaning the area.
Defending champions Uttar Pradesh earned two points on account of their first innings lead as their Ranji Trophy Super League match against Saurashtra ended in a draw.
Private carrier Jet Airways has obtained security clearance from American authorities to fly to the United States.
'Relieve me of active politics. It's enough, let me go,' the editorial in the latest issue of the Panchjanya has quoted him as saying before joining the BJP's campaign in UP
Chasing Australia's total of 306 for 6, India were dismissed for 222 in 47.3 overs.
Industry Secretary Sabyasachi Sen told PTI the Land and Land Reforms department had already acquired 1,000 acres and has ordered WBIDC to take possession of it.
A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered that Afzal be hanged on October 20.\n\n
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