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Pooja Bhatt gets abusive, threat calls

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:37:00 -0800

Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt has been receiving obscene and threatening calls from an unidentified guy. She has filed an official complaint Wednesday at the Bandra police station here against the caller.

"Have been getting threatening/obscene calls from +918308984111. The male voice, obviously inebriated, abused me and threatened to come over," Pooja shared on Twitter in the early hours of Wednesday.

She called the police immediately, but only in vain.

"I called 100 to complain. A rude female voice on the other end asked me to go to the nearest police station as she could not do anything. When I explained that it is close to 1 a.m. and I could not possibly be expected to go to the police station alone, she got extremely brusque," wrote Pooja Bhatt.

The calls from +918308984111 continued in the meantime.

Pooja's father, filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, shared that he too had "received a call from the same number at 12.35 a.m. (Jan 9)".

Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pooja-bhatt-gets-abusive-threat-calls/1/241456.html

India vs Pakistan: India win low-scoring Kotla thriller to avoid Pakistan whitewash

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 6 Jan 2013 21:55:00 -0800

These were the questions left suspended in the cold evening fog at the Ferozeshah Kotla after India pulled off a near-miraculous ten-run win on Sunday. In a game of late twists and exasperating turns, the Pakistan batsmen made heavy weather of the modest 168-run chase, throwing it all away in the end to help India avoid the ignominy of a series whitewash on home soil.

Man of the Match MS Dhoni's words a day before the game, on how Pakistan could be vulnerable if India ever managed to put pressure on them, turned out to be prophetic as the visitors first recovered from 14/2 before Misbah-ul Haq fell to Ashwin to make it 113/4, triggering an inexplicable panic attack in the ranks.

Pakistan's top order plans had gone awry with Mohammad Hafeez coming in late to bat after sustaining a finger injury, and when Umar Akmal fell trying to give Jadeja the charge with the score at 125/6, India closed in for the kill. But Rahane dropped Hafeez at leg-slip off Ashwin and it seemed Pakistan would squeeze through after all. After 46 overs Pakistan needed to score at a run a ball with Hafeez and Umar Gul at the crease and four wickets in hand. What had seemed like a comfortable chase at one point was now an adrenaline-surged test of nerves, but definitely not beyond Pakistan.

In the dramatic dying moments of the game, Ishant Sharma got an increasingly tense Gul to hole out at long on, and India's debutant pacer Shami Ahmed, who had come up with a nippy, impressive opening spell, sent back Saeed Ajmal. Junaid Khan lost his poise and ran himself out, and with 23 needed off the last 12 balls, Hafeez fell to Ishant trying to force the pace. It was curtains for Pakistan and India have their bowlers and fielders to thank.

MS Dhoni, who top-scored with 36 runs in an extremely mediocre batting performance, decided to go with attacking fields from the start, and the fielders responded in style. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shami Ahmed's opening spells set the tone in conditions amenable for seam bowling. Pakistan limped to 22/2 by the first 10 and it was left to the out-of-form Misbah to engineer a recovery, first with Nasir Jamshed and then with Umar Akmal. But Ishant (3/36) and Ashwin (2/47) kept up the pressure till Pakistan choked.

The win masked India's continued poor showing with the bat, and even swapping Virender Sehwag for Ajinkya Rahane — in a dry run of the shape of things to come against England — didn't help matters. The batsmen were a massive letdown on a day the bowlers and fielders strove to make a match of the dead rubber. Even on a dry and flattish Kotla, the top order succumbed to Pakistan's pacers, as has been the pattern throughout, before Saeed Ajmal, the one who had missed out so far, tweaked his way to 5-24 off 9.4 overs. India lasted only 43.4 overs batting first.

Manisha Koirala to start chemotherapy treatment from today

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 6 Jan 2013 01:33:00 -0800

As the Khamoshi actor Manisha starts her chemotherapy treatment in the US, she thanks all her well-wishers for their support and encouragement

After undergoing a successful surgery for ovarian cancer in New York last month, actor Manisha Koirala has started her chemotherapy sessions from today.The actor tweeted saying that the first chemotherapy session was making her nervous, but she is all ready to fight it out and face the tough challenge ahead.Manisha said, “Today is my first chemotherapy between being nervous of unknown n courage to face the challenge, I m in a state of prayer n in gratitude of the support I have received from mom, dad, koi, Yulia though she is far but her love n prayers do touch me..n so many other loving friends n fam..thank you for ur love n prayers..nothing else is more impo then love n care..thank you..until next time”

Earlier too, while she had to cut off her hair for the treatment, she sportingly took it in her stride and tweeted that she had got a “chemo cut” done! She even thanked actor Lisa Ray for being an inspiration and giving her the strength to face the disease.

Well, we are sure that Manisha will fight the battle and emerge a clear winner. We wish her the very best and await more updates from the brave actor!

India beat Pakistan by 11 runs, draw Twenty20 series

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 08:34:00 -0800

Ahmedabad : India squared the 2-match T-20 International series 1-1, beating Pakistan by 11 runs in the second encounter at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, here Friday.
India beat Pakistan by 11 runs, draw T-20 series

A career-best 72(36) by Yuvraj Singh, who was also adjudged the Man of the Match, helped India post

a formidable 192 for five wicket in 20 overs. Pakistan managed 181 for seven in 20 overs after skipper Mohammed Hafeez top-scored with 55, his second consecutive half-century. Hafeez was declared Man of the Series. Put in, the Indian middle-order put on a sterling show and atoned for their dismal performance in the first T-20 in Bangalore. Yuvraj smashed 07 sixes and 04 fours during his 36-ball innings. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni-33, Ajinkya Rahane-28 and Virat Kohli-27 run also came up with valuable knocks. Pakistan pacer Umar Gul picked up 04 wicket for 37. India pacer Ashok Dinda (3/36) bowled an excellent spell in the death overs to restrict Pakistan. Dinda picked up two wickets in the final over giving away just eight runs when Pakistan needed 20 to win. Pakistan got off to a good start with Nasir Jamshed-41 and Ahmed Shehzad-31 adding 74 runs for the first wicket. The Pakistani top-order got good starts but none of the batsmen could go on to score a big innings. Earlier, Gautam Gambhir-21 and Ajinkya Rahane-28 gave India a steady start with their 44-run stand for the first wicket. Unlike the first T-20, Pakistani opening bowlers Sohail Tanveer and Mohammed Irfan were wayward, prompting skipper Mohammed Hafeez to introduce pacer Umar Gul in the fifth over. Gambhir greeted Gul with 03 consecutive fours before being trapped lbw in the fifth ball. Gul removed Rahane in the next over, taking a good catch off his own bowling. Yuvraj and Kohli were going strong with their 35 run stand for the 3rd wicket but Kohli gifted away his wicket in the 12th over while attempting a needless single. What followed next was a blitzkrieg by Yuvraj that left the Pakistanis hapless. Yuvraj and Dhoni were involved in a 97 runs stand in just 7.2 overs and took India’s score to a mammoth total. Yuvraj’s brilliant innings was ended by Gul with Shoain Malik taking a good catch at long-off boundary. Dhoni, who hit 33 off 23 balls, became Gul’s fourth victim after he was clean bowled by a yorker in the final over.

Trailer: Akshay takes you to the 80s in Special Chabbis

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:51:00 -0800

The trailer of Khilady films star Akshay Kumar and Anupam Kher starrer Special Chabbis is out.

The promotional trailer revolves around CBI raids on politicians' houses. Akshay Kumar, who has been keeping purposely mum about Special Chabbis, is using it to build up interest in the movie.

A source said,"Akshay Kumar has consciously stayed away from talking about this film at all. He has kept it under wraps, so that he could do a teaser campaign about raids in various cities of India by a group of CBI officers"

A real-life heist drama, Special Chabbis is directed by Neeraj Pandey of A Wednesday fame. It's also stars Manoj Bajpayee, Jimmy Shergill and Anupam Kher.

The Special Chabbis trailer will be released with Dabangg 2, which is coming out of Friday

Very sad: Sachin Tendulkar announces retirement from ODI cricket

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:32:00 -0800

One of the Cricket game's all-time greats, Sachin Tendulkar, on Sunday announced his retirement from 01-day cricket, bringing to an end a glorious 23-year-old career in the format during which he rewrote numerous batting records.

"I have decided to retire from the One-Day cricket format of the game. I feel blessed to have fulfilled the dream of being part of a World Cup wining Indian team. The preparatory process to defend the World Cup in 2015 should begin early and in right earnest," the 39-year-oldman Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar said in a statement released by the BCCI on Sunday.

"I would like to wish the team all the very best for the future. I am eternally grateful to all my well wishers for their unconditional support and love over the years,"Sachin added.

Tendulkar, considered the most complete batsman in modern cricket and one who was considered next only to the legendary Sir Donald Bradman, retires from the ODI format at the top of the run-getters' list.

Tendulkar goes out after amassing 18,426 runs in 463 one-dayers at an average of 44.83. The diminutive right-hand batsman has an astonishing 49 hundreds in the ODI format, including a 200* the first in this form of the game.

Tendulkar made his ODI debut against Pakistan way back in 1989 and interestingly he is quitting the scene just ahead of another series against the arch-rivals.

The Mumbaikar, who made himself unavailable for T-20 after playing just one game in 2006, will now remain active in only the Test arena.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar: 39 years, 39 achievements.

Good News: Bangladesh confirm Pakistan cricket tour

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 07:26:00 -0800

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf said the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) had announced the team's intention to tour Pakistan next month for a short 2 matches series.

Ashraf sai-We were in constant touch with the Bangladesh Cricket Board officials & they have conveyed to us that the tour is confirmed.

"They have also got approval from their board members and we are in touch for the schedule."
Ashraf said that the best security arrangements will be put in place for the Bangladesh cricket team.

"We will soon coordinate with the provincial governments and put in place the best arrangements for the tour and I am pretty confident that the tour will take place in the best possible manner and pave the way for more teams to come," Ashraf said.
Bangladesh earlier this week said they will play a T-20 and a one-day match on January 12 and 13 respectively, both in Lahore.

The Bangladesh cricket team had agreed to tour Pakistan in April this year but the event was blocked by the Dhaka high court.

Dirty film star Vidya Balan news

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:35:00 -0800

Year-2012 has been the year of biggest fat Bollywood weddings. This year began with the high profile wedding of Bollywood actors Riteish Deshmukh & Genelia D'Souza and lasted with the normal wedding of Dirty films star Vidya Balan with UTV CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur. So we asked for your take on the best Bollywood bride this year.
See pics of Vidya's wedding

The result surprised us! Vidya Balan won our online survey with 42.5% people voting in her favour. Total poll participants so far are 3022.

Coy bride Vidya was competing with Esha Deol (2.7% votes), Genelia D'Souza (26.2% votes), Kareena Kapoor (25.8%) and Lisa Ray (2.8%).

Vidya Balan married Siddharth Roy Kapur in a non-glamorous wedding sans any Bollywood celebrity with the exception of Rekha getting invited for her menehdi ceremony.

Vidya's wedding took place in South Indian and Punjabi traditions with minimum fuss and simplicity.

Delhi HC dismisses PIL against Sachin Tendulkar's nomination to RS

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:00:00 -0800

NEW DELHi: The New Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL challenging cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's selected to the Rajya Sabha.

"The petition is dismissed," a division bench of Chief Justice Dr.Murugesan and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said.

Earlier, Additional Solicitor General Rajeev Mehra, who appeared on behalf of the Centre, had told that Tendulkar's nomination to the Upper House is as per constitutional provision which also allows induction of experts from the field of crickets.

The expertlawyer had said the provision under Article 80 of the Constitution is not confined to inducting experts only from the fields of science, arts, literature and social services but also from sports, education and other sides.

The court had on November 21 reserved its order on the PIL filed by Ram Gopal Singh Sisodia, a former Delhi MLA, challenging Tendulkar's nomination alleging that he does not possess any of the qualifications prescribed under Article 80 of the Constitution for being nominated to the Rajya Sabha.

"A bare reading of the article makes it clear that the person to be nominated should have special knowledge or practical experience in matter choise literature, science, arts and social service, but the expertise so required for nomination is not confined to the specific illustrations given in the article," he had said in his petition.

In an affidavit to the High Court, the Centre had earlier said-The special knowledge and practical experience required for the purpose is not confined to the said 4 categories only but would also include categories like sports, education, law, history, academics attainments, Indology, economics, journalism... or anather matter fields of human endeavour.

Appearing for Sisodia, counsel R.K.Kapoor had said to the bench that the Constitution selected the government to nominate to the Rajya Sabha persons only from 4 fields - arts, science, literature and social science, and argued that the nomination of a sports person to the Rajya Sabha was unconstitutional.