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Bangalore, May 14 - Veterans Adam Gilchrist - and Azhar Mahmood - rolled back the years as the duo spearheaded a resurgent Kings XI Punjab to a seven-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore in a crucial Pepsi Indian Premier League - game here Tuesday.RCB were riding high after scoring 174 for three, courtesy a 136-run partnership in 14.2 overs between Chris Gayle - and skipper Virat Kohli -, b ...

Gurgaon, May 14 - They once owned the land where swanky highrises have come up in this corporate hub adjoining the national capital. Injudicious use of the money they earned from developers has now seen many of them working as security guards in those very buildings.Illiterate or less-educated farmers are now working as private security guards or driving autos to earn their livelihood, Omprakash Y ...

Chandigarh, May 14 - Fancy drinking a beer but not in the chaos of a pub? Here's the answer: A beer parlour with the ambience - and variety - of a coffee shop!Pradeep Gidwani, a beer enthusiast and the man behind the launch of leading imported brands like Carlsberg, Tuborg and Foster's in India, says that he wants to make fine beer as familiar and as accessible as your favourite cup of coffee.Gidw ...

Bangalore, May 13 - The Royal Challengers Bangalore will have to live up to their reputation of being hometown bullies if they hope to remain in contention for the play-offs as they return to familiar environment to take on the unpredictable Kings XI Punjab here Tuesday after three weeks on the road in the Pepsi Indian Premier League -.RCB's track record at the Mangalam Chinnaswamy Stadium this se ...

Bangalore, May 13 - Hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore would be looking to consolidate their position at the top of the league table and also maintain their unbeaten run at home when they face a struggling Pune Warriors India in a Pepsi Indian Premier League - T20 game here Tuesday.RCB, led by the aggressive Virat Kohli, have looked unbeatable at the Chinnaswamy stadium, a couple of close games not ...

Those were his days of forced political wilderness and an uncertain future but Nawaz Sharif was confident of his moves and his return to Pakistan. Sharif appeared relaxed and assured when I met him in a small flat in central London in the winter of 2007, coolly guiding his party members in Pakistan on agitational tactics against the then Musharraf regime.The leader, who is set to lead Pakistan for ...

Film: Tadakha; Cast: Akkineni Naga Chaitanya, Sunil Varma, Tamannaah Bhatia, Andrea Jeremiah, Ashutosh Rana, Rama Prabha, Brahmanadam, Raghu Babu, Jayaprakash Reddy, Vennela Kishore and Srinivasa Reddy; Director: Kishore Kumar Pardasani; Rating: **I think we have come to the point in Indian cinema where there is no room for logic, thanks to commercialism. We are a century-old industry and yet take ...

Film: Sukumarudu; Cast: Aadi Pudipeddi, Nisha Aggarwal, Sharada, G. Krishna, Chandra Mohan, Bhavna Ruparel, Srinivasa Avasarala, Brahmanandam, Maruthi Rao, Raghu Babu, Jayaprakash Reddy, Rao Ramesh and Tanikella Bharani; Director: G. Ashok; Rating: **1/2Some films take time to strike a chord with the audience, but Sukumarudu, about greedy NRI protagonist, makes an instant connect with viewers. It' ...

New Delhi, May 12 - India's first gems bourse is coming up in Jaipur at an initial investment of Rs.50 crore - to facilitate organised trading of gem stones that would garner a sizeable business from abroad.Work on setting up the exchange will begin in another six months. Siddharth, joint secretary in the commerce and industry ministry, had met state government officials recently to expedite the m ...

Chennai, May 12 - Having been around for nearly three decades and witnessing changes in the industry, Telugu actor Akkineni Nagarjuna describes monopolization of theatres as one of the biggest threats for the industry.There have been far too many changes in the industry in the last hundred years and we have been quick to adapt to most of them. But, what worries me the most is that growing threat o ...