The festival was jointly inaugurated by the Egyptian Minister of Culture, H E Farouk Hosni and Indian Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Raghu Menon, last night. Around 25 Indian films will be screened during the 10-day-long festival, which will also organise a retrospective of the films by Indian director Madhur Bhandarkar. .. more »

Superstar Kamal Hassan has offered his charming daughter Shruit Hassan a chance to compose music for his upcoming flick Thalaivan Irukiran, which is a remake of Bollywood super hit flick A Wednesday. The lady has already earned a name in the world of music by hosting rock bands. Recently she has also set up studios for composing music for her .. more »

From a tarpaulin hut in a Mumbai slum to the red carpet at the Oscars, nine-year-old Slumdog child star Rubina Ali is chronicling her extraordinary journey in a memoir, which is expected to release next month. Rubina's autobiography, 'Slumdog Dreaming: My Journey to the Stars', will be published by London-based publishers TransWorld .. more »

Mahendra Singh Dhonis brilliant captaincy and Yuvraj Singhs aggression make defending champion India the strongest contender to lift the Twenty20 World Championship title in England, feels former read more .. more »

Wow now that was unexpected, I thought it would come from Sewag, Raina or Gambhir. India has tremendous bench strength and hats off to Manish for performing so brilliantly. Congrats to the young lad.Q1) Were you surprised by his performance? Q2) Which Indian batsman were you expecting to score the first ton?Congratulations to Bangalore and Manish .. more »

Manchester United vs Arsenal Date / Time: May 21, 2009 - 5:45pm Competition: England Premier League Live/Repeat: Live Watch Manchester United vs Arsenal .. more »

Below, people can list of winning candidates from Mumbai plus margin of their win and candidate they defeated in this election. 1) Mumbai North Sanjay Brijkishorlal Nirupam (Cong) defeated Ram Naik (BJP) by 5779 votes2) Mumbai North West Ad.Kamat Gurudas Vasant (Cong) defeated Gajanan Kirtikar (SS) by 38415 votes3) Mumbai North East Sanjay Dina .. more »

While maintaining that no big deal should be made out of an onscreen kiss, Hrithik Roshan did admit that it was his Mexican co-star Barbara Mori who asked him to kiss her on the lips in a scene in Kites . There is a sequence in -Kites' where the characters played by Hrithik and Barbara jump from a building. Director Anurag Basu decided to .. more »

CSK vs RCB Result - Bangalore won by 2 wickets in a thriller - 4th in IPL StandingsIn the 44th low scoring thrilling match of 2009 IPL, Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by 2 wickets with 2 balls remaining in the 1st game of Thursday, 14th May, 2009 at Durban. CSK bowled out on 129 runs in 19.4 overs and RCB scored 132/8 in 19.4 .. more »

The Rajasthan Royals inspirational captain, Shane Warne is likely to skip the team’s next match against the Mumbai Indians on Thursday due to a hamstring injury. Graeme Smith, the South African Captain, is the ultimate choice to be his stand-in for the encounter. Confirming the news, Darren Berry, Coach Rajasthan Royals said, “He .. more »

Defending champions India started their Asia Cup campaign on a disastrous note, going down 2-3 to arch-rivals Pakistan in a nerve-wrecking rain-marred Pool B match at the Wisma Belia Kuantan Hockey Stadium in Kuantan, Malaysia on Sunday... more »

Johannesburg, May 9: To the rarefied ranks of first ladies such as Michelle Obama and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, South Africa will add Sizakele Khumalo. .. more »

After stirring the hornet’s nest by making reference to rival Jayalalithaa a few days ago, Congress General secretary Rahul Gandhi on Friday sought to assuage its ally the DMK, saying it is very much its partner in the elections... more »

NEW DELHI: President Pratibha Patil, Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit were among those who turned up early to cast their votes in the Lok Sabha elections for the seven seats ..... more »

Svetlana Kuznetsova upset two-time defending champion Jelena Jankovic of Serbia 6-1, 7-6 (3) in the Italian Open quarterfinals on Thursday. .. more »