Sourav Ganguly named new president of Cricket Association of Bengal

New Delhi: Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly has been unanimously chosen president of the Cricket Association of Bengal. The state’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday.According to leading English news channel India Today, the former BCCI and CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya’s son Abhishek will also be inducted into the Bengal board as an official. […]

Teary-eyed Mary Kom alleges regional bias in selection

Mumbai: Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom on Thursday broke down and accused the Indian selectors of regional bias during boxing selection and trails. “Sometimes I feel very upset. Some of the referees and judges do not favour me but I don’t mind. Okay I am from north-east, no problem, but I am still an Indian,” […]

Aamir Khan is at 95 Kilos But Sunny Leone’s Still a Fan

Mumbai : Actress Sunny Leone paid the outsize Khan a giant compliment on Twitter on September 21. It took Aamir a couple of days to respond because a) he’s busy filming and b) he’s generally tardy with tweets (he was 30 minutes behind Shah Rukh Khan when they revealed the first look of Salman’s Bajrangi […]

Why the Camera Doesn’t Intimidate Zoa Morani

Mumbai : “From the beginning, my intention of getting in as an assistant director was for the purpose of learning acting. It helped me to the extent that when I faced the camera during my debut film, I was not intimidated at all,” the actress added. Actress Zoa Morani, who is gearing up for the […]

Akalt Takht exonerates Dera Sacha Sauda chief Ram Rahim

Amritsar, September 24: In a decision which has wider political dimensions in the context of Punjabs’ electoral discourse, Akal Takht, the supreme temporal seat symbolising sovereignty of the Sikh doctrine, today ended the confrontation with the controversial Sirsa based Dera Sacha Sauda by accepting the apology of its chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh.The decision to […]