Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) Sunny Deol, who was last seen in forgettable flicks like “Kaafila” and “Heroes”, is set to make a comeback in “Fox” and director Deepak Tijori is certain Sunny’s fans will appreciate him in his new avatar in the thriller.
Washington, June 1 (DPA) US auto giant General Motors is expected to file its bankruptcy papers at 8 a.m. (1200 GMT) in New York, the Wall Street Journal reported online Sunday.
The auto industry has been bracing for weeks for the expected bankruptcy declaration by the country’s largest car maker, but the exact plans have not been previously reported.
Washington, June 1 (DPA) A physician at the centre of controversy over abortion in the US was shot to death Sunday morning as he walked into church services in the town of Wichita.
George Tiller, 67, one of the country’s few physicians who performed late-term abortions, had survived a previous attack in 1993.
London, June 1 (DPA) The last survivor of the fabled sinking of the Titanic died Sunday at age 97.
Friends of Millvina Dean said she had died in a nursing home in the south of England.
Washington, June1 (DPA) On the eve of a bankruptcy anticipated to be one of the country’s largest ever, a majority of creditors to the floundering General Motors agreed Sunday to a swap of debt for partial ownership and warranties on shares of a new GM.
About 54 percent of the investors, or 975 institutions, agreed to a newly sweetened offer from the government which would give them up to 25 percent of the company, according to Elliot Sloane, spokesman for the bondholders’ ad hoc committee, according to Bloomberg financial news service.
Paris, May 31 (DPA) Swedish Viking Robin Soderling used his flailing forehand to stun Rafael Nadal into his first career defeat at the French Open Sunday as women’s defending champion Ana Ivanovic joined the men’s holder in a fourth-round loss.
Soderling made history as he stopped four-time Roland Garros trophy-holder Nadal’s red-hot run on clay at 31 consecutive wins at Roland Garros with a 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2) victory in three and a half hours.
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, who was Sunday elected leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, told his party’s MPs that the election results were “disappointing” and “introspection” was on in the organisation. He, however, asked his party not to “exaggerate the scale of the defeat”.
“Just as the nature of the defeat should not be downplayed, it should not be exaggerated either,” he said, voicing his views on the poll debacle for the first time a fortnight after the results.
Washington, May 31 (DPA) The US and Cuba are to hold discussions on migration and other issues for the first time since such talks were broken off six years ago, the US State Department announced Sunday.
US State Department officials said the talks, agreed to by Cuba Saturday, would also cover mail services between the two countries. No further details were made known.
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) After showing his legwork on the field, football star Bhaichung Bhutia has proved he can dance well too as he walked away with the winner’s trophy after the grand finale of third season of Sony TV’s reality show “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa” here Sunday night.
Bhutia, who was one of the weaker contenders when the show began over three months back, beat model Gauhar Khan and actor Karan Grover to win the Rs.4 million prize money as well as the audience’s adulation.
London, May 31 (IANS) Folk legend Bob Dylan has blamed advances in technology for tuning young people out of “real life” and insists teenagers should give up their gadgets and spend more time outdoors.
The “Blowin’ in the wind” hitmaker has a low opinion of modern inventions such as cell phones, MP3 players and video games and blames them for changing the lives of youngsters for the worse, reports femalefirst.co.uk.