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Correspondent Hemendra Chaturvedi speaks about the Mathura rail mishap.
Correspondent Hemendra Chaturvedi talks about the Mathura rail mishap that occurred today morning when Delhi-bound Goa Express rammed into the stationary Mewar Express near Mathura leaving at least 13 dead and many injured.
Winter fog throws New Delhi out of gear
A thick fog engulfed the national capital, New Delhi on Sunday as temperatures fell across northern India. Weather officials say that the western disturbances over northwest India are responsible for the sudden fall in the temperatures. The fog wreaked havoc on New Delhi's transport systems, canceling and delaying nearly 10 flights and an equal number of trains.
Prime Minister's wife releases Khushwant Singh's book
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur on Saturday released writer Khushwant Singh's English rendering of Sikh hymns in New Delhi. The book “Songs of the Gurus” is a compilation of Gurubanis, or Sikh religious verses. Khushwant Singh said that it was a compilation of his old translations. Khushwant Singh is a renowned Indian novelist, journalist and historian, acclaimed for his sarcastic writing.
Fitness: A day in the life of Prashant Sawant
6 am: Wake up

7 am: Reach my gym and start training clients after a cup of tea

10 am: Breakfast of oatmeal and egg white

12.30 pm: Have protein shakes

1.30 pm: Work out for an hour

2.30 pm: Lunch of chicken, salad and vegetables

5 pm: Protein shakes

After 10 pm: Train Shah Rukh Khan if he is free

1 am to 2 am: Go to sleep. No fixed time, though.

Aamir celebrates b'day
Aamir Khan, one of Bollywood’s highly acclaimed and prominent national award-winning actor celebrates his 43rd birthday on March 14. His first appearance on the silver screen was as a child actor in Nasir Hussain's film Yaadon Ki Baaraat in 1973. His first commercial success came with Mansoor Khan's film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.
Films: A day in the life of Shan Mohammed
7:00 am: The paperwallah rings the bell; that’s his wake-up call. It also means the death of a dream he has nurtured the previous night. He looks at his blissfully sleeping wife, and finally heads towards the door in a state of trance.
7:30 am: Makes his coffee — hot, strong, black and sweet. The energy drink to go with his daily quota of news. Wife is still in the world he had come out of half an hour ago. 8:30 am: The bell rings again, and in comes the first visitor of the day, the bai.
9:30 am: His wife wakes up. He is done with the papers and ready to take on the world. Three quick actions follow: Shave, sh*t and shower.
10:00 am: He is ready for the most arduous task of the day: travelling to his workplace, which could be in Andheri, Bandra or Khar. He is a freelancer, and work takes him places. Lives in Mahim.
11:00 am: Starts working on a feature or a documentarly, either alone or with the director sitting on his head.
2:00 pm: Takes a break to boost energy levels. Which basically means, either swallowing the lunch provided by the film unit or relishing food from his favourite take-way joints.
2.45 pm: He is back to work, determined to make progress, especially with a difficult scene.
7:30 pm: He is completely exhausted, physically and mentally. Packs up for the day, calls up friends, and sometimes meets them over a cup a coffee or something even stronger.
8:45 pm: The better half calls to inform that she has reached home and asks about dinner plans. He gets the hint: it’s his turn in the kitchen.
10:00 pm: Watch half-a-movie over dinner, usually the worst of the eighties. It’s sleep-inducing.
11:00 pm: Lights off and a slow trek to the dream world.
AAI employees on strike
Employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), have begun an indefinite non-cooperation movement from March 11, after the Govt rejected their demands to continue the operations of the existing Bangalore and Hyderabad airports. Initial reports from airports in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata indicated there was no disruption of either domestic or international flights by the agitation.
Abhi’s films get delayed due to Ash
Whoever thought that getting Abhishek and Aishwarya Bachchan as a package deal would prove beneficial for a film might just need to do a rethink with the kind of reports and rumours doing the rounds of the film industry these days. Media reports are seemingly suggesting that Abhishek’s films are getting delayed due to Aishwarya’s presence on the sets.
Akshay ditches Hollywood?
Akshay Kumar’s career is on an incline these days. After Bhool Bhulaiya there were talks that Akshay had signed a big Hollywood project. Hollywood hottie Neve Campbell was, then, finalised for the movie. Akki was supposed to shoot for this project in Australia this month. A source said that Akshay Kumar seemed to have committed himself to other projects and then slowly lost interest in this project.
Abhishek says wife Ash comes first
Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan, newly married to co-star and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai, is so much in love that he says when it comes to sharing things his wife takes precedence over all. For Bachchan junior this is how marriages work among Indians. Though he may not admit it, Bachchan struck gold at the box office with several hit films around the time he began dating Rai. Now, all he will say is that his time has come.
Taj Mahal in the top 10
As the world votes for the new seven wonders, our own Taj Mahal finds itself among the top ten contenders for the honour. With little less than a month left for the names of the top seven marvels to be announced in Lisbon, Portugal, the New 7 Wonders Society, a Swiss non-profit group that launched the global online, phone and SMS poll, has released a top ten list in alphabetical order.
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