Vijay and Kajal Agarwal starrer Thupaki is taking fast shape in the hands of director AR Murugadoss, who has completed 60% of its talkie part. AR Murugadoss, the talented director usually take more time to complete his directorial, but Thuppakki is shaping up in fast pace and most of the shooting is finished so far. Speaking about Thuppakki 7 am Arivu director said, “All the talkie part is wrapped except four songs and some of the sequences that …

Prices of lentils have been increased by Rs3 to Rs29 per kilogram at Utility Stores across the country, Geo News reported Monday. The raise was made by the administration of Utility Stores, sources said. Daal Chana witnessed maximum rise of Rs29 per kg to 107 from 78; Daal Moong made expensive by Rs8 per kg to 118 from 110; Red Lobia up by Rs21 to 115 from 94; Daal Masoor by Rs3 to 78 from 75 and; Black Chana's price increased by Rs27 to …

Carnival frenzy is sweeping Brazil as the South American powerhouse prepares Friday to launch a week of sizzling samba dancing, glittering parades, and unabashed merry-making. Over the next days this racially diverse country of 191 million people will come to a standstill for the pre-Lent bacchanalian festival that is its most popular holiday. As in previous years, Salvador de Bahia, Brazil's third largest city and the heart of the rich Afro-Brazilian …

A goal deep in injury time by Ghanaian star Andre Ayew gave Marseille a 1-0 win over 2010 champions Inter Milan in their Champions League last 16 first leg and cast further doubt over Claudio Ranieri's future on Wednesday. There was also a late goal in the night's other tie as substitute Valentin Stocker's 86th minute effort gave unheralded Swiss side Basel a shock 1-0 home win over German giants Bayern Munich. It continued a worrying slump in …

Preity Zinta loved being surrounded by fans on Valentine’s Day while shooting for her debut production “Ishq In Paris”, but she requests them not to prematurely leak pictures taken on the sets. “Busy day at work on Valentine’s but guess what … Met some wonderful fans, got tonnes of roses and had a great day at work! Ting :-) Perfect. One humble request to all my fans … Please come and see the shoot, take as many photos you want but pls Dont put …

Prasanna is very modern in his outlook and has no intention of making his fiancee, Sneha to quit films. The actor took time out to clarify certain rumors regarding his wedding. A section of the press had clarified that Sneha had postponed the wedding against Prasanna's wishes because she wanted to continue acting and had landed a role in Kochadaiyaan. The Anjathey actor said that he thought Sneha was a talented actress and it would be a shame for …

A mineral brought back to Earth by the first men on the Moon and long thought to be unique to the lunar surface has been found in Australian rocks more than one billion years old, scientists said Thursday. Named after Apollo 11's 1969 landing site at the Sea of Tranquility, tranquillityite was one of three minerals first discovered in rocks from the Moon and the only one not to be found, in subsequent years, on Earth. Australian scientist Birger …

A bomb blast rocked the centre of the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday and some media reports said two people were killed, while a local mayor said nobody was dead but three people were seriously wounded. Police were not immediately available for comment, but a TV station reported that the explosion had occurred in a minibus. Television images showed several parked cars ablaze in front of a local state authority's offices, while a plume of thick …

Forty four people were killed and eight injured after a Tu-134 passenger aircraft crash landed in Russia’s northern republic of Karelia, a spokesman for the Russian Emergencies Ministry said Tuesday. The plane en route from Moscow to Petrozavodsk crash landed on a highway one km away from the airport, where it was scheduled to land at 0.04 Moscow time Tuesday. The plane fell apart and burst into flames upon landing. “According to new information, …

The most admired couple of Kollywood Suriya and Jyothika are ready to make an appearance on-screen together once again. Both of them have appeared for Aircel brand ad lastly and this time too they are coming together for a television commercial. Suriya says “I really miss Jyothika on screen as a fan of her. I keep on telling her to take up acting again but Jo is not at all ready to do so as she wants to bring up our kids without any divergence. …