For her forthcoming film, Heroine, directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, Bollywood’s leading actress Kareena Kapoor will be drawing inspiration from yesteryear Hollywood divas, the likes of Ava Gardner, Vivien Leigh, Elizabeth Taylor

In today’s scenario, the last thing a politician wants is to be branded “sexist” for his remarks, especially when the leader’s party is headed by a woman. While Congress president Sonia Gandhi may decide to let the matter go, Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat is facing flak from all directions at home for his remarks on Saturday that “women should not pursue politics”.

This time the patch-up between the warring Ambani brothers Mukesh and Anil is for real, if only partial, even though the contentious issue of gas allocation and price is yet to be discussed.

With Bihar’s caste cauldron already getting politically spiced up ahead of the Assembly polls, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is busy appeasing his core caste constituency of Yadavs, who had largely shifted allegiance to the ruling JD(U)-BJP in recent years to deliver successive electoral jolts to the RJD.

B. Suresh-trained First Emperor, ridden by C. Velu, won the Madras Race Club Cup, the main event of the races held here on Sunday.

Moves are afoot between the Maharashtra Congress and the Shiv Sena-BJP to ensure that there is no contest for the six Rajya Sabha and 10 Legislative Council seats whose elections will be held next month. This is because major political parties can ensure victory of their candidates without a fight.

Don Valentino and Icebreaker impressed when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Sunday.

It will be the first press conference that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be addressing in the last four years. It will also mark his first interaction with the national media during the tenure of United Progressive Alliance-2, which completed its first year in office just a day ago.

Irfan Ghatala-trained Sun Kingdom, ably ridden by Suraj Narredu, bagged the Juvenile Million, the highlight of the races held here on Sunday.

The sporting stars of the country could become a casualty in the ongoing feud between the administrators of sports federations and the sports ministry as the International Olympic Council came down ha