Rail and road traffic was affected in parts of Haryana for the second day, mainly around Hisar, as the All- India Jat Arakshan Samiti, demanding inclusion of the jat community in the central OBC list, failed to reach any solution in their talks with the administration. The Jat Arakshan Samiti has extended their deadline given to the government by 24 hours on Monday evening, after which they are threatening to intensify their agitation.

I do think Vidya Balan is a fabulous actress but I’m getting a wee bit tired of her Sabyasachi sarees with big bindis and uncombed hair look. The sarees are gorgeous but the look is terribly repetitive! Can’t Vidya lose the flab and experiment with her look instead?

Looks like this is a Kapoor week for moi. I always thought that the queen of magazine covers, Sonam, was actually intelligent. Perhaps I over-estimated her IQ level. Apparently, our lady is rather miffed. Why is that?

Ronen Sen worked with three Prime Ministers and helped shape India’s policy on Israel. In this interview with Parul Chandra in the context of the Iran-Israel conundrum, he speaks of the virtue of taking a stand as against posturing, while remaining alive to evolving situations.

Iranian warships entered the Mediterranean after crossing the Suez Canal on Saturday to show Tehran’s “might” to regional states, the Navy commander said at a time of simmering tensions with Israel.

With the rift between the UPA and its ally Trinamul Congress widening, West Bengal chief minister and Trinamul supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday skipped the inauguration by Union home minister P. Chidambaram of an NSG hub at Badu, 50 km from Kolkata.

Orissa chief minister and Naveen Patnaik on Saturday alleged that the Centre was not “forthcoming” in sharing information on important decisions, including the ones taken on national security.

The 22-year-old actress Lily Collins plays Princess Snow White in the re-imagining of the classic fairytale Mirror, Mirror and while she has enjoyed working on the movie, she has struggled with the tight-fitting garments worn by her character.

The This Means War actress Reese Witherspoon was nervous about meeting the 30-year-old Duchess Catherine, who is also known as Kate Middleton and is the wife of Prince William, during a charity fundraising event last July but now the event is over, she would love to be closer to the British royal.

The 27-year-old actress Frieda Pinto has been dating her Slumdog Millionaire co-star Dev Patel since they worked on the film together in 2007 and because they have “shared so much together” he is the only person who knows how to “uplift” her mood.