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India's 'Big Enemy' Retires From World Cricket

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Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who always kept Indian cricket fans on tenterhooks during India – Pakistan matches, has announced his retirement from international cricket. From now onwards, he will not play one day international, test and T20 matches also.

The 36-year-old star had played cricket for 21 years. He already quit Tests in 2010 and ODI cricket after the 2015 World Cup. He was captain for Pakistan Twenty20 team at the 2016 world championships in India.

The all rounder played 398 one-day internationals with 8,064 runs, a highest score of 124 while taking 395 wickets with his leg spin. His Twenty20 international career saw him play 98 matches with 1,405 runs and 97 wickets.

Hot Pic: Wind Blows Her Gown

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Amyra Dastur is leaving no leaf unturned to raise oomph factor. In a hot and spicy photoshoot, Amyra is turning heads. Clad in a designer tight gown, Amyra jumps into air and sets the screens ablaze. As wind  blows off her gown, she looked pretty hot.

Recently seen in Hollywood film Kung Fu Yoga that has marshal arts legend Jackie Chan in the lead, Amyra is now on a roll.

Made her debut with Hindi film Isaaq opposite Prateik Babbar, Amyra shot to fame in South with her second film Anekudu (Anegan in Tamil). She was paired up with Dhanush and it was her claim to fame.

I'm No. 1, NTR is No. 2

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Nadendla Bhaskar Rao has dropped a bombshell. In his latest TV interview, Bhaskar Rao made some shocking, sensational allegations against legendary NTR.

“I haven’t observed any positive aspects in NTR. What’s good to talk about him?” said Nadendla. Talking about the success of NTR in politics, Nadendla reasoned, “Since politicians failed, film actors became Chief Ministers.”

Talking about the old days, Nadendla claimed, “I was the No.1 in TDP then. NTR was No.2. Then entire media had projected me as a villain and NTR as hero. If I reveal all his sins, people would spit. I’ve never given wrong advises to NTR to defame him. Chandrababu Naidu used to advise him and NTR used to get excited after listening to them. What did NTR know about Rs 2 kilo rice scheme?”

This is not all. Nadendla also hit out at Chandrababu Naidu. He claimed that NTR had accused Chandrababu of “looting” 200 Crore.

Veering towards NTR’s biopic that’s hitting headlines, Nadendla said that TDP is losing its sheen and NTR’s biopic is an attempt to revive the party’s lost glory. He opined that this is Naidu’s idea to Balakrishna to keep him away from politics and make him busy with films and thus to clear way for his son Lokesh’s entry into cabinet.

“Lokesh isn’t MLA. But Naidu is trying to induct him into his cabinet. Whereas Balakrishna is MLA but he’s being sidelined,” said Nadendla Bhaskar Rao who had levelled several serious allegations.

He even threatened to take legal action against NTR’s biopic if he’s shown as villain. He said that he doens’t have any differences with Balakrishna and said he is willing to share anything if Balakrishna approaches him.

On the whole, Nadendla’s comments are expected to invite severe backlash from TDP leaders.

Pawan's Valuable Advise To Tej

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Revealing his uncle Pawan Kalyan’s advise to him on “Gelupu” or “Victory”, Sai quoted Pawan, “Kalyan garu had once told me one-thing about Gelupu. When I had shown him that I won an award, he brushed off by saying awards come and go but when hit by failure, one would get to know who real friends are. The people who stays with you even after you fail are the ones whom you won.”.

Sai Dharam Tej quickly added,”I won all of you (mega fans). You’ve been my strength.” It can be noted that Sai Dharam Tej share good rapport with Chinna Mamiaha Pawan Kalyan who said to have played pivotal role behind Tej’s acting debut. Pawan has been supportive of Tej. So, it’s no wonder if PK advises Sai.

“Rakul and me were good friends. But after started working for the film, we really get along well. We’ve become very close friends now. Rakul plays athlete in the film. She’s very hard working and talented actress. Rakul is the only one who fits best for athlete role,” said Sai Dharam Tej.

Thanking Anasuya who did a special song in the film, Tej shared, “Whenever our energy levels are dropped, she boosted us with her energy. Especially, she has inspired Chota garu and thus helped him a lot.” While Tej was talking about Anasuya, she was seen blushing constantly.

Hated Baahubali, Loved Ghazi

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Director Teja has been critical about Telugu cinema. And he seldom praises a film or director or an actor. When he does, he does it honestly, genuinely. Now Teja is heaping praises on Rana’s latest offering Ghazi. While the film has been receiving accolades from various quarters already, Teja’s praises are certainly going to standout and expected to further boost the film.

In fact, Teja disliked Rana’s last film Baahubali. SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus had went onto be one of the biggest blockbusters in India and all-time highest ever collected film in Telugu. These didn’t deter Teja from criticising Baahubali openly. Expressing his “dislike” for Baahubali, in one of the interviews he openly said that none of them – whom he got in touch with – have said good things about Baahubali. This was very strong statement. But now Teja is lauding Ghazi.

“I rarely see Telugu movies. I avoid watching them as most of them are formulaic, stereotyped with same old chase scenes, fight scenes, love scenes and poor comedy tracks. Unless and until there’s very good talk, I won’t watch a Telugu film. Since I’m working with Rana for my next, when Rana had asked me to come for the premiere of Ghazi, I went dis-interestingly. But everything changed few minutes into the film. And I’m totally blown away with the film. I’m sure every audience going to enjoy the film. In my opinion, who doesn’t like this film is unfit to watch the films,” Teja shared.

After watching the film Teja has called TV9 saying that he’d interview Rana for the channel and director Krish joined them. Teja said that this is first time ever he is interviewing a celebrity and also quickly added that this would be the last time too.

Rare Pic: Star Hero's Selfie with Son

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R. Madhavan usually keeps it simple. He’s far from selfies, poses and doing hungama. But for a change, the star has struck a pose alongside his son. The 46-yr-old actor, who rarely shares pics of his family, shared his selfie with his son. And here is one such beautiful snap with his son Vedant. Vedant was born to Madhavan and Sarita in 2005. He’s 12-yr-old.

Madhavan and Sarita’s was a love marriage. After completing his degree, Madhavan worked as a trainer in communication and public speaking. He has conducted several workshops across the country. At the Maharashtra workshop, he encountered his wife Sarita Birje for the first time in 1991, when she attended his class on the recommendation of her cousins. Sarita was able to use the skills she had learned from Madhavan’s classes to pass an interview to become an air hostess and after completing the course, the couple began seeing each other.

The pair married in 1999 before Madhavan entered mainstream films. It has been described as one of the successful celeb marriages in Kollywood. She also worked as costume designer for Madhavan.

Now The Ball Is In Pawan's Court!

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After some hiatus, Loksatta Jayaprakash Narayan is back in front of media. Since the issue is about present politics, JP was asked about actor-Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan sharing same ideology of Lok Satta as Pawan of late stating that power isn’t ultimate goal of politics – it’s popular JP’s phrase after he floated his political outfit Lok Satta.

When questioned about Pawan Kalyan who in turn is speaking same language of JP that he had been speaking all these years, JP responded, “Not just Pawan Kalyan, anyone who wants to see state, nation progressing and genuinely care for people see politics as responsibility to transform people’s lives unlike present-day politics that are being used to enjoy power.”

Welcoming Pawan Kalyan, JP said, “Even actors like Kamal Haasan, Siddharth and many others are echoing same. Persons need not even have to be known to each other to share same ideology but all one need is to see development.”

Whether JP would join Jana Sena? “No,” pat comes reply from JP. Will JP be political adviser to Pawan Kalyan and advise him on the issues? “I don’t mind. Anyone who seeks my advise for doing something good, I’m always there. Be it Pawan or Chandrababu Naidu or KCR or PM Narendra Modi, I’m more than happy to offer advise in the benefit of country, people.”

With JP openly stating that he’s willing to be political adviser to Pawan if he wants, now the ball is in Pawan’s court. Since Jana Sena is in its beginning stage and Pawan is going through several initial hurdles in establishing the party and putting all his thoughts into shape on various issues, an intellectual and honest person like JP is definitely needed and would be of great help.

The moot question is that will Pawan invite JP to be his political adviser?

Anasuya's Item Song Payment Pending?

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After a lot of thinking, Anasuya has finally agreed to be part of a hot item song in Winner. Already the song “Suya Suya…Anasuya”, named after Anasuya is out and glimpses of Anasuya shaking her legs with Sai Dharam Tej have garnered good response making the song a chartbuster. Thanks to Anasuya’s popularity among TV audiences, the song created good buzz among masses as well.

Now little birdie tells us that Anasuya was promised an interesting sum of Rs 25 Lakh for the special song and she was paid an advance of Rs 10 Lakh.

As the film is now gearing up for release this week, it’s buzzed that Anasuya hasn’t received her total remuneration yet. She is reportedly waiting for the balance Rs 15 Lakh. Let’s see whether it would get sorted before the film’s release or not.

Rumoured couple Jai, Anjali sizzle in new film's Poster

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Chennai: Actors Jai and Anjali, who are said to be in a relationship, have featured together in a special poster of their upcoming Tamil horror-thriller “Balloon”.

In the film’s latest poster, unveiled on Saturday, Jai and Anjali strike an intimate pose together.

Directed by Sinish, this is the second time Jai and Anjali have teamed up.

They had previously worked together in the 2011 Tamil romantic drama “Engeyum Eppothum”.

The film also stars Janani Iyer, who will be seen in a retro avatar.

“She plays a character called Shenbagavalli, and her portions are set in 1989. Janani will be seen in a full-length retro avatar in this flashback portion. She will join the sets in the next schedule in Kodaikanal (in Tamil Nadu),” Sinish had told IANS.

Allu Arjun's Villain joins BJP

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The main villain in Allu Arjun’s blockbuster Race Gurram – Ravi Kishan had joined BJP in the presence of the party national President Amith Shah in New Delhi. The Bhojpuri actor has been Congress leader till recently.

Ravi Kishan had played important roles in Kick -2 and Supreme films. He is a noted TV actor in the country as he played different roles in TV serials. He was also one of the finalists in Big Boss programme in 2006.

In 2014, Ravi fought election on Congress but defeated. Since then he is staying away from active politics and concentrated only on his film career. He will be given a big post in the party’s national committee soon. Amith Shah held one to one meeting with the film actor for more than 30 minutes after his formal joining of the the saffron party.

New US Travel Ban To Spare Green Card Holders

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MUNICH: A new version of a Trump administration travel ban will not stop green card residency holders or travellers already on planes from entering the United States, US Secretary for Homeland Security John Kelly said on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump’s initial attempt to clamp down for security reasons on immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries and on refugees snarled to a halt amid a judicial backlash and chaos at airports.

“The president is contemplating releasing a tighter, more streamlined version of the first (order). And I will have opportunity to work (on) a rollout plan, in particular to make sure that there’s no one in a sense caught in the system of moving from overseas to our airports,” Kelly said at the Munich Security Conference.

Asked whether green card residency permit holders would be allowed in, Kelly said: “It’s a good assumption and, as far as the visas go, … if they’re in motion from some distant land to the United States, when they arrive they will be allowed in.”

He promised “a short phase-in period to make sure that people on the other end don’t get on airplanes. But if they’re on an airplane and inbound, they’ll be allowed to enter the country.”

Trump’s original order, which he said was meant to head off attacks by Islamist militants, barred people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering for 90 days and excluded all refugees for 120 days, except those from Syria, who were banned indefinitely.

The abrupt implementation of the order last month plunged the immigration system into chaos, sparking a wave of criticism from the countries affected, and from Western allies and some of America’s leading corporations, especially technology firms.

Finally, Andhra assembly shifts from Hyderabad!

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It is now official. The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council are now being completely shifted from Hyderabad to Amaravati lock, stock and barrel.

This was announced by Speaker Kodela Siva Prasada Rao on Sunday. According to him, the budget session of the AP assembly, likely to commence from March 3, will be held in the interim Assembly and Council complex at Velagapudi Secretariat complex.

The state-of-the-art legislature complex is ready for occupation in Amarvati and all the activities pertaining to the assembly session, including printing of budgetary papers and proceedings would be done in Amaravati itself.

In fact, the Speaker was keen on holding the monsoon session of the AP Assembly and Council in Amaravati, but the construction of the legislature complex was not completed by then.

“Now everything is ready. All the Assembly staff would also be shifting to Amaravati by February 25,” Kodela added.

The Three Mistakes Of Vidyasagar Rao

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The general perception in political ciricles is that Governor Vidyasagar Rao has not handled the Tamil Nadu crisis properly.

Vidyasagar Rao is Governor for Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. His first mistake was not coming down to Tamil Nadu once the crisis started.

His second mistake was approving Pannerselvam’s resignation without meeting the latter personally. And his third mistake was waiting for the court verdict against Sasikala instead of inviting the leader of the majority party to take oath as the Chief Minister.

Had he done so, Pannerselvam would have continued as CM until Sasikala went to jail. The Governor by acting the way he did has lowered his prestige and that of the BJP. He has also proved himself to benot so astute politically.

Tamil Nadu, therefore may soon be getting a new Governor.

Ex Heroine Gets Call from Revnath Reddy

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After being denied prominent position in the Telangana Congress, Ramulamma and former film heroine is seriously contemplating to join TDP. Strong speculations are doing rounds that Vijayashanthi has been contacted some senior TDP leaders including party working President A Revanth Reddy who apparently invited her to join the party.

The film actress and former TRS leader was also given assurance that she will be given good position in the party. Vijayashanthi will be one among top five leaders including Revanth and party President L Ramana in the party if she switched loyalties to Telugu Desam.

The party high command is seriously thinking that Vijayashanthi’s oratory skills will be an advantage to the TDP in exposing KCR government’s failures. As Revanth is already fighting tooth and nail against KCR government, it’s expected that the services of Vijayashanti would help to strengthen the party in Telangana by 2019 elections.

Shanthi said to have good following among Telangana people given that she had founded Talli Telangana party in the past and fought for the separate state in her own way. Her experience, expertise are expected to help TDP that’s ailing in Telangana today. Also, TDP is seriously looking for a strong lady leader in Telangana. In both ways, the purpose would survive if Vijayashanti joins TDP.

On other hand, the Telangana Congress already plunged into crisis with the mass exodus of senior leaders to ruling TRS and the TPCC President N Uttam KUmar Reddy failed to strengthen the party in the last two years.

In these circumstances, Vijayashanthi is serious to quit congress and revive her political career afresh in Telangana. The issue of joining of Vijayashanthi in TDP had already been brought to the notice of party President Chandrababu Naidu. A decision will be taken soon in this regard.

Dhoni removed as Pune IPL captain

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Ahead of the 10th season of IPL series begin this April, Star batsman and former Indian Cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni received a rude shock. He has been removed as captain of IPL (Indian Premier League) team Rising Pune Supergiants. Australia skipper Steve Smith has been appointed as Dhoni successor.

The decision comes a day before the IPL 2017 player auctions to be held in Bengaluru. The wicketkeeper-batsman has been the skipper of an IPL team since 2008. He first led Chennai Super Kings from 2008 to 2015, and then took charge of Pune Supergiants in 2016 after the Chennai franchise was suspended.

Dhoni has played in 143 IPL matches scoring 3271 runs. Dhoni is one of only three captains to win the IPL twice with Gautam Gambhir (Kolkata Knight Riders) and Rohit Sharma (Mumbai Indians) being the other two.

Hot Pic: Amy Sets Ramp on Fire

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British model turned Indian actress Amy Jackson is making headlines of late. After posing “nude” on her bed recently, she has now set the ramp ablaze. Amy who walked the ramp at LFW. Amy has opened the show of popular fashion designer Rocky S at the London Fashion Week on Saturday night.

Amy is also popular to Telugu audiences. She’s seen in a special song in Ram Charan’s Yevadu. After her stint in Shankar’s I gone unnoticed, Amy is pinning all her hopes on her next 2.0 that stars Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar.

Meanwhile, the latest is that Amy has been chosen as the new face of Salman Khan’s brand Being Human clothing line. Amy and Salman together have shod for an ad and going by the pics of Amy and Salman, the duo looked quite comfortable in each other’s space.

Charmee's Special Care On Debut Hero!

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Actress Charmee Kaur has been in the industry for more than decade-and-a-half years and after such a long stint as an actress, she’s hardly finding offers coming her way. So, the buxom beauty decided to don the new hat in the industry.

With an experience of supervising the production work for film Jyothi Lakshmi, Charmee is now prepping up to widen her opportunities and begin a new job in Tollywood. The Mantra girl is already part of Puri Connects, a talent hunt team and management company, and now looking forward to oversee the publicity formalities of Puri Jagannadh’s upcoming directorial ‘Rogue’.

With a view to promote the film all over, Charmee seems to have instructed her PR team to make sure that ‘Rogue should hit the movie headlines at least 2 times a day.’ Since the actress never had a dominant acting career, she is expecting to have a fairly settled career as a film campaigner.

The film Rogue marks the debut of Ishaan, younger brother of Kannada producer CR Kumar, and will have a bilingual release – Telugu and Kannada. So, let’s hope Charmee will lay down a marker as the publicist and producer.

Vinayak Bored After Khaidi

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Director VV Vinayak said to have got bored of routine and formulaic commercial films that he’s been churning out. Now Vinayak is now in retrospection mood.

After making lackluster films like Alludu Seenu and Akhil, Vinayak had directed Chiru’s landmark Khaidi No.150. Although Khaidi turned out to be one of the highest grossers, the film hasn’t garnered any name to Vinayak in particular. Chiru has walked away with all the laurels, glory.

On top of it the film being the remake of Tamil film Kaththi and not being the original film has had its impact. As the makers didn’t make any major changes in the script or execution, neither critics nor audiences have given thumbs up to Vinayak. He realised that he’s being stereotyped with masala films.

This said to have made him ponder over. Vinayak apparently told his close aides that he wants to try different. Vinayak has now asked a few story writers to come up with unique stories for his next film. And he said to have expressed to try out-of-box films like Bollywood. Writers team is now busy weaving a story for Vinayak’s next.

Since Vinayak isn’t a writer by himself and he is only a director who has mastered in taking and elevating scenes. The director of films like Aadi, Chennakesava Reddy, Dil, Tagore, Adhurs is now keenly wanting to prove himself once again. And said to be trying to do something really out-of-the-box. Let’s see what his next film would be.

40 Calls & SMSs Before Kidnapping Bhavana

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While the abduction and molestation of actress Bhavana is receiving a massive backlash from social media users and celebrities, Malayalam actors like Prithvi Raj posted a message to stand up in support of her during these tough times. On other hand, the police investigation is unmasking shocking facts about this incident and people who involved in it.

Actress Bhavana was returning from Thrissur to Kochi when the incident took place. It all started off then her driver Martin hit a tempo traveler and men from than vehicle joined Martin and drove the car around the city for more then 2 hours. In those couple of hours, she was badly molested and was harassed sexually. In this regard, the police authorities have already arrested seven suspects including the victim’s previous driver Sunil Kumar, who reportedly for her in the past.

Having taken both drivers into custody, Police officials officially list Sunil as prime suspect and he also is said to have several criminal cases registered against him in the past. Sunil, Martin and others who’re part of this incident have mediated her movements through text messages & more than 40 calls, according to the police report.

Arresting all seven suspects and registering the molestation case under IT act against them, Kerala police are further investigating into the case wherein other details would be expected soon.

YSR's Close Friend Joins TDP

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In a big jolt to Congress in Andhra Pradesh, Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekhar Reddy’s close friend and senior most Congress leader Mohd Jani switched loyalties to ruling TDP. He along with his followers from Guntur district joined the ruling party in the presence of AP CM Chandrababu.

Jani has been strong follower of YSR. Recognizing his loyalty, Jani was given MLC post and also elevated as Deputy Chairman to the then AP Legislative Council. He continued in the post till the bifurcation of state.

The veteran leader has been maintaining distance from the Congress after his juniors were given top posts in the party in Andhra Pradesh. He also expressed anguish over the poor performance of Congress at many public platforms.

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