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Bengaluru, Aug 20: Kannada actor Sanjjanaa Galrani is among many investors said to be duped by Prasiddhi Chit Funds Pvt Ltd in Malleswaram. The company is accused of duping investors of Rs 1.3 crore. Sanjjanaa alone is said to have been cheated of Rs 28 lakh. Based on her complaint, the Malleswaram police registered an FIR against the owner of the chit fund on Saturday. Police believe the amount

New York, Aug 19: Sonny Landham, the muscular action-movie actor who co-starred in "Predator" and "48 Hrs," has died. He was 76. Landham's sister, Dawn Boehler, said the actor died from congestive heart failure Thursday at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital. Landham was a brawny, deep-voiced actor and stunt man who played a bit part in Walter Hill's 1979 street-gang thriller "The Warriors" before the

Mumbai, Aug 19: Akshay Kumar's latest ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ has been dubbed as a 'propaganda film' by some sections, but the actor on Friday said there is nothing wrong in raising relevant issues, which even the government is concerned about, through cinema. Directed by Shree Narayan Singh, the film stars Akshay in the lead role of a man, who tries to win back his wife by building a toilet at

London, Aug 18: An Indian-origin television actress in the UK had a lucky escape when she hid in a restaurant freezer during the terrorist attack in Spain where a van ploughed through pedestrians, killing 14 people and injuring around 100. Laila Rouass, 46, who was on a holiday in the city with her 10-year-old daughter Inez Khan, live tweeted from her hideout as the attack unfolded in the busy Las

Mumbai, Aug 18: Actor Esha Gupta has responded to the criticism for posting a few bold pictures on social media, saying she fails to understand as to why there is so much scrutiny on what a celebrity does. Esha posted a couple of pictures on Instagram and was body-shamed, with some people calling her photographs "vulgar". "There are a few people who are confident about their manhood, they are not

Amaravati, Aug 17: Telugu film star and TDP MLA Nandamuri Balakrishna allegedly slapped a fan in Kurnool district, a video of which has gone viral on social media. The incident occurred late last night in Kurnool's Nandyal town, where Balakrishna had reached for an overnight stay after campaigning for his party for an assembly by-poll. In a video clip that went viral on social media, the Hindupur

Hyderabad, Aug 17: Parineeti Chopra enjoyed working in a multi-starrer like "Golmaal Again" as the actor felt she could go ahead and act without facing any performance anxiety. The 28-year-old actor, who will next be seen opposite actor Ajay Devgn in the fourth installment of the comedy franchise, said she could concentrate on doing her job as the responsibility of carrying the film was ably

Bollywood Queen-cum-Hollywood Princes Priyanka Chopra is facing flak on social media yet again, and this time too, the issue is her choice of wardrobe. It all started when Priyanka posted a boomerang video on Instagram, in which she can be seen swirling her tricolor dupatta around, with the caption, "Independence Day Vibes MyHeartBelongsToIndia #happyindependencedayindia #jaihind." Now, trollers

Chennai, Aug 16: The school run by the wife of Tamil superstar Rajinikanth was locked by the landlord of the building on charges that the rent agreed to was not being paid. The school authorities said they have decided to file a defamation case against the landlord for creating "immense agony to the school and issuing false statements to the media." About 400 children of the Ashram school run by

Chennai, Aug 16: Actor Kamal Haasan on Tuesday fired a fresh salvo at the ruling AIADMK in Tamil Nadu virtually calling for Chief Minister K Palaniswami's resignation over alleged corruption. In a series of tweets, he also invited people "who are brave enough" to take a vow for a new freedom struggle, apparently against corruption. "If one state's CM should resign for a mishap & corruption under