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New Delhi, Jul 4: Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been approached by the Centre to be the "face" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet 'Swachh Bharat' programmme. This comes months after reports that there was a rethink on the part of the government to sign up the actor for Incredible India campaign after the exit of another Bollywood actor Aamir Khan following his controversial remarks on

Mumbai, Jul 4: Aamir Khan appeared to be very rational when quizzed on Irrfan Khan's recent Islam remark and said religion is a personal issue with each individual having personal thought and belief about it. "I feel religion is a personal issue. Each one has personal thought and belief about it. I have nothing to say on that. I have my own and follow that," said the 51-year-old actor at Dangal's

Mumbai, Jul 4: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is usually vocal about issues, has chosen to remain diplomatic on his reaction to Salman Khan’s rape comment controversy. He recently said that he himself is rather inappropriate at times, and is therefore not in a position to comment. “In the last few years, I have realised that I made so many inappropriate comments myself. I don’t think I am someone

Mumbai, Jul 4: Actor Irrfan Khan who was recently in news for expressing his views on the practice of fasting and qurbani in Islam, has strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Dhaka that killed 20 innocent lives. Seven terrorists had held the diners at an upscale cafe Holey Artisan in Dhaka`s diplomatic zone. Hostages who were killed include 19-year-old Indian girl Tarishi Jain. Nine Italians

Mumbai, Jul 3: Singer Abhijeet is at the centre of a controversy for hurling abuses at a journalist on Twitter. It started after Abjijeet, bizarrely, called the murder of a techie in Chennai, a case of ‘love jihad’, suggesting that her attacker was a Muslim. When the female journalist and other Twitter users pointed out that he should be arrested for unnecessarily stoking communal hatred, Abhijeet

Mumbai, Jul 2: Bollywood star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan are expecting their first child this year end. "My wife and I would like to announce that we are expecting our first child in December. We would like to thank our well wishers for their blessings and support and also the press for their discretion and patience," Saif, 45, said in a statement here. Gossip mills were abuzz

Thane, Jul 2: The city police, which recently busted a multi-crore drug racket, is probing some Bollywood and television actors for their alleged involvement in the case. Former film actress Mamta Kulkarni has already been named as a prime accused in the case linked to international drug lord and her partner Vicky Goswami. According to a senior Thane police official, they are probing the leads

Mumbai, Jul 1: Amid the controversy over Salman Khan's "rape comments," his friend superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he cannot judge statements made by others as he himself has made some inappropriate remarks in the past. When asked if Salman should apologies for his comments, the 50-year-old "Fan" actor said, "In the last few years, I have come to realize that I have made so many inappropriate

Jaipur, Jul 1: Acclaimed bollywood actor Irrfan Khan has courted controversy by questioning the practice of sacrifice and fasting in Islam. Talking on the sidelines of the promotion of his upcoming flick 'Madari' in Jaipur, Khan said, “The meaning of Qurbani is to sacrifice something which is close to you instead of any goat or sheep which you just buy to sacrifice. Before sacrificing we should

Chennai, Jul 1: For the first time in the history of Indian cinema, a private airliner has dedicated its aircraft to actor Rajinikanth starrer Kabali. As a mark of respect to the contribution Rajinikanth has made to Indian cinema, AirAsia has devoted a special livery to the superstar and his die-hard fans. AirAsia India unveiled its all new re-branded aircraft, with a livery dedicated to the most