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Video: Watch Shahrukh Khan's April fool prank - 300 push ups and counting

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Sorry for the spoiler in the headline - Shahrukh Khan's video doing 300 push ups is an April Fool rank.  A fan reportedly challenged the superstar to do the push ups, which he took up.  You see him sweating it out till you come to the end of the video.
Shahrukh Khan is just standing there pressing against the wall and grunting. (video below)

April 1, 2016, NewsCrunch

Sorry for the spoiler in the headline - Shahrukh Khan's video doing 300 push ups is an April Fool rank.

A fan reportedly challenged the superstar to do the push ups, which he took up.

You see him sweating it out till you come to the end of the video.

 Shahrukh Khan is just standing there pressing against the wall and grunting. Just a camera trick to show he is doing push ups.


Video: Watch Shahrukh Khan's April fool prank - 300 push ups and counting
  




Aussie journalist Sam Ferris on how Dhoni bullied him - he hates retirement talk, came prepared to pounce

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Sam Ferris, the Australian journalist who was bullied by India T20 captain Dhoni on live camera, has written about his ordeal.   Dhoni insisted that Sam Ferris sit next to him after he was asked about his retirement in the press conference that followed India loss to Windies in the T20 World Cup.   Dhoni asked Sam Ferris a series of questions and managed to make him say that India captain was fit enough to play till 2019.
Sam Ferris says he took a a bullet for his Indian colleagues.

April 1, 2016, NewsCrunch

Sam Ferris, the Australian journalist who was bullied by India T20 captain Dhoni on live camera, has written about his ordeal.

Dhoni insisted that Sam Ferris sit next to him after he was asked about his retirement in the press conference that followed India loss to Windies in the T20 World Cup.

Dhoni asked Sam Ferris a series of questions and managed to make him say that India captain was fit enough to play till 2019.

Sam Ferris  says the retirement question was fair as Dhoni had announced his retirement from test cricket abruptly. At 34, he is also inching towards the end of his career.

Sam Ferris  further tried to soften the blow by starting the question with.".. You have achieved so much..."

But he says Dhoni knew the question was coming and came prepared to pounce upon anyone who asked it.

Quoting informal sports talk, Sam Ferris  says Dhoni hates retirement talk and was expecting the question from an Indian journalist.

Sam Ferris, says by wading in, he took a a bullet for his Indian colleagues.
 
Sam Ferris is a writer for cricket.com.au.


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Video: Watch funny conversation between Dhoni and Australian journalist, who asked him about retirement 



Shock video: Man beaten to death in Khandwa in broad daylight - people watch silently, none comes to rescue

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A  man was beaten to death in Khandwa, MP, on Friday, on a crowded street. Onlookers stood in the vicinity watching the gruesome without trying to intervene.  Vehicles passed without anyone trying to stop and rescue the victim.  Someone had the presence if mind to make a video with his mobile.   It shows three men launching a murderous assault on the victim, who is lying on the ground, with thick lathis.
Media reports said the victim opposed poaching of animals and got murdered for that. (video below)


April 1, 2016, NewsCrunch

A  man was beaten to death in Khandwa, MP, on Friday, on a crowded street. Onlookers stood in the vicinity watching the gruesome without trying to intervene.

Vehicles passed without anyone trying to stop and rescue the victim.

Someone had the presence of mind to make a video with his mobile.   It shows three men launching a murderous assault on the victim, who is lying on the ground, with thick lathis.

They roll him over, check his condition and start beating again.

He cries aloud for help for sometime, but people opt to watch the incident from sidelines without stepping in.

It is not clear what triggered the attack. Media reports said the victim opposed poaching of animals and got murdered for that.

Shock video: Man beaten to death in Khandwa in broad daylight  - people watch silently, none comes to rescue

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Balika Vadhu's Pratyusha Banerjee was out of work, struggling with heavy debt and troubled relationship - dark side of glamour

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TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee, best known as Balika Vadhu's Anandi, who committed suicide by hanging herself on Friday, was reportedly in heavy debt and desperate for work.    Despite becoming a household name with Balika Vadhu, work offers remained limited. Bollywood personality Kamal R Khan tweeted  on Friday evening saying she had called him asking for work two months ago.   The untimely death of Pratyusha Banerjee shows the plight of actors in the ultra-competitive TV industry where no combination of looks and talent can keep you afloat unless you have a godfather to mentor your career.
Odd modelling assignments and even a brief stint in Big Boss 7 failed to give Pratyusha Banerjee's career a boost.

April 2, 2016, NewsCrunch

TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee, best known as Balika Vadhu's Anandi, who allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself on Friday, was reportedly in heavy debt and desperate for work.

 Despite becoming a household name with Balika Vadhu, work offers remained limited. Bollywood personality Kamal R Khan tweeted  on Friday evening saying she had called him asking for work a few months ago.

The untimely death of Pratyusha Banerjee shows the plight of actors in the ultra-competitive TV industry where no combination of looks and talent can keep you afloat unless you have a godfather to mentor your career.

A small town girl from Jharkhand, Pratyusha Banerjee was without one. Odd modelling assignments and even a brief stint in Big Boss 7 failed to give her career a boost.

Add to that the burden of keeping up with the appearances of leading a lifestyle befitting a top TV star.

 Pratyusha Banerjee had borrowed money from her friends and was struggling to pay back.

Sanyukta Iyer of Mumbai Mirror spoke to her friends who said "She was in a financial mess and unable to make ends meet."

Pratyusha Banerjee had reportedly thrown a house party-turned-all nighter recently and was unable to pay for it.

TV actor Pratyusha Banerjee, best known as Balika Vadhu's Anandi, who committed suicide by hanging herself on Friday, was reportedly in heavy debt and desperate for work.    Despite becoming a household name with Balika Vadhu, work offers remained limited. Bollywood personality Kamal R Khan tweeted  on Friday evening saying she had called him asking for work two months ago.   The untimely death of Pratyusha Banerjee shows the plight of actors in the ultra-competitive TV industry where no combination of looks and talent can keep you afloat unless you have a godfather to mentor your career.
Despite becoming a household name with Balika Vadhu, work offers remained limited 
for Pratyusha Banerjee. Bollywood personality
She had also failed to pay EMIs on a car loan and had got into trouble over that.

In January Pratyusha Banerjee was in news when she filed a complaint against eight persons, who had barged into her flat and misbehaved with her. Though the details of the case were sketchy, the men seems to have paid a visit to recover the loaned vehicle.

There was also trouble on the domestic front as well.  She had reportedly split from her boy friend of two years, Rahul Raj Singh, with whom she had living  together for a year.

Police sources told Mirror that they were probing the tragedy and it was too early to come to any conclusion.

Kamal R Khan tweets on Pratyusha Banerjee's suicide 



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Pratyusha’s boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh in spotlight: He cries aloud, speaks to police, posts on Instagram (video)  


Leaked photo shows Salman Khan walking to wrestle in just langoti in Sultan

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Except for what looks like a black loin cloth, there is not an
inch of cloth on Salman Khan.

April 2, 2016, NewsCrunch

If Sharukh Khan had his lungi  dance, Salman Khan will have his langoti kushti in Sultan.


A photo leaked from the sets of Sultan shows Salman Khan walking to do kushti in langoti.

The photo that is now going around shows Salman  Khan taking his skin show to  new heights.

Except for what looks like a black loin cloth, there is not an inch of cloth on him. The picture quality is poor, taken from a distance on a mobile  camera.

There seems to be a music band following him. So, it could be a scene of a top wrestler marching ceremoniously to akhada.    

Pratyusha’s boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh in spotlight: He cries aloud, speaks to police, posts on Instagram (video)

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Media is closely following Rahul Raj Singh, boyfriend of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who hanged herself on Friday.  He has been sighted crying aloud at hospital, posting on Instagram and giving statement to police.  He has reportedly told police that he lived in a two-room flat with Pratyusha, who was fine on Friday morning when he left. But when he returned, he found her hanging and shifted her to Kokilaben hospital with the help of neighbours
A video of Rahul Raj Singh crying aloud at the hospital has also emerged

April 2, 2016, NewsCrunch

Media is closely following Rahul Raj Singh, boyfriend of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, who hanged herself on Friday.

He has been sighted crying aloud at hospital, posting on Instagram and giving statement to police.

He has reportedly told police that he lived in a two-room flat with Pratyusha, who was fine on Friday morning when he left. But when he returned, he found her hanging and shifted her to Kokilaben hospital with the help of neighbours.

He did not inform police as he was scared and it was hospital office officials, who did that.

After many blamed him for her death, Rahul took to Instagram to protest his innocence. He wrote, “Kya me yahi din dekhne k liye uska sab kuch bana tha k sab log mujhe hi blame kare”? (Did I come into her life to witness the day when I would be blamed for her death?), reports India.com.

Though his account is private, he responded to the India.com’s request to follow him.

A video of him crying aloud at the hospital has also emerged. He is seen escorting an unidentified woman who is in tears. Along the way, he also breaks down and wails loudly.

Pratyusha’s boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh breaks down and cries aloud in the hospital






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Balika Vadhu's Pratyusha Banerjee was out of work, struggling with heavy debt and troubled relationship - dark side of glamour 



Thai actress, 45, puts up billboard ad to find husband – wants to lose virginity before she dies

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A 45-year-old Thai actress, Aranya 'Pui' Pathumthong, has advertised for a husband on a huge billboard to lose her virginity before she dies.  The huge billboard at the Lat Phrao area of Bangkok shows her skimpily clad and with the words 'Want You'.  The rest of the copy gave her phone number and said Pui Aranya, who was '40 and a virgin’  was looking for a husband.
Pui Aranya told local media: 'Let me get it once before I die.'

April 2, 2016, NewsCrunch

A 45-year-old Thai actress, Aranya 'Pui' Pathumthong, has advertised for a husband on a huge billboard to lose her virginity before she dies.


The huge billboard at the Lat Phrao area of Bangkok shows her skimpily clad and with the words 'Want You'.

The rest of the copy gives her phone number and says Pui Aranya,  '40 and a virgin’,  is  looking for a husband.


Pui Aranya told local media she was desperate to get rid of her virginity. 'Let me get it once before I die,' she said.


Many, including local police, are not impressed. They see the ad as a publicity stunt for the actress, who has acted primarily in B grade movies.

The police have fined the advertising agency that put up the billboard for obscenity and ordered it to take it down.




Married techie tied to pole and thrashed by mob for allegedly stalking woman - mob justice in Bangalore (Video)

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In a shocking incident of mob justice, an employee of an IT firm was tied to an electric pole in Bangalore and thrashed mercilessly.  The techie has been accused of stalking and passing lewd comments at a woman. He is married and has two children.  He allegedly followed and harassed the 25-year-old woman, who was on her way to office. She called her husband and complained.
The woman’s husband and others tied the techie to an electric pole
and thrashed him.(video below)
April 2, 2016, NewsCrunch

In a shocking incident of mob justice, an employee of an IT firm was tied to an electric pole in Bangalore and thrashed mercilessly.

The techie has been accused of stalking and passing lewd comments at a woman. He is married and has two children.


He allegedly followed and harassed the 25-year-old woman, who was on her way to office. She called her husband and complained.


The woman’s husband and others tied the techie to an electric pole and thrashed him. The incident has been captured in a video.


The woman had reportedly complained against the accused a few days ago, who had been warned by the husband.



The police took all the parties involved in the incident to the station. But the woman and the accused declined to file complaints against each other.

Married techie tied to pole and thrashed by mob for allegedly stalking woman   -  mob justice in Bangalore (Video)



Sreeja kalyanam: Chiranjeevi daughter Sreeja’s dream wedding video goes viral

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Chiranjeevi gave his favourite daughter Sreeja, a lavish wedding, turning his farmhouse in Bangalore into a film studio-like set up.    A well-produced 15-minute video of Chiranjeevi daughter Sreeja’s dream wedding has gone viral. It has stunning visuals of the decked-up farm house, guests and jewellery.
Sreeja married US-based businessman son, Kalyan, in style (video below)


April 2, 2016, NewsCrunch

Chiranjeevi gave his favourite daughter Sreeja, a lavish wedding, turning his farmhouse in Bangaloreinto a film studio-like set up.

A well-produced 15-minute video of Chiranjeevi daughter Sreeja’s dream wedding has gone viral. It has stunning visuals of the decked-up farm house, guests and jewellery.

Chiranjeevi decided to keep the wedding a low-key affair, strictly limited to family and very close friends such as Kannada star Ambarish.

But it still became an eye-popping affair as he went out of his way to ensure that Sreeja married US-based businessman son, Kalyan, in style.   


Her wedding video titled Sreeja kalyanamwas uploaded on social media on Friday. In less than 24 hours it has clocked over 200,000 views on YouTube.

Sreeja kalyanam: Chiranjeevi daughter Sreeja’s wedding video in Bangalore goes viral


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Video: Happy Chiranjeevi dancing at daughter Srija’s wedding in Bangalore(plus wedding photos)


Kanhaiya Kumar's azadi speech inspires new Yatra.com advertisement to sell window seats (Watch video)

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E-travel company Yatra.com has released a new advertisement inspired by JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to promote its new check-in app, which promises to eliminate queues and get the seat you want.  A Kanhaiya Kumar look-like, complete with a charming leftist beard, goes to the ticketing clerk at an airport and asks for a window seat.  All taken, is the response.
Is Yatra.com's ad inspired by Kanhaiya Kumar or a spoof to
dilute the causes he upholds? (video below)
April 3, 2016, NewsCrunch

E-travel company Yatra.com has released a new advertisement inspired by JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to promote its new check-in app, which promises to eliminate queues and get the seat you want.

A Kanhaiya Kumar look-like, complete with a charming leftist beard, goes to the ticketing clerk at an airport and asks for a window seat.

All taken, is the response.

'Kanhaiya Kumar' is so annoyed, he grabs a mike, which is conveniently placed on her desk, and breaks into  the now famous azadi speech. As a small group of young men root for him, Kanhaiya Kumar chants I-want-azadi slogans - azadi to get window seats and azadi from long queues.

Is Yatra.com's ad inspired by Kanhaiya Kumar or a spoof to trivialise the causes he upholds? Answer  strictly depends on your political stand.

But the ad, released on Friday, has none of the exuberance of the original, which made Kanhaiya Kumar so famous.

Kanhaiya Kumar's azadi speech inspires new Yatra.com advertisement to sell window seats (Watch video)

Google says it paid its CEO Sundar Pichai an eye-popping package of Rs 660 crores in 2015

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Google has made a regulatory filing with US stock authorities detailing its CEO Sundar Pichai's eye-popping salary and other remuneration.   Roughly, in Indian rupees, Pichai got about Rs 660 crores last year, putting him in the elite ranks of highest paid CEOs of the world.
Google files salary details of Sundar Pichai  
April 3, 2016, NewsCrunch

Google has made a regulatory filing with US stock authorities detailing its CEO Sundar Pichai's eye-popping salary and other remuneration.

Roughly, in Indian rupees, Pichai got about Rs 660 crores last year, putting him in the elite ranks of highest paid CEOs of the world.

In dollar terms, he made a total of $100.5 million.   $99.8 million  of that came from stock grants and rest as salary ($652,500) and other compensation ($22,935).

NewsCrunch had earlier noted that Google had given a salary boost to Pichai last year by awarding a stock grant of $199 million. The $99.8 million worth of options, which will fully vest next year,  is part of that tranche.  

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Google may have given a Rs 4,000 crore salary boost to Sundar Pichai – making him the highest paid US CEO 


Shane Warne in new sex scandal - caught on sugar daddy website seeking younger women

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In a new sex sandal, Aussie cricketing great Shane Warne has been caught prowling Seeking Arragements, a dating website which matches older rich men with young women.   Using a pseudonym Brad23, his jersey number, and real photo, Shane Warne claimed he was worth 30 million pounds on the website.   He managed to strike a conversation with  a 24-year-old model Simone Toon, who was later in interviewed by The Sun.
Shane Warne sent this photo to a model Simone Toon, whom
he met on a sugar daddy dating website. Pic courtesy The Sun 

April 3, 2016, NewsCrunch

In a new sex sandal, Aussie cricketing great Shane Warne has been caught prowling Seeking Arragements, a dating website which matches older rich men with young women.

Using a pseudonym Brad23, his jersey number, and real photo, Shane Warne claimed he was worth 30 million pounds on the website.

He managed to strike a conversation with  a 24-year-old model Simone Toon, who was later  interviewed by The Sun.

Shane Warne took her out for a date and then to his flat and managed to sleep with her. He then bombarded her with lewd messages and photographs asking for kinky sex and threesomes.

He sent her a photo of himself lying on his bed and catching his own reflection from a  ceiling mirror with a mobile camera, which was published by he Sun.

Toon shared the message details, and in one of them, Shane Warne pesters her to join a dominatrix-style whipping.

Toon said she thought she had future with him after he spoke about buying a house. But she told The Sun that Shane Warne used her for sex and discarded her.
Shane Warne's sugar baby Simone Toon



Modi gets roaring reception at TCS' all-women BPO in Riyadh - Indian employees chant Modi Modi, Bharat Mata Ki Jai (Watch video)

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PM Modi visited TCS' all women BPO in the heart of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.  He was given a roaring reception  by Indian women employees of the BPO, who chanted Modi, Modi and Bharat Mata ki Jai.  The women were all clad in abaya, a mandated dress code by Saudi Arabian law for expat women workers, which covers the entire body, head and hair, but leaves open the face to be visible.
TCS' employees at Riyadh give rock star reception to PM Modi (video below)
April 3, 2016, NewsCrunch

PM Modi visited TCS' all women BPO in the heart of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday.

He was given a roaring reception  by Indian women employees of the BPO, who chanted Modi, Modi and Bharat Mata ki Jai.

The women were all clad in abaya, a mandated dress code by Saudi Arabian law for expat women workers, which covers the entire body, head and hair, but leaves open the face to be visible.

Modi waved at them and went on to tour the facility.

TCS set up the all-women BPO in 2014 with Saudi Aramco and GE as clients. The unit employs  1,000 women, including a strong contingent of Indian expats, and plans to scale up the workforce to  3,000.

Setting up an all-women BPO has been a challenge as Saudi Arabian laws prohibit women from driving and mixing with men who are not relatives.

The Economic Times reports that TCS has to ensure that even support staff including janitors and electricians in the office are women.

When the services of a man are required, announcements are made to allow women employees put on their abayas and niqabs  or leave the room.



Indian employees give Modi rock star reception at TCS' all-women BPO in Riyadh - chant Modi Modi, Bharat Mata Ki Jai (Watch video)




Video: Marlon Samuels taking on Ben Stokes and Shane Warne after T20 World Cup finals win

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West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels took on England all-rounder Ben Stokes and Aussie legend Shane Warne during the post match press conference on Sunday.   Samuels had struck an unbeaten 85 to star in the Windies victory over England.   A bitter rivalry that erupted when Samuels gave a send-off salute to Stokes in a Grenada test last year continued in the T20 Wold Cup tournament as well.
Samuels also settled a score Shane Warne with whom he had clashed during
a Big Bash League game in 2012-13 (video below)
April 4, 2016, NewsCrunch

West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels took on England all-rounder Ben Stokes and Aussie legend Shane Warne during the post match press conference on Sunday.

Samuels had struck an unbeaten 85 to star in the Windies victory over England.

A bitter rivalry that erupted when Samuels gave a send-off salute to Stokes in a Grenadatest last year continued in the T20 Wold Cup tournament as well.


Through the match, Samuels had exchanged words with Stokes and was fined 30 percent of his fee for abusing Stokes.

In the presser, Samuels said, "Well, he does not learn," stating it was Stokes who started the spat.


"I keep telling him whenever we play against each other 'do not speak to me because I'm going to perform'. "


"That's what I strive on. That's why I'm still around for so long, despite so much ups and downs," said Samuels.


He watched from the non-striker end as Carlos Brathwaite blasted four successive sixes in Ben Stokes' final over to help West Indies lift their second World Twenty20 title.

"Stokes is a nervous lad you know. What I told Brathwaite was... he's going to bowl a couple of full tosses as always and it worked in our favour and Brathwaite played a brilliant knock there," added Samuels.


He also settled a score Shane Warne with whom he had clashed during a Big Bash League game in 2012-13.


"Shane Warne has a problem with me. Don't know what. I've never disrespected him. Seems he has a lot of inside him that he needs to come out," Samuels said.

Video: Marlon Samuels taking on Ben Stokes and Shane Warne after T20 World Cup finals win


Pratyusha Banerjee dressed in red bridal lehenga at her funeral – she had ordered that from Rohit Verma before she hanged herself (video)

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A funeral video of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee dressed as a bride in a red lehenga has gone viral.   A video from Lehren, which shows her funeral march at Oshiwara crematorium grounds, attended by her colleagues from the industry, has been viewed over a million times in the last two days.   Why was Pratyusha Banerjee dressed as a bride for the funeral?
Why was Pratyusha Banerjee dressed as a bride for the funeral? (video below)
April 4, 2016, NewsCrunch

A funeral video of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee dressed as a bride in a red lehenga has gone viral.

A video from Lehren, which shows her funeral march at Oshiwara crematorium grounds, attended by her colleagues from the industry, has been viewed over a million times in the last two days.

Why was Pratyusha Banerjee dressed as a bride for the funeral?

An IANSreport states that Pratyusha had placed an order for a bridal lehenga from designer Rohit Verma before she hanged herself at her flat in Goregaon on Friday.

It is not clear when exactly Pratyusha had ordered the lehenga and for what reason.

Possibly, her family and friends decided that adorning her in the lehenga would be an apt farewell as Pratyusha had become a household name playing the grown-up child bride Anandi of Balika vadu.

Pratyusha Banerjee dressed in red bridal lehenga at her funeral (viral video)

 




Full video of Pratyusha Banerjee's funeral from Lehren  (25 minutes)

 





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Video: Watch Carlos Brathwaite hitting four magnificent sixes to help West Indies beat England in T20 World Cup finals

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The T20 World Cup finals went to the wires with the West Indies making light of a tough endgame target against England, thanks to a ferocious knock by Carlos Brathwaite.  While Marlon Samuels had set up the Windies win with a magnificent 85 off 66 balls, the wining team needed 19 runs off the final over with the inexperienced Brathwaite at the striker’s end.
Brathwaite hit 34 off only 10 balls in a vital knock that included four last-over sixes (video below) YouTube grab

April 4, 2016, NewsCrunch

The T20 World Cup finals went to the wires with the West Indies making light of a tough endgame target against England, thanks to a ferocious knock by Carlos Brathwaite.


While Marlon Samuels had set up the Windies win with a magnificent 85 off 66 balls, the winning team needed 19 runs off the final over with the inexperienced Brathwaite at the striker’s end.

He hit the first ball from Ben Stokes behind square for a six. The next ball was hit for a six over long-on and the third ball sailed over long-off crashing the equation to 1 off 3 balls.

An impatient Brathwaite hit another six over deep mid-wicket to wind up the game.

Video: Watch Carlos Brathwaite hitting four magnificent sixes  to help West Indies beat England in T20 World Cup finals


Panama Papers leak: Amitabh Bachchan gets trolled for stashing money in offshore companies – presidential dreams over

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Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan maintained a studious silence on social media after his name figured prominently in the list of Indians, who had set up offshore companies in tax havens   Indian express reported, citing leaked records of Mossack Fonseca a law firm, Amitabh Bachchan had been made director in four shipping companies— one in the British Virgin Islands and three in the Bahamas — decades ago.
For Amitabh Bachchan, the revelations come at a damaging time as
there was a talk that he was in the running to become the next president of India
April 4, 2016, NewsCrunch

Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan maintained a studious silence on social media after his name figured prominently in the list of Indians, who had set up offshore companies in tax havens

Indian express reported, citing leaked records of Mossack Fonseca a law firm, Amitabh Bachchan had been made director in four shipping companies— one in the British Virgin Islands and three in the Bahamas — decades ago.

These companies reportedly carried out transactions worth millions of dollars in early ‘90s, just a few years after Bachchan had faced serious allegations of receiving kickbacks in Bofors.

Besides Amitabh Bachchan, over 500 Indians, including his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, have figured so far in the list of individuals who set up offshore companies in tax havens.

For Amitabh Bachchan, the revelations come at a damaging time as there was a talk that he was in the running to become the next president of India.

His friend-turned-foe Amar Singh had recently claimed that PM Modi keen on having Amitabh Bachchan as the next President.

Modi has known Amitabh Bachchan personally since the days he worked as the brand ambassador for Gujarat state. Given Amitabh Bachchan’s stature he would have been useful in checkmating L K Advani , who is said to be eyeing the top office.

As the new spread, Amitabh Bachchan was targeted by trolls,who quickly declared that his presidential chances were over with the revelations over black money.


Amitabh Bachchan slammd on Twitter after offshore money revelation









Video: Watch Ramdev’s controversial speech - …can behead lakhs for not chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai

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Yoga guru Ramdev said on Sunday that lakhs of heads would have rolled for not chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai if India did not have  a Constitution and rule of law.  He was speaking at a 'Sadbhavana Sammelan' organised by   'Samajik Samrasta Manch', an RSS-affiliated anti-reservation body.  He was responding to AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi’s statement that  he would not chant Bharat Mata ki Jai even if a knife is put to his throat.
Ramdev rejected that argument that chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai went
against the precepts of certain religions (video below)

April 4, 2016, NewsCrunch

Yoga guru Ramdev said on Sunday that lakhs of heads would have rolled for not chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai if India did not have  a Constitution and rule of law.

He was speaking at a 'Sadbhavana Sammelan' organised by   'Samajik Samrasta Manch', an RSS-affiliated anti-reservation body.

He was responding to AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi’s statement that  he would not chant Bharat Mata ki Jai even if a knife is put to his throat.


Ramdev said, “We respect this country's law and the Constitution… if anybody disrespects Bharat Mata, we have the capability of beheading not one but thousands and lakhs."

He rejected that argument that chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai went against the precepts of certain religions.

"If any religion prohibits chanting of Bharat Mata Ki Jai it is against national interest,” he said.

A video of Ramdev’s speech shows the audience cheering him as he speaks. He goes on to shout Bharat Mata Ki Jai into the mike urging the audience to follow him.

Video: Watch Ramdev’s controversial speech - …can behead lakhs for not chanting Bharat Mata Ki Jai



Video: Usain Bolt’s dances with joy chanting ‘Champions’ after West Indies lift T20 World Cup

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Usain Bolt, a keen follower of cricket, is a close friend of many
West Indies players including Chris Gayle. (video below)

April 4, 2016, NewsCrunch


World’s fastest man Usain Bolt broke into a song and dance to celebrate West Indies lifting T20 World Cup.

A video shows an exhausted post-workout Usain Bolt chanting champions, calling out different Windies players by names, while gasping for breath.

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Aamir Khan checks into Arizona’s Canyon resort to lose weight – working like a maniac to lose Dangal weight

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Aamir Khan is working overtime at the Canyon resort, in Tucson Arizona, to lose the massive weight he had put on for the first phase of Dangal shooting.   To play the middle-aged Haryana wrestler Mahavir Phogat, Aamir Khan had put on 30 kgs.   In the second leg of the shooting, which kicks off next month, he plays the younger Phogat and has to shed the excess weight to fit the role.
The actor, known for his methodical approach to cinema, has taken up his weight-loss programme also systematically.
Pic courtesy HT
April 4, 2016, NewCrunch

Aamir Khan is working overtime at the Canyon resort, in TucsonArizona, to lose the massive weight he had put on for the first phase of Dangal shooting.

To play the middle-aged Haryana wrestler Mahavir Phogat, Aamir Khan had put on 30 kgs.

In the second leg of the shooting, which kicks off next month, he plays the younger Phogat and has to shed the excess weight to fit the role.

Over the last three months, he has lost around 13 kg, reports The Hindustan Times.  Seven of them were lost in the February-March period, and when he returned to Mumbai on his birthday on March 14, everyone was surprised to see him so lean.

To meet his weight target, he is intensifying his training at the Canyon resort, located next to the Santa CatalinaMountains, which offers custom weight loss programmes.

Working with personal trainers and doctors, he has packed his day with intense physical activities, doing different combinations of hiking, cycling, walking, swimming and weights.

The actor, known for his methodical approach to cinema, has taken up his weight-loss programme also systematically.

India Times has published a page from his diary, which shows his daily routine for March 9:

He went for a 8 mile walk at 6.30 am and returned for breakfast at 8.30 am.

He had a tennis session at 10 am and broke for lunch at noon.

2 pm was time for weight training followed by more workouts till 4 pm.

It was immediately followed by an hour-long session of tennis.

At 5 pm he went for a swim, had dinner at 7 pm and slept at 8 pm.   

Diet would not pose a major challenge to Aamir Khan as he is a vegan that is, a vegetarian who avoids all milk products.

So, next time you see him, he would be as slim as he was in PK. And don’t be surprised.

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