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Actor Priyanka Chopra, who is busy working on her debut music album, says that if all goes well, her first single will be out by mid-year.
“Music has always been a passion but I wanted the right opportunity to venture into it. This deal with UMG-Desi Hits! is amazing. We are looking at dropping a single sometime in the middle of 2012,” says Priyanka, adding, “I was really nervous the first few times I went into the recording booth to sing. But I’m really looking forward to sharing my music with the world.”
The actor, who spent time in Los Angeles writing and recording for the album, is also excited about her upcoming projects — Krrish 3, Kunal Kohli’s next, and Anurag Basu’s Barfii. “I play an autistic character in Barfii. It is one of my most memorable film experiences. People may think it is a very serious film, but it is a funny, sweet film,” says the actor, whose last two films, Don 2 and Agneepath, were blockbusters.
Music and films aside, Priyanka recently beat her contemporaries to win the title of India’s Glam Diva by a TV show. But for her, it is actors Marilyn Monroe and Madhuri Dixit who are the real divas.
Mirpur:While India and the world continues to wait for Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century, the master blaster on Friday reached another milestone when he struck the 2000th boundary of his ODI career.
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In the Asia Cup match against Bangladesh, Tendulkar smashed the boundary when he slapped a Mashrafe Mortaza delievry to wide of short cover in the 3rd over.
As is the case with most of his records, Sachin is the first batsman to cross this mark in boundaries in ODIs. The cricketer with the maximum fours behind Tendulkar is retired Sri Lanka legend Sanath Jayasuriya who, with 1500 boundaries to his name, is way behind Sachin.
However, when it comes to hitting sixes in the 50-over format, it is not Tendulkar but Shahid Afridi who is on top of the list. The Pakistan all-rounder is only three short of 300 sixes and is followed by Jayasuriya who slammed 270 shots over the boundary. Tendulkar, with 193 sixes, is third on the list.
Islamabad: A Swiss couple held by the Taliban in north-western Pakistan for eight months turned up at a military checkpoint early on Thursday and were flown by helicopter to Peshawar and then Islamabad, where they were handed over to the Swiss Embassy, officials said.
It was unclear how the two obtained their freedom. A Pakistani military spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, said they had escaped. But in a video released last week, another Taliban hostage, Ajmal Khan, the head of a university in Peshawar, said that the government had agreed to pay "millions of rupees" and to free 100 prisoners in exchange for the Swiss hostages.
Kidnapping has become a major source of revenue and propaganda for the Pakistani Taliban and associated militant factions based in North and South Waziristan, the tribal agencies at the heart of militant operations that have borne the brunt of American drone strikes in recent years. Hostages captured by various groups around the country, or in Afghanistan, are often sold to the Taliban or Al Qaeda and transferred to the tribal belt.
Along with high-profile kidnappings of foreigners, the Taliban have targeted dozens of wealthy and prominent Pakistanis, some of whom have spent years in captivity. On Thursday night, the local news media reported that Amir Malik, 41, a wealthy jeweller kidnapped from Lahore in August 2010, had been freed in Waziristan.
Mr Malik's father-in-law, General Tariq Majid, is a retired four-star general and former chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Overjoyed relatives said the army had promised to bring Mr Malik home soon.
"We have been counting every day and hour since he disappeared," his father, Aftab Malik, said by telephone.
The two Swiss hostages, Daniela Widmer, 29, and Olivier David Och, 32, were taken from their vehicle in the western province of Baluchistan on July 2, five days after crossing into Pakistan by road from India. They had been following an overland route to Europe once favored by adventurous tourists but that has in recent years been plagued by kidnappings. Baluchistan, Pakistan's largest province, has been racked by a separatist insurgency for seven years.
Months after the abduction, the Taliban released a video of the couple, saying they were being held in a stronghold in Waziristan. The Taliban demanded $3.3 million in ransom, the release of 100 imprisoned Taliban fighters and the return of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani woman serving 86 years in prison in the United States for attempting to shoot an American soldier in Afghanistan in 2008.
A security official in Peshawar, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the issue, said: "This could be the result of some deal. You can't just walk away from the militants' den like this."
A reporter for The New York Times, David Rohde, who was captured in Afghanistan, fled captivity in North Waziristan with an Afghan colleague in 2009, but otherwise successful escapes are rare. Others currently in captivity include Mr Khan, who went missing in September 2010; Warren Weinstein, an American consultant whose kidnapping has been claimed by Al Qaeda; Shahbaz Taseer, a son of the former Punjab governor, Salmaan Taseer, who was assassinated in January 2011; and an Italian and a German aid worker abducted in the southern city of Multan in January.
Last week, the Taliban made their first public claim of responsibility for Mr Taseer, who was seized from his Mercedes sports car in a wealthy district of Lahore in August. "Shahbaz is in good health but will only be released after our demands are met," Abu Omar, a deputy to the local commander, Wali ur-Rehman, said in a telephone interview from a North Waziristan number.
In the video released last month, Mr Khan, the vice chancellor of Islamia College University, Peshawar, pleaded for the government to save his life.
"I am old and suffering from a heart ailment; I am left helpless, so please release four Taliban prisoners," he said.
Ismail Khan contributed reporting from Peshawar, Pakistan, and Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud from Islamabad.
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The first official trailer of Yash Raj Films' much-awaited Ishaqzaade is finally out. The film, which marks the debut of filmmaker Boney Kapoor's son Arjun opposite actor Priyanka Chopra's cousin Parineeti, has already generated a great deal of buzz on Twitter.
The film narrates the story of two people, "born to hate, but destined to love", and follows how their "turbulent journey unfolds in the often unrealistic and daunting political confines of rural India", a statement from YRF said on Sunday.
IshaqzaadeThe film is written and directed by Habib Faisal of Do Dooni Chaar fame. He has also written films like Band Baaja Baaraat.
Amit Trivedi will compose the music for the film, while Rekha and Chinni Prakash will choreograph it.
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Uday Chopra One of the awesomest trailers from YRF, even if I say so myself check out Arjun Kapoor @ParineetiChopra in Ishaqzaade
Kamaal R Khan All the very best to Arjun Kapoor and Ishaqzade team. Mind blowing promo.
Twitterati buzz @DrDang: I like the #Ishaqzaade trailer. I like Arjun Kapoor. I like that Parineeti is as much of a gun-toter.
@JD__Naik: Theatrical Trailer - Ishaqzaade Arjun Kapoor & Parineeti Chopra in trailer look amazing.. wait for movie
@DevNakshi: Not sure about Arjun Kapoor. But Parineeti Chopra looks promising in 'Ishaqzaade' trailer.
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@Ishaqzaade: The @Ishaqzaade trailer is going viral, Arjun Kapoor is trending. Thankyou guys for the awesome response to the trailer.
New Delhi: In what comes as a huge confidence-building measure, India and China today decided to begin a dialogue on maritime issues. The proposal for talks, a first for both neighbours, was mooted by the visiting Chinese foreign minister, Yang Jiechi, during his meeting with his Indian counterpart, SM Krishna.
Mr Jiechi, who arrived in Delhi yesterday, is on a two-day state visit to India.
The dialogue, the mechanism for which is yet to be worked out, is crucial given the fact that it comes in the wake of the Chinese navy increasingly trying to assert itself in the Strait of Malacca and the Indian Ocean region. Beijing has decided to increase its naval capabilities following years of expansion in its armed forces while India has also re-prioritised its strategy by ordering more ships.
More significantly, Sino-Indian ties have been strained recently with China expressing its objections to India's oil and natural gas exploration in the South China Sea. India, on its part, has refused to suspend the exploration activities.
The latest initiative to include maritime issues as part of bilateral talks would thus, serve to reduce the tension ahead of a crucial visit to India by Chinese premier Hu Jintao, scheduled later this month.
Both ministers also discussed several key issues including Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet and the recent ill-treatment meted out to Indian traders by Chinese authorities.
"Every possible issue that is raised whenever India-China dialogue takes place were raised and we have understood each other's position and we have understood the perspective and we will continue to exchange these," Mr Krishna told reporters after the meeting.
Although ties between India and China have improved in recent years, tensions still remain over Arunachal Pradesh. Recently, China had objected to Defence Minister AK Antony's visit to the state.
Meanwhile, a group of Tibetans held protests this morning in the national capital. They were protesting the Chinese crackdown in Tibet.
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While India and the world continues to wait for Sachin Tendulkar's 100th international century, the master blaster on Friday reached another milestone when he struck the 2000th boundary of his ODI career.
