GAYLE RETURNS AS WINDIESNAME SQUAD FOR INDIA T20I

BEST PART ABOUT KAPIL'S SHOW ISCREATIVE FREEDOM: BHARTI SINGH

Women should be shameless fortheir own good: Swara Bhasker

SHAH RUKH KHAN AND ANUSHKA SHARMA DURING THE SHOOT OF RADHA SONG FOR JAB HARRY MET SEJAL IN MUMBAI.

Actors are public figures, notpublic property: Richa

FORMER COUPLE HRITHIK ROSHAN AND SUSSANE WERE SPOTTED ALONG WITH BOLLYWOOD ACTOR SONALI BENDRE,WHO SHARED A PHOTOGRAPH ON TWITTER.

MUMBAI, (IANS) Actress Richa Chadhasays she does not enjoy the attention ofthe paparazzi all the time and that peopleshould understand that though actors arepublic figures, they are not public prop-er ties. The outspoken actress earlierth is year got annoyed with thepaparazzi. Asked if she finds it diffi-cult to be nice to all the camera per-sons, Richa told IANS here: "I wouldlike to tell people that we actors arepublic figures, not public proper ty.Am I India Gate? If I am standingon the road, people will come andclick my photographs without evenasking me? Isn't it unfair?" Talking aboutthe incident, Richa said: "If you are talkingabout 'that' par ticular account, let me sharewith you. I was coming out of a hospital with myma as she was unwell and we went for a check-up.Two guys came on a bike asking for photographs. Ihad to ignore them as my priority was to put my main the car and get the medicines from the clinic.Now you tell me, in such a situation, whycan't I refuse for a photograph?"

MUMBAI, (IANS) Actress SwaraBhasker, who has essayed somestrongly opinionated roles in filmsl ike "Ni l Bat tey Sannata","Anaarkali of Aarah" and "Listen…Amaya", feels women should beangry and be shameless for theirown good. The actress shared herviews when she was awardedThe Femina Women Edi tor 'sChoice Award for Breakthrough

Performance in Films earlier this week at the Femina Women Awards2017. She picked the award for "Anaarkali of Aarah", read a state-ment. "Women should show anger and stand up for what is right. Theyshould be audacious and loud. I am thankful to Femina to award acharacter that has these qualities. We need qualities like these be-cause many things are happening around us that are wrong," Swara said ina statement. She added: "Qualities like anger and being loud are what got usfreedom. Women should be angry and be shameless for their own good. I feelprivileged to be standing amidst women over here who are using their anger in theright direction." Swara was lauded for her role as a village dancer in the film"Anaarkali of Aarah". Talking about the role, the 29-year-old said: "Itwas a tough character involving politics, crime, history. My role wasof a singer who used to sing double meaning songs."

MUMBAI, (IANS) Popular comedienne Bhar ti Singh has joined the team of "The Kapil SharmaShow". She says the best thing about the show is that a "lot of creative freedom" is given to thear tiste. There were rumours that Bhar ti had cancelled the shoot of the Sony Enter tainment Tele-vision show due to some tension between her and the host of the show Kapil Sharma. But shelater took to Instagram to quash all such claims and posted a photograph of herself with Kapil,captioning it: "Who says I'm not shooting for 'The Kapil Sharma Show'?" Bhar ti says she is

confident that the "audience will love to see me and Kapil enter taining them together. It wasan exciting day on 'The Kapil Sharma Show'. I played a Punjabi character named 'Babli' who

is a boisterous marriage broker from Delhi. It will be fun to see her antics and how shedeals with candidates looking for prospective par tners," Bhar ti said in a statement.

She added: "The best par t about the show was there was a lot of space and creativefreedom offered by Kapil's team to explore and bring out my char-acter. I look forward to bring out more characters and am positive

that the audience will love to see me and Kapil enter taining themtogether." The episode was aired on Sunday.

WHY LEGAL CONSEQUENCES ONLY FOR FILMS, ASKS BHANDARKARMUMBAI, (IANS) National Award winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar says over the years a lot has been said and written about theEmergency period, but he wonders why legal consequences arise only when somebody makes a film on the same subject. "Since 42years, a lot has been stated and published about 1975 Emergency. But only when a film is made, one is threatened with legal consequences,"Bhandarkar tweeted on Friday. He commented with reference to his upcoming film "Indu Sarkar", the premise of which is the Emergency period. According toa news report, a woman who claims to be the daughter of Congress politician and former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's late son Sanjay Gandhi, has sent a legalnotice to Bhandarkar, producer Bharat Shah, Minister of Information and Broadcasting Venkaiah Naidu and censor board chief PahlajNihalani, asking them to stop the movie from releasing. She is repor tedly worried that in the film her 'relatives' may be shown in "poorlight" and "without accurate or with sufficient historical data". The film features Neil Nitin Mukesh and Kir ti Kulhari among others.

Veteran batsman Chris Gayle has returned to the Windies side for theone-off Twenty20 International against India, set to be played at SabinaPark in Kingston onJuly 9. The Jamaican opener last played for thenational side in April 2016, when the side beat England to lift theirsecond World T20 title. Gayle is the highest run-scorer for Windies inthe shortest format. In April this year, he also became the first bats-man in the world to register 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. "We welcomeChris back to the T20 squad," said Courtney Browne, Cricket Windies'chairman of selectors. "He is the most prolific batsman in this formatand will add value to our team at the top of the order. He will get thechance to play on his home ground and against a top-quality Indianteam. "This squad has a good mix - experience within the batting andbowling - it is a well-balanced squad. Again, this is an oppor tunity forthe young players to showcase their talent and for the experienceplayers to perform and help nur ture the young players." Barring LendlSimmons, who has been left out, the rest of the side remains thesame from the one that played against Afghanistan in early June. Ledby Carlos Brathwaite, the side also has other experienced playerslike Kieron Pollard, Marlon Samuels, Sunil Narine and Jerome Taylor.

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BOLLYWOOD MONSTER MASHUP TO HAVE STAR ZEE CINEAWARD WINNER KAMAL KHAN, COMEDIAN ALI HASSAN

Mississauga - Multi-award win-ning Bollywood star Kamal Khanis set to appear at Canada's larg-est South Asian Fest ival ,#Bollywood Monster Mashuppresented by TD, this July atMississauga Celebration Square.With over 8 mil l ion views onYouTube, his hi t song " IshqSufiyana" from the film The Dir tyPicture has stood the test of timeand cont inues to be a fan

favourite. Kamal Khan's hypnoticvocals paired with the song'sbright melody makes it the per-fect single to enjoy the summerair and earned the singer a ZeeCine Award for Fresh New Sing-ing Talent, in addition to Male Vo-calist of the Year at the MirchiMusic Awards and Best MusicDebut at the Global Indian MusicAwards.Popular among both critics and

fans Kamal Khan's skilled musi-cality earned him Favourite MaleSinger at People's Choice AwardsIndia and Best Playback Singer(Male) at the PTC Punjabi FilmAwards for the song "Dil De Varke"from the film Fer Mamla GadbadGadbad. Following his award-winning singles, the Punjabisinger continues to release hitaf ter h i t . His latest songs,"Barsatan" and "Sach" have over

1 million views on the ar tist'sYouTube channel. Kamal Khan isbringing his irresistible hits to#BollywoodMonster Mashup asthe festival's Friday night closerin a can't-miss performance!"I can't wait to close the showFriday night at#BollywoodMonster Mashup! I'mexcited to connect with the crowdat this massive festival and get afeel for their energy," says Kamal

Khan, "It will be great to reachsuch a wide audience and be ableto per form for so many fans atonce." Kamal Khan shares theMississauga Celebration Squarestage with Jonita Gandhi andAakanksha Sharma. Jonita is thefirst of three surprise Bollywoodstars the festival has revealed.The award-winning singer of "TheBreakup Song" has worked withthe l ikes of A.R. Rahman ofSlumdog Mill ionaire fame andrecently won the 2017 MirchiMusic Award Best Female Play-back Singer for the song"Gi lehr iyaan" f rom the f i lmDangal . Aakanksha Sharma,voice of Sunny Leone in the hit"Main Adhoora," was the secondBollywood star to be revealed,and is hitting the stage in an ex-clusive #BollywoodMonster Ca-nadian debut.This year, the festival has addedan excit ing component to thelarger-than-l i fe programming.The all-new Monster FoodFestruns July 21-22 and brings afrenzy of food vendors and siz-z l ing free chef demos toMississauga Celebration Square.Fusing delicious international andCanadian f lavours, MonsterFoodFest will thrill your senseswith an explosion of flavour of-fering specialty kebabs, dosas,samosas, ice cream, corn on thecob, pizza, and more. ComedianAli Hassan, host of CBC Radio'sLaugh Out Loud, is bringing hisside-splitting jokes to the festivalas he emcees during the free chefdemos. The stand-up comic, ac-tor, and chef has performed allover Canada including the presti-gious Just For Laughs Festival inMontreal, in the U.S. and twice inthe Middle East at the AmmanStand-Up Comedy Festival. Hehas also been nominated for aCanadian Comedy Award for BestBreakout Ar tist, and was awardedComedian of The Year by AnokhiMedia in 2015. Come eat, laugh,and be merry at MonsterFoodFest this summer!

My kids are the finestDharma productions:Karan JoharMUMBAI, ( IANS) Fi lmmakerKaran Johar, who became the fa-ther of twins Roohi and Yash viasurrogacy, quips that they are thef inest "Dharma product ions".While talking about the experi-ence of parenthood during a booklaunch here on Thursday, Karansaid: "It is daunting, exhilaratingand shocking in my case. It's justeverything that I thought it wouldbe and everything that's not. I stilllook at them and can't yet believethat they are mine."I am just blessed every morningby their presence. I always saythat they are the finest Dharmaproductions, literally and other-wise." Karan and Shahid Kapoor'swife Mira attended the launch ofcelebr i ty nutr i t ionist PoojaMakhija's new book "Eat DeleteJunior: Child Nutrition for Zero toFifteen Years". Talking about thechallenges of parenthood in termsof nutrition, Karan said: "I am playingboth mother and father in this dynamic,so I have a double role to play and forme, it's even more daunting. I have toldmyself that I am not going to be a hys-terical, hyper parent because I see somany of them around me and speciallyleading actresses who become moth-ers." "From leading actresses, theybecome paranoid parents."

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NOTHING ANTI-CONGRESS IN'RAAGDESH', SAYS DIRECTOR

MUMBAI, ( IANS) DirectorTigmanshu Dhulia says there'sno scope of controversy with hisfilm "Raagdesh", which is basedon the 1945 Red For t trials, and itis not anti-Congress at all. OnThursday, the "Raagdesh" teamlaunched the film's trailer here.Dhulia was asked if it's an anti-Congress film as since the par tyis not currently in power, filmslike "31st October" on the 1984Sikh riots, and "Indu Sarkar" onthe Emergency period are releas-ing in a line.Dhulia said: "I will not commenton other films. But I am sorry thatin this film ('Raagdesh'), you willnot get any controversy becausewhen Britishers gave life sen-tence to three Indian NationalArmy (INA) soldiers, each of themwas a Hindu, Sikh and Muslim.That time, Congress Par ty, Mus-lim League, Hindu Maha Sabhaand Akali Dal came together likenever before in the history of In-dia to protest against their life

sentence. So, there is nothing likeanti-Congress in this film. It's avery positive film. This film isabout INA, cour t t r ia ls andSubhas Chandra Bose becausemany people don't know whatexactly Bose actually did for thiscountry.""Through this film, we are trying

to show whether INA (members)were traitors or heroes of ourcountry." This is the first time thatRajya Sabha TV is producing acommercial film. Asked aboutthe channel backing"Raagdesh", Dhulia said: "Wehave shot this film at the RedFor t , we shot th is f i lm at

Rashtrapati Bhavan… It was allpossible because we had RajyaSabha's backing." Dhulia wantsPrime Minister Narendra Modi towatch the film, and he hopes toorganise a special screening. Thefilm, featuring Kunal Kapoor, AmitSadh and Mohit marwah in leadroles, is releasing on July 28.

Satish Kaushik's film wins at London film festLONDON, (IANS) Filmmaker Satish Kaushiks "A Billion Colour Story" has bagged the top prize at the eighth Bagri Foundation LondonIndian Film Festival (LIFF) here and in Birmingham. The film, which is a powerful plea for Hindu-Muslim unity and religious harmony,received the audience award for best film at LIFF. Kaushik (co-producer) tweeted on Saturday: "Hurrah! After awards at IFFLA, Palm Springs,FOTC in France our film now wins top prize at LIFF. Congrats to team." The film has earlier won at Flight of the Conchords in France, Palm Springs InternationalFilm Festival in California, BFI London Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. Veteran actor Anupam Kher congratulated Kaushiksaying: "Well done Kaushik Saab. You are the best." Directed by Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy, "A Billion Colour Story" features Swapnil Ralkar, RashmiSomvanshi, Gaurav Sharma, Vasuki, Dhruva Padmakumar and Vauka Sunkavalli.

I need to come back stronger after my third film: Tiger ShroffMUMBAI, (IANS) Actor Tiger Shroff, who has acted in films like "Heropanti", "Baaghi" and "A Flying Jatt", says he needs to come back stronger after histhird film. The actor is now gearing up for the release of his next film "Munna Michael", which is set to hit the screens on July 21. He said: "I am very nervous.I need to come back stronger after my third film. This is a big film for me." Tiger was present at the P&G Shiksha initiative as theShiksha Superhero here on Friday. Tiger, who had earlier said that prep for "Rambo" would be exhausting, believes that "Rambo" willturn out to be the best film he will ever do. "I am very excited for 'Rambo' because it's probably the biggest film that I'll ever do and I havebig shoes to fill. The star like him (Sylvester Stallone) has given the green signal to us so, for that I am very grateful to him," said Tiger. Tiger also showedsupport to actress Soha Ali Khan, who was trolled on social media for wearing a sari for her baby shower and not mentioning anything about Eid on her post whichshe shared a day after Eid. "Everybody has the freedom of speech. Everybody has the right to do or not do… whatever they like. Soha is a respected actress andcitizen. I don't think she has done anything wrong by wearing something she liked but like I said, everybody has their own opinions," said the actor.

Ali Asgar kept Salman and Sohail busy with his Chinese antics on the Super Night Show prior to release of Tubelight.

FILM PROMOTIONS OF 'JAGGA JASOOS' AND 'MUBARAKAN' ON THE SETS OF 'NACH BALIYE' IN MUMBAI.

Vidya Balan's Instagram profile is filled with nostalgic and in-teresting photos of the actress. Vidya went down memory laneagain and posted a throwback picture.She captioned the image as, "My 1st role ever...in the onlystage play ive ever done cal ledDhungpatpatadhundipokoruppopotorpo."In the picture, the 'Begum Jaan' star looked unrecognisable asshe has donned the look of a full-bearded sage. Meanwhile, onthe work front, Vidya will next be seen in a film titled ' TumhariSulu'. In the flick, she will be playing the role of a radiojockey.This is the second time we will see the actor as an RJafter 'Lage Raho Munna Bhai'.The film is directed by debutant Suresh Triveni and also starsNeha Dhupia and Manav Kaul in pivotal roles. The movie isslated to release on December 1.

VIDYA BALAN LOOKSUNRECGONISABLE INTHROWBACK PICTURE

Ishaqzaade 'Arjun andParineeti' are 'Faraar' now

They impressed everyone with their debut film Ishaqzaade.Five years later, having matured as performers since their raw,intense debuts, Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra will returnonscreen for a second time with Dibakar Banerjee's next film.Always a filmmaker who delivers unique and engaging films,Banerjee will direct Arjun and Parineeti in Sandeep Aur PinkyFaraar. With a quirky title and a winsome leading pair, SandeepAur Pinky Faraar piques interest. The film is a story of a manand a woman who represent two completely different Indias.This story could happen to any of us in contemporary India. Butit happens to Sandeep and Pinky. Two more unlikely protago-nists in one film are unimaginable. They are united in one thingonly. Their mistrust, suspicion, and hate for each other.Director Dibakar Banerjee said, `This feels like my first film,again. I've had to unlearn everything I know to tell this storyabout a man and a woman who can't stand each other but can'tsurvive without each other."

Here is why Ranbir Kapoor singswhile speaking in Jagga Jasoos!

Ranbir Kapoor is seen unsolving the mysteries of the world ofJagga in the trailer.It was a pleasant surprise to the audience when they had wit-nessed the world of Jagga earlier.How the content from the film was musically empowered, theJagga Jasoos team surprised the audiences with 3 songs.However, all the contents had a mysterious vibe as they wereseen barely speaking.The mystery is now solved with the trailer. The trailer unfoldsthe first mystery by highlighting the reason behind Ranbir akaJagga singing through the film.Ranbir is seen stammering as he struggles to communicate asJagga. The actor is seen explaining in the first few minutes ofthe trailer that he sings in order to communicate smoothly.

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CAST: SHIV DARSHAN, NATASHA

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JOHNNY DEPP QUIPS ABOUTASSASSINATING PRESIDENT TRUMPLONDON, (IANS) Hollywood star Johnny Depp was unin-hibited about sharing his feelings about US PresidentDonald Trump when he took the stage at the GlastonburyFestival. Depp was at the fest to introduce a screening ofhis film "The Liber tine", repor ts eonline.com. "Can we bringTrump here? I think he needs help," he said. "It is just aquestion. I'm not insinuating anything. By the way, this isgoing to be in the press. It will be horrible. I like that you're all part ofit. But when was the last time an actor assassinated a president?" Hiscomments to the nearly 2,000 fans seemed like a reference to AbrahamLincoln's assassination in 1865, when he was killed by actor JohnWilkes Booth. Explaining his remark, Depp then said: "I want to clarify,I'm not an actor. I lie for a living. However, it's been a while and maybeit is time. Thank you so much for having me here."

Tom Cruise affair with Rebecca De MornayLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Actor Curtis Armstrong has claimedthat actor Tom Cruise had an "intense affair" with his co-star Rebecca De Mornay on the sets of the film "RiskyBusiness". Armstrong appeared alongside Cruise, who was19 at the time, in the 1983 Paul Brickman movie and in hisnew memoir, he has revealed the "Top Gun" actor had amassive affair with De Mornay, repor ts aceshowbiz.com.In his soon to be released memoir "Revenge of the Nerd",the 63-year-old star wrote: "It's no secret that Tom en-gaged in an intense affair during the shooting with DeMornay. Returning late one night, I found three or four younggirls - late teens, I suspect - lined up in the hall outside ofTom's room. "I remember thinking 'Tom's going to be reallyupset if these hot girls interfere with his Bible reading'. SoI asked them, with all the stern gravitas of my 28 years, ifthere was something I could do to help them.

Gigi Hadid to call it quits with Zayn MalikLOS ANGELES, (IANS) Relations between singer ZaynMalik and model Gigi Hadid, who have been seeing eachother for nearly two years, seem to have hit rock bottom.Hadid said in a statement to aceshowbiz.com that she wantsto end her relationship with the Former One Direction mem-ber soon as she is unable stand his dependent behaviour.The 24-year-old singer's struggle with anxiety is taking atoll on their relationship and she feels "suffocated" by him."Zayn still gets incredibly worked up over every little thingand it's really wearing Hadid out. He's become dependenton her, and she feels trapped. Everyone around her is con-vinced she'll end it by the end of summer," a source said.Whereas Malik recently shared that his anxiety is at a"much more manageable place".

Designed as a mystery thriller with doses of re-incarnation andsupernatural fantasy, "Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha" is aconvoluted tale not wor th your ticket money. At the very outset,you realise that this film is a waste of resources, when thecaretakers of the castle react in a very dramatic manner whilediscussing the recent history of the castle. From there, thenarrative graph just slides downhill, with unintentionalbloomers after bloomers.Packed with fuzzy logic, we are given to understand, Natasha(Natasha Fernandez) desires to get married at her ancestralcastle in a remote English countryside. So a month before hermarriage, she travels all the way there along with her fianceSunny (Upen Patel). En route, she accidentally tumbles into alarge water-body and is rescued by the enigmatic Devdhar(Shiv Darshan). Sunny senses that he will soon lose Natasha,and is convinced by the caretakers of the castle that Devdhar isan "aatma" -- a wandering soul who is trying to claim Natashaas she resembled her grandmother or mother, the RajkumariAsha.So while Sunny tries to keep Devdhar at bay, Natasha fallshook, line and sinker for Devdhar and is willing to kill herself.But she is stopped in time by Devdhar, only to reveal that he isno "aatma" but an assassin who has been offered 10,000pounds to pretend to be a ghost and would get an additional5,000 pounds to ensure that Natasha kills herself. And now thatDevdhar is in love with Natasha, he vows to unveil the mysteri-

ous person who wants Natasha killed. This forms the crux ofthe tale.While the actors are committed albeit with their limited scale,they play their par ts earnestly but in a per functory manner. ShivDarshan as Devdhar, Natasha Fernandez as Natasha, UpenPatel as Sunny, Rumi Khan as Natasha's father Ramnesh Singhalong with Soni Kaur as Rita and Lalit Mohan Tiwari as thecaretakers of the castle, they are all effective. But unfor tu-nately, for the actors, it is the script that is their waterloo. Withfour writers credited, the plot and the characters are cardboardthin and a quick-fix. No time is spent on developing the charac-ters and their motivation. Instead, it directly plunges into theaction which makes the entire tale seem forced.What's more, the dialogues seem heavy duty and poetic. If youfollow the words seriously, you would crack up for the idiosyn-cratic expositions. At times lyrical, they make the entirenarrative seem like an unintentional comedy. On the productionfront, the film is technically well-mounted with ace productionquality. The frames captured by cinematographer AmarjeetSingh are ar tistic and notewor thy and astutely layered by editorArchit Rastogi. The music rendered by Nadeem Saifi ofNadeem-Shravan fame offers tunes that are so reminiscent ofhis 1990s hits. But, they by no chance elevate the viewingexperience. Overall, it is unbelievable that this film is mountedby the seasoned filmmaker Suneel Darshan, who had earlierdelivered films like "Jaanwar" and "Andaaz".

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RANBIR KAPOOR PROMOTING HIS FILM JAGGA JASOOS ON THE SETS OF 'NACH BALIYE' IN MUMBAI.

I TAKE CRITICISM, PRAISE INSAME WAY: KALKI KOECHLINNEW DELHI, (IANS) During her initial days in showbiz, sheused to get upset over negative reviews, criticism andsocial media trolls. However, actress Kalki Koechlin sayswhile surviving in the industry for over a decade, she hasnow become a "veteran" when it comes to handlingcomments and compliments. "I used to get affected byit (being in limelight) when I started my career. I used toget upset about criticism or a troll. Even if I used to geta thousand compliments, I only used to remem-ber that one comment that criticised me. Some-where it's human nature… We tend to do that,"Kalki told IANS over phone from Mumbai."But with experience, now I let it go. I have beenhere for a decade now so, now I am like a veteran.Now I take criticism and praise in the same way…I look at them in a constructive way, something thatcan help me learn and evolve. Sometimes there arealso moments when I say 'No, I don't want to hear all this,I am going to switch off from social media and focus on

whatever I am doing at that time'. Ultimately, your work speaks for yourself," sheadded.The 33-year-old is best known for portraying unconventional characters onscreen.She ventured into filmdom with "Dev D" and went on to play critically acclaimedroles in films like "Shaitan", "That Girl in Yellow Boots", "Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara","My Friend Pinto", "Margarita with a Straw", "Waiting" and more. After Konkana

Sen Sharma's "A Death in the Gunj", Kalki is now looking forward to her maidenweb series and her upcoming film "Ribbon". "It's a 12-episode series on the

Goan mafia. I play a Goan-Portuguese DJ. Also, I have just finished a filmcalled 'Ribbon', which has been directed by Rakhee Sandilya. She ismaking her debut. She earlier made a documentary on surrogacy. Thefilm shows how difficult it is for an urban couple to keep up the pace intoday's modern world and bring up a child," Kalki said. Asked about thegrowing demand of web series in India, Kalki said: "There is no doubtthat web is taking over. That's the new form of technology. We have toembrace it and evolve with it. I watch a lot of stuff online all the time.It's a free platform where we get to see content which we can't see onour TV or in cinemas so often. I love it." However, she added thatpeople are still keen about watching films and TV shows.

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Pakistan athletes given visas totake part in Asian AthleticsNEW DELHI, (PTI) A six-member Pakistan team will takepar t in the Asian Athletics Championships to be held inBhubaneswar from July 6-9 as the Indian government hasgiven visa to them, a development which was welcomed bythe Athletics Federation of India. AFI Secretary C K Valsonsaid that Pakistani athletes have got the visas and they areexpected to arrive in Bhubaneswar in the next two-three days."I can confirm that the Pakistani athletes have got the visas.It was a relief for us, we wanted them to take par t in thechampionships," Valson told PTI. The par ticipation of thePakistanis in the Asian Championships had remained in doubtas their v isas were delayed and AFI President Adi l leSumariwalla could not last week confirm whether they wouldtake part or not.Due to the worsening relation between the two neighbouringcountries, Pakistan could not take par t in the Asian Wres-tling Championships here and Asian Snooker Championshipsin Chennai in May as their players were not given visas. LastDecember, the Pakistan hockey team was not granted visasfor the FIH Junior World Cup in Lucknow. India has also re-fused to play bilateral cricket with Pakistan and the country'sspor ts minister has even gone on record that "terrorism andspor ts can't go along and Pakistan should understand that".Pakistani athletes also had taken par t in the 2013 Asian Cham-pionships held in Pune. Repor ts emanating from Pakistansaid that India has granted visas to six athletes and twoofficials but denied visas to one athlete and a top official ofthe Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP). The team willleave via Wagah border on July 3 and from Amritsar, thenthey will proceed to Bhubaneswar by air.

ADITI SHOOTS 69 AGAIN, LIEST-12 AT WOMEN'S PGAOLYMPIC FIELDS (USA), (PTI) A second successive two-under 69 in the year's second Major has put Indian youngsterAditi Ashok in a great position to launch her challenge overthe weekend at the KPMG Women's PGA Championships.The 19-year-old Aditi playing her rookie year is now tied-12th alongside the likes of Lydia Ko and Michelle Wie, andonly three shots behind the leaders, Danielle Kang (69-66)and Sei Young Kim (69-66).On a very eventful day, she had six birdies, two bogeys anda double bogey in her 69 that now puts her at four-under for36 holes. "I'm feeling good. I feel like I've left a couple shotsbetween yesterday and today, but still 4-under going into theweekend is not bad, and I know if I'm consistent through thenext two days, then I'll have a good chance," Aditi said.With the course seeming to suit her game, Aditi added, "Yeah,the course, it's good. It's kind of long on a couple holes forme. But I think it's a really good golf course because it's kind of tighton a few holes, and even if you don't hit it that long -- I've been hitting itstraight, and that's been rewarding me. "So just trying to be in the fairway,be on the greens, and create enough birdie chances. I've holed a fewputts in the last two days, so that has helped, too. I think it

On Friday, Mayor John Tory congratulated the 12 Toronto youth se-lected for the 10th annual Cricket Across the Pond (CAP) scholarshipprogram. Following a meeting with the Mayor, the team participatedin a ceremonial event at City Hall to recognize the selected youthmembers. The event was attended by Cherrone Mokund, Consul Gen-eral of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Helen Berhane, Chair ofthe Char tered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Canada;David Stanford, Global President CIMA; Imtiaz Seyid, Vice-Presidentof South Asian and Middle Eastern Markets, RBC Royal Bank; TomMihalik, owner of Tom's Place; Ken Jeffers, member, Toronto PoliceServices Board; and Kenty Khan of theAsian Television Network.The City of Toronto and CIMA have par tnered to promote the CAPscholarship program. CAP uses cricket as a vehicle to reach out toyouth from Toronto's diverse neighbourhoods to give them increasedself-esteem and opportunities to become positive role models in theircommunities. CAP provides young Toronto cricketers with the oppor-tunity to travel to Trinidad and Tobago to represent Toronto and learnleadership skills. The Trinidad and Tobago tour will showcase the

power of spor t to cross cultural and geographic borders and tostrengthen the bonds between nations.The highlight of this year’s CAP tour will be a special Canada 150celebration cricket match between the 2017 CIMA Mayor’s YouthCricket Team and the staff of the Canadian High Commission in Trinidadand Tobago. Cricket was Canada’s national sport during confederation.The members of the 2017 CIMA Mayor’s Youth Cricket Team are:Jagrit Dewan, Nabil Farooqi, Hasan Khan, Abdullah Khokhar, MamikLuthra, Jediah Navaratne, Nikhil Patel, Saif Rizwan, Moazam Qureshi,Matthew Seepersaud, Wasiq Zia,Adrian Hackett, Tim Stone (coach) and Vinod Sharma (Manager).About CIMAThe Char tered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is a lead-ing membership body that offers an internationally recognized pro-fessional qualification in management accountancy with over 229,000students and members in 179 countries. CIMA members and stu-dents the world over are involved in community activities. A signifi-cant majority of CIMA members in Toronto have roots in cricket play-ing nations around the world.

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India beat West Indies by 93 runs in 3rd ODIMS DHONI'S SWEEP MAKES A RARE APPEARANCE , WEST INDIES V INDIA, 4TH ODI, ANTIGUA.

NORTH SOUND (ANTIGUA), (IANS) Combined effor ts helped Indiabeat West Indies by 93 runs in the third One Day International cricketmatch here. Chasing 252 on a slow track on Friday, the West Indiesnever looked in the contention as the hosts were bowled out for 158 inthe 38.1 overs. Jason Mohammed (40) and Rovman Powell (30) werethe highest contributors to the cause. Shai Hope (24) also playedsensibly but failed to display a match winning knock.For India, off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin and left arm leg spinnerKuldeep Yadav scalped three wickets each and medium pacer HardikPandya took two wickets. Earlier, put in to bat, Ajinkya Rahane andMahendra Singh Dhoni hit half-centuries as India posted 251/4. Rahaneposted a steady innings of 72 runs off 112 balls to help the visitorsrecover from a rocky star t. Dhoni remained unbeaten on a quick 78runs off 79 balls. His trademark big hitting towards the end helped theIndians go past the 250-run mark.The duo put on a par tnership of 70 runs off 96 balls to help the visitorsrecover. Pacer Miguel Cummins was the most successful among theWest Indies bowlers with figures of 2/56 in his ten overs. Asked to batfirst, the Indians were off to a poor star t with opener Shikhar Dhawanfalling early. The Delhi left-hander showed poor application when hetried to lift a Cummins delivery over third man, only to offer an easy

catch to Roston Chase on the boundary.India skipper Virat Kohli also fell to a poor shot when a Jason Holderdelivery cramped him for space and Kyle Hope pulled off an athleticattempt, diving to his left at gully. Rahane and Yuvraj Singh then gottogether to steady the ship with a slow but steady par tnership of 66runs off 101 deliveries. Yuvraj, who was not exactly in the best form ofhis life, managed to score 39 runs off 55 deliveries before he mis-judged the line of a delivery from Devendra Bishoo that spun into himafter pitching.Although the on-field umpire was indifferent to appeals of the bowler,the hosts decided to contest that decision and were rewarded whenthe television umpire sent the veteran southpaw back to the pavilion.That saw Dhoni and Rahane get together for another long par tnershipbefore Cummins put and end to the latter's patient innings. Rahane hitfour boundaries and a six during his 112-ball vigil in the middle. To-wards the closing stages, Dhoni loosened up his arms and showedflashes of his old self with some big shots to perk up the visitors' runrate. The former India captain had four hits to the fence and two wellhit sixes to his credit. Kedar Jadhav gave him excellent suppor t fromthe other end with a quick-fire unbeaten 40 runs off just 26 balls whichincluded four boundaries and a six.

LIONEL MESSI MARRIESCHILDHOOD SWEETHEART

BUENOS AIRES, (IANS) Argentine football star Lionel Messihas married his childhood sweethear t in his hometownRosario. A civil ceremony for Messi, 30, and AntonelaRoccuzzo, 29, was held at a luxury hotel in the city of Rosarioon Friday, repor ts the BBC. Messi met Roccuzzo whenhe was just five years old. She is the cousin of his bestfriend, Lucas Scaglia, who also became a professionalfootball player. The couple, who now live in Barcelona,have two sons together. Among the guests at Friday's weddingwere Messi's Barcelona teammates Luis Suarez, Neymar, GerardPique and his wife, Colombia's pop star Shakira. A number of guestsflew into Rosario on private jets. The groom's siblings -Maria Sol, Rodrigo and Matias Messi - served as witnessesin the ceremony, along with the bride's sisters, Paula andCarla Roccuzzo, Efe news repor ted.

BRAND-NEW TRACK FORASIAN ATHLETICS UNVEILEDBHUBANESWAR, (PTI) Odisha Chief Minister NaveenPatnaik has inaugurated the brand new synthetic track atthe Kalinga Stadium here for the 22nd Asian Athletics Cham-pionships to be held from July 5 to 9. The chief minister also distrib-uted cheques worth Rs 3 lakh to five prominent Odia athletes -- DuteeChand, Sarbani Nanda, Amiya Kumar Mallick and Jauna Murmu --who have made India proud on the international stage. A cultural ex-travaganza marked the special occasion as the CM also unveiled themedals for the championships. Olympian and national record holder inthe 100m women's hurdles Anuradha Biswal, Asian Games silvermedallist Pranati Mishra, Sushma Behera, former Indian women'sfootball captain Shradhanjali Samantray were among those who ranthe inaugural race on the newly-laid track, cheered on by the CM whocut a ribbon to declare the track open.

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