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In a first-ever visit by an Indian Vice President to Uzbekistan, Hamid Ansari would be travelling to Tashkent next week during which key issues like economic interests and counter-terrorism cooperation will be discussed.

Elections have become the biggest source of corruption in India, former chief election commissioner SY Quraishi has said.

India has been pressing for clarification and confirmation on LAC in the India-China border areas pending the final settlement.

Well what do you know? Bollywood’s Salman admiration society has a new entrant: Arjun Kapoor.  Arjun credits Salman Khan with helping him realize his potential, gushing to everyone that, “Today Salman is the most loved man in the country but he was not at the best phase of his career when he started helping me”. We’ve always heard of newcomers who speak of Salman’s support but Arjun’s words seem to put Salman on an even higher pedestal. This may also explain why Arjun speaks so much about Salman at every given opportunity. He claims that Salman’s encouragement in him was empowering and that the four years he spent under Salman’s tutelage mean a lot to him. Arjun, who started out as an assistant director,  says that he would never have lost his overweight past had it not been for Salman stepping in and making him lose a tonne of weight. Arjun, whose gritty thriller Aurangzeb is his latest release, has four more projects lined up. His first love was directing but now, he is finally finding himself as an actor and wants to establish himself in this space before looking at other aspects of film making. Aurangzeb relied on Arjun to deliver a couble role, no easy task. Speaking about the role, Arjun says, “The film is set in today’s Gurgaon. It is about the family of land mafia. Police is after him. I play Ajay, the volatile son. In this picture comes my lookalike Vishal, who is used by the police. The characters are black and white. It was a challenge to pretend to be someone else but I enjoy playing characters that are out of my comfort zone.” Last seen in Ishaqzaade, Arjun is once again a gun toting tough guy in Aurangzeb. He’s not afraid that he will get typecast and believes that his body language is what gets him these grittier roles. He plans to abolish that image with his forthcoming movies though. Reportedly, he will be working with Homi Adajania of Cocktail and Being Cyrus fame in an untitled English film. Let’s see if this new entrant can live up to his potential. The post Salman Khan trained Arjun Kapoor for 4 years! appeared first on Bollywood Celebden.

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By Aditi Chandra, Mumbai, May 18 : He admits to having been closed to doing anything on TV, but never say no is the mantra for actor Abhay Deol, who carved a niche for himself with 'zara hatke' roles in films like "Dev D". He will now be seen on the small screen, which he says was completely unplanned.

Jaipur Police will be submitting call records of different bookies. It has seized 300 mobiles in the past two months belonging to different bookies.

CPI(M), on Saturday, demanded an expeditious appeal by the CBI against the Patna High Court order acquitting former RJD MP Pappu Yadav in the murder case of party leader Ajit Sarkar in 1998.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned the Odisha chief secretary for failing to submit a report on the problems faced by patients and Ayush doctors in the state, a petitioner said Saturday

CMJ University Saturday decided to file a writ appeal after the Meghalaya High Court directed the controversial private varsity to stop admissions while throwing out its appeal to allow it to continue admissions.