Anurag Kashyap and Kalki to tie knot on April 30

After playing the ‘yes-yes, no-no’ game for quite sometime now, reports have it that Anurag Kashyap and Kalki Koechlin will be finally tying the knot on April 30. The location has been chosen as Ooty, which happens to be Kalki’s hometown.

The wedding will be a closed ceremony and the couple has just invited 40 of their close friends. Reports also claim that since it’s a south Indian type of wedding, the lovely couple will be tying the knot at around 11am, followed by a grand reception.

The designer chosen for D-day is Laila Bijlani Motwane (who has designed for Twinkle Khanna and Tanya Deol in the past), who said that Kalki will be wearing a green and gold Kanjivaram saree with the traditional south Indian jewellery and her lehenga will be tri coloured: mango, orange and fuchsia. Anurag has chosen his own clothes which will be a cream colored kurta-pyjama. Meanwhile, news has come in that; the couple has even purchased a new pad at Versova, where they will be moving in post marriage.

News Trends gives best wishes to Anurag and Kalki.

Pakistanis pray for victory against India

In the semi-final match of 10th World Cup, Pakistan will take on India at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, at 2pm Pakistan standard time.

The match has sparked emotions across the neighbouring nations as the Pakistani people have been praying for the team’s victory in the match against their traditional rivals.

Clerics offered special prayers in the morning for the Pakistani team and prayed that for the hoisting of Pakistan’s flag on Indian soil. On the other hand, Quran recitations were observed in many mosques. People for different walks of life participated in these gatherings.

Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher agree to “use each other” in new “Strings” clip

TrendPK.com: Natalie Portman. Ashton Kutcher. Semi-naked in new “No Strings Attached” clip.

You’re still reading this? Oh, right. You need the link. Here is the latest clip from Paramount’s upcoming comedy, which arrives on the heels of a racy red-band clip and continues to suggest that “Strings” will be closer to the “Knocked Up” family tree than to the traditional rom-com genre.

In the film, Kutcher and Portman play close friends who decide to become sex buddies, doing everything in their power to keep the relationship purely physical and ignoring the feelings that eventually blossom. Seems easy, right? Guaranteed things don’t go as planned.

Ivan Reitman directs “No Strings Attached,” which will be in theaters on Jan. 21.

Soaring livestock prices hit Eid sacrifices in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Most of Pakistan’s Muslims will be unable to join in Eid celebrations with the traditional animal sacrifice this week as cattle prices have more than doubled in the wake of the country’s fatal floods.

After two months of catastrophic late summer flooding swept hundreds of thousands of animals away, livestock traders say supply is so short that they have had to hike prices beyond the means of lower and middle class families.

The annual Islamic holiday, which falls from November 17 to 19 in Pakistan, is marked by the ritual sacrifice after morning prayers of sheep, goats, cows and other livestock whose meat is then shared with the poor.

But the average price of a goat has climbed to 21,000 rupees (250 dollars), according to an AFP survey of markets in five cities across Pakistan — a sum far too high for most families in the impoverished and largely

Wahga border parade not to change: DG Rangers

Director General of Pakistan Rangers Major General Yaqub Khan has said that the parade on the Wahga border would be continued with traditional zeal and fervor and no request has been received from India to change this traditional style, trendpk.Com reported on Saturday.

According to a press release by the Pakistan Rangers a six-monthly session of talks between the Border Security Force of India and Pakistan Rangers in which it was agreed by the two parties that the parade commanders would shake hands during the parade. DG Rangers further said that if India forwards any such request it would be given a consideration. He said that parade is the proud of a soldier and that the traditional style of the parade would be maintained and continued. He said that the media would be soon invited to the border so that it could witness itself that the traditional parade is continued.

In-form India train guns on New Zealand

AHMADABAD: India will look to extend their dominance of Test cricket when they take on a struggling New Zealand in a three-match series starting on Thursday.

The world number one Test side go into the contest on the back of a 2-0 defeat of Australia at home last month and look primed for another triumph in the traditional format of the game.

Daniel Vettori’s Black Caps, who are languishing at number eight in the Test rankings, hope to recover from an embarrassing 4-0 one-day series loss to minnows Bangladesh.

“The Bangladesh tour was extremely disappointing,” Vettori told reporters in Ahmedabad. “We will try to rectify that in India. It’s a fresh start for us.

“It’s Test cricket and we have new players here and they have not been affected by what happened in Bangladesh,” said Vettori, who will be playing his 100th Test for the Black

10 die in Indian temple stampede

NEW DELHI: At least 10 people died in a stampede at a temple in the eastern Indian state of Bihar where tens of thousands of devotees had gathered for an annual Hindu festival, police said Sunday.

Another 15 people were injured in the stampede, which occurred late Saturday outside a temple in Banka district, some 200 kilometres (125 miles) from Patna, the state capital, senior police officer P.K. Thakur said.

The victims had gathered to witness the traditional sacrifice of goats, Thakur said, adding 40,000 devotees had thronged the temple at the time of the stampede.

Four women were among those killed.

The state government offered compensation to relatives of those killed at the temple, where celebrations were marking Durga Puga, one of the major Hindu festivals.

The stampede is thought to have been caused by rumours that a portion of the

NATO supply line is also important for economy of Pakistan: Pentagon

Pentagon clearly stated in a statement that NATO supply line is also essential for economy of Pakistan. Pak-American ties would not be affected after the Kurram Agency attack. US and NATO forces have killed more than 100 fighters from a Pakistan-based faction of the Taliban during two weeks of stepped-up military operations along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
We have been given indications that we are making progress on that front and hope to have the gate reopened as soon as possible, said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell. The pending decisions comes as NATO prepares to release a report on its investigation into a recent a deadly skirmish on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. That incident, in which three Pakistan Frontier Corps soldiers were killed after firing on a NATO helicopter, is the latest pressure point in relations between the two countries. After that border violence, the Pakistani government closed Torkham gate, the traditional Khyber Pass crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan and a major supply route for US forces. Besides safe passage for NATO supplies, the US needs Pakistan to help target the Taliban and Al-Qaida militants who stage cross-border attacks on troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan meanwhile receives billions of dollars in military and civilian assistance that help keep its economy afloat.

ICC plans to start Test league from 2013

The International Cricket Council in a bid to promote the traditional version of the game is contemplating of introducing a Test league from where top four teams would qualify for a quadrennial play-off event to begin in 2013.
Apart from the Test play-off, the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) also recommended an ODI league from next year.
The committee further recommended the introduction of Twenty20 International rankings. The CEC discussed the need to ensure a fair balance between bat and ball in a Test match and approved a revised guideline to the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process.

Tabu and Vidya Balan to feature in Santosh Sivan’s Urmi

We all are witness to Vidya Balan’s acting prowess and her dancing excellence. No wonder then that director Santosh Sivan didn’t blink an eye before approaching Balan for a dance number based on the traditional Mohiniattam dance form, in his yet to release film titled Urmi. The song has been choreographed by the well known south dance director Ulhas.

Not only is Vidya performing a dance number but she has an extended part in the film as well. This Malayalam film is a period drama set in the 15th Century and deals with the killer of Vasco Da Gama. The leading actors of the film are Genelia D’Souza and Prabhudeva.

Vidya has completed the shoot for it but another famous actress, who is also known for her Indian looks and exceptional acting skills, would be doing a number in the film as well. It is none other than Tabu who will be seen in a dance sequence with Prabhudeva and actor Prithviraj which will be choreographed by Ahmed Khan. If you can’t wait to see Genelia, Tabu and Vidya together on screen, just wait until the end of the year when the movie is slated for release.

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