After the marriage of southern superstar Rajinikanth’s daughter Soundarya, Chennai is all set for a grand reception this evening.

The family members of Obul Reddy, a Anantapur-based factionist and an opponent of the slain leader Paritala Ravi in the real life, complained that filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma failed to check the facts before scripting his controversial film Raktha Charitra and that he never bothered to meet them, though he did the same with the slain leader’s family and that of Maddelacheruvu Suri, the prime accused in the killing of Paritala.

Badminton ace Saina Nehwal, whose phenomenal rise was highlighted by three top-flight international titles recently, was conferred the coveted Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award at a glittering ceremony on Sunday.

On a Telegu channel, the actress’s name was allegedly linked with a Nigerian drug peddler only because designer Sidney Sladen, who is of African origin, is a good friend of hers.

India relied on Virender Sehwag’s swashbuckling century and an inspired show of swing bowling to spank New Zealand by 105 runs and cruise into the final of the tri-series on Wednesday.

Katti is the title considered for Kalyan Ram’s current film in the direction of Malli. But producer Danayya had already registered the title.

Prakash Raj married his long-time girl friend and choreographer Pony Varma today (Tuesday, August 24, 2010) in Mumbai at a private place. The wedding ceremony was held as per Hindu tradition in Punjabi style.

India’s ace shuttler Saina Nehwal advanced to the third round of the World Badminton Championships after beating Hsiao Huan Chen of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) 20-22, 21-15, 21-8 at the Pierre de Coubertin stadium in Paris on Wednesday.

Hyderabad police busted another racket in Tollywood. Days after rocket of several actors’ involvement in drugs hit the headlines; police caught two actresses Jyothi and Saira Bhanu red-handed doing prostitution.

A spineless India crashed to their biggest ODI defeat in terms of balls remaining as Sri Lanka stormed into the final of the tri-series with a resounding eight wicket victory on Sunday.