Priyanka Chopra’s journey from Bollywood to Hollywood is already inspirational and we will soon be able to know the whole life story of the star. Aseem Chabbra an entertainment journalist is about to come up with the unauthorized biography of PeeCee.

According to media reports, Chhabra has already written a biography of veteran actor Shashi Kapoor named Shashi Kapoor: The householder. Now he is all set to write about the Bareilly girl-turned-global star, Priyanka Chopra.

We can look forward to learning about the unspoken part of Priyanka Chopra’s life from the upcoming biography that would be launched in the of this year. “It traces Priyanka’s life and career, her transition from a young girl from Bareilly to an international star. For the past year-and-a-half, I’ve been speaking with several people who have worked with her,” says the journalist. Aseem Chhabra will not focus on the love affairs of the Bollywood star. He said, “We all have skeletons in our closets,” as reports.

Meanwhile, the actress herself is planning for a biography and it remains to be seen if these biographies clash to make another controversy? Priyanka Chopra, however, hasn’t spoken anything related to her upcoming biography. The actress is busy shooting her upcoming Hollywood movies,  ‘Isn’t It Romantic?’ and ‘A Kid Like Jake.’

Actress Kamya Punjabi, a former Bigg Boss contestant, says she is interested in becoming a politician and put an end to harassment against women in the country.

“I want to be in politics as I feel politics is not a bad career choice. It is one of the most challenging and hardworking career options which not only tests one’s strength but also the person’s personality,” Kamya, who has featured in shows like Parvarrish and Beintehaa, said.

“I want to bring harassment against women to an end. Women are born to live a greater life. I don’t want to see anyone being a victim to their family, society or anyone. They need to live a life fearlessly,” she added.

She wants to encourage women to fight for their rights.

If she joins politics, she says she will make the environment “so women-friendly that people will think before harassing a woman”.

She is currently seen in the show Shakti – Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki.

Digital series Haq Se, starring Rajeev Khandelwal and Surveen Chawla, has been in the making for almost two years, say its makers.

The ALTBalaji’s series is inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s bestselling novel Little Women. The makers Manor Rama Pictures wanted to give it a larger than life film-like treatment.

“Ekta (Kapoor) is a dear friend. We decided to collaborate on ‘Haq Se’. Considering, the modern feel attached to the story, we needed to Indianise it so that it could appeal to the masses,” Karan Raj Kohli, Co-Founder, Manor Rama Pictures, said.

Set in the backdrop of Kashmir, Haq Se is a story based on four sisters and their love, lives and ambition.

“From scripting the entire series, to casting Rajeev and Surveen, to designing each charac’er’s look and narrowing down on the locations, the entire process has taken close to two years. We at Manor Rama strive to create content that is entertaining and at the same time has a significant take home for our audiences,” said Viraj Kapur, Co-Founder, Manor Rama Pictures.

Kerala Blasters will be without sacked chief coach Rene Meulensteen, but the hosts will not be short on motivation when they host FC Pune City in an Indian Super League clash at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Thursday.

The hosts are without a manager after Rene Meulensteen and the club mutually decided to part ways.

Meulensteen, who had famously assisted Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, was brought in the summer to guide the last year’s finalist to the title this time around. But a run of unfavourable results led to his early departure.

With just one win from their first seven games, Kerala Blasters FC are struggling for form this season, but with their loyal fans throwing their weight behind the team a turnaround cannot be ruled out.

“Well, when the season started every team wanted to do well. So did we. But the results are there for everyone to see. But we are Kerala Blasters; we have the best fans. So, for now the most important thing is tomorrow’s game and get a right result for the fans,” Kerala Blasters FC assistant coach Thangboi Singto said during the pre-match media interaction.

Coming out on the wrong side of two consecutive Southern derbies didn’t help Meulensteen cause as Kerala drew against Chennaiyin FC and lost to Bengaluru FC.

Despite the departure of their high-profile coach, Kerala Blasters are likely to stick to the same strategy.

“In terms of our planning, we have to do what we have been doing. But what is most important is to score and not concede. They are all professional players and they know how it works,” said Singto.

While Kerala are facing trouble both on and off the pitch, things couldn’t have been any different for Ranko Popovic’s FC Pune City.

Pune’s away form has been spectacular this season and they are coming into this fixture on the back of two great results against FC Goa and North East United. But Vladica Grujic, FC Pune City assistant coach, said his side will show no complacency

“Every game is difficult. Maybe they are not in a good shape at the moment. We will have to concentrate on our game and not take anything lightly,” he said.

Pune will miss their coach Ranko Popovic who is serving a four-match ban.

Stars Beyonce Knowles, Eminem and The Weeknd will perform at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April.

The festival will take place over the weekends of April 13 and April 20 at its usual location of the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California.

The official Coachella Twitter account posted the line-up on Tuesday, revealing the artistes who will take the stage at the festival, reports eonline.com.

Others included in the line-up are Cardi B, Miguel, SZA, Kygo, Haim, Portugal, the Man, Tyler, the Creator, St. Vincent, Odesza, Post Malone and Vince Staples.

The Weeknd is set to take the stage on April 13 and April 20. Beyoncé will perform on April 14 and 21 and Eminem will hit the stage on April 15 and April 22.

Last year, Beyonce had to pull out of performing at the music event due to her pregnancy.

Vice President of India, M Venkaiah Naidu, while addressing a gathering at the release the book ‘Bharat ke Rajneta – Ramdas Athawale’ on Wednesday, said that we must bridge the many gaps and inequalities we have in our society.

The book is authored by Rajiv Suman and published by The Marginalized Publication.

The Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

Naidu said that Ramdas Athawale has emerged as vocal leader for the emancipation of Dalits in modern society, adding that the book describes his accomplishments on crucial issues of national importance.

Naidu said that the book talks about Athawale’s approach of peaceful resistance and protest that strengthens the democracy adding that it is important to identify glaring inequalities and take concrete action to bridge the gaps.

Naidu said that proper representation of women of the country in Parliament and state legislatures should be a reality soon. Naidu further said that the government should pay attention towards India’s Tribal population and said that protection of De-notified, Nomadic tribes is very important.

Their uplift and development is necessary for the preservation of the rich diverse Indian culture, Naidu added.

He further said that violence, hatred and divisive politics can’t achieve any positive results. Only mutual respect and dialogue can, he added.

Naidu also complimented the publishers of the book, The Marginalized Publication.

Once again compliment the publishers ‘The Marginalized Publication’ for bringing up this series of Books. pic.x.com/6xfuPM7tPC

— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) January 3, 2018

Naidu in a series of tweets said that upliftment of poorest of the poor should be the priority of any political party and you cannot call yourself a good civilization unless and until you eliminate discrimination in the name of cast, colour and creed.

You cannot call yourself a good civilization unless and until you eliminate discrimination in the name of cast, colour and creed. pic.x.com/uTwMpauBNt

— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) January 3, 2018

Upliftment of poorest of the poor should be the priority of any political party.

— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) January 3, 2018

Development with dignity must be the agenda of our nation. Development is possible not only by passing Bill, we need Political Will and Administrative Skill too.

— VicePresidentOfIndia (@VPSecretariat) January 3, 2018

Filmmaker Umesh Shukla has thanked composer Salim Merchant and singer Sonu Nigam for making a song for his upcoming film “102 Not Out”.

Last week, Merchant shared a photograph with Nigam on Twitter and wrote: “Recorded with my favourite Sonu Nigam for our forthcoming film ‘102 Not Out’. Spent some great moments together.” In reply, Shukla tweeted on Wednesday: “Amazing combination. Thank you Salim Merchant and Sonu Nigam for creating such a beautiful song for ‘102 Not Out’.”

The movie tells the story of a 102-year-old man, essayed by megastar Amitabh Bachchan, and his 75-year-old son, played by veteran actor Rishi Kapoor. Prosthetics have been used to transform the actors into the characters they play in the movie.

Actress Kajal Pisal, known for featuring in shows like Saath Nibhaana Saathiya and Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, is looking forward to the release of her debut film Mijaaj.

“I’m excited to play one of the lead actors in ‘Mijaaj’. It will be my debut in films. I’m excited as 2018 has got me a bigger life experience as an actor. I will be romancing actor Malhar Thakar in the Gujarati movie,” Kajal said.

“Shooting for the movie was full of fun. For the first time, I got to deliver dialogues in my mother tongue. But shooting in Gujarat where the temperature touched 46 degrees Celsius was too exhausting,” she added.

The movie is set to release on Friday.

Socialite and former reality TV star Paris Hilton has announced her engagement to actor Chris Zylka.

Hilton shared the news with her fans on Instagram on Tuesday, reports cnn.com.

Alongside a photograph of Zylka proposing to her atop a mountain in Aspen, Colorado, Hilton wrote: “I said yes. So happy and excited to be engaged to the love of my life. My best friend and soulmate.”

I said Yas! 👰🏼💅🏼💍💎 So happy & excited to be engaged to the love of my life. My best friend & soulmate. Perfect for me in every way. So dedicated, loyal, loving & kindhearted. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! You are my dream come true! Thank you for showing me that fairytales do exist.😍

A post shared by Paris Hilton (@parishilton) on Jan 2, 2018 at 7:45am PST

She said he was “perfect for me in every way”.

“So dedicated, loyal, loving and kind-hearted. I feel like the luckiest girl in the world! You are my dream come true! Thank you for showing me that fairytales do exist,” Hilton added.

Zylka proposed to Hilton with a $2 million diamond ring.

The couple has been dating for two years and made their relationship public in February last year.

Prior to Zylka, Hilton was engaged to model Jason Shaw (2003) and Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis (2005).

Hilton has also dated celebrities like Nick Carter, Afrojack and Benji Madden.

The flight carrying the Delhi cricket team back home from here was forced to return to the bay after it developed a technical snag causing a long delay.

The Indigo flight was scheduled to depart for the national capital at 9:20 last night but was delayed after the pilot had to apply brakes while the plane was taking off at full speed.

There was some problem with the engine, airline authorities of the 6E-867 flight said, eventually leading to a rejected takeoff at the Devi Ahilya Bhai Airport.

The passengers, including the cricketers and team support staff, were provided accommodation by the airline authorities past midnight after the captain aborted takeoff at the last minute.

Anxious passengers heaved a sigh of relief when the flight captain announced that they would be deplaned after the necessary maintenance checks revealed malfunction.

Cricketer Unmukt Chand, who was also onboard the Delhi- bound flight, posted a tweet about his situation.

“Indigo flt 867 abruptly stopped at runway citing technical issues. Stranded at Indore airport now. Hoping to gt a hotel soon.Frustating for ppl.Me enjoying d arguments.U cnt really do much in such cases.Rather accept it.Be at ease.Dnt resist wt cnt happen. Gratitude evry1 is safe,” the tweet said.

The Delhi team was returning home after playing the Ranji Trophy final against Vidarbha.

Skipper Rishabh Pant, Unmukt Chand, centurion in the final Dhruv Shorey, middle-order batsman Nitish Rana, Vikas Tokas and Akash Sudan were among the players travelling.

They were accompanied by coach KP Bhaskar, selector Hari Gidwani and manager Shankar Saini.

The team’s senior-most player Gautam Gambhir had left earlier.

Delhi lost the match by nine wickets.

Union Minister KJ Alphons on Wednesday said that the Ministry of Tourism has launched the Incredible India 2.0 Campaign.

KJ Alphons in a witten reply to Rajya Sabha said that the launch of the campaign is to position India as a ‘Must Experience’ destination amongst overseas travelers and to increase foreign tourist arrivals to the country.

The strategy for the Incredible India 2.0 Campaign will aim at moving to the next level of promotion and marketing with a shift from the present generic promotions being undertaken across the world to market specific and focused promotional plans and product specific content creation.

The objective of the campaign is to promote India as a holistic destination and various tourism products including spirituality, medical and wellness will be promoted through this campaign.

Fernando Llorente’s goal against his former club helped Tottenham Hotspur beat Swansea City 2-0 in an English Premier League match at a rain-drenched Liberty Stadium on Tuesday night. The win took Tottenham above Arsenal into fifth place and sit four points behind fourth placed Liverpool with a game in hand.

Speaking after the match, Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino said that the conditions were difficult and for the players, horrible. “We played well and deserved the victory overall. The conditions weren’t the best to play football but we tried to play our football and the effort was fantastic. Now we need to recover quickly and be ready to play against West Ham (on Thursday night),” Pochettino was quoted by www.tottenhamhotspur.com.

“It was a big night for Fernando and I’m so happy for him to contribute and help the team win the three points. That’s always so important for the strikers. I’m so pleased for Victor (Mugubi Wanyama) as well. He played well. He’s had a lot of months out and I’m happy to see him back again,” the manager said, according to the official website of Tottenham Hotspur.

Meanwhile, Fernando Llorente said that he was very happy to score his first goal in the Premier League for Tottenham and help the team. “It was a difficult game in difficult conditions but the important thing was we were focused and aggressive. We wanted to play and move the ball quickly. We controlled the game and played really well, especially in the first half. There was no pressure on me (coming in for Harry Kane) – for me, it was an amazing opportunity.”

Wanyama said that it had been a very tough time for him. “I’m strong and I’ve fought my way back. My team-mates have helped me come through it. I feel better and it’s good to be back. Now I’m focusing on staying injury free and trying to help the team.”

Former captains, ace midfielder Sardar Singh and goal keeper P R Sreejesh, are among the 33 players named by Hockey India on Wednesday for a 10-day national camp to begin on January 4 at the Sports Authority of India, Bengaluru to prepare for the tight schedule ahead

This year features Commonwealth Games in April followed by the Hockey Champions Trophy Breda in July, the Asian Games Jakarta in August, Asian Champions Trophy in October and the World Cup Bhubaneswar g in November

India will begin the season with the Four Nations Invitational Tournament in Tauranga and Hamilton, New Zealand which will see Belgium, Japan and the hosts.

“Like always, the evaluation of the previous tournament needs to come from the players so that’s the first thing we do when we meet for this camp. I would like to understand what their experience was of the tournament and what they think needs to improve. F

“For me, Odisha Men’s Hockey World League Final gave an insight into what is necessary to improve when we play higher ranked teams and I certainly believe we can do better in our 1 vs 1 defending. In the next tour this will be one of the key areas we would like to improve,” added the 43-year-old Dutchman.

“The camp will be short and we need to deal with the players who just played domestic matches which means we need to be careful in training considering we play eight matches in New Zealand,” opined Chief Coach Sjoerd Marijne.

Goalkeeper Krishan B Pathak, part of the winning team of 2016 Junior Men’s World Cup, finds himself in the group along with Akash Anil Chikte and Suraj Karkera. They will be joined by former captain PR Sreejesh who is vying to find top form after nearly eight months of injury break.

Nilam Sanjeep Xess, the young defender from Sundargarh, Odisha who led the Indian team to U-18 Asia Cup win in 2016, has been elevated to the Senior Core Group. He will train alongside stalwart Sardar Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Dipsan Tirkey, Varun Kumar, Rupinder Pal Singh, Birendra Lakra, Surender Kumar, Gurinder Singh in the back line.

The line-up of midfielders remains unchanged with Manpreet Singh, Chinglensana Singh, S.K. Uthappa, Sumit, Kothajit Singh, Satbir Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Simranjeet Singh, Harjeet Singh in the group.

Young forward Sumit Kumar, who featured in the Indian Junior Men’s Team in 2016, has been included for the camp with seniors’ SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, Gurjant Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Armaan Qureshi, Affan Yousuf, Talwinder Singh.

Cricket Australia (CA) on Wednesday dropped power hitter Glenn Maxwell while recalling T20 specialist Chris Lynn and wicketkeeper Tim Paine in the 14-man squad for the One-day International series against England, starting January 14.

Among other fresh faces, uncapped Western Australia speedsters Jhye Richardson and Andrew Tye were also named in the Kangaroos side, according to a CA statement.

However, the biggest surprise came with the axing of the 29-year-old Maxwell, despite his 50 against Brisbane Heat in the Big Bash League (BBL) on Tuesday night.

Maxwell has been in career-best form in four-day cricket this season, entering the BBL break of the JLT Sheffield Shield as the competition’s highest run-scorer with 590 runs, including a staggering 278.

The Victorian, however, failed drastically in the 50-over format with his last half-century coming against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in January last year and was dropped during Australia’s five-match ODI series in India last September.

CA national selector Trevor Hohns demanded more consistency from the right-hander while announcing the squad on Wednesday.

“What we have wanted from him is more consistency but in his past 20 matches in this format, he has averaged 22 and we need more than that from a player in the side’s batting engine room,” Hohns said.

Meanwhile, the 33-year-old Paine was rewarded for his stellar show in the ongoing Ashes, which the hosts regained by taking an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match rubber.

Paine last played an ODI in April 2011 in Bangladesh and has a century to his name which he scored against England way back in 2009.

Australia squad for ODIs Steve Smith (Captain), David Warner (VC), Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (WK), Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.