The actor has been granted immunity by the Mumbai court in the case.
The Wolf of Wall Street has its moments but it is director Martin Scorsese's weakest attempt at film-making, says Aseem Chhabra.
The first time you truly hear the primeval holler of a Formula One engine at full tilt, your jaw will drop, your pulse will pound like a gorilla on cocaine, and your nether regions will instantly, if only momentarily, stiffen and throb with the dramatic suddenness of utterly unexpected and overwhelming arousal.
Charles Darwin found his passion playing with rocks halfway around the world.
Former tennis star Martina Hingis has married French showjumper Thibault Hutin in Paris, Swiss celebrity magazine Schweizer Illustrierte said.
The actor was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) from Juhu area of the city in May, 2001 for illegal possession of cocaine.
Ankur Pathak feels Sachiin Joshi starrer Mumbai Mirror is one mishap of a film.
A police inspector who was arrested in connection with a raid on a rave party in Raigad in June has tested positive for drug consumption.
Britain's former two-weight world champion Ricky Hatton called time on his 14-year professional boxing career on Thursday.
Like China, India needs to encourage 'hacker clubs' in view of the challenges of virtual terrorism, says Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd)
An Indian American and his wife were shot at by an unidentified assailant in Sacramento, California on Thursday.While Balbir Singh Dhami was killed, his wife Kuldip Kaur Dhami was taken to the area hospital for treatment of "critical injuries", according to Sacramento Police spokeswoman Laura Peck. The shooting happened just after 10 am at the 7900 block of Marla Way Marla in North Laguna Creek in South Sacramento.
Prakash Bhandari chalks the journey of Lalit Modi from his troubled adolescent days to his mid-life crisis, from his grand success at the India Premier League to his dramatic exit from it
Go Goa Gone is a fun watch which evokes some genuine giggles.
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The 10,000 plus crowd sure made the right decision, choosing Clapton over Amy Winehouse, who was performing on the same day.
Three years after the mysterious death of Scarlett Keeling on a Goa beach, the body of the British teenager is still lying in a mortuary in the UK as her family awaits a CBI nod for her last rites.
Chekavar, written and directed by newcomer Sajeevan is an effort to project Indrajith as a typical action hero. Watch it only if you hero worship Indrajith.
Canada-based Ravinder Kumar Arora was arrested was arrested by American authorities for allegedly trying to smuggle drugs worth nearly $3.6 million, in one of the largest cocaine busts in the country's history
Former world number one Martina Hingis said on Tuesday she may make a second return to the women's tour, this time on the doubles circuit.
The nexus between the Telugu film industry and the drug mafia has been revealed with the Hyderabad police arresting two brothers of popular film actor Ravi Teja, along with two others. Hyderabad Police Commissioner A K Khan said that Naga Babu and Bharat Raju, both brothers of Ravi Teja, along with their friend Naresh and an Ugandan national Cheema were arrested near a hotel in Jubilee Hills on Thursday night while they were buying drugs from the foreigner.
An Indian-origin doctor facing manslaughter charges in Australia after he allegedly drugged his two female escorts, leading to their deaths, was denied bail on Tuesday.
Romania striker Adrian Mutu has been ordered to pay former club Chelsea 17 million euros (14.1 million pounds) in damages by the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, six years after he was sacked for testing positive for cocaine.
Forget famous goal celebrations such as 'The Robot' by Peter Crouch and 'The Dive' by Juergen Klinsmann, here comes the South African 'Diski dance'.
Former England cricketer Chris Lewis was jailed for 13 years on Wednesday for trying to smuggle drugs into Britain in his kit bag.
A woman known as 'Katya' has been luring Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's critics into having sex with her and making their videos.
Retail shop Provogue's owner Salil Chaturvedi, arrested allegedly for drugs consumption, was acquitted by a sessions court in Mumbai on Friday.
Argentina's World Cup coach Diego Maradona was bitten on his face by one of his dogs and had surgery at a clinic, local media reported in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. Maradona, taken to Los Arcos clinic during the early hours, was not seriously hurt and is expected to return home later in the day, the broadcaster Cronica said.
Following badminton World No 1 Lee Chong Wei's provisional ban, Rediff.com brings you ten top sports persons who gave in to drugs - one of the mighty perils that has affected modern sporting culture.
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UEFA has deemed Fiorentina's Adrian Mutu ineligible for next week's Champions League match against Bayern Munich after he was banned by Italian authorities for failing a doping test.
Fiorentina and Romania striker Adrian Mutu has tested positive for the appetite suppressant drug sibutramine, the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) said in a statement on Thursday.
Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus overcame the distraction of a lengthy rain interruption to beat France's Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6 in the final of the Sydney International on Saturday.
Serena Williams survived a scare from France's Aravane Rezai on Thursday before booking her spot in the Sydney International final against Russian Elena Dementieva. The Australian Open champion was teetering on the brink of defeat after losing the first set and trailing 5-2 in the second but she raised her game to win 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Belgium's Justine Henin made a triumphant return to professional tennis with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Russia's Nadia Petrova in the Brisbane International first round on Monday.
Kanu Behl's Titli is one of the best films from India in recent years, says Aseem Chhabra from the Zurich film festival.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has expressed its disappointment at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) decision to clear French player Richard Gasquet of doping after he tested positive for cocaine.
In fact, a research conducted by Jupiter in 2008 estimates the cumulative effect of downloading to result in losses in 2012 around 1.1 billion.
The statements made by witnesses in the Central Bureau of Investigation's chargesheet in the Scarlett Eden Keeling case has exposed the underbelly of drug cartel run in Goa through beach shacks. British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling was found dead at Anjuna on February 18, 2008.
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