Everything you need to know about Archana Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Archana Po: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) Actress Ankita Lokhande, who played Archana in popular show "Pavitra Rishta", is returning to the show. Her co-stars in the show Hiten Tejwani and Usha Nadkarni, who play her husband and mother-in-law, respectively, are happy about it.
Bangalore, May 21 (IANS) Leading multi-specialty healthcare chain Narayana Hrudayalaya Tuesday announced it will offer day care breast surgery, keeping in view the emotional, physical and financial stress a patient undergoes.
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Actor John Abraham, who plays gangster Manya Surve in "Shootout At Wadala", hopes his hard work in the movie pays off. He is anxious about the film's release Friday.
Mumbai, April 18 (IANS) Mostly seen in serious or grey roles in films like "Fashion" and "Hulchul", Arbaaz Khan will now be seen as a judge on the 16th season of "Comedy Circus". He is confident that he can take jokes on himself as he has a good sense of humour.
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) "At times jokes will be cracked on my personality or work and I am prepared for all that," says actor-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan who will join Archana Puran Singh as co-judge on the new season of comedy show "Comedy Circus". He is replacing his younger brother Sohail.
Mumbai, April 17 (IANS) Actress Archana Puran Singh, who has been judging "Comedy Circus" for six years, says she enjoys it because it is a "very well paid job" and she is "laughing all the way to the bag".
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Olympic medallist Vijender Singh can heave a sigh of relief after the sports ministry announced Tuesday that the boxer's samples tested negative for drugs.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) The fourth edition of India International Jewellery Week (IIJW) was flagged off in a traditional manner Friday with a lamp lightning ceremony by actress Sonam Kapoor.
Mumbai, Mar 27 (ANI): Neon colours sparkled on the runway as models catwalk for ace designers on the finale of the Lakme Fashion Week in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Film: "Karuppampatti"; Actors: Ajmal Ameer, Aparnaa Bajpai, Alice Tantardini, Archana, M.S. Bhaskar, Jagan, Srinath, Devadarshini and Chetan; Director: Prabhu Raja Cholan; Rating: **1/2
Chennai, March 23 (IANS) AGS Entertainment, one of the leading production houses for Tamil films, Saturday announced six new projects for this year.
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Though item songs are on a constant rise in Bollywood despite being under the scanner, Czechoslovakian born Yana Gupta, who sizzled on the big screen in the song "Babuji zaraa dheere chalo", finds nothing wrong with them as "masses love it".
Chandigarh, March 15 (IANS) Till a week ago, international boxer Vijender Singh was seen in his native state of Haryana as a sports star, a youth icon and a brand ambassador. But a heroin drug haul by the Punjab Police has changed much for the feted Olympics bronze medallist.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 14 (IANS) The Kerala Film Chamber has decided to ban actress Rima Kallingal's films because she is doing a TV show for a Malayalam channel, disregarding a recent notice of the chamber.
Chennai, March 14 (IANS) Regular promotions via print, broadcast, radio and online medium are necessary, but Telugu director Madhura Sreedhar feels it is also very important to devise a personalized promotional strategy akin to the storyline of every film.
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) When more than one female participates in any event, catfights are said to be inevitable. But Model-VJ Archana Vijaya says there won't be any clash in the adventure show "Life Mein Ek Baar-2", in which she will be seen with four other female contestants.
Chennai, March 11 (IANS) Southern actor Ajmal Ameer says the four different looks he sports in upcoming Tamil romantic-drama "Karuppampatti" will be his portfolio as an actor.
Vishakhapatnam, March 10 (IANS) Veteran Telugu director Bapu a.k.a Sattiraju Laxmi Narayanawas conferred the "Vishwa Vikyata Dharshaka Maharishi" award by industrialist-politician T. Subbarami Reddy (TSR).
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Director Abhisehk Kapoor's "Kai Po Che!", which has garnered a positive response at the box office, will now be released for Tamil audience with English subtitles.
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) Debutant Tamil director Prabhu Raja Cholan says the source of inspiration for his upcoming romantic-comedy "Karuppampatti" is a newspaper article. He says he developed the story with commercial elements infused in facts from the article.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) With top-notch architects and real estate developers to interior designers participating, the first edition of India Design ID 2013 is the first-of-its-kind definitive design week in the country aiming to establish India on the global design map.
NOIDA (Uttar Pradesh), Jan.9 (ANI): Students of the Amity Law School have pledged to proactively help victims of road accidents, sexual or domestic violence.
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Setting a new low for temperature this winter, mercury in the national capital Sunday fell to 1.9 degrees Celsius -- five notches below average.
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) If you are under the impression that diabetes is an old man's disease, you are wrong. More and more children are falling prey to this lifestyle disease and doctors say it is best to screen children too.
Chennai, Nov 7 (IANS) Telugu director Muddapu Rambabu says Nandamuri Tarak Ratna's role in his upcoming mythological "Bhaktha Siriyala", will be considered a milestone in the actor's career.
Guangzhou (China), Oct 31 (IANS) The Indian women's won the Twenty20 Asia Cup cricket beating Pakistan by 18 runs in the final here Wednesday.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Mithali Raj will lead the 15-member Indian women's cricket team in the Twenty20 Asia Cup to be played in Guangzhou, China, Oct 24-31.
Chennai, Oct 8 (IANS) Southern actress Archana Kavi, who is making her debut in Telugu films with "123", says once she finishes a project, she doesn't worry about its outcome and neither does she find language a barrier.
Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) Television actor Gurmeet Choudhary, who has won the "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5", is overjoyed and overwhelmed and says that his next destination is Bollywood.
Mumbai, Sep 30 (IANS) Television actor Gurmeet Choudhary and his choreographer Shampa Sunday won the fifth season of "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa". He defeated Rashmi Desai and Rithvik Dhanjani and took home the winners trophy and a cash prize of Rs.40 lakh.
Pallekele (Sri Lanka), Sep 25 (IANS) Reema Malhotra replaced Gouhar Sultana in the Indian squad for the ICC Women's World Twenty20 cricket tournament that starts in Galle Wednesday.
Rajouri (Jammu and Kashmir), Sept 22 (ANI): Army officials organised a special arms training camp here recently for students to counter militancy in the state.
New Delhi, Sep.13 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today exhorted school children to take the lead in water conservation, as most people have yet to learn the importance of this important aspect.
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) She makes people laugh. Delnaaz Paul's cute and adorable image on screen has won her a huge fan following. As an actor she would like to experiment with other genres, but not at the cost of her happy-go-lucky image.
Washington, August 21 (ANI): People who are obese and also have high blood pressure and other risk factors called metabolic abnormalities may experience a faster decline in their cognitive skills over time than others, according to a study by researchers including one of an Indian origin.
New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The transformation of the urban landscape of Mumbai has been tied to the growth of cinematic arts for the last 100 years. The megapolis changed from a port outpost to a city of technicolour dreams, hosting a multi-million dollar movie industry.
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Ace designer Archana Kochhar brought a zeal of freshness with retro-themed digital prints and actress Sameera Reddy added glamour to it by walking the ramp Tuesday as a showstopper at the Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2012.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Assamese singer Papon says he is on a mission to take his native state's folk music to a "different level" by mixing it with electronic beats to create what he calls "folktronica".
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Pranab Mukherjee will be sworn-in at 11.30 a.m. on July 25 as the 13th president of India.
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Outgoing President Pratibha Patil is hosting an At Home at Rashtrapati Bhavan Sunday evening - among the last few events she will be hosting before she demits office on July 24, an official said Sunday.
Shimla, July 19 (ANI): Shimla's Bishop Cotton School has become the first school in India to introduce scuba diving for students.
Bangalore, July 15 (IANS) Mandeep Goyat of Maharashtra won the boys' 800 metres run in a National and meet record time of one minute, 52.66 seconds as the curtains came down on the 9th National Youth Athletics championships here Sunday.
Mumbai, July 15 (IANS) Archana Vijaya, who has been voted out of the "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5", says that Isha Sharvani may win this season of the dance reality show.
Mumbai, July 14 (IANS) Popular anchor Archana Vijaya became the latest contestant to be eliminated from dance reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5" Saturday night.
Washington, July 6 (ANI): People resort to stalking each other on social sites like Facebook for endless hours out of sheer boredom and to satisfy their entertainment needs.
Bol Bachchan is a film where all the characters (over-crowded) are (unsuccessfully) trying to create comedy out of confused situations. Cover-ups, goof-ups gets overbearing after a point.
After giving box office gifts like Golmaal ? Fun Unlimited, Golmaal Returns, All the Best, Golmaal 2 and Singham, Rohit Shetty is all set to come up with his new comedy venture "Bol Bacchan" which will be released this Friday on 6th July.
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Actor Ajay Devgn, who plays a wrestler in his forthcoming film "Bol Bachchan", says his character is a combination of his roles in "Singham" and "Golmaal".
Mumbai, June 30 (IANS) Ghazal singer Talat Aziz was the first celebrity contestant to be eliminated from the fifth season of dance reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa".
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Actor Ravi Kishan is sweating it out literally. The Bhojpuri superstar has shed 4 kg ever since he entered the fifth season of dance reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa".
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil's Office Monday refuted reports that she had acted in haste and had not applied her mind in disposing of mercy petitions of those sentenced to death, saying all the pleas were settled on the advice of Home Minister P. Chidambaram.
Mumbai, June 25 (IANS) It's unusual for a 55-year-old to groove on a dance floor, but Talat Aziz is ready for the challenge. The ghazal singer says he's fit enough to wear his dancing shoes for reality show "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5" at his age.
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) Bihar-based Sushil Kumar, who created history by winning Rs.5 crore in the fifth season of "Kaun Banega Crorepati", is set to put his dancing skills on test as he has been roped in to participate in "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5".
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) From dancing expert Isha Sharvani to star cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya to small screen 'bahus' Pratyusha Banerjee and Giaa Manek - rocked the dance floor Saturday along with eight other contestants at the opening of the season five of "Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa", which will see a child artist participating for the first time.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Two traumatised sisters rescued from in their house here were shocked by their father's death 10 years ago and a chain snatching incident involving one of them six years ago, a neighbour said Saturday.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) An eerie silence shrouded the Gupta household in north Delhi's Rohini where two sisters had locked themselves for the last over six years. Traumatised and frightened to face the world since their father's death, the sisters were "starving and smelling" when a medical emergency team rescued them from their home Saturday.
Film: 'Qasam Se Qasam Se'; Cast: Azim Rizvi, Faith Mehra, Rakhi Sawant, Ashwin Kaushal and Satish Kaushik; Director: Ashfaque Makrani; Rating: *
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Gaining weight after pregnancy is natural. Then why fuss over Aishwarya Rai's extra pounds, ask health experts.
New Delhi/Darjeeling, June 9 (IANS) A new chapter in cultural exchange opened in West Bengal's Darjeeling hills Saturday with the inauguration of a week-long international arts residency programme featuring 25 artists from the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) member-countries.
Film: 'Rana'; Cast: Rebel Star Ambareesh, Pankaj, Supreetha, Sonia Gowda, Archana, Spoorthi and ohers; Producer: Shivananda Madashetty; Director: Sreenivasa Murthy; Storywriter: Lakshman; Music Director: V. Sridhar; Camera: Rajarathnam; Rating: *
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Members from the transgender and eunuch community Saturday came together, demanding equality and special privileges for themselves to live with dignity in society.
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) Abhishek Bachchan, who teamed up with director Rohit Shetty after nine years in "Bol Bachchan", says he has brought some great memories from the sets of the movie.
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan will be seen in his first double role in "Bol Bachchan", a comedy said to be inspired by 1979 classic "Golmaal".
Former Health and Family Planning Minister and M.P. Karan Singh said that Ayurveda is the most ancient and holistic way of treatment.
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Vanya Mishra, Prachi Mishra and Rochelle Maria Rao, winners of Pantaloons Femina Miss India (PFMI) 2012, walked the ramp Monday to celebrate women and their contribution to society.
Washington, April 30 (IANS) Indian American journalist Manu Raju was among the White House Correspondents journalism award winners for 2012 honoured at the association's traditional annual dinner with President Barack Obama.
Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, who was continuously facing criticism since last few days over her post-retirement house being constructed in Pune from government fund, Friday decided to forgo it as she voiced "pain" at being portrayed as insensitive to war widows........................
New Delhi, April 27 (IANS) Amid a raging controversy, President Pratibha Patil Friday voiced "pain" at being portrayed as insensitive to war widows and and announced that she will forgo her post-retirement accommodation in Pune as "misgivings" continue to persist "despite clarifications" on allegations of land grabbing.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will now play the new role of a parliamentarian with President Pratibha Patil Thursday approving his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, along with that of renowned actor Rekha and businesswoman Anu Aga.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil Thursday approved the nominations of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar, yesteryears Bollywood actress Rekha and businesswoman and social worker Anu Aga to the Rajya Sabha.
Chandigarh, April 20 (IANS) A middle-aged shopkeeper, his wife and their teenage daughter were found brutally murdered at their house in Bandepur village of Haryana's Sonipat district Friday morning, police said.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) President Pratibha Patil finds herself in a controversy over her post-retirement home in Pune, but her office Thursday rejected allegations of land-grab as "malicious" and asserted that no rules have been violated.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) It seems like designing for men is the latest trend among female designers. Archana Kochhar is the latest to join the list, which aleady has names like Anita Dongre, Masaba Gupta and Krishna Mehta. She says men's interest in trends inspired her to try her handand that her collection is for metrosexual guys.
New Delhi, Apr.3 (ANI): Delhi Police have received an autopsy report which states that former defence ministry official Kumar Yashkar Sinha died of suffocation caused by burns to his body.
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Police are awaiting the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report on the mysterious death of a defence ministry official and his wife in their house here earlier this week, an official said Sunday.
London, Jan 6 (ANI): Cognitive functions like memory, reasoning and comprehension skills start falling off at the age of 45, a new study including Indian origin researcher has revealed.
Alappuzha (Kerala), Oct.7 (ANI): Feroz Ahmed, a marine biology scholar from Alappuzha in Kerala, has been an ardent collector of seashells.
Jaipur/Mumbai, Sep.14 (ANI): Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan has injured his hand after falling from a rickshaw while shooting for a sequence of his upcoming film Bol Bachchan in jaipur.
Pune, Aug 9 (ANI): The visually impaired girls in Maharashtra's Pune city on Tuesday made sacred thread commonly known as 'rakhis' for soldiers in the Indian Army ahead of the Hindu festival of 'Raksha Bandhan', which celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters.
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Ghaziabad/Kanpur, Mar 29 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday baton charged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists, who were protesting against Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Government in the state.
New Delhi, Dec 21 (ANI): 'UNITEX', the largest rubber thread brand in India, has got 'OEKO-TEX International Certification', which is expected to boost its exports in various countries.
Midnapore, Nov 5 (ANI): The West Bengal Government paid compensatory cheques of Rs one lakh each to 90 of the 159 persons injured in the 2007 Nandigram police firing.
Nagpur (Maharashtra), Sep 7 (ANI): Over 40,000 students from 120 schools sang the national song 'Vande Mataram' at the Yaswant stadium here this morning on the national song's 105th anniversary.
Mumbai, Aug 9 (ANI): Budding designers organized a fashion show, WLC Annual Fashion Show Chimera 2010,to showcase their work.
Mumbai, Aug 9 (ANI): Budding designers organized a fashion show, WLC Annual Fashion Show Chimera 2010,to showcase their work.
Kochi, Aug 6 (ANI): Indu Thampi was crowned the winner of Miss Kerala 2010 beauty pageant in Kochi, Kerala, on Thursday.
Chennai (Tamil Nadu), July 12 (ANI): South Indian actress Anupriya was the showstopper on the last day of the International Fashion Week in Chennai, walking down the ramp in a Victorian era designer gown.
Mumbai, June 24 (ANI): The residents of Bandra's bandstand area in Mumbai have taken an extra step towards beefing up security by installing CCTV cameras, to prevent an attack like the 26/11 attacks in the city.
Shimla, June 17 (ANI): A group of journalists joined hands with local residents to save the pristine beauty of hill resort Shimla on Thursday, as they participated in a run.
Mumbai, June 17 (ANI): Fashion designers showcased their collections at a charity fashion show organized here on Wednesday.
Navsari (Gujarat), April 21 (ANI): Faced with acute water shortage due to the onset of summer, local residents the Navsari District of Gujarat are having a very tough time.
Mumbai, Feb 18 (ANI): Actors Mugdha Godse and Aryan Vaid walked the ramp in outfits designed by fashion designer Archana Kochar during a fashion show, the proceeds of which will go to a charity working for the deaf.
Bhopal, Feb 15 (ANI): The Annual Blind Chase Bhopal Heritage Car Rally was organised here on Sunday.
Bangalore, Jan 31 (ANI): Renowned fashion designer Archana Kochhar showcased her latest bridal collection on the third day of the Bangalore Fashion Week here on Saturday.
Pune, Jan 18 (ANI): Designer Vikram Phadnis showcased his bridal collection for the grand finale show of Pune Fashion Week held here on Sunday.
Darjeeling, Jan 2 (ANI): Thousands of tourists are converging on the Darjeeling Hills area to witness the first snowfall of the season.
London, November 2 (ANI): People who indulge in diets high in processed food face an increased risk of depression, says a new study.
