Rain stops play in Bangladesh-India ODI

DHAKA: India were 100-1 off 16.4 overs when rain stopped play in the first one-day cricket international against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Sunday.

After opener Robin Uthappa was dismissed for 50, leg before wicket off Shakib Al Hasan, heavy rain forced players off the ground in the day-night encounter.

Earlier, Bangladesh posted 272-9 off 50 overs with captain Mushfiqur Rahim top-scoring with 59 after winning the toss and electing to bat.

Paceman Umesh Yadav was the most successful bowler with 3-48 while spinners Amit Mishra and Pervez Rasool grabbed two wickets each.

Sunday´s game is the first of a three-match series with the second and third games to be played on Tuesday and Thursday. (AFP)

India stops Sikh pilgrims from boarding Pak train

LAHORE: After some unforeseen technicalities, around 1,000 Sikh pilgrims arrived on Sunday at the Wagah border via bus from India.

In anticipation of Indian Sikhs intending to perform their pilgrimage at Punjab’s historic Gurdwaras, the Pakistani government had dispatched a special train to Attari in India to transport Sikhs to the Wagah Railway Station.

But India refused sending the Sikh pilgrims on that train citing ‘security concerns’ and fear of bomb blasts.Talking to ‘The News’, Foreign Office (FO) officials in Islamabad said the Indian government had taken the decision due to fear of terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Some media reports in Pakistan suggested that the move was made in advance and the pilgrims had been advised by the Indian authorities to cross the Wagah-Attari border by foot.

Representatives of Sikh pilgrims said they had come to Pakistan to practice their religious rituals at Gurdwaras, especially Gurdwara Nankana Sahib and Gurdwara Panja Sahib in Hassan Abdal, 40 km from Rawalpindi.

They said both the Indian and Pakistan governments could not be blamed for the inconvenience they faced travelling to Lahore. They expressed their gratitude for the warm reception by a Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) officials in Pakistan. They referred to the concerns of the Indian government as a ‘misunderstanding’ and said Sikhs in Pakistan enjoyed equality in all affairs of the state.

Delhi Traffic Police stops Hrithik Roshan's film shooting

Hrithik Roshan shot some gravity-defying stunts above the flyover bridge at Mayur Vihar Extension Metro station in Delhi on Sunday morning.

Hrithik and Katrina Kaif have been shooting in the capital, favouring Delhi's flyovers for their film's action sequences. The shooting was stopped in the afternoon by the Delhi Traffic Police, for causing a jam.

The duo traveled across Spain while shooting for Zoya Akhtar's Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara. She also did a special song and dance number in his Agneepath. The song Chikni Chameli was shot over three days with Hrithik on the sets for just a day. Bang Bang has brought them together once again and according to the source their friendship seems to have deepened.