Kanpur, Mar 24 : Congress leader Sri Prakash Jaiswal on Tuesday said that Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta would campaign for the party in the upcoming general elections.

Jaiswal also said that actors Govinda and Nagma would also take part in rallies and road shows of the party.

Govinda is a Congress MP and Nagma has been an active member of the party in earlier elections.

Earlier, speculations were high about Zinta joining politics on a Congress ticket.

Pescara, Italy - An Italian man suspected of helping a Swiss gigolo blackmail several rich women, including German BMW car heiress Susanne Klatten, appeared briefly in an Italian court Tuesday where he denied any wrongdoing.

A preliminary hearing involving the 69-year-old Ernano Barretta was postponed until April 9 on a technicality related to the choice of the presiding magistrate.

"What has been said about me are lies," Barretta told reporters as he left a courthouse in the central town of Pescara.

New Delhi, Mar 24 : The Nature Trail in the President''s Estate, which has been created to spread awareness on conservation of an eco-heritage through direct intervention in an eco-friendly township, will have new summer timings for visitors from March 28.

The Nature Trail would now be open to visitors from 9 a. m. to 12 p. m. on every Saturday.

The Nature Trail is a result of President Pratibha Patil''s keen interest to protect the ecological heritage of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Amsterdam - The Netherlands may raise the legal age of retirement from 65 to 67, anonymous government sources told the media on Tuesday as politicians continued talks on special measures to stimulate the economy.

The measure would be one of several proposed by the government in an attempt to free money needed to invest in the Dutch economy to fight the ongoing crisis.

The government coalition parties Christian Democrats, Labour and Christian Union have for more than three weeks been discussing special measures to stimulate the economy.

Varanasi, Mar 24 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Tuesday filed his nomination from the Varanasi constituency for the upcoming general elections.

Joshi handed over his papers to the District Electoral Officer and District Magistrate of Varanasi Ajay Kumar Upadhyay.

The BJP leader thanked people for their support and said he would work to regain the old glory of the city.

He is the first candidate to file nomination papers from the constituency.

The polls in Varanasi will be held in the first phase on April 16.

Gelsenkirchen, Germany - Bundesliga club Schalke 04 refused to comment Tuesday on a media report that coach Fred Rutten was set for dismissal.

"We won't be commenting on this but will be working," general secretary Peter Peters told German Press Agency dpa.

Schalke club bosses were meeting Rutten on Tuesday for "routine" talks which took place after every league match, Peters said.

Germany's mass circulation Bild newspaper reported Tuesday that Rutten, 42, would be dismissed this week.