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New Delhi, Feb 22 - In a short span, 39-year-old producer Ritesh Sidhwani has not only churned out successful films like "Dil Chahta Hai" and "Rock On!" but also won several honours, including two National Awards. He is well aware that it usually takes an entire life to come this far in Bollywood.

The nation's political system is in trouble but not broken, says former U. S. Secretary of State, Colin Powell.

Powell said on Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation," It's a great system but it's in some disarray right now and the American people are looking for their leaders to fix it."

Powell, a republican and a retired four-star U. S. Army general said," Congressional leaders need to find ways to "get the country moving and not just scream at each other."

Mumbai, Feb 22 - With a Padma Shri and quite a few hits tucked under his belt, Saif Ali Khan is set to launch his second production venture and spy thriller "Agent Vinod" and says the delayed project is very much on.

"A lot has been said about 'Agent Vinod', but we are very much on track. Final touches are being given to the script and at the end of March we should have the film on the floors," Saif, 39, told IANS in an interview.

Mumbai, Feb 22 - Sneha Ullal was known as the Aishwarya Rai-lookalike when she entered the film world but the actress is now keen to carve a niche for herself. After featuring in spooky thriller "Click", she feels it's time she proved her calibre to people who misguided her when she first came to Bollywood.

"See 'Click' is not my comeback in Bollywood because the film doesn't revolve around me. I need a film like 'Lucky' (her debut vehicle) to make a comeback; then I can show what I can do," Sneha told IANS.

Frankfurt, Feb 22 - Pilots went on strike Monday at Lufthansa, knocking out 3,200 flights according to the company's skeleton timetable.

The four-day work stoppage will be the biggest stoppage labour disruption in the German airline's history.

In preparation, Lufthansa was trying to reschedule passengers onto jets flown by non-union staff and offering refunds to passengers who must cancel trips.

There was a rush in recent days to book with other airlines or rebook travel within Europe by rail instead.

Indian team has won the cricket match against South Africa. The match took very interesting turn in the last overs. Ashish Nehra was very expensive in the second last over.