Newsprint: January 01, 2018

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ENTERTAINMENT:- 

Gadar director Anil Sharma on Monday introduced newcomer Ishita opposite his son Utkarsh Sharma in his upcoming directorial Genius. The director took to Twitter to make the announcement. Also starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ayesha Jhulka and Mithun Chakraborty, the film marks the acting debut of Sharma's son Utkarsh, who had featured as a child actor in the 2001 Sunny Deol-starrer Gadar. The film is expected to release in mid-summer this year.

SPORTS:- 

James Anderson has denied the charges of ball-tampering, that surfaced during the fourth Ashes Test between Australia and England. In his defence, Anderson said, "(I was) getting dirt off the ball. They'd watered the square so the footholes on the old wickets had mud. "We went to the umpires to make sure they were happy with it.” The fourth Test match ended in a draw, and England’s Alastair Cook scored a brilliant 244 not out.