Mumbai, March 28 (IANS) Actress Kirti Kulhari, who is busy promoting her forthcoming movie “Jal”, says it’s not an art film but a complete Bollywood masala entertainer. The movie, directed by first-timer Girish Malik, has done its rounds at various film extravaganzas, including the Busan International Film Festival. This, Kirti believes, must not paint a wrong […]
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday asked the central government and the Election Commission (EC) to take appropriate action against the Congress and the BJP for allegedly accepting foreign funds in violation of the law. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Jayant Nath held that the two national political […]
Suva, March 28 (IANS) Fiji announced Friday that general elections in the country, which has a large ethnic Indian population, will be held Sep 17. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, the country’s attorney general and minister responsible for elections, said at a press conference here that the election day would be a paid public holiday, Xinhua reported. Acting permanent […]
Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) Actor Paul Walker, who died in a car accident last November at the age of 40, said in an interview in 2013 that car racing was part of his DNA thanks to his grandfather. During an interview on the sets of his last complete film “Brick Mansions”, he was questioned about […]
Washington, March 28 (IANS) South Carolina’s Indian American Republican Governor Nikki Haley is getting ready for a November rematch with Democrat Vincent Sheheen banking on lower joblessness and a record of bringing jobs to the state Haley, born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to Sikh immigrant parents from Amritsar, India, and Democratic state Senator Sheheen both signed up […]
Los Angeles, March 28 (IANS) Actor Johnny Depp, who proposed to Amber Heard two months ago, may be in for a heartbreak as she reportedly felt pressurised to say yes. According to Star magazine, Heard felt pressurised to accept Depp’s proposal and marriage with him was never on the cards, said a statement. “She cares about […]
Beijing, March 28 (IANS) The bodies of six miners trapped after a rock burst at a coal mine in central China’s Henan province were found by rescuers Friday. The rock burst occurred at 11.18 a.m. Thursday, when 18 miners were working in a shaft of Qianqiu coal mine, owned by the Henan Yima Coal Industry Group. […]
Seoul, March 28 (IANS) High-ranking military officials from South Korea, Japan and the US will hold tripartite talks in Washington next month on defence coordination against the backdrop of nuclear and missile threats from North Korea. Col. Wi Wong-seop, vice spokesman at the South Korean defence ministry, told a routine press briefing that the sixth round […]
Agra, March 28 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will help to make Agra a heritage city if it wins the Lok Sabha battle here. Agra deserves a much better deal for its contribution to history and India’s secular ethos, its candidate Ravindra Singh told IANS. “Corruption-free governance is our top priority. But we also have […]
Washington, March 28 (IANS) In his first public appearance as the new Indian-American CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella made a break from the company’s long-standing Window-centric world view to unveil Office suite for rival Apple’s popular tablet iPad. “It’s a beautiful set of applications,” said Hyderabad-born Nadella, only the third CEO in the software giant’s 39-year […]