India and Sri Lanka are to release 20 of each other’s fishermen, marking the beginning of a reciprocal process to tide over an issue that has caused tension in bilateral ties. The gesture comes ahead of the Tamil festival of Pongal, and was announced here by the external affairs ministry spokesperson. “As a goodwill measure […]
India said Monday that it was in touch with Bangladesh over reports of attacks on Hindus during and after the general election there. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said the government was aware of the reports of attacks on minorities in the past few days. He said the Bangladesh home ministry had ordered police […]
With Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade back in India and a US diplomat sent back to America in a reciprocal gesture, India and the US look all set to resume business as usual. In fact, both sides are holding an event in the very place where it all started – New York. On Tuesday, the consulate […]
President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday greeted the nation ahead of Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed. The president and vice president hoped that the Prophet’s message of selflessness and brotherhood would show the path of compassion and tolerance to everyone. Milad-un-Nabi will be celebrated Jan 14. […]
American Hustle left a messy Golden Globes as the big winner on Sunday (January 12), capturing three major awards, including best comedy. But voters stayed true to form and spread their love around, handing best drama to an otherwise ignored 12 Years a Slave and best director to Alfonso Cuaron, for Gravity. The two female […]
Filmmaker Karan Johar, 41, who has been in the favour of adoption, says it is natural to have parental feeling at his age. The India’s Got Talent judge got emotional on the sets of the reality show when he saw a troupe of children performing an act. Karan later hugged a 7-year-old child from the […]
Actor-producer Abhay Deol, who will be seen sharing the screen space with his girlfriend Preeti Desai in his home production One By Two, says the secret behind their successful relationship is the support for each other. “I am happy and so is she. Like others, even we fight at times. Even we break up and […]
Guru completes seven years of its release on Sunday (January 12, 2014). Doesn’t time fly, says actor Abhishek Bachchan. Directed by Mani Ratnam, Guru was an important film for Abhishek for both personal and professional reasons – he proposed to Aishwarya Rai after the off-shore premiere of Guru and married her, and it was also […]
The Shiv Sena will observe “Pratigya Divas” (Pledge Day) on Jan 23, its founder-patriarch Bal Thackeray’s birth anniversary, at a mass rally in the Maharashtra capital, the party president said Monday. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said this year he has appealed to all party workers to join the mega-rally at Somaiya Ground in central […]
The Kalapakavadi family was informed Monday around 2 p.m. that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi would be over for lunch. “I asked my wife Susheela to see that a Syrian Christian lunch be ready in 45 minutes. She and the others set about getting the meal ready,” said Kalapakavadi. Gandhi was on a day’s visit […]