On Valentine’s Day, Google doodled the star-crossed iconic character from “Mughal-E-Azam”, Anarkali, made indelible in movie lovers’ mind by the effervescent Madhubala who would have been 86 on Thursday. “The Marilyn Monroe of Bollywood” as the Google blogpost said was raised in the slums of Bombay. She started supporting her family as a child star […]
The Australian government announced on Wednesday the reopening of a controversial detention centre on Christmas Island a day after it lost a vote on a bill to help evacuate critically ill refugees from offshore processing centres to get treatment in the country. Tuesday’s development was a major blow to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s minority government’s […]
Rapper 21 Savage, whose real name is Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, has been released from US custody on bond. Savage’s lawyers on Tuesday issued a statement stating he has been granted a release by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), reports theguardian.com. “In the last 24 hours, in the wake of the Grammy awards at […]
Actress Deepika Padukone will be celebrating her first Valentine’s Day after marriage watching her actor-husband Ranveer Singh’s new release “Gully Boy”. Interacting with the media at the Filmfare Glamour and Style Fashion Awards 2019 on Tuesday here, Deepika said: “I think I am going to watch ‘Gully Boy’ which releases on Valentine’s Day. Also my […]
Actor Shahid Kapoor, who will be next seen in “Kabir Singh”, a remake of Telugu blockbuster “Arjun Reddy”, says it is highly stressful remaking a film so much loved by the audience. “I am having a great time. I think ‘Kabir Singh’ is very special and ‘Arjun Reddy’ was amazing. As such it’s very stressful […]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday introduced the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indians Bill in the Rajya Sabha. The Bill seeks to provide safeguards to Indian women who are trapped in fraudulent marriages with Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). “Therefore, it is necessary that the marriage solemnized or otherwise in India or outside India shall […]
China on Tuesday rejected a report that its ambitious Belt and Road project was “facing a push back” by countries in India’s neighbourhood like Pakistan and Nepal. It also sought to play down the reported cancellation of Chinese-funded dam and hydropower projects by Pakistan and Nepal, respectively. A report in an Indian newspaper cited India’s […]
Sri Lanka has started advertising for executioners this week after President Maithripala Sirisena declared he would reinstate capital punishment for those convicted of drug offences, inspired by the Philippines-style crackdown. No one has been executed in Sri Lanka since it placed a moratorium on capital punishment in 1976. While murder, rape and drug trafficking and […]
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found that the Rafale fighter jet deal signed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government was 2.86 per cent lower than the price negotiated by the United Progressive Alliance government. The much-awaited report on Capital Acquisition on Indian Air Force was tabled by the government in Rajya Sabha […]
Australian security agencies are reportedly probing the role of China-sponsored cyber criminals behind last week’s security breach of Parliament’s computing network. According to a report in ABC News on Sunday, it took less than an hour after the the first report of the cyber attack for suspicion to fall on China. The Chinese Embassy in […]