Actor Rajinikanth may soon watch the critically-acclaimed documentary “For the Love of a Man” about the superstar’s phenomenon and his fandom. Post the screening on Sunday here at the ongoing Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, its director Rinku Kalsy said she plans to show the film to Rajinikanth soon. “I met Rajinikanth’s daughter Aishwarya couple […]
Neha Dhupia, a former Miss India who eventually turned to Bollywood, feels the era of supermodels is waning out from the country’s fashion scene because most models are smitten with the glitz and glamour of the silver screen. However, she finds nothing wrong with the trend. Madhu Sapre, Sheetal Mallar, Mehr Jessia Rampal and Nethra […]
In partnership with a commercial lab, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed a simple and affordable diagnostic test to detect the mosquito-borne illness chikungunya. While not often deadly, chikungunya causes severe, incapacitating and often chronic joint pain. To create the test, the researchers used another mosquito-borne virus named Eilat […]
The police have apologized for their treatment of Sikh protesters during a demonstration outside the Indian embassy last month, a media report said on Sunday. Mak Chishty, Metropolitan Police’s chief of community engagement, said concerns had been raised by Sikh representatives about the actions of some officers at the October 22 protest, the Evening Standard […]
A day after the killing of a publisher of secular books in Bangladesh, another publisher on Sunday received threats to his life through SMS. “You have published many books of atheists, you have sinned. Be prepared for death! Al-Ahrar, UK,” reads the SMS sent to Somoy Prakashan publisher Farid Ahmed, The Daily Star reported. The […]
Indo-Swiss tennis combine of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis struck gold one more time this year by clinching the women’s doubles title of the WTA Finals here on Sunday. The top seeds beat Spanish eighth seeds Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro 6-0, 6-3 in an hour and seven minutes on the hard courts of […]
Filmmaker Prakash Jha, who has wrapped shooting for his upcoming film “Jai Gangaajal”, has left on a solo vacation to Paris and London. He says he wants to “catch up with friends” and “brood” on his next film. “There is no agenda of this vacation. I just wanted to catch up with friends and chill […]
Tolerance can take the offense out of a debate and instil respect, Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Saturday, adding India has always protected debate and the right to hold different views. “Tolerance can take the offense out of a debate, and indeed instil respect. If I go berserk every time a […]
A Russian airliner crashed on Saturday in central Sinai with more than 200 people on board, the office of Egypt’s prime minister has confirmed. The office of Egyptian Prime Minister Sharif Ismail confirmed in a statement that a “Russian civilian plane… crashed in the central Sinai.” The Russian aviation authority Rosaviatsiya said in a statement […]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said he was ready to debate on the issue of reservation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Modiji IÂ’m ready to debate the issue of reservation with you any day,” the chief minister tweeted. “Stop misleading people and your efforts to add communal colour to Bihar assembly Polls,” he […]