He has never had a “direct experience” in India, but wants to visit the country, which has an “interesting relationship” with his native Britain. Oscar-winning filmmaker James Marsh says he would love to visit India some day to find a story. Marsh has creatively used films as a medium to tell stories of renowned people, […]
Tension gripped the hilly Bhaderwah town in Jammu region on Friday over allegations that miscreants desecrated the Quran. Shops, public transport, businesses and educational institutions remained closed in the town of Kishtwar district after Muslims alleged that during Thursday’s Dussehra celebrations in the town, miscreants burnt some pages of the Quran. On Friday, Muslim youth […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif came to the US with a litany of complaints against India with the hope of getting an India type nuclear deal and involving Washington in the Kashmir issue. He got neither. Instead Sharif ended up giving President Barack Obama an assurance that Islamabad would take effective action against Pakistan based […]
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, who has often spoken out on issues of national importance quite in contrast to others in the film and entertainment industry who choose to remain silent, has raised his voice against the growing atmosphere of intolerance in the country, saying that such acts “ridicule” our constitution and “debunks” India’s claim of being […]
The police here have booked Bollywood playback singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya on charges of allegedly abusing and molesting a woman at a Durga Puja event late on Thursday night, an officer said on Friday. The incident happened during a live performance by singer Kailash Kher as part of the Lokhandwala Durga Puja Mandal, of which Bhattacharya […]
JIO MAMI 17th MUMBAI FILM FESTIVAL WITH STAR INDIA ANNOUNCES ITS STELLAR PROGRAM LINE-UP **Festival will have several ‘firsts’ – New Sections, Special Screenings & Workshops** **Over 190 films to be screened in Feature-Documentary-Short Film Categories** **Oscar Academy Award Winner A.R Rahman composes Signature Tune for the Festival ** **Ava DuVernay, Academy Award Nominated Director for […]
Ritualism and traditions, once going out of fashion, are back in favour in Braj Mandal, the ‘Leela Bhoomi’ of Sri Krishna-Radha. Each year the religious processions are growing longer and the noise pollution higher. According to Pandit Jugal Kishore Shrotriya of Sri Mathuradheesh temple in Agra, immersion of Durga is the first opportunity, after Ganesh […]
Cliched as it may seem for chefs to love their spices, for Sanjeev Kapoor, one of the most celebrated ones on television, that was the topic of an “interesting” discussion when he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and whipped a meal up for him in Abu Dhabi. During Modi’s trip to Abu Dhabi in August, […]
I ndia’s transitional or rurban zones, the rural pockets that are being transformed into urban ones, have a higher carbon footprint than rural pockets, say experts, stressing the need to include these places in the planning and governance process. “Transitional regions are important as most of the planning processes leave out these regions and hence […]
Dengue may be on the wane in the capital but patients who were victims of the deadly mosquito-borne disease that till some weeks had the capital in its vice-like grip blame medical negligence and lack of civic awareness for the post-monsoon blight every year. The total number of dengue cases in the capital has crossed […]