Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan disapproves of fans who try to seek blessings from any celebrity or ask them to name their children. The 72-year-old, who greets his fans outside his house every Sunday, said that over the years, he has discovered many unique “modus operandi” of meeting him. “Many seek blessings from celebrities, names for […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the Indian community in Seoul, said on Monday that the world’s perception of India has changed since his government took over a year ago and that “humanity” lay at the centre of the country’s foreign policy. Addressing a cheering 1,500-strong Indian community here, Modi said a key component of his […]
David Warner may have emerged as the individual top run-getter in the round robin stage of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), but such is the unpredictability of the cash-rich tournament that his team Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) crashed out of the popular competition, finishing sixth in the points table. The topsy-turvy nature of the contests […]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday assured the family of Manoj Vashishth of a fair probe into his killing by a team of Delhi Police Special Cell. Vashishth was shot in central Delhi’s Rajendra Place area on Saturday. Vashishth’s family members, including his wife Priyanka, met Rajnath Singh at his residence here on Monday, demanding […]
After roping in actress Michelle Yeoh, known for her role in James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies”, acclaimed Buddhist leader Gyalwang Drukpa is banking on more celebrities and movie stars to raise money for reconstruction and rehabilitation in quake-devastated Nepal. The spiritual head of the 800-year-old Drukpa Order based in the Himalayas, with around 1,000 […]
One moment of murderous lust by a hospital contract sweeper consigned a young woman looking forward to her impending marriage to over four decades of a vegetative half-life. But Aruna Ramchandra Shanbaug’s plight attracted attentive devotion of her sister nurses, touched millions of Indians and led to the apex court’s intervention to change the country’s […]
Far away from their homeland, the Kabuliwalas of Kolkata, who lead a sheltered and secluded life in the city, are deeply saddened by the terror attacks in Afghanistan, fervently wishing peace would prevail in their country soon. The Kabuliwala or man from Kabul was immortalised by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in the widely-translated classic “Kabuliwala” […]
London got a taste of the Jaipur Literary Festival as South Asia’s largest literary event showcased some of its programmes at Queen Elizabeth Hall on Thames river as part of Alchemy 2015. Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul, Meghnad Desai, Karan Billimoria, and Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughter Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee were among the prominent people who attended the […]
Anurag Kashyap’s latest offering “Bombay Velvet” might have not received a great opening, but the filmmaker has no regrets making the period crime drama. According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma-starrer has collected Rs.10.30 crore since its release on Friday. “It’s time to close the book and move on. It’s […]
India and Mongolia forged a strategic partnership, building on the “bonds of hearts and minds” over the “barriers of distance”, as Narendra Modi on Sunday became the first Indian prime minister to visit the landlocked northeast Asian nation which has declared India as its “third neighbour” as well as “spiritual neighbour”. The two countries also […]