An Indian-origin woman gas station attendant in South Carolina, who was shot in the face and left in a critical condition, has died two days after the robbery attempt, according to media reports. Mradulaben Patel died on Saturday morning after being shot at a gas station along Highway 153 on Thursday, the local News 13 […]
Superstar Salman Khan, also known for helping the underprivileged, says his Being Human foundation is not donating money to the victims of the Nepal earthquake. The Being Human foundation was created in 2007 by the “Dabangg” star to support the underprivileged in India. In partnership with various companies, the foundation creates specific initiatives for education […]
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the 62nd National Film Awards on Sunday at a glittering ceremony here studded with talent representing the diversity of the Indian film industry. Shashi Kapoor, honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award this year, couldn’t attend and the veteran actor will be feted in Mumbai soon. With 45 awards in Feature Film […]
With Argentina still going through sovereignty disputes to reclaim the Malvinas, South Georgias and South Sandwich Islands and the surrounding maritime areas with Britain, the South American country is applying the way of Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘ahimsa’ – truth, love and fraternity – that brought independence to India. “Argentina has learned from Gandhi to be patient […]
Fondly recalling his evergreen films, the eastern metropolis paid homage to Indian master storyteller Satyajit Ray on his 94th birth anniversary on Saturday with reruns of his pathbreaking movies, launch of collectibles and visits to his home. Netizens hailed him as ‘Maharaj’ (King) and remembered their favourite moments from Ray’s legendary films like “Ghare Baire”, […]
Amid the recent controversy over yoga guru Ramdev’s infertility medicine, a parliamentarian has sought a ban on surrogate advertisements, saying they were misleading the consumers. Devji Mansingram Patel, the Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Jalore in Rajasthan, in a letter written in Hindi to Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley, sought a ban on such […]
Akshay Kumar’s much talked about Bollywood project “Gabbar is Back” has received an opening of Rs.13.05 crore. The film, released on Friday, marks the second collaboration of Viacom18 Motion Pictures and Sanjay Leela Bhansali along with co-producer Shabinaa Khan. According to a statement, the film’s box office performance saw a solid and steady growth on […]
Major political parties and social and community organisations will take out a procession here on Tuesday along with bulls and bullocks to protest the ban on beef in Maharashtra, an organiser said on Saturday. “People connected with the beef industry, including farmers, shall walk with the symbolic presence of some bulls and bullocks from Byculla […]
In the aftermath of the massive 7.9 earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25, there were many, many stories of hardship and misery. But among the survivors there were also those who were comparatively better off. One such is Esmeralda Gaba, whose husband — who works for the Unicef office in Kathmandu — was out […]
Just four years ago, Aslam was found lying in a semi-conscious state on a platform at Delhi’s Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station due to a drug overdose. Today, the 15-year-old dreams of becoming a “choreographer” and has already started attending dance classes to achieve this. The route to this dramatic transformation in his life wasn’t easy […]