Kolkata designer to bring ‘new age romance’ on LFW ramp

Kolkata designer to bring ‘new age romance’ on LFW ramp

Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) Kolkata-based designer Sayantan Sarkar will bring a taste of “new age romance” via his collection at the forthcoming edition of Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) summer-resort 2014, which begins here March 12. The collection is titled ‘A Motley Love’. “The collection is inspired by the motley emotion called love, dedicated to the urbane […]

Pakistani actress Sana Khan dies in road accident

Pakistani actress Sana Khan dies in road accident

Islamabad, March 8 (IANS) Pakistani actress Sana Khan has died in an accident near Looni Kot, around 30 km off Hyderabad, a media report said. Sana and her husband actor Babar Khan were on their way from Karachi to Hyderabad in a car when the vehicle, driven by Babar, went out of control Friday, reports dawn.com. […]

Three Yemeni soldiers killed in Al Qaeda attack

Three Yemeni soldiers killed in Al Qaeda attack

Sanaa, March 8 (IANS) Three members of the Yemeni armed forces were killed in an Al Qaeda attack Saturday, a provincial police source said. The three, belonging to the 115th Armoured Army Brigade, were killed when unidentified gunmen, believed to be from Al Qaeda, attacked their base in the district of Lowder in southern Abyan province, […]

I’m loving the hate: Juhi Chawla

I’m loving the hate: Juhi Chawla

Mumbai, March 8 (IANS) Juhi Chawla is revelling in the reviews of her latest release “Gulaab Gang”, in which she has played a negative role for the first time. “I am loving the hate. For the first time, I’m actually glad you could hate me,” Juhi posted on her Twitter page, along with the links of […]

No sign of plane crash: Malaysian minister

No sign of plane crash: Malaysian minister

Kuala Lumpur, March 8 (IANS) Malaysian Transport Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said here Saturday that no signs had been found that a Malaysia Airlines flight, carrying 239 passengers and crew, had crashed,. He said no sign of any plane wreckage was found and denied earlier media reports that the plane had crashed south of an island off […]

Blast in Afghanistan kills district governor

Blast in Afghanistan kills district governor

Kabul, March 8 (IANS) A bomb blast in Jalalabad city in Afghanistan Saturday killed a district governor and injured five others, a local official said. “A bomb blast targeted the vehicle of Nazian district governor this morning killing him on the spot and injuring five others”, Xinhua quoted the unnamed official as saying. “The bomb was […]

Samajwadi pension scheme in UP stalled for now

Samajwadi pension scheme in UP stalled for now

Lucknow, March 8 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government’s ambitious ‘Samajwadi Pension’ scheme has run into rough weather. The scheme, aimed at benefitting 40 lakh poor families with a monthly dole of Rs.500-750, has been stalled, with the model code of conduct for the Lok Sabha polls in place. Officials told IANS that the selection process to […]

Russell Brand’s mother has breast cancer

Russell Brand’s mother has breast cancer

Los Angeles, March 8 (IANS) British comedian Russell Brand cancelled his show in Derby after he received the news that his mother Barbara has breast cancer. The 38-year-old comedian cancelled his show at Derby’s Assembly Rooms in the East Midlands Friday so that he could be with Barbara, reports contactmusic.com. He also pulled out of a […]

Congress, BJP pursue pro-rich policies: Buddhadeb

Congress, BJP pursue pro-rich policies: Buddhadeb

Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) Accusing both Congress and BJP of pursuing “pro-rich policies”, Communist Party of India-Marxist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday asserted only the Left parties had the right alternative policies. “There is no difference between policies of Congress and BJP, their sole aim is making richer the rich and robbing the poor. “They can dole […]

Indian jailed in Dubai for molestation

Indian jailed in Dubai for molestation

Dubai, March 8 (IANS) An Indian in Dubai has been jailed for six months followed by deportation from the United Arab Emirates for molesting a five-year-old girl. The Dubai Court of First Instance passed the sentence after the 23-year-old delivery man earlier admitted that he had grabbed the girl by her hand, and hugged, kissed and […]