Kareena Kapoor Khan is all set to star opposite Farhan Akhtar in the film ‘Bombay Samurai’ and the actress says that it’s a whacky one and she will be seen in a role unexpected from her. Kareena said, “The director is from New York who has made slightly international cinema – Dev Benegal. So, it’s […]
It is said that in B-Town two actresses cannot praise each other. But, it seems like the trend is about to change. Recently, Parineeti Chopra said that she feels Alia has the potential to achieve the “big star” status. Parineeti said, “Alia and I are good friends. In fact, she always tells me these things. […]
Devyani Khobragade, the Indian diplomat at the centre of an Indo-US diplomatic spat, is to be soon reunited with her family. The 39-year-old Khobragade returned to India Jan 10, leaving behind her Indian American husband and two children. Her children and husband are to join her in India soon, according to sources. Khobragade’s Dec 12 […]
Delhi Transport Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj Wednesday defended his cabinet colleague, Law Minister Somnath Bharti, for trying to bust a sex-and-drug racket after women’s rights groups demanded action against him by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Bhardwaj told reporters that people should be asked and a survey should be done in the area to know the truth. […]
Former Samajwadi Party (SP) general secretary and Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh has dismissed speculations about his return to the party fold. Pointing out that he will never “again fall in the Samajwadi trap”, the leader also announced late Wednesday that he would be distributing blankets to the riot victims at relief camps in Muzaffarnagar […]
Himachal Pradesh’s picturesque resorts Shimla and Manali woke up Thursday to a white blanket of snow, turning the hill stations even more picturesque. The residents of Shimla shivered as icy winds brought down the minimum temperature to 0.1 degree Celsius. It saw 8 cm of overnight snow. According to the Met Office here, Manali recorded […]
The licence and tax bills for the BJP’s prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi’s rally Jan 12 near Panaji have not been paid, an official said. Mayor of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) Surendra Furtado told IANS Wednesday that the banners and posters promoting and advertising Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate’s […]
Ruling AIADMK general secretary and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Thursday announced her party’s candidates for the Feb 7 Rajya Sabha elections, and said her party would support the CPI-M’s candidate. In a statement issued here, Jayalalithaa said the party has nominated S. Muthukaruppan, N. Chinnadurai, L. Sasikala Pushpa and Vijila Sathyanand as its […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading flat at 30.11 points or 0.14 percent down in the pre-noon trade Thursday. Good buying was observed in capital goods sector, while selling pressure was seen in auto and banking index (bankex) sectors. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which […]
Switching off your smartphone at night means better productivity at work the next day. “Smartphones are almost perfectly designed to disrupt sleep,” said Russell Johnson, assistant professor of management at Michigan State University in the US. “Because they keep us mentally engaged late into the evening, they make it hard to detach from work so […]