The Chinese are taking to yoga in a big way, if what their officials here say are an indication. Of late, yoga has been gaining ground in China despite its traditional tai chi fitness practice. Even First Lady Peng Liyuan is said to be learning and practising yoga. More and more officials and their families […]
A benchmark index for Indian equities, the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange, closed 479.28 points, or 1.77 percent, up on Monday after the passage of the Finance Bill 2015-16 in the Lok Sabha. The 30-share Sensex, which opened at 27,204.63 points, closed at 27,490.59 points — up 479.28 points, or 1.77 percent, […]
A Nepali man, accused of raping a girl from Assam who was working at a guest house here, was on Sunday arrested in Delhi, police said. The 23-year-old Nepali man, Debu Tamang alias Dev Bahadur, was arrested from Aya Nagar area of south Delhi. Police said Bahadur – who was a cook – was planning […]
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 […]