Hyderabad, April 12 – It is the most talked about marriage in recent times. But, solemnisation of the marriage of tennis star Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik Monday finally appears to have put a lid on controversies surrounding them for last few weeks. The ‘nikah’ ceremony, believed to have been advanced to avoid [...]
Hyderabad, March 29 – Indian tennis star Sania Mirza’s family Monday confirmed that she was all set to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik. An Indian news channel quoted Sania’s father Imran Mirza as saying that the reports of her proposed marriage with Malik were true. According to the channel, he said that the marriage would [...]
Mumbai, March 13 – A stunning display of powerful batting from Angelo Matthews and Owais Shah guided Kolkata Knight Riders to a comprehensive 11-run win over defending champions Deccan Chargers in the opening match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) here Friday. Chasing 162, Deccan Chargers could made 150 for seven in 20 overs after [...]
New Delhi, March 9 – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the women’s reservation bill set to pass in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday was ‘a historic step forward’ towards the emancipation of Indian women. ‘This is a momentous development in the long journey of empowering our women,’ he said at the end of a lively debate [...]
Dubai, March 9 – Former India captain Kapil Dev has been inducted into the International Cricket Council(ICC) Hall of Fame. A commemorative cap was presented to Kapil by ICC president David Morgan, in front of fellow Hall of Famer Clive Lloyd, as well as an audience of ICC officials and other invited guests. ‘I am [...]
New Delhi, March 9 – Jon Landau, co-producer of 3-D sci-fi epic ‘Avatar’ that won three Oscars including one for visual effects, has praised Lowry Digital, a subsidiary of Reliance MediaWorks Ltd, for enhancing live-action scenes in the film for the golden gong. ‘Lowry Digital’s innovative digital image processing helped us create the wholly immersive [...]
New Delhi, March 9 – After frenzied opposition and repeated disruptions, the Rajya Sabha Tuesday evening finally debated the historic women’s reservation bill in the run up to a vote on the legislation reserving one-third seats for women in parliament and state legislatures. Amongst those who spoke were Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Arun Jaitley, Communist [...]
Mumbai, March 7 – The Indian Premier League (IPL) bids for the new two new franchises will be held afresh after two weeks as the bidders objected to some of the financial clauses which were not there at the time of the bidding for the first edition. The new tenders, which were to be opened [...]
Kolkata, March 7 – Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee expects the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to be Rs.61 lakh crore in the current fiscal (2009-10). ‘In the current fiscal the country’s GDP is likely to be around Rs.61 lakh crore,’ he said here Sunday. He said this while addressing people at a programme for [...]
New Delhi, March 7 – As the bill seeking 33 percent reservation for women in legislatures of India is set to be tabled in parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar Sunday said the nation should prioritise women empowerment as part of ‘our agenda and policy’. In her message conveying her ‘heartiest’ wishes on the International [...]
Highlights from MICHAEL JACKSON’s HiStory world tour have been released as an iTunes and BlackBerry application. Bosses at Internet holding company Metatron have pieced together the concert movie, featuring the late King of Pop onstage and backstage during the 82-date tour. The film was made available on all mobile platforms on Friday (05Mar10). Footage also [...]
New Delhi, March 3 – The release of actor Vivek Oberoi’s much-hyped movie ‘Prince’ has been delayed by post production work. The thriller has now been rescheduled for April 9 release. The film was earlier set for a March 26 release, but work on its post production and visual effects of high voltage action scenes [...]
Hua Hin (Thailand), Oct 24 – India and China Saturday pledged not to let differences derail bilateral ties as prime ministers Manmohan Singh and Wen Jiabao held a much-awaited meeting in this Thai resort at a time when relations betwen the two countries have been strained. Both leaders shook hands warmly at the start of [...]
New Delhi, Oct 24 – West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Saturday described the swap of women arrested on charges of Maoist activists with an abducted police officer as an ‘exceptional decision on humanitarian grounds’. ‘This was an exceptional decision,’ the chief minister said here, adding ‘but we have not surrendered to the Maoists’. ‘We [...]
Itanagar, Oct 24 – Dorjee Khandu is all set to become the chief minister of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh for the second straight term with the newly elected Congress legislators Saturday unanimously electing him the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP). Khandu was the unanimous choice at the CLP meeting held in [...]
Washington, Oct 24 – In a bid to avoid another furore in Pakistan over tough new conditions against diverting US military aid to confront India, a top US official suggested that the legislation puts no conditions on Islamabad, only ‘requirements’ on Washington. Splitting legal hair, US special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke told [...]
Frankfurt, Oct 19 – The price of oil hit a record high for the year Monday, topping $79 a barrel. Oil climbed to $79.35 in early trading Monday, amid hopes for the current third quarter corporate reporting season and cautious optimism that a pickup in the global economy will help to power energy demand. In [...]
Kathmandu, Oct 19 – Besides issuing separate visas to Indian passport holders from Jammu and Kashmir, China is also projecting the disputed territory as an independent country in other ways. Visitors to Tibet, especially journalists invited by the Chinese government, are given handouts where Kashmir is indicated as a country separate from India. Media kits [...]
Agra, Oct 19 – A five-day joint exercise involving the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the United States Air Force (USAF) transport aircraft, Cope India-09, began here Monday. The US team comprises more than 150 airmen, three C-130H Hercules, one C-17 Globemaster III, and one C-130J aircraft while the IAF will field one IL-76 Gajraj, [...]
New Delhi, Oct 19 – At a time when comedies are raking in the moolah for filmmakers, comedy king David Dhawan’s lighthearted movie ‘Do Knot Disturb’ wasn’t received well at the box office. He laments that the genre is very much undervalued. ‘Comedy is very much undervalued in Bollywood. This is because every person today [...]
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