Relief from demonetisation: People may get another chance to deposit old notes in banks
The Reserve Bank of India may allow citizens another chance to deposit the scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes but the exchange would be for a limited sum, sources in the government and banking sector said on Wednesday. The central bank has been flooded with queries and requests from people who failed to deposit […]
Jackie Chan floors Kapil Sharma: Did you ever think I would come to your show
Kapil Sharma pulled a massive coup when he got Jackie Chan to promote his upcoming film, Kung Fu Yoga on The Kapil Sharma Show. But even he would not have thought how completely Jackie would own the episode. In a short promo released by Sony TV, Jackie turns the tables on the host and asks […]
Dev Patel gets Oscar nomination for Lion
Indian-origin British actor Dev Patel has received an Oscar nomination for his acting in “Lion”, which is set in India and Australia. He will be vying for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role at the 89th Academy Awards, to be held here on February 26. Other nominees are Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight”), Jeff Bridges (“Hell […]
Kaabil movie review: Hrithik Roshan is out for revenge
Kaabil movie review: Even in a Hrithik Roshan, Yami Gautam film, it can’t be all song and dance. This time, Hrithik is out for vendetta but can the Sanjay Gupta film be true to its visually-challenged protagonist? He is a dubbing artiste, she is a pianist. They are both happy-go-lucky with a thirst to live […]
Raees movie review: A film where Shah Rukh Khan tries too hard
Shah Rukh Khan returns in and as Raees , a golden hearted mobster who does bad things for a good cause. It is a role constructed to grab back his pole position, and to that end Shah Rukh Khan strains at fulfilling every single point of the In and As trope. He sings and dances, […]
I’m too old for a romantic film: Shah Rukh Khan
He is known as Bollywood’s ‘King of Romance’, but superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he is too old for a romantic film now. The 51-year-old actor also feels the whole language of romance in Bollywood has changed, and that he is yet to get a hang of it. “Romance has to have a little formality. […]
India A ‘True Friend’, Says Donald Trump In Call With PM Narendra Modi, Invites Him To US
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the United States later this year, during a phone call on Tuesday, four days after the Republican President took oath as the 45th President of the US. The leaders discussed economic and defence co-operations and regional security issues, the White House said […]
Virat Kohli’s Faith Kept Me From Retiring, Says Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh revealed post his match-winning knock on Thursday that he could have retired from the game had skipper Virat Kohli not shown faith in him. The southpaw smashed a career-best 150 to power India to a formidable score of 381/6 after the team was reeling at 25/3. A 256-run partnership with veteran Mahendra Singh […]
Maha episode: Mohini to die in Zee TV’s Brahmarakshas
Gear up for a maha episode in Zee TV’s Brahmarakshas (Balaji Telefilms). The upcoming episode will mark the exit of Rakshanda Khan aka Mohini in the above thriller drama. As per the plot, the supernatural powers of the stone in the forest will make Rishab (Aham Sharma) and Raina (Krystle Dsouza) unconscious. Later, when Raina will […]
Vin Diesel, Deepika Padukone at xXx promotion: When superstars wowed Mumbai
Vin Diesel and Deepika Padukone charmed all at the premier of their new film, xXx: Return of Xander Cage, at PVR Cinema, High Street Phoenix, Lower Parel, Mumbai on January 12, 2017. (Prodip Guha/HT PHOTO) Click here to read more… Credit: www.hindustantimes.com
Priyanka Chopra wins second People’s Choice Award for Quantico, watch her acceptance speech
Trust Priyanka Chopra to always come back with a vengeance. After she had us all worried with her on-set injury last week, Priyanka was seen in action once again at the People’s Choice Awards 2017. And she not only won the red carpet — obviously, she won her second People’s Choice Award for Quantico as […]
India’s online spend to touch Rs875,600 crore by 2018: Report
New Delhi: Indian shoppers are likely to spend almost 85% more on global online marketplaces in 2017 across categories, said a report jointly published by digital payments platform PayPal and market research firm Ipsos. The report titled PayPal Cross-Border Consumer Research 2016 projected that the overall online spending in the country (including domestic and cross-border) […]
Why oil can spoil India’s budget math
Mumbai: One of the biggest drivers of India’s superlative macro-economic performance in the recent past has been a relatively under-appreciated element: oil. Since 2014, the dramatic fall in crude oil prices has helped India contain her twin deficits, and tame inflation. But with oil exporting countries planning to curtail oil supply, raising the possibility of […]
N. Chandrasekaran begins long road to restoring Tata group’s image
Bangalore/Mumbai: Amid the carnage on Wall Street in 2008, as Bank of America Corp. was trying to forge its rushed merger with Merrill Lynch & Co., Natarajan Chandrasekaran boarded a plane for New York to try to reassure the two financial behemoths that an Indian IT company could make the systems of their strikingly different […]
Brexit trade deal with India ‘at risk’ without visa reform
One of Britain’s most important post-Brexit trade partnerships+ could be at risk due to Theresa May’s refusal to reform visa restrictions for Indian citizens. The British Prime Minister has insisted leaving the EU would allow Britain to find other partners abroad and India, the world’s fastest growing major economy, was the first country she visited, […]
Indian Outsourcing Firms Prep for Curbs on H-1B Visa Workers Under Trump
NEW DELHI—President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t take office in Washington until Friday, but he is already forcing firms in India’s mammoth $108 billion technology-outsourcing industry to rethink their hiring practices in the U.S., their largest market. While Mr. Trump has chastised U.S. firms for offshoring American jobs, Indian outsourcing firms could be set to see renewed […]
Indian investor jailed in insider trading case in US
NEW YORK: An Indian-origin ex-private equity investor has been jailed for 20 months for tipping off two friends about the proposed 2013 acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company by India-based Apollo Tyre, an insider trading scheme that netted over $1 million in illegal profits. Amit Kanodia,, 49, of Brookline, was sentenced yesterday by US […]
‘Haley to embody vibrant parts of American society before UN’
WASHINGTON: As a “proud daughter” of Indian-American immigrants, Nikki Haley, tapped by US President-elect Donald Trump to be the ambassador of US to the United nations, will embody vibrant parts of the American society before the world forum, the Trump Transition team has said. South Carolina Governor Haley, whose Sikh parents immigrated from Punjab, is […]
