Humshakals trailer
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaQVYLV1GEw[/youtube] Exclusive : Presenting the official subtitled theatrical trailer of Humshakals – the year’s biggest comedy, directed by Sajid Khan. Its whackier, its crazier and we are promising 9 times the fun ! Starring Saif Ali Khan, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Ram Kapoor with a bevvy of beauties – Bipasha Basu, Tamannah Bhatia and Esha Gupta. […]
Kolkata Knight Riders Beat Kings XI Punjab to Clinch Second IPL Title in Three Years
Bangalore: Manish Pandey’s innings made sure Wriddhiman Saha’s valiant knock of 115 not out went in vain as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Kings XI Punjab by three wickets to clinch their second Indian Premier League (IPL) title at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium here Sunday. Put in to bat, the Kings XI were powered to a […]
Hockey World Cup: India’s Loss to England Upsets Coach Terry Walsh
The Hague: India’s chief hockey coach Terry Walsh was left dejected after the team again conceded a late goal to go down 1-2 to England for their second consecutive defeat in the FIH Hockey World Cup on Monday. Though India were the better of the two teams, he said the reality was they are yet to open […]
5 natural remedies to remove suntan
The summer season is about to come to an end. Though we eagerly await the first monsoon shower, the sweltering heat leaves its mark on our skin in the form of a suntan. Many people brush it aside thinking that it will wear off on its own once the monsoon arrives but the truth is, […]
Anger Among Indians After Killings of 2 Girls
KATRA SAADATGANJ, India — Sohan Lal reached the police outpost at 11 o’clock on the night his daughter disappeared, he said, already desperate for help. He bent down before the officer in charge and clutched his feet, telling him to hurry, hurry. “I was on my knees begging them to come quickly, but they would […]
As KCR Takes Oath as Telangana Chief Minister, Controversy Over His Cabinet
Hyderabad: As K Chandrasekhar Rao, the first chief minister of Telangana, India’s 29th state, took oath of office early on Monday morning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted him on Twitter and promised the Centre’s “complete support” in taking the “state to newer heights of progress.” (PM Narendra Modi Welcomes Telangana as 29th State) Celebrations had begun hours […]
Gopinath Munde Dies After Road Accident, Tributes Across Party Lines
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi were among the hundreds of political leaders and party workers who paid their last respects to union rural development minister Gopinath Munde at the BJP headquarters today. Mr Munde, considered the BJP’s tallest leader in Maharashtra, died after a road accident in Delhi today morning. “He suffered […]
CityLights Mints Rs 3.57 Crores in Opening Weekend
Hansal Mehta’s CityLights opened well at the box office, garnering strong business during its first weekend with Rs 3.57 crores. “CityLights does a good opening weekend. Friday – Rs 70 lakh, Saturday – Rs 1.32 crore (almost double of Friday) and Sunday – Rs 1.55 crore. Total – Rs 3.57 crore, said a statement issued on Monday. Presented […]
Eden’s Date With Shah Rukh Khan Begins with a Lungi Dance
Bollywood, cricket and politics united in a lavish ceremony on Tuesday, giving a royal salute to 2014 Indian Premier League champions, the Kolkata Knight Riders, and team owners Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla at a crowded Eden Gardens here. Amid heightened security cover, the stadium’s green turf was deluged in a sea of purple […]
Ek Hasina Thi: Will Durga punish Shaurya?
Durga will discover that it was Shaurya who attacked Acharya. What will she do next? Shaurya (Vatsal Seth) might be calculative and scheming, but he still can’t beat Durga (Sanjeeda Sheikh). No matter how hard he tries to hide behind his dirty lies, the truth strips him naked of his monstrous tactics.In the last episode […]
Saurabh Raaj Jain and Veebha Anand share their buddy connect
TV actors Saurabh Raaj Jain and Veebha Anand are great friends. Veebha says,”Since 10 months we are friends. We bonded well. It’s silent mutual admiration for the craft of acting and each other. We both are foodies and mostly we eat together. Whenever he gets something special in his tiffin (say Gulabjamun) he keeps it […]
$330,000 Raised at Sikh Human Development Gala
Washington, D.C. — Hundreds of Sikh community members raised over $330,000 for Punjab’s poor but bright students during a fundraising event hosted May 20 by the Sikh Human Development Foundation at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center here. The money was raised following a passionate appeal by chief guest Sardar Surender Singh Kandhari, who challenged the audience […]
Kavita and Lalit Bahl Pledge $3.5M for Lab at Stony Brook
Kavita and Lalit Bahl of Stony Brook, N.Y., have pledged a $3.5 million bequest to establish the Kavita and Lalit Bahl Molecular Imaging Laboratory at Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook. Lalit Bahl, an employee of East Setauket, N.Y.-based Renaissance Technologies, and his wife, Kavita, were inspired to give to Stony Brook by Renaissance founder Jim […]
Indian American Students Power National Science Bowl
Students from Mira Loma High School in Sacramento, Calif., defeated the team from Westview High School in Portland, Ore., to win the high school competition at the U.S. Department of Energy National Science Bowl in Washington, D.C., April 28. In the middle school event, the winner was the Greater Boston Science & Math Team from […]
Yudh, An Endeavour To Be Different: Amitabh Bachchan
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan always wanted to do a serial on the small screen, and he is glad that his debut fiction show on the tube, “Yudh” is an attempt to offer something “different” to the viewers. In an interview, the 71-year-old veteran speaks about the show, about his TV journey and about working on the […]
Beauty and Grace at Annual Recital of Abhinaya School of Performing Arts
KATY: Colors, choreography and synchronization were the highlights of Rasaanubhava’14, the annual recital of Abhinaya School of Performing Arts, at the Stafford Civic Center on May 18. The artistic director and teacher Indrani Parthasarathy, well versed in the Pandanallur style of Bharathanatyam and also trained in Kuchipudi style of dancing is the daughter of the […]
Reimagining India was Foremost on the Mind, a Week After Historic Elections
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: A week after the historic elections in India which saw the Bharati Janata Party catapult into the helm of the nation in a landslide victory, curiosity was rampant at the perfectly timed launch of the book “Reimagining India: Unlocking the Potential of Asia’s Next Superpower” in front of an audience of […]
35th NABC 2015 kicked off at Houston Durga Bari Society
HOUSTON: Houston recently hosted a big extravaganza – kickoff for a prestigious mega-event in 2015. Since 1980 North American Bengali Conference (NABC or Banga Sammelan) has promoted the Bengali culture richness in USA and Canada. Tagore Society of Houston (TSH) will host its 35th version on July 10-12, 2015. TSH already erected a statue of […]
Graduation at the Arya Samaj School
BY Smriti Ahuja & Sanjana Kapoor HOUSTON: Arya Samaj hosted a Graduation ceremony for its students on Sunday, May 18. The ceremony, held in the Main Hall, was filled with award presentations and student performances. The day began with all the students participating in Havan in the school, and chants of Swaha filled the air. After […]
Ovarcome Adds More Support in Fight Against Ovarian Cancer
By Jawahar Malhotra HOUSTON: It was the first gala for this nascent organization which got its beginning only a couple of years ago as a concept that was presented to the Indo-American community through a performance by the Seattle-based Bengali rock band “Brishti”, organized in collaboration with Better Bangla Radio (see IAN dated October 12, […]
