Nita Mehta, a Tireless, Cheerful Community Worker Passes
Nita Mehta 1929-2017 HOUSTON: Even as the years slowed her down physically, her spirit was indomitable and she marched on, finally with the aid of a walker, which she said “was a necessary nuisance”. After her husband Padmakanth grew feebler, she would often drive him to meetings and around town. Until a few years ago, […]
Mama’s Punjabi Recipes: Sabat Moong Di Daal (Whole Moong Lentils)
Daals are the mainstay of Indian diet, whether you are in the north or south, east or west – providing much needed protein – and each region has its own way of making them. So central are they to Indian life, there is even a phrase to express daily life: “daal-roti toh khani hai” (we […]
7 Things You Must Have At Home During The Flu Season
The best means of dealing with flu is to prevent it. The best way to prevent swine flu is to get a yearly flu vaccination. Other easy ways to prevent swine flu include frequently washing hands with soap or hand sanitizer, not touching your nose, mouth, or eyes (the virus can survive on surfaces like […]
Steve Smith Outguns Virat Kohli, When It Comes To Captains’ Earnings
Australian captain Steve Smith will earn more this year than all other international captains, including India’s Virat Kohli. According to a detailed report published by ESPNCricinfo, the highest-earning captain in international cricket in 2017 makes nearly 20 times more than the lowest-earning captain. Smith will earn a whopping US$1.469 million this year compared to Kohli’s approximately $1 million […]
Veer, Vidur and Tithi part of Vikram Bhatt’s digital platform’s first series
TellyChakkar, reported about Vikram Bhatt’s Twisted 2’s lead casting. We have also exclusively heard that Vikram will soon be launching his own digital platform titled VB on the Web. One of the first web-series to be launched on the digital platform will be Untouchables. The series already has Sreejita De and Vikram Bhatt in the lead. Click […]
Lakshmi Mittal donates $25 million to Harvard University
Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has donated USD 25 million to the prestigious Harvard University with an aim to increase engagement with South Asian countries, including India. The donation will establish an endowed fund for the South Asia Institute at the university. The institute spearheads Harvard’s engagement with South Asian countries, including India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, […]
Maruti’s new Dzire crosses 100,000 sales mark in over 5 months
Maruti Suzuki India on Tuesday said the all-new version of its compact sedan Dzire has crossed 100,000 unit sales milestone in just five and half months of launch. The third generation Dzire was launched in May 2017 and has become the fastest to clock one lakh unit sales mark, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in […]
Victoria & Abdul Movie Review
VICTORIA & ABDUL STORY: In her latter years, Victoria, the Queen of England and Empress of India (Judi Dench), found solace in the company of an Indian clerk Abdul Karim (Ali Fazal), who went on to become her Urdu teacher, spiritual adviser and closest confidant. Based on Shrabani Basu’s book on this extraordinary true story, the […]
Search on for 10 Indian sailors of sunken merchant vessel
A lifeboat has been located by a Boeing P-8I Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance Anti-Submarine warfare aircraft of the Indian Navy during efforts to locate 10 missing sailors of m.v. Emerald Star that sank off the Philippines coast on Friday. The vessel had 26 crew members, many of them from Tamil Nadu. While 11 were rescued by m.v. Densa Cobra and are […]
Gujarat elections a contest between dynasty and development: Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the upcoming Gujarat elections would be a contest between the politics of development pursued by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the dynastic politics of the Congress. Modi’s speech at a rally attended by hundreds of thousands of BJP workers on the outskirts of Ahmedabad set the tone […]
Ranchi Diaries Movie Review
STORY: As Gudiya’s plan to elope with Monu goes awry, the duo along their good-for-nothing friends, decide to carry out an audacious heist. REVIEW: Pinku (Taaha Shah) is a wannabe gangster who runs a food stall where he munches on Chow Mein all day with his young, wasted lieutenants. His friend Monu (Himansh Kohli), a small-time safe-cracker, […]
Shah Rukh Khan hosts Diwali get-together. Karan Johar, Farah Khan, Aanand L Rai, Arjun Kapoor and others in attendance
Diwali seems to have come already for our celebrities. They have got a good reason for a get-together. Yesterday, we saw photos of a pre-diwali party held at Salman Khan’s sister Arpita Khan Sharma’s house, and these late night posts of Farah Khan revealed that there was another party held at her bestie Shah Rukh Khan’s […]
Big B to shoot in Pune for Sairat director’s next
We had earlier reported about ‘Sairat’ director Nagraj Manjule making his Hindi direction debut with none other than Amitabh Bachchan. As per reports, the film, which revolves around slum soccer, will be shot in the city. A set for the film is currently being set up in the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) campus and as soon as the set […]
Chandrakanta to part ways with Veer in the Colors’ fantasy series
Balaji Telefilms’ popular fantasy series Chandrakanta has always surprised its audience with some shocking twists and turns. Now we hear that, the upcoming episodes of the show will feature some major twists to unfold that would turn out to be shocking twists for the viewers for sure. Veer (Vishal Aditya Singh) and Chandrakanta (Madhurima Tuli) are very much in […]
Trump’s new immigration proposal favours young, high-skilled, well-qualified vs aged, infirm, and extended family
WASHINGTON: Want to immigrate to the United States taking your high qualifications and considerable skills with you? You’ll be in luck under the new merit-based immigration system proposed by the Trump administration. Spouses and minor kids will be good to eventually join you, but if you want to bring your parents, adult children, uncles, aunts, […]
