In bad debt cloud, silver lining for banks: Aam aadmi
AMID serious concerns over bad debts across corporate and SME (small and medium enterprises) segments, there is one bright spot for banks — the retail consumer. The retail segment, comprising individual consumers, witnessed a reduction in gross NPA (non performing asset) rates for the country’s scheduled commercial banks over the last 18 months — from […]
ICE recovers stolen Indian artifacts from major auction house ahead of Asia Week New York
NEW YORK : Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in conjunction with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office seized two stolen Indian statues Friday, believed to be from the 8th and 10th centuries A.D. The artifacts were recovered from Christie’s auction house in New York City and are the result […]
New US visa rules for international students
NEW YORK: The United States federal government changed rules for non-immigrant student visas on Friday, saying that international students will now be eligible to stay for three years after finishing their degrees for training potentially leading to employment. Only students earning degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields from accredited higher education institutes […]
Rajat Gupta released after completing 2-year prison term
New York: India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has been released after completing his two-year prison term, weeks after a US court agreed to rehear his appeal to throw out his 2012 insider trading conviction. Gupta, 67, was “released” on 11 March, according to his record at the Federal Bureau of Prisons. While Gupta’s prison […]
Indian-American investor occupies key IMF position
WASHINGTON: Independent investor Sunil Sabharwal has become the first Indian-American to occupy a key administration post at the IMF, three weeks after he was confirmed by the Senate. Sabharwal, who was confirmed by the US Senate after a long waiting, assumed the position as Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday. Given […]
I have more Sikhs in cabinet than Modi: Canada PM Justin Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, known for his witty repartees, told an American audience in Washington that he has more Sikhs in his Cabinet than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The quip came when Trudeau was taking 10 questions from students at the American University in northwest Washington during his state visit to the US. During […]
Sri Sri explains NGT cess climbdown, blames media
On the second day of the World Culture Festival, Art of Living (AOL) founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar blamed the media while explaining why AOL had paid the first installment of the cess imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Friday, despite his initial refusal to pay the Rs 5 crore fine the NGT had […]
BJP to field Netaji’s grandnephew against CM Mamata in Bengal polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party said on Wednesday it will field Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grandnephew Chandra Bose against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming assembly elections. Chandra Bose joined the BJP on January 25 , two days after he attended a ceremony in Delhi where the government released 100 declassified files on Netaji. […]
India’s endangered species nobody wants to save, or talk about
If you saw the pangolin, you’d probably find it quite adorable. It’s a shy, stooped creature that ambles close to the ground, looking furtively at the world through beady eyes. When threatened, this prehistoric mammal curls up into a ball, presenting a hide covered in overlapping scales so tough, they can withstand a tiger attack […]
Barun Sobti begins shooting for his cop drama – view pic!
The handsome Barun Sobti is back on television. Yes, the wait is finally over for his fans, who will get to see him as a suave cop. The actor will be seen as a dapper cop on the chase of a con woman on the show Satya Ki Kiran. Satya is the name of his character. His fans […]
Naagin: Ritik SLAPS Shivanya for accusing his parents of murder
We know that Ritik (Arjun Bijlani) will get his hands on Naagmani and Shivanya (Mouni Roy) will come and save her dear husband. However things are not going to be fine between the couple anymore. Not only will Ritik slap his wife Shivanya, who he loves so dearly he might even stop trusting her now. […]
Varun Dhawan: It was not easy to shoot action part for Dishoom
After delivering hits in romance and comedy genre, actor Varun Dhawan says he found the fight sequences in his next film Dishoom quite ‘difficult’ to shoot. The 28-year-old Badlapur actor will be in forthcoming action adventure alongside John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandez, directed by his brother Rohit Dhawan. “It was not easy to shoot action part. As I am new […]
Indian-American boy in fray for $100,000 ‘Child Genius’ prize
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American boy, with his terrific memory skills and mathematical abilities, is all set to lock horns with two other finalists in the second season of Lifetime Television’s competition “Child Genius: Battle of the Brightest”, a media report said. Nine-year-old Arnav Krishna from New York stands a chance to win a whopping $100,000 college […]
Teraa Surroor Movie Review
STORY: Raghu (Himesh Reshammiya) does the right things, the wrong way. He worships Tara (Farah Karimaee) and she loves him too. However Raghu’s philandering move drives her away to Ireland, where she is caught for drug peddling. Raghu believes she is innocent. Turns out, she has been framed by a mysterious man called Anirudh Brahmin. Can […]
Pakistan clears team’s departure to India for World Twenty20
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday announced it would send its national cricket team to India for the World Twenty20 following security assurances from New Delhi after months of uncertainty. The interior minister “Chaudhry Nisar (Ali Khan) has given permission to Pakistan’s team to play in India,” Najam Sethi, a senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official, told […]
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A.R. Rahman set to turn film producer with musical film ’99 Songs’
Musical maestro A.R.Rahman is branching out into cinema with his first film production, but he won’t be venturing too far from musical territory in this new project. Titled 99 Songs, the Tamil-Hindi film will be a musical that tells the story of a singer through a soundtrack of 10 songs. Rahman, who has also written the […]
I don’t fear losing everything that I’ve earned: Manoj Bajpai on signing the risky Aligarh
There’s no denying that Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpai is a powerhouse of talent. He may not be your typical masala film hero, but his performance in films likeShool, Satya, Pinjar, Aks, Zubeidaa and Tevar linger in public memory. It helps that his two Filmfare Awards and two National Awards have put him on everybody’s radar. His latest film Aligarh, released […]
UK immigration skills charge may hit Indian IT industry
Already reeling under pressure from the US government’s decision to hike visa fees for L1 and H1B categories, the Indian IT sector could be affected by the UK’s Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) recommendations to the British government to introduce the immigration skills charge (ISC). In its report submitted to the government last month, MAC suggested that an […]
