Some best ice festivals around the world that are worth travelling for
Winter is a favourite season for a lot of us. Even though it’s cold, the weather is clear and there’s enough scope to stay cooped and cosy as well. I mean, who doesn’t like to sleep under the blanket during those cold winter months? However, when it comes to travellers, they simply enjoy the stunning […]
Rohit Sharma Turns Reporter, Interviews Yuzvendra Chahal And Kuldeep Yadav On Their Off-Field Interests
The Indian cricket team is on a roll and having a gala time after routing Australia 4-1 in the recently-concluded One-day International series at home. Off late, we have seen cricketers turning reporters after matches and this time it was Rohit Sharma’s turn to take that role. Rohit interviewed India’s spin twins Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav and asked […]
Hina Khan calls Kishwer ‘gross’ in Bigg Boss 11; the latter hits back at her
Bigg Boss 11 is no doubt one hell of a controversial house. Squabbles and disputes surrounding the show are not just limited within the precincts of the glass walled mansion, they also have repercussions and reactions outside the house. Happened so, that in one episode of Colors’ hit reality show, Hina Khan takes a dig at […]
Indian neighbours bonding is a thing of the past: Salman
Bollywood superstar Salman Khan says the “neighbouring (neighbourly) culture” and the traditional camaraderie and bonding between neighbours in India is now sadly a thing of the past. The star is back as the host of the 11th edition of the controversial reality TV show “Bigg Boss”, which is themed around neighbours. Click here to read […]
The Final Exit Movie Review
STORY: Fashion photographer, Vidyut Sehgal (Kunaal Roy Kapor) has several distractions in his life, namely drugs, alcohol and women. He is also deeply troubled by his dreams in which he sees a mysterious woman posing around a strange shrine. Soon, the woman enters his bedroom and an entity seems to be sending him videos that seem […]
Tom Alter, Padma Shri actor and writer, dies aged 67
MUMBAI: Veteran film, television and theatre actor and Padma Shri Tom Alter has died aged 67. The renowned actor and one-time sports writer and author had been battling stage four skin cancer. Alter acted in over 300 movies apart from numerous TV shows, most famously as the gangster Keshav Kalsi in the hit soap opera Junoon which […]
India most sustainable economy, says WEF
CHENNAI: India has been named one of the least wasteful and sustainable economies in a study by the world Economic Forum. While per-capita emissions are amongst the lowest in the world, it is also the third biggest generator of emissions given its position as the world’s third largest economy. India also has the largest number of […]
Laundering case: Mallya arrested in London, gets bail
LONDON: Beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya was arrested in London on Tuesday in a money laundering case filed by India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) before being released on a bail bond of £650,000 by the Westminster magistrates’ court. The 61-year-old fugitive businessman, who was arrested earlier this year and granted bail on an extradition warrant executed by the Metropolitan Police, was […]
US realty firm Greystone looks for investors from India
MUMBAI: New York-headquartered Greystone, a commercial real estate lending, investment and advisory company, has entered the Indian market. The company is planning to raise $57.5 million for Astoria Waterfront, a real estate project in the US, via 115 investors worldwide. The project has already bagged commitment from 35 investors. Click here to read more… Credit: thehindubusinessline.com
Indian doctor new WHO deputy director-general
NEW DELHI: Dr Soumya Swaminathan, director-general of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and secretary to the department of health research, has been appointed the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) deputy directorgeneral, programmes, in Geneva. This is the second-highest position at the UN agency. The new WHO leadership team was announced on Tuesday by director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who was […]
‘I’ve been removed repeatedly but you keep bringing me back,’ says re-elected PML-N head Nawaz
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was elected the president of PML-N unopposed on Tuesday, reclaiming his position as the head of his namesake party. Addressing a gathering of charged party members at the Convention Centre in Islamabad, Nawaz Sharif said his supporters kept reelecting him to power despite his ousters from the office. Click here […]
Lalu Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav to appear before CBI on 5, 6 October
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday asked Rashtraiya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son Tejashwi Yadav to appear before it for questioning on 5 and 6 October in an alleged corruption case after both leaders expressed their inability to appear on given dates, people in the agency said. They said Yadav and […]
Gujarat elections 2017: Clear path for the BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got 60% of votes and won all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat in the 2014 general elections. Things have not been smooth for the party in the post-2014 phase though. Patidars, an influential social group, started an agitation demanding reservation in government jobs and education in mid-2015. A […]
37 Indian scientists co-authors of gravitational waves discovery paper
PUNE: As many as 37 Indian scientists from nine institutes, including Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) here, were co-authors of the gravitational waves discovery paper — awarded the Nobel prize in Physics on Tuesday. Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish and Kip S Thorne were named for the award for their decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation […]