From ‘Angel of Mercy’ to ‘Fraud’: Saint Teresa was both adored and attacked
For those who revered her, Mother Teresa’s elevation to the Catholic sainthood on Sunday came not a moment too soon. The diminutive nun whose journey from a corner of the Ottoman Empire to the slums of India made her one of the most famous women in the world was regarded by many as a saint during her […]
Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan back from US tour; MoUs worth Rs 2,400 crore signed
The US-based companies are expected to invest more than Rs 2,400 crore in Madhya Pradesh, especially in the infotech sector thus generating a large number of jobs, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said. “Of the Rs 2,400 crore, Rs 1,000 crore is expected to be invested in the IT sector by US companies, according […]
ED attaches Vijay Mallya’s assets worth Rs6,630 crore
Mumbai: In a fresh round of action against Vijay Mallya, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached properties worth Rs6,630 crore in connection with its money laundering probe. On its official Twitter handle the investigative agency said, “ED attaches further properties worth Rs6,630 Crores (Mkt Value) of Vijay Mallya in bank fraud case . Total attachment […]
Bangladesh hangs top Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali for 1971 war crimes
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami leader and media tycoon Mir Quasem Ali was hanged on Saturday night, the sixth Islamist to be executed for war crimes committed during the country’s 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan. Ali was hanged in Kashimpur Central Jail on the outskirts of the capital. “He was hanged at 10.35pm(local time),” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said. His execution came after […]
Why you should snack
If you are extremely conscious of your diet, you most likely see Snacking as a sin. But that’s not entirely true. Snacking is a two edged sword – you can’t overlook it and you can’t afford to overdo it. Whether you want to lose weight or maintain it, it is good for both. The key is to […]
Akira Movie Review
Sonakshi Sinha is an eye-catching action star and director-turned-actor Anurag Kashyap evil incarnate in A R Murugadoss’ intriguingly titled Akira. Both pull off their roles with astonishing aplomb. The film as a whole is, however, patchy. Its facile genre sleights – rogue cops, wronged innocents and bloody confrontations – hit home only sporadically. Despite pitchforking a […]
Happy Bhag Jayegi movie review: A comedy that loses the plot
Happy Bhag Jayegi movie cast: Abhay Deol, Diana Penty, Momal Sheikh, Ali Fazal, Jimmy Shergill, Kanwaljeet, Piyush Mishra Happy Bhag Jayegi movie director: Mudassar Aziz What if an Indian girl wakes up in Pakistan one fine morning? And what if she finds, gasp, the one she’s looking for across the border? The premise of Happy Bhag Jayegi, promises you some good […]
Disney to shift focus from Bollywood to Hollywood in India
Having suffered losses in its recent Bollywood ventures, the Walt Disney India Company today said that it is shifting focus to driving the Hollywood movie slate in India. In a statement, the studio said the shift is happening because the current economic model for investing in the local film industry is challenging. There were reports […]
Ajay Devgn claims Karan Johar paid KRK Rs 25 lakh to praise Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, slam his Shivaay
It’s an all out war between Ajay Devgn on one side and Karan Johar and Kamaal R Khan(KRK) on the other. Ajay Devgn is not pleased with KRK bad mouthing his film Shivaay which is clashing with KJO’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil on the social networking site after initially speaking in its(Shivaay) favour. The actor […]
Good show by Indian tennis players as Paes, Mirza, Bopanna win at US Open 2016
Indian tennis stars Leander Paes, Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna began their US Open campaign on a sound note, winning their respective opening round matches at Flushing Meadows here. Bopanna kicked off India’s day with a sweat-inducing 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3 win with his Danish partner Frederik Nielsen over 16th seeds Radek Stepanek and Nenad […]
Discontinue issuing immigrant or non-immigrant visas to India, China, top US Senator asks Obama
A top American Senator has asked the Obama Administration to discontinue issuing immigrant and non-immigrant visas to citizens from 23 countries, including India and China, while accusing them of being non-cooperative in taking back illegal immigrants from the US. “Dangerous criminals, including murderers, are being released every day because their home countries will not cooperate in […]
IT Blues: Why are Indian infotech firms losing steam?
Bengaluru: A few months can make all the difference. On 15 April, Infosys Ltd, which had clawed its way back to almost being the bellwether of the $150 billion Indian information technology (IT) services business that it once was, announced an upbeat forecast for 2016-17. It projected constant currency growth in revenue of between 11.5% and […]
RIL to create a Rs5,000 crore fund to invest in tech start-ups
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced that the company is setting up aRs.5,000 crore fund—Jio Digital India Startup Fund—to invest in digital businesses. The announcement was made at the company’s 42nd annual general meeting in Mumbai. “We also have plans to partner with thousands of Indian entrepreneurs, whose digital ventures can […]
India’s knitwear capital Tiruppur takes on apparel leaders China, Bangladesh
Mumbai/Chennai: Indian clothes maker T.R. Vijaya Kumar thinks it’s time for his country to take on Bangladesh, Vietnam and even China for leadership in the global apparel industry. He’s a second-generation manufacturer, who’s transformed his small family undershirt business in southern India into an apparel exporter of 1,700 employees and aims to double its sales by […]
PIA pilots make history by becoming first pair of sisters to fly Boeing-777s concurrently
KARACHI: Two Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) pilots made history by becoming the first pair of sisters in Pakistan to fly Boeing-777 airplanes at the same time. Maryam Masood and Erum Masood are both first officers who fly different planes, PIA Spokesman Danyal Gilani told Dawn.com. They are junior only to the plane’s captain, who are […]
PM to leave for China today, but via Vietnam
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins another Asian sojourn, as he heads off on Friday afternoon to attend the G-20 summit in Hangzhou, China, making a politically important stop at Vietnam en route. Modi will also meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of G-20, months after their meeting in Tashkent before the […]
Rahul withdraws plea, to face trial for blaming RSS for Mahatma’s killing
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will have to stand trial for blaming the RSS for Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination after the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to quash a defamation case against him. The Congress leader, who withdrew his plea for dismissing the case after being refused relief, will now be tried in a Bhiwandi court in […]
