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Entertainment
KAHAANI…IN ENGLISH
After the success of Vidya Balan starrer ‘Kahaani’, director Aditya Chopra is looking to make an English version of the hit. The film, which raked in millions at the box office, was a success with critics... -
Entertainment
GOING AROUND IN CIRCLES…
Shahid Kapoor plays Muslim for the first time in reincarnation romance Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra will be joining forces again in Kunal Kohli’s upcoming romance flick Teri Meri Kahaani. The film is set in three... -
Entertainment
SALMAN TO HOST BIGG BOSS
There have been reports that Salman Khan’s busy schedule might jeopardise his chances of hosting Bigg Boss. The hunky actor has suggested that Sanjay Dutt, who co-hosted the previous season with Khan, will take the reins.... -
Entertainment
MAFIA FLICK HIT AT CANNES
Gangs of Wasseypur’s World Premiere Opens to Packed Houses At 65th Cannes Film Festival 23rd May saw eager crowds line the streets outside the world renowned JW Marriot for the exclusive world premiere of Gangs of Wasseypur, the... -
Global News
SMART IDEA
Mobile phone with in-built radiation detector unveiled in Japan A new mobile phone with an inbuilt radiation detector has been introduced in Japan. The smartphone was developed by Softbank Corp and is the first to measure... -
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NO TO SHIPPING AFRICAN CHEETAH TO INDIA
A project to ship cheetahs from Africa to India has been stopped by the country’s Court after an expert branded the move “misconceived.” India’s environment minister had supported the £35m plan to move the African cheetahs... -
Global News
TEACHER NOT PAID FOR 22 YEARS
An Indian teacher went unpaid for two decades after officials spelled his father’s name and district name incorrectly and then suspended him as an impostor. Anarul Haque began his teaching career in Murshidabad in West Bengal... -
Global News
The world’s most lavish home in Mumbai
By William Walker. Mumbai; city of extremes, is at once one of the wealthiest cities in the world; a beacon of innovation and fiscal dominance, and staggeringly impoverished; saturated with the destitute and the forgotten. Vast... -
Global News
“SELL CLOTHES, NOT YOUR HONOUR…”
…Say posters that covered up billboard advertisements of bare-shouldered women Billboard advertisements in Karachi, which feature bare-shouldered women, have been covered with black posters that read “Sell clothes, not your honour.” However, those responsible for the... -
Global News
“MAKE TEA INDIAN”
Tea plantation owners in India want to make British favourite the country’s national drink India’s tea plantation owners are campaigning to reclaim tea, a beverage associated with Britishness, as the country’s national drink. The campaign follows...