Islamabad, Dec 23 (IANS) Youngest Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has lavished praises on Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khans performance in his latest release “Zero”. Shah Rukh plays a vertically challenged man Bauua Singh in…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) Actor Naseeruddin Shah’s remarks on religious violence prompted yoga guru Ramdev to say on Saturday that such accusations amounted to degrading the country’s pride. “Naseeruddin Shah has earned his popularity due…
Visakhapatnam, Dec 22 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday differed with DMK leader M.K. Stalin’s stand on projecting Congress President Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate of opposition for the…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court verdict convicting him in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and sentencing him to life imprisonment….
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Computer monitors, TV screens, video games, lithium-ion power banks, retreaded tyres, wheelchairs and cinema tickets are among products and services set to get cheaper with their removal from the GST…
Gandhinagar, Dec 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said despite all “obstacles” from fundamentalists and Opposition, his government was committed to bringing a law against the practice of triple talaq to ensure social…
London, Dec 22 (IANS) A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with a string of drone sightings which brought UK’s Gatwick Airport to a standstill for three days. The arrests came as…
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) A partial shutdown of the US federal administration began on Saturday after lawmakers failed to reach a budget agreement over President Donald Trumps border wall funding demands. Negotiations between the House…
By Subhash K. Jha With due apologies to Aamir, Shah Rukh and Salman, the biggest Khan superstar of India currently is Taimur Ali Khan. As he turned all of two on December 20, his proud,…
New York, Dec 22 (IANS) US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone surgery in New York on two malignant nodules on one of her lungs, a statement said. The nodules were found during…
Washington, Dec 22 (AFP) The US House of Representatives adjourned Friday without Congress passing a spending deal, assuring a partial government shutdown at midnight as President Donald Trump and lawmakers remain at odds over border…
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) The US Supreme Court has rejected a request from the Donald Trump administration to begin enforcing a ban on asylum for immigrants who illegally cross the US-Mexico border. The narrow 5-4…
Hyderabad, Dec 21 (IANS) The Hyderabad High Court on Friday asked the Telangana government to file a counter affidavit to a petition filed by popular Telugu actor Prabhas, challenging the seizure of his guest house…
By Troy Ribeiro Film: “K.G.F. – Chapter 1” Director: Prashanth Neel Cast: Yash, Srinidhi Shetty, Achyuth Kumar, Malavika Avinash, Vasishta N. Simha, Mita Vashisht, Ayyappa P. Sharma and Beesu Suresh Rating: ***1/2 With a larger-than-life…
Washington, Dec 21 (IANS) The US House of Representatives has approved more than $5 billion in funding for the President’s border wall in its stopgap spending bill, close to 24 hours before the partial government…
Ajmer, Dec 21 (IANS) Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who has courted controversy with his views on the rising mob violence in the country, finds it strange that something he voiced as a “worried Indian” has caused…
Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) Sustained weakness in global markets due to the US Fed rate hike along with profit booking after seven straight sessions of gains sent the Sensex plunging over 550 points on Friday….
Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) Twelve years after the sensational killing of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, his associate Tulsiram Prajapati and rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi, a Special CBI Court here on Friday acquitted all 22 accused in the…
San Francisco, Dec 21 (IANS) The Twitter stock nosedived over 12 per cent after a famed Wall Street analyst dubbed the micro-blogging platform the “Harvey Weinstein of social media”, days after an Amnesty International study…
By Subhash K. Jha Film: “Zero” Cast: Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma Director: Aanand L Rai Rating: ****1/2 (4 and a half stars) When this achingly irreverent ode to misfits was over, I…