Foreign secretary Nirupama Rao on Thursday said she was hopeful of the resolution of the case of 80-year-old Pakistani prisoner Khalil Chishty, lodged in a jail in Ajmer in connection with a murder case. Rao, who is in Islamabad for two-day talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman [...]
The Maharashtra state government will not withdraw the law that raises the age of consuming alcohol. According to it, the age for drinking beer was increased from 18 to 21 and for consuming hard liquor from 21 to 25. “The argument that 18 is the age when people [...]
Women, too, should be brought under the purview of section 497 of the Indian Penal Code, which penalises adultery, the Bombay high court said on Thursday, while hearing a plea on the validity of the law. The court was hearing a petition filed by Mumbai’s Worli resident Deepak Mirwani, who [...]
Even as foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan began on Thursday, BJP patriarch LK Advani warned the Centre against any “compromise” on Kashmir, saying such a thing would lead to an unprecedented popular upsurge in the nation. He was speaking against “UPA corruption” and black money in New Delhi [...]
Seeking to unlock the “untapped enormous economic potential” between India and the United States, the Obama Administration is lining up its top financial officials for next week’s India-US economic partnership dialogue in Washington. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee would receive a red carpet welcome from his US counterpart, Treasury [...]
In a “jaw-dropping” and “epic” case, an Indian-American couple in New York has been charged with raking in over $460 million in crooked cash through a record-setting corruption scam. Reddy Allen and Dr Padma Allen have been indicted on federal fraud and kickback charges in relation to the scandals [...]
She has been missing from Bollywood for quite some time now, but soon the Mast-Mast girl Raveena Tandon will make a comeback on the big screen in a psychological thriller opposite Sanjay Dutt. “Helloooooand goodmorning!! Signed an interesting film yesterday a psychological thriller, to be shot in July, [...]
Dancing might be a piece of cake for some, but for comedian-actor Vir Das it was altogether a different ball game. When he was filming his solo song Jaa Chudail for his film Delhi Belly, he had to groove wearing five-and-a-half inch platform heels. The song is said to be [...]
Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta has described the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards in Toronto this week as “Indian kitsch”. The three-day Bollywood show does not represent Indian culture, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker said in Toronto Tuesday. “Bollywood is not Indian culture, it’s pop culture. There’s a big difference,” [...]
Dia Mirza wants to turn director. The actor who is currently focusing on her debut production, Love Breakup Zindagi, says, “I want to direct as soon as my production venture gets over.” The former beauty queen adds, “Since we have a dearth of good scripts in the industry, I will [...]