The Western world is now showing interest in Hindi films — all because of its dance and music content, something that they ridiculed a few years ago, says megastar Amitabh Bachchan. “We were ridiculed, and the West was very cynical about the way we made our films and the content — the songs and the [...]

A premier asset management and financial services company based in Kuwait — held an honorary function to recognize ten outstanding students from Kuwait who were recently presented with the Sheikha Latifa Bint Mohammed Bin Rasheed Al-Maktoum Award for Child Creativity held by the United Arab Emirates.
At a meeting held in his office to congratulate [...]

Controversial Aussie all-rounder Andrew Symonds has blamed Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh for making him an alcoholic. Symonds was sent home from the T20 world cup held in England after breaking an alcohol-related team agreement, Cricket Australia had said at that time.
He admitted that the racism controversy involving Harbhajan Singh in January, 2008 sparked [...]

Gujarat police has said that they were taking all precautions ahead of the Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra, which commence on Wednesday. Security forces staged a flag march in the city on Monday. Police have planned foolproof security on the entire 14-kilometer route of the procession and particularly in the sensitive areas of the city. “We [...]

The Supreme Court has asked the Central Government to provide details of steps initiated to ensure safety of Indian students facing racial attacks in Australia and Canada by June 26. A vacation bench of Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Asok Kumar Ganguly also asked the Attorney General of India to assist the court in the matter, [...]

A 42-year-old former school teacher, who migrated to Nepal from the hill town of Darjeeling in India’s West Bengal state, was arrested for the brutal murder of a high school student that Tuesday continued to send shock waves and trigger protests throughout the Himalayan republic.High schools remained closed countrywide while enraged students, some still in [...]

On October 2nd the then health minister Ramadoss has banned smoking in public places. That created quite a stir both for the ban and the ambiguity in defining public place. Did that stop smoking or sales or so called smoking in public places? Don’t even bother answering those questions. The focus has shifted to [...]

South African sports teams have been involved in some real clangers over the years. Pride of place goes to a top-end cricket match that took place in Edgbaston, England 10 years ago. It was the semi-final of the World Cup: Australia against South Africa, the hardened troopers against the wide-eyed aspirants. Eight years after [...]

Rockford aldermen say “no” to a new nightclub, called Tabu, slated to move in on East State Street. Tabu would have moved into a building in the 3700 block of East State but some aldermen say there have been too many incidents at that site in the past. It was formerly home to the nightclub [...]

The stage is set, the world is watching and the first ball is ready to be bowled and it looks like it’s the bowlers who will dominate this year’s Twenty20 World Cup in England. It has been opined that the shortened form of the game is geared too much towards the batsmen but in [...]