Rahul Gandhi, Shinde decline to meet US delegation
New Delhi – Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Tuesday declined to meet a US Congressional delegation to highlight India’s strong disapproval of the arrest and handcuffing of an Indian diplomat in New York last week. The diplomatic snub comes... read more »
Chandy holds mass contact programme in Kannur
Kannur (Kerala) – Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Tuesday walked to a mass contact programme venue amid tight security in Kannur, a CPI-M bastion where he injured in October when stones were hurled at his convoy. The last time Oommen Chandy came here Oct 27, he had to be airlifted to the... read more »
Big B not in Ghai’s Sarabjit biopic
Mumbai – Filmmaker Subhash Ghai has clarified that megastar Amitabh Bachchan will not be a part of his upcoming biopic on Indian pri! soner Sarabjit Singh. Ghai added that he had approached Big B, but he was busy with prior commitments. The 71-year-old Bachchan was to play the role of a... read more »
Parrikar likes to read in loo, be it even on Mahabharata
Panaji – Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar likes reading in the loo, even if the book is based on an epic, like the Mahabharata. Speaking at a book release function in Panaji, Parrikar said that Maratha King Shivaji was his ideal and that he always tried following his tenets, even though he... read more »
China asks Japan to halt provocation
Beijing – China has asked Japan to immediately stop all of its provocative actions over the ownership of Diaoyu Islands. Reacting to a video clip on the Japanese foreign... read more »
Idris Elba pays tribute to Mandela, records album
LosAngeles – Actor Idris Elba has recorded an album as a tribute to South African president Nelson Mandela. The 41-year-old worked on the project in South Africa after he finished... read more »
Indian diplomat in New York arrested for visa fraud
Washington – One of India’s senior diplomats was arrested in New York Thursday for alleged visa fraud and exploitation of her domestic help leading to expression of... read more »
Emotions make Katy Perry’s songs stand apart
Los Angeles – Katy Perry believes that the inclusio0n of emotions in her songs is what makes them different from the rest. Bang Showbiz reports that Perry told a radio channel that... read more »
Mandela’s statue to be erected at Presidency
Johannesburg – A statue of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who passed away last week at his residence at the age of 95, will be erected at the Presidency coming Monday, the South African... read more »
