Movies now just a product: Shekhar Kapur
byNew Delhi : Acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur hasn’t directed a Hindi film since “Bandit Queen” in 1994, and he blames the increased focus on…
December, 2011
FDI on hold, Pranab tells Sushma, Yechury
byNew Delhi : Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Monday spoke to Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) L.K. Advani and Sushma Swaraj and Left leader Sitaram Yechury…
Global carbon emissions up 50 percent
byLondon : Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have gone up by 49 percent over the last two decades to reach a…
Maoists block highway, damage rail track in Chhattisgarh
byRaipur : Maoists Monday blocked a key national highway in Chhattisgarh and damaged a rail track on the second day of their 48-hour shutdown…
Loved or loathed, late Sheikh still relevant
bySrinagar : Even as the state government organised many functions to remember legendary leader Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah on his 106th birth anniversary Monday, the…
Homeopathy fast becoming preferred mode of treatment in India’
byNew Delhi : Homeopathy is not a placebo but is effective in treating many serious diseases, including certain kinds of cancer, and costs just…
Obama expresses condolences, but no apology to Pakistan
byWashington : Eight days after a NATO airstrike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and chilled US-Pakistan relations, President Obama called Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari…
‘Khoya khoya chand’ – Some of Dev Anand’s hit songs
byNew Delhi : From Sadhana to Waheeda Rahman, Usha Kiran to Nalini Jaywant, Dev Anand romanced most of the beauties of the black and…
Tom Cruise, Paula Patton wow Mumbai fans
byMumbai : In perhaps a first for Bollywood, Hollywood star Tom Cruise was Sunday accorded a red carpet treatment at a special pre-release screening…
Worry signs for BJP and Congress in Himachal
byShimla : In the end the pundits got it wrong . They said the Renuka seat would go to the Congress and the Nalagarh…