Rituparno Ghosh: Ek Ritu aaye. ek Ritu jaaye…. (Tribute)
byMumbai, May 30 (IANS) Rituparno Ghosh was paranoid about his sexuality. Through experience he had learnt to be cautious about sending out the wrong…
May 30th, 2013
Anti-smoking clinics fail to help China kick the habit
byBeijing, May 30 (IANS) In a country of 300 million smokers and where two trillion cigarettes are produced every year, “smoking cessation clinics” seemed…
Sukh Ram to campaign for Virbhadra’s wife
byMandi: Former telecom minister Sukh Ram will campaign for Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s wife Pratibha Singh, the Congress candidate for the June 23 Lok Sabha…
Sensex gains 68 points; auto, FMCG stocks rise
byNew Delhi, May 30 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Thursday closed 67 points up on the back of healthy buying in…
Pioneer of women’s studies Vina Mazumdar passes away
byNew Delhi: Vina Mazumdar, chronicler of the Indian women’s movement and pioneer of women’s studies, passed away today after a brief illness. She was…
Two Congress MPs, Keshava Rao join TRS
byHyderabad, May 30 (IANS) In a setback to the ruling Congress in Andhra Pradesh, two Congress MPs and a senior leader from Telangana Thursday…
Ritu Rani to lead Indian women at World League hockey
byNew Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Ritu Rani will lead India’s 18-member squad at the FIH Women’s Hockey World League Round 3 to be played…
‘Volunteer moms’ take care of kids left behind in China
byBeijing, May 30 (IANS) Around 80,000 women in China’s northern Hebei province have enrolled as “volunteer mothers” to take care of 60 million children…
Rituparno Ghosh: A critique of human relationships (Obituary)
byKolkata, May 30 (IANS) Rituparno Ghosh, one of the country’s best and versatile filmmakers in the post-Satyajit Ray generation, mastered depiction of human relationships…
Reach Of ‘Balika Vadhu’ worked for me: Siddharth Shukla
byMumbai, May 30 (IANS) Television actor Siddharth Shukla says he did other shows, but “Balika Vadhu” has been a turning point in his career….