Five in six months: Tamil films that impressed
byChennai, July 2 (IANS) The going has not been great so far for the Tamil film industry, especially with big-budget, star-studded films falling like…
Wire
Cash, jewels worth Rs.200 crore seized in Mumbai
byMumbai, July 2 (IANS) A courier consignment of cash, gold and diamond jewellery, worth an estimated Rs.200 crore (about $33 million) was seized here…
World’s first Firefox smartphone launched
byMadrid, July 2 (IANS/EFE) Spain’s Telefonica is offering the world’s first smartphone with the Firefox operating system to compete with devices running Google Android…
Jackfruit: Poor’s man fruit goes to waste in Meghalaya
byShillong, July 2 (IANS) It could have brought villagers in Meghalaya huge profits. Instead, vast quantities of jackfruit are going waste in the impoverished…
Film on 1994 terror attack in Argentina debuts in Venezuela
byCaracas, July 2 (IANS/EFE) “Esclavo de Dios” (Slave of God), a film inspired by the 1994 bombing of a Jewish organization in Argentina, premiered…
Hot Tuesday in Delhi, cloudy day ahead
byNew Delhi, July 2 (IANS) It was a hot morning in the capital Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling at 29 degrees Celsius, a…
From jaws of death, man, son return to tell the horror tale
byDehradun: The man and his 25-year-old son have seen death and destruction from close range. Even when people were dying all around them and structures…
A writer who fought – and died – for Tamil Eelam (Book Review)
byTitle: War Journey – Diary of a Tamil Tiger; Author: Malaravan; Publisher: Penguin Books; Pages: 123; Price: Rs.250 (Paperback) This is the English version…
Vermeulen celebrates 30 years of passion for fashion
byBrussels, July 2 (IANS/EFE) Edouard Vermeulen, the stylist for Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, celebrated 30 years in the world of haute couture with…
All nations spy on each other, says Obama
byWashington, July 2 (IANS) Amid reports that US did not spare even its allies and friends like India from its spying operations, President Barack…