This Sketch On 'Time Travel Cabs' Is Taking Indian Comedy Ahead In Time
Biswa Kalyan Rath, stand-up comedian and a YouTuber who is famous for his observational comedy and Pretentious Movie Reviews where he reviews Bollywood flicks alongside fellow comic Kanan Gill, has...
View ArticleJNU Student Goes Missing After Altercation With ABVP Activists
A Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student and AISA activist has gone missing under mysterious circumstances, police said. Najeeb Ahmad, pursuing MSc in Biotechnology and resident of room 106 of...
View ArticleLocal RSS Leader Hacked To Death In Broad Daylight In Bengaluru
Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) took to the streets of Bengaluru after one of their workers was hacked to death in broad daylight yesterday, ANI...
View ArticleModi Influence? All The BRICS Leaders Dressed Up In 'Indian Jacket'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known for his fashion sense. A New York Times blog on fashion once noted how "Mr. Modi stands out. Literally and strategically." NYT noted that after Nehru and his...
View ArticleBhopal Artist Shuchi Muley Is Painting Scenes For Van Gogh Film 'Loving Vincent'
A 34-year-old artist from Bhopal is one of the 107 artists who are painting scenes for the film on Van Gogh Loving Vincent. Shuchi Muley, a computer programmer-turned-painter, is now in the Polish city...
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Six Things You Should Not Do At The Kumaon Literary Festival
In its second edition, the Kumaon Literary Festival, or KLF, took to the jungles. Literally. Over a span of three days, authors, publishers, commentators and journalists came together to listen a...
View ArticleFake Call Centre Scam: Mastermind Sagar Thakkar's 'Mentor', Jagdish Kanani,...
THANE -- A Mumbai businessman who 'mentored' Sagar Thakkar alias Shaggy, the alleged mastermind of the multi-million dollar fake call centre racket, wherein US-based taxpayers were allegedly conned by...
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Dreaming of Luxury? Think Monaco!
When you think of a European escape, think of luxury. And the only destination that can provide opulent luxury like no other is Monaco. A small country tucked between France on three sides and the...
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I Spent A Day Locked Up In The Bigg Boss House And Got A Dose Of Reality
I've long been fascinated by the idea of being locked up in the Bigg Boss house. In fact, I've been fascinated by the psyche of people who willingly give up their personal freedom to spend weeks inside...
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This Bollywood Actress Has A Cameo In Karan Johar's 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'
The release of Karan Johar's upcoming romantic drama, the Ranbir Kapoor-Anushka Sharma-Aishwarya Rai Bachchan-starrer Ae Dil Hai Mushkil might be marred by several controversies, but that hasn't...
View ArticleCriticizing Bob Dylan's Nobel Win Reflects A Special Kind Of Ignorance
The announcement last Thursday that the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 has been awarded to Bob Dylan has caused much heartburn among aficionados of literature (as a conventional category). It's as...
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Mumbai Film Festival Cancels Screening Of Lone Pakistani Film
More than 60 years after its release, filmmaker AJ Kardar's restored black-and-white film Jago Hua Savera (1958) was all set to be screened at the upcoming 18th Mumbai Film Festival, which begins on...
View ArticleBonding With Pierce Brosnan—Over Cigars, Not Paan Masala!
I don't know if Pierce Brosnan is a paan masala man. Eleven years ago when I "bonded" with him in Mumbai over an interview, he wasn't. Paan masala, which he blithely endorsed for an Indian manufacturer...
View ArticleOne Prisoner Dies Every 26 Hours In Uttar Pradesh: Report
In response to a query filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the prison department of Uttar Pradesh (UP) has revealed 2,050 inmates have died in the state since 2010, The Times of India...
View ArticleChina Defends Pakistan, Says World Must Recognise Its 'Great Sacrifices'
BEIJING -- A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Pakistan a "mother-ship of terrorism", China on Monday strongly defended its all-weather ally, saying it is against linking any country or...
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The Battle To Be The Next Nexus Is Between OnePlus And Lenovo For Now
On 4 October, Google sealed the fate of its Nexus smartphone line by announcing the launch of the Pixel phone. While the Pixel is doubtless an improved product, the price point at which it was released...
View ArticleEssar Group CEO Says $13 Billion Deal With Russia's Rosneft Won't Violate...
The $12.9 billion sale of India's Essar Oil to a group led by Russia's Rosneft does not run foul of U.S. sanctions imposed against the majority state-owned Russian energy firm, parent Essar Group's CEO...
View ArticleFYI, Pierce Brosnan's Pan Bahar Ad Has Been Banned From TV
A couple of weeks ago, Indians were shocked to see a salt-and-pepper Pierce Brosnan starring in a series of ads for the pan masala brand Pan Bahar. The sight of the former James Bond actor endorsing...
View ArticleWATCH: A Hindu American Group Staged A 'Jihad' Dance To Support Donald Trump
The Republican Hindu Coalition in New Jersey almost broke the Internet after it organised a charity event that was part political rally and part showbiz -- all to make Donald Trump the next president...
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Meet Mizoram's Oldest Working Journalist
AIZAWL -- The Mizoram government's Information and Public Relations department and the Mizoram Journalists' Association (MJA) today declared Lalbiakthanga Pachuau, the editor of Zoram Tlangau, a Mizo...
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