India: FIR against 50 celebrities who wrote letter to Prime Minister Modi on mob lynching
An FIR was lodged in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district against celebrities including Bollywood actress Konkana Sen, director Maniratnam, Aparna Sen, Shayam Benegal, Ramchandra Guha and 45 others, who had written an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over the growing incidents of mob lynching, police said on Friday. According to district police officials, […]
US Senator keen to see Kashmir ‘first hand’, denied nod
Despite being refused permission to visit Kashmir, Van Hollen he came to India and met officials and key members of civil society in Delhi on Thursday and Friday. Known for his views on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, a key US Senator from the Democratic Party wanted to visit Kashmir to see the situation […]
Gandhi’s ashes stolen and photo defaced on 150th birthday
NEW DELHI: The remains of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi were stolen from a memorial in India on his 150th birthday, the British Broadcasting Corporation, citing local police, reported on Thursday. The ashes were taken from the Bapu Bhawan memorial in central India, where they had been kept since 1948 – the year of Gandhi was assassinated by […]
Death Count In Vaping-Linked Illness Rises To 19 In US, Over 1000 Affected
WASHINGTON: The death toll in the United States from illnesses linked to e-cigarette use has risen to at least 19, health authorities say, as more than 1,000 others have suffered lung injuries probably linked to vaping. Officials have yet to identify the cause for the outbreak, which dates back to March, and are pursuing multiple […]
Paris knife attack: Four dead in Paris police HQ stabbing
Four police officers were stabbed by a man, who was later shot dead, at the police headquarters on Thursday in central Paris. The premises were cordoned off after the lunchtime attack in the historic centre of Paris, usually thronged with tourists, and dozens of police and emergency vehicles had converged at the scene, AFP journalists […]
Tech CEO Tushar Atre Confirmed Dead in Mysterious Kidnapping Case
A California-based tech millionaire has been found dead after being kidnapped from his home in Santa Cruz, California. The body of Tushar Atre was discovered 14 miles from his lavish Pleasure Point oceanfront property, police confirmed on Thursday. Two days earlier Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert that a number of assailants had […]
Indian royals win $43M in dispute over bank deposit from 1948
(CNN) – The High Court in London has decided that a deposit left untouched in a British bank account since 1948 is the rightful property of the descendants of the monarch who transferred it — and not Pakistan. The Nizam of Hyderabad ruled over his independent state from 1911 until 1948, when the Indian Army […]
War Movie Review: Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff film
Hrithik Roshan-Tiger Shroff starrer War was actually directed by Abbas-Mustan, and not Siddharth Anand, you’d believe us by the end of the 2-hour-34-minute action thriller. Hrithik Roshan vs Tiger Shroff war on the big screen, I was excited about the film and was waiting to see the two stars explode on the big screen. But, at […]
Two Indian children allegedly beaten to death for ‘defecating on a public street’
Two children from India’s lowest caste were allegedly beaten to death after defecating in public, according to authorities. Roshni Valmiki, 12, and her 10-year-old brother Avinash were attacked on Wednesday, Sept. 25 morning while defecating on a public street in Bhakhedi village in the Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India, said local […]
Today is the 150th anniversary of Gandhi’s birthday
Mahatma Gandhi, known in India as “the father of the nation,” was born 150 years ago today, on October 2, 1869. His birthday is a major national holiday called Gandhi Jayanti, and it is marked with a prayer for peace, ceremonies and events throughout the country. The United Nations has also declared October 2 as […]
