India to have first NBA basketball next week
HOUSTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that India will soon have access to another world class American product – NBA basketball. Trump, who was speaking at the NRG stadium to over 50,000 Indian-Americans, said that America is committed to ensure Indians have access to the finest goods in the world, products stamped with […]
Kashmiri Pandits meet PM Modi in Houston, say 7 lakh Pandits thank Modi govt
A delegation of Kashmiri Pandits meets and interacts with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A member kisses PM Modi’s hands and says, “Thank you on behalf of 7 Lakh Kashmiri Pandits.” (ANI) The delegation of Kashmiri Pandits submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister in which they requested the PM to set up a task force […]
IIT-Kanpur Teacher Removed after Student Complains of ‘Inappropriate Conduct’
Student levelled allegations of “inappropriate conduct” against a faculty member, prompting the IIT-Kanpur to remove him immediately from his teaching responsibilities, the institute said on Tuesday. “Last week, a complaint was filed by a girl student against a faculty member for inappropriate conduct,” the premier institution said in a statement. It said, “The internal complaints […]
Music breaks boundaries but can it be confined by borders?
After Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) made singer-turned-actor Diljit Dosanjh postpone his Houston concert organised by a Pakistani national, the body has now issued notices to singers Alka Yagnik, Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan to disassociate themselves from a US concert organised by Pakistani national Moazzma Hunain on November 17 this year. The […]
Priyanka Chopra ‘caught red-handed’ by police
Maharashtra Police once again wins the internet with their ‘cool quotient’. The cops tweeted a ‘hilarious warning’ to actors Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar over a dialogue in the newly released trailer of their film The Sky Is Pink. Responding to the tweet from the cops, Priyanka Chopra kept the fun continuing and wrote: ‘Oops. […]
You can’t hide plagiarism: Saeed on spat with Indian composer
Pakistani singer and actor, Farhan Saeed took to Twitter to slam Bollywood composer, Salim Merchant for ripping off his music. Saeed wrote, “Someone just sent me Salim Merchant’s song Haareya, which is a total copy of my song Roiyaan. I wonder how they have the audacity to call themselves artists when they steal someone’s work.” […]
Paulo Coelho gives Nawazuddin Siddiqui a shout-out
Earlier this month, we learnt that Nawazuddin Siddiqui is a Momina Mustehsan fan. And now, we know that writer Paulo Coelho is a Nawazuddin admirer! Coelho took to Twitter to share some praise for the Netflix series, Sacred Games and Siddiqui, calling him ‘a great actor’:
Gully Boy to release in Japan in October
Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar’s “Gully Boy”, which has premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and won the Best Film award at Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, is all set to release in Japan in October. “I am very happy, very proud that Gully Boy is releasing in Japan. I have never been to Japan but only […]
11-year-old’s head severed as car topples 3 times in Delhi
NEW DELHI: In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy head got severed when the automobile he was travelling in toppled a number of times in Dwarka Sector 22. The incident occurred on Thursday night when the Swift Dzire vehicle hit the divider due to over speeding and toppled three times, according to local police. The deceased […]
Narendra Modi’s Personal Website Twitter Account Hacked
The Twitter account of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal website was hacked on Thursday, the social networking site confirmed. Twitter said it was aware of the activity with Modi’s website account and has taken steps to secure it. “We are actively investigating the situation. At this time, we are not aware of additional accounts […]
