Dutee Chand Becomes India’s First Openly Gay Athlete
Utee Chand, a 23-year-old Indian sprinter, has become the first openly LGBT professional athlete in her country after she told local newspaper, The Sunday Express, that she is in a same-sex relationship with a woman from her village in eastern India. Her announcement comes less than a year after India’s Supreme Court struck down a […]
Bollywood celebrities contested the Indian elections – and won
Celebs around the world have been known to capitalize on their star power to launch political careers — and Bollywood stars are no different. Actors like Kirron Kher, Hema Malini and Urmila are now fairly politically seasoned; in India’s just concluded elections, they were joined by a few first-timers such as Sunny Deol! How did […]
Malaika Arora’s armpit burning up the internet
let’s applaud Malaika Arora for doing something no one else in Bollywood has dared to do so far. So the Bollywood star uploaded an unedited, behind the scenes photo from her GQ India shoot on Instagram in which she looks every bit glamorous, but guess what most people are fixated on? Her unshaved armpits. Comments like, “Please […]
#MeToo: Vikas Bahl cleared of sexual harassment
Bollywood director Vikas Bahl, who was asked to step away from the under-production Hrithik Roshan-starrer Super 30 after an employee accused him of sexual harassment, has been cleared of all charges, Indian Express reports. Bahl has been cleared by production company Reliance Entertainment’s internal complaints committee, which was investigating the harassment complaints made by an unnamed employee late last year. The […]
Boney Kapoor confirms Mr India 2
Late Sridevi’s hit film Mr India (1987) is going to get a sequel, and this time it’s happening. Boney Kapoor confirmed the news to Mid-Day. “The idea is to create a reboot first, and then, make a franchise of it. It needs to be made more contemporary. We have a basic structure in mind. We haven’t decided on […]
Indian-origin woman in US gets 22 years in jail for killing stepdaughter
Shamdai Arjun will spend 22 years to up to life behind bars for the August 2016 killing. An Indian-origin woman in the US has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for strangling her nine-year-old stepdaughter to death in a bathtub, a crime described as “unimaginable” by the court. Shamdai Arjun, 55, of Queens, […]
India finds wreckage of plane missing with 13 on board
New Delhi: Indian authorities on Tuesday spotted the wreckage of a plane missing with 13 air force personnel aboard after days of searching a remote mountainous region close to China. The Soviet-built AN-32 plane, carrying eight crew and five passengers, disappeared from radar on June 3 in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, prompting a frantic […]
Encephalitis from lychees kills 31 children in India: official
PATNA: At least 31 children have died in northern India in the last 10 days from a deadly brain disease believed linked to a toxic substance found in lychee fruit, health officials said Wednesday. The deaths were reported from two hospitals in Bihar state’s Muzaffarpur district, famed for its lush lychee orchards, officials said. The […]
Katrina Kaif on break-up with Ranbir Kapoor: I chose to talk about it because media was interested
Katrina Kaif is known to be an epitome of grace and poise. The actress had always maintained silence when it comes to her personal life, be it her family, friends and past relationships. But her breakup with Ranbir Kapoor had left a scar on her life which led to a path of self-discovery. After years […]
Chennai’s Taps Run Dry, Hotels and Companies Cut Back on Water Use in Canteens and Restrooms
CHENNAI: Hotels in India’s southern city of Chennai are rationing water for guests amid searing heat while companies limit showers as the city of 4.6 million faces its worst shortage in years. All four reservoirs that supply Chennai, known as the Detroit of South Asia for its flourishing automobile industry, have run dry this summer, […]
