Entertainment
Citylights
Cast: Rajkummar Rao, Patraleka, Manav Kaul Direction: Hansal Mehta Genre: Drama Duration: 2 hours 7 minutes Story: Impoverished Deepak takes his wife and child to Mumbai to survive – but is the family lost in […]
Year: 2014
Entertainment
PRIYANKA CHOPRA LOSES SEVEN KILOS IN 20 DAYS
Priyanka Chopra’s move from a boxing ring in Mary Kom to a business suit in Zoya Akhtar’s Dil Dhadakne Do was not an easy one. The actress had to lose some extra baggage on the […]
India
12 injured in clashes inside Golden Temple complex
AMRITSAR (TIP): At least 12 people were injured in a clash between task force volunteers of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and radical Sikh activists on June 6 on the 30th anniversary of the […]
India
Shiv Sena warms up to BJP post-Munde
MUMBAI (TIP): The Shiv Sena may give up its recalcitrant stance vis-a-vis the state BJP, and work in cooperation with its poll ally to build a broad consensus within the six-party mahayuti, observers said on […]
Entertainment
KAREENA KAPOOR GETS SPOILT FOR CHOICE
Kareena Kapoor has been asked to play the female lead oposite Akshay Kumar in Prabhu Dheva’s next, Singh is Bling, being produced jointly by Ashwini Yardi and Akshay. A few weeks ago, she was offered […]
India
MANISH SISODIA ‘LETTER’ ACCUSES YOGENDRA YADAV OF GUNNING FOR KEJRIWAL
NEW DELHI: An ugly fight within the top leadership of the Aam Aadmi Party surfaced on June 5 with the emergence of a letter, purportedly from founder member Manish Sisodia, to senior leader Yogendra Yadav, […]
Entertainment
ANGELINA MAY QUIT ACTING POST PLAYING ‘CLEOPATRA’
Angelina Jolie admitted that though she was working on a Cleopatra biopic, the project may be her last venture as an actress. In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, the 38-year-old actress said that […]
Entertainment
Vanessa Hudgens posts edgy rock selfie on Instagram
Vanessa Hudgens posted an edgy rock selfie with vampish dark lips and killer long nails on Instagram and urged her fans to “change the world.” The ‘High School Musical’ actress completed her rock chick look […]
Entertainment
Maleficent
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Sharlto Copley, Elle Fanning, Sam Riley, Imelda Staunton, Miranda Richardson, Kenneth Cranham Direction: Robert Stromberg Genre: Fantasy Duration: 1 hour 37 minutes STORY: The old fairy tale of an evil queen who […]
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SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB
CONTD FROM Vol 8 ISSUE 21 Like an elephant, You step with Your Feet so carefully; You are pleased with Yourself. She who is imbued with the Love of such a Great Lord, flows intoxicated, […]
India
Israel, Denmark keen to partner in Ganga cleanup, water management
NEW DELHI (TIP): PM Narendra Modi’s pet Ganga cleanup programme and his mission for clean water has attracted interest from foreign nations. Israel and Denmark, global leaders in water technology and water management, say they […]
India
MEGHALAYA: MILITANTS WHO BRUTALLY KILLED WOMAN ESCAPE AFTER GUN BATTLE
SOUTH GARO HILLS (TIP): The gun battle between Meghalaya police and the Garo National Liberation Army, a militant group that allegedly shot a woman through her head for resisting an attempt to molest her in […]
India
Centre May Rename POK as Pak-Occupied Jammu & Kashmir: Sources
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Narendra Modi government is reportedly weighing a proposal to re-name Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir or PoK as Pakistan-Occupied Jammu-Kashmir. That, if it happens, will signal a strategic shift in the Centre’s approach to […]
India
India-Pakistan body releases list of Pak prisoners in Indian jails
AMRITSAR (TIP): Aaghaz-e-Dosti, a joint body comprising India-based Mission Bharatiyam and Pakistan-based The Catalyst, has released a list of Pakistani prisoners languishing in Indian jails on public domain. It will also release a list of […]
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EIGHT FORMS OF MARRIAGE
The dharmasastras, including the Manusmrti, mention eight forms of marriage Brahmo-daivastathaivarsah prajapatya-statha ‘surah Gandharvo raksasascaiva Paisavastamah smrtah -Manusmrti, 3. 21 The eight types are: brahma, daiva, arsa, prajapatya, asura, gandharva, raksasa and paisaca. After the […]
India
Anjali Damania quits AAP, then retracts her resignation
NAVI MUMBAI (TIP): The AAP’s state convener Anjali Damania quit the party on June 5 morning, but retracted her resignation in the evening after it convinced her to do so. Her leaked resignation letter exposes […]
United States
City announces new citywide campaign to encourage youth to enroll in Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals Program
SPEARHEADED BY THE MAYOR’S OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS, CAMPAIGN AIMS TO BOOST DACA’S LOW REGISTRATION NUMBERS IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK (TIP): The Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, the city’s Department of Youth and […]
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GIVE YOUR BEDROOM A ROMANTIC TOUCH
Bedroom decor should have a romantic essence to it, don’t you think? Considering that we spend a major part of our lives in our bedrooms, we should make it one of the most comfortable zones […]
Europe
G7 threatens Russia with more curbs
BRUSSELS (TIP): World leaders urged Vladimir Putin on June 4 to stop destabilizing Ukraine or face further sanctions as they met without a Russian president for the first time since the 1990s. Putin reached out […]
Europe
Landslide win for Assad in polls, Damascus in celebratory mode
DAMASCUS (TIP): A little after 10pm on June 3 when Syrian People’s Assembly speaker announced Bashar al-Assad as the presidential election winner, his words found an echo on Damascus streets. Young men and women began […]
Europe
9 get death sentence for terrorism in Xinjiang
BEIJING (TIP): Chinese courts have sentenced nine people to death for terrorist activities in the northwestern Xinjiang region. Two others have been given death sentence with a two-year reprieve, which means the verdict will be […]
Europe
Obama health care nominee withdraws
WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama’s choice to be the top health official at the embattled veterans affairs department has withdrawn his nomination. The news comes amid a firestorm over long patient waits at military veterans’ […]
Europe
45 killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA (TIP): Fortyfive people were killed by suspected Boko Haram gunmen pretending to be preachers in a village near the group’s spiritual home in northeast Nigeria, two residents said on June 6. The attack […]
Europe
European Commission proposes euro for Lithuania
LONDON (TIP): The European Commission in its 2014 Convergence Report has proposed to the EU council of ministers that Lithuania can become the latest country to adopt the euro as its currency on January 1, […]
Europe
‘Rambo’ kills 3 in Canada, updates FB while on run
Amanhunt is under way in the Canadian city of Moncton after a gunman shot dead three members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and left two others injured. Residents of Moncton, a city of about […]