Cast: Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe,Amanda Seyfried, Samantha Barks, Eddie Redmayne,Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter Direction: Tom Hooper Genre: Drama Duration: 2 hours 38 minutes STORY: Jean Valjean is a man shackled to […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Even as HillaryClinton stepped down as Secretary ofState, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, aprotégé of Hillary Clinton, paid richtributes to her in a statement to TheIndian Panorama.Kirsten said, “Hillary Clinton has beena role model […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Lokpal Billcleared by the Cabinet on January 31excludes political parties from itsjurisdiction and also rejects theproposal for the appointment of theCentral Bureau of Investigation chiefby a collegium comprising the PM,leader of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Alarmed over reports suggestingthat China proposed to construct three more dams onriver Brahmaputra in Tibet, India today asked Beijing toensure that the interests of downstream states were notharmed by any activities in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP has decided to boycott allpublic programmes of Home Minister Sushil KumarShinde to protest against his Hindu terror remarks till hetenders an apology. It will also not respond to anycommunication from […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): “Vishwaroop”, the Hindi version ofactor-director Kamal Haasan’s controversial film”Vishwaroopam”, released peacefully on February 1 toan average response, which was likely to pick up overthe weekend.The movie, the original Tamil and Telugu version […]
Approves ordinance on crimes against women Word ‘rape’ to be replaced by ‘sexual assault’ NEW DELHI (TIP): The UnionCabinet on February 1 approved thepromulgation of an ordinance thatintroduces tougher jail terms forcrimes against women, includingdeath […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has beencited for deteriorating human rightssituation by the foremost globalwatchdog of civil liberties with NewDelhi getting raked over the coals forabuses and mishandling cases rangingfrom the Maoist insurgence in centralIndia to […]
SRINAGAR (TIP): The musical journey ofKashmir’s first and only all-girl rock band hascome to an abrupt end after an online hate buzz.The brainchild of three teenagers from theValley, ‘Pragaash’ — a Kashmiri word meaning‘from darkness […]
Do you think women are inscrutable? Do you think they are extremely difficult to understand? Are you struggling to find out what she really is thinking and what she is all about? Don’t worry, you […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Narendra Damodarbhai Modi isundoubtedly the most preferred face for the PrimeMinisterial post as per the BJP workers are concernedbut there are several other sections of the society thathave joined the “Modi for […]
Hair removal is something we all have to deal with. There are several ways to go about it – shave, wax, tweeze or laser. Whatever way you choose, here are a few tips that can […]
CHANDIGARH (TIP): Alarmed bymassive stubble burning in vastagricultural fields of the state — thattriggered massive smog in Delhi —Punjab’s first-ever IIT has developed atech marvel to bring an end to thedisastrous practice by the farmers.The […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Teachers backed by the breakaway CPNMaoistfaction in Nepal have forcibly shut down a local schoolallegedly for including Indian course syllabus as part of theircurriculum.Some 3,000 students have been left in the lurch after […]
DHAKA (TIP): Violence grippedBangladesh on Thrusday asactivists of the fundamentalistJamaat-e-Islami clashed withpolice, leaving six people,including a constable, dead andseveral others injured, during anationwide strike called to protestthe 1971 war crimes trials.The nationwide general strikewas enforced […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Twitter said Friday thathackers, in the latest online attack, may have gainedaccess to information on a quarter of a million of itsmore than 200 million active users.The social media giant said in […]
While for some, dieting is all about depriving yourself of all the ‘good foods’, here are a couple of ways you can binge on healthy and tasty food while you are on a diet. Fruit […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): A bipartisan groupof top US Senators has introduced alegislation in the Senate aiming at severalchanges in immigration norms, includingdoubling of H-1B visa cap and establishing amarket-based escalator.The other proposed measures includerecapturing of unused […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The householdsurvey showed that the unemployment ratewas 7.9 percent in January, up from 7.8percent in December. The labor forceparticipation rate was unchanged at 63.6percent in January. Over the last 12 months,the unemployment rate […]
If losing weight is on your mind, then running the whole day on the treadmill after over-eating unhealthy food won’t work. Without making some changes in your lifestyle, your goal to lose weight will not […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): In a first ofits kind expo in the US, aprestigious museum in Washingtonis organizing an exhibition toshowcase the history, culture andcontribution of Indian-Americanscommunity in the country.The exhibition, “BeyondBollywood: Indian Americans Shapethe Nation,” will […]
NEW DELHI: Growth in the country’s manufacturing sector slowed to a three-month low in January due to the impact of easing orders and power outages, a survey showed on Friday. The HSBC Purchasing Managers’ Index […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Two Indian American studentswill get a chance to work with lawmakers in America foreight weeks, as part of an internship program by CapitolHill. The internship has been announced by a ChicagobasedIndian American organization.All […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The government on Friday raised about Rs 3,100 crore through the divestment of 10% stake in Oil India (OIL), selling about 6.01 crore shares of the state-owned oil explorer at Rs 520 per […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Cheque books may go the way of physical share certificates if proposals mooted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) are enforced. In a discussion paper on discouraging cheque usage, RBI has proposed […]
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