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Li pushes for sunlight ties that clouds cannot darken
Reiterating his philosophy that India and China need to shake hands across the Himalayas, visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang Tuesday pushed for greater economic integration between the two Asian giants and combining the strengths of their 2.5 billion people to make an impact on the global scene. At an address organized by the business chamber FICCI and the Indian Council of World Affairs ...
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Sikh man in Finland fights for right to wear turban at work
A Sikh bus driver in Finland is fighting for his right to wear a turban while at work. Gill Sukhdarshan Singh, who works at the Veolia bus company at Vantaa near the Finnish capital of Helsinki, is trying to set a precedent by making the authorities allow him to wear a turban at work, Yle, the Finnish public broadcasting company, reported Tuesday. "I have a right to my turban, and I am a Sikh ...
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India China held specific discussions Khurshid
India and China held very "specific" discussions without "shying away from anything", External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here Tuesday. About the discussion, Khurshid said: "How are we addressing trans-border rivers, trade imbalance, aspirations as far as the United Nations is concernedThere was no shying away from anything." He added that the talks were "very specificvery ...
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Sammy ecstatic after propelling Sunrisers into the playoffs
West Indies captain Darren Sammy says he was ecstatic after scoring the winning hits that propelled Sunrisers Hyderabad into the playoffs of the Indian Premier league (IPL). Sunrisers defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets to secure the final playoff spot at the expense of Chris Gayle's Royal Challengers Bangalore. Sammy hit Kolkata Knight Riders' most successful bowler on display ...
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Sensex trades nearly 0.30 percent down auto stocks down
A benchmark index of the Indian equities markets was trading nearly 0.30 percent down in the pre-afternoon trade Tuesday owing to negative foreign cues and continued profit-booking. There was healthy buying spree in IT, technology, media and entertainment (TECk) and consumer durables stocks. However, scrips like automobile, health care, capital goods and realty plummeted. The 30-scrip ...
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Nawazuddin celebrates 39th birthday at Cannes
It was what Nawazuddin Siddiqui calls the most memorable birthday of his life. He celebrated his 39th birthday with friends like Anurag Kashyap, Madhu Mantena, Vikas Behl and Tannishta Chatterjee at Cannes. But he had nothing special to wear. "What to do," asked the brilliant actor, who has four films in various sections at the ongoing 66th Cannes International Film Festival. "I had no time to ...
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President to get taste of Shimlas colonial past
President Pranab Mukherjee will visit this hill town for one-and-a-half days beginning Thursday. During his stay, he will get a taste of British era heritage. Mukherjee will stay at The Retreat, the summer holiday resort of the president, on the outskirts of Shimla, an official told IANS. Constructed in 1850, The Retreat was once the summer residence of the British viceroys when this hill town ...
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Pappu Yadav released from jail
Four days after the court acquitted former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on charges of killing CPI-M leader Ajit Sarkar, he was formally released from jail here Tuesday, police officials said. Citing lack of evidence, the Patna High Court last Friday acquitted Yadav in the case related to Sarkar's murder. Left Front parties in Bihar last Saturday had urged the CBI to appeal in the ...
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President vice president PM pay tribute to Rajiv Gandhi
President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday paid homage to former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 22nd death anniversary. The leaders offered flowers at his memorial Vir Bhumi here. Sonia Gandhi, the late leader's wife, was also joined by son and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, daughter Priyanka and ...
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I thought Im too ugly to be an actress Shruti Haasan
Actress Shruti Haasan, daughter of legendary actor Kamal Haasan and actress Sarika, always wanted to be in showbiz, but was skeptical about facing the camera because she didn't find herself attractive enough to be a heroine. "I always wanted to become actress, but I always thought I am too ugly to be an actress. I was always in the sport, in the sun and always running around. I always thought ...
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Li Keqiang declares 2014 as year of exchanges between India China to boost friendship
Stressing on the need for increased people-to-people interaction between India and China, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday declared 2014 as the year of exchanges between the two nations to boost understanding and friendship. Addressing captains of Indian industry at a function organised by FICCI here, Keqiang said: " The year of 2014 will be to boost understanding and friendship between ...
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UPA releases TV spot on communal amity
Amar, Akbar and Anthony are the buzzwords in the latest United Progressive Alliance (UPA) television commercial Sadbhav (good faith), which seeks to showcase communal harmony and unity among people in various parts of the country. The TV spot shows common people like students, housewives and office-goers going about their everyday activities with the overarching theme of amity between different ...
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Three-time summiteer wants another stab at Everest
Anshu Jamsenpa, the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest thrice, wants to scale the world's highest peak for the fourth time if the Nepalese government waives the royalty tax imposed on climbers, her husband Tsering Wange said. Anshu, a mother of two, became the first Indian woman to conquer the Mount Everest for a third time Saturday. She was among the 13 climbers of the first Northeast ...
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Annual report of Australia-India Institute-Australia India Youth Dialogue Partnership launched
The annual report of the Australia-India Institute-Australia India Youth Dialogue Partnership was launched at the Australian High Commission here last evening in the presence of Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling and Australia-India Institute (AII) Director Professor Amitabh Mattoo. The event was held in the Murray Harris Room of the Australian High Commission. Speaking on the ...
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Himachal park set for Unescos natural heritage status
India's richest biodiversity site in the western Himalayas, the Great Himalayan National Park (GHNP) in Himachal Pradesh, is likely to become the country's seventh natural Unesco World Heritage site, a wildlife official said. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has favoured including the GHNP in Unesco's final listing, park director Ajay Srivastav said. "On the ...
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CAG dates back more than 150 years
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is a 153-year-old institution, dating back to 1860. Vinod Rai, who demits office Wednesday, is independent India's 11th CAG. CAG conducts three kinds of audits - financial, compliance and performance. Officials said the finance ministry had in 2006 noted that performance audit was within the scope of CAG and he should have access to records. Officials ...
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Producer C.V. Kumar to turn two shorts into feature films
Producer C.V. Kumar, who has already introduced two short filmmakers into the industry with projects like "Pizza" and "Soodhu Kavvum", is set to turn two more shorts into feature films in Tamil soon. "I have shortlisted two shorts which will be made into regular films soon. I will officially announce more details about the projects soon. I feel there is lot of potential and novelty in short ...
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Working birthday for Mohanlal
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, who turns 53 Tuesday, will be busy shooting for upcoming Tamil action-drama "Jilla". "He is with us on location shooting for the film. Since we are halfway through the first schedule, he didn'twant to leave the sets. However, we threw a surprise party for him to welcome his birthday," the film's director Nesan told IANS. Lal plays Vijay's mentor in the film, which ...
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Separatist shutdown affects life in Srinagar
A shutdown called by separatists affected life in Srinagar Tuesday, although the authorities did not impose any restrictions in the city. While shops, educational institutions, business establishments and public transport remained suspended in the city, government offices, banks and post offices functioned normally. Few private vehicles were seen plying in several areas of the city. Scores of ...
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Vinod Rai made audit office a potent peoples watchdog
Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai, who demits office Wednesday, will be remembered for turning the statutory body into a pugnacious watchdog of good governance and administrative integrity at a time when India is experiencing the need for greater transparency and a rebalancing of power that has tilted over the years towards the executive. Rai's five-year tenure (2008-2013) has been a ...
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Sushant Singh Rajput to shoot in Kashmir
Filmmaker Abhishek Kapoor, who introduced Sushant Singh Rajput to filmdom with "Kai Po Che!", is all set to roll the cameras with the actor again for his next film, which will be widely shot in Kashmir. "The film is set in Kashmir and Delhi. So, naturally the script lends itself to be shot in the Valley," Kapoor told IANS. The said film, produced by Ekta Kapoor, is an adaptation of Charles ...
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BJP parliamentary board to discuss general elections
The parliamentary board of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is meeting here Tuesday to chart out the strategy for the 2014 general elections. The meeting will be attended by the functionaries of the newly-appointed parliamentary board of the party, which include Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. This will be the first meeting of the BJP parliamentary board to be attended by Modi after he ...
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Want to look trendy with baby bump Heres how
Dresses, gowns, kaftans, pants, skirts and lingeriefor all those mothers-to-be who want to look hip and relaxed and keep their fashion quotient high, there's plenty to choose from. But comfort must be key, warn experts. Several brands - W, Mothercare, Kriti, Morph and the like - have introduced special maternity wear lines for urban would-be mothers. And they are being readily picked. It's ...
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Chiranjeevi offers wide opportunities to foreign film producers in India
Asserting that India is a complete film making destination Union Tourism Minister K. Chiranjeevi has offered wide opportunities to foreign film producers in the country. Speaking at the Cannes International Film Festival at Cannes, France, yesterday, the Minister said " We try constantly for creating new opportunities for the international filmmakers, to access diverse Indian locations, and ...
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Bank mergers could lead to too-big-to-fail entities Chidambaram
Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has favoured mergers in the banking industry so that India can have two-three global sized banks. Addressing the Annual Day function of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) here yesterday, he underscored the need for two or three world-size banks in an economy that is poised to become one among the five largest in the world. "Are our regulators well ...
Calcutta Spotlight
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Stephen Court disaster: any lessons learned?
Over 700 buildings in Calcutta are not compliant with safety regulations with regard to the risk of fire, and the Stephen Court disaster was a tangible example of what can happen when a fire breaks out in an unsafe building. Following that disaster, the local government seems to be taking a harder line on fire safety.
At 2.30pm on the 23 March, 2010, a devastating fire, allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit, ripped through the iconic Stephen Court building in Calcutta, destroying a large part of the 150-year-old office and residential block and killing over 30 people. Read more
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