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Category: INDIAN NEWS

  • Australian PM to visit India

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    Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that he will travel to India and Malaysia next week.On Abbott’s first visit to India as prime minister, he said he will visit New Delhi and Mumbai to strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries, reported Xinhua.India is Australia’s fifth largest export market with total exports of 11.4…

  • Modi to fly to Japan

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fly to Kyoto Saturday at the start of his Aug 30-Sep 3 Japan visit, it was announced Thursday. This will be Modi’s first visit outside South Asia since he took office in May. Modi will be received in Kyoto by his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, who will host a dinner…

  • Mumbai gears up for Ganeshotsav

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    Quaid Najmi looks into the preparations for Ganeshotsav in India’s commercial capital  Glittering decorations on roads and bylanes, rows of fairy lights, magnificent patriotic and social themes and an infectious religious fervour mark the start of the annual 11-day Ganeshotsav festival that begins on Friday. Since the past couple of days, big and small idols of Lord…

  • Mary Kom seeks help for elephants

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    Glaring into the camera with fierce determination, covered with scars and struggling to break her chains, Olympic medallist and five-time undisputed World Amateur Boxing champion Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom is featured in a striking new ad from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, just in time for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival and…

  • Dry state & Tourism: Kerala to ape Gujarat

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    Kerala to study ‘Gujarat model’ of dry state With Kerala deciding to close all the 730 bars to bring about prohibition in a phased manner, Tourism Minister A.P. Anil Kumar Wednesday said they would study Gujarat model of a dry state for tourists. “When it comes to the tourism industry, tourists arrive in the state…

  • Attenborough plans another film in India

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    Raymond Kharmujai says the late British director had plans to make a documentary on Meghalaya’s matrilineal system Tribal Khasi philanthropist Honsen Lyngdoh, who was closely associated with Richard Attenborough’s Oscar-winning film ‘Gandhi’, said the late British director had plans to make a documentary on Meghalaya’s matrilineal system. The filmmaker died in London at the age of 90.…

  • Gowda’s son booked for rape

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    Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowd‘s son booked for raping actor  The son of Railway Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda has been booked for rape and cheating following a complaint by Kannada film actor Maithreyi, police said Thursday. The Gowdas denied the charges. “We have booked a case against Karthik after the victim filed a complaint late…

  • Bip pins hopes on Creature 3D

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    Actress Bipasha Basu, who is gearing up for the release for her film “Creature 3D”, hopes the film paves the way for more such creature-based thrillers in Bollywood. She feels new themes such as the one in “Creature 3D”, add freshness to the Hindi film industry. “I enjoyed working in this film. It was an…

  • Bolt to play cricket in India

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    Bolt’s maiden India trip next month It’s cricket, not athletics that would be bringing sprint sensation and multiple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt on his maiden trip to India next month. The Jamaican star will be here in Bangalore, Sep 2, to play a charity cricket match, organised by PUMA, with India discard Yuvraj Singh…

  • NEWS N PICS – INDIA

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    Latest pictures from various Indian events

  • Apollo launches eACCESS

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      Apollo Hospitals launched ‘eACCESS’, a new initiative in the delivery of critical care services. It can help a critical care team housed at a command centre to complement the physical activities that happen within an ICU and ensure that patients are monitored continuously on a 24×7 basis, the hospital management said.This initiative in collaboration with…

  • Raina fuels India win at Cardiff

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     Suresh Raina got his maiden century outside the subcontinent to inspire India to a 133-run win via the Duckworth Lewis method against England in the second ODI and take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series in Cardiff. Raina’s quickfire 75-ball 100 took India to a challenging 304 for six in 50 overs here at Sophia…

  • Karnataka seeks UK’s help

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    Karnataka sought Britain’s help in setting up an aerospace technology centre in this tech hub modelled on the High Value Manufacturing (HVM) Catapult, a consortium of seven world leading research centres headquartered in West Midlands in Britain.”As a first step towards greater collaboration, I seek your cooperation in helping our state set up the aerospace…

  • Saudi Arabia gears up for Haj

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    1.3 million foreign pilgrims to perform Haj The Saudi Haj ministry Tuesday said more than 1.3 million foreign pilgrims are expected to perform Haj this year. According to the ministry, South Asian countries will send the largest contingent of 410,000 pilgrims followed by Arab countries 250,000, Arab News reported. About 228,000 pilgrims will come from southeast…

  • Bikini debate bothers Goa BJP

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    A master of witty anecdotes, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar once liberally used a popular bikini adage to make a point about governance and number crunching. “Statistics are like a woman wearing a bikini. What they reveal is vital. What they hide is even more vital,” Parrikar would often say to peals of laughter from…

  • BJP regrets ‘Love Jihad’ affair

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     Some within the party are calling it a self-goal. And more than one party leader admits it was a mistake raking up the issue of “Love Jihad” in politically sensitive Uttar Pradesh.Several leaders now say that Uttar Pradesh party president Laxmikant Bajpayi went overboard in propagating the concept before the leadership in New Delhi gently…

  • Exit elders as BJP overhaul rank

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    No place for Vajpayee, Advani, Joshi in BJP’s top decision-making body  In a move marking the end of the era of stalwarts like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, the BJP came up with a list of its highest decision-making body, the parliamentary board, which excluded the seniors. The move marked the culmination…

  • UK honours Dadabhai Naoroji

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    British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced an award in memory of the legendary Indian businessman and freedom-fighter, Dadabhai Naoroji. “Today, I am announcing the Dadabhai Naoroji Awards which will be given annually to individuals promoting partnership between India and UK in domains like commerce, education and culture,” Clegg said on the sidelines of an…

  • Can Ebola strike India?

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    Sreeparna Chakrabarty looks into the new threat to India Is an overcrowded India with a weak health infrastructure a sitting duck for the kind of Ebola epidemic which has struck four West African countries? Yes, feel medical experts in both the government and the private sector. Ebola has so far claimed nearly 1,500 lives in the…

  • Vietnam woos Indian tourists

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    Ranjana Narayan says Vietnam is keen to tap India’s Bollywood tourism India and Vietnam could see a welcome jump to the poor tourist figures to each other’s countries with direct flights set to take off from November even as this pretty Southeast Asian country plans to tap Bollywood to shoot films and host its glitzy…

  • Special Report: India’s institutions

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    Amit Kapoor and Sankalp Sharma look into Modi’s move to dismantle India’s institutions like Planning Commission When Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the people from the ramparts of the Red Fort on this Independence Day (August 15), he mentioned the need to do away with the Planning Commission as it does not reflect the realities…

  • ANALYSIS: BJP’s by-poll debacle

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    Biswajit Choudhury says high prices derail Modi factor in bypoll With explanations like the missing Modi factor or local conditions unable to fully explain BJP’s by-election losses in light of its recent overwhelming win nationally, the phenomenon of inflation, especially of food prices hurting people everywhere, has emerged as a possible answer to this poll puzzle.…

  • Indian-origin MP elevated

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    Indian-origin British MP Seema Malhotra has been appointed as the Labour party’s first-ever shadow minister dealing with violence against women and girls.  42-year-old Malhotra was named shadow minster by Britain’s Opposition party leader Ed Miliband amidst efforts by all the parties to win Asian support prior to polls.  Malhotra’s role will also involve working on…

  • Goa mining ultimatum to BJP

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     The first serious threat to the manifesto that swept the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in the April-May Lok Sabha elections has come from Goa, a state the party rules.Under pressure from Goa’s mining lobby, which controls the multi-billion rupee scam-tainted industry, the state BJP now wants the NDA government to dilute its stance…

  • Indian envoys discuss China threat

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    India’s growing role and relevance in the security architecture of Southeast Asia and Indo-Pacific, including the disputed South China Sea, as well as ways to increase India’s integration in the region through trade, tourism and better connectivity were discussed during a meeting of regional heads of Indian missions with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here…

  • Stars walk into oblivion

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    It’s time for the three “ageing superstars” of Malayalam cinema to make way for fresh faces. With influx of youngsters, growing popularity of Tamil films and the expansion of digital platforms, the heydays of the trio of Mammootty, Mohanlal and Suresh Gopi seem to be over.The three amongst themselves have more than 800 films and…

  • Worst Pak firing since 1971

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    The Border Security Force (BSF) said Tuesday that it was for the first time after the 1971 war that Pakistani troops were firing at Indian posts on such a massive scale.BSF Director General D.K. Pathak said: “It is for the first time after the 1971 war that Pakistani troops have been violating the ceasefire on…

  • Khan Market

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    Box office calculations indicate Bollywood made a decent start with the young kids on the block such as Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt. But the onus is on superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan to turn an average year into a blockbuster in the last quarter, say trade analysts.With close to 120 releases till…

  • Final orders at Kerala bars

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     Barring the bars in 20 five star hotels, all the others that are currently open will have to shut down Sep 12, a Kerala minister said Tuesday. Excise Minister K. Babu Tuesday told the media here that there are 730 bars in the state, of which the licenses of 418 have not been renewed this fiscal.“Of…

  • New front shadows over Modi glory

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    Imran Khan says there is a new initiative to set up a anti-BJP front across India Just three months after the BJP swept the Lok Sabha election, the new combine of the RJD, JD-U and Congress stunned the BJP by winning six of the 10 assembly seats in Bihar. Celebrations erupted outside the offices here…

  • Nick assures help for India

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    British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg Monday said his country was “ready” and “able” to help build India’s “good days” and that bilateral trade between the two countries would be boosted. “Good days are coming. Britain is ready and able to help build that. India is our biggest G20 investor and UK has the expertise…

  • GALLERY: Kaaviya Thalaivan (Epic Ruler)

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    Kaaviya Thalaivan (Epic Ruler) is an upcoming Tamil historical fiction film written and directed by Vasanthabalan. Set in early 20th century, the film is about the lives of two theatre artistes played by Siddharth and Prithviraj and the competition that exists between them in a small drama troupe. The former is the main lead whereas…

  • Jihadist’s reading list: Koran for Dummies

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    Can you guess which books the wannabe jihadists Yusuf Sarwar and Mohammed Ahmed ordered online from Amazon before they set out from Birmingham to fight in Syria last May? A copy of Milestones by the Egyptian Islamist Sayyid Qutb? No. How about Messages to the World: the Statements of Osama Bin Laden? Guess again. Wait, The Anarchist Cookbook, right? Wrong. Sarwar…

  • Sena wants war with Pak

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    Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attack Pakistan and teach a lesson for its continued intrusions in Indian borders. In an edit in the party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Thackery said that recently Pakistan attacked 13 border villages, fired at 22 outposts in Jammu, leaving two dead and many more injured,…

  • AAP poor show in Punjab

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    When almost the entire country rejected the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the parliamentary elections, Punjab went against the tide and gave the new-born party its electoral debut in the Lok Sabha with four seats. The same AAP was Monday summarily rejected by the electorate in the by-elections for two assembly seats in Punjab. On both…

  • Goa to get rid of “boorish” Israelis

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    Goa, once a prime destination for Israel’s young and party-savvy men and women after a punishing stint in the armed forces, will now see more older tourists and couples which will change the perception of Israelis as that of being boorish, drug-craving and adulterous, a top diplomat feels. David Akov, Israel’s consul general in Mumbai,…

  • Judges bill survives for now

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    The Supreme Court dismissed as “premature” a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill that was passed by parliament to replace the existing collegium system for the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary. While dismissing the pleas as premature, the apex court bench of Justice A.R. Dave,…

  • Previleged gangsters in Bihar jail

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    Gangsters lodged in a jail in Bihar were found to be enjoying a lavish lifestyle, with mobile phones, liquor, air-conditioners in cells that had floor tiles found in rich homes. A gangster was even allowed to build a temple inside Sitamarhi jail.This was revealed in a joint report by the Sitamarhi district magistrate and superintendent…

  • Will Hindu right take over Kashmir?

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     Buoyed by its performance in the Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP is now making all-out effort to realise ‘Mission 44-plus’, a feat that will enable it to form a government in India’s only Muslim-majority state for the first time in history and promote its nationalist agenda, including perhaps scrapping Article 370…

  • Attenborough no more

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    Richard Attenborough, an Oscar-winning British film director known for the monumental film ‘Gandhi’, died at the age of 90 Sunday, media reported Monday. Attenborough was one of Britain’s leading actors, before becoming a highly successful director, BBC reported.In a career that spanned over six decades, he appeared in films including “Brighton Rock”, “The Great Escape”…

  • Row over transfer of Governors

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    In an early Sunday operation, Maharashtra Governor K. Sankaranarayanan was suddenly transferred to Mizoram, raising protests from the Congress and reulting in resignation of the governor.The transfer order came barely three days after Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other members of the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party coalition boycotted functions…

  • SAEED NAQVI: Friends & foes

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    Saeed Naqvi says even during India’s non-aligned phase, there were groups and individuals who saw Israel as a model for the wrong reasons It is widely known that New Delhi tilts towards Israel in its dealings with West Asia, particularly since the 1999 Kargil war when the Jewish state provided the ammunition required for India’s…

  • Transfer Game Continues

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    Maharashtra governor transferred to Mizoram! K. Sankaranarayanan, the governor of Maharashtra, was Sunday transferred and appointed as the Mizoram governor for the remainder of his term, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. A press communique said Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli “will discharge the functions of the governor of Maharashtra, in addition to his own duties, until…

  • Singh wanted to meet Pak militants

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    JKLF leader Yasin Malik has said then Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh wanted him to contact militants in Pakistan. Malik told Rajat Sharma in his TV show “Aap ki Adalat” that the request was made to him in 2006, two years after Manmohan Singh became prime minister.According to Malik, Manmohan Singh desired the contacts so as…

  • RSS and Modi: Modus vivendi

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    Although the assertions of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat about India being a Hindu nation and that all its citizens are Hindus in a cultural sense have long been among the basic tenets of the Hindu nationalist outfit, the reiteration of these old postulates undoubtedly has something to do with the Bharatiya Janata…

  • Udhav backs Modi on “booing” CMs

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    Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot be held responsible for the booing and heckling of non-BJP chief ministers in some states, including Maharashtra, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray has said.“The people who are booing are not imported from Gujarat or New Delhi, they belonged to Maharashtra, ditto in Haryana,” Thackeray said, referring to the hooting of…

  • Apollo strikes deal with Man United

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    India-based Apollo Tyres strikes a deal with one of Europe’s most favourite football clubs to promote the brand in 69 countries across the world. Apollo Tyres in association with Manchster United will set up eco-friendly football pitches by using 100% recycled rubber from its own tyres to engage with the communities in the grass-root level.…

  • OBITUARY: UR Ananthamurthy

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    Eminent Kannada writer Ananthamurthy dead  Renowned Kannada writer and literary critic U.R. Ananthamurthy died in Bangalore on Friday after a brief illness. He was 82. Murthy, who was admitted to a private hospital last week for treatment of infection and fever, was put on multi-support system, as his condition turned critical earlier in the day, hospital sources…

  • World’s 1st ‘Green’ temple

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    Acharya Swamishree Maharaj presides over the opening ceremonies of Shree Swaminarayan Mandir at Kingsbury in London. The ornate £20m temple will be the world’s first ‘eco-temple’ featuring solar panels on the roof and a rainwater harvesting system. The new mandir combines traditional Indian architecture and carvings with “green” technology, and is funded entirely by the…

  • God’s Own Country to Go Dry

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    South Indian state of Kerala, one of the top destination for tourists, readies for new liquor policy Kerala’s new liquor policy would be submitted to the high court on Aug 26, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said.”Today (Friday) morning we have finalised the details of the liquor policy that was recommended last evening by the UDF…