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Amitabh Bachchan charged no fee to sing national anthem at Ind-Pak T20 match, spent money from own pocket

Despite what haters will have you believe, Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan did not take any appearance fee for singing the national anthem in the India-Pakistan World Twenty 20 clash, confirmed Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly. On the contrary, Big B spent Rs 30 lakh from his pocket for the appearance. After India […]

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Gujarat short of more than 13,000 primary teachers

Amid frequent allegations by Congress about deteriorating quality of education in Gujarat due to lack of teachers, the state government has admitted a shortfall of more than 13,000 teachers in the state-run primary schools. As per the data tabled by the government in the Gujarat Assembly recently, a total of 1,67,461 primary school teachers are […]

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Spell out steps taken to tackle riots: Sufi outfit to government

Noting there is a “sense of fear” among Muslims due to riots, an outfit representing Sufis today urged the government to alleviate this. It also urged the Ministry of Home Affairs to spell out steps taken with regard to small or big communal incidents and riots that have taken place “so far” across the country. […]

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Anand L Rai: “Its a delight to have Shah Rukh Khan in my film”

Anand L Rai has not worked with any Bollywood biggies in past, but now when he has superstar Shah Rukh Khan on board for his next project, the filmmaker is thrilled and all geared up for it. The 44-year-old director, who is riding high on the success of his two consecutive films- “Raanjhanaa” and “Tanu […]

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Pravin Togadia asks PM Narendra Modi to bring legislation to build Ram temple

Senior VHP leader Pravin Togadia today appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring in a legislation in Parliament for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. “I am confident that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fulfil his promise as well as his party’s resolution for construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya and that he will […]

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Malaika Arora Khan dodges question on divorce

Indian sancing diva Malaika Arora Khan remained tight-lipped when asked about the divorce reports from actor-producer husband Arbaaz Khan at an event here. The 42-year-old former VJ was in the capital to walk for designer Mandira Wirk at the ongoing Amazon India Fashion Week 2016. Dressed in black and beige gown, Malaika gracefully smiled and […]

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Pakistan releases 86 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture

86 Indian fishermen and a civilian prisoner, who had served nearly two and half years in the jail, were released from Landhi jail. Pakistan on Sunday released 86 more Indian fishermen arrested for allegedly trespassing into its territorial waters, the second such batch freed this month in a goodwill gesture. The 86 fishermen freed from […]

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BJP: Freedom of expression gives no right to destroy nation

With the debate on nationalism coming to the fore, BJP today said freedom of expression does not give a right to seek the country’s destruction, as the issue found the pride of place in the political resolution adopted at its National Executive meeting here. The issue of nationalism continued to take the centre stage in […]

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Shraddha Kapoor: ‘Ok Jaanu’ opposite Aditya Roy Kapur is not an intense love story

They have starred together in a romantic-drama earlier, but Bollywood actress Shraddha Kapoor says her forthcoming film “Ok Jaanu” with Aditya Roy Kapur will be in a different zone. The 27-year-old actress worked with Aditya in the 2013 blockbuster “Aashiqui 2”, which was a breakthrough film for the duo. They will next be seen in […]

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PM Modi visited IAF operations at Pokhran

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today witnessed a demonstration of the operational capabilities of the Indian Air Force at Pokhran, in Rajasthan’s Thar Desert. The Exercise, named Iron Fist 2016, was conducted in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces. The Air Force displayed the full range of […]