U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits India this week as Washington tries to revitalize ties it sees as a counterbalance to China’s rising power, but rapid progress is unlikely, despite the reformist reputation of India’s new leader. The visit by Kerry, and a trip by Continue Reading
Month: July 2014
The fate of 157 Sri Lankan asylum seekers held at sea for almost a month before being brought to a detention center in Australia was stuck in limbo on Monday, as lawyers for the detainees said they might sue the government for illegal imprisonment. The interception and detention of the Tamil Continue Reading
A Chinese tourism company is suing Paramount Pictures and a producer of the movie “Transformers: Age of Extinction” saying they had failed to show the company’s logo in the movie. Like other Hollywood filmmakers, Paramount has been eager to cash in on robust box-office Continue Reading
A 61-year old American man who was cycling in Russia carrying “messages of peace” was killed by a Russian drunk driver in a hit and run accident, news agency Itar-Tass reported local police as saying on Friday.Ron McGerity who was touring historic Russian cities around Moscow by Continue Reading
The 9th annual MINNALAI film and TV awards had been announced today. This prestigious awards is honoured by Pegasus event makers in association with the reputed Manappuram Finance Ltd. Monkey Pen bagged the award for Best Film. Lijo Jose Pallisery is awarded the Best Director for his Continue Reading
The past week for “Weird Al” Yankovic has been a little weird by the standards of the curly-haired, accordion-playing, oddball master of pop music parody. The 54-year-old singer of such songs as “Eat It,” a culinary spoof on Michael Jackson’s 1983 hit “Beat Continue Reading
Police have not identified the suspect or said why he carried out the attacks, Xinhua added. Police in China have arrested a man on suspicion of castrating or partially castrating four patients at a nursing home, state media said on Thursday, the latest scandal to hit the country’s Continue Reading
Noah Baumbach’s “While We’re Young” and Ed Zwick’s “Pawn Sacrifice” will be among the world premieres at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, one of the top movie showcases and a favored platform to unveil Oscar contenders. The Continue Reading
Michael Douglas is more accustomed to playing dashing leading men and corporate types, so he took a deep breath when offered the role of an ornery widower with a second chance for love in the romantic comedy “And So It Goes.” The film reunites the Oscar-winning actor with director Continue Reading
Son of an advocate and having graduated in Electronics Engineering, Tovino says that Engineering was never his cup of tea. “I had always dreamt to be a part of the magical celluloid, but never had I thought that I would become an actor”, says the latest heart-throb of M-town. He has been a part Continue Reading