Her confident poise reminds the Malayalees of Clara in Thoovanathumbikal, Sumalathatha -the evergreen beauty of Malayalam cinema. Namitha Pramod is the new down to earth beauty of cinema today. She was seen first as Riya in Traffic, but Sathyan Anthikad’s Puthiya Theerangal served as her Continue Reading
Month: December 2014
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday urged the world’s biggest gambling hub, Macau, to accelerate diversification away from its Casino industry, which has lost about $60 billion in Market value over the last six months. Xi, in Macau to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the former Continue Reading
Actor George Clooney slammed Hollywood power players for not supporting Sony Pictures following the cyber attack on the company over the satirical comedy “The Interview” about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Sony on Wednesday pulled the Christmas Day release of the film depicting a Continue Reading
A former top Hong Kong civil servant was found guilty on Friday of accepting HK$8.5 million ($1.1 million) in bribes from executives of property developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd (0016.HK), in the city’s most high-profile corruption case. Rafael Hui, 66, who headed Hong Kong’s Continue Reading
A former part-owner of SpiceJet Ltd is leading a 12 billion rupees bailout plan to rescue the budget carrier from collapsing, two Indian newspapers reported on Friday. SpiceJet, India’s second largest low-cost airline, ran out of cash this week to pay its creditors, forcing the airline to Continue Reading
A new comic about a rape survivor who becomes a “superhero” to fight sex crimes aims to spread the message of gender equality by targeting India’s tech-savvy teens with the help of an interactive app which brings its characters to life. “Priya’s Shakti” is Continue Reading
India has put security agencies on nationwide alert for a militant strike in the lead-up to a visit by U.S. President Barack Obama next month, citing an assault on a Pakistani school this week as a warning signal. An advisory sent out on Tuesday to law enforcement agencies after the Pakistan Continue Reading
Using toy guns, a 12-year-old boy and his 13-year-old accomplice tried to rob a bank in Israel but fled without any cash after apparently losing their nerve, police said on Thursday. Security camera footage showed the boys, wearing hooded sweatshirts, entering the bank in Rishon Lezion, a Continue Reading
Oil prices bounced back more than a dollar on Monday, after hitting 5-1/2-year lows of $60.28 earlier in the session, as traders began pricing in expectations of improving manufacturing data to be published later this week. Brent fell as much as 2.5 percent after the International Energy Continue Reading