Les Miserables' is an upcoming film starring Anne Hathway, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Amanda Seyfried. ...
11:39 AM, Jun 01, 2012
Paris: Fourth seed Andy Murray, grimacing in pain, battled his way into the third round of the French Open on Thursday by defeating Finn Jarkko Nieminen 1-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 despite back problems. Defending champion Rafa Nadal's progress was rather more swift. The Spaniard, aiming for a record seventh French Open title, thrashed Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 6-2 6-2 6-0. Nadal and Murray were joined in the third round by French...
07:56 PM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: The trailer of 'Les Miserables' is out. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, Helena Bonham Carter, Samantha Barks, and Aaron Tveit as pivotal characters. Directed by Tom Hooper, the film is based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. ...
02:41 PM, May 30, 2012
Paris: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga made the Paris spectators happy when he recovered from a first-set loss to move into the second round of the French Open on Sunday's first day. Minutes later, Nicolas Mahut doubled the home fans' delight when he joined his fellow Frenchman in the next round after a four-set defeat of American Andy Roddick. World number five Tsonga, the highest seed in action on the opening day, beat...
12:00 AM, May 28, 2012
Paris: A tennis racquet stuffed with electronic sensors capable of tracking a player's every slice, spin and smash made its public debut at the French Open on Thursday. Tennis stars Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga were among those who tested the racquet, made by French manufacturer Babolat, at a launch event on a sun-baked clay court. As Nadal and Tsonga traded shots before an audience of Babolat employees and journalists,...
11:04 PM, May 24, 2012
Day one of the 65th Cannes Film Festival saw the usual mix of star power and cinema - from the opening film to the controversy around Cannes. ...
04:40 PM, May 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Army has withdrawn the controversial class three CBSE textbooks from schools under which shows the entire PoK region as 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir', there is no explanations for that faux pas yet. The new book shows the map of Jammu and Kashmir just the same as how the Pakistani government claims it to be. The Gilgit-Baltistan region is not shown as Pakistan occupied Kashmir instead it's called...
09:30 PM, Apr 22, 2012
New Delhi: In a major faux pas, a new CBSE textbook for class three in an Army school in Srinagar depicts the map of Jammu and Kashmir exactly how Pakistan claims it to be. The map reportedly calls the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir region, 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir', a term used by Pakistan to describe the region. The Gilgit-Baltistan region, which is a part of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, is called the Northern areas....
09:16 AM, Apr 22, 2012
Kolkata: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, founders of Marxism may be out of history syllabus in government schools in West Bengal following a recommendation by a state education panel. The move by the Mamata Banerjee government months after it ended the 34-year-old Left rule in the state was condemned on Friday by communist parties as "wrong and controversial" and an attempt to write history. But the ruling Trinamool Congress defended...
05:42 PM, Apr 06, 2012
Washington: Hafiz Saeed's vision is "destruction" of India, says US counter-terrorism expert Bruce Riedel, maintaining that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e- Toiba founder is an al Qaeda ally who was in close touch with Osama bin Laden until his death in May 2011. "Saeed, a very public figure in Pakistan and admired by its military, advocates a truly extreme vision: the restoration of the Mughal empire and the destruction of India," Bruce...
03:46 PM, Apr 04, 2012
To attend to cross-border business, Jones Lang LaSalle has an office in Berlin. The things you notice about the city are its impeccable planning, its dignified grandeur, beautifully preserved architecture and bracing weather. Recommendations My favourite hotel is Swissotel. It is centrally located in Berlin's leading shopping and business district of Kurfrstendamm, and is ideal for business and shopping. The hotel's restaurant serves amazing food. I'd also recommend The Sofitel,...
11:02 AM, Apr 03, 2012
Kolkata: A faster and enhanced version of low-cost tablet PC, Aakash, would be launched on trial basis in May, Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal said here today. "The second version of Aakash will be launched some time in May," Sibal said on the sidelines of an ICC organised higher education conclave. He said the tablet PC was being tested and based on feedback from students commercial production would be...
04:34 PM, Apr 02, 2012
New Delhi: Sudan on Monday supported India's claim for a permanent seat in an expanded UN Security Council. The 22-member delegation of the Women Parliamentarians Caucus of the National Assembly of Sudan, led by President of the Women's Caucus Samia Hassan Sied Ahmed, conveyed this while calling on Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. Welcoming the delegation, Kumar expressed satisfaction over the growing profile of bilateral relationship between India and Sudan...
01:26 AM, Mar 27, 2012
London: Indian origin actress Freida Pinto says Dev Patel is really dramatic at home and people don't understand how good an actor he really is. The 27-year-old, who has been dating her 'Slumdog Millionaire' co-star since in 2007, says Patel has a 'massive' range of emotions, reported Femalefirst. "Dev has always been an amazing actor, and I feel people have not tapped into a quarter of what he's capable of...
01:30 PM, Mar 26, 2012
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