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
Actress Freida Pinto arrived for the opening ceremony and screening of 'Moonrise Kingdom' at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. ...
10:19 AM, May 18, 2012
Cannes: The 65th annual Cannes Film Festival was to get under way Wednesday with Wes Anderson's carefully composed whimsy and Sacha Baron Cohen's less confined theatrics. Anderson's 'Moonrise Kingdom' will open Cannes, where it will premiere amid the frenzy of the French festival. Anderson, as well as cast Bruce Willis, Edward Norton and possibly Bill Murray will make their way down Cannes' grand red carpet in the evening. But before...
04:55 PM, May 16, 2012
London: Rising stars will compete against established Hollywood names for the limelight at this year's Cannes film festival, with Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron, Kristen Stewart and Shia LaBeouf all appearing in highly anticipated movies. They will rub shoulders with the likes of Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman, as well as some of the great names in directing, at the world's biggest and most glamorous cinema showcase. "I think there's a...
04:38 PM, May 12, 2012
New Delhi: In a dramatic turn of events, Indian shuttler P Kashyap on Friday edged past Ajay Jayaram to qualify for the London Olympics after Chen Jin of China gave him a walkover in the quarter-final of the Indian Open Super Series because of a wrist injury. Commonwealth Games bronze medallist P Kashyap came into the tournament with over 1000 points behind compatriot Jayaram and needed to win at least...
10:45 PM, Apr 27, 2012
The children's film is star studded with the cast including Bruce Willis, Bill Murray and Edward Norton. ...
10:37 AM, Apr 12, 2012
Washington: In a move that is expected to hit Indian IT companies majorly, the US government has decided to hike H-1B visa fee from next fiscal even as the maximum number of applications for fiscal year 2013 has been retained at 65,000. In a statement, USCIS listed out the details of the fees to be filed by the applicants for H-1B visas, which starts from a base fee of $...
03:21 PM, Mar 29, 2012
Singapore: Non-Resident Indian (NRI) industrialists in Singapore have expressed apprehensions about the proposed Direct Tax Code (DTC), which may tax their properties and foreign currency deposits in India. "Such new taxes will discourage NRI's participation in the Indian economy," said R Narayanamohan, chairman, Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) after addressing a seminar on India's Union Budget 2012-2013 in Singapore. Though the new tax code awaits legislative approvals...
04:03 PM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday gave the green signal to the Badminton Association of India (BAI) to host the Yonex Sunrise India Open here at the Siri Fort Sports Complex from April 24-29. The tournament will also serve as the last qualifying event for the 2012 London Olympics. BWF representatives held a two and half hour long meeting with the organising committee comprising Ashok Kumar (executive...
10:36 AM, Mar 21, 2012
Paris: The 2012 Cannes film festival will open with Wes Andersons 1960s drama 'Moonrise Kingdom', starring Bruce Willis and Bill Murray, organisers said on Friday. The story revolves around two young lovers who run away from their New England homes, prompting locals to send out a search party. Cannes president Gilles Jacob said the choice of Anderson as the director of the opening movie was a way of showcasing young...
04:44 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Panaji: Goan expats across the continents of Europe, Australia and America are calling for a "total change of blood" in Goa's political system ahead of assembly elections on Saturday. Members of the Goan diaspora are beseeching their counterparts back home to vote for Goa's ecology and identity, especially when their forefinger hovers over the electronic voting machine (EVM), milliseconds before the punch down. Carmen Miranda, former director of global social...
01:07 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Washington: A complaint from an Indian-American student who was near the top of his high school class but was rejected by both Harvard and Princeton universities has triggered an investigation by the US Education Department. The unnamed Indian-American student in California complained that the two universities discriminate against Asian-Americans in undergraduate admissions, according to a media Bloomberg report. According to the Education Department's Office of Civil Rights the complaint was...
03:40 PM, Feb 03, 2012
London: Britain's new immigration rules will now allow only those immigrants 'who add to the quality of life'. Two proposals outlined in a major speech by Immigration Minister Damian Green are likely to affect Indian professionals and migrants. The government has already announced its intention to scrap the Post-Study Work visa for non-EU students, which has been popular among Indians. The proposal states that non-EU professionals, whose annual income at...
08:30 AM, Feb 03, 2012
The film boasts of an ensemble cast of Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray and Tilda Swinton. ...
02:32 AM, Jan 19, 2012
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