Islamabad: Pakistan's relations with the US are "multi-dimensional and important" but the ties will be determined on the basis of Islamabad's national interests, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday against the backdrop of growing strains between the two countries. "We are trying to have an open, transparent, and mutually beneficial relationship with the US based on our national interests," he said. Gilani made the remarks during an address...
04:17 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Berlin: As tensions mount in the Gulf over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israel is reported to have armed its new fleet of submarines supplied by Germany with nuclear tipped cruise missiles. Three "Dolphin" class diesel-electric submarines delivered to Israel recently by the Howaldswerke Deutsche Werft (HDW) shipyard had been armed with medium-range missiles carrying nuclear warheads, Der Spiegel magazine reported. Israel, according to a western estimate, is the Middle East's soul,...
01:02 PM, Jun 04, 2012
Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader warned on Sunday that any Israeli attack would be answered with a "lightning" response by the Islamic Republic and suggested Iran's nuclear program cannot be curtailed by Western sanctions. The remarks by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei echoed previous hard-line positions by Iran, but take on added resonance amid talks with the US and five other world powers. Western leaders hope for a diplomatic accord that would ease...
05:16 PM, Jun 03, 2012
New Delhi: Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Sunday said that the Lokpal, if made a law would create fear among wrongdoers like the way the "chopping of hands of thieves" does in UAE. Addressing protesters at the fast venue of Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev, Bedi also asked people not to vote for those politicians who are opposed to Lokpal in the next elections. "There is no democracy...
03:49 PM, Jun 03, 2012
Mumbai :Besides the premiere of Dibakar Banerjee's political thriller 'Shanghai', the 13th annual IIFA awards will also showcase excerpts from Vidhu Vinod Chopra's upcoming film 'Ferrari Ki Sawari'. Directed by Rajesh Mapuskar and dialogues by acclaimed director, Rajkumar Hirani, the film is a moving story about how the pursuit of an Indian cricket legend's Ferrari makes a young boy's dreams of playing cricket at Lords a reality. 'Ferrari Ki Sawari'...
04:06 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Payakaraopeta: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy said that YS Jagan Mohan Reddy would have to face a jail term of 14 years, if the charges levelled against him were proved in the illegal assets case. Kiran Kumar Reddy was campaigning in Payakaraopeta Assembly segment in Visakhapatnam district on Friday. Addressing a gathering at panchayat office centre, the chief minister made it clear that Jagan was behind the bars as...
03:19 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Director Rajkumar Hirani, producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and actor Sharman Joshi talk about their upcoming movie 'Ferrari Ki Sawaari'. ...
12:04 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Team 'Irandam Ulagam' is Georgia bound as the team will be off to the scenic locales of Georgia shortly. A long 65 day schedule has been planned there with Arya and Anushka! Selvaraghavan left early last week and is currently on a location hunt. The cast and crew will be joining him mid June. Earlier few portions of the film were canned in Hyderabad where the Tamil - Telugu bilingual...
11:52 AM, Jun 02, 2012
Mumbai: Bollywood filmmaker-turned actress Farah Khan has said she was surprised on being offered the lead role in Bela Sehgal's 'Shirin Farhad ki to nikal padi' as she thought 40-plus women were not in demand. "I was never waiting to act in movies. I was completely shocked that at this age, someone wanted me to act," Farah told reporters at the unveiling of the first look of the film here...
05:06 PM, May 31, 2012
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India is said to have flatly rejected the Andhra Pradesh government's plea to permit it to reduce sales tax on petrol by three per cent to "provide relief to people in view of the recent price hike." With a clear eye on the June 12 by-elections, state Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy directed officials of the Commercial Taxes Department to obtain permission from the...
01:33 AM, May 31, 2012
New Delhi: Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will be in Delhi on Thursday on a two-day visit to formally invite Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit to be held in Tehran in August. Salehi, who will be in Delhi as the Special Envoy of President Mahmoud Ahmedinijad, will hand over an invitation to the Prime Minister, the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement. During...
09:47 PM, May 30, 2012
Thambi Ramaiah, before making his mark as an actor and winning a National Award (for 'Mynaa'), was known in the industry as a director. The filmmaker in him is still active and is set to start his fresh directorial venture soon. According to sources, the film titled 'Irandu Paayum Puliyum Oru Pachai Kiliyum' will have Prakash Raj and 'Mirchi' Siva playing the lead roles. Besides, Thambi Ramaiah too will do...
07:01 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: The first trailer of 'Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi' is out now. The film stars Boman Irani and Farah Khan in the lead roles. Directed by Bela Bhnsali Sehgal, the film revolves around the idea of 'love doesn't have an expiry date'. ...
01:23 PM, May 30, 2012
Varun Sandesh's 'Chammak Challo', directed by Neelakantha, promises to be a love story with a difference. The film has been mostly done but for one song. The makers are planning to release the film soon. Neelakantha's penchant for novelty is well-known. It is to be seen if the director proves those who have opined that Neelakantha is not fit to make romances and romantic comedies wrong with 'Chammak Challo'. The...
11:51 AM, May 30, 2012
Boston: Security experts said on Monday a highly sophisticated computer virus is infecting computers in Iran and other Middle East countries and may have been deployed at least five years ago to engage in state-sponsored cyber espionage. Evidence suggest that the virus, dubbed Flame, may have been built on behalf of the same nation or nations that commissioned the Stuxnet worm that attacked Iran's nuclear program in 2010, according to...
02:12 PM, May 29, 2012
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