Mumbai, The 40-year-old actor has donned an action hero avatar in the Siddharth Anand-directed movie, which was portrayed by Tom Cruise in the original movie. “Only the thought of Knight and Day is there in Bang Bang otherwise it is a complete new film. If you are not aware ofRead More

Mumbai, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan says celebrities like himself are not special people with special demands and rather lead a very normal life just as any common man. On gaming reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’, which he hosts, the 71-year-old actor recently came across a participant who thought celebrities don’tRead More

Soha Ali Khan was in town on Tuesday to unveil the Puja special menu of a city restaurant. “Though I am not a fan of non-vegetarian food, I love to gorge on bekti dishes. I would have loved to be in Kolkata during Durga Puja, but nonetheless, I am gladRead More

Paris, A corruption investigation against French former President Nicolas Sarkozy has been suspended, French media say. They quote judicial sources as saying that Paris appeals court will now study a request by Mr Sarkozy for the case to be dismissed. Mr Sarkozy, 59, is still facing several other judicial investigations.Read More

Sydney, An Indian-origin taxi driver in Australia will face trial for sexually assaulting a woman, media reports said on Wednesday. A West Australian taxi driver, identified as Suni Kumar Saharan, 28, molested the woman, who is also 28 years old, after picking her up along with her four friends fromRead More

London, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Wednesday remarked that the “London Plan” failed miserably, referring to a meeting of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Tahir-ul Qadri. In the London meet, Imran Khan and Qadri allegedly discussed the plan to stage a sit-in toRead More

Islamabad, The Pakistan government Wednesday condemned as “violation of its sovereignty” US drone strikes which left 10 people dead in the country’s tribal region of North Waziristan. Pakistan regards such strikes as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity, Radio Pakistan quoted the country’s Foreign Office spokesperson as sayingRead More

United Nations, A UN Security Council committee has added 16 names to its al-Qaida sanctions list, including one with ties to the Islamic State group. Additions came yesterday after the council approved a resolution expanding the list’s scope to include people affiliated with the extremist group that has taken overRead More

London, The wife of a British taxi driver held by Islamic State jihadists has pleaded for his release, saying she had received a recording of him begging for his life. Alan Henning, a 47-year-old Briton who volunteered to help drive an aid convoy to Syria for Muslim charity Aid4Syria, wasRead More

Washington, Asserting that india has an “irreplaceable economic and political role” at the global stage, an Indian-American body has called for an immediate reform of the UNSC to make the country its permanent member. The American india Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) said in a statement: “It is about time thatRead More