Gajendra Chauhan Was Selected FTII Chief With One-Para CV
NEW DELHI -- In response to an RTI query, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has said that Gajendra Chauhan - who was appointed by the government as the chief of the Film and Television...
View ArticleIndians Can't Access Pornography Sites, Government Ban Suspected
NEW DELHI - Internet service providers have blocked pornography sites in India, according to media reports, and users who are voicing their suspicions about what appears to be a nationwide ban. In a...
View Article81 Dead, 80 Lakh Affected In Floods In Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal And...
At least 81 people died and more than 80 lakh people were affected in fresh floods due to excessive rains in worst affected Gujarat, Rajasthan, West Bengal and Odisha. In Gujarat, 14 districts and...
View ArticleThe Morning Wrap: Many Files On Death Row Convicts Missing; Tasers Are Newest...
The Morning Wrap is HuffPost India's selection of interesting news and opinion from the day's newspapers. Subscribe here to receive it in your inbox each weekday morning. Essential HuffPost Internet...
View ArticleRape-Accused Asaram Features As Great 'Saint' In Rajasthan School Textbook
JODHPUR— Rape accused self-styled godman Asaram features in a chapter on saints in a Class III textbook in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district, sharing space with Vivekananda, Mother Teresa and Ramakrishna...
View ArticleMicrosoft Says Windows 10 Is Now Running On 14 Million Computers
PALO ALTO (California) -- Microsoft says its new Windows 10 operating system is now running on more than 14 million computers, two days after the software was released as a free download. That's a far...
View ArticleIndia Begins Massive Crackdown On Porn
India's government has begun a massive and unprecedented ban on pornographic websites, supplying internet companies with a list of more than 850 websites that need to be denied access to. Indian...
View ArticleAutistic Golfer Ranveer Singh First Indian To Win Gold At Special Olympics At...
An Indian golfer, who has been living with autism since he was two years old, has won India's first gold at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles, according to reports. Ranveer Singh Saini,...
View ArticleHow National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's son Shaurya reinvented himself...
He's an alumnus of London School of Business and Chicago University, has worked as investment banker for GE Capital and Morgan Stanley and heads the India unit of an investment fund, Zeus Caps, backed...
View ArticleSonakshi Sinha Is Playing Dawood Ibrahim's Sister Haseena Parkar In An...
Sonakshi Sinha is often accused of playing roles that require her to be eye-candy or the mandatory simpering female presence in a testosterone-driven commercial action movie. Many critics and...
View ArticleBJP Leader Suggests 'No Work No Pay' As Parliament Paralysis Continues
While the Opposition continues to paralyse parliament, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader has suggested that lawmakers should not get paid since they are not doing any work in the ongoing Monsoon...
View ArticleOnline Porn Ban: 8 Bombastic Submissions By Kamlesh Vaswani In His Porn-Ban PIL
NEW DELHI -- Kamlesh Vaswani is in an enviable position. Even before arguments have concluded in his petition, the government has moved to ban 857 pornographic websites. He is very pleased. But before...
View ArticleSensex Climbs On RBI Rate Cut Hopes, Reduction In Banks' Bad Loans
The benchmark Sensex hit a week's high on speculation that the central bank might cut rates, and banks reported a drop in bad loans. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 92.5 points in intraday trade at 3 pm...
View ArticleOver Half Of Congress Lawmakers Suspended From Lok Sabha For Creating A Ruckus
NEW DELHI -- Following two weeks of paralysis in parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today suspended over half of the Congress Party lawmakers, who have been demanding resignations of three...
View Article6 Green Tea Recipes To Keep You Refreshed All Year Round
When it comes to healthy drinking, green tea has some pretty awesome benefits for those left shaken by this recent post on Coca-Cola's effects on the human body: Read: How Coca Cola Affects Your Body...
View Article15 Years Of 'Dil Chahta Hai': 5 Scenes That Still Make Us LOL
On Sunday, Farhan Akhtar posted a picture of the first shot that was rolled for his directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai (2001) on Twitter. August 2000. 15 yrs ago, we rolled this.. the 1st shot of DCH....
View ArticleIndia's Exports Drive Manufacturing Growth To Highest In Six Months, Beats...
Indian manufacturing activity expanded at its fastest pace in six months in July as new export orders accelerated, a business survey showed on Monday. The Nikkei Manufacturing Purchasing Managers'...
View ArticleMeet Kamlesh Vaswani, The Man Who Is Winning His Crusade Against Porn
Kamlesh Vaswani is a happy man today. The Indore high court lawyer has been waiting for more than two years for this day, when pornographic websites would be blocked, and all the "innocent,...
View ArticleNarendra Modi Govt Signs Historic Peace Accord With Nagaland's NSCN (IM)
The Narendra Modi government today signed a historic peace accord with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN)'s Isak-Muivah faction, after six decades of conflict. "The Nagaland political...
View ArticleSupreme Court Might Order Auction Of Sahara Properties To Refund Investors
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to submit an application by September 14 seeking its approval to appoint a receiver to auction...
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