Lahore, Feb 14 (IANS) The Pakistan Open will return to the Asian golf circuit from March 27, following a 10-year hiatus, officials announced on Thursday. The country’s national championship, which was inaugurated in 1967, will be held for the first time on the Asian Development Tour (ADT) at the highly-acclaimed[Read More…]
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Veteran actress Maggie Smith is all set to return to theatre after a long gap of 12 years. The 84-year-old will star in a new play “A German Life” by Christopher Hampton. It will be directed by Jonathan Kent, reports hollywoodreporter.com. The “Harry Potter” fame actress[Read More…]
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Tottenham Hotspur got the job done in the first leg of the Champions League knockout stage tie against Borussia Dortmund, winning 3-0 to take a giant step toward the quarterfinals. With Harry Kane and Dele Alli still sidelined by injury on Wednesday’s match, Spurs coach Mauricio[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) Anil D. Ambani-owned Reliance Entertainment on Thursday announced the appointment of Rohit Chopra as its General Counsel. Rohit is a legal professional with expertise in the media and entertainment industry. He has over 20 years of professional experience in areas like international transactions, litigation, legal documentation,[Read More…]
By Radhika Bhirani Singapore, Feb 14 (IANS) Superhero entertainers or the likes of intergalactic narratives have been integral to actor Samuel L. Jackson’s filmography. He says the progress has been positive, but the possibilities have only been scratched at the surface yet. “Everything has got better, it’s different,” Jackson, who[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 14 (IANS) Actor-director Bradley Cooper has won the ‘Oscat award from animal rights organisation People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) for directing his dog in “A Star Is Born”. According to people.com, PETA’s Film and Television Division on Tuesday awarded Cooper the ‘Oscat’ award “for[Read More…]
Sao Paulo, Feb 14 (IANS) Talleres delivered the first major upset of this year’s Copa Libertadores by eliminating Sao Paulo after to a 0-0 draw in their second round, second leg match at the Morumbi Stadium. The Argentinians travelled to Brazil defending a two-goal lead from the first leg, and[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 14 (IANS) Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar adjourned the House till 3 p.m. on Thursday amid protests by BJP legislators against the attack on its MLA’s residence in Hassan. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators walked towards the Speaker’s podium and raised slogans against the attack on[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) Actress Kangana Ranaut is making a film on her life, and she says her story from rags to riches will make for a great cinematic experience. “My story from rags to riches has extreme highs and deepest lows, it will make for a great cinematic experience,”[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 14 (IANS) Rapper Cardi B is back on Instagram after deleting her account. Cardi quit the social media on Monday following the backlash she received after she won a Grammy Award for her album “Invasion of Privacy”, but on Wednesday she returned to it to announce her[Read More…]
New York, Feb 14 (IANS) Eating canned foods during pregnancy can expose your baby to the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), which can later affect their reproductive health, warns a study. Detectable in surface water and soil sediments, BPA is used in many industrial processes (epoxy resins, polycarbonate plastic production)[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI), the IT services arm of engineering and construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Ltd., on Thursday said it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire Germany-based IT consulting firm Nielsen+Partner for an undisclosed amount. N+P specialises in Temenos WealthSuite, an[Read More…]
Rome, Feb 14 (IANS) Four people were shot and seriously injured in a brawl between fans of Lazio and Sevilla in downtown Rome where the two squads will face off on Thursday in the first of two round-of-32 UEFA Europa League playoff matches. The violence erupted around 9.30 p.m. on[Read More…]
Hyderabad, Feb 14 (IANS) Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma on Thursday released the trailer of “Lakshmi’s NTR”, a film on the life of actor-turned-politician N.T. Rama Rao, which has triggered a controversy in Andhra Pradesh ahead of the elections. The movie is about the former Chief Minister’s second marriage to Lakshmi[Read More…]
Amsterdam, Feb 14 (IANS) Real Madrid, chasing a fourth consecutive Champions League title, needed a goal in the final minutes to pull out a 2-1 win against Ajax in the first leg of the round-of-16 tie. The Blancos also got help from the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) on Wednesday, which[Read More…]
Dubai, Feb 14 (IANS) Researchers have developed a new software that could spot potentially lethal heart diseases and may lead to improvements in prevention and treatment, says a new study. The software – ElectroMap – which measures electrical activity in the organ, is a new open-source software for processing, analysis[Read More…]
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) With no box office pressure and the lines between web series and feature films blurring, Bollywood actors like Abhishek Bachchan, Arjun Rampal and Kunal Kemmu are more than thrilled to get a taste of the “interesting space” — the digital world —[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 14 (IANS) A bug on Instagram that has been altering follower counts of users would be taken care of latest by Friday, Instagram announced in a tweet on Thursday. “We’re expecting to have this issue resolved by 9 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) tomorrow. We understand this[Read More…]
By Saurabh Katkurwar New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) The Congress party’s electoral promise to raise the procurement rate of paddy at Rs 2,500 per quintal in Chhattisgarh is set to put an additional burden on the state treasury. This is because the Centre has refused to procure the entire produce[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) The US has charged a former Air Force officer with spying for Iran in an operation that targeted her fellow officers, according to an indictment unsealed in a federal court. Monica Witt, who was also a former counterintelligence officer for the Air Force Office of Special[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) After a successful launch of two industry-first Galaxy ‘M’ series smartphones in India in January, Samsung is gearing up to launch ‘M30’ for a starting price of Rs 14,990 in February. Industry sources told IANS on Thursday that the sale of Galaxy ‘M30’ with a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said the decision of the Supreme Court over the issue of transfer and posting of Delhi government officers is “unfortunate”. “The Delhi government completed four years today. Since it was formed, the Centre has been creating hurdles[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Feb 14 (IANS) Veteran Indian actor Anupam Kher met Hollywood stars Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell and described it as a “beautiful encounter”. Anupam on Thursday posted a photograph with Hawn and Rusell, whom the 63-year-old called “fantastic actors”. “It was such a pleasure to meet the golden[Read More…]
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Feb 14 (IANS) US and Chinese officials on Thursday began a two-day meet here to sort out their trade differences as the March 1 deadline for the truce in their festering trade war draws near. If the two sides fail to patch up before March 1,[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 14 (IANS) Actress Khushboo Shroff has no qualms about playing a “fat girl” on screen, but is against working on “mindless things like showing fat people in a funny and useless context”. Talking about fat shaming and getting offers to play characters of a fat woman, Khushboo said[Read More…]
