Vir Das Deserves To Be Called Out For ‘Mastizaade', Despite His Latest...
On Friday afternoon, a number of websites published stories about a new deodorant commercial starring actor-comedian Vir Das. I spotted one by BuzzFeed India with the headline ‘Vir Das Just Called Out...
View ArticleCannes 2016: Sonam Kapoor Stuns In A Saree-Inspired Gown On The Red Carpet
It is Sonam Kapoor's sixth year at the Cannes Film Festival and the actress made an enthralling appearance. Sonam showed up in a white saree-inspired gown by designer Ralph and Russo which was paired...
View ArticleTamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry Go To Polls Today
Assembly elections for the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will take place today. It will decide the fate of Chief Ministers Jayalalithaa and Oommen Chandy and their arch rivals and...
View Article'Fed Up' Encyclopaedia Britannica COO Jumps 19 Floors To His Death In Gurgaon
Update: A previous version of this story said Mr Whig's father had a heart attack on hearing the news of his son's suicide. The family has informed us that this is inaccurate. Vineet Whig, a top...
View ArticleWATCH: TVF's Girliyapa Pushes Boundaries With This Edgy Sketch On Marital Rape
A new sketch by The Viral Fever's new channel Girliyapa, focusing on marital rape, might raise a few eyebrows. Provocatively titled How I Raped Your Mother, it starts off with Devika (Aakanksha Thakur)...
View ArticleBritannica's Top Executive Jumps To Death From 19th Floor
Gurgaon -- A top executive of Encyclopedia Britannica allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the 19th floor of a building in DLF Phase-III here, police said. 47-year-old Vineet Whig, COO of...
View ArticleAll You Need To Know About India's Draft Bill On ‘Passive' Euthanasia
After years of debate and legal battles, India will soon decided whether or not to pass a law to legalize “passive euthanasia”. The Union government has released a draft Bill on it and has and has...
View ArticleGPS Leads A Woman Into A 100-Feet Deep Lake In Canada
It seems technology will not always lead you home. A woman in Canada drove right into a lake due to an error in the navigation system. The 23-year-old woman was driving on Thursday night in a town...
View ArticleHere's An App That Will Help You Bin Those Annoying 'Good Morning' Pics
Anyone who has WhatsApp, the messaging application with more than 1 billion users, can probably testify that well-meaning friends and family members often take it upon themselves to send the most...
View ArticlePolicemen Slapped Me, Forced Me To Lie, Says Handwara Teen Who Complained Of...
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) -- In a major twist in the Handwara molestation case, a girl whose complaint of molestation led to protests and firing in the region, said on Monday she had been forced to...
View ArticleDaughter-In-Law Is Not A Maid, Can't Throw Her Out Of The House, Says Supreme...
NEW DELHI -- Daughter-in-law should be treated as a family member and not housemaid, and she cannot be "thrown out of her matrimonial home at any time", the Supreme Court has said, while expressing...
View ArticleIs John McAfee's Claim Of Hacking WhatsApp Yet Another Publicity Stunt?
John McAfee is at it again! The founder of antivirus software has made yet another tall claim by saying that he has hacked into WhatsApp encryption, but investigations show that he managed to do so...
View ArticleJudiciary Must Draw Its Own 'Lakshmanrekha': Arun Jaitley
Flagging concerns over judicial "overreach" yet again, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday made it clear that the judiciary must draw its own "Lakshmanrekha" and not take decisions, which fall in...
View ArticleHere's How Expensive Ranbir Kapoor's New House Is, In Terms Of Bollywood...
According to many reports, Ranbir Kapoor has recently purchased new property in Mumbai. Pretty routine stuff. Most well-to-do people at some stage in their life purchase a house, especially in the...
View Article'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo', Shah Rukh Khan Win Ghanta Awards
Superstar Salman Khan's "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo" bagged the worst film award while Shah Rukh Khan was announced as the worst actor at the 2016 Ghanta Awards. Ghanta awards recognise the worst of...
View Article'US Trying To Sow Discord Between China And India': Beijing
Accusing the US of "sowing discord" between China and India, Beijing on Monday said the two neighbours are wise enough to resolve their boundary dispute peacefully through talks and asked America to...
View ArticleExit Polls 2016: BJP In Assam, Mamata In Bengal, DMK In Tamil Nadu And Left...
Exit polls are mostly unanimous about the outcome of polling to the four states and one union territory that just concluded. If pollsters are right--and this would be a good time to remember that all...
View ArticleDraft Bill For Delhi's Full Statehood Likely This Week
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to make public later this week the draft Bill for Delhi's full statehood seeking control over police, DDA and transfer and postings of bureaucrats, a move that...
View ArticleWATCH: AbRam's Adorable 'Sword-Fight' With Parineeti Chopra
At this rate, it looks like Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan's youngest son, AbRam, could overtake his father in terms of popularity. Any picture featuring AbRam seems to go viral on social networking...
View ArticlePathankot Attack: Interpol Issues Red Corner Notice To JeM Chief Maulana...
NEW DELHI -- Signalling a major development in the Pathankot case, the Interpol on Tuesday issued a fresh Red Corner notice against Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and his brother...
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