Chennai, Aug 12: Director Praveen Sattaru says he hasn’t yet been approached with the offer to direct the sequel to his last year’s Telugu hit comedy “Guntur Talkies”. He is also sure that he does not want to take up the project even if he is offered. “I read about the sequel in the papers […]

New Delhi, Aug 12: Yesterday’s billionaires are India’s most defaulting billionaires today, said journalist Josy Joseph while releasing his book ‘A Feast of Vultures – The Hidden Business of Democracy in India’ here on Thursday. “Defaulters of the 1990s, when I started reporting, are today’s most defaulting billionaires. I am sure today’s defaulters will be […]

New Delhi/Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said he was detained at a US airport following which a senior US diplomat of Indian origin apologised. “I fully understand and respect security with the way the world is, but to be detained at US immigration every damn time really really sucks,” Shah Rukh said in a […]

Chennai, Aug 12: Lower net profit or net loss and higher provisioning against bad loans marked the first quarter results of three government-owned Indian banks declared on Friday. Leading the pack was the State Bank of India (SBI) that reported a net profit of Rs 2,520.96 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 — […]

Chennai, Aug 12: Tamil filmmaker Venkat Prabhu and actor Krishna Kulasekaran have extended their support to a crowdfunding campaign by Adventures Beyond Barriers Foundation (ABBF), which will benefit India’s blind tandem cycling team. ABBF, the brainchild of Divyanshu Ganatra — who lost his eyesight to glaucoma at 19 — is committed to spreading awareness and […]

Chennai, Aug 12: Actor Karthi for the most part of filmmaker Mani Ratnam’s upcoming Tamil romantic-drama “Kaatru Veliyidai” will be seen sporting a clean-shaven look. He will also be seen sporting a stubble in some crucial scenes. “Karthi is currently shooting in a clean-shaven look. For nearly 60 per cent of the film, he will […]

Film: “Rustom”; Director: Tinu Suresh Desai; Cast: Akshay Kumar, Ileana D’Cruz, Arjan Bajwa, Esha Gupta, Pawan Raj Malhotra and Kumud Mishra; Rating: *** Based on a true incident that occurred in 1959 in Bombay, “Rustom” is a fictionalised crime drama that unfurls the tale of a patriotic Naval Commander Rustom Pavri, who kills his wife […]

Washington:Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has reassured her supporters that she would oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement if elected president “I will stop any trade deal that kills jobs or holds down wages, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership,” Clinton said during a speech on Thursday in Michigan. “I oppose it now, I’ll oppose it […]

Los Angeles, Aug 12: Singer Rihanna is to receive the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards on August 28. The 28-year-old, who will also perform live at the show in New York City, will be recognised for her “decade-long impact on music, pop culture, fashion, film, and philanthropy”, reports femalefirst.co.uk. […]

New Delhi, Aug 12: Amid controversy surrounding the consumption of beef in India, a leading credit rating, and research institution say the country’s export of buffalo meat over the next five years would reach close to Rs 40,000 crore. “Over the next five years, Indian buffalo meat exports would reach close to Rs 40,000 crore […]