The Rating 4 out of 5 Flashback 1970s and 1980s. An Amitabh Bachchan film was considered an event. A sea of people would make themselves comfortable outside the theatre premises on Sunday night itself, although the advance booking counters would open only on Monday morning. Most theatres would be packed for the entire week in [...]
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The Rating 4.5 out of 5 Much before I watched DELHI BELLY, I was told very categorically that the film will reduce to rubble the image of Aamir Khan, the producer, which he has very painstakingly and meticulously built over the years. I disagree with this viewpoint. Sure, Aamir Khan steps into a territory that [...]
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Kolkata: A shocking case of 18 infant deaths has come to light from Kolkata’s BC Roy Hospital. And that too, in less than two days. The figure was released by the Chief Minister’s office today. The tragedy at BC Roy Hospital may have gone unnoticed but for the death of nine-month-old Aryan Gazi this morning. [...]
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Cricket’s governing body on Thursday banned countries from appointing politicians to national cricket boards, vowing to free the sport from undue government influence. The International Cricket Council told a media conference in Hong Kong that it had made the decision to uphold “the important principle of free elections and the independence” of the sport. “It [...]
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News Corp. sold Myspace on Wednesday for a fraction of its purchase price, bringing the curtain down on Rupert Murdoch’s tie-up with a one-time social networking star that ended up being eclipsed by Facebook. Myspace, which was bought by News Corp. in 2005 for $580 million, was bought by Specific Media, a digital ad-targeting platform, [...]
Add to orkutSocial networking site Facebook will introduce a payment system ‘Facebook Credits’ for Indian users on July 1. The virtual currency can be spent across various games or applications they use on the popular website. “Facebook will introduce a new payment system Facebook Credits in India from July 1,” a company spokesperson told PTI. Facebook Credits [...]
Add to orkutFacebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s personal fortunes have soared. Thanks to investment fund GSV Capital’s recent stake in the social networking site, the Harvard dropout is now worth more than Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Earlier this week, GSV Capital Corp bought 225,000 shares in Facebook at an average price of USD 29.28 each. [...]
Add to orkutNew Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said China was “far ahead” in its military strength but India was catching up with its limited resources. “The Chinese are far ahead of us. They are building a blue water navy also. Aircraft carriers – they are acquiring,” said Manmohan Singh in an interaction with a group [...]
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India and the US on Wednesday agreed to enhance cooperation to deal with global challenges like high commodity prices and volatility in capital flows, besides strengthening bilateral trade and investment. “The two sides agreed to a robust roadmap for the coming year that included deeper engagement in … macroeconomic challenges, including growth, inflation, global liquidity, [...]
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Terming the $2.6 billion tax liability on the company as “inequitable”, UK-based Vodafone on Thursday questioned the Indian authorities for not raising the tax claim on the party (Hutchison) which made profit by selling its stake. Vodafone exuded confidence that there was no tax payable on its deal for buying majority stake of Hutchison in [...]
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