Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan faced a lot of criticism after expressing their views on growing intolerance in India. Recently, Bajirao Mastani actress Priyanka Chopra was asked to comment on it.When asked about the criticism superstars Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan have received for expressing their views on ‘intolerance’ recently, Priyanka Chopra told a leading daily,”It is not just about this. I think everyone has an opinion about it. We are supposed to be the…

As I write, the Board of Control for Cricket in India appears to be on the brink of agreeing to a short bilateral series against Pakistan to be played in neutral Sri Lanka. Gallingly, reports that a deal has already been done emerged from a Pakistani TV channel on November 26 — the day India marked the anniversary of the Invasion of Mumbai by terrorists from Pakistan whose urban carnage served as a template for…

A Rs 55 crore wedding extravaganza, capable of surpassing even the most spectacular Bollywood sets, will unveil at the Asramam ground in Kollam on Thursday where NRI business magnate Ravi Pillai’s daughter, Dr Arathi, will wed Dr Adithya Vishnu of Kochi. With a net worth of $2.8 billion, Ravi Pillai was ranked first among the richest Keralites in a survey conducted by TOI in June. Pillai’s RP Group has a strong presence in Gulf in…

The Food and Drug Administration in America has given the green light to the trials of cheap drug metformin, which is used to treat people with type 2 diabetes, on older people, the Daily Express reported. The pill’s developers hope that it could one day wipe out diseases like Alzheimer’s and that they can slow down the ageing process in humans, making those in their 70s as healthy a 50-year-old. “If you target an ageing…

to Delhi civic body’s toll collection drive. The seven-hour-long traffic jam began at around 12:30 am on Saturday when some drivers protested the environment tax collection drive of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi while some didn’t have enough money to pay the same. As a result, they started parking on the Delhi-Jaipur highway leading to chaos on the road. Situation normalised when senior traffic officials from Gurgaon and Delhi rushed to the spot early on…

Gill is a 20-year-old model of Sikh Indian descent and hails from the United Kingdom. Her first major break in the modeling industry came two years ago, when she became the first Indian model cast by iconic British label Burberry. On Tuesday, Gill added another iconic label to her resume: Abercrombie & Fitch. Gill stars as the face of a reinvented and decidedly less sexy Abercrombie, Women’s Wear Daily reports. “With the evolution of the…

Delhi’s traffic is proving to be a killjoy for Diwali shoppers with all roads leading to major shopping hubs choc-a-bloc as vehicular movement skyrocketed over the fortnight. Delhi Traffic police said shoppers spent hours stuck in congestions, especially in Sarojini Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Karol Bagh, Chandni Chowk, Sadar Bazar, South Extension and Connaught Place, across the city as the number of vehicles on the road shot up by at least 50% over the last two…

An Indian court has sentenced an Uber taxi driver to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a female passenger last year in Delhi. Shiv Kumar Yadav was also convicted of criminal intimidation and kidnapping. The 26-year-old woman was taken to a secluded area and raped after booking a journey home with Uber in December. Delhi later banned Uber and several other web-based taxi firms for many months, accusing them of failing to…