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APJ Abdul Kalam, former president of India, is no more

Shillong: India’s most loved former president APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on Monday after he suddenly fell ill during an event in Shillong. The 84-year-old president breathed his last at 6:40 PM following a massive cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute of Management in Shillong. Kalam, who loved to interact with students and encourage them to work for the country, passed away while interacting to students. […]

 
 
 

Check out: Action-packed trailer of Saif-Katrina starrer 'Phantom'

The trailer of director Kabir Khan’s political thriller “Phantom”, featuring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif in a combative avatar, has been unveiled. The 2 minutes and 41 seconds video begins with the visuals of the dreaded 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks of 2008, which shook the nation for 60 hours and claimed several lives. The film is about the post-26/11 attacks in Mumbai and global terrorism. The screenplay of “Phantom” […]

Exclusive! B Raman's unpublished 2007 article: Why Yakub Memon must not be hanged

‘The cooperation of Yakub with the investigating agencies after he was picked up informally in Kathmandu and his role in persuading some other members of the family to come out of Pakistan and surrender Constitute, in my view, a strong mitigating circumstance to be taken into consideration while considering whether the death penalty should be implemented,’ B Raman had written in August 2007. With possibly days left for Yakub Memon’s […]

 
 
 

What if dinosaurs were never extinct: The Good Dinosaur, Pixar's second movie this year, looks stunning

It is surprising to see Pixar all ready to put out another movie just months after its critical and commercial triumph with Inside Out. But we are not complaining, the trailer for its new feature, The Good Dinosaur, looks stunning. The official synopsis reads: An epic journey into the world of dinosaurs where an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. The movie flaunts photo-realistic animations (see 00:04, 00:19) […]

 
 
 

Watch: Kunal Kapoor, Radhika Apte in Kaun Kitne Paani Mein trailer

I Am Kalam director Nila Madhab Panda is back with another issue-based film Kaun Kitne Paani Mein. This time, the focus is on the scarcity of water in the interiors of Rajasthan. The film features Kunal Kapoor, Radhika Apte, Saurabh Shukla and Gulshan Grover in important roles. Saurabh Shukla plays a king in the film who is finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with his old traditions in absence […]

 
 
 

Ahalya: Sujoy Ghosh's reinterpretation of mythology

Kaahani director Sujoy Ghosh is back in circulation with a 14-minute short film, Ahalya, starring Radhika Apte and veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee. The movie is set in contemporary time in Kolkata and will reinterpret a legendary episode from the great Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana where the fate of an apsara, a maharishi and god of rain, Lord Indra, is sealed by a curse. As the past tells about […]

The 'Ironman': Milind Soman just completed the toughest triathlon in the world

If you needed more reasons to be head over heels in lust love with Milind Soman, look no further. The Bollywood actor and model just made the country proud by successfully completing the Ironman Triathlon held in Zurich, Switzerland on 19 July, reported Times of India. The triathlon is considered one of the world’s toughest races and had 2,000 participants which included seven Indians. The triathlon includes a 3.8-km swim, […]

Beware girls! Here's what high heels can do to your health

Experts have said it time and again that there are multiple health risks attached to wearing high heels, the recent being one the chance of falling a victim to osteoarthritis. American Osteopathy Association reports that one in 10 women wear heels, and most of them develop severe pain and swelling in the fore foot, hind foot, ankle, knees, hips and spine. According to health experts, high heels cause unequal weight […]

Rare Enigma machine fetches 149,000 pounds at auction

London:  An Enigma machine, used by Germany to send encrypted communications during World War II, has fetched a whopping 149,000 pounds — more than twice its presale estimate — at an auction here.   The machine, which was constructed in 1943, is one of few that survived the conflict intact, as the German military was given orders to destroy them as it retreated.   The machine includes three rotors and […]