Since the mid-1990s, Mini Mathur has remained a recognizable figure in the public sphere. Her career took off as a television host before she found major fame as an MTV VJ, a role she took on after marrying filmmaker Kabir Khan, who was then focused on documentary work. In a recent conversation, Mini opened up…
New swing bridge installed as major milestone reached for Wichelstowe canal An English town has installed a six-metre swing bridge whose deck contains the equivalent of 140 recycled plastic bottles per square metre and can be manually opened for passing boats. The new structure, officially named Bushey Fox Bridge, was lifted into position by crane…
Satwik-Chirag out of BWF World Championships (ANI Image) India’s hopes of securing another medal at the BWF World Championships suffered a blow as Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out in the quarter-finals after losing to China’s Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in straight games.The Indian pair went down 18-21, 9-21 in a one-sided…
Despite ‘Batwara 1947’ box office failure, Sunny Deol and Rajkumar Santoshi set to reunite for fifth film; is ‘Ghatak 2’ in the works? Sunny Deol and Rajkumar Santoshi are set to reunite for a project after their recent collaboration on ‘Batwara 1947’. Even though their latest release didn’t work at the box office, the actor-director…
Bowie had allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. (Photo: FBI/DOJ) A 35-year-old New York woman has been arrested for allegedly plotting an Islamic State-inspired attack on the state Capitol in Albany, with prosecutors accusing her of planning to bomb the building and kill lawmakers.Jessica Bowie, of Albany, was charged with attempting to provide…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay shared his condolences after South Indian veteran Sowcar Janaki passed away on Friday in Chennai after age-related complications at the age of 94. The actor turned politician remembered her seven-decade-long contribution to Indian cinema and said her death was an “irreplaceable loss” to the film world. C Joseph…
PC: Long overdue: a new, widespread, species of Pristimantis (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Chocó region and the synonymy of Pristimantis subsigillatus For more than a century, a frog living across the forests of western Ecuador and southern Colombia carried the wrong scientific name. It was not hidden in some unexplored corner of the rainforest, either….
Family picnic turns tragic for New Jersey Indian family as 41-year-old father drowns in lake while paddleboarding. 41-year-old Kaushik Sharma, a father of two, drowned in Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey, where he was paddleboarding during a family picnic. The incident took place on August 16 at around 2.30 pm when bystanders noticed an unattended…
Quote of the day by Johnny Depp: ‘Everybody would love to be able to be themselves, but they can’t… If you want to live that kind of life, I wish you the best. I’ll be on the other side,’ the ‘Ebenezer’ star’s words on rejecting conformity and letting your true nature shine Johnny Depp is…
Joe Root has etched his name into the Test cricket record books, overtaking Australia great Steve Smith to become the leading fielder for most catches in the history of the format. Root reached the landmark during Pakistan’s second innings of the first Test against England at Headingley on Friday, taking a sharp catch at leg…