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Now Irrfan Khan to play Arabic in Brazilian film

Irrfan Khan

By Subhash K Jha

BOLLYWOOD: Among all the Indian actors who have made forays into firangi filmdom, Irrfan Khan stands tall. In the last 5 years, Irrfan had the...

Nishat Group opens fashion store in Mississauga on Saturday

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By Renu Mehta

TORONTO: Parveen Bajaj is travelling to India with her daughter this month.  Her daughter Henna wants to get a new wardrobe that will provide...

Sonakshi Sinha badly needs a hit this year

Sonakshi-Shahid in R...Rajkumar

By Subhash K Jha

BOLLYWOOD: With R…. Rajkumar just around the corner, Prabhudheva has a lot to be concerned about. Not the least of his worries is his...

    Aman Ki Asha to Total Siyappa

    How Aman Ki Asha became Total Siyappa

    By Subhash K Jha

    MUMBAI: A lot of pre-release publicity is being heaped on the new comedy Total Siyappa. But the behind-the-scenes back-story of how the film lost its original title is far more interesting than Ali Zafar and Yami Gautam trying hard to be funny and cute at the media events.

    The film was originally titled Aman Ki Asha, as it fitted in nicely with the concept of the Indo-Pak story. However the title is closely and inextricably associated with a cultural peace...

    Poonam Pandey pretends she is upset over leaked saucy video

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    News East West

    MUMBAI: Looks like the queen of sleaze Poonam Pandey is getting desperate to stay centre-stage.

    The...

    Bigg Boss 7: Sparks fly between Tanisha and Gauhar on Day 80

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    MUMBAI:On day 80 in ‘Bigg Boss Saath 7′, the captain of the house Gauahar sees the luxury...

    mandira bedi.jpg Mandira Bedi: Nikita Rai in 24 is a new beginning for me

    Nineteen years after she made her television debut in the Doodarshan serial Shanti, Mandira Bedi, looking...

    Siddharth Srivastava: Sachin Tendulkar versus Narendra Modi-Nitish Kumar

    It is an irony that Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar, the top two political leaders of...

    Freddie.Mercury Freddie Mercury: the Indian Parsi who rocked the universe!

    Born to a Parsi family in the British protectorate of Zanzibar, Farrokh went to a British...

    Nishat Group opens fashion store in Mississauga on Saturday

    Fashion2

    By Renu Mehta

    TORONTO: Parveen Bajaj is travelling to India with her daughter this month. ...

    Paul Grewal inducted into Canadian Mortgage Hall of Fame

    TORONTO: Paul Grewal, president of Street Capital Financial Corporation which is a Canadian owned residential mortgage lender, has been inducted into..

    Janak Kendry brings dance-drama Paradise Lost to Toronto

    Prof. Sehdev Kumar

    TORONTO: In the world of Indian theatre or films or dance, there is none who has the chutzpah –..

    Mystic India bewitches Toronto audiences

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    By Nita Balani

    BRAMPTON: The audiences from the Greater Toronto Area had a treat for them...

    Indo-Canadian convicted of murdering his sister who suffered from schizophrenia

    News East West

    VANCOUVER: An Indo-Canadian man from the nearby city of Abbotsford has been found guilty of second-degree murder of..

    Vancouver writer Ashok Bhargava honoured as Poet Laureate in the Philippines

    VANCOUVER: Vancouver-based award-winning multilingual poet, speaker and writer Ashok Bhargava has been honoured with the title of Poet Laureate of Rockwell..

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    • So Salman Khan is a virgin!
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      By Subhash K Jha

      MUMBAI: If we are to actually believe Salman Khan, then he has never had sex.

      Yes, Salman is a virgin!! He is saving up his cherry for his virgin-bride on their suhaag-raat. So he said to the amused aghast and disbelieving host Karan Johar on the new season of Koffee With Karan that ...

    • Ram Leela wows crowds at Marrakech Film Festival
      Deepika in Ram Leela

      By Subhash K Jha

      MUMBAI: On Saturday evening, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram Leela received a standing ovation at the Marrakech Film Festival where it was the opening film.

      The screening was attended by the film’s director Sanjay Leela Bhansali (SLB) and his leading lady Deepika Padukone. She flew into Marrackech  on Friday afternoon just ...

    • Ali Fazal who shot with Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker in shock
      ali fazal

      By Subhash K Jha

      BOLLYWOOD: The death of the Fast and Furious star Paul Walker, who ironically died in  a car crash on Sunday, has left our own Fukrey actor Ali Fazal in a state of shock.

      Ali recently shot  with Paul in the 7th edition of the Fast and Furious franchise. Still disbelieving the suddenness of ...

    • I am a virgin, says Salman Khan
      Salman on `Koffee With Karan'

      News East West

      MUMBAI: Can anybody believe it?

      Salman Khan, who opened season 4 of Karan Johar’s show ‘Koffee With Karan’ on Sunday, revealed that he is still a virgin at the age of 47.

      “I am a virgin,’’ said Salman Khan, surprising Karan.

      “I’m going to save myself for the one that I get married to,’’  said the ...

    • Anil Kapoor gets 24 team sozzled, but remains sober
      Anil-Kapoor-24 party

      By Subhash K Jha

      MUMBAI: Here’s the best-kept secret in Bollywood. Anil Kapoor loves to let the drinks flow during his parties. But he doesn’t touch a drop himself.

      Right before the wrap-up/ success party for his serial 24 started on Saturday evening, Anil loudly announced: “Everyone must get drunk.”

      He then proceeded to ply all those present ...

    • Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker dies in car accident near LA
      Fast and Furious actor Paul Walker

      News East West

      NEW YORK: Paul Walker, the star of five out six “Fast & Furious” action films, was killed in a road accident on Saturday in southern California.

      The 40-year-old actor was traveling in a friend’s car near the city of Santa Clarita on Saturday evening when the crash took place. The car – a Porsche ...

    • No Welcome Back without Amitabh Bachchan
      Amitabh

      By Subhash K Jha

      BOLLYWOOD: This week when Anees Bazmi leaves with his three heroes – John Abraham Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar – for Dubai to shoot for Welcome Back, the sequel to the 2007 hit Welcome, it would be no ordinary crew.

      Shooting will start for a film without one important actor being cast.

      Anees is ...

    • Kareena Kapoor goes crazy over Bullett Raja, Saif calms her down
      Kareena.Kapoor

      By Subhash K Jha

      BOLLYWOOD: Kareena Kapoor saw Bullett Raja in Delhi on Friday. She laughed, clapped and cheered so hard that the very decorous Saif Ali Khan had to ask her to calm down.

      Meanwhile, it has been revealed that a new mast-mast massy song Jai Govinda Jai Gopala sung by Wajid, one-half of the composing ...

    • Hrithik leaves for medical check-up
      Hrithik Roshan with wife Suzanne

      By Subhash K Jha

      MUMBAI: Hrithik Roshan is leaving for his medical treatment on November 30.

      Contrary to reports, the Krrish star – who has been suffering from bouts of headache – isn’t being accompanied by his parents for the medical check-up.

      Rather, it’s a friend who will accompany Hrithik.

      Confirming ,Hrithik’s travel plans his father Hrithik Roshan says, ...

    • Mandira Bedi: Nikita Rai in 24 is a new beginning for me
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      By Subhash K Jha

      MUMBAI: Nineteen years after she made her television debut in the Doodarshan serial Shanti, Mandira Bedi, looking better than ever before, has struck back into the idiot box with her RAW agent act in Anil Kapoor’s much talked-about serial 24.

      Mandira seems pleasantly surprised by the serial’s and her character’s popularity.

      “There is no ...

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    • Indian-Americans
      Indian-American scientists praised for contribution to NASA space research

      By Surekha Vijh

      WASHINGTON: India recently launched an unmanned mission to the planet of Mars, joining the United States National Aeronautic and Space Administration’s two rovers, two NASA orbiters and a European Space Agency satellite already studying Mars, thus strengthening the country’s association with the US space program.

      NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) provided India with trajectory ...

    • President Obama shops for books with daughters Malia and Sasha
      Obama buys Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Lowland during shopping spree

      News East West

      NEW YORK: After Thanksgiving in the US, comes shopping-spree Black Friday followed by Small Business Saturday meant for mom-and-pop stores.

      To promote Small Business Saturday, President Barack Obama and his two daughters, Sasha (15) and Malia (12), went on book buying spree in northwest Washington, snapping up about two titles from a bookstore known ...

    • Mystic India by Nita Balani5
      Mystic India bewitches Toronto audiences

      By Nita Balani

      BRAMPTON: The audiences from the Greater Toronto Area had a treat for them at the Rose Theatre in Brampton on Nov 29 as they were taken on a tour like never before!

      Amit Shah’s beautifully choreographed Mystic India took them through a kaleidoscopic tour of not only colour and beauty but also of rhythm, dance ...

    • Inderjit singh Reyat
      Air India Kanishka bomber Inderjit Singh Reyat expresses remorse, seeks reduction in jail term

      News East West

      VANCOUVER: Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man jailed in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing and later jailed again for nine years for perjury, has expressed remorse for his crime and wants his jail term reduced to 6 to 7 years.

      His lawyer Ian Donaldson has moved the British Columbia Appeal Court here seeking ...

    • Ashok Bhargava honoured
      Vancouver writer Ashok Bhargava honoured as Poet Laureate in the Philippines

      VANCOUVER: Vancouver-based award-winning multilingual poet, speaker and writer Ashok Bhargava has been honoured with the title of Poet Laureate of Rockwell Club in the City of Makati in the Philippines.

      The honour, bestowed on him by Axlepin Publishing, is for the period of 2013 -2015.

      Bhargava, who recently travelled to the Philippines, was also honored with an ...

    • Monica Gill, 24, crowned Miss India USA 2013
      Monica Gill - Miss India USA 2013

      News East West

      NEW YORK: Twentyfour-year-old Monica Gill has been crowned Miss India USA 2013.

      The beauty from Boston, Massachusetts, beat out contenders from across the US to win the crown at a glittering pageant at Royal Albert’s Palace in New Jersey on Sunday.

      The outgoing Miss India USA 2012 Priyam Bhargava crowned Monica Gill as the new ...

    • Janak Kendry brings dance-drama Paradise Lost to Toronto
      Janak Paradise Lost - Composite Fire with Dancers

      Prof. Sehdev Kumar

      TORONTO: In the world of Indian theatre or films or dance, there is none who has the chutzpah – daring, audacity, even fool-hardiness — to take on such difficult and unusual subjects and themes for their artistic creation as Janak Khendry.

      On December 6, 7 and 8, Khendry presents a dance presentation at Fleck ...

    • Gujarati-origin Nisha Desai Biswal appointed US assistant secretary of state by Obama
      Nisha Desai Biswal

      News East West

      NEW YORK: Nisha Desai Biswal was on Thursday sworn as the US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs,becoming the Obama administration’s top person for South Asia.

      A civil servant, Biswal has been serving as assistant administrator for Asia at the US Agency for International Development which is headed by Indian ...

    • US Sikh denied job because of his beard gets $50,000 in compensation
      Gurpreet Singh Kherha

      News East West

      NEW YORK: A New Jersey Sikh, who was denied a job by a car dealership because of his long beard, will now be paid $50,000 as compensation by the car dealership. Mr. Gurpreet S. Kherha had applied for a sales job at Tri-County Lexus, a car dealership in Little Falls in New Jersey in ...

    • Indian students fourth largest group in Canada
      international students

      News East West

      TORONTO: Immigration and international students are big money spinners for Canada.

      Apart from billions of dollars brought into the country by new immigrants each year, international students also pump over $8 billion into the Canadian economy each year.

      Speaking at the Canadian Bureau for International Education’s annual conference in Vancouver on Monday, Ed Fast, Canadian ...

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    • Narayan Sai
      Godman Asaram Bapu’s son Narayan Sai arrested, faces rape charges

      News East West

      NEW DELHI: Rape accused Narayan Sai, son of godman Asaram Bapu who has been on the run for almost two months, was finally nabbed by the crime branch of Delhi Police late Tuesday night.

      Sai was in the disguise of a Sikh as he was wearing a turban when he was arrested near Pipli ...

    • Sonia Gandhi
      Huffington Post deletes Sonia Gandhi’s name from rich list after calling her 12th richest politician of the world

      News East West

      NEW YORK: The Huffington Post, which a day earlier described Congress president Sonia Gandhi as the 12th richest political leader in the world with personal worth of $2 billion, has quietly removed her name from the list.

      The removal of Sonia’s name came after the Congress party lashed out at the website, questioning how ...

    • Amazon drone
      Amazon plans to use drones to deliver packages within 30 minutes

      News East West

      NEW YORK: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed on Sunday that his company plans to use small drones in delivering packages to customers.

      The man, who pioneered e-commerce, told CBS TV news show 60 Minutes that the idea to use small, unmanned aircraft called octocopters was to deliver the packages to customers within 30 minutes ...

    • President Obama shops for books with daughters Malia and Sasha
      Obama buys Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel The Lowland during shopping spree

      News East West

      NEW YORK: After Thanksgiving in the US, comes shopping-spree Black Friday followed by Small Business Saturday meant for mom-and-pop stores.

      To promote Small Business Saturday, President Barack Obama and his two daughters, Sasha (15) and Malia (12), went on book buying spree in northwest Washington, snapping up about two titles from a bookstore known ...

    • Narayan Sai
      Rape accused Narayan Sai sighted near Delhi, lookalike arrested in UP

      News East West

      NEW DELHI: Godman Asaram’s son Narayan Sai, who has been declared an absconder for his failure to surrender in connection with an alleged sexual assault case, was spotted near Delhi on Saturday.

      Asaram Bapu and Narayan Sai have been accused of rape by two sisters from Surat over a period of years in their ...

    • iPad Air
      iPad Air, iPad mini with retina display launch in India on December 6

      NEW DELHI: Apple’s iPad Air and iPad Mini 2 with retina display, which were rumoured to be launched on Nov 29,  will now be unveiled in the first week of December, though there is no official announcement by Apple yet.

      Since Apple is facing shortage of inventory, it has pushed the launch date to 6 December,  ...

    • Mangalyaan
      Boom! Indian spacecraft Mangalyaan begins 750-million kilometre journey to Mars

      News East West

      NEW DELHI: Mangalyaan, India’s spacecraft to Mars, left earth’s orbit on Sunday morning, beginning its journey towards the Red Planet.

      Launched from Sriharikota on November 5, the Indian spacecraft will travel nearly 750 million kilometres before it reaches Mars’ atmosphere on September 24 next year.

      “While Mangalyaan takes 1.2 billion dreams to Mars, we wish ...

    • Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal remanded to police custody for 6 days
      Tarun Tejpal

      News East West

      MUMBAI: Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal, who was arrested by Goa Police on Saturday for alleged sexual assault on his junior woman journalist colleague, was remanded to police custody for six days on Sunday.

      Earlier, there were reports that the Goa Police will demand a 14-day remand as the crime branch has yet to get ...

    • Cricketer Vinod Kambli stable after heart attack
      vinod-kambli

      News East West

      MUMBAI: Former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli, who was admitted to Lilavati Hospital here after a heart attack on Friday, has been kept in the intensive care unit.

      Doctors said his condition was stable and he was under constant observation.

      Dr Narendra Trivedi, director at Lilavati Hospital, said, “We are monitoring his medical parameters. He is ...

    • Viagara use doesn’t lead to more happiness in life
      Viagara

      News East West

      NEW YORK: A new US study has shown that Viagara may help men get and retain erection, but its use doesn’t make them any happier or improve their relationships.

      According to the study, drugs called PDE5 inhibitors (phosphodiesterase inhibitors) which include Viagara address only the physiological part of the erection problem by relaxing blood ...

    • On fifth anniversary of terror attack, Mumbai thinks that remembering carnage will amount to giving importance to Pakistani terrorists
      This is the spot in Mumbai where Pakistani terrorists landed on Nov 26, 2008, to carry out the carnage

      By Lachman Balani

      MUMBAI: On Nov 26, 2008, just post 9 pm, Mumbai was attacked by a clutch of terrorists bent on bringing the mega-metropolis down to its knees.

      The plush Oberoi Trident at Nariman Point, the high-end Taj hotel by the Gateway of India, Victoria Station (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus), the Jewish Chabad just off Colaba ...

    • Multi-millionaires who want to rule the Indian capital
      Akali Dal candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa is the richest candidate

      News East West

      NEW DELHI: More than a quarter of Delhi’s population may be living in slums, but the upcoming assembly elections are becoming an election of crorepatis or multi-millionaires who want to rule the Indian capital.

      While the average wealth of candidates in Rs 3.43 crore, almost one-third of the 800 candidates for the December 4 ...

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