Recently, photos of Priyanka Chopra in a white Marchesa gown entering Tifanny’s for her wedding shower went viral on social media. With her upcoming nuptials with Nick Jonas being the talk of the town right now, anything related to the wedding was bound to go viral. However, the enthusiasm soon soured after several people called Chopra […]
Day: November 1, 2018
Hyd Doctor Kills Self Allegedly Over Dowry Demands, Caste Bias
A Hyderabad-based anesthesiologist killed herself by overdosing on pills late on Tuesday, 30 October, night in Alwal in Hyderabad, allegedly over dowry harassment and caste discrimination by her in-laws. Jaya Sree had married Gangisetti Karthik, a general physician, in 2015. Police said that Jaya had spoken to her husband and in-laws before taking her life. […]
BJP to release second list of candidates for Telangana Assembly polls before Diwali
Hyderabad: BJP would release its second list of candidates for the 7 December assembly elections in Telangana before Diwali, a party leader said Tuesday. The list, expected to comprise 30-40 seats, would be released “certainly before Diwali (on 7 November)”, BJP spokesperson Krishna Saagar Rao told PTI. The party had released its first list of […]
Watch: When Boxing Champ Mary Kom Fought a Friendly With Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore
Both Mary Kom and Rathore are accomplished sportspersons and Olympic medallists in their own fields. Both Mary Kom and Rathore are accomplished sportspersons and Olympic medallists in their own fields. Loading… Ace boxer Mary Kom has just uploaded a video on social media that is sending her fans in a tizzy. In the video posted […]
Shah Rukh Khan Between ‘Zero’ and 53: Work in Progress
At this point in time, diehard Shah Rukh Khan fans have had many paroxysms. The sheer presumption of this headline – how dare anyone call one of India’s biggest movie stars work in progress? His indifferent recent run at the box office notwithstanding – his superstardom is never in question. But Shah Rukh Khan is […]
Election campaign: TRS justifies spoon-feeding, bathing voters and other strange tactics as strategy to gain media attention
Throughout India’s democratic history, voters have seen some really weird — if not outright bizarre — campaigning methods that strangeness might as well have become the norm in the largest democratic polling exercise in the world. From bizarre election leaflets depicting leaders as mythical characters, to outright attempts to bribe voters, those who track elections […]
Jasprit Bumrah’s Face While Team India Played PUBG at Mumbai Airport is All of Us
Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah isn’t a gamer and thanks to BCCI the entire world has gotten the whiff of it. Massively popular multiplayer game PUBG (PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) has become a rage in the gaming community. There’s even a cafe themed on the viral game in Jaipur.So it doesn’t come as a surprise that the members […]
To Curb Zika, Gujarat Govt Monitors Travellers From Rajasthan
In 2017, Zika surfaced in India after three cases were reported in Ahmedabad. This year, a major Zika outbreak was reported in Rajasthan where, so far, 135 cases have been detected. Last week, yet another case of Zika was detected in Ahmedabad, after which the Gujarat government’s health department has been leaving no stone unturned […]
Tamil Nadu teen beheaded for rejecting neighbour’s advances: Activists accuse police of inaction, politicos of ignorance
Salem: The beheading of a teenage Dalit by a 26-year-old upper caste neighbour for allegedly turning down his sexual advances has sent shock waves across Tamil Nadu. The incident, in which S Rajalakshmi was murdered in her own home by P Dinesh Kumar occurred in Thalavaipatti village, near Aathur in Salem district. Activists took to the streets […]