Mumbai, Oct 5 —- Actor Hrithik Roshan on Thursday broke his silence on the dragging row with actress Kangana Ranaut, questioning how two “high-profile celebrities” could have had a seven-year passionate affair without any evidence. But her sister countered his claim with a photograph. Hrithik, son of veteran actor-filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, said that “just like…
India Is Secular Because Most Hindus Are Secular: Former CEC Quraishi
New Delhi, Oct 1 ——— Intolerance is indeed rising in society but it is not likely to last long as communal polarisation has been a cyclic phenomenon in the country and most Hindus are secular, former Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi has said. He also stressed that hate-mongering is not likely to go very far…
HBO Reportedly Offered $250,000 to Hackers who Stole ‘Game of Thrones’ Script
San Francisco, Aug 12 – In a bid to contain further leaks from a group of hackers, HBO reportedly offered to pay $250,000 to those who stole nearly 1.5 TB data, including scripts of ‘Game of Thrones’ (GoT) and other employee information, from the TV network. A purported leaked email, sent to various media publications…
Talaq In India
By: A G Noorani “I HAVE no hesitation in saying that the Privy Council have on several occasions absolutely murdered Hindu law and slaughtered Muhammadan law,” Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah told British India’s central legislative assembly in February 1925. Ignorant of Islam, its members relied on English studies of Muslim law. In 1897, it ruled…
In Open Letter, Indian Blogger Asks Fawad Khan To Return To Pakistan
An Indian journalist and blogger, Soumyadipta Banerjee has written an open letter to Pakistani actor Fawad Khan asking him to return to Pakistan. The letter, which was published on Bollywood Journalist, states, “Fawad, I don’t think you can deny how much love we have showered on you over the past few years. We have given…
Outrage In Pak After Nargis Fakhri’s Enticing Newspaper Advert
By News Desk A newspaper ad featuring Bollywod actress in an “enticing” pose has triggered controversy in Pakistan, a media report said. Nargis Fakhri, who appeared as a contestant on “America’s Next Top Model,” has now sparked a debate about journalistic ethics, Islam and women’s rights in the Muslim country. The advert in which Fakhri…
Greek Girls Selling Sex For Sandwiches: Study
Greek austerity has driven young women to the point where they are selling sex for the price of a sandwich, a study has found. Sociology professor Gregory Laxos and his team at Panteion University in Athens found that young Greek women had now overtaken Eastern European women as the dominant group in the prostitution industry,…
Muslims Will Not Leave India, Come What May: Owaisi
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that the Muslims would not leave the country, come what may, and that they would continue to live here as “proud Indians”. “Muslims will not succumb to dog whistle politics of the Sangh Parivar and other fascist forces but continue their democratic struggle for…