If you wanted to know how to succeed in pop, George Michael’s career would give you a pretty good template. Wham! may have been considered a joke by critics who couldn’t see beyond the schoolgirls clutching Smash Hits posters to their chests, but the band were a commercial phenomenon. Their throwaway lyrics (“Club Tropicana, drinks […]
New Delhi: In a bid to put a spin on things, the latest is from the Railway Ministry. In the aftermath of yet another major derailment, the Ministry has put out a statement admitting that theres a ‘slight’ increase in derailments. The PTI agency says the railways today (Dec 28) admitted that derailment cases have […]
Bombay (Mumbai), Dec 28 (PTI) First, it was outspoken Raghuram Rajan and then old Rs 500/1,000 notes, including those bearing his signature — 2016 saw them exit the Mint Street riding such big waves of controversies that their ripple effect is bound to be felt in the new year. Rajan was replaced by a low-profile Urjit […]
New Delhi: Those weight loss clinics and clubs that make tall claims and dupe customers had better watch out! A district consumer forum here has asked a city-based health club to refund over Rs 77,000 and compensate a man for adopting “unfair trade practice” by promising to reduce his body weight by 10 kg within […]
Tibet will soon become a powerful Mineral Water (bottled water) supplier, says a report dated Dec 28. For the first time, China today started transporting bottled water to other parts of the country by charter trains from the Himalayan rivers in Tibet, known for its rich water resources. A train full of Tibetan bottled water […]
New Delhi, Dec 28: This cash ban soap opera never ends the twists and turns ! The government has come up with a new rule once again! Two days before the deadline for depositing old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes expires, the Cabinet today approved promulgation of an Ordinance to make possession of a large […]
Star Wars fans all over the world spared more than a moment or two today to reflect on the legacy of Princess Leia …. Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars,” has died (Dec.27) She was 60. Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, released a statement through her spokesman […]
An estimated 1,000 young Christian and Hindu girls, most of them underage and impoverished, are taken from their homes each year, converted to Islam and married, according to a report by the NGO South Asia Partnership. More than two million Pakistanis live as “modern slaves”, according to the 2016 Global Slavery Index, which ranks Pakistan […]
COLOMBO : “Holy Mother of G…!”, no doubt a similar expression ran through the minds of the organisers of the Catholic Church’s ‘Joy to the World’ festival. In a Christmas debacle, Sri Lanka’s Catholic church withdrew hymn sheets after lyrics of “Hail Mary” were mixed up with an expletive-packed version by rapper Tupac Shakur, a […]
Sir, Patna Women’s College organized a Christmas Milan at the pre Christmas bash for the transgender communities where nearly 100 transgender friends gathered. Coming fully dressed up ,they mesmerized the crowd with their song and dance . At the function, Mx Reshma Prasad came in front and shared her experience how the society draws a […]
US President elect Donald Trump thinks he’s ‘won the war against Christmas’, but Journalist Christopher hale has something more to say: Unfortunately for O’Reilly and Trump, there’s still one person they must defeat in this self-perpetuating war on Christmas. It’s Pope Francis, the 80-year-old leader of 1.2 billion Catholics across the globe. “Christmas is a […]
In his Christmas message this year (December 22), Prince Charles reflected on the religious persecution that Christians and other religious minorities face throughout the world, calling it “beyond all belief” that it still continues even after the horrors of the Holocaust were exposed. “I was born in 1948, just after the end of World War […]
