I made Kochadaiiyaan to immortalise my dad: Soundarya
New Delhi: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth's daughter, Soundarya feels that her movie 'Kochadaiiyan', which is India's first motion capture photo-realistic 3D animated movie, is an attempt to "immortalise her father. 3D animated technology is new to India but it is not new to Hollywood. I wanted to immortalise my father through this film," she said, after receiving the NDTV's Indian of the Year Award for Technical Innovation in the fi
Clooney finally tied down!
Los Angeles: Hollywood superstar George Clooney's engagement to British lawyer Amal Alamuddin has being officially confirmed. Clooney, 52, and Alamuddin, 36, were hit with engagement rumours a week ago after just seven months of dating when the
Can't sleep? Drink sour cherry juice twice a day
New York: Forget the sleeping pills, drinking a glass of tart or sour cherry juice in the morning and the evening can help older insomniacs sleep better and also stay safe, a study suggests. Drinking Montmorency tart cherry (grown mostly in the US, C
US court dismisses lawsuit against Congress in 1984 riots case
New York: An American court has dismissed a human rights violation lawsuit against Congress party filed by a Sikh group in the anti-Sikh riots case, saying the group has no legal standing to file such a suit and events that do not "touch and con
Fate of Modi, Sonia and other top guns to be decided today
New Delhi: The whole of Gujarat and Punjab goes to polls on Wednesday in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections along with some seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar that will decide the fate of top guns including Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, L K Advani
India-born Rajeev Suri named Nokia CEO
Helsinki: Finnish technology giant Nokia on Tuesday named India-born Rajeev Suri as its chief executive officer (CEO). "As Nokia opens this new chapter, the Nokia Board and I are confident that Rajeev is the right person to lead the company forw
Sikh school in Britain reassures parents on pupils' safety
London: A Sikh school in Britain has reassured its students and their parents that its premises are completely safe after it was claimed that the school was constructed on contaminated soil, media reported on Monday. Diggers at free school, Khalsa Se
Narayana Murthy presented 'Global Indian Award' in Canada
Toronto: Infosys executive chairman N R Narayana Murthy was today presented with the 2014 "Canada India Foundation Chanchalani Global Indian Award" here for his remarkable vision and leadership in the IT sector.
The award, which carries a
EU bans Indian Alphonso mangoes, four vegetables from May 1
London: The 28-member European Union has temporarily banned the import of Alphonso mangoes, the king of fruits, and four vegetables from India from May 1, sparking protests from the Indian community, lawmakers and traders. The recent decision by the
