India Gazette news India Gazette news Rss feed

  • Sensex closes in red capital goods stocks plunge

    A benchmark index of Indian equities markets fell Wednesday for the third day in a row amid profit-booking. Scrips of capital goods, oil and gas, realty, bank and metal companies plunged. However, there was healthy buying spree in fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), healthcare and technology, media and entertainment (TECk) stocks. The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock ...

  • Comedian Bharti expresses love for Dharmendra

    Comedian Bharti Singh used TV show "Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe" as a platform to confess her love for veteran actor Dharmendra. Dharmendra came on the set of the show to promote his upcoming film "Yamla Pagla Deewana 2", and Bharti didn't miss the chance to declare: "I love you Dharam ji." Dharmendra was accompanied by his younger son Bobby Deol on the show, and he was overwhelmed with the love ...

  • Kolkata hosts global photo exhibition

    Various facets of India in the last 50 years have been brought to life through a bouquet of photographs by international photographers at an exhibition here, the organisers said Wednesday. Organised by Magnum Photos, an international photographic co-operative forum, the 11-day event titled "Magnum Ke Tasveer" displays an oeuvre of 56 vibrant pictures by eight noted lens masters, set across the ...

  • Akali Dal-BJP sweep Punjab rural polls

    The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine swept the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections in Punjab, the state election commission announced Wednesday. The Akali Dal-BJP combine won 297 zila parishad seats out of the 329 whose result were declared, an official said. The main opposition Congress won 26, while others won six seats, he said. Out of the total ...

  • Fire damages timber factory in Delhi

    A timber factory located on the outskirts of New Delhi was damaged on Wednesday by the fire. As many as 23 fire tenders headed to douse the fire. Fire fighters at the spot said that the situation was under control. No loss of human life has been reported. In most industries and residential dwellings across India, fire safety regulations are lax, rarely implemented and not periodically ...

Movie Review

Zodiac [DVD]

Zodiac [DVD]

Despite being a return to the serial killer film, the genre that first earned him recognition with 1995's brilliantly disturbing Seven, in Zodiac director David Fincher dials down the stylistic amplitude that has characterized his previous films and in the process cements his status ... ...

On Facebook

  • Warner to face Cricket Australia hearing via teleconference

    Australian opener David Warner is expected to plead guilty before a Cricket Australia (CA) hearing via teleconference from India with regard to a series of hostile tweets that he directed at News Limited journalists Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn while playing for the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Warner could face sanctions ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or ...

  • BJP urges Andhra governor to sack tainted ministers

    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday urged Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan to sack six allegedly tainted state ministers. A delegation of BJP leaders called on the governor and submitted a memorandum, seeking the dismissal of the ministers facing corruption allegations. BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya told reporters that they urged the governor to take action as the head of the ...

  • Delhi warns discoms over load shedding

    The Delhi government Wednesday sternly told electricity distribution companies that it will not tolerate load shedding in the capital as power is available in surplus. In the wake of reported load shedding by these companies in the last three days, the government called a review meeting Wednesday. "Principal secretary (power) has asked the power companies to pull up their socks to ensure ...

  • My father my inspiration Shruti Haasan

    Actress Shruti Haasan, daughter of veteran actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan, says her father has been very inspiring for her. She marvels at her father's dedication and says he has the same enthusiasm that a newcomer has for his work. "He has been an inspiration for me, personally. Just the way I look at him deal with his career, how he works," Shruti said here. "Even at this time, he does so much ...

  • Film production a thankless job Preity

    Actress Preity Zinta, who is gearing up for the release of her debut production venture "Ishkq in Paris", finds production work difficult. She says it's more like crisis-management and is a thankless job. "The toughest part was crisis-management. Production, of course, is a thankless job," she said at a promotional event of the film. "What happens is that everybody's problem is your problem. ...

More India Gazette news