Month: September 2014

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Hrithik or Shahid: Whose Michael Jackson tribute was better?

September 19, 2014 0

If one were to make a list of the best dancing superstars of Bollywood, Hrithik Roshan and Shahid Kapoor would undoubtedly take the top two places. Often feted and celebrated as the best dancers of Bollywood, Hrithik and Shahid have delighted aficionados worldwide with their flawless dance moves. While Hrithik is the epitome of sublime grace and flexibility, speed is Shahid’s arsenal. Apart from dance, the other common thread linking these two stars is their love for the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

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Aamir Khan to take centerstage at MipCom

September 19, 2014 0

MipCom has announced that Indian actor-director-producer Aamir Khan will take to the stage for the inaugural MIP MegaSession, entitled ‘The Future of Factual.’

Organised by Reed MIDEM, the MipCom entertainment content tradeshow takes place in Cannes from 13 to 16 October.

Scheduled for 14 October, the first ever MIP MegaSession will gather leading players driving the next generation of online and linear factual programming on the main stage of the Grand Auditorium to discuss where the genre is heading.

Scientists see risk of mutant airborne Ebola as remote

September 19, 2014 0
Health workers bring woman suspected of having contracted Ebola virus to an ambulance in front of a crowd in Monrovia

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – The Ebola virus raging through West Africa is mutating rapidly as it tears a deadly path through cities, towns and villages, but the genetic changes are for now not giving it the ability to spread more easily. Concern that the virus could gain capability to transmit through the air – creating a nightmare scenario of the disease being able to spread like a flu pandemic, killing millions – was fuelled by a top infectious disease expert in the United States. …

Modi says al Qaeda will fail in India – CNN

September 19, 2014 0
India's Prime Minister Modi gives a speech during his lecture meeting hosted by Nikkei Inc. and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in Tokyo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said al Qaeda will struggle to recruit members in the world’s second-most populous nation and he praised Indian Muslims for their commitment to fight for the country. Al Qaeda announced the formation of its first wing dedicated to waging jihad in South Asia earlier this month. A few days later it claimed responsibility for hijacking a Pakistani naval ship. …

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Chinese President concludes India visit

September 19, 2014 0

New Delhi, Sept.19 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping left for Beijing on Friday after a successful three-day visit to India during which Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised serious concerns over the repeated incidents of incursions along the Line of Actual Control and sought an early settlement of the boundary question.

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I don’t make tacky films: Farah Khan

September 19, 2014 0

New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Her films have dances, songs, melodrama, romance, dollops of emotions, colour, star power and all of what make a typical Bollywood potboiler. If they manage to entertain the mass audiences in her homeland and the classy abroad, it gives the effervescent Farah Khan the joy of making the impossible possible.

Fake tweets stir debate about parody, lawsuit

September 19, 2014 0
In this Aug. 7, 2014 photo, Jon Daniel speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois office in Chicago. Daniel, who created a spoof Twitter account in the name of Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis, is taking his case to federal court after police raided his home. Ardis saw the account as an attempt to steal his identity. Daniel says the raid violated his constitutional rights. The police response also ignited a debate about online satire and free speech. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

CHICAGO (AP) — Jon Daniel was watching cartoons with one of his sons when he created a spoof Twitter account in the name of the Peoria mayor. Out of boredom, he said, he soon began sending profane messages about sex, drugs and alcohol.

Senate votes to support Obama on rebel aid

September 19, 2014 0
President Barack Obama gestures during a statement in the State Dining Room of the White House, on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, in Washington. Obama spoke after Congress voted to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels in the fight against the Islamic State group. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the heat of an election campaign, Congress cleared the way for the U.S. military to train and equip Syrian rebels for a war against Islamic state militants on Thursday, reluctant ratification of a new strategy that President Barack Obama outlined scarcely a week ago.

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Congress OKs bill to cut rape evidence backlog

September 18, 2014 0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Barack Obama legislation Thursday renewing a soon to expire program that helps local governments cut their backlogs of unexamined DNA evidence in rape cases.