Everything you need to know about Anita: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Anita: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Patna, May 16 (IANS) Nearly six years after her son was killed with two others, a mother in Bihar has finally gathered the courage to file a complaint against seven police officials alleging that they killed the youths in a staged shootout.
Toronto, May 14 (IANS) Three Indo-Canadian women have been nominated for this year's YWCA Metro Vancouver's Women of Distinction awards, touted as one of the most prestigious awards for women achievers in Canada.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Countries in which girls are commonly married before the age of 18 have significantly higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, a new study by an Indian origin researcher and her team has found.
Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): Despite being officially classed as twins, three-year-olds Alessia and Lara Deleo from Australia do not share the same birthday.
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party (SP) Wednesday became the unlikely spoiler of celebration in JD-S president H.D. Deve Gowda's family by defeating his daughter-in-law in Karnataka.
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party (SP) Wednesday opened its account in Karnataka with its candidate C.P. Yogeshwara winning from Channapatna, about 60 km from here.
London, Apr 18 (ANI): Nobel laureate Saul Bellow's son Greg has revealed his fractured childhood in his new memoir 'Saul Bellow's Heart' that could land anyone in therapy.
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) A man, suspected to be depressed due to a Rs.40 lakh debt, and his three family members were Saturday found dead here in their house where a blaze was reported by neighbours, police said. A suicide note was also recovered.
Washington, Mar. 15 (ANI): While poverty and under-education continue to dampen contraception use in Nepal, exacerbating the country's efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality rates, researchers said another, more surprising factor may be more intractable: Deeply held cultural preferences for sons over daughters.
New York, Mar. 10 (ANI): American actress Ashley Judd is reportedly planning to announce her candidacy for US Senate this spring.
London, March 9 (ANI): Former Corrie star Shobna Gulati has joined the cast of Loose Women.
London, Mar 5 (ANI): Adele may be worth millions but she would rather be sitting at home eating spaghetti hoops than guzzling Champagne at fancy parties.
London, March 5 (IANS) "Skyfall" hitmaker Adele may have bought a lavish mansion worth seven million pounds in West Sussex, South England, but if her aunt Anita Adkins is to be believed, the singer is as grounded as always.
New Delhi, Mar. 2 (ANI): A delegation of the All India Mahila Congress called on UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi here on Saturday and expressed its gratitude for the historic decision taken to make the feminine gender economically strong and make them feel that they have their own women bank in which they will be able to carry on their financial transaction.
Shimla, Feb 22 (IANS) Former communications minister Sukh Ram's son will be inducted as a minister in the first cabinet expansion of the less than two-month-old Congress government in Himachal Pradesh Saturday, an official said.
New York, February 18 (ANI): Oscar-winning actress Rita Moreno has revealed how her obsessive love for Marlon Brando almost killed her in her new memoir.
Los Angeles, Feb 11 (IANS) Singers Paul McCartney, Adele and Beyonce Knowles walked away with awards in different categories at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony held here Sunday night.
New Delhi, Feb 6 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose continued to inspire all Indians.
New Delhi, Feb 5 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee will receive the first copy of the book 'Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Germany' here tomorrow.
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Actress Shriya Saran, who features in Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", says she had a "brilliant" experience working with the Canada-based Indian filmmaker, who played a perfect guide to her.
Bangalore, Feb 2 (IANS) Favourites Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra qualified for the women's final here Saturday in the Federation Cup basketball tournament in what will be a repeat of their league match.
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) Actor Darsheel Safary, who has portrayed the role of junior Saleem Sinai in Deepa Mehta's "Midnight's Children", says he feels lucky for being a part of such a big movie.
Film: "Midnight's Children"; Actors: Rajat Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Anupam Kher, Ronit Roy, Satya Bhabha, Seema Biswas, Shahana Goswami, Siddharth, Anita Majumdar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Darsheel Safary, Soha Ali Khan and Shriya Saran; Director: Deepa Mehta; Rating: **1/2
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Legendary freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's daughter Anita Pfaff Sunday hoped to bring her father's "ashes" kept in Japan back to India, saying it would be the "perfect homecoming for him".
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) "Pained" over the continuous controversy over the death of her father, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's daughter Anita Pfaff Friday said secret government files on the freedom fighter should be declassified.
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) "Nothing is unfilmable," says author Salman Rushdie, whose "Midnight's Children", an epic Indian tale of partition, independence and emergency told with touches of magical realism, has been turned into a movie by Deepa Mehta.
Kolkata, Jan 20 (IANS) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's daughter Anita Pfaff Sunday termed the Partition of the country and the resultant wars and arms race between India and Pakistan as a major disappointment, militating against her father's vision of the post-Independence nation.
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) The third edition of the Hyderabad Literary Festival (HLF) began here Friday with the participation of over 100 writers, artists, scholars, publishers from India and abroad.
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) As the mist swirls over northern India, this week's books make for the ideal lazy read.
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The year 2013 will witness a lot of abstract digital prints and resurgence of vintage fashion, especially of the 1950s variety, with re-introduction of pencil skirts, predict fashion designers.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Expressing anger over the gang-rape of a woman in moving bus here, women's groups Monday sought fast track courts to punish the accused in rapes and other crimes against women within six months but opposed death penalty for the culprits.
New York, December 13 (ANI): A Nevada woman is being charged with attempted murder after she allegedly fired bullets at her husband for reading a pornographic book, which featured threesomes.
Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) A skull made out of e?waste, a sculpture made out of diamonds, a Fiat car transformed into a copper sculpture, a first display of renowned Damien Hirst and a painting of the mythical deer Aniya ? these are the key highlights of the second edition of the India Art Festival, truly a collectors' paradise.
Washington, Nov 22 (IANS) The Indian Medical Association of New England (IMANE) plans to organise a collaborative health expo that will bring various hospital and health care providers together with the Indian community, according to its newly elected president Manju Sheth.
Bangalore, Nov 17 (IANS) With just six months to go for the Karnataka polls and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) facing a split, it is testing time for many state politicians who have begun to assess their electoral fortunes and weigh party?hopping options.
New Delhi, Nov 15 (IANS) A festival of stories will draw thousands of schoolchildren to Pathways School, Noida, Nov 17?18.
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) Over 250 inmates of South Asia's largest prison - the Tihar Jail (TJ) here - have been busy for the past two months preparing Diwali eatables from a wide variety of cookies to colourful diyas. The response from the market is so overwhelming that authorities feel this time they will earn over Rs. 1 crore during the festive season.
Mumbai, Nov 9 (IANS) Anita Advani, who claims to be late Rajesh Khanna's live-in partner, has sent a notice to the late superstar's family for evicting her from his bungalow.
Washington, November 6 (ANI): When confronted with sexual harassment, we don't stand up for ourselves to the extent we believe we will, and because we use false predictions as a benchmark, we condemn others who are passive in the face of sexual harassment, according to a new study.
Washington, October 30 (ANI): A variation of a particular gene may link the behaviours typical of childhood attention hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD for short, and those associated with smoking, according to scientists including one of Indian origin.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) Eight-year-old Ritesh Walia peers through his spectacles at Hercules saving a lost princess, his latest video game. After five hours with Hercules, he switches to Angry Birds, and then to Pokemon.
Sonepat, Oct 5 (IANS) Keeping their hopes of qualifying for the quarter-finals alive, Odisha recorded their second win hammering Gujarat 31-0 in Pool D at the Hockey India Junior Women's National Championship at the Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai Friday.
Mumbai, Oct 4 (IANS) French champagne brand Veuve Clicquot will Friday honour author and columnist Shobhaa De with the Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year award for her accomplishments, an official said.
Kanpur, Oct 3 (IANS) A complaint was filed in a court here Wednesday against union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal for his alleged sexist comment on women.
Kanpur, Oct 3 (IANS) A complaint was filed in a court here Wednesday against union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal for his alleged sexist comment on women.
New Delhi , Sep 29 (IANS) A Delhi court has ruled that robbery would not be tolerated while awarding 10 years jail to three men convicted for robbing a nurse in 2008.
Galle (Sri Lanka), Sep 27 (IANS) Australia comprehensively beat India by eight wickets in their opening match of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 Championships here Thursday.
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) India's ace designer Ritu Kumar, who has designed the costumes for wedding sequences in Deepa Mehta's much-in news film "Midnight's Children", has used Kashmiri influences in her creations, and says it was an amazing experience to be a part of such a "mammoth production".
The Hague, Aug 16 (IANS) Newcastle United confirmed the signing of Dutch football midfielder Vurnon Anita from Ajax Amsterdam Thursday.
London, Aug 11 (IANS) Carmelita Jeter powered the United States 4x100 metre women's quartet to a world record time of 40.82 seconds giving them the gold medal for the first time at the Olympics since 1996.
London, Aug 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's Tatyana Lysenko added Olympic hammer gold to her world title Friday, nailing the Olympic record with a huge throw.
Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) The grand finale at the Lakme Fashion Week Winter Festive was a surprising affair as young designers Kallol Datta and husband-wife duo Pankaj and Nidhi receiveing a standing ovation from the audience and Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor walking the ramp for the young designers.
Sydney, August 6 (ANI): Being honest may actually improve your health suggests a study that found that telling fewer lies benefits people physically and mentally.
Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Designer Anita Dongre showcased her "Urban Princes" collection on the third day of Lakme Fashion Week 2012 Sunday with Preeti Desai, in a dazzling white lehgenga choli, turning a show stopper.
Jaipur, Aug 3 (IANS) The CBI has quizzed two Rajasthan legislators over the past 10 days in connection with communal violence in Bharatpur district September last year which left at least 10 Meo Muslims dead and 21 others injured, sources close to the agency said Friday.
London, Aug 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Italy's fencers beat Russia to win gold in the women's team foil Thursday, a result that gives Italy's Valentina Vezzali her sixth Olympic gold medal.
Jaipur, July 30 (IANS) Two policemen surrendered before a court in Rajasthan Monday in the alleged staged shootout killing of criminal Dara Singh in 2006, a lawyer said.
Mumbai, July 28 (IANS) Designer Anita Dongre is set to pay tribute to Indian textiles with a collection called "Urban Princess" at the forthcoming Lakme Fashion Week, which begins Aug 3.
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) A couple and their 28-year-old son committed suicide by jumping before a train here after the latter's wife filed a case alleging cruelty by her in-laws, police said Friday.
Jaipur, July 19 (IANS) A 20-year-old mentally challenged girl was electrocuted when she came in contact with a faulty air cooler at the government-run rehabilitation center here Thursday, police said.
Lucknow, July 19 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government transferred eight senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) late Thursday, including two divisional commissioners.
Panaji, July 9 (IANS) An unidentified man had tried to rape her on a beach near here in March. Four months later, with the attacker still at large and the Goa Police seeming apathetic, the Romanian woman says she has no choice but to have the case closed.
New Delhi July 4 (IANS) The recent hike in power tariff, the fourth by the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) in the past 10 months, is forcing many in the national capital to keep their electrical appliances switched off.
London, July 2 (AN): A 20-year-old woman in Britain, who was told at the age of 15 she would never have children, has beaten twenty five million-to-one odds to give birth to quadruplets.
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A West Bengal court Friday rejected the bail plea of Asiad gold medallist runner Pinki Pramanik, accused of being a male, and sent the athlete to judicial custody till July 12 for alleged rape.
London, June 25 (ANI): NASA has released a gripping new video that describes a 2.5billion-dollar Mars rover's entry, descent and landing on the red planet, also known as the 'seven minutes of terror.'
London, June 24 (IANS) A supermarket manager in Britain committed suicide after the two families he had been hiding just 10 miles apart for more than two decades discovered his secret double life, Daily Mail reported.
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) It is a medical procedure that is fast opening a world of hope for women in India pregnant with identical twins.
Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) Does smoking on screen harm youth? Some feel depicting actors smoking in films and TV shows can affect young, impressionable minds, but others do not agree with this.
The Hague, May 26 (Xinhua-ANI): Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk named his definite 23-man squad for Euro 2012 on Saturday, including uncapped Jetro Willems and Luciano Narsingh.
Kuala Lumpur, May 27 (ANI): Barack Obama's mother Ann Dunham's Indonesian batik collection will be showcased at a private collection in Malaysia.
The Hague, May 27 (IANS) Dutch football coach Bert van Marwijk named his definite 23-man squad for Euro 2012, including uncapped Jetro Willems and Luciano Narsingh.
London, May 25 (ANI): Nicole Kidman has revealed that she had to do her own hair and makeup due to budgetary constraints for her new movie 'The Paperboy', and took photos in "provocative positions" and texted it to the film's director Lee Daniels.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): Every year, over 10 million girls under the age of 18 marry, mostly under force of local tradition and social custom.
The Hague, May 16 (IANS) The Netherlands head coach Bert van Marwijk has reduced his Euro 2012 squad to 27 members, dropping seven players, including Urby Emanuelson, Georginio Wijnaldum and Hedwiges Maduro.
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Contemporary Indian popular fiction that narrates 'desi' cosmopolitan stories has been mirroring the changing man-woman relationship in a more open and accepting urban India, a leading literary agent says.
Washington, May 13 (ANI): Jennifer Hudson is "relieved" and "pleased" that the man accused of murdering her mother, brother and nephew has been found guilty.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): Jennifer Hudson and her sister Julia Hudson have written a note praying for William Balfour, the man who murdered their mother, brother and nephew.
Beed (Maharashtra), May 10 (IANS) Three members of a family were killed Thursday after they were struck by lightning in a village in Maharashtra's Beed district, police said.
Chennai, May 10 (IANS) International Finance Corporation (IFC), a part of World Bank, will be investing Rs.75 crore ($14.5 million) towards 15 percent stake in two holding companies of solar power plant operator SunEdison, said a senior official of the firm.
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Designer Anita Dongre, who loves experimenting with cotton, recommends cotton clothing for this wedding season. She showcased her designs at a fashion show here, but didn't have a showstopper.
The Hague, May 8 (IANS) The Netherlands will be without Erik Pieters at Euro 2012 after the PSV Eindhoven left-back received bad news on his foot injury.
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Fashion designer Anita Dongre is hunting for an accessory designer for her company AND Designs India Ltd and is taking the crowdsourcing way to discover the best talent.
London, April 24 (IANS) A suspicious British youngster strangled his model girlfriend in bed and his parents helped him cover up the murder, a court has heard.
Hapur (Uttar Pradesh), April 14 (IANS) A nine-day-old child was buried alive by his parents in Hapur on the advice of an occult practitioner. The incident came to light Saturday when local residents informed the police after noticing the parents going to the burial site to check the progress of the child.
Bangalore, April 9 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court Monday dismissed a petition charging former Karnataka Chief Minister and now Lok Sabha member H.D. Kumaraswamy of bigamy.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) It seems like designing for men is the latest trend among female designers. Archana Kochhar is the latest to join the list, which aleady has names like Anita Dongre, Masaba Gupta and Krishna Mehta. She says men's interest in trends inspired her to try her handand that her collection is for metrosexual guys.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) The Rs.2.9 billion (over $57 million) Indian fashion industry is looking up and designers feel corporate support is a must for a further boost as collaborations between labels and business houses will lead to creative freedom and brand accessibility.
Astana (Kazakhstan), April 1 (IANS) Woman wrestler Geeta made history as she became the first female Indian wrestler to qualify for the Olympic Games.
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Designer Anita Dongre, who has just launched her first menswear line, says the market for this in India has come of age, with more variations and designs taking centrestage and people coming out of the world of local tailors.
London, Mar 31 (ANI): Sainsbury's, a supermarket chain has apologised after it overlooked the fact that the promotional material for its Active kids scheme, for which David Beckham is its brand ambassador, had clearly visible tattoo of scantily clad Victoria on his forearm.
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) Designer Anita Dongre, known for her ethnic womenswear line, has now forayed into menswear collection. She is excited about her initiative.
New Delhi, Mar 6 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday identified the two Indian nationals killed in a bus accident in Malaysia.
New Delhi, Mar 6 (ANI): The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday identified the two Indian nationals killed in a bus accident in Malaysia.
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Scientists have found that humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean sing different tunes.
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): Scientists have found that humpback whales on both sides of the southern Indian Ocean sing different tunes.
Washington, Dec 29(ANI): The US has reportedly decided to recall cargo that has been stuck in Pakistan since the latter sealed its NATO supply line on its border with Afghanistan following the deadly November 26 airstrike.
Johannesburg, Dec 12 (ANI): A former schoolmate of Charlize Theron has revealed that the actress was lying when she said that she was bullied at school.
Shimla, Nov 30 (ANI): An animal adoption scheme launched by the Himalayan Nature Park in Shimla with an endeavour to involve participation of animal lovers in the upkeep of the zoo inmates has been running successfully and seeing more participation each year.
Lahore,Nov 12(ANI): The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has condemned the forced conversion of a young Hindu woman to Islam, and held the court responsible for the act.
