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New Delhi, Feb 14 - He is a rare Spaniard to be honoured with a Padma Shri, but the name Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez is only too well known to Indian students and academics who visit Spain. A noted lawyer and Indologist, he says India fascinates him for its 'culture of coexistence', its 'constitutio ...

Berlin, Feb 13 - Shah Rukh Khan, in freezing Berlin for the red carpet premiere of 'My Name Is Khan', may be physically far from the turmoil back home, but is mentally in Mumbai. The superstar says he has 'no ego' and will clear any 'misunderstanding' with Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray.'I know Bal ...

New Delhi, Feb 11 - Rahul Gandhi has led the Congress resurgence in Uttar Pradesh and will be the 'trump card' of the party as it prepares for three tiers of elections - panchayat, municipal and assembly polls - in the nation's most populous state, says state president Rita Bahuguna Joshi.'He is the ...

Mumbai, Feb 11 - She is spontaneous, brilliant, the perfect choice...Kajol is undoubtedly one of Karan Johar's favourite actresses and the director says he might not even have made 'My Name Is Khan' if she had said no to the film.'I had only Kajol in mind for Mandira's role. And I don't think I woul ...

New Delhi, Feb 10 - India will become the world's second largest steel producer by 2012, more than doubling its capacity of 57 million tonnes as part of push being given to assist overall infrastructure development, Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh has said.'I have set a target of 124 million tonnes b ...

Jaipur, Feb 3 - Forty-year-old Dutch feminist, writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali says when she was 13, fictional detective Nancy Drew sowed the seeds of rebellion in her.Talking of her growing up years in Mogadishu in Somalia, Ali said she 'was influenced by English literature with Charles Dicke ...

New Delhi, Feb 2 - Tim Ries, the Rolling Stones saxophonist, who is in India on a five-city tour as part of a world music band, says Hindustani classical music has inspired him and he has been listening to Indian music for 30 years.'Indian music has always inspired me. For the last 30 years, I have ...

New Delhi, Feb 4 - Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann finds a reflection of Shakespeare's plays in Bollywood films and was so impressed with Indian stars and Hindi movies that he used the song 'Chamma, Chamma' in his musical 'Moulin Rouge'. Now the Oscar-nominated director is keen to work on a film i ...

Mumbai Feb 3 - From '3 Idiots' to 'Teen Patti', R. Madhavan is surely doing a different kind of cinema but he doesn't want to experiment with the genres. The multilingual actor says he just wants to work on good scripts but rues that these are hard to come by.'I don't want to experiment with genres, ...

New Delhi, Feb 2 - Just two episodes after his debut TV show 'National Bingo Night', Abhishek Bachchan has taken a fancy to anchoring and says it is more enjoyable than acting.Slamming reports that the show is 'boring', he says he is looking forward to a second season. 'If the rating is so high, it ...

Washington, Feb 4 - Bollywood's Badshah Shah Rukh Khan, in the cross hairs of the right-wing Shiv Sena, says his comments on Pakistani cricketers should not reflect on his new film 'My Name is Khan' and people who have problems with him should sort it out with him alone.'If there is an issue with me ...

Mumbai, Feb 1 - Actress-entrepreneur Preity Zinta is starting a new chapter in her life following her breakup with businessman Ness Wadia. The only thing that bothers her are link-ups with co-stars and friends, as a result of which none of her male friends, she says, wants to go out with her.'I'm s ...

New Delhi, Jan 28 - Defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka should not leave Sri Lanka as he needs to answer 'a lot of allegations against him', President Mahinda Rajapaksa's brother said Thursday. 'He should remain in the country,' Basil Rajapaksa, who advises the president on political af ...

Mumbai, Jan 25 - Amitabh Bachchan, who plays a media baron in forthcoming film 'Rann', says he was among the pioneers of satellite television in the West long before it came to India and has a fair idea how a channel runs. 'I was one of the pioneers of satellite television in the United Kingdom an ...

New Delhi, Jan 24 - Mumbai, the land of the underworld and pyschedelic Bollywood dreams, is an incredibly fertile source of violence and drama for a fiction writer, says US-based Vikram Chandra, known for works like 'Love and Longing in Mumbai' and 'Red Earth and Pouring Rain'. The 49-year-old wri ...

New Delhi, Jan 24 - Australian envoy to India Peter Varghese admits that the continuing attacks on Indian nationals in his country have the 'potential to impact on the broader relationship' between the two sides. Varghese, himself of Indian origin , says his country needs 'to do a better job' of e ...

Mumbai, Aug 2 - Director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra admits that there were some glitches in his movie 'Delhi-6', but says the film's selection for Venice Film Festival has washed away all these wrongs in the script. 'I've a new beginning and end. This was how I originally intended the film to end wit ...

New Delhi, July 25 - He is six-foot-four-inch tall and a nine-time world wrestling champion, but contrary to his action image, Dwayne Johnson alias 'The Rock' loves acting in family entertainers like his latest film 'Race to Witch Mountain'. So despite being an action figure, Johnson has featured ...

Mumbai, July 20 - She is one of the reigning stars in Bollywood, but Priyanka Chopra says she was a very bad actress when she debuted with 'Andaaz' six years ago. While the former Miss World has set high goals for herself and is experimenting with roles like never before, she is also clear about wh ...

New Delhi, July 18 - They have given a series of hits together like 'Aankhen', 'Raja Babu' and 'Partner' and they have teamed up yet again to entertain audiences with 'Do Knot Disturb'. Comedy King David Dhawan says he shares a great camaraderie with funny man Govinda and that they are lucky for ea ...

Mumbai, July 14 - Their last outing together was a damp squib, but Karan Johar hasn't lost his faith in Shah Rukh Khan. He has once again teamed up with him and Kajol for 'My Name Is Khan' and says the superstar is not only good at emoting but is capable of directing a film too. 'He had written re ...

Mumbai, July 13 - Imran Khan is a star. In the little time he's been in the film industry he has tasted success and failure, but hasn't let either get to him. And he says what he likes best about stardom is the fact that he gets 'great service' at restaurants. Imran has been shooting round the clo ...

New Delhi, July 11 - Scriptwriter-director Amol Gupte, who plays a villain in Vishal Bharadwaj's forthcoming thriller 'Kaminey', says he has no problems being touted as the biggest 'kamina' -. On a more serious note, he says he discovered his mean side from failures in life just like his character ...

New Delhi, July 10 - Imtiaz Ali, who has directed Saif Ali Khan's maiden production venture 'Love Aaj Kal', says the actor neither behaved like a typical producer nor interfered on the sets of the forthcoming film. 'Saif, the producer, was non-existent on the sets and there was only the actor Saif ...

New Delhi, June 21 - Having already created a buzz with her 'no make up' look in the promos of her forthcoming venture 'New York', Katrina Kaif says her character Maya in the movie is a reflection of what she is in real life. 'The first brief that I got from my director - was that 'it - is the Kat ...

New Delhi, June 21 - Bridging the digital divide so that the 'other India' has access to high-speed broadband connectivity and getting villages into the tele-loop are top priorities for Minister of State for Communications and IT Sachin Pilot. 'I don't want this ministry to be perceived as elitist ...

New Delhi, June 10 - Within the first 100 days of the new government, India will have an 'equal opportunities commission' vested with court-like powers to check discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, caste or language, says Minister of State for Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid. 'The equal ...

New Delhi, June 10 - Minister of State for Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid says his ministry is 'not only about Muslims' but will have all of India's minority communities covered by it. The implementation of the Sachar Committee recommendations for the development of Muslims would also be a prior ...