'Slumdog Millionaire' sweeps BAFTA with Rahman & Pookutty

" London-  It was a 'Slumdog Millionaire' night, winning BAFTA for Best Picture, Danny Boyle (best director), AR Rahman (best music), Resul Pookutty, Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke (sound), Antony Dod Mantle...

Nato trucks torched in Pakistan

" Peshawar - Pakistani police say suspected militants have killed a policeman and torched 62 trucks at a terminal used to supply Nato and US troops in Afghanistan. Police official Kashif Alam says about 30...

Armed men loot bank, escape with Rs4 mn

"Updated at: 1225 PST, Friday, November 14, 2008  KARACHI: Eight armed men looted Rs4 million from a commercial bank in Muaripur Road and fled with money after killing a policeman and a security guard on Friday, police officials said.They said eight armed...

Iran Claim of US Warplane forced down in Iran Erroneous

Iranian Media related that Iran had forced down a US warship and interrogated the soldiers aboard.  The Pentagon related that no aircraft were missing or in distress.  Nearly an hour later Iran...

Bollywood Unplugged on Fox Business TV with India EU Film Initiative

"With 1000 films and about 4 billion cinema tickets per year, Indian film industry is attracting world's attention for another reason; it's phenomenal growth, about 17 per cent, during the last two years. On...

An affair between Queen Victoria and her waiter Abdul Karim

"She was the Queen of Great Britain. He was a dining room waiter in India. The story of a 'love affair' between Queen Victoria and Hafiz Abdul Karim aka Munshi has fascinated historians. They say he was very...

Not a single cinema hall but Saudis hold their first film festival

Saudis, known for banning popular Bollywood and Hollywood films, are now organising the country's first ever film festival. Till date, there are no cinema halls in Saudi Arabia. In fact, when Sanjay Leela...

Bangladesh Train Collision Kills 8

Eight people were killed near Dhaka in Bangladesh, and many more are feared injured."Two trains collided Wednesday in eastern Bangladesh, killing at least eight people, a railway official said.Bangladesh Railway spokesman Shafiqul Alam Khan said an additional 16 people were...

Richie Mehta: Exclusive interview with Canada-based filmmaker of AMAL

"'Amal' by Richie Mehta could become Canada's official entry for the Best Foreign Film category at the next Oscars, according to media reports. 'Amal' has also become the most talked about film of the year with an...

Indian cabinet approves UK India Film Co production Treaty

"The government of India has given its final clearance to sign the Indo-UK Film Co production Treaty. The treaty took three years of tough negotiations and more than 15 overseas visits by the film and govt...

Thousands of Yogyakartans hold "people`s assembly"

"Yogyakarta (ANTARA News) - Some 15,000 Yogyakarta residents held a "people`s assembly" in the compound of the provincial legislative assembly (DPRD) on Tuesday to express their rejection of a Bill on Yogyakarta`s...

India-EU film site to be launched as a portal

A popular website www.iefilmi.com (India-EU Film Initiative), based in London, is soon going to be launched as a business-to-business portal, said its director Pervaiz Alam in London on Thursday, 6 December, 2007....

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