Homosexuals wrongly portrayed in films: Filmmaker Onir
January 12th, 2011 - 9:20 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Filmmaker Onir, who once again explores homosexuality in his upcoming film "I Am", is upset with the way homosexuals are portrayed in Bollywood, making them objects ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Hard-line militants now targeting Pak’s most popular brand of Islam- Sufism
January 7th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by ANI
Kasur, Jan 7(ANI): Pakistan's most popular brand of Islam, Sufism, has been condemned as un-Islamic by fundamentalist groups and has repeatedly come under extremists' attacks, as in 2010 alone, minority hard-line militants ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Vatican newspaper declares ‘Homer Simpson a true Catholic’
October 18th, 2010 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 18 (ANI): Homer Simpson, the fictional main character in the animated television series 'The Simpsons', has been declared a true Catholic by the Vatican's official newspaper.The long-running cartoon series explores ... Read more...
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Representative of Muslim community killed, two others injured in attack on Abkhaz mosque
October 9th, 2010 - 8:21 pm ICT by BNO News
GUDAUTA, ABKHAZIA (BNO NEWS) -- A representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Abkhazia was killed on Friday and two others were injured after an attack on a local mosque, the ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
An admirable verdict: Jayalalithaa
October 1st, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 30 (IANS) AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa has termed the Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ayodhya dispute as an admirable verdict.In a statement issued here Thursday, Jayalalithaa, the leader ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Solar eclipse bodes ill for India, Nepal, China, says soothsayer
July 22nd, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, July 22 (IANS) One of Nepal's best-known astrologers, a globe-trotter who has attended astrological meets in Britain, Japan, France and Germany, warned that Wednesday's solar eclipse would cause further unrest in ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Over half of world’s school dropouts are from minorities: Report
July 16th, 2009 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 16 (IANS) Nearly two decades after world leaders pledged to provide education for all irrespective of caste and gender, the promise remains unfulfilled and more than half of the world's ... Read more...
Posted in World |