DEV PATEL IS NOT ENGAGED TO FRIEDA PINTO

British film and television actor Dev Patel, who became popular after playing the role of Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, has cleared the air for everyone, by announcing that he is not engaged to his longtime girlfriend Freida Pinto...

Sikh Women's Retreat: Choose happiness sweet women!
When have you last checked your internal happiness meter? In other words, how often do you measure your inner dialogue? Have the majority of your thoughts been positive or negative or perhaps somewhat neutral? Have you been feeling happy, sad or consumed by anger or envy? What messages have you been sending to yourself? Are you compassionate with yourself and able to uplift yourself with your thoughts or are you self-deprecating and overtaken by negative thoughts?...

RECORD NUMBERS FOR WORLD CUP

The Beautiful Game may not have been so beautiful in some of the early World Cup matches, but that doesn't seem to have a significant impact on the ratings. Whether it's the historical setting - the 2010 World Cup is the first to be played on the continent of Africa, and marks the 15th anniversary of statehood for a free and democratic South Africa - television audiences are watching in record or near-record numbers...

NO RUSH IN INDIA

Hermes, which opened a shop in New Delhi in 2008, sees India as a long-term project. "I don't see India as a fire that will take off like China did over the past 10 years. India will take much more time," Chief Executive Patrick Thomas told Reuters. Swiss watchmaker Blancpain this spring said it was feeling slightly discouraged about entering Brazil and India...

LUXURY PRODUCTS ARE STALLED IN INDIA AND BRAZIL

Luxury groups discouraged by thickets of red tape and taxes are putting on ice ambitions to expand into India and Brazil and focusing instead on the Middle East, their No.2 priority after fast-growing China. Gulf countries represent a tiny pool of buyers compared to India and Brazil but they offer low tariffs, a friendly business environment, retail space and solid appetite for Western upmarket products, luxury executives say...

ASIA CUP CRICKET 2010

Asia Cup Cricket 2010 begins on 15 June in Sri Lanka. Four test playing Asian teams: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh- are taking part in the tournament. Sri Lanka is the reigning champion and would defend their title, while India and Pakistan are also favorites to win the Asia Cup 2010 title. Asian fans are currently excited with the ongoing World Cup football, but it is less likely that Asia Cup would be affected by the football fever. All of the four participating countries are from Indian Sub-continent where cricket is the most popular sports. So, it is expected that fans would pay their due attention to Asia Cup...

INDO-CANADIAN DOCTORS REVEAL NEW DEVICE TO SAVE BRAIN STROKE VICTIMS

Canadian researchers are on the verge of perfecting a vaccum-like device to clear brain clots much faster than current clot-dissolving drugs, according to Indo-Canadian researcher Mayank Goyal. Goyal, who is director of the Seaman Family M.R. Research Centre at the University of Calgary and a professor of radiology and clinical neurosciences, revealed at the on-going Canadian Stroke Congress on Quebec City Tuesday that the new device poses less risk of bleeding and works more effectively to save lives...

TIME CRUNCH IS A PROBLEM FOR CANADIANS

Canadians are caught in an unhealthy and worsening "time crunch" that is being fuelled in large part by email, BlackBerrys, iPhones and other new technologies that erase the boundaries between workplace and home, a new study suggests. The study by the Canadian Index of Wellbeing found women face more time pressures then men — the split was 23 per cent versus 17 per cent — while single parents with young children are the "most time-crunched group...

JOHN ABRAHAM: WORLD CUP FANATIC

The whole of Bollywood knows that there is no bigger football fan in Bollywood than John. In fact John is so passionate about football that he has joined hands with the national footballer Baichung Bhutia to promote the game. If there’s any doubt about John’s involvement with football here’s further and unquestionable evidence. In the last few weeks John, whose Bandra residence has been under renovation for nearly a year now, put all the construction work on his family house on hold just to focus on …building a home theatre!...

ONLY BOLLYWOOD FOR AKSHAY

Hollywood has always been the ultimate goal for many of our Bollywood actors. Some of the big names in Bollywood have tried their hands in Hollywood films but none could not make it very big so far. Akshay Kumar, the Bollywood superstar, has made his mark, both in the comic and action genre, is considered to be a good pick for Hollywood. But, our Akki seems to be satisfied with the tag of the highest paid actor of Bollywood now...