Pakistani singer Mustafa Zahid, who has sung three tracks in Mahesh Bhatt's forthcoming production venture "Blood Money", praises the Indian film industry saying it welcomes fresh talent with open arms and he too had no problems in working here. "I had no difficulty working in the Indian music industry. I had my own room for creativity and all the people were very cooperative during recording of my songs," Zahid told IANS.
Cricketer Yuvraj Singh has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy in the United States, local media reported on Sunday. While Singh's mother was not available for comments, his father Yograj Singh did not answer to calls from Reuters. Television channels quoted Delhi-based physiotherapist Jatin Chaudhary as saying Singh's lung tumour, diagnosed initially as non-malignant last year, was cancerous but fully curable.
Internet giants Google Inc (GOOG.O) and Facebook removed content from some Indian domain websites on Monday following a court directive warning them of a crackdown "like China" if they did not take steps to protect religious sensibilities.
The government won some rare relief on Saturday when a Delhi court threw out the corruption case against Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram ahead of crucial elections in Uttar Pradesh next week. The court dismissed a petition accusing Chidambaram of signing off on the sale of 2G telecoms licences at below-market prices that may have cost the government up to $36 billion in lost revenues.
Former Hollywood action star Arnold Schwarzenegger Thursday invoked Mahatma Gandhi's non-violence movement as a perfect example to start a global green energy campaign to fight climate change. Speaking at the 12th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit here, the former governor of California said that he is on a mission to spread awareness about clean and green energy.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday demanded the immediate resignation of Home Minister P. Chidambaram after the Supreme Court in a verdict cancelled 122 telecom licences issued when he was the finance minister. Top BJP leaders spoke out in chorus against Chidambaram, who was the finance minister when the 2G licences were allotted, and sought clarifications from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
The Supreme Court ordered on Thursday telecoms licences issued under a scandal-tainted 2008 sale be revoked, striking a decisive blow against corruption that plagues the country and roiling the world's second biggest cellular market. The ruling applies to 122 licences held by eight operators but potentially affects fewer than 5 percent of users in a fiercely competitive market crowded with more than a dozen players.
