June 2017 — Page 11 of 12 — The Indian Panorama

Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn face tough questions on live TV

Jun 6, 2017 - 4:33 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Prime Minister Theresa on May 29 and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn faced tough questions and a skeptical audience in a live TV event May night ahead of next week’s parliamentary elections. It was not a debate, but […]

Mosques in UK refuse to bury Manchester bomber

Jun 6, 2017 - 4:26 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

LONDON (TIP): Mosques have refused to bury the body of Manchester-born suicide bomber Salman Abedi who blew himself up at a concert last week killing 22 people. The city’s authorities are reportedly doing “everything in their power” to stop […]

M O V I E R E V I E W – THE LOST CITY OF Z

Jun 6, 2017 - 3:43 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

CAST: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, Tom Holland DIRECTION: James Gray GENRE: Adventure DURATION: 2 hours 21 minutes STORY Set in the early 1900s, ‘The Lost City of Z’ tells the story of Percy Fawcett (Charlie […]

EMMA WATSON WANTS TO PROPOSE BEAU

Jun 6, 2017 - 2:48 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Actress Emma Watson reportedly wants to break tradition and propose to her partner William ‘Mack’ Knight. “Emma and Mack have been telling a select few of their friends that they feel ready to take their relationship to the next step […]

JENNIFER GARNER SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON BEN AFFLECK DIVORCE STORY

Jun 6, 2017 - 2:44 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

The A-list movie star released a statement via Facebook on Wednesday afternoon, claiming that she did not pose for or authorize People magazine’s latest cover story detailing her divorce from Ben Affleck. “It has been brought to my attention that there […]

M O V I E R E V I E W – SACHIN A BILLION DREAMS

Jun 6, 2017 - 2:37 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

CAST: Sachin Tendulkar, Anjali Tendulkar, Mayuresh Pem DIRECTION: James Erskine GENRE: Biography DURATION: 2 hours 19 minutes STORY Sachin Tendulkar plays himself in this sports-docudrama that traces the life and times of one of the world’s […]

VIDYA BALAN TO RECREATE SRIDEVI’S ICONIC HAWA HAWAII IN ‘TUMHARI SULU’

Jun 6, 2017 - 1:05 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Vidya Balan is all set to don the hat of an RJ once more in her upcoming movie ‘Tumhari Sulu’. Off late Bollywood movies have been rehashing the blockbuster hit songs from the 90s and presenting it to the […]

PRIYANKA COUNTERS LEG-SHAMING WITH MORE LEG-BARING

Jun 6, 2017 - 12:59 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Priyanka Chopra is being trolled relentlessly since pictures of her meeting with PM Narendra Modi in Berlin hit the internet. Reason? She wore a knee-length white dress and sat cross-legged in front of the Prime Minister! The sight of her bare legs seems […]

International Day of Yoga: Celebrating union of body and Consciousness

Jun 6, 2017 - 11:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The word ‘yoga’ derives from Sanskrit and means to join or to unite, symbolizing the union of body and consciousness. Today it is practiced in various forms around the world […]

INDIA, SPAIN CALL FOR ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ ON TERRORISM

Jun 6, 2017 - 9:50 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

MADRID/NEW DELHI (TIP): India and Spain on Wednesday stressed that there should be “zero tolerance” to terrorism and called on the international community to end “selective or partial” approaches in combating the menace which poses the gravest threat to […]

ENGLISH MEDIUM IN 400 PUNJAB SCHOOLS

Jun 6, 2017 - 9:44 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

CHANDIGARH (TIP): Despite more than 1.4 lakh students in Class X and XII failing in English this year, the Punjab Education Department is on its way to introduce English as the medium of instruction in at least 400 government […]

AAP NATIONAL EXECUTIVE TO MEET ON SUNDAY, REDRAW GUJARAT POLL PLAN

Jun 6, 2017 - 9:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is likely to redraw its strategy for contesting the Gujarat assembly elections, which is scheduled to be held later this year, and take a few steps back in favour of […]

BABRI CASE: CHARGES FRAMED AGAINST ADVANI, JOSHI, UMA BHARTI

Jun 5, 2017 - 10:05 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI/LUCKNOW (TIP): Veteran BJP leaders LK Advani, MM Joshi, Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharti, BJP MP Vinay Katiyar, VHP’s Vishnu Hari Dalmiya and Sadhvi Rithambara and six others will stand trial for criminal conspiracy in the 1992 Babri mosque […]

CATTLE SALE BAN HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STATE LAWS, SAYS JAITLEY

Jun 5, 2017 - 9:35 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

Meghalaya leader quits, BJP unfazed ? BJP’s Meghalaya unit office-bearer Bernard Marak, who had announced a beef party in his hometown to celebrate Modi’s three years in office, quit over new cow-slaughter rules alleging these violated culture of indigenous people “I quit the party as it […]

HC judge wants cow as national animal, life term for slaughter

Jun 5, 2017 - 9:16 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

JAIPUR (TIP): The Rajasthan high court asked the central and state governments to declare the cow as India’s national animal and ensure life terms in jail for those who kill the animal considered holy by many Hindus. Justice […]

Rajnath breaks protocol, hugs brave BSF jawan suffering 85% disability

Jun 5, 2017 - 8:57 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): In a rare gesture, Home Minister Rajnath Singh on June 1 (Thursday) broke protocol and hugged BSF constable Godhraj Meena who has suffered 85 per cent disability after militants’ bullets hit him during an attack in Jammu and […]

PRITHVI-II MISSILE SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED

Jun 5, 2017 - 8:44 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

BALASORE (TIP): India on June 2 successfully test-fired its indigenous developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from a test range in Odisha as part of a user trial by the Army. The trial of the surface-to-surface missile, which has a strike range […]

BJP mulls ‘moderate’ face for Prez polls, eyes regional help

Jun 5, 2017 - 8:17 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The BJP has decided to reach out to regional parties over the election of the next President in view of the party’s assessment that several smaller outfits could support an NDA nominee for the post. Apart from […]

Indian American confirmed to key Judicial Post

Jun 5, 2017 - 8:00 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

US Senate confirms Judge Amul Thapar for the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Senate has confirmed Indian-American Judge Amul Thapar to a key judicial position on the powerful US court of appeals. The […]

Indian-Americans shine at Intel science fair in the US

Jun 5, 2017 - 7:44 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): While four Indian- Americans received top awards in various categories, an Indian boy has won the world’s largest pre-college science competition in the US in environmental engineering category for his project on biodegradation of pesticides. Prashant Ranganathan, a 12th grader from Jamshedpur, alongwith over 20 high […]

Three Indian writers among Twenty O. Henry Prize winners

Jun 5, 2017 - 7:21 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): The O. Henry Prize, fist awarded in 1918, accolades American and Canadian short stories of exceptional merit. The 99th O. Henry Prize winners were announced on May 26, and a group of twenty writers have been credited for […]

It’s official: The Obamas are Washington homeowners

Jun 5, 2017 - 7:04 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON: Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle initially decided to stay in Washington once he left the White House so their daughter Sasha could finish high school. Now, their presence in the US capital looks […]

Trump hails deals worth ‘billions’ with Vietnam

Jun 5, 2017 - 6:57 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): US President Donald Trump talked trade with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc during a White House visit on May 31 and welcomed the signing of business deals worth billions of dollars and the jobs they would create. […]

White House communications director resigns amid tensions

Jun 5, 2017 - 6:49 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): A top White House communications staffer has resigned as President Donald Trump considers a major staff overhaul. The departure of Michael Dubke, Trump’s communications director, comes as aides say Trump has grown increasingly frustrated by allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election and revelations of […]

Clinton analyses defeat: ‘Was victim of broad assumption that I was going to win’

Jun 5, 2017 - 6:16 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

WASHINGTON (TIP): Hillary Clinton has blamed her unexpected defeat in the US presidential elections on a variety of factors including Russian meddling, her own party, the FBI, the media and “a very broad assumption that I was going to win”. Clinton, […]

Month: June 2017