Quito, Oct 20 (IANS) WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is launching legal action against Ecuador, accusing its government of violating his "fundamental rights and freedoms".In a statement, WikiLeaks said on Friday Ecuador had "threatened to remove his protection and cut off his access to the outside world", CNN reported.The WikiLeaks statement added that the Embassy had refused journalists and human rights...
Rome, Oct 20 (IANS) Actress Cate Blanchett has defends straight actors playing gay characters.Blanchett on Friday participated in a 'Close Encounter' discussion at the Rome Film Festival with its artistic director Antonio Monda when she commented on how Hollywood has been criticised by multiple human rights groups in recent years for giving its limited gay roles to straight actors, as...
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday paved the way for trial as it framed sexual harassment charges against noted environmentalist R.K. Pachauri and will start recording evidence from January 4, 2019.Metropolitan Magistrate Charu Gupta formally framed the charges against Pachauri dealing with harassing a woman colleague in 2015 with intent to outrage her modesty, advances made...
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Saturday and reviewed progress on development projects being implemented on the island nation with India's aid"Continuing commitment to deepen our partnership with a close friend," External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted following the meeting."Exchanged views on strengthening bilateral...
Actress Kareena Kapoor hopes to become the CEO of Dharma Productions - a production and distribution company established by Yash Johar in the late 1970s and was taken over by his son Karan Johar after his death. https://youtu.be/ZL18bPpIVVA...
By Subhash K. JhaSo many of the contemporary filmmakers seem to have lost the plot. Imtiaz Ali, the supremo among avant garde directors, is struggling to make himself coherent to an audience that just doesn't care what happened when "Harry Met Sejal".Vishal Bhardwaj's last three films "Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola", "Rangoon" and the recent "Patakha" have ranged from the...
Vigo (Spain), Oct 20 (IANS) Celta Vigo's unbeaten record at home in the 2018-2019 La Liga season ended with a 0-1 loss to Deportivo Alaves, who took provisional possession of first place.Alaves have 17 points from nine matches, but Sevilla, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid and Espanyol are all within three points of the leaders with a game in hand,...
Buenos Aires, Oct 20 (IANS) Argentine football legend Diego Maradona suffers from severe osteoarthritis and needs to undergo knee surgery, one of his physicians has said."We treated him before the World Cup so he could get through his activities in Russia in the best way," Maradona's doctor German Ochoa told Todo Noticias television on Friday, referring to Maradona's broadcasting gig...
Amritsar, Oct 20 (IANS) A day after 60 hapless Dussehra revellers were mowed down by a train here in Punjab, Union Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha on Saturday said his ministry is not to be blamed for any lapses leading to the disaster.The Railways was not informed about the Dusshera ceremony near the Jora Phatak vicinity either by...
Frankfurt (Germany), Oct 20 (IANS) Eintracht Frankfurt continued its climb in the Bundesliga rankings and is now in European positions, after beating Fortuna Dusseldorf 7-1 in a game in which Serbian striker Luka Jovic scored five goals.The spectacular performance of the 20-year-old Eintracht striker, who scored his eighth goal in the last four games, even overshadowed the surprising use of...
