'I believe FFI has made a mistake,' notes Aseem Chhabra.
Greater Toronto region of Canada on Thursday invited Indian companies to invest there as the area offered access to the North American Free Trade Area and provided superior infrastructure and skilled workers.
Kobe Bryant called his daughter Gianna "Mambacita" after his own court nickname, "Black Mamba," confident she would follow in his footsteps and become a professional basketball player. On Sunday, the 41-year-old five-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist died with his 13-year-old daughter and seven others in a helicopter crash northwest of Los Angeles as they pursued that dream.
Osaka was less than impressed with one social media user who wrote "Boooooooooooo" on the event's official page as it announced the match was about to start.
The Program documents the dark side of professional cycling, which still struggles to shake off suspicions of cheating amid a culture of loyalty to a team's star
Yoga guru, Swami Ramdev, has suggested that his techniques of pranayama, popularly known as breathing exercises, could help in healing many ailments, including swine flu and cancer.
Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee? got a solid welcome at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday despite some groans that the 192 minute-long film is too unfocussed. Minutes before the red carpet ceremony for the movie, the director told rediff.com that he will be hugely busy with two very different projects in the next couple of years.
Two headers from Robbie Keane just after halftime gave LA Galaxy a 2-1 win over Dallas in Major League Soccer on Saturday, lifting them top of the Western Conference after Vancouver lost to Sporting Kansas City.
Nadal produced a rich vein of form as he thrashed Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets to clinch his fourth Canadian Masters 1000 title at the Rogers Cup
Maria Sharapova's US Open preparations took a major blow with the Russian World No 2 forced to withdraw from next week's WTA event in Toronto.
The film is based on the Arushi Talwar murder case.
Besides the five Indian films that are playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year -- a rather large collection at an international film festival, says Aseem Chhabra -- there are more films with an Indian connect.
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The MLS and NBA were paying particularly close attention to Friday's events as many of the positive tests occurred in Florida where both leagues have announced plans to restart their seasons at Orlando's Walt Disney World.
The good times are back, in a measured way, in fun spots across the globe.
"The rest of the world should pass a motion of thanks to India for keeping its emission at a level which actually is below the level required to achieve climate sustainability," says Montek Singh Ahluwalia, a key member of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's economic team.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis produced a sublime performance as they marched into the quarter-finals of the women's doubles event at Rogers Cup in Toronto on Friday.
"There was never a suggestion of Jet Airways having been warned of ever being barred from operating [in Canada] because of one or two illegal passengers on board our flights," said Chandrasekar Bala, general manager, Canada, Jet Airways. He was reacting to a recent front-page report in the Toronto Star.
The Miami Marlins, who opened their season on Friday in Philadelphia, were scheduled to return home on Sunday ahead of their scheduled Monday home opener but put off traveling after a number of their players tested positive for the virus.
A revealing excerpt from Anupam Kher's Lessons Life Taught Me, Unknowingly: An Autobiography.
Rohan Bopanna, recuperating from a shoulder injury, will skip the ATP Rogers Cup beginning in Toronto, on Monday, and will reach Palembang on August 14 to get acclimatised to the conditions ahead of the Asian Games.
The UK and Canadian governments are among those being consulted by royal aides to work out a solution after Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, announced their decision to step back as senior royals and assume more financially independent roles while dividing their time between Britain and North America.
A difficult few months saw her fail to win a tournament, lose her number one ranking and crash out of Wimbledon in the first round.
The president of the Tamil United Liberation Front is in Toronto for a few days meeting with his constituents, Sri Lankan-Canadians, Canadian politicians at various levels, sharing with them how political conditions in his country have deteriorated. V Andasangaree, who was previously member of Sri Lankan Parliament, was a guest speaker at the opening of the exhibition The Call of the Conscience at Toronto's Royal Thompson Hall on August 25.
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Police officers had to intervene in the arguments between some Indo-Canadians, who were marching in the Independence Day parade on August 10 in downtown Toronto, and a handful of pro-Khalistani demonstrators. The parade was organised by the Indian Consulate-General and Panorama India, a community organisation.
'The script, the way it has been written, the relationships, the intensity... everything was so powerful.'
Here's a glimpse of all that happened around the world last week, in 10 images.
'Acting, by definition, is a portrayal of a character other than oneself.' 'If every role is to be played only by someone answering to that precise description, most professional actors -- of all ethnicities and genders -- would be out of a job,' observes Indira Kannan.
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The actress looked radiant at the 37th Toronto International Film Festival.
A peek at Ranveer-Deepika's photo album.
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan might be ecstatic over the success of the inaugural show of his Unforgettable tour at the Rogers Center in Toronto, July 18, but there are conflicting reports about how many people actually watched some of India's biggest movie stars do the Bollywood shimmy.
On Saturday, Ghosh took to Twitter and wrote that the Gangs of Wasseypur director was sexually inappropriate towards her. The 30-year-old actor tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi in her tweet, requesting him to take action against Kashyap.
After dazzling the Toronto crowd on Sunday, the Bachchans turned their attention to Trinidad, Spain as part of the first leg of their Unforgettable tour. Clad in glittering attire, Abhishek and wife Aishwarya took to the stage with gusto. Amitabh Bachchan and Preity Zinta too took to the stage amid applause.
Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba made a tame Major League Soccer debut for Montreal Impact in their 1-0 home loss to Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
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