It seems Thor now has an successor to his throne. Chris Hemsworth and his wife, singer Elsa Pataky, welcomed their initial child, a daughter named India. The news of a baby’s birth pennyless on Saturday, while a “Avengers” actor was in London compelling his other large film release, “Snow White and The Huntsman.” “It was [...]

LONDON (Reuters) – Sitar player Anouska Shankar, whose album “Traveller” takes a journey through the music of India and Spanish flamenco to explore their shared Gypsy roots, was named Best Artist in Songlines magazine’s annual world music awards. At a time of political unrest in Mali, artists from there took two awards – veteran Sahara [...]

NOKIA is no longer the leader of the global mobile phone market, with Samsung Electronics outselling the Finnish company in the first quarter of 2012. Samsung sold 88 million phones in January through March, compared to Nokia’s 83 million. The onset of the smartphone era and the new focus on phone operating systems such as [...]

NEW DELHI – Bollywood’s biggest star Amitabh Bachchan underwent abdominal surgery on Saturday and was recovering well in a Mumbai hospital, his son said. The 69-year-old actor has a history of stomach ailments following an intestinal injury he suffered while filming a movie in 1982. His son, Abhishek Bachchan, said the surgery went well and [...]

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) – Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the region’s largest literature festival fast becoming a global cultural gala. Considered one of the world’s most influential women, Winfrey lived up to her billing as the headline draw at [...]

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) – Best-selling Indian writer Chetan Bhagat on Saturday criticised the support leant to authors whose books are banned for offending religious communities, a day after Salman Rushdie cancelled a trip to India citing threats against his life. Bhagat, whose five novels have sold around 6 million copies, condemned the banning of texts [...]