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During the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, Muslims around the globe celebrate the end of the month of Ramadan by feasting and giving gifts.

Muslims around the world are wishing each other an Eid Mubarak, or blessed festival. In cities across the globe, Muslim devotees gathered in and around mosques, giving thanks to Allah for helping them through the preceding month.

After Akon’s composition its Lady Gaga turn to sing a song for Bollywood.

The Indian government Tuesday stepped its up efforts to end national anti-corruption protests led by an activist's hunger strike, but the first meetings to broker a truce ended without result.

An iconic Bollywood actor, Shammi Kapoor, died Sunday at age 79 from kidney failure at a hospital in Mumbai.

Indian actress Freida Pinto got her big break when director Danny Boyle cast the ex-model as the love interest in the 2008 Oscar-winning hit "Slumdog Millionaire." Now, she's hitting silver screens in her first big-budget, effects-driven Hollywood movie.

Indian actress Freida Pinto got her big break when director Danny Boyle cast the ex-model as the love interest in the 2008 Oscar-winning hit "Slumdog Millionaire." Now, she's hitting silver screens in her first big-budget, effects-driven Hollywood movie.

A number of celebrities and even politicians wives have “gone Bollywood” in recent years.

Aishwarya condemned the terrorist attacks on Mumbai, the center of India’s huge film industry.

Following Wednesday’s series of bomb blasts that struck three areas of the city (and have thus far killed at least 20 people); the biggest stars of Bollywood expressed their shock and anger through Twitter or directly to media.

The story has a tough cigarette smoking hero, his lover girl, emotional turbulence and finally a happy wedding. Sounds like usual drama? Not really. The characters in this story are monkeys who live among humans. According to a Reuters report two monkeys tied the knot in the forests of northwestern India on Friday. Worship of animals as avatars of the gods isn't new in Hindu beliefs. Monkeys enjoy significant role in Hindu mythology where they are worshiped as avatars of Hanuman, the mighty.....

Speaking at a Delhi conference on HIV and AIDS attended by many top officials, India’s health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad described homosexuality as a disease which has come from other countries, and gay sex as unnatural.

Britain's Prince Harry is dating Florence Brudenell-Bruce, a lingerie and swimwear model, the Daily Mail has reported. If the report is true it effectively negates reports of Harry allegedly dating Pippa Middleton, the sister of Catherine Middleton who married Prince William recently. The report cites sources as saying the two have been having secret trysts 'over the past few months'.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, former Miss World turned Bollywood actress is expecting a baby with husband and Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan.

India’s version of the Academy Awards is about roll out its green carpet in Toronto. The stage is set for the the North American debut of the annual International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) at the Rogers Centre on Saturday.

Thousands of devotees, some of them politicians, cricket players and Bollywood stars, thronged Puttaparthi to see the body of Indian spiritual guru Sathya Sai Baba who passed away on Sunday morning at 6.40 am.

Support pours in for anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare from across India, an online projection of which is seen on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

India's social activist Anna Hazare is on indefinite fast from Tuesday against corruption. India was ranked 87 among 178 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index for 2010, mainly owing to growing series scandals related to corruption in holding Commonwealth Games and in the distribution of 2G spectrum involving the top minister.

A lifesize train set - comprising a 120-year-old steam locomotive, antique carriages, almost nine miles of track and a railway station - is being offered for sale on a New Zealand auction website.

Amongst all the talk of war, when India faces Pakistan in the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup, it would be good to remember that at the end of the day, it is a Cricket match.

Indian tax officials in Mumbai has searched the homes and offices of two of Bollywood’s leading actresses, Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif, on suspicions that they have evaded paying taxes on earnings derived from advertisements, foreign assignments and guest appearances.”