Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has caused public uproar after he said shooting his upcoming movie was so gruelling that he felt like a woman who had been raped.

Ian McKellen has criticised India’s use of a British colonial law to crack down on homosexuality, telling a newspaper in Mumbai that the country needs to “grow up”.

Awards shows bring us swoonsome hair and make-up ideas.

Learning how to ski was a steep learning curve for Eoghan O’Sullivan in Engelberg.

MEXICO: The arrest of a drug smuggler in scuba gear led to the discovery of a tunnel from Mexico.

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Everyone knew Phillip Hughes was much more than just a cricketer.

Katie Taylor has vowed to make more history at the Rio Olympics after being confirmed as an all-time great at the AIBA World Women’s Elite Championships in Jeju, South Korea yesterday.

TANYA Habjouqa tells the story less told about the four million people who live in crowded and dangerous conditions in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Her photography essay, Occupied Pleasures, captures the region’s people having fun.

A lovestruck graphic designer tried to kill her magistrate mother by lacing her Diet Coke with lethal poison in a murder plot inspired by TV series Breaking Bad, a court in England has heard.

This is a fairytale!

Ryan Thomas says that he doesn't want any more children.

The rumours began swirling a long time ago – now the United Arab Emirates is finally acknowledging it is standing in for George Lucas’s galaxy far, far away.

Three men were sentenced to death for two gang-rapes last year in Mumbai, including an attack on a photojournalist that sparked protests in the city and raised fresh questions about attitudes to women in the world’s largest democracy.

GIVEN the weather we’ve been enduring here lately, you have to envy the Australian lifestyle. They can plan open air events with confidence, and if you were thinking of celebrating the first months of 2014 down under, then Sydney is the place to head for, where on Feb 1 you can enjoy Opera in the Domain free.

Science versus faith: a Euro conundrum

The Indian community in the West put on a spectacular show of their traditional culture at the annual Diwali Festival in Galway.

Hollywood and Bollywood movie producers could be queuing up to film major productions here after the Government moved to extend tax breaks to producers from non-EU states.

Militants in Afghanistan have killed an Indian woman whose memoir about marrying an Afghan man and life under the Taliban was made into a Bollywood film, officials said.

Co Kerry has been scouted for film locations by Bollywood film executives.

Indian movie star Salman Khan is set to face trial next month on a homicide charge for his alleged involvement in a fatal road accident more than 10 years ago.

Bollywood producers and location scouts have arrived in Ireland to look for potential locations for their next big Bollywood blockbuster.

At every great party, there is that inescapable moment when the music stops, the lights go up and all of the imperfections, which have been concealed so deliciously under a cloak of darkness, are suddenly thrown into sharp relief.

The Gurkha’s Daughter

British PM David Cameron arrived in Mumbai today at the head of the largest trade delegation taken overseas by a prime minister, on a mission to “open doors for British business” in India.

Boris Johnson has announced that two new Indian films are to be shot in London next year.

Kristen Stewart would "love" to appear in a Bollywood film.

Amir Khan wants to star in a 'Rocky' movie.

Bollywood actors and film fans paid their last respects to one of India’s first superstars, Rajesh Khanna, as his body was cremated in a Hindu ceremony in Mumbai today.

Rajesh Khanna, the first actor to gain superstar status in Indian movies during a near three-decade reign at the top of the Bollywood film industry, died aged 69 today after a brief illness.

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has given birth to a baby boy.

A new commercial starring Ashton Kutcher has been pulled from American airwaves amid claims of racism.

An online ad featuring Ashton Kutcher as an Indian man has been pulled off-line after viewers called it racist.

Julia Roberts has a blast as the pantomime villainess in ‘Mirror Mirror’, a comedic reworking of the classic fairy tale ‘Snow White’ by the Brothers Grimm.

Pakistan is better known for bombs than bombshells, militant compounds than opulent estates.

Tourism chiefs plan to use a Bollywood film to bring more Indian visitors to Ireland.

Tourism chiefs plan to use a Bollywood film to bring more Indian visitors to Ireland.

He remains modest about his achievements, but Imran Khan’s tireless work to combat racism in England was groundbreaking, writes Dan Buckley

Hollywood star Tom Cruise says his visit to India this week follows a lifelong desire to see the country.

A POOR government clerk from a desolate region of eastern India has become the first person ever to win $1 million (€705,000) on an Indian game show.

More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean "unwanted" in Hindi have changed their monikers.