New Delhi Former Delhi Chief Minister Congress leader Sheila Dixit passes away in Delhi at the age of 81 years Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit had on June 28 dissolved all 280 block Congress committees in Delhi with immediate effect a decision which was later stayed by All India Congress C

20-07-2019

Mumbai Congress MLA Abdul Sattar who was recently expelled from the party for indulging in antiparty activities has indicated that he will join the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP soon Mr Sattar and disgruntled Congress leader Radhakrishna VikhePatil were seen together at an event in Sangamner in Ahmedn

27-05-2019

Kochi Ahead of the school reopening GPS made mandatory for school buses by Motor Vehicles Department MVD to ensure the security of children and reduce road accidents The GPS tracking and panic buttons are made mandatory for all the vehicles registered as educational institution buses and it has to b

26-05-2019

N Chandra babu Naidu has resigned as CM of Andhra Pradesh after trends showed his Telugu Desam Party TDP leading in only 23 Assembly seats and winnind two YS Jagan Mohan Reddy led YSR Congress Party YSRCP is leading in 138 Assembly seats and has won 12 The legislatice Party meeting of YSRCP is set t

23-05-2019

American news magazine Time of its May 20 issue has featured Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the cover page  with a headline that may create controversy across India amid the election season The headline reads Indias Divider in Chief that is and carries a caricature of the Prime Minister criticising

10-05-2019

Taking on unlicensed private sector service providers in railways Indian Railway Catering Tourism Corporation Limited IRCTC has approached lower courts Indian Railways’ catering arm has complained against many companies including Rail yatri and Travel khana for providing food ordering services witho

04-05-2019

New Delhi The Ministry of Human Resource Development on Saturday postponed the National Medical Entrance exam NEET in Odisha which was scheduled to be held on May 5 in the wake of the aftermath of cyclone Foni Earlier the National Students’ Union of India NSUI Goa president Ahraz Mulla also penned

04-05-2019

Wayanad Campaigning in Kerala’s Wayanad on behalf of her brother Rahul Gandhi Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday praised the indomitable spirit of the Congress President saying the man she had known since birth had the courage to walk up to and hug those people who abuse his family on a daily basis w

20-04-2019

Sheikh Mohamed bin ZayedAlNahyan Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces on Thursday tweeted that the UAE has awarded PM Narendra Modi with the Zayed Medal The medal the UAEs highest civilian honour awarded to kings presidents and heads of states was conferred

04-04-2019

Congress General Secretary for UP East Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took to Twitter to share a picture of her brother and Congress President Rahul Gandhi filing nomination for Lok Sabha polls from Keralas Wayanad constituency My brother my truest friend and by far the most courageous man I know Take care o

04-04-2019

WhatsApp introduced the ‘forwarding’ label last year to help curb fake news The Facebookowned company is working on two new features as an update to this First spotted by WABetaInfo a new beta update for WhatsApp on Android shows two features on forwarding messages One adds an additional ‘frequentl

23-03-2019

Dubai The UAE on Friday projected New Zealand PM Jacinda Arderns image on the Burj Khalifa the worlds tallest structure in Dubai The picture shows Ardern hugging a victims family member UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum also thanked the New Zealand Prime Minister for the since

23-03-2019

The world stood in shock and dismay upon the hearing of the shootout in New Zealand This horrible act of violence was later glorified by a video taken by the shooter himself Whatever reason he had for showcasing his actions there is absolutely no need to empathize with this monster For those who ha

18-03-2019

Mumbai A special court in Mumbai on Friday issued a nonbailable warrant against the wife of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi a key accused in the 2billion Punjab National Bank Ltd fraud case The warrant against Ami Modi was issued by Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act by Judge MS Azmi after h

16-03-2019

New Delhi Delhi has been ranked the most polluted capital in the world while Gurugram is the most polluted city according to a Greenpeace reportAccording to the latest data compiled in the IQ Air Visual 2018 World Air Quality Report and interactive world’s most polluted cities ranking which is prepa

05-03-2019

MIT has released a video which shows its new fourlegged robot Mini Cheetah doing backflips MIT claims the 9kg robot can trot on uneven terrain twice as fast as an average persons walking speed and is the first fourlegged robot to do a backflip In the video it can also be seen walking sideways and pi

04-03-2019

A snake travelled 15000 km in a womans shoe on a flight from Australia to Scotland Moira Boxall unpacked her luggage after the journey to find the snake which had shed its skin curled up in her shoe Boxalls soninlaw said when she opened her bag and saw the snake she thought it was a toy put there as

26-02-2019

Naushad Alathoor had held the second audition for his second project titled Viral 2019 at Indira Nagar Bangalore It is very rare that a Mollywood movie conducts an audition in Bangalore but nevertheless it was accepted with open arms by the mass who appeared in thousands The first audition was hel

14-02-2019

A California resident has filed a classaction lawsuit against Apple alleging the iPhone maker deliberately disabled old iPhone chargers with an iOS update in 2016 The complainant’s iPhone allegedly displayed ‘this accessory may not be supported’ after a software update in 2017 Apple forced users to

06-02-2019

Mumbai Nearly 5000 flights in and out of Mumbai airport have been cancelled for 6 hours on Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays between 7th February and 30th March 2019 The planned closure at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is to allow repairs of the two runways Mumbai airpor

06-02-2019

Missing Hindu Mahasabha leader Pooja Pandey who shot at Mahatma Gandhi’s effigy in Aligarh arrested The right wing leader and Hindu Mahasabha Secretary Pooja Shakun Pandey who shot  Mahatma Gandhi’s effigy on his 71st death anniversary was arrested on Tuesday from Tappal in UP’s AligharPandey was mi

06-02-2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s protest to save the Constitution ended on Tuesday evening She had started the sit in late on Sunday after the CBI’s attempt to question Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with two chit fund scams The Supreme court on Tuesday directed

05-02-2019

Priyanka Gandhi has been allotted an office at the Congress headquarters in 24 Akbar Road Priyanka’s name plate has been put up outside the room which is adjacent to the office of her brother and congress president Rahul Gandhi Priyanka’s office was occupied by Rahul when he was the party vicepresid

05-02-2019

New Delhi The Centre has forwarded a bill of Rs102 crore to the Kerala government for the use of Indian Air Force aircraft and helicopters for flood relief operations in the state Rajya Sabha was informed Heavy rains caused floods in large parts of kerala in August last year resulting in loss of hum

05-02-2019

New Delhi The centre has made Aadhaar number of small and marginal farmers optional for availing the first instalment of Rs2000 under the recently launched Rs 75000 crore PM Kisan scheme according to an official document However to get the subsequent instalments it has been made compulsory for farme

04-02-2019

A man was arrested for posting an obscene tweet against Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Bihar’s Katihar police said The Bihar Police cyber cell had received an email complaint from a social activist about a tweet that carried a morphed image of Priyanka police added The cyber cel

04-02-2019

Actor Kangana Ranaut is currently basking in the positive reviews of her recet release Manikarnika though the film has now slowed at the box office To enjoy the film’s success on her own the actor just returned from her quick Switzerland vacation and went on to walk the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Wee

03-02-2019

New Delhi Indian Railways has announced an exgratia of Rs5 lakh each to family of those who lost their lives in the Seemanchal Express derailment in Bihar on Sunday Additionally Rs 1 lakh will be given to the grievously injured and Rs 50000 to those who have suffered ‘simple injuries’ The Railways w

03-02-2019

Social activist Anna Hazare on the fourth day of his hunger strike said ‘If something happened to me people will hold PM Modi responsible’ This comes after Hazare received a letter from PM Modi which Hazare said did not address any issues raised by him Hazare is fasting to press for the appointment

03-02-2019

A video shows the exact moment a dam collapsed in Brazil on January 25 The dam collapsed at an iron ore mining complex operated by a mining firm killing atleast 115 people with 248 others listed as missing In the video vehicles can be seen driving despirately trying to escape as a gush of mud approa

02-02-2019

UC Berkeley researchers including PhD scholar Indrasen Bhattacharya have created a light powered 3D printer that can transform liquids into detailed objects within minutes The researchers first created a video of a 3D model’s images which was beamed to a rotating container with a lightsensitive liqu

02-02-2019

New Delhi The government on Saturday appointed Rishi Kumar Shukla the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation for a term of two years Shukla a 1983 batch Indian Police Service Officer is the former Director General of Police of Madhya Pradesh He is currently the chairman of the Madhya Pr

02-02-2019

Kochi PM Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation an integrated Refinary Expansion complex of the public sector Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited BPCL at the Kochi refinery on Sunday Also laid the foundation stone for a petrochemical complex at the refinery and a skill development institute at Ettum

27-01-2019

Saina Nehwal became the first woman to win Indonesia Masters title after her opponent Carolina Marin pulled out due to injury during the first game in the final Marin was leading the first game 104 before forced to retire due to a knee injury Saina had finished as runnerup in the 2018 edition of the

27-01-2019

New Delhi Congress president Rahul Gandhi congratulated former President Pranab Mukherjee on being chosen for the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna Rahul said that his party takes great pride in the fact that the immense contribution to public service and nation building of one of their own has be

26-01-2019

New Delhi The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation IRTC an Friday introduced the electronic payment mode for the food items on trains through the use of Point of Sale POS machines Also the paper bill is generated immediately after the payment is made by the customers as a record of the pu

26-01-2019

Celebrating its 25th year MercedesBenz India is set to redefine India’s Luxury space in the automotive segment by launching the new Vclass The VClass is powered by a 21 litre BS VI diesel engine that generates 120kW power 380Nm torque and can go from 0100kmh in 109 seconds It features LED headlamps

25-01-2019

The Indian Space Research Organisation launched its 46th flight of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLVC44 and put into space MIcrosatR an imaging satellite and studentmade Kalamsat a communication satellite named after former President Abdul Kalam from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota

25-01-2019

A Tamil man who was facing the death penalty in Kuwait for murder had his sentence commuted to life imprisonment by the government after his family managed to raise the Rs 30 lakh compensation or ‘blood money’ to pay the victim’s family Athimuthu who was on death row hails from Thanjavar district o

25-01-2019

The Election Commission of India Tuesday asked the Delhi Police to file a FIR against a US based cyber expert a day after he claimed that the 2014 General Elections were rigged The expert Syed Shuja had said at a press conference in London that he could demonstrate how electronic voting machines us

22-01-2019

London A United State based cyber expert who claims he was part of a team that designed the electronic voting machines used in India told a press conference in London on Monday that the 2014 General Elections had been rigged He also claimed that BJP leader Gopinath Munde and journalist Gauri Lankesh

21-01-2019

A hail of banknotes rained down onto the streets of a working class neighbourhood in Hong kong on Saturday sending bystanders into a frenzy Wong Chingkit a 24yearold man claiming to be crypto currency entrepreneur was arrested for throwing cash worth Rs 18 lakh from the top of building in Hongkong

20-12-2018

A video has surfaced online showing a phenomenon called ‘fish rain’ in Amalapuram Andhra Pradesh after cyclone Phethai on Monday The video shows fish either dead or jumping in the puddles formed after the rains As per the Meterological Department this happens when strong winds sometimes carry displa

20-12-2018

The song IssaqBaasi from the movie Zero has been released and has gone viral within the minutes of release ltiframe srcwwwyoutubecomembedeTls6julhU width560 height314 allowfullscreenallowfullscreengtltiframegt

04-12-2018

The trailer of Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan starrer Simmba has been released Directed by Rohit Shetty the film is about an orphan named Simmba who believes that a corrupt officer’s life is an ideal life which inspires him to become one Also starring Sonu Sood and Ashutosh Rana the film is schedul

04-12-2018

With the recent exchange offers on its OnePlus 6T OnePlus is targeting not only existing OnePlus users but also old iPhone users From November 30 for a limited period customers exchanging their old OnePlus or Apple phone will get a Rs 3000 discount Customers are eligible for 6 months no cost emi on

03-12-2018

Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas tied the knot on December 1 2018 as per Hindu customs Priyanka Chopra looked like a dream in a red lehenga whereas Nick Jonas was dressed in a sherwani  The wedding took place in the Baradari lawn of the Umaid Bhawan Palace Hotel in Jodhpur The ceremony was officiated

03-12-2018

A video shows actor Ranveer Singh dancing to the song ‘Jumma Chumma’ with Amitabh Bachchan at his wedding reception held on Saturday Bachchan attended the reception with his wife Jaya daughter Shweta and daughterinlaw Aishwarya  ltiframe srcwwwyoutubecomembedBB38zQiRug width560 height314 allowfulls

03-12-2018

A CCTV footage from a Chennai railway station shows a Railway Protection Force RPF constable saving a man after he slipped and almost fell into the gap between a moving train and platform The man was apparently trying to hop on the moving train when he slipped and was pulled out just in time by the

15-11-2018

After the BJP  HD Kumaraswamy led coalition government is planning to erect a 125feet Mother Cauvery statue at the Krishna Raja Sagar reservoir in Mandya district The government has also proposed to build a museum complex two glass towers measuring 360 feet providing a birds eye view of the KRS rese

15-11-2018

New Delhi An another shocking case being reported from the national capital Delhi police has received a call  of multiple murders from South Delhi Vasant Kunj area The bodies of a fashion designer and her security guard were found in a pool of blood in vasant kunj enclave area early on Thursday morn

15-11-2018

A man accompanied by a group of his friends took a 350Kg bathtub full of coins to an Apple store in a Russian Mall to buy an iPhone Xs An Instagram video showed him and his friends carrying the bathtub to the store in a car Atleast two scuffles broke out between the group and the mall’s security gau

15-11-2018

Facebook will be rolling out a new feature to Messenger which will let users unsend messages within 10 minutes of sending Facebook’s plans of working on an unsend button for Messenger has been in the news for quite some time now The company also confirmed the feature which it will release soon More 

08-11-2018

Israeli muslims will not be able to reach Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage because of a change in passport regulations made by Saudi Arabia The new rules close a loophole that allowed passage from Israel which does not have diplomatic relations with the Saudi kingdom home to Islam’s two holiest

08-11-2018

Samsung has unveiled its firstever foldable smartphone prototype which when opened transforms into a small pocketsized tablet The smartphone’s cover screen acts as a fullyfunctional smartphone with calling feature and converts into a main 73 inch tablet display when opened Samsung calls its foldable

08-11-2018

As trump replaced Sessions with a senior aide Matthew Whitaker a critic of Mueller’s inquiry senator Susan Collins was amongst the first Republicans to warn It is imperative that the administration not impede the Mueller investigation… special counsel Mueller must be allowed to complete his work wit

08-11-2018

If you are a traveler and can afford luxury you can now stay at the worlds first ever underwater villa in the Maldives The twostory villa is located around 16 feet below the Indian Ocean and has been named Muraka which in the local Dhivehi language means coral Muraka is a part of the Conrad Maldives

08-11-2018

India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd ITDC has notified various upcoming govt jobs of Assistant Manager and invites applications from eligible Indian candidatesAddress General Manager HR India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd SCOPE Complex Core 8 4th Floor Room No 418 7 Lodhi Road New Delhi1

08-11-2018

Registration process for IBPS SO 2019 exam begins the online registration for the SO specialist officer exam held by IBPS has begin Candidates who are interested in applying for the exam can visit the official website ibpsin and register for exam 

08-11-2018

A video is being shared across social media platforms showing a Kasjmiri farmer crying and shoveling aside snow with his bare hands after apples in his orchards were destroyed by the snowfall ‘All his efforts over the summer his investment in tree oil and other treatments has been for nothing’ twee

08-11-2018

A video has surfaced online wherein some sellers could be seen mocking the Supreme court order that allowed bursting only ‘green fire crackers’ in DelhiNCR In the video the men were selling firecrackers shoved inside vegetables like capsicum cabbage bittergaurd etc ‘Bomb nai bhi jalega tho aap iski

08-11-2018

Paul Allen who cofounded Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Bill Gates passed away on Monday aged 65 after battling cancer Allen came up with the name Microsoft and had left the company in 1983 “I’m heartbroken by the passing of one of my oldest and dearest friends…Personal computing would

16-10-2018

Uttar Pradesh Cabinet led by CM Yogi Adithyanath has approved the proposal to rename Allahabad which will be Prayagraj from today Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh informed the media regarding the decision The new name derives from a place in the city called Prayag where three rivers

16-10-2018

Melbourne Sprint king Usain Bolt could be making his way to Europe after being offered a 2 year professional football contract in Malta said the reports on Tuesday with the club saying it wanted to ‘write history’ with the signing Usain Bolt aged 32 has been on trial with ALeague club the Central Co

16-10-2018

A video showing newlyelected Assam Deputy Speaker Kripanath Mallah falling off an elephant has surfaced online The incident took place on Saturday as the BJP MLA was being welcomed by his supporters in his constituency Ratabari The video shows Mallah losing balance when the elephant started running

08-10-2018

English physicist Peter Higgs in a 1964 paper independently predicted the Higgs boson a subatomic particle which gives matter its mass Higgs’ paper was initially rejected citing “it did not warrant rapid publication” In 2012 the particle was confirmed by experiments at CERN’s 27 km long accelerator

08-10-2018

India’s largest luxury car manufacturer MercedesBenz India launched the new generation offroader MercedesAMG G 63 at Rs 219 crore Powered by a 4 litre V8 twinturbo engine the SUV generates 585HP power has a peak torque of 850Nm and can go from 0100kmh in just 45 seconds Its newly developed AMG Ride

08-10-2018

Skoda has launched the Rapid Onyx Edition in India at Rs 975 lakh The sedan gets Skoda’s signature black grille with a chrome surround sitting on glossy black 16 inch Clubber alloy wheels The blacked out projector headlamps get white bulbs and LED daytime running lamps The edition is offered with bo

03-10-2018

New Delhi Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Wednesday took oath as the 46th Chief Justice of India CJI in front of President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapathi Bhavan Justice Gogoi succeeds Dipak Misra and is the first CJI from a North East state Earlier in January he held a press conference with three other

03-10-2018

Dubai Pictures of Mahatma Gandhi and his messages were beamed on Dubai’s Burj Khalifa to mark his birth anniversary on Tuesday “Delighted that we are celebrating one of the tallest personalities the world has seen” Indian Ambassador to the UAE Navdeep Singh Suri said Indian embassies had arranged LE

03-10-2018

A Pakistani official was caught on Friday stealing the wallet of a Kuwait delegate who was on a twoday visit to Pakistan for a meet Investment and Facilitation Joint Secretay Zara Haider Khan was caught on CCTV stealing the wallet of the delegate after the latter complained Khan has been arrested an

30-09-2018

A whitecoloured Pakistani helicopter violated Indian airspace along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir around 12pm on Sinday Defence spokesman Lt Col Devender Anand said The helicopter flew near the Line of Control before returning to Pakistan territory as per reports The Indian Army reportedl

30-09-2018

A new song titled ‘Kem Cho’ from Saif Ali Khan and Radhika Apte starrer ‘Baazaar’ has been released The song has been sung by Ikka and Jyotica Tangri composed by Tanishk Bagchi and written by Shabbir Ahmed and Ikka Directed by Gauravv K Chawla the film will also star Rohan Mehra the son of late acto

29-09-2018

Jeddah Saudi Arabia King Salman on Tuesday inaugurated a 67 billion euro hughspeed rail linking the two holiest cities in Islam part of efforts to boost tourism revenues as the country seeks to shed dependence on oil exports The 450km Haramain Railway connecting Mecca and Madina with the Red Sea co

26-09-2018

India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani holding his daughter Isha Anbani’s hand and walking her towards her fiancé Anand Piramal for their engagement ceremony at Italy’s Lake Como Mukesh Ambani was followed by Isha’s recently engaged twin brother Akash and his fiancée Shloka Mehta A threedaylong celebrati

23-09-2018

A motorcyclist who grabbed his rival’s brakes while racing at 140mph has been banned for the rest of the year Romano Fenati was caught on camera reaching over and attempting to pull the brake lever on fellow Italian Stefano Manzi’s right handle bar at San Marino Moto 2 on 9 September Fenati who sa

23-09-2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally launched the world’s largest public health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan mantra Jan Arogya Yojna ABPMJAY in Ranchi on Sunday The cashless scheme which offers an annual cover of Rs 5 lakh to economically weaker section of society will be launched at th

23-09-2018

In a notification issued on Friday the Jharkhand government has mandated doctors of all government hospitals and private nursing homes to follow the Indian Medical Council Professional Conduct Etiquette and Ethics Regulations 2002 which seeks to mention generic name of drugs apart from writing presc

22-09-2018

MercedesBenz India launched the new CClass that combines unmatched luxury with progressive design dynamics stateofart multimedia system and uncompromising safety features The new CClass range comprises of the C220 d Progressive the C 220 d Prime the most powerful C 300 d AMG Line The CClass gets a p

22-09-2018

Jammu The J K Panchayat elections will be held in nine phases starting November 17 till December 11 the State Election Commission said on Sunday The polls will elect 4130 sarpanch 29719 panch and 1145 ward commissioners J K Election Officer Shaleen Kabra said that polling will be held on November

16-09-2018

A special investigation team that has been formed to investigate the alleged kidnap and gangrape of a 19yearold woman in Haryana’s Rewari has taken one person in custody in relation to the case on Sunday 16 September A day earlier in a breakthrough the SIT revealed that one of the main accused in t

16-09-2018

New Delhi A major fire broke out at Hotel Pamposh in Srinagar of JK media reported on Saturday The fire broke out at 130 pm in the afternoon As per media reports the fire broke out on the top floor of the Hotel As per reports five fire tenders are present at the spot and the rescue operation is cur

15-09-2018

Boston Seventy Explosions apparently triggered by a natural gas pipeline rupture rocked three communities near Boston on Thursday injuring atleast six people and prompting the evacuation of hundreds officials said The blast left scores of homes and other buildings demolished or engulfed in flames a

14-09-2018

Eighttime Olympic champion Usain Bolt won a foot race against two passengers on board an Airbus ZeroG plane which simulates what it’s like to be in ‘zero’ gravity Bolt racing in his socks slipped a few times while trying to stay on the ground “Changing the game…Celebrating life by running and drink

13-09-2018

Apple on Wednesday unveiled its latest watch series 4 that can detect when the user falls and calls emergency services if it detects no movement for a minute The watch can also take an electrocardiogram ECG through its crown within 30 seconds facilitated by electrical heart sensor The new watch has

13-09-2018

Thiruvnanthapuram Catholic Bishop of Jalandhar Franco Mulakkal accused of rape by a kerala nun has been summoned to appear before the investigation team in Kerala on September 19 The case is very old and it is very difficult to gather scientific and technical evidence a police IG said refusing to s

12-09-2018

In her first address to UN Human Rights Council new High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has criticised India for failing to take any action after the UN report on alleged human rights violation in Kashmir She said the report was not followed up with any meaningful improvements or op

11-09-2018

Water benefits skin in many ways but it is surprising to know that frozen water has many uses in beauty care if applied properly It helps to shrink the pores and even stops sweating for a while Yes rubbing ice on the skin does have benefits but one should remember not to apply ice directly on the s

11-09-2018

Rani Mukerji was last seen in the film Hitchki the actress in an interview recently revealed what happened when she has asked Aamir Khan for an autographRani Mukerji has revealed she took Aamir Khans autograph when she was in school I go up to him and I was like Autograph please and he just looks a

11-09-2018

Karan Johar on being asked whether hell make the sequel of his 1998 film Kuch Kuch Hota Hai said If I made Kuch Kuch Hota Hai 2 I would cast Ranbir Kapoor Alia Bhatt and Janhvi Kapoor The 1998 film had Shah Rukh Khan Kajol and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles Karan had launched Alia and Janhvi in Bol

11-09-2018

The midair refuelling of wet contact trial for Tejas aircraft was conducted successfully by Indian Air Force at an altitude of 20000 feet During the process 1900 kg fuel was transferred The AirtoAir refuelling capability is a force multiplier for IAF giving the aircraft the potential to stay airborn

11-09-2018

RJD Chief and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav is suffering from depression director of Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences RIMS said on Monday Depression was also mentioned in Prasads medical discharge slip from AIIMS Delhi Convicted in the fodder scam Prasad was shifted to a paying ward in RIM

11-09-2018

New Delhi The CBI judge hearing the Babri Masjid demolition case filed a plea in the Supreme Court saying his promotion has got stuck because of the case He said the Allahabad High Court had appointed him a District and Sessions judge The appointment got cancelled as the SC said in 2017 that the ju

11-09-2018

A 32yearold lawyer was arrested by the Delhi Police last week for allegedly sexually harassing a woman journalist inside the Supreme Court premises The victim had revealed that the accused molested her on two occasions first on July 12 right outside the Chief Justices court and then on July 27 insid

11-09-2018

According to officials reports a total of 55369 cases of theft and 1570 robberies has taken place inside running trains in the last three and a half years According to data collated by Indian Railways between January and June this year 9222 cases of thefts of passengers belongings were registered wh

10-09-2018

The Mumbai Police on Monday said that 20yearold cab driver Sarfaraz Shaikh allegedly killed 39yearold HDFC Bank Vice President Siddharth Sanghvi for around ₹35000 The accused driver had been working for the bank for almost three years the police added We found his role in hatching the conspiracy mur

10-09-2018

Eleven years after the twin bombings in Hyderabad at Gokul Chat and Lumbini Park a Special NIA Court on Monday sentenced two accused Aneeq Sayeed and Ismail Chaudhary to death Another accused Tariq Anjum was sentenced to life imprisonment Two powerful explosions had ripped through a popular eatery a

10-09-2018

Advocating free flow of data beyond borders Google CEO Sundar Pichai has written to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad saying the step will encourage startups and global firms to contribute to India digital economy “Free flow of data across borders – with a focus on user privacy and security – will enc

10-09-2018

National Awardwinning film editor Apurva Asrani known for writing scripts of Aligarh and Simran shared a picture with boyfriend Siddhant Pillai after Supreme Courts verdict on Section 377 He captioned it 11 years of togetherness We loved openly even when the law tried to stop us The only difference

10-09-2018

Some people are trying to make the word Hindu “untouchable” and “intolerable” vice president M Venkaiah Naidu said Sunday as he stressed on the need of preserving the true values of Hinduism to alter “illinformed” opinions and attitudes In his keynote address to the concluding session of the second

10-09-2018

The Spixs Macaw the bird which inspired the animated movie Rio has become extinct in the wild according to a study by BirdLife International The study claimed that deforestation was the leading cause of their extinction Spixs Macaw is one of the eight bird species confirmed or suspected extinct in t

10-09-2018

Peoples Democratic Party PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti has announced that the party will boycott the upcoming panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti said that there was an atmosphere of insecurity among the people of Jammu and Kashmir with the sword of Arti

10-09-2018

As many as 200 students of Thiruvananthapuram schools prepared notes for Class X students of two schools in floodhit Kuttanad district of Kerala The authorities identified schools where students had lost their study materials due to floods We could havephotocopied notes But children should learn how

10-09-2018

On Saturday supermodel Lily Aldridge owned her five months pregnant status on the Brandon Maxwell runway at the Classic Car Club strutting her stuff in a backless red dress with her hair pulled back Lily while talking about her experience said Ive walked few runways in my life and this is a moment t

10-09-2018

A former Infosys employee who was working in the US Anuj Kapoor has sued the company alleging it made him work over 1000 hours of overtime without pay Kapoor said he worked for 11 hours a day but was paid for eight hours or fewer His manager allegedly said employees refusing to work overtime will be

10-09-2018

The preliminary findings in the postmortem examination of a 54yearold nun who was found dead in a well in Pathanapuram revealed nothing unusual and it could be a suicide G Pushpakumar Pathanapuram SubInspector said There is no evidence that she was murdered police added Earlier reports had said that

10-09-2018

Delhi Metro looks swanky from the outside with an aesthetic look in its newly launched metro stations however its backbone its employees drivers engineers and other staff members which constitute the Delhi Metro employees are often ignored According to the revelations of an RTI filed by activist Z

10-09-2018

Tweeting a picture of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan holding her award and daughter Aaradhya Bachchan hugging her Abhishek Bachchan wrote I look on to the photo a very proud husband The Mrs is awarded the Meryl Streep award for excellence at WIFT Women in Film and Television India Awards The little one Aara

10-09-2018

After almost two decades out of action a New York City subway station destroyed in the 911 terrorist attacks has reopened The station was buried under debris when the two World Trade Centre towers collapsed after hijackers crashed planes into them It is more than a new subway station New York Citys

10-09-2018

At least 7 people have been wounded in an attack by a man armed with a knife and an iron bar in Paris France Police have detained the man who carried out the attack at two different locations and reportedly said there was no initial indication that the attack was linked to terrorism The attacker is

10-09-2018

Former US President Barack Obama has revealed that he was kicked out of Disneyland for smoking a cigarette during a ride as a teenager The 44th US President recalled this significant episode while addressing a rally in California on Saturday Obama said that the incident happened when he visited Disn

10-09-2018

Delhi government started its doorstep delivery of services programme to make 40 government services including driving license new water connection and ration card available at residents doorstep in the first phase Available at an extra fee of ₹50 applicants have to call the helpline number 1076 to r

10-09-2018

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday offered holy water from Lake Mansarovar at Raj Ghat before starting the march towards the Ramlila Maidan to lead Bharat Bandh to protest rising petrol and diesel prices This was Gandhis first public appearance since he returned from the Kailash Mansarovar ya

10-09-2018

Several incidents of violence were reported from Mumbai Patna and Gujarat during Bharat Bandh called by Congressled Opposition to protest against the rise in fuel prices Protesters vandalised buses shut down petrol pumps and halted train services in Mumbai while tyres were burnt and road traffic blo

10-09-2018

Aishwarya Rituparna Pradhan 34 presently deputy commissioner incharge of GST in Paradip circle of Odisha commercial tax department said she will soon marry her boyfriend with whom she has been in livein relationship for last 2 years Now that the Supreme Court has decriminalised it homosexuality I h

10-09-2018

Chennai The Tamil Nadu cabinet on Sunday urged the Union government to confer ‘Bharat Ratna’ India’s highest civilian honour on late former state chief minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa who passed away in December 2016  The states deputy chief ministe

10-09-2018

Serena Williams has been fined 17000 for the code violations she received during the US Open final the United States Tennis Association USTA said on Sunday She was fined 10000 for verbal abuse of chair umpire Carlos Ramos 4000 for being warned for receiving coaching and 3000 for smashing racquet Ser

10-09-2018

Siddharth Sanghvi a vicepresident of HDFC Bank has been found dead four days after he went missing after leaving office in Mumbai on Wednesday This comes after police arrested a cab driver who confessed to dumping Sanghvis body near a highway at the behest of the killers Sanghvis car was found on Se

10-09-2018

USbased company Gaumard Scientific has developed a child robot called HAL which is allegedly worth nearly ₹35 lakh to help train medical students The robot is made of sensors which give the robot a pulse help respond to certain questions bleed and convulse The robot can also mimic emotions of distre

09-09-2018

 A nun of Malankara Orthodox Syrian was found dead at Church Mount Tabor Dayara and Convent at Pathanapuram on Sunday The deceased has been identified as Sister Susan Mathew 55 The dead body was found inside the convent well when the employees traced blood stains nearby around 9 am Police and fire f

09-09-2018

Actress Raveena Tandon while commenting on Kerala MLA PC Georges remark where he referred to a nun allegedly raped by a bishop as a prostitute tweeted This is clear intimidation of a victim to suppress her voice Tagging Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Raveena added Can a

09-09-2018

Akshay Kumar who turned 51 on Sunday said I forget Im 51 nowIm still thinking that I am in my Khiladi times and just doing action He added Idont take this stress of the number in my head about turning 5060 I still feel I can have a lot of funI still feel I can run fast feel like jumping

09-09-2018

China is participating in Exercise Kakadu Australias largest maritime drill for the first time More than 3000 personnel from 27 countries are taking part in the exercise which is being held off the coast of Darwin in northern Australia Other nations participating in the drill include India Japan Sou

09-09-2018

New Delhi National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma has slammed Kerala MLA PC George for calling a rape survivor nun prostitute at a press conference I am ashamed of such lawmakers who are giving these statements she said She also claimed the nun was facing discrimination and not receiving su

09-09-2018

After the launch of payments bank the postal department has decided to set up an insurance firm as a special business unit within two years Communications Minister Manoj Sinha has said “The request for proposal to appoint a consultant for setting up insurance unit will be floated in the coming week”

09-09-2018

In a major move to restructure the Indian Army General Bipin Rawat has asked for studies to prepare the force for 21stcentury conflict General Rawat wants a leaner meaner and more technology driven army with fewer troops envisaging a cut of 150000200000 troops from the current 12 million plus force

09-09-2018

A new song titled Khatar Patar from Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma starrer Sui Dhaaga Made in India has been released Sung by Papon the song has been composed by Anu Malik and written by Varun Grover Sharing the song Varun wrote Dreams do come true Directed by Sharat Katariya the film is scheduled

09-09-2018

Actress Neelima Azim while talking about Shahid Kapoors newborn son and her grandson Zain Kapoor said I kind of saw a son in their Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput arms in one of my dreams I had a very strong feeling that they will get a son this time I had even shared it with them Neelima added

09-09-2018

Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone will have a traditional Sindhi wedding Ranveers family reportedly wants a typical Sindhi wedding including saanth a custom where friends and relatives tear the bridegrooms clothes The couple has finalised Lake Como in Italy as the destination for their wedding and

09-09-2018

The police have arrested Sanjeev Trikha a Yes Bank relationship manager from Delhi for fraudulently stealing ₹15 crore from an elderly man and his wifes account The man alleged his signature was forged to create fake bank accounts and withdraw money through cheques and ATMs The money was used to pay

09-09-2018

Actress Deepika Padukone who had earlier battled depression has said she still fears slipping into depression again I would never want to experience that again So Im always aware of my thoughts feelings and emotions she added Deepika further said sharing her experience of battling depression made he

09-09-2018

The trailer of Govinda and Fukrey actor Varun Sharma starrer FryDay has been released The film which was earlier scheduled to release on May 11 will now release on October 12 Directed by filmmaker Abhishek Dogra and produced by Sajid Qureshi the film also stars Digangana Suryavanshi Rajesh Sharma an

09-09-2018

UP IPS officer Surendra Kumar Das who allegedly consumed poison on Wednesday has passed away after being admitted in the hospital He passed awaydue to celphos poisoning We tried our best to revive him but we could not save him stated hospital officials It had been revealed that he had been searching

09-09-2018

The nun who was allegedly raped by a Bishop cried and locked herself in a room for hours after Kerala MLA P C George called her a prostitute in a press conference her colleague Sister Anupama revealed The rape survivor has refused to speak to anyone and has not eaten anything Sister Anupama said She

09-09-2018

A  family in Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha district called off a wedding alleging that the bride spends excessive time on WhatsApp The bride and her relatives were informed about the wedding being called off over the phone The brides family alleged that the real reason behind them cancelling the wedding wa

09-09-2018

Former President Barack Obama has backed the Democratic party’s campaign efforts by throwing shade at President Donald Trump and voicing support for progressive policies Trump shot back that he found it “very good for sleeping” He  said that he fell asleep during former President Barack Obamas speec

09-09-2018

The Nepal Army has withdrawn from the first Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation BIMSTEC military exercise to be held in India following a political row in the country over participation The decision was taken just a day before the Army squad was set to trave

09-09-2018

US President Donald Trump on Saturday called on Apple to make its products in the US instead of China Trump called this an easy solution where there would be zero tax Apple had said that Trumps proposed tariffs on 200 billion of goods from China will make some of its products including Apple Watch H

09-09-2018

A wide range of Apple products will be affected by proposed US tariffs on Chinese goods Apple said in a letter to US trade officials US President Donald Trumps proposed tariffs on Chinese goods worth 200 billion would affect products including the Apple Watch Our concern with tariffs is thatit will

09-09-2018

National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said that his party would not only boycott the local body elections but also the state elections and the upcoming Lok Sabha elections if the BJPled Centre did not make its stand on Article 35A in Jammu and Kashmir clear Abdullah made this statem

09-09-2018

Police in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday said that a youth who went missing last month was found murdered while two suspects has been arrested While interrogation the two suspects Irshad Ahmed Wani and Imtiyaz Ahmed Wani admitted that they had murdered Teli on the day he went missing and buried his bod

09-09-2018

Speaking at the World Hindu Congress in the US RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat urged the Hindu community to unite saying Lion who is the king of the jungle if he is alone wild dogs can invade and destroy him He further claimed that Hindu society has the most meritorious persons but they never come and work

09-09-2018

The doctors at Hyderabad governments Osmania General Hospital are wearing helmets while on duty to protest against the unsafe old hospital building It could collapse at any moment We are constantly worried said the hospitals joint action committees chairman Blocks of the ceiling from an inpatient wa

08-09-2018

Former President Pranab Mukherjee will teach public policy and inclusive development to the students of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Mukherjee will be in the faculty for at least 12 out of 22 sessions and it is unclear if he will be paid an honorarium for the same Former president APJ Ab

08-09-2018

A US government photographer has reportedly admitted he intentionally cropped photos of President Donald Trumps inauguration to remove empty space and make the audience look larger Trump claimed footage of the event did not match with the number of people he saw from the stage White House had claime

08-09-2018

According to Reports Amit Shah will continue to be the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP till the end of the muchawaited 2019 Lok Sabha polls Shahs tenure was ending in January but the BJP in its national executive meeting decided that he should continue until the end of the polls The twod

08-09-2018

After BJP MLA Ram Kadam mistakenly tweeted about the demise of actress Sonali Bendre her husband Goldie Behl tweeted I appeal to all to please use social media more responsibly Let us not believe in rumours and spread them unnecessarily hurting the sentiments of those involved he added The MLA later

08-09-2018

A helicopter with a pilot and six passengers on board crashed into a hillside in central Nepal on Saturday according to officials The Kathmandubound Airbusmanufactured helicopter which belongs to Nepals Altitude Air lost communication with the air traffic control at around 8 am local time after taki

08-09-2018

The Eastern Railways had informed Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority KMDA about the danger surrounding the Majerhat bridge in a letter dated July 27 around six weeks before the bridge collapsed Pointing out at the slab going out of the alignment in the letter the Eastern Railway Zone’s Deput

08-09-2018

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he wants to stop the subsidies that growing economies like India and China have been receiving as he wants the US which he considers as a “developing nation” to grow faster than any other nation “We have some of these countries that are considered growing ec

08-09-2018

Former President Barack Obama said Friday 7 September President Donald Trump is the symptom not the cause of division and polarization in the US He also said Trump is just capitalising on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years He further added this is not normal and urged people to

08-09-2018

A drug haul case accused complained to the judge about the poor quality of food served to prisoners inside Mumbai’s Arthur Road jail The accused Sajid Electricwala a patient suffering from hypertension and epilepsy reportedly handed over some rotis chapatis to the judge so that the latter allow him

08-09-2018

Nalini Sriharan convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case has withdrawn a plea for a sixmonth parole for the wedding of her daughter who lives in the UK Nalini has also filed a fresh plea seeking early release a day after the Supreme Court asked the Tamil Nadu Governor to consider the mercy p

08-09-2018

On Saturday nuns hailing from the Kuravilangad convent staged protests outside the Kerala High Court demanding the arrest of Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal who has been accused of rape by a nun The protesters claimed that the police had interrogated the accused bishop only once in the 74 days sinc

08-09-2018

Petrol prices crossed Rs 80 a litre in New Delhi on Saturday to hit an alltime high on the back of rising global crude oil prices Petrol prices at retail outlets hit Rs 8030 per litre in the national capital against Rs7999 on Friday according to the price notification issued by stateowned fuel retai

08-09-2018

Alia Bhatt is undergoing training in Kathak as she will be dancing with Madhuri Dixit in their upcoming film Kalank Alia reportedly got a chance to learn from Pandit Birju Maharaj who is Madhuris guru Reports also suggested that Alia has been learning Kathak for a year and for the last twoandahalf m

08-09-2018

The government on Friday appointed Anshula Kant as Managing Director of State Bank of India The bank said that Anshula Kant will serve as the MD till she attains the age of superannuation on September 30 2020 or until further orders whichever is earlier With her appointment the Indias largest public

08-09-2018

The Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday adopted a fresh strategy of nabbing stone pelters by planting its men among them at historic Jama Masjid downtown to arrest the real culprits in action In a recent incident policemen disguised themselves in a mob that was pelting stones at security forces and caug

08-09-2018

An Assam court on Friday awarded death sentence to a 19yearold man who was the main accused in gangrape and murder of an 11yearold girl by setting her on fire The sentence was pronounced by the court of chief judicial magistrate Nagaon The convict Zakir Hussain had allegedly taken the lead in raping

08-09-2018

The Palghar Police in Maharashtra has arrested a man for allegedly trafficking over 500 girls from Bangladesh and forcing them into flesh trade in Mumbai Most of the girls were also found with valid documents like Aadhaar cards The crime branch is also investigating how these documents were made wit

08-09-2018

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of failure on all fronts saying it had led to agrarian distress economic turmoil and deteriorating relations with neighbouring countries and called for a national debate on providing an alternative

08-09-2018

Actress Tara Sutaria has walked out of Shahid Kapoor starrer Arjun Reddy Confirming the news the films producer Murad Khetani said Yes it is trueWe should be locking our leading lady in the next couple of days Reports said Tara quit the film after the release date of her debut Student Of The Year 2

08-09-2018

Mumbai The Bombay High Court deprecated Friday the practice of people writing directly to the prime minister the president or chief minister making wide allegations against certain persons instead of following due process of law A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Mridula Bhatkar said this t

08-09-2018

Starting with Bengaluru airport in 2019 biometric technology for facial recognition will be used to verify passenger details According to reports Bangalore International Airport Ltd BIAL the technology will be used to identify passengers by their face when they move across the airport This will elim

07-09-2018

Maruti Suzuki the country’s largest car maker on Friday announced that it would start testing 50 prototype electric vehicles on Indian roads The announcement was made by Osamu Suzuki chairman Suzuki Motor Corporation the parent company of Maruti Suzuki during his speech at the Global Mobility Summit

07-09-2018

Russia will continue to kill “terrorists” in Idlib and elsewhere in Syria to bring back peace the foreign ministry said Thursday “We have killed we are killing and we will kill terroristswhether that be in Aleppo Idlib or other parts of Syria Peace must return to Syria” said spokeswoman Maria Zakhar

07-09-2018

Afghan troops will be trained by the Chinese in China to fight the alQaeda and Islamic State militants Afghanistans Ambassador to China Janan Mosazai said Afghanistan has also requested China to provide its security forces with combat helicopters China will help Afghanistan to set up a mountain brig

07-09-2018

Four members of a family including a fiveyearold boy were found with their throats slit in their house in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad early on Friday The victims had been identified as Kamlesh Devi 55 her daughter Kiran Devi 30 soninlaw Pratap Narayan Mishra 35 and grandson Virat 5A onemonthold girl w

07-09-2018

A massive ring of celestial bodies either made of black holes or Neutron stars has been found by astronomers using NASAs Chandra Xray Observatory The ring was found in a galaxy that is about 300 million light years away The one ring does not really wield power over its nearby galaxies but can be use

07-09-2018

New Delhi Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has said the WiFi available at railway stations is fastest in terms of speed across the country Goyal further said the facility is available at 710 railway stations in India The service which offers thirty minutes of free access to the internet started

07-09-2018

In an incident that has sent shockwaves across Kerala a fourmember gang broke into the house of Vinod Chandran a news editor at Mathrubhumi’s Kannur division in the Thazhe Chovva area of the district during the early hours of Thursday The gang allegedly entered their house after breaking the front d

07-09-2018

Scientists have discovered the worlds most mature cheese – which made in Croatia by Neolithic farmers more than 7000 years ago During excavations of ancient pottery researchers found residues of a fetalike cheese on the remains of rhyton drinking horns and sieves dating back to 5300 BC This is the

07-09-2018

Ola cofounders Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati have sought approval from the Competition Commission of India CCI for increasing their stake in parent company ANI Technologies The cofounders will indirectly use Singaporebased firm Temasek which reportedly invested 225 million in the startup The thre

07-09-2018

An Air India ThiruvananthapuramMalé flight was stranded after it mistakenly landed on an underconstruction runway at Velana International Airport in the Maldives on Friday Two of the main wheels of the plane got deflated during the landinh According to Reportsall 136 passengers and crew on board the

07-09-2018

New Delhi Two alleged operatives of the Islamic State in Jammu Kashmir ISJK returning to the state with weapons they had picked up from Uttar Pradesh were arrested near the Red Fort by the special cell The two suspects identified as Parvez Rashid and Jamshed Jahoor from Kashmir’s Shopian were arres

07-09-2018

Qatar has officially made permanent residency an option for a limited number of foreigners a landmark development in the energyrich Gulf Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani issued a decree allowing a maximum of 100 expatriates to gain permanent residency each year giving them access to a generous w

07-09-2018

The government has decided to exempt electric vehicles EVs and automobiles run on alternative fuel from permit requirements in a bid to boost such vehicles in the country said  Union Minister Nitin Gadkari He said that states have agreed to abide by the decision Cab aggregators like Ola and Uber cou

07-09-2018

Apple has announced that it will launch a global web portal for processing and tracking requests from law enforcement officers for data requests by the end of 2018 It will also create a team to train law enforcement officials globally in digital forensics A website would offer a more convenient cent

07-09-2018

A pregnant woman in Andhra Pradesh’s Vijayanagaram district had to be carried to a hospital on Tuesday on a makeshift cloth stretcher in the absence of proper road connectivity in the area Her relatives were carrying her on a makeshift cloth stretcher in the absence of proper road connectivity The h

07-09-2018

A new song titled Har Har Gange from Shahid Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer Batti Gul Meter Chalu has been released Sung by Arijit Singh the song has been composed by SachetParampara and written by SiddharthGarima The film has been directed by Shree Narayan Singh who had earlier directed Toilet E

07-09-2018

Describing Lionel Messi as the best player in the world Barcelona spokesperson Josep Vives has said that star striker doesnt need any award to prove his credibility The comment came after the 31year old was left out of the nominations for the FIFAs 2018 Best Mens Player award For the first time sinc

07-09-2018

Terming demonetisation a disaster Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has demanded the abolition of the ₹2000 currency notes Naidu claimed he had suggested the use of digital currency claiming it is more costeffective but the Centre could not implement it properly He also accused the c

07-09-2018

Facebook has announced a partnership with telecom infrastructure operator GlobeNet to build a 2500km subsea cable called Malbec for highspeed internet in Argentina The system will connect Argentinas capital of Buenos Aires with São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil When completed it will be the fir

07-09-2018

Indian pacer S Sreesanth is reportedly set to appear as a contestant in the 12th edition of the reality show Bigg Boss Sreesanth who had grabbed a matchwinning catch in the final of the T20I World Cup 2007 was handed a life ban by NCCI for his alleged involvement in the in spotfixing for Rajasthan R

06-09-2018

With Jet Airways delaying salaries of its pilots and engineers for the second consecutive month amid a severe financial crunch its pilots have warned the management of “noncooperation” The Naresh Goyalled carrier said it has paid salaries on time to 84 of its employees and is committed to honour its

06-09-2018

Speaking about south Kolkatas Majerhat bridge collapse West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that stern action will be taken against those responsible for the incident She also pointed out that the bridges were not constructed during the Trinamool Congresss tenure so they should not be the only one to

06-09-2018

A 61yearold Indianorigin man Gurcharan Singh was jailed for three years on Thursday for making prank calls to the Singapore Police for 18 years after drinking alcohol In one of his calls The latest incidents occurred over two days in June with Singh making two calls on the first day and 15 on the se

06-09-2018

Citing Kerala floods and wildfires in California United Nations SecretaryGeneral António Guterres said that climate change is running faster than us The impacts are devastating and it is usually the poorest and the most vulnerable who are hit first and the worst he added He further said that the las

06-09-2018

The RSS has supported Supreme Courts verdict striking down parts of Section 377 of IPC but called gay sex unnatural The RSS has supported Supreme Courts verdict striking down parts of Section 377 of IPC but called gay sex unnatural Samesex relations and samesex marriages are not natural This is why

06-09-2018

After expressing his happiness over Supreme Courts historic judgement to legalise gay sex in India superstar Aamir Khan  tweeted The judiciary has done its duty and now we must do ours He added It is a historic day for people who believe in equal rights for all He shared Satyamev Jayates episode on

06-09-2018

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar who was admitted to Mumbais Lilavati hospital yesterday has been diagnosed with mild pneumonia his wife Saira Banu said on Thursday The 95yearold actor was admitted to Lilavati hospital in suburban Bandra on Wednesday He is doing better now Medical reports are saying a smal

06-09-2018

The trailer of Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra starrer Namaste England has been released The lead stars who worked together for the first time in Arjuns debut film Ishaqzaade which released in the year 2012 will be reuniting after six years Produced and directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah the film is

06-09-2018

New Delhi As a protest againt the hike  in fuel price The Indian National Congress has declared a Bharath Bandh to be conducted on Monday 10th September The Congress said the people should cooperate with Bharat band  on Monday from 9 am to 3 pm

06-09-2018

Tweeting about the verdict of the Supreme Court on decriminalising homosexuality in India filmmaker Karan Johar wrote Historical judgment So proud todayThe country gets its oxygen back He added that the verdict was a huge thumbs up for humanity and equal rights Earlier Johar had said that everybody

06-09-2018

Actor Salman Khan has said that he does not do meaningful films but all of his films carry huge messages It was in 1988 that Salman made a splash in Bollywood as an actor in Biwi Ho To Aisi The message is that keep away from the wrong and do the right thing he added On not playing villain Salman sa

06-09-2018

In a landmark judgment the fivejudge bench of the Supreme Court unanimously on 6 September partially struck down the Britishera law which criminalised consensual homosexual sex in India Reading out his verdict on scrapping certain parts of Section 377 of IPC that criminalised homosexuality Justice R

06-09-2018

The first state assembly of Telangana has been dissolved nine months before the term of the House expires based on the recommendation of CM K Chandrasekhar Rao and his Cabinet Governor ESL Narasimhan has asked Rao and his Cabinet to continue as a caretaker government till the new government is forme

06-09-2018

Indias leading engineering conglomerate Escorts Limited announced its autonomous farming solution with the launch of Indias first autonomous concept tractor at the Exclusive 2018  in Delhi Escorts has collaborated with seven technology giants namely Microsoft Reliance Jio Trimble Samvardhana Mothers

06-09-2018

Vivo V11 Pro is the Chinese phone makers latest smartphone in the Indian market At a price of Rs 25990 the V11 Pro is the most affordable handset in the country to sport an indisplay fingerprint sensor Other highlights of the phone include 6GB of RAM a 1959 display with a waterdropstyle notch a vert

06-09-2018

North and South Korea have agreed to hold a summit on September 1820 to discuss practical measures toward the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula Souths national security adviser Chung Euiyong has said Kim and South Korean President Moon Jaein will meet in Pyongyang on Sept 1820 and will discus

06-09-2018

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a method to send messages in English by using vibrations on a persons skin The device used works by playing a specific vibration assigned to a given English phoneme or the smallest unit of sound on a users forearm The device is further encoded to gener

06-09-2018

New Delhi India’s supreme court has struck down a colonialera law that effectively banned homosexual sex in a landmark ruling for gay rights in the country The court announced the verdict in Delhi on Thursday morning drawing cheers from a crowd of LBGTI Indians and their supporters gathered on a law

06-09-2018

New Delhi The union government would extend further aid to Kerala to rehabilitate flood affected people once the full estimate of the damage was done Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Wednesday Addressing the ‘India for Kerala’ conclave in Thiruvananthapuram organised by the Times Network in

06-09-2018

On the first death anniversary of journalist Gauri Lankesh today the new edition of Lankesh Patrike a Kannada weekly tabloid she used to edit was relaunched as Nyaya Patha Narasimha Murthy one of the four says there was no doubt in their minds that they had to continue Lankesh’s legacy despite oppos

05-09-2018

An Emirates Airbus A380 operating from Dubai to New York was quarantined at New Yorks JFK International Airport on Wednesday after 10 passengers fell ill on board A statement by the airline said the passengers were attended to shortly after landing while the remaining were yet to disembark A passeng

05-09-2018

The Supreme Court on Thursday will pronounce the verdict on pleas challenging the validity of Section 377 of Indian Penal Code which criminalises consensual gay sex In July a fivejudge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra concluded hearing the arguments on the contentious issue aft

05-09-2018

A teenage boy in Uttar Pradeshs Ghaziabad was arrested for allegedly raping a 19yearold girl whom he befriended on Facebook The girl initially told her family she was raped by her tutor but he later told cops she had not attended his classes Meanwhile CCTV footage showed her roaming with the boy who

05-09-2018

Hello Hello a song featuring actress Malaika Arora from Sanya Malhotra and Radhika Madan starrer Pataakha has been released The song has been composed by Vishal Bhardwaj with vocals by Rekha Bhardwaj and lyrics by Gulzar Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and also starring Sunil Grover Pataakha is schedule

05-09-2018

Veteran actor Dilip Kumar who is 95 years old has been admitted to Mumbais Lilavati hospital at 3pm today  He was complaining of uneasiness due to a chest infection Hes currently under observation and tests are being conducted to ascertain the cause of his illness It was in August 2017 when Dilip Ku

05-09-2018

Japan on Wednesday began to clean up after the most powerful storm to hit the country in 25 years killed at least 11 people Typhoon Jebi follows months of heavy rain landslides floods and recordbreaking heat that killed hundreds of people this summer Japanese authorities said some roads and train li

05-09-2018

Three men were given death penalty by a local court in Himachal Pradeshs Shimla on Wednesday for kidnapping and murdering a fouryearold boy in 2014 Yug Gupta was kidnapped on June 14 2014 from Shimla’s Ram Bazaar locality Two years later the skeleton of the missing boy was found in the water tank of

05-09-2018

Kannan Gopinathan a 32yearold 2012 batch IAS officer serving as district collector in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli had arrived in Kerala on August 26 as the state battled devastation from deadly floods He was on an official visit to hand over a cheque for Rs one crore from Dadra and

05-09-2018

Hrithik Roshan shared the first look poster of his film Super 30 While Hrithik wrote nothing while sharing it the poster set the tone for the film A stern looking Hrithik’s tight shot dominates the poster with the words “Ab raja ka beta raja nahin banega From now on a king’s son will not become a ki

05-09-2018

Kochi At least 42 people have died due to rat fever leptospirosis since August 1 following the floods in Kerala while 1006 cases of the fever have reportedly been confirmed Meanwhile the states health department has assured it has adequate supply of medications Flooded areas are vulnerable to rat f

05-09-2018

Saudi Arabia prosecutors have said they will punish online satire that mocks provokes or disrupts public order religious values and public morals The kingdom’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has drawn harsh criticism from rights groups over the targeting of human rights activists and poli

05-09-2018

German automaker MercedesBenz unveiled its first electric SUV EQC 400 4Matic at an event in Sweden on Tuesday Powered by a 402horsepower engine the car is claimed to last 450 km in European standards on a single charge and go from 0100 kmph in 51 seconds Its powered by an 80kWh battery pack running

05-09-2018

Sushant Singh Rajput on Tuesday visited the floodravaged state of Nagaland and met with Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio The actor pledged his support in providing aid to the region and has reportedly donated Rs 125 crore to help in relief efforts Earlier Sushant had also contributed ₹1 crore for flood r

05-09-2018

Sara Iftekhar a Pakistaniorigin student from northern England became the first hijabwearing finalist of the Miss England beauty pageant on Tuesday After the event she posted on Instagram stories that she didnt win the pageant My purpose was to just show that were regular girls as well I think I show

05-09-2018

Thailands Royal Police Cadet Academy has announced it will not admit female candidates from the next academic year The Royal Police Cadet Academy RPCA on the western outskirts of Bangkok accepts about 300 applicants a year But from 2019 it will admit only men Worawut Sripakhon an RPCA captain did no

05-09-2018

Congress strategists have planned nationwide protests to slam the centre over high fuel prices and the resultant inflation hitting the common man to gain traction ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls The Congress is reportedly also in touch with other parties regarding the same Sources said a meeting o

05-09-2018

Lucknows Ekana International Cricket Stadium is set to get its first taste of international cricket as the stadium has been announced as the venue for the second T20I between India and West Indies on November 6 The Windies tour of India which consists of two Tests five ODIs and three T20Is begins on

05-09-2018

Jet Airways has taken its crew members off flying duty for investigation after a Londonbound flight on August 25 was about to takeoff without taking permission from Air Traffic Control ATC of the Delhi airport The aircraft was reportedly carrying more than 330 passengers at the time of the incident

05-09-2018

Dr Arif ur Rehman Alvi was elected the 13th President of Pakistan after a vote in the Parliament and provincial assemblies on Tuesday Alvi a dentist by profession was a founding member of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khans political party Pakistan TehreekeInsaf The 69yearold is expected to assume o

05-09-2018

Seventeen women including five minor girls have been rescued by police in Bihar’s East Champaran district from alleged sex and human traffickers who managed an orchestra group The raids were carried out after the police reportedly received information about the presence of two Nepali girls who had g

04-09-2018

President Ram Nath Kovind Tuesday urged the youth not to get carried away by the instantness of technology saying they must continue to work hard without the expectation of immediate reward He added The pursuit of excellence should be the key factor that should dominate the minds of future generatio

04-09-2018

Chief Information Commissioner R K Mathur ordered the list of private persons not linked with security who travelled with the Prime Minister of India at government expenditure should be provided to an appellant Last October Karabi Das approached the ministry seeking information on expenses incurred

04-09-2018

Asus has released an OTA OverTheAir update for Zenfone5Z that adds 12 new functionalities and 4 camera improvements The update ups the Zenfone5Z flagship experience with clickfree Face Unlock new gesture navigation controls auto antiflicker settings new camera enhancements like live filters panoram

04-09-2018

At least six people have been killed and several others left injured in Japan after it was hit by the strongest storm in 25 years Typhoon Jebi made landfall in the western part of Japan on Tuesday and brought heavy rains and strong winds Japan issued evacuation advisories for more than a million peo

04-09-2018

Calling on Myanmar for the immediate unconditional release of two Reuters journalists sentenced to 7 years in jail the US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said the conviction was another terrible stain on the Myanmar government She said its the duty of a responsible press in a free country to keep p

04-09-2018

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has said the 28yearold woman who allegedly shouted fascist BJP government down down onboard a domestic flight could be a member of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam LTTE A lot of Tamils in Canada are LTTE people and they use this word fascist for the BJP he added Identified a

04-09-2018

A lioness at the Ukutula Conservation Center UCC and Biobank in South Africa North’s West province has given birth to two cubs conceived via nonsurgical artificial insemination AI using fresh semen collected from an adult male lion at the same facility These are the first ever lion cubs to be born b

04-09-2018

After the poster of Jalebi was released Twitter users compared it to the iconic Korean War Goodbye Kiss picture by photographer Frank Brown in 1950 It shows a soldier kissing his wife as he departs for training for the Korean War with other soldiers Reacting to the similarity a Twitter user commente

04-09-2018

Sonu Sood while speaking about quitting Kangana Ranaut starrer Manikarnika The Queen of Jhansi said “That was not my statement I never said that I don’t want to work with a female director because I have already done a movie with a female director Farah Khan Happy New Year I only said I can’t be wor

04-09-2018

The Aligarh Muslim University AMU on Monday hit back at the University Grants Commission UGC over the latters idea to drop the word Muslim from its name saying the proposition is preposterous The name of the university gives us an idea about its history purpose and character and preserving the same

04-09-2018

A Tamil Nadu court has granted bail to a woman who was arrested yesterday for allegedly shouting fascist BJP government down down on a flight in front of BJP state President Tamilisai Soundararajan Soundararajan later filed a complaint and called the 28yearold who is pursuing studies in Canada a ter

04-09-2018

Women belonging to Below Poverty Line BPL families in Rajasthan will soon get free mobile phones under the Bhamashah Yojana the state government has announced CM Vasundhara Raje also announced that the government is planning to launch apps to help the poor get benefits of social schemes easily Furth

04-09-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala government has decided to cancel all governmentfunded events for one year and instead use the money for relief operations and rebuilding of the floodhit state The money will go to the Kerala Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund or CMDRF Programmes like the International

04-09-2018

Majerhat bridge in South Kolkata collapsed today following heavy rainfall Nearly 20 people are feared trapped under the debris One minibus a few cars and number of twowheelers were damaged as the bridge collapsed The bridge connects Behala to other parts of Kolkata and runs over the Majerhat railway

04-09-2018

A shop in Kuwait has been shut down for sticking fake eyes on fish to make them look fresher A video shared on social media by Kuwaiti newspaper Al Bayan showed a woman peeling the eyes off the fish revealing the less aesthetically pleasing reality underneath Reacting to it a Twitter user wrote Neve

04-09-2018

A gold tiffin box weighing two kilogram a cup saucer and spoon studded with rubies diamonds and emeralds were stolen from Nizams Museum in Hyderabad Police suspect the burglar entered the museum through the ventilator and to avoid being caught had bent the CCTV The antiques stolen were reportedly us

04-09-2018

Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University in Uttar Pradeshs Faizabad has allegedly issued an admit card to a student with Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchans picture on itI had filled up the form with my picture I am worried that my mark sheet might be issued with Amitabh Bachchans picture in it the BEd st

04-09-2018

State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Tamilisai Soundararajan was seen losing her cool at the Thoothukudi Airport on Monday and asking a police woman to take action against a student who shouted anti BJP slogans on a flight Sofia Lois a student from University of Montreal Canada who was also

04-09-2018

An MiG 27 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force crashed in Jodhpur on Tuesday morning The incident was reported from Banar’s Devaliya village The pilot managed to eject safely The police and fire brigade team have reached the spot Attempts are on to douse the fire A court of inquiry will investigate t

04-09-2018

Two Reuters journalists who investigated the killings of 10 Rohingya Muslims were on Monday sentenced to seven years in prison by a Myanmar court for breaching a law on state secrets Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo who were detained in December 2017 said they were unsurprised by the verdict The case drew in

03-09-2018

In a sermon of a different kind a Catholic priest addressed members of Muslim community inside a mosque thanking them for selflessly feeding the flood victims who had taken shelter at his churchFather Sanu Puthussery a Catholic priest addressed around 250 members of Muslim community inside a mosque

03-09-2018

Tiger Shroff shared a picture on social media featuring his face on one side of the picture and that of Hrithik Roshans on the other Tiger and Hrithik will be seen in Siddharth Anands upcoming dance film Ever since the makers of the film made the announcement fans just can’t keep calm to see a glimp

03-09-2018

Italian striker Fabio Quagliarella scored through a backheel volley during his teams 30 victory against Napoli in Serie A on Sunday The 35yearold jumped with his back facing the goal and diverted a low cross into the net in the 75th minute Goal of the seasonHands down Dont need to see anything else

03-09-2018

Google has confirmed a WiFi bug in the Android OS which exposes the location data of users smartphones However the company said that the bug will only be fixed in the latest Android 90 Pie which was launched earlier in August However Android Oreo and older OS versions which power more than two billi

03-09-2018

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called on political parties to evolve a consensus on a national code of conduct for MPs and MLAs both inside and outside legislatures In my view political parties must evolve a consensus on the code of conduct for their members both inside the legislature and

03-09-2018

NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Monday blamed former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajans policies for declining economic growth rate over the last three years  Rajiv Kumar said that the GDP growth rate was declining for over halfadozen quarters due to the policies of Raghuram Rajan as RBI governor

03-09-2018

After months of speculation about Deepika Padukones return to xXx series Director DJ Caruso has confirmed that Deepika Padukone will star in the fourth installment of the Vin Diesel starrer xXx film franchise Caruso tweeted Yes when a Twitter user asked him about Deepikas casting in the fourth insta

03-09-2018

While talking the Indian smartphone market OnePlus founder Pete Lau said Being number one is not our goal We are focussing on producing the best product possible OnePlus has no plan to launch phones in the sub₹30000 category he said while adding that it plans to set up 14 offline sales points along

03-09-2018

Several sadhus have lodged a protest against the sailing of a fivestar cruise ship on river Ganga which was inaugurated by Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath How can nonvegetarian and liquor be served on holy river Ganga Ganga Mahasabha General Secretary Jitendranand Saraswati asked This comes even as

03-09-2018

Hollywood couple Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz welcomed their first child together a baby girl The couple welcomed the newest member of the family on Saturday reports Page Six The 50yearold James Bond star and his 48yearold Oscarwinning wife who are well known to be private about their personal life

03-09-2018

An Englandbased couple booked an entire train for around ₹3 lakh to travel from Mettupalayam to Ooty to spend their honeymoon in the Nilgiri hills To reach the hills from Coimbatore they became the first to book an entire special train for a one way trip from  Mettupalayam Coimbatore to  Udhagamanda

03-09-2018

Britains Prince Charles has acquired the royal familys first electric car with a bespoke Tata Motors Jaguar IPace in his favourite blue shade that has been made exclusively for him The £60000 ₹552 lakh car will be the royal familys first electric car and will join a royal fleet that includes RollsRo

03-09-2018

In a letter to ticket aspirants and workers ahead of Assembly elections Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee has directed them to become active on social media and to get 15000 likes on their Facebook page and 5000 followers on Twitter It also directed them to have a WhatsApp group of boothlevel worker

03-09-2018

A Brazilian man was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International IGI Airport on Thursday for allegedly trying to smuggle 64 capsules of cocaine worth around Rs 31 crore into the country Officials said that the man had swallowed the capsules in order to escape customs checking at the airport The pas

03-09-2018

Researchers have used an artificial intelligence AI technique to successfully treat a patient with advanced cancer completely halting the disease progression In a study a patient suffering from metastatic prostate cancer was given a novel drug combination The team then used the AI to continuously id

03-09-2018

An influential social worker and Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead at point blank range by unknown assailants while he was returning home at Itahar in Uttar Dinajpur on Friday night He succumbed to his injuries after being taken to Raiganj superspecialty hospital TMC called for a 12hour bandh

03-09-2018

A 38yearold Navy officer has been arrested in Kottayam on charges of raping a woman police said Sunday The woman’s father had lodged a complaint with the police alleging that the Navy officer raped his daughter after making a false promise to marry her Murali Kumar a chief petty officer of Navy in M

03-09-2018

As many as 93500 aspirants have applied for 62 vacant posts for a messenger in UP Police for which minimum eligibility required is Class 5th Around 50000 graduates 28000 postgraduates and 3700 PhD holders have applied for 62 vacant posts in the telecom department of UP Police However the department

03-09-2018

According to Reports Indian Space Research Organisation ISRO is gearing to conduct 19 launches including the Chandrayaan2 mission “We are going to conduct 19 missions including 10 satellites and nine launch vehicles between September and March For ISRO this will be the highest density period for lau

03-09-2018

The forensic science laboratory FSL report of Yunus a key CBI witness in the Unnao rape case who died recently has ruled out poisoning as the cause of his death Last week Yunus family including his wife reached the residence of CM Yogi Adityanath to protest against the redigging of his body Yunus fa

02-09-2018

The Supreme Court has fined the Income Tax Department ₹10 lakh for making misleading statement about the pendency of an appeal and said that the apex court is not a picnic place The court added it was shocking that the department took the matter so casually The Income Tax Department had delayed the

02-09-2018

The US Marines has successfully completed a prototype barracks that has been for the first time in the world completely 3Dprinted in concrete It was printed using the worlds largest concretefed printer operated by the Additive Manufacturing Team at Marine Corps Systems Command in collaboration with

02-09-2018

No human tissue was found by doctors in the plastic bags suspected to be carrying 14 bodies of newborn babies in Kolkata on Sunday Some dry ice is there An examination is on for exact nature of the material said Kolkata Polices SouthWest Divisions Deputy Commissioner Earlier police suspected an abor

02-09-2018

A 20yearold woman and her fiancé were arrested for murdering her exboyfriend in UPs Mathura The woman claimed her exboyfriend had been threatening to post nude pictures of her online to pressure her into continuing their relationship The woman then invited the 23yearold to a hotel where she drugged

02-09-2018

The Indian contingent bagged a total of 69 medals at Asian Games 2018 their bestever medal tally in the history of the quadrennial event Indias previous best medal haul at the Games came in 2010 when the contingent clinched 65 medals India won 15 gold medals in the 2018 edition matching their record

02-09-2018

A 42yearold US man has sought over 11 million in compensation after being wrongly jailed for 17 years for a robbery his look alike may have committed Richard Anthony Jones came to know about his lookalike Ricky Amos when prison inmates started confusing the two Jones was convicted of aggravated robb

02-09-2018

The trailer of Ayushmann Khurrana Radhika Apte and Tabu starrer AndhaDhun has been released Ayushmann plays the role of a bind piano player while Radhika plays his love interest in the film Directed by Sriram Raghavan the film is scheduled to release on October 5 AndhaDhun will mark the first collab

02-09-2018

The government has proposed to amend rules under the Income Tax Act to ensure that children of single mothers do not face problems in securing a PAN Permanent Account Number PAN is compulsory for financial transactions like receiving salary and buying gold above specified limits In April IT departme

02-09-2018

A hotel in Japan has installed robot dinosaurs which serve guests at the reception wearing tiny bellboy hats The robots which feature sensors to detect motion process checkins through a tablet system that also allows customers to choose the language for communication The robots gesticulate with thei

02-09-2018

After Indias firstever Asiad heptathlon gold medallist Swapna Barman appealed for customised shoes to fit her twelvetoed feet Chennais Integral Coach Factory has revealed that it would get the shoes made Swapna by birth has six toes on both feet and has often found it very painful to wear normal sho

02-09-2018

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday announced a cash prize of Rs one crore each for the four players from the state in Indian Women Hockey team which bagged a silver medal at the Asian Games 2018 in Indonesia Odishas Sunita Lakra Namita Toppo Nilima Minz and Deep Grace Ekka were part of

02-09-2018

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan left for the US from here on Sunday for medical treatment He is being accompanied by his wife Kamala Vijayan Pinarayi who will undergo a twoweek treatment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota is expected to be back by the third week of this month His US vi

02-09-2018

Bodies of 14 newborns in a various stages of decomposition were found wrapped in plastic bags in a vacant land in Haridebpur area in southern Kolkata during a cleaning programme on Sunday The bodies wrapped in plastic bags were found on the grassy land on Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani under the Haridebpu

02-09-2018

Shahid Kapoor is all set to bring the story of former boxing champion and Asian Games gold medallist Dingko Singh alive on celluloid Social media users have slammed Shahid Kapoor after he announced that he has been cast to play Manipuri boxer Many are unhappy with the casting and  several netizens h

02-09-2018

A 95yearold British veteran of World War Two broke his own record on Saturday as the world’s oldest scuba diver after taking the plunge to explore a shipwreck off Cyprus Ray Woolley who turned 95 on Aug 28 already holds the record as the oldest active male scuba diver On Saturday he dived for 44 min

02-09-2018

A supervisor at Sochi airport in Russia has died during an emergency response after a landing plane careered off the end of the runway into a riverbed and caught fire The health ministry said 18 people were injured in the accident which occurred at about 3 am local time 0130 BST as the Utairoperated

02-09-2018

Police in central Mexico have arrested a man who fled with a coffin transporting vehicle which had a body inside it Police said the vehicle had been readied to take the body of an 80yearold man from a hospital to a funeral home The man admitted seeing the keys left in the vehicle before stealing it

02-09-2018

Calling climate change an existential threat Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele has said that any world leader who denies climate change should be taken to a mental hospital In a searing speech delivered on Thursday night during a visit to Sydney Tuilaepa Sailele berated leaders who fail to take

02-09-2018

Former President of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union Kanhaiya Kumar will fight 2019 Lok Sabha elections on Communist Party of India CPI ticket Claiming that Kanhaiya has agreed to it CPI said he is likely to contest from Begusarai constituency in Bihar He may get support from Lalu Prasad

02-09-2018

Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that reciting sacred texts like Hanuman Chalisa and Bajrang Balis aarti will stop monkeys from causing harm to people He was responding to Mathura residents complaints of monkeys attacking them Adityanath also shared an instance where a monkey came a

01-09-2018

A nearly ninemetrehigh inflatable balloon depicting London Mayor Sadiq Khan wearing a bikini was launched in the city on Saturday It is in an attempt by campaigners to highlight the capital’s rise in violent crime This comes after Khan allowed flying a balloon depicting US President Donald Trump as

01-09-2018

As a consequence of the continuous rainfall and landslides in various parts of Uttarakhand a 100metre long and 50metre deep lake has been formed near the Tehri GarhwalDehradun border forcing the people living in nearby houses to vacate the area on the instructions of the authorities Soon after the d

01-09-2018

India will help Nepal construct a rail link between capital Kathmandu and an Indian border town for smoother movement of passengers and cargo to the landlocked Himalayan nation which neighbouring China is also trying to woo with a similar plan An agreement to study the feasibility of a rail line lin

01-09-2018

Rajasthan BJP leader Badri Narayan Meenas son Bharat Bhushan Meena was arrested after his car ran over four sleeping labourers in Jaipur on Thursday killing two of them Police said 35yearold Bharat Bhushan Meena the son of Karaudi BJP farmer cell head Badri Meena was found to be in an inebriated con

01-09-2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the India Post Payments Bank which will go live with 650 branches and 3250 access points Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said loan defaulters will not be spared and the government was working speedily towards recovery of bad loans The government a

01-09-2018

Sonu Sood has slammed Kangana Ranaut over her remarks that he quit the film Manikarnika The Queen of Jhansi after refusing to work under a woman director In his response on Saturday Sonu said even though Kangana is a good friend making the entire issue about male chauvinism is ridiculous Kangana is

01-09-2018

Hollywood actress Vanessa Marquez was shot and killed by police in Pasadena city after she allegedly pointed a toy gun at them The police were conducting a welfare check at her home when she pointed the gun at them following which she was shot in the torso Marquez is known for her role in the TV sho

01-09-2018

An Indian citizen who was the CEO of two information technology companies in the US has been arrested in connection with a multiyear visafraud scheme involving forged and fraudulent documents to get visas such as H1B for over 200 foreign workers Pradyumna Kumar Samal 49 was taken into custody as he

01-09-2018

A video showing soldiers from India Pakistan and Russia dancing to Punjabi songs has gone viral The video was taken when India hosted a cultural event during the multinational antiterror drills organised by Shanghai Cooperation Organisation in Russia This was the first time that troops from India an

01-09-2018

The Trump administration has announced it will cut all US funding for the main UN programme for Palestinian refugees a move with potentially devastating impacts for five million people who rely on its schools healthcare and social services The announcement comes days after the US said it was  withdr

01-09-2018

Indias 60yearold Pranab Bardhan and 56yearold Shibnath Sarkar won the mens pair bridge event to bag the countrys firstever gold in bridge at the Asian Games The card game has been featured as a sport at the Asian Games for the first time in the 2018 edition India have won 15 gold medals at the Asiad

01-09-2018

Indias 22yearold boxer Amit Panghal defeated 2016 Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov in the mens 49kg final to bag gold at the Asian Games 2018 Amit was the only Indian boxer who made it to a final at the quadrennial event He had won silver medal at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year and a bro

01-09-2018

A gurdwara priest and his wife were apprehended on Saturday for allegedly disrespecting holy scriptures in Punjab’s Ferozepur The couple has been accused of using torn pages of holy scriptures to wrap the tiffin of their two schoolgoing children  According to police the priest’s wife used the pages

01-09-2018

Two boys who broke into their favourite biryani joint in Delhis Sarita Vihar in order to rob the cash counter decided to eat all the biryani they could find when they laid eyes on an empty cash counter and stole a laptop instead Police said the duo had intended to steal money from the cash counter b

01-09-2018

In order to marry another man a married woman in Uttar Pradeshs Faizabad faked her own death After an FIR was lodged alleging that her inlaws killed her for dowry a woman from Uttar Pradeshs Barabanki district was found alive and married to another man in Delhi The police were able to arrest her aft

01-09-2018

As many as 36 Hindu migrants from Pakistan were awarded Indian citizenship in the presence of District Collector Siddharth Mahajan in Jaipur on Thursday 72 Pakistani migrants were granted Indian citizenship earlier and as of now 60 cases are pending as the report from the Intelligence Bureau is yet

31-08-2018

Japanese car maker Nissan has recalled about 166000 vehicles from North America over a problem with the ignition switch which could cause the vehicle’s engine to shut down while driving Out of the vehicles 153000 are in the US while 13000 have been recalled from Canada Some of the affected models in

31-08-2018

Amitabh Bachchan is set to make his debut in the Tamil film industry with an upcoming film that stars SJ Suryah The directoractor will be working with Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan in his next titled Uyarndha Manidhan The film will be directed by Tha Tamilvaanan who is on cloud nine about working

31-08-2018

According to Reports Sonu Sood who was playing a pivotal role in the movie Manikarnika The Queen Of Jhansi has backed out from the film It was being said that Sonu left the film because of KanganaKangana Ranaut said that Sonu had made an exit from the film She said “Sonu and I haven’t even met since

31-08-2018

A Twitter user recently posted a picture with a poll asking people if its a beach or a door The picture shows three colours blue green and offwhite placed vertically alongside each other People got confused as it initially appears a door but looks like a beach when rotated The same person later shar

31-08-2018

More than 11000 claims worth an estimated Rs 1200 crore have been filed by floodaffected people with the four public sector insurance companies in Kerala United India Insurance Company Director and General Manager K B Vijay Srinivas said the public sector insurance companies had decided to simplify

31-08-2018

District Rural Development Agency has issued notification to fill the posts of Assistant and various other District Rural Development Agency Godda Jharkhand DRDA has issued this notification for recruitment Number of vacancies 33 posts Name of vacancies 1 Technical Assistant Assistant Engineer

31-08-2018

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited has released an employment notification calling out aspirants to apply for the post of Deputy General Manager Those interested can check out the eligibility salary scale how to apply and the complete details of the government job here Selected candidates can earn

31-08-2018

Aditya Birla Group said that Vodafone India and Idea Cellular have completed the merger to create the countrys largest telecom company with 408 mn active subscribers and a revenue market share of 322 A new board has been constituted for the merged entity Vodafone Idea Ltd with 12 directors including

31-08-2018

The Maharashtra Police said on Friday there were clear links between the five arrested activists and Naxals When we were confident that clear links have been established then only we moved to take action against these people in different cities Evidence clearly establishes their roles with Maoists A

31-08-2018

Authorities have decided to install automatic rail track fracture detection system across the 508 km bullet train project connecting Mumbai and Ahmedabad to prevent accidents The bullet trains will be laced with advanced fire detection system and antiderailment measures while protecting the structur

31-08-2018

Following the floods in the state of Kerala health department officials are now reporting an influx in the number of cases of leptospirosis Leptospirosis often dubbed rat fever is commonly spread through the urine of infected rats while its symptoms include fever headache vomiting muscle pain and ti

31-08-2018

Police in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday stopped a man from selling his oneyearold son to arrange money for treatment of his pregnant wife They even pooled in money and donated blood for the woman Arvind Kumar a dailywage worker from Saurikh in Kannauj district had admitted his pregnant wife to the dist

31-08-2018

Terrorists have kidnapped family members of five police personnel in Kashmir after raiding their houses on Thursday The abductions were carried out after the terrorists raided houses of many policemen in the Kashmir Valley Police have launched a massive search operation to trace them Nine of the ten

31-08-2018

After Marvel’s Black Panther first film and Rajinikanth’s Kaala first Indian film Akshay Kumar’s Gold has become the first Bollywood film to secure a release in Saudi Arabia Akshay today took to Twitter to share the news The story of Indias first Gold medal victory for the first time in the Kingdom

31-08-2018

Mumbais Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport was renamed as Chhatrapati Shivaji ‘Maharaj’ International Airport on Thursday Congratulations to the people of Maharashtra the long pending demand is now fulfilled said Suresh Prabhu Minister of Civil Aviation The request was initially made by BJP M

31-08-2018

Banks will largely remain open in the first week of September and there will be no impact on the functioning of ATMs contrary to social media buzz that claimed banks across India will be closed for six days during the week The clarification was made by Ashwani Rana VP of National Organization of Ba

31-08-2018

The hot couple of Bollywood Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover fell in love on the sets of Alone in 2015 and eventually got married in the year 2016 After Alone Bipasha has been missing from the big screen and KSG was last seen in 3 Dev which released earlier this year Now according to Reports Bip

31-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The Kerala Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund CMDRF has received a total donation of over ₹1027 crore as of August 31 to help those affected in the floodhit state While nearly ₹146 crore has been received through electronic payments ₹83586 crore has been received via cash cheque

31-08-2018

The Uttarakhand high court on Thursday banned fatwas in the state stepping in after a media report that a panchayat in Haridwar district had asked a 15yearold rape victim and her family to leave their village The court slammed the panchayat for having the audacity to extern the family instead of sym

31-08-2018

Karan Johar has found one of his seven doppelgangers in the world The Bollywood director has retweeted a man who claims to be his lookalike On Thursday Karan  took to Twitter to share a laugh with his fans and followers “People says I do look like karanjohar is it” the man had written in a reply to

30-08-2018

Jinson Johnson on Thursday bagged Indias first gold medal in the mens 1500m event at the Asian Games after 56 years The 27yearold clocked 34472 seconds to finish first and bag his second medal at the Asian Games 2018 after having won silver in the 800m event Manjit Singh who bagged gold in 800m fini

30-08-2018

New Delhi The Indian rupee on Thursday weakend to a new alltime low at 7082 against the US dollar after opening at 7069 in morning trading Rupee closed at 7074 a dollar down 020 from its previous close of 7059 The currency today opened at 7069 a dollar and touched a fresh alltime low of 7086 a dolla

30-08-2018

Former Andhra Pradesh CM NTR Raos son Nandamuri Harikrishna wasnt wearing a seat belt before the accident on Wednesday Nalagonda police said Had he used a seat beltthe impact wouldve been less and he couldve survived police said adding the actorpolitician was thrown out of the car on the other side

30-08-2018

Vending machines and snack kiosks in schools across South Korea will stop selling all coffee products by September 14 The ban is part of a campaign to discourage consumption of food and drinks high in calories or caffeine The ban follows media reports of some students suffering dizziness increased h

30-08-2018

Actor and Makkal Needhi Maiam MNM chief Kamal Haasan on Wednesday said that his party is ready for the 2019 general elections but are not in a mindset to contest the forthcoming byeelection in Tamil Nadu When asked about contesting upcoming byelections in Tamil Nadu Haasan stated We are getting read

30-08-2018

Celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Chrissy Teigen posted pictures and videos of themselves sporting accessories that appear to be temporarily implanted in their skin The accessories are part of an upcoming exhibition on body modification run by fashion brand A Human Itll exhibit its debut coll

30-08-2018

Syed Shakeel Yousuf the son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin was arrested by National Investigation Agency NIA in Srinagar on Thursday in connection with a 2011 terror funding case Shakeel who works as a lab technician at the ShereKashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Soura is the second s

30-08-2018

A passenger bitten by a rat while travelling on a train was on Wednesday awarded a compensation of Rs 25000 by a consumer forum which also directed the railways to pay additional Rs 2000 towards medical expenses District Consumer Forum president R V Dheenadayalan and member S Rajalakshmi awarded the

30-08-2018

A Buddhist monk was detained on Wednesday in Bihars Bodh Gaya for allegedly sexually abusing 15 boys from Assam studying at a schoolcummeditation centre run by him Superintendent of Police City Gaya Anil Kumar said the monk was being interrogated by Town Deputy SP Rajkumar ShahThe monk ran an instit

30-08-2018

Indias firstever Asiad heptathlon gold medalist Swapna Barman who was born with six toes on each foot has said she could do better if someone provided her with customised footwear Barman who has six toes ion both her feet produced her careerbest performance on Wednesday logging 6026 aggregate points

30-08-2018

Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad Yadav surrendered before a CBI court in Ranchi on Thursday in the fodder scam case He had been ordered to surrender today by Ranchi High Court He had filed a petition asking for a 3month extension of his bail on health grounds However the Jharkhand High Cou

30-08-2018

Chennai The second bench of the Madras High Court has directed the authorities concerned to provide a separate lane for VIPs including sitting judges of the High Court to pass through the toll plazas in the country without any hindrance Any violation of this directive will be viewed seriously and sh

30-08-2018

The Delhi consumer commission has asked a private hospital here to pay Rs 25 lakh as compensation to the family of a man who died there during treatment due to deficient service The Delhi State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has asked the Jaipur Golden Hospital to pay Rs 24 lakh as compensat

30-08-2018

Four policemen were martyred during a terrorist attack in Kashmirs Shopian district on Wednesday The attack took place close to the fruit mandi at Bongam in south Kashmir’s Shopian district The incident happened hours after security forces killed two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in Anantnag They wer

30-08-2018

Jalandhar Police arrested Chandigarhs first woman cab driver Navdeep Kaur accused of carjacking and kidnapping along with two others on Monday Kaur who goes by the alias Deep is famously known as first woman cabbie in Chandigarh Her husband Gurwinder Singh has already been serving a jail term in Cha

30-08-2018

A teacher at a school in Gujarat allegedly cut off rakhis tied on students wrists a day after Rakshabandhan The Gujarat government has sought explanation from a school in Gandhinagar following allegations that one of its teachers forcibly removed rakhis tied on the wrists of students Some parents ha

30-08-2018

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui who plays the late Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto in the film offered to do it just for Re 1 largely for Manto and little bit for NanditaThis is the character that an actor would give an arm and leg for But to not charge even a nominal fee is very gracious of Nawaz Nandita

30-08-2018

Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal posted pictures on her official Twitter account of the ring her father gifted her after her bronze medal at the Asian Games 2018 Special gift from papa to me after winning my Asian games medal 2018 in Jakarta indonesia read Nehwals tweet Nehwal became the first Indian fe

30-08-2018

An Australian designer duo has launched a collection featuring clothing made using a special type of aloe verablended linen which moisturises the skin The lifestyle label Alex and Trahanas headed up by Alex Heard and Heleena Trahana recently unveiled a capsule collection one featuring clothing made

30-08-2018

A 10yearold girl was allegedly molested by her elder brother after he forced her to drink liquor at their house in Carterpuri village in Palam Vihar on Monday police said on Tuesday The 22yearold man was arrested on Tuesday morning when he came to the house to collect his belongings after fleeing th

29-08-2018

A 32yearold female television journalist Subarna Nodi was hacked to death by unidentified assailants at her home in Bangladeshs Pabna district Goutam Kumar Biswas Pabna Additional Superintendent of Police ASP told the media Unidentified assailants rang the doorbell around 10 pm on Tuesday They hacke

29-08-2018

The Supreme Court today heard a plea challenging the arrest of five activists who were rounded up for alleged Maoists links from different parts of the country on Tuesday Maharashtra Police had arrested five leftwing activists Sudha Bhardwaj Varavara Rao Gautam Navlakha Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Fe

29-08-2018

Swapna Barman became the first Indian woman to win the gold medal at the womens heptathlon in the Asian Games on Wednesday despite suffering a jaw injury The gold was Indias second of the day and 11th overall equalling the nations gold tally in the 2014 edition Swapna threw a personal best in javeli

29-08-2018

Arpinder Singh won the mens triple jump event on Wednesday to bag Indias fourth gold medal in athletics and 10th overall at Asian Games 2018 The 25yearold jumped 1677m on his third attempt to bag Indias first Asiad triple jump gold since 1970 Another Indian triple jumper Rakesh Babu finished sixth i

29-08-2018

Kochi Keralas Kochi airport resumed operations at 2pm today after being shut for 15 days due to the floods in the state The Cochin International Airport Limited CIAL had confirmed on Tuesday that all tests were done and the long wait ends The airport was earlier shut till August 18 after which it wa

29-08-2018

New Delhi The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday asked the states to ban Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems ENDS including ecigarettes vape esheesha ehookah etc in a bid to protect children adolescents and women of reproductive age from several health risks Children and nonsmokers us

29-08-2018

Banks have received 993 of the ₹500 and ₹1000 notes invalidated after PM Narendra Modi governments demonetisation move in November 2016 the Reserve Bank of India RBI said in its annual report for 201718 An amount of Rs 107 billion has not yet been received by the RBI after the cash ban the report sa

29-08-2018

Instagram has launched an inapp feature to allow users to apply for a blue tick verification badge On Instagram blue check marks are fairly rare even among pretty big brands and public figures To access the feature users can tap the menu icon in their profile select Settings at the bottom and then

29-08-2018

Ridehailing startup Ubers aerial taxi arm Uber Elevate is reportedly considering India as one of the five countries where it wants to launch air taxi service Uber is likely to use small vertical take off and landing aircraft for this service that unlike helicopters will make use of electric propulsi

29-08-2018

The US first lady opted for total glamour when asked to dig a hole in the White House garden Reacting to US First Lady Melania Trump planting a tree while wearing heels a Twitter user wrote FLOTUS is truly deeply dedicated to her high heels While other users tweeted By the look of those shoes she wa

29-08-2018

A University of Hong Kong professor has been arrested on suspicion of killing his wife after police found her body stuffed in a suitcase in his office the latest grisly murder to transfix the crowded city Officers discovered the body of a woman wearing only her underwear and with electric wire aroun

29-08-2018

An FIR has been lodged after 30 children from Jharkhand went missing from a shelter home in Punjabs Ludhiana district police said on Tuesday The complaint filed before the antihuman trafficking unit AHTU of the Chaibasa police also accused the Ludhianabased Paskin Mary Cross Child Shelter Home of co

29-08-2018

The Union Cabinet today approved the release of an additional instalment of dearness allowance DA for central government employees and dearness relief to pensioners with effect from 1 July 2018 The DA hike will benefit about 4841 lakh central government employees and 62 lakh pensioners The decision

29-08-2018

PM Narendra Modi has said that everybody should train themselves not to spread dirt through social media In a video interaction with Bharatiya Janata Party workers and volunteers from Varanasi his Lok Sabha constituency Modi said everybody should train themselves to never use social media platforms

29-08-2018

Technology giant Google on Tuesday rejected US President Donald Trumps claim that its news search results were rigged to show bad news and stories about him “Search is not used to set a political agenda and we don’t bias our results toward any political ideology” a Google spokesperson said in an ema

29-08-2018

Manjit Singh who won India a gold after 36 years in mens 800m race at Asiad has revealed he was told two years ago that he was too old to improve The son of a dairy farmer the 28yearold had lost his contractual job at ONGC two years ago He trained with an Army coach while taking support from parents

29-08-2018

Softbank Robotics today announced that its robot Pepper will now use emotion recognition AI from Affectiva to interpret and respond to human activity Affectivas Emotion AI software will give Pepper the ability to detect more advanced states of human facial expressions For instance Pepper will be abl

29-08-2018

The process for selecting three astronauts for India’s first manned space flight will begin at the earliest to give them enough time to train for the 2022 mission which is slated to cost less than ₹10000 crore ISRO Chairman K Sivan on Tuesday said the three astronauts chosen for Indias first manned

29-08-2018

Nandamuri Harikrishna actorpolitician and son of former Andhra Pradesh CM NT Rama Raoalso the father of popular Telugu film actor Jr NTR  passed away on Wednesday morning after he met with an accident on the Annaparthi road near Narketpally in Telanganas Nalgonda district He was 61  Reportedly the T

29-08-2018

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has said roughly 6000 railway stations will be WiFienabled in the next six to eight months The minister also stressed on the need for highspeed Internet connectivity in the remotest parts of the country “We believe that if we have to leverage digital technology the basi

29-08-2018

Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission TNPSC has released an employment notification calling out aspirants to apply for the post of Statistical InspectorSelected candidates can earn up to INR 116600 The last date to apply for the government job is Sep 26 2018 TNPSC Recruitment 2018 Vacancy Details

28-08-2018

Congress President Rahul Gandhi who is on a twoday visit to floodhit Kerala let an air ambulance take off before his own helicopter at a helipad in Chengannur on Tuesday Pictures also showed Gandhi walking towards the ambulance to check on the patient He then proceeded back to his helicopter and wai

28-08-2018

A video of rainwater gushing through the ceiling of Guwahatis international airport has gone viral The video shows rainwater pouring from the light sockets in the newlyexpanded baggage screening area of Assams only international airport While passengers complained about getting drenched the airport

28-08-2018

A 60metretall wind turbine was blown over and uprooted by the strong winds brought by a cyclone in Japan last week The structure in Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park was built in 2002 in memory of the Great Hanshin Earthquake which devastated parts of Hyogo prefecture in 1995 The turbine was pictured

28-08-2018

The Central Board of Secondary Education CBSE will help Kerala students get their education certificates back in case they might have lost them in the floods through its digital repository said CBSE on Monday Students whose board examrelated documents such as marksheets migration certificates and pa

28-08-2018

Star Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat got engaged to Somveer Rathi upon her return to India from Indonesia after clinching a historic gold medal at the Asian Games 2018 The duo exchanged rings outside the arrival gates with Vineshs uncle Mahavir Phogat in attendance Vinesh also celebrated her 24th birt

28-08-2018

World number three PV Sindhu lost to world number one Tai Tzuying in the womens singles final on Tuesday to bag Indias firstever silver medal in badminton at Asian Games Sindhu playing in her fifth final of 2018 lost the match with a scoreline of 1321 1621 Saina Nehwal had won bronze medal in the ev

28-08-2018

Two members of a gang involved in drawing blood out of youngsters after sedating them were caught redhanded by Basti police on Monday The police had laid out a trap based on a tipoff and caught the culprits when they were extracting blood from a child after luring him into a clinic by offering him a

28-08-2018

Google on Tuesday rebranded its Indiabased payments app Google Tez into Google Pay and has partnered with four private banks to offer consumer loans online The US search giant said that customers will get instant preapproved loans right within Google Pay in a matter of seconds Google has claimed tha

28-08-2018

A US judge has dismissed the shareholders lawsuit against Elon Muskled Tesla accusing the carmaker of misleading Model 3 vehicles production targets It was ruled that while Tesla failed to achieve production goals Federal securities laws do not punish companies for failing to achieve their targets F

28-08-2018

The Tripura government has issued a dress code barring government officials from wearing jeans cargo pants and sunglasses It has instructed them against using mobile phones during meetings In a memo it also directed magistrates and top district officials to ensure that the dress code is followed at

28-08-2018

Chennai Late Tamil Nadu CM Karunanidhis son M K Stalin was elected as the president of the DMK on Tuesday 28 August at the partys general council meeting in Chennai Prior to his election he was the working president of the party The 65yearold is only the second President of the party after Karunanid

28-08-2018

The government on Monday announced that industries including real estate power and agriculture will be able to legally fly drones in the country for commercial purposes from December 1 Initially drones will be allowed only along visual lineofsight during daytime with a maximum altitude of 400 feet T

28-08-2018

Two Supreme Court judges — Kurian Joseph and KM Joseph — took to the stage and sang songs in Hindi English and Malayalam at a fundraising event for Kerala flood victims Monday evening The function comes days after Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra announced that all the judges of the apex court don

28-08-2018

A viral video claiming to show people in a halfakilometre long queue waiting to buy alcohol in Keralas Thrissur district was found to be fake People in the video had actually queue up at a petrol pump as there was a shortage of fuel during the recent Kerala floods The video was verified using signbo

28-08-2018

Uber has plans to phase out cars in favour of electric bicycles and scooters for customers taking shorter journeys in big cities The ride hailing app already has the plan in place in  New York City Washington DC and Denver and will soon expand the environmentally friendly modes of transport to Europ

28-08-2018

Authorities in Spain have seized 67 kilograms of cocaine stuffed in pineapples at a wholesale fruit and vegetable market in the capital Madrid The drugstuffed fruits were found at the sprawling Mercamadrid market among a shipment of pineapples that arrived in the Portuguese port of Setubal by ship f

27-08-2018

Nearly 37 years after an Air India plane was hijacked and commandeered to Pakistan a Delhi court on Monday acquitted two of the accused in the case who were charged with waging war against the country The court said that the prosecution had miserably failed to prove its case against them beyond reas

27-08-2018

Taking a leaf out of Prime Minister Narendra Modis book Congress President Rahul Gandhi used his Europe tour to reach out to nonresident Indians or NRIs a group largely known to support Modis Bharatiya Janata Party BJP in recent years Furthermore throughout the tour he targeted Modi for his style an

27-08-2018

Heavy to very heavy rains are expected in over a dozen states including Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra besides eastern coast in the next two days Heavy rains are expected over isolated places in Uttarakhand Rajasthan Jharkhand Assam and other Northeastern states the National Disaster M

27-08-2018

Jakarta Neeraj Chopra becomes the first Indian to win an Asian Games gold medal in the javelin throw event The Javelin thrower recorded his personal best throw of 8806m in his third attempt All of Neerajs throws were better than the silver medalists best throw Chinas Qizhen Liu finishes second with

27-08-2018

At least 12 persons were injured after clashes broke out between protestors and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir as many parts of the valley observed a spontaneous shutdown following rumours about scrapping of Article 35A Meanwhile a threejudge bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and J

27-08-2018

Skype the platform famous for its widelyused videocalling facility now finally comes with endtoend encryption This feature has been the backbone of security for WhatsApp over the years and continues to be so even today The endtoend encryption E2EE standard ensures that messages videos or even photos

27-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram On the backdrop of auspicious Onam the Chief Minister in a Facebook post requested Malayalee diaspora around the world to come forward for the betterment of Kerala after the devastating Floods that claimed lives of several innocent citizens Citing the humongous loss of Rs 19512 cr

27-08-2018

Suspended Gorakhpur BRD Medical College Hospital Doctor Kafeel Khan on Monday accused Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath of doing politics in infant death case Reacting to Adityanaths remark Khan said he is doing politics and trying to mislead people on the issueWhat CM has said is incorre

27-08-2018

Guests have claimed that they were served raw meat and drinks in unwashed glasses at Egypts fivestar hotel evacuated by Thomas Cook last week following a couples death within hours of each other While 69yearold John reportedly died of cardiac arrest 63yearold Susan died after fainting Several other

27-08-2018

Sara Ali Khan while slamming paparazzi for clicking pictures of her at Shree Mukteshwar Devalaya in Mumbai said Im telling you to stop this This is a mandir dont do this She repeatedly asked the paparazzi to stop clicking her pictures She was seen scolding the paparazzi as she went to distribute pac

27-08-2018

Esha Deol and Hema Malini walked the ramp together at the Lakme Fashion WeekThe motherdaughter duo looked elegant and graceful in traditional outfits Esha shared photos after the show and posted on her Instagram account “Walking the ramp with my most comfortable partner my mother Celebrities lik

27-08-2018

Former Prime Minister Manmohan wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi raising concern over what he termed as an governments’s ‘agenda’ to ‘change the nature and character’ of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library NMML and the Teen Murti complex The former PM in his letter has asserted that the h

27-08-2018

Two people were killed and at least eleven were injured in a mass shooting incident when a man opened fire at an online video game tournament that was being streamed from a restaurant in Florida USA The police identified the shooter as 24yearold David Katz who killed himself after the shooting His b

27-08-2018

Jakartha PV Sindhu has taken the first game of her womens singles semifinal against Akane Yamaguchi Saina Nehwal finished her campaign with a bronze World number three P V Sindhu today became the firstever Indian shuttler to reach the final at the Asian Games Sindhu achieved the feat by defeating wo

27-08-2018

The Supreme Court on 27 August issued a notice to WhatsApp Inc the IT Ministry and the Finance Ministry demanding a detailed reply as to why the popular messaging platform hadn’t appointed a grievance officer in India to address concerns arising from its usage This comes days after Information Techn

27-08-2018

According to Reports the Indian Navy rescued nearly 17000 people caught in gushing waters in floodravaged Kerala Navy personnel who were part of the rescue mission code named Op Madad in Kerala displayed their skills and courage in rescuing thousands of people Commander Sridhar Warriersaid In all th

27-08-2018

One died and many trapped as a building collapsed in Ahmedabad The incident happened in the Aadav section of Ahmedabad Many people are trapped in the ruins of the building Four people were rescued There are about ten people who are trapped Following a warning that the building could be broken at any

27-08-2018

Kochi As flood waters rose to engulf their homes at Kainakary a picturesque village in Alappuzha district at least 20 families took refuge in a church cemetery and are living in the company of the dead with their domestic animals Thankachan and his family refused to accept help and go to a safer pla

27-08-2018

A special SIT court in Ahmedabad today convicted two of the five accused to the life sentence in the train burning at Godhra in 2002 The court also acquitted three others in the case  These persons were accused of burning the S6 coach in 2002 at Godhra Six persons were absconding when the special co

27-08-2018

At least seven people are feared trapped under debris after two blocks of a fourstorey government colony building for the economically weaker section collapsed in Ahmedabad on Sunday nightOfficials said the building was declared unsafe a day ago and 150 occupants were evacuated Mayor Bijal Patel tol

27-08-2018

Former UN SecretaryGeneral and Noble Peace Prize laureate Kofi Annan will be laid to rest in his home country Ghana on September 13 The President said Annan will be given a full state burial that “befits his status as a global icon diplomat and statesmanAnnan will be buried at the Burma Camp militar

26-08-2018

Hima Das on Sunday became the first Indian sprinter since Manjit Kaur in 2006 to bag silver in the womens 400m event at Asian Games The 18yearold set a new national record by clocking 5079 seconds in the final overtaking the 5100second record she set in the heats on Saturday Another Indian sprinter

26-08-2018

Bill Melinda Gates Foundation has announced that USD 600000  ₹418 crore  will be sent to UNICEF to strengthen relief and rehabilitation efforts in Kerala which witnessed its worst floods in nearly a century The grant aims to bolster efforts in assisting floodaffected people to rebuild their lives t

26-08-2018

German luxury automaker Audi has unveiled a new electric supercar prototype Audi PB 18 etron which can go 0100 kmph in less than 2 seconds The allwheeldrive vehicle has three electric motors that push out a combined 670 horsepower and 612 pounds of torque It has a range of over 500 km and can be ful

26-08-2018

Sprinter Muhammed Anas Yahiya on Sunday clocked 4569 seconds to bag silver medal in the mens 400m event at the Asian Games 2018 With this he became the first Indian since K K Premachandran in 1982 to finish second in the mens 400m event at the Asian Games Further Arokia Rajiv who won bronze in the 2

26-08-2018

The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI on Sunday said it has established links between the murders of Punebased rationalist Narendra Dabholkar and Bengalurubased journalist Gauri Lankesh It also asked for extension of police custody of one of the prime suspects Sachin Andure The agency has recovere

26-08-2018

Indias distance runner Govindan Lakshmanan was stripped of his bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games after he stepped out of the track during the mens 10000m race on Sunday It was after 20 years that India had won a medal at the event Chinas Changhong Zhao who finished 23 seconds behind Lakshmanan ha

26-08-2018

Indian shotputter Tajinderpal Singh Toor who won gold medal at the Asian Games 2018 with a record throw wanted to be a cricketer since childhood It turned out to be a big inspiration as the 23year old shotputter from Punjab not only went on to win India’s seventh gold medal with a throw of 2075 metr

26-08-2018

Kochi The Kerala government has announced that electricity has been restored for over 23 lakh disrupted connections The Twitter handle of Kerala Chief Ministers Office posted that so far as many as 131683 houses wrecked in the flood have been cleaned The post added that electricity has been restored

26-08-2018

Google’s France division has announced that it is shutting down its official page on its own social networking website Google The Google France wrote a post on Google announcing that it is shutting down its own page on the service this weekend but did not know how to announce it directing its users

26-08-2018

Four terrorists were arrested this morning after a brief gunfight with security forces in the upper reaches Jammu and Kashmirs Kupwaradistricts Handwara while they trying to cross across the Line of Control or LoC A team of the army and the state police surrounded a group of newly recruited terroris

26-08-2018

Reliance Naval and Engineering on Saturday said that Anil Ambani has resigned as the companys director with immediate effect Ambani resigned in compliance with Companies Act 2013 prescribing the limit on directorships to only 10 public companies the company said Reliance Naval and Engineering operat

26-08-2018

A complaint was filed against Congress president Rahul Gandhi in a court  seeking registration of a defamation case against him for allegedly tarnishing and lowering the image of the countryThe complaint was filed by advocate Sudhir Kumar Ojha in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Hari Prasad wh

26-08-2018

A day after Karnataka Tourism Minister Sa Ra Mahesh had a spat with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman the BJPled government at the Centre accused him of lowering the dignity of the Rajya Sabha The Ministry of Defence issued a statement in New Delhi stating that Maheshs remarks had showed utter lac

26-08-2018

At least 19 people were killed and 23 injured in a fire that broke out at a hotel in Chinas Harbin city Authorities were investigating the cause of the blaze the Harbin unit of Chinas ruling Communist Party said on its Weibo account The fire broke out in the morning at the Beilong Hot Spring Hotel i

25-08-2018

Women seeking to end early pregnancies in England soon will be allowed to take an abortion pill at home under a new government plan set to take effect by the end of the year Currently women undergoing medical abortions up to the 10th week of a pregnancy must take two pills at a clinic 24 to 48 hours

25-08-2018

The UN has renewed its appeal for aid for Rohingyas on the first anniversary on Saturday of the crackdown that led to more than 700000 members of the minority community fleeing Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR led the aid appeals on Friday calling for support for the st

25-08-2018

After a meeting with EU states failed to find a solution to Italys migration woes the UN asked for a deal to be made The UN refugee agency said EU states are in a race to the bottom to take the least responsibility The United Nations refugee agency on Saturday called for European Union states to com

25-08-2018

The Defence Ministry on Saturday approved procurement worth nearly Rs 46000 crore including the purchase of 24 multirole helicopters for the Navy and manufacturing of 111 naval utility helicopters in India through a Strategic Partnership route The Defence Acquisition Council headed by Defence Minist

25-08-2018

Air India on Friday clarified that a letter pretending to be an official letter announcing the permanent shutdown of the airline from October 1 2018 is absolutely fake The fake letter claimed the board of directors unanimously called for the airlines shutdown due to poor profit margins Employees are

25-08-2018

The government has decided to offer a direct subsidy of ₹14 lakh for each electric vehicle according to reports According to reports the subsidy will be linked to the size of the battery with each kilowatt hour KwH capacity earning a subsidy of Rs 10000 This means existing electric cars which come w

25-08-2018

US tech giant Apple on Saturday announced to donate Rs 7 crore towards the ongoing relief workWere heartbroken by the catastrophic flooding in Kerala Apple is donating Rs 7 crore to support the life saving work Mercy Corps India and the Chief Ministers Distress Relief Fund are undertaking to support

25-08-2018

A car carrying BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao hit two women in Andhra Pradeshs Guntur on Friday killing one on the spot “I was sleeping on a back seat when the incident happened I was at the spot for 45 minutes until police came injured woman was taken to hospital a vehicle arrived to take the deceased l

25-08-2018

Janhvi Kapoor turned showstopper for designer Nachiket Barve at the ongoing Lakmé Fashion Week Winter Festive 2018 in Mumbai She looked beautiful in a lehenga with shades of blue which had pink and golden floral prints and a matching crop top

25-08-2018

A jewellery shop in Gujarats Surat has made gold rakhis with faces of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani and UP CM Yogi Adityanath engraved on them The rakhis made of 22 carat gold are priced between ₹50000 and ₹70000 The jeweller claimed that he had designed 50 such rakhis out of

25-08-2018

Salman Khan Rekha Shatrughan Sinha and his daughter Sonakshi Sinha have featured in a remake of the song Rafta Rafta which is in the form of a medley for the Dharmendra starrer Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se The medley also featured other old songs including O Mere Sona Re Sona Re SalaameIshq Meri Jaan

25-08-2018

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman got into a heated exchange of words with Karnataka Minister Sa Ra Mahesh when the former was on her visit to Karnatakas floodhit Kodagu district on Friday to review the armys relief operations Nirmala Sitharaman lost her cool at a press conference and blasted Karn

25-08-2018

The Indian rowing contingent fell well short of its sevenmedal target at the Asian Games and the belowpar performance may well lead to the sacking of technical director Nicolai Gioga Girish Phadnis secretary general at Rowing Federation of India told that a meeting will be called soon to review the

25-08-2018

A day after UAE Ambassador Ahmed Albanna said his country had not announced “any specific amount as financial aid” for floodhit Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan maintained on Friday that there was “no confusion over the aid” “There is no confusion over the aid from UAE The issue was discussed

25-08-2018

Britain’s Thomas Cook said it was evacuating all 301 of its customers from a hotel in Egypt’s popular Red Sea resort of Hurghada as a precautionary measure after two of its holidaymakers died in circumstances it said were still unclear John Cooper 69 and his wife Susan Cooper a 63year old who worked

25-08-2018

The first Humboldt Penguin chick in the country which hatched in the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan Zoo also called the Byculla Zoo in Mumbai on August 15 has died The Humboldt Penguin chick died on August 22 night due to anomalies associated with newborn penguins The zoo has four female penguins an

25-08-2018

Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday launched Neta App a technology platform that allows voters to rate their political representatives The app’s makers say it would help “fostering political accountability by being an early indicator of how a leader’s performance is being perceived by the vo

25-08-2018

India and China have agreed to expand their military ties and enhance interaction to ensure peace on their common borderThis came following a meeting between Indian Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe ndia and China have sought to improve their ties after being

25-08-2018

The government of India has reportedly withdrawn the security clearance for English news channel Al Jazeera The television channel will be required to stop broadcasting in the country without the license reported The Economic Times Sources reportedly told the newspaper that the decision to cancel th

24-08-2018

A study by USbased Vanderbilt University has claimed that Androidoperated smartphones are collecting almost 10 times more data than Apple iOS devices The researchers found an idle Android phone with Chrome browser active in the background sent location information to Google 340 times within 24 hours

24-08-2018

A consumer redressal commission in Delhi has directed a private hospital and doctor to give ₹20lakh compensation to a patient who lost four fingers on his right hand after being given the wrong injection 17 years ago Delhi’s Vimhans Hospital and a doctor associated with it have been ordered to pay R

24-08-2018

Talking about Nora Fatehis Dilbar song from Satyameva Jayate which is a remake of the song from 1999 film Sirf Tum Sushmita Sen said Nora has absolutely killed it but I still like the original version more Nora was absolutely fantastic in itThe remix is also very well done added Sushmita who feature

24-08-2018

The Jharkhand High Court has ordered fodder scam convict and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to surrender by August 30 and rejected his plea for a threemonth extension on medical grounds On August 10 the court had extended Yadavs bail till August 20 He is currently admitted at the Asian Heart Institute

24-08-2018

A selfstyled godman known as Kissing Baba has been arrested in Assam for allegedly sexually exploiting female devotees The accused claims that he has acquired supernatural powers from Lord Vishnu to solve physical and psychological problems of women through his chamatkari chumban miraculous smooch p

24-08-2018

Passengers travelling in Delhis DTC and cluster buses can now use their metro cards to pay bus fares after the service was launched on Friday The launch of the epaying services through a “common mobility card” comes after a fivemonth delay It had been announced by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in J

24-08-2018

Indias Shailja Jain wanted to prove that she is the best kabaddi coach in the world and she has done that with the Iran womens team albeit at the expense of her own country India Jain who hails from Nashik joined the Iranian team 18 months ago and since then she has played a crucial role in their su

24-08-2018

The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha’s official website was hacked purportedly by Team Kerala Cyber Warriors on Friday  The landing page of the website httpwwwabhmorgin displayed a recipe to make “Kerala Spicy Nadan Beef Curry” The website hacking was apparently in response to ABHM chief Swami Chakra

24-08-2018

New Delhi The water level will be kept 2 to 3 feet below the permissible limit at the Mullaperiyar dam the Supreme Court has said The current water level is at 139998 feet Responding to the Kerala governments affidavit Tamil Nadu said that this is a clever device to get out of the SC judgment which

24-08-2018

According to Reports WhatsApp turned down Indias demand for a solution to track the origin of messages on its platform It has said building traceability will undermine endtoend encryption and affect the protection of user privacy The Facebookowned firm said the messaging platform was used for all ki

24-08-2018

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited Kushalnagar in Kodagu district and headed towards Madikeri to assess the damage caused by floods She assured the people of Indian Armys help in rebuilding the devastated regions roadsI can assure you that the task force of the Indian Armys Border Roads Org

24-08-2018

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday expressed his grief at the loss of lives in Kerala floods“On behalf of the people of Pakistan we send our prayers and best wishes to those who have been devastated by the floods in Kerala India We stand ready to provide any humanitarian assistance that

24-08-2018

Dubai UAE Ambassador Ahmed Al Banna said there has not been any official announcement about the amount of UAEs aid to floodhit Kerala yet It is not yet final It has not been announced he said after Kerala CM said that UAE has pledged ₹700 crore for the state The Centre and Kerala government are deba

24-08-2018

Sharing a magazine cover of Femina which featured his wife Gauri addressed her as the Queen of Decor SRK said “For us she is the Cover Mother” On the cover Gauri is seen wearing a pretty offwhite cape shirt paired with blue slacks Gauri is seen sitting on a trunk which looks quite vintage Before Ga

24-08-2018

After announcing that all 8000 candidates who had appeared for an examination for the post of accountant in the Goa government had failed  the Accounts department would ask for a reevaluation of the answer papers Goas director of accounts Prakash Pereira in a notification issued on August 21 had sai

24-08-2018

Following an alert for heavy rain The Himachal Pradesh government has ordered all educational institutions in Kangra district to remain closed The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh on Friday Last week at least 19 people were killed fo

24-08-2018

According to reports Ekta Kapoor is bringing Shah Rukh Khan on board to launch her reboot of Kasautii Zindagii Kay a tale of starcrossed lovers Prerna and Anurag SRK is reportedly set to announce the reboot with a promotional video on timeless romance where the 52yearold will playfully ask Ekta Kapo

24-08-2018

Australian ruling party elected  Scott Morrison as new Prime Minister on Friday This is the sixth change of prime minister in 11 years in Australia Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Treasurer Scott Morrison and the only declared challenger Peter Dutton a former Cabinet minister was in the fray Scott Mor

24-08-2018

Putting an end to speculations surrounding simultaneous polls Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat  emphatically ruled out the possibility of holding simultaneous elections to the state assemblies along with the Lok Sabha polls anytime soon There has been some speculation in the recent weeks that A

24-08-2018

Rahul Gandhi accused the Modi government of taking away protection from minorities and hitting the informal economy through demonetisation and GST causing anger which is leading to lynching incidents In his  address in Hamburg he traced the creation of Islamic State to warn against a similar situati

24-08-2018

With the Central government not keen on accepting foreign aid for the floodravaged Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has specifically pointed out the case of the United Arab Emirates saying the Gulf country cannot be considered as “any other nation” Vijayan said while referring to Rs 700 crore

23-08-2018

India captain Virat Kohli has reclaimed the top position in rankings for Test batsmen 10 days after losing it to Australias Steve Smith Kohli who had become the topranked Test batsman for the first time on August 5 reclaimed the spot after scoring 200 runs in the Trent Bridge Test Kohli also reached

23-08-2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said he dreams of every family having a home of its own by 2022 when the nation will celebrate 75 years of independence He was addressing a gathering at Jujwa village in Gujarat’s Valsad town after interacting with the beneficiaries of the housing scheme The

23-08-2018

Idris Elba has denied that he will be playing the next James Bond after Daniel Craig hands in his licence to kill The actor who has for years been pegged to play Agent 007 shut down rumours of stepping into the franchise It has been speculated for years that Elba would portray the spy and become the

23-08-2018

As many as nine coaches of Bihar Sampark Kranti Express which runs between Darbhanga and New Delhi have been painted with Mithila art a traditional art form of Bihar Madhubani art is popular all over the world and now Indian Railways is using the art form to adorn nine coaches of the 12565 Bihar Sam

23-08-2018

The 5th Edition of Indias largest fashion rental event is happening this year at Flyrobe stores across Mumbai Delhi and Pune from 29th Aug to 2nd Sep Choose from over 1000 exclusive wedding styles curated for brides grooms and their families from 100 designers Get a chance to see stellar decor by Vi

23-08-2018

The trailer of Freida Pinto Rajkummar Rao and Richa Chadha starrer Love Sonia has been released Mrunal Thakur plays the titular character Sonia who attempts to rescue her sister from a human trafficking network in the film which also stars Manoj Bajpayee Anupam Kher and Demi Moore Directed by Tabr

23-08-2018

Mumbai Police on Wednesday arrested Abdul Razak Ismail Supariwala builder of Crystal Tower in Mumbais Parel in connection with the fire at the residential tower which claimed four lives A case of culpable homicide among others has been registered against him The fire broke out on the 12th floor of t

23-08-2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley  returned to his office after a threemonth gap during which he underwent a kidney transplant surgery The 65yearold Union Minister attired in formal trousers and wearing a characteristic smile on his face headed directly to his office which wore a new look after a fresh

23-08-2018

Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayar passed away in New Delhi on Wednesday night at the age of 95 Nayar died around 1230 am at the Escorts hospital his elder son Sudhir Nayar said He was suffering from pneumonia and was admitted to the hospital five days back The veteran journalist a proponent of IndiaPa

23-08-2018

Kochi Flight operations from the floodhit international airport in Kochi  which was rendered non functional for over a week will resume from August 29 instead of August 26 as announced earlier The decision to extend the date was taken at a meeting at Cochin International Airport Limited where most s

23-08-2018

The US space agency Nasa on Tuesday released satellite measurements of Kerala rainfall to demonstrate how crucial was the role of Western Ghats in triggering heavy rainfall over south Karnataka and Kerala that displaced nearly 800000 people Although the extreme Himalayan topography is much more well

23-08-2018

The Ministry of Civil Aviation released the draft UDAN International scheme on Tuesday evening As per the draft the scheme provides for a subsidy to selected airlines for the unsold seats from the number of seats as a bid by the airline to make operations viable There is no cap on airfare as in the

23-08-2018

A Facebook post which includes a photograph of a room in the school which was used by the displaced people has gone viral on social media In the photograph you can see the spotless floor which is so clean that the windows shine off the scrubbed surface Not a single packet of any wrapper or garbage c

23-08-2018

A college student in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri filed a complaint with the police on Wednesday about an unknown caller who allegedly tried to incite her into participating in ‘Momo Game’ challenge a new virtual suicide game The girl said she had posted on social media that she wished to take her own l

23-08-2018

Pictures of passengers travelling on the roof of a train in Dhaka Bangladesh to get home for Eid alAdha celebrations have gone viralHundreds of people can be seen clambering onto the roof as they try to return to their families and friends to celebrate Eid alAdha considered to be Islam’s holiest fes

23-08-2018

Actress Kriti Sanon has made a special appearance in the song Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe which released on Wednesday and is from the Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor starrer Stree The track has been sung by Badshah Nikhita Gandhi and SachinJigar the music director duo who also composed the song The film i

23-08-2018

The Indian government has asked its missions abroad to decline offers of foreign aid for flood relief operations in Kerala India through emails has instructed all its missions abroad to decline offers of aid from foreign governments for the state of Kerala The External Affairs Ministry wrote to Indi

22-08-2018

POCO F1 is an upcoming flagship smartphone the first to be announced under Xiaomis POCO subbrand Ahead of launch Jai Mani who is now product head and also the brains behind Poco or Pococphone as it will be called globally has teased a couple of images shot using the Poco F1 Its features include the

22-08-2018

Facebook has removed 652 fake accounts for coordinated inauthentic behaviour that originated in Iran and Russia and targeted people across multiple Internet services in the Middle East Latin America Britain and the US According to Facebook some of the fake Pages groups and accounts originated in Ira

22-08-2018

Backtoback scheduling of Asian Games and World Championships has forced the Indian shooting contingent to be frugal with the use of live ammunition A shooter can only carry 5 kg of ammunition on international flights and they always have to be meticulous while planning for tournaments The squad knew

22-08-2018

The fire that ripped through Crystal Towers in Mumbais Parel could have claimed many more lives had it not been for the heroics of Zen Sadavarte The young girl all of 10 used the learnings from her disaster management lessons to offer useful advice and rescue the residents of the building Four perso

22-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Kerala government will organize a farewell for various defence forces who helped in relief and rescue operations during recent unprecedented floods in the state announced Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan while addressing a presser on Wednesday evening Indian Air Force Navy and Army

22-08-2018

Bahrain’s interior ministry said on Tuesday that it would stop issuing new visas to Qatari nationals escalating measures against Qatar more than a year into a diplomatic row Bahrain cited Qatars hostile behaviour for its decision and said the action was to stop the actions of the Qatari authorities

22-08-2018

Around 8000 candidates who appeared for an examination for the post of accountant conducted by Goa governments Directorate of Accounts have failed to clear it About 11000 candidates had applied for the 80 posts but only around 8000 appeared for the exam held in January Only candidates who possessed

22-08-2018

Mumbai Four people have died  as a fire broke out at Crystal Tower residential apartment in Mumbais Parel on Wednesday morning The fire broke out on the 12th floor of Crystal Tower near Hindmata Cinema which gradually spread to the 13th 14th and 15th floors Initially 10 firefighting engines were pre

22-08-2018

Actress Kangana Ranaut will portray a nationallevel kabaddi player in Ashwiny Iyer Tiwaris directorial Panga Described as a story about a newage Indian family that challenges stereotypes and dares to dream the films announcement video featured the cast and directors actual pictures with their famili

22-08-2018

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan confirmed that a total of 13 individuals have been sentenced to death in connection with the raping of minor girls in the state Madhya Pradesh was the first state to promulgate a law to award death penalty to individuals accused in rape of minor gi

22-08-2018

The Maldives may face sanctions if they dont hold free and fair federal elections top European officials warned A delegation of the officials discovered some undemocratic practices after meeting with the Maldvies opposition party These are not false threats The individuals concerned should consider

22-08-2018

Kerala sought a Rs 2600 crore special package from the Centre even as the state struggled to find its feet after the devastating deluge that left at least 357 dead and displaced over 14 lakh people in a fortnight Centre released Rs 600 crore to Kerala and decided to waive customs duty and GST on the

22-08-2018

Thituvananthapuram In the wake of tropical cyclones in Kerala and Karnataka coasts the Centre has proposed to set up a Cyclone Warning Centre in Thiruvananthapuram The cyclone centre is expected to come up in another one month Secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences MoES M Rajeevan said on Tuesd

22-08-2018

According to Reports Apple may release a new lowcost Mac laptop and an upgrade to the Mac Mini desktop later this year The new laptop and desktop may be Apples move to end the diminishing sales of Apples computers The new MacBook will look similar to the MacBook Air It will probably retain the 13inc

22-08-2018

United Arab Emirates has extended Rs 700 crore as financial assistance to rebuild floodravaged Kerala The Centre has declared the devastating floods in Kerala a calamity of severe nature The UAE has been one of the first countries to offer solidarity with the people in Kerala The people of Kerala ha

22-08-2018

Threeyearold P Sanjana from Chennai shot 1111 arrows in threeandahalf hours in a bid to set a Guinness World Record Sanjana shot the arrows on a target eight metres away and took fiveminutelong breaks after every hour Official observers from the South Asia Archery Association SAAA documented the fea

21-08-2018

Lt Commander Abhijeet Garud the 33yearold Pilot who made the dramatic rooftop landing in Kerala to rescue 26 people said that he was counting seconds and told that the rescue operation lasted around eight minutes before the chopper took off again Asked what if something had gone wrong the 33year old

21-08-2018

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat who became the first Indian woman wrestler to clinch gold in Asian Games history will be awarded a cash prize of ₹3 crore and a HCSHPS job Haryana Sports Minister Anil Vij announced Further wrestler Bajrang Punia who won Indias first gold at 2018 Asiad will also receive a ₹3cr

21-08-2018

ISRO deploys 5 satellites for Kerala flood relief operations Five satellites of the Indian Space Organisation played a major role in monitoring the flood situation and aiding in relief work–Oceansat2 RESOURCESAT2 CARTOSAT2 and 2A and INSAT 3DR They have been gathering data and are sending realtime i

21-08-2018

A 25yearold man who was allegedly posing as a doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences AIIMS here was arrested on Monday police said Ashish Tripathi a resident of Ghaziabad was found roaming inside one of the wards of the hospital wearing a white coat they added Upon police interrogatio

21-08-2018

OPPO introduced OPPOF9Pro a new smartphone which offers gradient color Waterdrop display VOOC Flash Charge unmatched security and performances OPPOF9Pro runs on Android and has some of the leading specifications reigning in the world of technology The new product is taking the Notch at a Pro level 

21-08-2018

Jakartha 16yearold Indian shooter Saurabh Chaudhary has created an Asian Games record on his way to the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol event The young shooter playing his first big international tournament qualified for the final in the top spot ahead of compatriot Abhishek Verma and also fourtime

21-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The volunteers at Nishagandi collection centre are facing a major challenge in sorting the collected items as they are receiving a large quantity of used clothes and expired stuffs including medicines baby foods diapers and ready to eat food items According to a volunteer in charg

21-08-2018

Activists in Mumbai  are in touch with volunteers in Kerala to help rescue animls stranded in the floods and even set up a call centre Activist Anand Siva said more than 500 animals in distress  including dogs cats cows and snakes were attended to in the past few days Siva said the call centre numbe

21-08-2018

kochi As flood water recedes in Kerala the Centre is focusing on checking the outbreak of waterborne diseases in the affected areas The health ministry on Monday airlifted 52 MT of emergency medicines while a second batch of 20 MT medicines is expected to reach later at night Around 20MT of bleachin

21-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram The inmates of Central Prison Poojapura  are toiling hard to feed those staying in relief camps across Kerala the prisoners began preparing large number of chapathis and vegetable curry for relief camp inmates and those stranded in marooned houses The Central Prison at Poojappura

21-08-2018

The Indian diaspora in China in association with the Malayalee Association has raised over Rs 14 lakh for the welfare of flood felief victims in Kerala Suresh Varma president of the Beijing Malayalee Association said the money is being routed to the Chief Ministers relief fund in Kerala through the

21-08-2018

India and Japan have decided to further expand their defence ties with more bilateral combat exercises military exchanges and toplevel visits as well as collaboration in maritime security and defence production Towards this end India and Japan will hold their firstever joint Army exercise in the dom

21-08-2018

Chennai The Tamil Nadu government has issued a directive asking all government and private colleges to ban students from using mobile phones on premises Centrerun institutes like IIT Madras have been exempted from the ban stating their students know how to use mobiles reasonably This comes after com

20-08-2018

Kochi Union Minister KJ Alphons has said that Kerala needs thousands of electricians plumbers carpenters among others to help in rehabilitating the state after floods People with technical capabilities are required to put life back into Kerala added Alphons Over 6 lakh people are currently staying i

20-08-2018

A baby boom is brewing at a suburban Arizona hospital where 16 intensive care nurses recently discovered they are all pregnant The nurses got to know about this when they joined a Facebook group chat for pregnant workers at the hospital Most of the nurses are reportedly due to give birth sometime be

20-08-2018

Pope Francis on Monday wrote a letter to Catholics around the world addressing for the first time the recent alleged accusations of sexual abuse by priests In the letter released by the Vatican the Pope said the Church did not act in a timely manner to address the crimes The head of the Catholic chu

20-08-2018

Qatar has accused Saudi Arabia of barring its citizens from this year’s haj something Riyadh denies saying a diplomatic dispute is not stopping Qataris from making the pilgrimage to Mecca Saudi Arabia has denied Qatars allegations that it shut down an electronic system used by travel agencies to obt

20-08-2018

Jakartha Twotime CWG champion Vinesh Phogat today defeated Japans Irie Yuki in the womens freestyle 50kg final to become the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold at the Asian Games Vinesh who had won bronze medal in the 2014 edition of the Asian Games bagged her second Asiad medal India have won

20-08-2018

The first look posters of Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra starrer Jabariya Jodi have been unveiled The film which was earlier named Shotgun Shaadi will be Sidharth and Parineetis second film together after their 2014 film Hasee Toh Phasee Sharing the posters on social media Parineeti wrote Sh

20-08-2018

Jakartha The Indian women badminton team is out of the medal race in the 2018 Asian Games as they lost 13 to Japan in the Womens Team quarterfinal event in Jakarta on Monday In the fivematch contest four games were enough to decide the fate of the contest Out of the four games only PV Sindhu was abl

20-08-2018

Kochi Commercial flight operations in Kochi resumed on Monday after the Navy activated its airstrips to accommodate small passenger aircraft The first flight an Alliance Air ATR plane landed on Monday morning at INS Garuda Kochi Naval Air Station The 70seater passenger planes are being operated by A

20-08-2018

Jakartha 19yearold Lakshay bagged the 4th medal for India at the 2018 Asian Games as the young shooter bagged the silver in the mens trap event Twitter showered praise on the 19yearold who showed nerves of steel to finish with a final score of 43 in 50 shots Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajy

20-08-2018

Jakarta Four Japanese basketball players have been sent home from the Asian Games in disgrace for allegedly paying prostitutes for sex The incident took place after Japans 8271 win over Qatar in a groupstage game last Thursday Japanese Olympic officials said they learned of the incident after a news

20-08-2018

As an iPad battery exploded and released harmful chemical substances an Apple store in Amsterdam has been temporarily closed The store was evacuated as a precautionary measure and three employees who reportedly experienced trouble breathing were treated Due to the chemicals potentially released the

20-08-2018

Tharoor who has been facing trial on charges of abetment of suicide and committing cruelty in Sunanda Pushkar case had sought permission from Patiala Court to allow him to visit  the family of former UN SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan who passed away recently Now The Delhi court on Monday granted permis

20-08-2018

A soldier who claimed in a viral video that the Kerala CM is not letting the Army help in the flood ravaged state is fake The Indian Army clarified that there is an imposter wearing an Army combat uniform and is spreading disinformation The ADG PIIndian Army was quick to react and bust the news as f

20-08-2018

Over three lakh people are living in relief camps as Kerala battles the worst flooding in a century As water levels recede the task now is to rebuild the state and the government is now seeking help from people not for relief material but for their skills There will be no electricity in homes carpen

20-08-2018

Indias Deepak Kumar produced a late surge to steal a silver in the mens 10m rifle event at the Asian Games giving the shooting contingent its second medal here Chinas defending champion Yang Haoran was a cut above the rest winning the gold with an aggregate of 2491 Deepak who was not in the race for

20-08-2018

There are various posts in KVS KVS Post Graduate Teacher 592 Trained Graduate Teacher 1900 Librarian Group B 50 Primary Teachers Group B 5300 Primary Teacher Music B Group B Group A 76 Vice Principal 201 Candidates can now apply A total of 8000 vaccancies reported Selection Process is  based on wr

20-08-2018

A Keralite based in Oman was fired from his job after he made insensitive comments on a social media post on the plight of the floodhit victims in the state Rahul Cheru Palayattu worked as a cashier at the Oman branch of Lulu Group International He was dismissed after he made fun of the sanitation r

20-08-2018

Jharkhand Eleven people were arrested for allegedly raping two minor girls in the Lohardaga district of Jharkhand The accused all aged between 18 and 28 years had raped the girls on August 16 when they were going to the Hirhi Harra Toli area along with their neighbour They were travelling on a motor

20-08-2018

Actress Sujata Kumar who played Sridevi’s sibling in English Vinglish died after battling stage four cancer The news of Sujata Kumar’s death was confirmed by her sister actor and singer Suchitra Krishnamoorthi Suchitra tweeted that Sujata reportedly succumbed to cancer late on Sunday Our beloved Suj

20-08-2018

There was respite from the rains in most parts of the state today after nearly two weeks of virtually nonstop downpour and the red alert has been lifted in several districts The rainfall intensity over Kerala has decreased over the past two days the meteorology department said today adding there is

19-08-2018

According to a new research done by Insurance 2Go smartphones are one of the dirtiest commodities you are bound to encounter in life on a daily basis In fact an average smartphone screen has been found to be three times dirtier than your toilet seat The researchers carried out their research on thre

19-08-2018

Amid horrors of the torrential rains a young couple taking shelter in a relief camp in Malappuram district got married on Sunday cheered by others also sheltering with them Anju 24 the bride has been staying with her family members at a relief camp in a lower primary school there for the last three

19-08-2018

Jakartha Bajrang Punia claimed India’s first gold medal on the first day of the Asian Games 2018 as he beat Japan’s Daichi Takatani 118 in the final of Men’s Freestyle 65 kg category It came as a big relief for Indian wrestling  when Sushil Kumar failed to win a medal after losing his opening bout 3

19-08-2018

As Kerala witnesses unprecedented deluge in last many years many NGOs and social welfare organisations have joined the operation to help flood victims Khalsa Aid International a UK based philanthropist group has sent many Sikh volunteers to help those displaced and stranded in floods Their group’s v

19-08-2018

South East Central Railway has released its notification for recruitment of 329 ALP Technician Junior Engineer Other Vacancy in SECR Bilaspur Division The last date to apply for this South East Central Railway Vacancy is 17 September 2018 Here are some of the important Highlights of the South East

19-08-2018

Thiruvananthapuram Midst the growing crisis of heavy rainfall overflowing rivers and flooded areas aid and assistant from several parts of India and overseas have ensured safety and supply of basic relief to the affected people Commending people from across the nation for providing aid for flood rel

19-08-2018

Jakartha Apurvi Chandela and Ravi Kumar won bronze in the 10m air rifle mixed team event This is both Chandela and Kumars first medal at the Asian Games This is the 18th edition of Asian Games being held in Jakarta Indonesia Apurvi and Ravi who had clinched bronze medal in womens and mens 10m Air Ri

19-08-2018

Directed by Anurag Kashyap the first song titled F For Fyaar from Abhishek Bachchan Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal starrer Manmarziyaan has been released Composed by Amit Trivedi the song has been sung by Vicky Kaushal and Mast Ali and written by Shellee The film is scheduled to release on Septembe

19-08-2018

According to Reports over 128 lakh Indian pilgrims have reached Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Hajj pilgrimage A total of 128702 Indian pilgrims are facilitated by the government to undertake the pilgrimage through the Hajj Committee this year 466 flights have brought the Indian pilgrims to perf

19-08-2018

kochi Kerala is witnessing the worst flood in over 100 years with incessant rains over the last 10 days claiming over 300 lives and leaving over three lakh homeless However as a welcome relief for the people of the floodravaged state the weather department has withdrawn red alert for all districts f

19-08-2018

An 18yearold Georgian student solved six Rubiks Cubes underwater in one breath in a bid to set a new Guinness World Record Vako Marchilashvili was submerged in a glass tank for 1 minute and 44 secondsThe feat took place on Friday in front of a crowd at the Gino Paradise aqua park in Tbilisiltiframe

19-08-2018

kochi The government on Saturday directed speedy settlement of claims under its life insurance general insurance and crop insurance schemes in floodhit Kerala Staterun insurance companies have also set up helplines to help in immediate settlement of claims Keralas worst floods in a century have kill

19-08-2018

New Delhi A 62yearold lady don was arrested for allegedly running several crime syndicates for nearly two decades in Delhis Sangam Vihar the police said on Saturday Police said a total of 113 cases including murder contract killing extortion kidnapping for ransom bootlegging and robbery are register

19-08-2018

The Maharashtra government has announced an immediate aid of ₹20 crore for floodhit Kerala The announcement comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced ₹500 crore relief fund for the state after a meeting with CM Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday It has also prepared to send 25000 packets of assor

19-08-2018

New Delhi In a letter to PM Narendra Modi pilots of the cashstrapped national carrier Air India committed to fly planes without payment to support rescue operations in floodhit Kerala We consider this a unique privilege that we can use to assist in such operations We have full faith that Sir you wil

19-08-2018

The London Police has detained gangster Dawood Ibrahims finance manager Jabir Moti from a hotel in the UKs capital city Moti reportedly holds a 10year UK visa and is a resident of Karachi Pakistan Earlier this year Ahmed Mohammed Lambu a close aide of Dawood was arrested by Gujarat AntiTerrorism Squ

19-08-2018

Saudi Arabia is introducing free sleep pods for Hajj pilgrims in the city of Mina The free pods are part of new measures being rolled out this year in a bid to modernise the centuriesold practice of hajj It helps to reduce the size of the sleeping unit at crowded places A Saudi charity the Haji and

19-08-2018

The NDRF has evacuated over 10000 people from the heavy rains and flood waters affected areas of Kerala till now as it said it has launched its biggestever relief and rescue operation in the country till date A total of 58 teams of the force have been deputed to work in Kerala out of which 55 are wo

18-08-2018

The district administration of Thiruvananthapuram collected  54 loads of relief material until Friday evening The officials have been transporting these materials by truck mini buses and containers to Alleppey Kottayam Idukki and Pathanamthitta for the past two days Collection centres opened by the

18-08-2018

Rabies vaccines made by the Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Company the second largest in China were found to have violated national standards including usage of expired fluids and falsified production dates China has sacked six senior government officials for their neglect of duty and misconduct

18-08-2018

Bollywood actor  Priyanka Chopra and American singer Nick Jonas made their relationship official with a roka ceremony held on Saturday morning The roka ceremony will be followed by a starstudded party later tonight where Nick will meet Priyanka’s friends and colleagues Nick Jonas’ parents are also i

18-08-2018

Delhi All AAP MPs MLAs and ministers will donate their onemonth salary for the relief work in floodravaged Kerala Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today and also urged the city government employees to contribute at least oneday salary for the cause The Chief Minister who yesterday announced

18-08-2018

A Nigerian national and his Indian girlfriend have been arrested for allegedly duping people on the pretext of providing them jobs abroad police said today Imasaun Henry Omorogby and his girlfriend Sheela Dey have been running a scam using fake bank accounts and data from various websites to lure pe

18-08-2018

kochi A 21yearold Kerala girl who was trolled for selling fish outside her college to meet her educational needs has contributed Rs 15 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund as the state struggles to cope with the flood fury Hanan a BSc student at a private college at Thodupuzha in Idukk

18-08-2018

Suhana Khans Vogue cover received a ton of backlash Actress Kajol while speaking about Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khans daughter Suhana Khan featuring on the cover of Vogue said Hats off to them forletting Suhana enter the glamour world As a star and a celebrity things will always be much more tougher

18-08-2018

Google on Saturday said that people waiting for relief in floodhit Kerala can share their location even when they are offline Flood victims can use their Android smartphones or tablets to generate and share the plus code of their exact location which can pinpoint their whereabouts and make it easier

18-08-2018

Indicating more trouble for people in the floodravaged state a scientist at the Indian Metereological Department IMD in Trivandrum predicted heavy rainfall for the next two days even as the rains intensified in Kochi and central districts The scientist said a circulation has formed in north Bay of B

18-08-2018

Bern Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan has died He was 80 and had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001 for humanitarian work He is survived by his wife and three children Kofi Annan was the UNs seventh secretary general and served from 1997 to 2006  As secretary gene

18-08-2018

New Delhi The Congress on Saturday demanded that the floods in Kerala be declared a national disaster Taking to twitter Congress President Rahul Gandhi wrote Dear PM Please declare Kerala floods a National Disaster without any delay The lives livelihood and future of millions of our people is at sta

18-08-2018

Kochi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced Rs 500 crore as immediate aid for Kerala in addition to the 100 crore announced earlier The PM has also announced an exgratia of Rs 2 lakh per person to the next kin of the deceased and Rs 50000 to those seriously injured from Prime Ministers National

18-08-2018

Dubai According to Reports disrespecting woman in UAE ends up in  with a fine of Dh 10000 Whosoever attempts to disgrace a female by words or by deeds in a public street or frequented place shall be punished by detention for a period not exceeding one year and by a fine not exceeding Dh10000 or by

18-08-2018

islamabad Cricketerturnedpolitician Imran Khan took oath as Pakistan’s 22nd Prime Minister on Saturday 18 August at the President’s House in Islamabad Khan 65 the chairman of the Pakistan TehreekeInsaf PTI was administered the oath of office by President Mamnoon Hussain at a simple ceremony held at

18-08-2018

Jeneeva UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed sadness over the flooding and extensive damage and displacement caused in rainbattered Kerala Asked if India had asked for UN assistance he said the world body has not received any direct request from the Indian Government for aid and added As you know

18-08-2018

Dubai UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan orders the formation of a national emergency committee to provide relief to people affected by flash floods in India According to the Presidents instructions the committee will be chaired by the Emirates Red Crescent ERC and will include represe

18-08-2018

Speaking about the accommodation facilities at the Asian Games Village in Indonesia an athlete from the Indian contingent said Rooms are on the smaller side It has three beds each and a single bathroom Athletes including Indians have given a thumbs up to the variety of food on offer at the Asian Gam

18-08-2018

Alappuzha Amid the worst floods in the state since 1924 Kerala MLA Saji Cherian broke down on live TV and pleaded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send helicopters CPIM Chengannur MLA Saji Cherian was in tears and literally begged for help as Malayalam news channel Asianet called him for a reaction o

18-08-2018

Kochi Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Kochi to conduct a survey of floodaffected regions He arrived in state capital Thiruvananthapuram on Friday night He will review the status of relief and rescue operations today More than 10000 kilometers of national and state highways and a substantiall

18-08-2018

China’s space agency has revealed images of the exploration vehicle with which it hopes to reach the far side of the Moon by the end of this year According to reports in December the vehicle will travel aboard the unmanned lunar probe Chang’e 4 which is expected to land in the Aitken basin on the fa

17-08-2018

New delhi The Supreme Court today said it would hear in October a plea by one of the convicts in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case regarding the status of probe by the CBIled Multi Disciplinary Monitoring Agency MDMA into conspiracy behind the murder The MDMA set up in 1998 has b

17-08-2018

Two people were arrested after a 50yearold NRI businessman died of cardiac arrest following an assault in the posh DLF 2 township in Gurgaon police said Friday Somou Balaya was assaulted by a private security guard Pradeep Singh 46 and his employer Manik Khosla 26 after an argument over directions B

17-08-2018

Aluva The Indian Navy which has been pressed into service for the rescue and relief operations in floodhit Kerala helped evacuate a pregnant woman from her house to a maternity hospital so that she could receive further medical assistance Sajita Jabeel 25 was rescued by the Navy from her village in

17-08-2018

More than 1000  Google employees have signed a letter protesting against the company’s secretive plan to build a search engine that would comply with Chinese censorship The letter alleges that employees lack the information required to make ethically informed decisions about work It added that most

17-08-2018

The government of Mauritius has decided to fly both the countrys and Indias flags at halfmast on Friday as a mark of respect to deceased former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Shri Vajpayee will remain a mentor not only for politicians in India but across the world Mauritian Prime Ministe

17-08-2018

A divorcee seeking a wealthy boyfriend has won £13100 in damages from an elite dating agency after it failed to introduce her to the match she hoped would be “possibly the man of my dreams the father of my child” Tereza Burki had sued Seventy Thirty based in Knightsbridge central London for deceit a

17-08-2018

Ahead of the 2018 Asian Games senior Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat who won a gold medal at 2010 Commonwealth Games said that she had lost focus due to the hype around a movie based on her life I think staying away from wrestling for two years with injury and the movie I lost my focus Now I am concent

17-08-2018

Former Indian sprinter PT Usha has claimed she missed the bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics because of an unhealthy meal Usha said she was forced to eat rice porridge and pickle since she wasnt accustomed to the American breakfast they got at the Village That food without any nutrition supplem

17-08-2018

England coach Trevor Bayliss has said that Virat Kohli who is recovering from a back injury can be more dangerous in the third Test which starts on Saturday Bayliss was asked if he felt Kohli’s back injury was a blessing in disguise for England 20 up and looking forward to winning the third Test and

17-08-2018

Thousands of people paid  homage to India’s former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee as his body was  taken to his Hindu nationalist party’s headquarters before cremation on the banks of the Yamuna River Many paid tribute to the threetime prime minister in his home in the morningPrime Minister Nar

17-08-2018

According to Reports the state has decided to increase excise duty on liquor to collect revenue for flood relief “Yes there is a financial resource crunch We shall overcome As additional resource mobilisation to the Chief Ministers Disaster Relief Management Fund the excise duty on liquor increased

17-08-2018

New Delhi The India Meteorological Department IMD  states that  there will be  a slight reduction in rain intensity over Kerala in the next 24 to 48 hoursPresently there are no circulation systems near Kerala region and rainfall is most likely to reduce during August 16 and 17 With the low pressure

17-08-2018

A Sikh storeowner has been stabbed to death in the US state of New Jersey Terlok Singh was found dead with apparent stab wounds on Thursday morning inside his East Orange suburb store by his cousin Karnail Singh The county prosecutors office has said it was a case of homicide WNBC TV reported that p

17-08-2018

According to Reports to protect their privacy on their wedding day Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh has requested the guests not to carry a mobile phone inside their wedding venue as they want to keep their special day as private as possible and away from the glaring eyes of the media world They h

17-08-2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has condoled former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayees death and praised his vision for famously characterising USIndia ties as a natural partnership of shared endeavours Recounting the former Prime Ministers many contributions the US statement said He championed

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