Author: IANS

Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Bollywood playback singer Udit Narayan filed a complaint at the Amboli police station after receiving death threat calls . “I did not go for an FIR. I wanted to inform the local police four days ago because I started getting the calls in April. I have[Read More…]

Chandigarh, July 30 (IANS) Three ‘kanwariyas’ were killed and seven others injured in a road accident near Hisar in Haryana, police said on Tuesday. A group of ‘kanwariyas’ or Shiva devotees were returning from Gangotri in Uttarakhand when a truck crushed them on the Hisar-Chandigarh highway in the wee hours.[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Actress Saumya Tandon, who gave birth to a son a few months ago, is planning to go live on social media twice a month in order to stay connected with fans. “I plan to go live, hopefully twice a month, because I’ve come to realise that[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has sent a team to Lucknow after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports of a road accident leaving the Unnao rape survivor critically injured along with her lawyer. A team from the NCW reached Lucknow and visited the[Read More…]

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Los Angeles, July 30 (IANS) Amercian hip-hop star Lil Nas X’s “Old town road”, featuring country legend Billy Ray Cyrus, has become the longest-running number one song of all-time on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, with a continuous run of 17 weeks. Before Lil Nas X’s chartbuster hit, the record[Read More…]

Panaji, July 30 (IANS) Nigerians top the list of foreign nationals who have overstayed in Goa, followed by Tanzanians, over the last three years, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told the state Assembly on Tuesday. In a written reply tabled during the ongoing monsoon session of the Assembly, Sawant said that[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Around 3.52 lakh candidates have passed the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). Around 23.77 lakh candidates had appeared in the examination. Human Resource Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said here on Tuesday the results were declared 23[Read More…]

Los Angeles, July 30 (IANS) Christopher Nolan is a social media recluse but on Tuesday, as the iconic filmmaker turned 49, the internet was flooded with countless fan messages, conveying wishes on his special day and also praising him for creating masterpieces that have redefined cinematic entertainment for three decades.[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Aiming to heat up the Indian smartphone market, Hong Kong-based TRANSSION Holdings’ subsidiary TECNO Mobile has now introduced “Phantom 9” for Rs 14,999 in the country. Camera performance is the core strength of the brand, and the Phantom 9 also ticks the boxes that a[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Sports brand ASICS on Tuesday announced a tie-up with Olympic Bronze medalist Sakshi Malik and named the wrestler their brand athlete. The 26-year-old grappler, managed by JSW Sports, who took home silver at the United World Wrestling (UWW) ranking series in the 65kg weight category[Read More…]

Rampur, July 30 (IANS) A case has now been filed against Abdullah Azam Khan, the son of Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, for allegedly forging documents to obtain a passport. The FIR has been filed at the Civil Lines police station against Abdullah Khan, a sitting Uttar Pradesh legislator, over[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) A week after Bollywood actor Rahul Bose highlighted how JW Marriott Hotel in Chandigarh billed him a staggering Rs 442 including GST for just two bananas, the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) on Tuesday said the hotel did nothing “illegal”. In a[Read More…]

Athens, July 30 (IANS) Greece will monitor its maritime border with a zeppelin that will fly over the island of Samos to find migrants travelling from Turkey. The pilot project, which starts on Tuesday, aims to strengthen the protection of borders of the European Union. It will last 28 days,[Read More…]

New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) Four of the walls of Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, one of Delhi’s busiest stations, are now sporting vibrant paintings of the icons of the national capital, including the Lotus Temple, India Gate and the Delhi Metro. The graffiti at the Nizamuddin station also aims at[Read More…]

Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Sharp selling of automobile and state-run bank stocks on Tuesday led the Sensex to fall 289 points. India Bank fell over 13 per cent, Bank of India fell nearly 7 per cent while most other constituents of PSU Bank index declined in the range of 2[Read More…]

Srinagar, July 30 (IANS) A top Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) commander, involved in the attack on June 12 attack that left 5 CRPF troopers dead, was killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, police said. “In a major success in the ongoing anti-militancy operations, a[Read More…]

Jammu, July 30 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police is procuring 4,000 weapons safety systems to counter the menace of weapon snatching by militants in the restive state. State police has already floated tenders for purchase of 4,000 weapons safety systems called smart electronic trigger lock weapon tracking system (SETLWTS).[Read More…]

Pune, July 30 (IANS) LaLiga Football Schools and its partner in Pune, Sevilla FC, conducted an intra-centre tournament on July 27 and 28, a statement said. The students enrolled in the programme created two teams who played against each other at Turf Up. Through this initiative, training programmes were also[Read More…]