New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Tightening regulations for drones which could be a potential security threat in the sky, the Civil Aviation Ministry has asked individuals or firms to voluntarily disclose the details about the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) starting Tuesday. Failing to make disclosure by January 31 will attract[Read More…]
By Pramod Kumar Jha Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian sugar mills have benefited from the rise in sugar prices in the international market, as the demand for sugar exports from the country has increased and 28 lakh tonnes of sugar export deals have been sealed so far. The increased sugar[Read More…]
Kolkata, Jan 13 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday carried out searches at over 11 locations here, including the residence of former Border Security Force (BSF) commandant Zibi D. Mathew, in connection with its probe into an alleged hawala racket. A senior ED official said that multiple teams of[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Actor Shiv Panditt who plays a national champion table tennis player in the latest web series “Chargesheet: Innocent or Guilty?”, says he tried to portray the character with all its flaws to make it seem real. “It is an interesting character not because I got a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Jalaj Saxena emerged with match-winning figures of 7/55 to hand Kerala their first win in the ongoing season of the Ranji Trophy as the hosts gunned down Punjab for 124 runs on the third day of play in Thiruvananthapuram. Chasing a small 146-run target, the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Opposition parties have decided to keep up the pressure on the Centre on the triple CAA, NPR and NRC issues by reading out the preamble to the Constitution across the country on Republic Day. In a statement issued following a meeting here on Monday, the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) A team of nearly a dozen Delhi Police Crime Branch sleuths stationed at Jawaharlal Nehru University has started a probe into the Jan 5 campus violence, according to a senior Crime Branch official. Akshat Awasthi and Rohit Shah, ABVP members, whose faces emerged during a[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) At a time when mobile phones and social media addiction are becoming a matter of concern for most of us, filmmaker Shoojit Sircar suggests we should go for detox. The “Piku” director feels at least when we at a party or a get together, we should[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Twitterati on Monday reacted angrily to BJP West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh’s reported threat to beat up, shoot and send those involved in damaging public property during anti-CAA protests to jail. #Dilip Ghosh trended with 6,014 tweets. One user reacted: “BJP leader from West[Read More…]
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Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Gues what actress Adah Sharma’s free-time passion is. She spends a lot of time on the piano. The actress, who has just started finding a firm foothold in Bollywood lately, prefers not to party on weekends as many other Bollywood stars do. Rather, she spends time[Read More…]
London, Jan 13 (IANS) Researchers have revealed that fewer children are drinking, smoking, having sex or taking drugs in Ireland. However, the study also found that there is a slight drop in life satisfaction and happiness — especially among girls. There has also been an increase in the proportion of[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to attach JPMorgan’s properties if it failed to give response on depositing Rs 140 crore in the Amrapali Group case. The homebuyers’ counsel contended before a Bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra and comprising Justice[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) On his road to recovery, all-rounder Hardik Pandya took part in a practice session with the Indian team at the Wankhede Stadium here on Monday and said he had missed the “amazing” feeling. India will take on Australia in three one dayers starting from Tuesday here.[Read More…]
Reynosa (Mexico), Jan 13 (IANS) Twitterati posted funny comments after learning about a Mexican man admitted to a hospital here after complaining of a “three-day erection” after consuming a sexual stimulant used for breeding bulls in the country. The unnamed individual underwent an urgent surgery in this city situated on[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Several Bollywood celebrities including John Abraham, Sunny Leone, Kartik Aaryan, Rajkummar Rao, Sidharth Malhotra, Madhuri Dixit and Suniel Shetty wished People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India on the organisation’s 20th anniversary. John, who has worked with the group on issues ranging from supporting[Read More…]
Agartala, Jan 13 (IANS) The Tripura government has ordered a twin probe, including a magisterial inquiry, into the death of a 38-year-old youth in police custody, a senior police officer said on Monday, even as the opposition parties have demaned a judicial probe and intervention of the Human Rights Commission[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) With the sell off target of Rs 1.05 lakh crore increasingly looking difficult to achieve, the Disinvestment department is learnt to have drawn up a list of relatively better performing CPSEs including bluechips like Nalco, NMDC, NTPC, and Coal India to go for Offer for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) India has dropped 10 places to 84 in the latest update of the Henley Passport Index, sharing the spot with tiny countries like Mauritania and Tajikistan. India’s ranking fell from a decade-high ranking of 74 to a low of 84 in 2020. The Henley Passport[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) India’s retail food inflation sky-rocketed in December to 14.12 per cent, as seasonal factors made vegetables and pulses dearer, official data showed on Monday. According to the National Statistical Office, the consumer food price index shot up to 14.12 per cent from 10.01 per cent[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian captain Virat Kohli is at that stage of his career where he is in line to achieve a significant personal milestone before almost every match regardless of the format. He will be leading the team out at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday in Mumbai when[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Actor Chandan Roy Sanyal will be seen in the avatar of a government school teacher aspiring to become an investigative journalist in Ravi Adhikaris “Dheet Patangey”. Talking about his role in the film, the actor shared: “I play a character called Ananda Lahiri. He is a[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) After a furore in Maharashtra political circles and a threat by the Congress to launch an agitation on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday washed its hands of a book drawing comparisons between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP’s national media[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Chinese handset maker OnePlus on Monday announced the official arrival of its newly-minted display with a blazing 120Hz refresh rate, along with with multiple new technologies. According to OnePlus CEO Pete Lau, “this will be the best smartphone display in 2020”. With the OnePlus 7[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Apache attack helicopters and Chinook heavy lift transport helicopters to fly in formation over Rajpath making debut at Republic Day flypast 2020, Indian Air Force (IAF) said Monday. The force has inducted 17 of 22 Apaches worth Rs 13,952 crore and 10 of 15 Chinooks[Read More…]
