New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Vice Chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamia (JMI), Najma Akhtar, on Monday assured agitating students that “we will approach the court for registering an FIR against the Delhi Police” for the violence on campus on December 15. “We had initiated a complaint, but the police didn’t[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Jan 13 (IANS) “Fleabag” creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge says singer-actress Jennifer Lopez and dirty Latin words acted as sources of inspiration for her hit award-winning series. She revealed her inspiration while accepting the win for Best Comedy Series at the 25th annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday,[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Popular Korean-Chinese boy band EXO’s member Chen sent fans into a frenzy with a sudden marriage announcement. On Monday, January 13, the South Korean singer announced that he’s getting married with his girlfriend “with whom I want to spend the rest of my life”, he declared.[Read More…]
Brisbane, Jan 13 (IANS) South African batting great AB de Villiers is all set to make his BBL (Big Bash League) debut on Tuesday and ahead of it, the 35-year-old felt he is in some of the best form of his career. De Villiers arrived in Brisbane on Sunday night[Read More…]
Patna, Jan 13 (IANS) Cold wave in Bihar is accentuated by icy winds blowing down from the nothern Himalayan ranges. Thick fog enveloped several districts on Monday as the mercury dipped to 6 degrees in Gaya. Many cities, including Patna are in the grip of severe cold. Here the minimum[Read More…]
Bhopal, Jan 13 (IANS) The question paper of the recently held Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) examination has raked up a controversy over a derogatory reference to the Bhil community. The question paper of the competitive examination, conducted by the MPPSC on Sunday, had a “passage” on the Bhil[Read More…]
Patna, Jan 13 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has reiterated that there is no question or any need to implement National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Bihar, though he said he is open to debate on the issue. Kumar said the NRC was meant for Assam only and even[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Indian anti-war movie titled “Bunker”, which aims at narrating the stories of millions of soldiers, will hit the screens on January 17. The film helmed by Jugal Raja tells the tale of Lieutenant Vikram Singh (played by actor Abhijeet Singh) as lone survivor with a fatal[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Debutante Sharvari, who will be seen in Kabir Khan’s directorial “The Forgotten Army”, says the shooting process for the show was physically challenging and that she has given her “blood, sweat and flesh” for the project. In the “The Forgotten Army”, she plays a key member[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Jan 13 (IANS) Bus ticketing platform redBus on Monday revealed that the total number of Indian passengers that travelled through its platform in 2019 was 71.63 million which is greater than the population of Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Norway and Sweden combined. “A whopping 9 million+ traveller ratings and over[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Sonakshi Sinha’s recent tweet has left fans speculating if the actress has a heavy-duty action flick on the cards. Sonakshi took to Twitter to share a behind-the-scenes video from the sets of the 2016 spy action thriller “Force 2” co-starring John Abraham. In the video, Sonakshi[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Jan 13 (IANS) In a few hours, actor-producer John Cho and actor-writer-producer Issa Rae will host a two-part live presentation to declare nominations of Oscars 2020. While Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood”, which won Best Film awards at Monday’s Critics’ Choice Awards and at the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) Actress and former beauty queen Urvashi Rautela will be seen in a new song titled “My channa ve”, a peppy Punjabi dance number sung by Meet Bros featuring Jyotica Tangri. “I am super excited for this song, my fans will see me in a desi look[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Twitterati on Monday tweeted warm wishes on former Indian Air Force pilot Rakesh Sharma and recalled his feat of becoming the first Indian to go into space in 1984. #RakeshSharma trended on Twitter, with many users recalling his reply to the then Prime Minister Indira[Read More…]
New York, Jan 13 (IANS) Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper’s were spotted accompanying their daughters on a play date together here. On Saturday afternoon, January 11, the “Pokemon: Detective Pikachu” star and the “A Star Is Born” actor were spotted accompanying their daughters. The two families were photographed[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Jammu & Kashmir Police is enrolling more women in its battalions for which dates have been declared. According to a senior J&K Police officer, recruitment dates have been set for physical endurance test and physical standard test to be conducted in six districts. It[Read More…]
Kochi, Jan 13 (IANS) A day after the demolition of five apartment blocks, angry local residents vented their anger against the Maradu municipality in Kerala demanding an immediate clean up of the residual dust that has engulfed the area. “Last night around 9.30 p.m., my child suffered breathing problems and[Read More…]
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Srinagar, Jan 13 (IANS) The nexus between a decorated Jammu and Kashmir Police officer and the terrorists is likely to ruffle many a feather as the past of the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Devinder Singh is going to haunt the intelligence agencies for long. Following his arrest on Saturday,[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Jan 13 (IANS) Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” was named as the Best Picture at the 25th annual Critics’ Choice Awards. Among winners included Joaquin Phoenix as Best Actor for “Joker”, Renee Zellweger as Best Actress for “Judy”, Brad Pitt as Best Supporting Actor for[Read More…]
Chennai, Jan 13 (IANS) A womens court in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district on Monday sentenced four youths to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a woman in 2018. The court also sent an autorickshaw driver Gurumurthy to rigorous imprisonment for seven years in the same case. The persons convicted for life[Read More…]
Bangkok, Jan 13 (IANS) The Thai government on Monday announced that King Maha Vajiralongkorn has directed the police to change security protocols to avoid huge traffic jams that are formed whenever members of the royal family travel through the capital in motorcades. At the behest of the royal decree issued[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 13 (IANS) India captain Virat Kohli doesn’t just aim at personal glory but also wants to prepare a team for the future and has stressed on a long-term vision for the Men in Blue. The Indian run-machine believes his work as a captain is also to leave behind[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Twitterati on Monday by and large gave a thumbs-up to the dress code for devotees visiting Kashi Vishwanath Temple at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. #KashiVishwanath trended with 1,628 tweets after it was reported that male devotees would have to wear the traditional ‘dhoti-kurta’, and women[Read More…]
Wijk Aan Zee (The Netherlands), Jan 13 (IANS) Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand was beaten by the USA’s Wesley So in the second round of the Tata Steel Masters chess meet here on Monday. Anand played out a draw in the first round and did well with the black pieces[Read More…]
