New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Army Chief General Bipin Rawat on Wednesday reviewed a two-day collective training by troops of the Eastern Command at Sela in Arunachal Pradesh, defence officials said. The training was conducted on October 22 and 23 around 90km from the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Army[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) To curb differences of opinion among party leaders on important issues, Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi has set up an expert panel to define and formulate a structured response of the party. The expert panel comprises former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, former party chief Rahul[Read More…]
Jaipur, Oct 23 (IANS) Bikaner Superintendent of Police (SP) Pradeep Mohan Sharma on Wednesday wrote to all police branch heads directing them to shortlist “heavy weight” employees/officers in their respective departments with bloated tummy size and asked them to share their information with the SP office by November 1. The[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) A five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Justice Arun Mishra, said it will begin hearing arguments on the issue of compensation in land acquisition from November 6. The bench, which also includes Justices Vineet Saran, Indira Banerjee, M.R. Shah, and Ravindra Bhat, is hearing a clutch[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) In more troubles for the Congress, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday registered a case against former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat for allegedly buying support of rebel MLAs in 2016. Besides Rawat, the CBI has also booked his then cabinet colleague Harak Singh[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Oct 23 (IANS) “The Big Bang Theory” star Johnny Galecki will be working with the show’s writer Anthony Del Broccolo on a new show. The 44-year-old actor will be reuniting with Del Broccolo on a new e-sports comedy series, “The Squad”, reports hollywoodreporter.com. “The Squad” revolves around a[Read More…]
By Rohit Mundayur New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Georgian Shako Bentinidis will continue as ace wrestler Bajrang Punia’s coach until the end of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. While Bentinidis was earlier signed to JSW Sports as a personal trainer to Bajrang, he will now be contracted to the Wrestling Federation[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) Actress Maanvi Gagroo feels calm while working on multiple projects, and says being busy lets her rejuvenate. “It has been crazy in 2019 and I couldn’t be happier. Not to glorify workaholism, but I haven’t felt this productive in a really long time,” Maanvi said. “While[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) Actress Kajal Aggarwal has been roped in to be the face of KhelPlay Rummy, an online gaming platform which has revolutionised the rules and trends of playing online rummy. Kajal, an avid rummy player, said: “I have been playing rummy recreationally for a while now. I[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) In a clear message of its unhappiness over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s flagging Kashmir at the UN and his country’s open backing of Pakistan, India on Wednesday issued a travel advisory to its nationals visiting Turkey, days after cancelling a visit by Prime Minister[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) Critically-acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will be honoured at the upcoming Cardiff International Film Festival 2019 for his contribution to the world of cinema. Nawazuddin will be feted with the Golden Dragon Award at the fest, which will be held from October 24 to 27 at Cardiff[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 23 (IANS) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu won their respective semi-final games on Wednesday to face each other in the summit clash of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2019 final. While Karnataka thrashed Chhattisgarh by nine wickets at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here, Tamil Nadu registered a five-wicket win over[Read More…]
Bangalore Oct 23 (IANS) Examining the entire la affaire Infosys, Dalal Broacha Research says that in light of the recent developments, the Infosys management has been accused of the following allegations by whistleblowers: * Unethical reporting and accounting practices – i.e. aggressive revenue recognition and delays in expense recognition to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the cadre review of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), an exercise that was pending for almost 18 years. The Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided the review of Group ‘A’ General Duty (Executive) cadre and Non-General Duty[Read More…]
Rae Bareli, Oct 23 (IANS) Manish Singh, cousin of rebel Congress MLA Aditi Singh, here on Wednesday, joined the Congress in presence of party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Manish Singh is likely to be given important responsibility in Rae Bareli where two MLAs – Aditi Singh and Rakesh Singh[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Software major HCL Technologies Ltd (HCL) on Wednesday reported a Rs 2,651 crore consolidated net profit for the second quarter (Q2) of fiscal 2019-20, registering a 4.4 per cent annual growth over the same period a year ago. The company had posted a profit after[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Oct 23 (IANS) Actor Chris Pratt has come under fire after jokingly trolling wife Katherine Schwarzenegger over her cooking. For those who came in late, Pratt had taken to his Instagram account on October 19 to show a burnt bagel bite made by his wife. While some people[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Top officials of the Defence Ministry will meet as many as 40 foreign ambassadors on November 4 seeking their countries’ participation in DefExpo 2020 and to explore avenues of strategic partnerships and exports, sources said here on Wednesday. The meeting with the ambassadors has been[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Disqualified Karnataka MLAs on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the resignation was their indefeasible right. The top court was hearing the plea of 17 Karnataka MLAs challenging their disqualification. Appearing for disqualified MLAs, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi told a bench of Justices N.V. Ramana,[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) “The Current War”, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon, will release in India on November 1. The film, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, is about visionary scientists locked in a battle to light up the world, by pitting Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse as rivals. Cumberbatch[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) US Space agency NASA has once again failed to trace Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram lander on the lunar surface. A NASA spacecraft clicked photos of the landing site of Vikram earlier this month, but couldn’t capture the lander. A NASA scientist said the spacecraft failed to[Read More…]
By Sirshendu Panth Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) The recent humiliation of two disability rights activists at Kolkata airport has led to much hue and cry, but advocacy groups say such experiences are common with accessibility issues, non-implementation of laws and policies and lack of sensitisation of on-ground personnel still posing[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) To highlight the issues such as unemployment, unprecedent economic slowdown, rise in prices of essential commodities, collapse of the banking system and farmers distress, the Congress will launch nationwide protests from November 5. Congress General Secretary K. C. Venugopal said that the protests will highlight[Read More…]
Noida, Oct 23 (IANS) Leading IT solutions provider NIIT Technologies on Wednesday reported a 12.2 per cent rise in net profit for the second quarter ending September at Rs 119.5 crore on the back of improved performance among its various verticals. In a statement here, NIIT Technologies said its consolidated[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) Actor Kunaal Roy Kapur says the upcoming “Not Rocket Science” will inspire people while entertaining them. “Not Rocket Science” is an anthology of three shows — “Secrets Of Everything”, “Factomania” and “Bang Goes The Theory”. “I feel great when we sit down as a family and[Read More…]
