Bhopal, Oct 23 (IANS) With the reopening of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data to public after a year’s break crime figures have started startling people. The ostensible reason for the inaccessibility of data was the proposed merger of NCRB with Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D). According[Read More…]
Sonipat, Oct 23 (IANS) Speaking on study of the victims of crime and the psychological effects of their experience in India, Ravi Nair, Executive Director of the South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre (SAHRDC), on Wednesday said that there is an urgent need for mandatory implementation of compensation and official[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Box office rivalries are quite common in showbiz, but Hollywood is going a step further and opening chapters of real-life rivalries etched in the history on the big screen. These are stories of competition that created ways to change specific industries, made people step up[Read More…]
New Delhi , Oct 23 (IANS) With the much awaited results of the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly elections on Thursday, the Congress has decided to boycott television debates. But party leaders will be available to give solo interviews where there is no panel. The boycott is in continuation with the[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s brother Shamas Nawab Siddiqui, who is set to make his Bollywood directorial debut with “Bole Chudiyan”, has announced his second film. Titled “Chalta Purza”, it is a family entertainer. “I am super excited to work on a romantic family entertainer called ‘Chalta Purza’.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) A Delhi Court on Wednesday accepted charge sheet filed in terror funding case against Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik and others. The court directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to supply the charge sheet to accused and extended their judicial custody[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Oct 23 (IANS) A well marked low pressure formed over the Bay of Bengal has triggered heavy rainfall in several parts of Odisha while the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said showers may continue for the next three days. “The Well Marked Low Pressure Area over westcentral and[Read More…]
Shanghai, Oct 23 (IANS) Praveen Kumar beat Russel Diaz of Philippines in the 48kg category to become the first Indian man to win a wushu World Championships gold on Wednesday. Praveen beat Diaz 2-1 in the men’s sanda event of the 15th World Wushu Championships. In the semifinal, Praveen had[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) E-commerce player Club Factory has become the most installed app globally on Google Play Store in the “Shopping” category in September with close to 13.8 million installs, new data showed on Wednesday. According to mobile app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, the data takes into account[Read More…]
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New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The Finance Ministry has asked all departments/ministries to limit their demand for the next two fiscal years (FY 2020-21 and 2021-22) to a 5-7% growth of the previous year’s allocation and provisional actuals for the preceding fiscal (2018-19) under the Medium Term Expenditure Project. “While[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) The Bombay Stock Exchange on Wednesday sought a clarification from Infosys over the non-disclosure of the whistleblower complaint which alleged the company’s top brass was involved in unethical practices for several quarters. BSE has issued this clarification following Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani’s statement which indicated that[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23 ( IANS) At a time when Kerala is passing through tough financial times, the state cabinet meeting held here on Wednesday upgraded the position of Advocate General with cabinet rank, taking the total number of people outside the Kerala cabinet having cabinet status to five. Consequent to[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 23 (IANS) Multi-Cloud data control firm Rubrik on Wednesday announced the opening of an R&D centre in Bengaluru that will help global businesses harness the value of data with local, high-caliber engineering talent. “With the new R&D center, Rubrik is proving it’s unique dual development centre strategy and[Read More…]
Chennai, Oct 23 (IANS) Public sector banks (PSBs) here like the State Bank of India (SBI) and the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) are planning to give festival gifts to their employees. The two banks have announced a Diwali gift of sweets/dry fruits/chocolates for their staff worth Rs 1,000. The[Read More…]
London, Oct 23 (IANS) The bodies of 39 people have been found in a lorry container here in the UK. Police have arrested the 25-year-old driver from Northern Ireland on suspicion of murder, the BBC reported. Early indications are that 38 adults and one teenager have died, Essex Police said.[Read More…]
Chennai, Oct 23 (IANS) Tamil star Vijays forthcoming release “Bigil” on Wednesday became the fourth Tamil film to get a Twitter emoji. “Bigil”, which has been directed by Atlee, happens to be Vijay second film to get an emoji after “Mersal”. Two other Tamil films to have emojis on Twitter.[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The BJP is likely to decide within a month on whether or not it will to go into the Delhi Assembly elections with a chief ministerial face, as a survey is underway for the purpose. With Arvind Kejriwal’s tenure as Chief Minister comes to an[Read More…]
Meerut, Oct 23 (IANS) After claiming to be under threat from jihadi groups, firebrand Hindu leader Sadhvi Prachi on Wednesday said that western Uttar Pradesh has turned into a mini-Pakistan. She said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s next aim after the revocation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir, should be[Read More…]
Lahore, Oct 23 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced a 15-member women squad for the upcoming three-match T20I series against Bangladesh. Bangladesh will play three T20I matches at the Gaddafi Stadium on October 26, 28 and 30. Bismah Maroof will lead the side which surprisingly doesn’t have[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has called a meeting of senior party leaders on Friday after the results of Assembly polls in Maharashtra and Haryana are out. All party general secretaries and state incharges are likely to be present in the meeting. It is scheduled[Read More…]
Washington, Oct 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has found himself at the centre of a fierce controversy after he was seen scratching his forehead with his middle finger when a female NASA astronaut corrected him during a video call to the International Space Station (ISS). During a video call[Read More…]
Kolkata, Oct 23 (IANS) West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday questioned the absence of the MP, MLA, Panchayat leaders and top district officials of North 24 Parganas from a high level meeting that he convened in the district on Tuesday. Dhankhar was visiting North 24 Parganas on Tuesday and[Read More…]
Harare, Oct 23 (IANS) A big relief operation is underway at one of Zimbabwe’s best-known game parks where elephants are starving to death because of drought. Almost all water pans in the Mana Pools National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, have dried up, reported Efe news. Dave McFarland, a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused a Goa government plea seeking to constitute a special bench for urgently hearing the petition seeking the resumption of construction work for the Mopa international airport. “We are not in a position to constitute a special bench now”, the[Read More…]
