By Rohit Vaid New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Even as it awaits overseas flying rights, budget airline AirAsia India plans to add another 17 aircraft to its fleet in the current fiscal. Accordingly, the airline which has about 23 aircraft will add 17 more in FY19-20. “Having completed 5 years[Read More…]
By Durga Chakravarty New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) He gained instant stardom by belting out hits such as “Main Sharabi”, “Angrezi beat” and “Lungi dance”. Punjabi rapper Yo Yo Honey Singh, who has openly spoken about his struggles with bipolar disorder and alcoholism, says he has emerged stronger after his[Read More…]
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 29 (IANS) The discovery of cases of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) in southern India has put the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly on its toes. The IVRI has launched a study to check if the virus is present among pachyderms, both in the wild[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Private sector lender IDFC First Bank has said its retail loan book is growing at a 25 per cent upwards and there is no liquidity crisis at the moment. “If the industry is growing at a 15-20 per cent on retail side, then there is[Read More…]
BY VINOD MIRANI Getting into the film industry is tough. But, once in the industry, one does not come alone. With him or her comes the anxiety and the insecurity. Getting in is tough, of course, but sustaining and surviving is tougher. Producers, directors and other technicians all live with[Read More…]
Islamabad, Sep 29 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan departed for Riyadh by a commercial flight on his way back to Pakistan after his special plane given to him by the Saui Arabia government had to turn back to New York due to a technical fault. The Prime Minister, who[Read More…]
Varanasi, Sep 29 (IANS) Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Professor S.K. Chaube, who has been found guilty of body shaming students and making lewd comments, has been given compulsory retirement. A decision to this effect was taken at an Executive Council meeting held in New Delhi over the weekend. The meeting[Read More…]
By Debayan Mukherjee Kolkata, Sep 29 (IANS) Bangladesh football team coach Jamie Day feels India are “a long way ahead” in terms of domestic structure and facilities and that will help them start as overwhelming favourites when the two sides meet in a World Cup qualifier at the Vivekananda Yuba[Read More…]
Baghpat, Sep 29 (IANS) In a bizarre incident, a female cop in Uttar Pradesh got herself shot by her lover and her friend and faked a robbery case in order to get her in-laws framed. The Baghpat police have arrested the woman constable Renu Singh and two others, including her[Read More…]
By Manoj Pathak Motihari (Bihar), Sep 29 (IANS) Champaran — the workplace of Mahatma Gandhi, has many memories of the Mahatma. A ‘Neem tree’ in East Champaran district is one of them. The tree situated in Turkaulia block office — 10 km away from Motihari — at the district headquarters,[Read More…]
Shimla, Sep 29 (IANS) Tens of thousands of devotees from across the region thronged temples in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday on the first day of the nine-day-long Navratri festival. The popular temples of Naina Devi in Bilaspur; Chintpurni in Una; Baba Balak Nath in Hamirpur; Brajeshwari Devi, Jwalaji and Chamunda[Read More…]
By Sugandha Rawal New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Bollywood has aced the art of uncovering societal issues, and is now mastering the art of taking the audience between the sheets with its stories, being driven by stars like Ayushmann Khurrana, Sonakshi Sinha and Rajkummar Rao. What ties “Vicky Donor”, “Shubh[Read More…]
By D.C. Pathak Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again proved that on matters of national and strategic import there is no stopping him till the goals set by him would be totally achieved. The ‘Howdy Modi’ extravaganza at Houston so meticulously planned and scripted became an effective platform from[Read More…]
Milan, Sep 29 (IANS) Star Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo scored as Juventus extended their unbeaten run in the Italian Serie A with a 2-0 home win over SPAL here on Saturday. Ronaldo headed in the second goal for Juventus after Miralem Pjanic had put them in front on the stroke[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Government will start consultations soon with Niti Aayog and Energy and Petroleum Ministries to bring down its equity holding below 51 per cent, including change of norms and modes of doing the stake dilution in very few select PSUs to begin with. At the initial[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Sep 29 (IANS) Singer Katie Price has recently passed some harsh remarks about her teenage son Harvey’s weight in her YouTube video. Katie was travelling up an escalator as she filmed her shopping expedition for her YouTube channel and it was then that she brought up her 17-year-ols[Read More…]
By Krishna SinhaChaudhury New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Taiwanese fabless semiconductor company MediaTek — set to bring its gaming-focused “Helio G90” chipset series in India in partnership with Chinese company Xiaomi — is working towards designing more smartphone chipsets that will be designed in India, a senior executive has said.[Read More…]
By Nivedita Singh New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) If a prolonged skin infection wasn’t enough to affect Santosh Kumar’s life, standing in long OPD queues for hours also negatively impacted his income by taking him off the roads. The e-rickshaw driver “felt blessed” when a Mohalla Clinic opened near his[Read More…]
By Nishant Arora New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) As the Narendra Modi government goes bullish on emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud computing, Blockchain and data analytics, the daunting task ahead is to train millions of government officials so that these disruptive technologies can be optimised for the benefit[Read More…]
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Despite the Indian governments crackdown on porn websites, global players have found a unique way to dodge the ban and are now being watched on millions of smartphones and computers across the country without any fear. The Department of Telecommunications had issued a letter to[Read More…]
Mumbai, Sep 29 (IANS) Actress Tamannaah Bhatia will soon be seen in a special song opposite superstar Mahesh Babu in Telugu action film “Sarileru Neekevvarua”. In the film, Mahesh Babu essays the role of Major Ajay Krishna. The song is composed by Devi Sri Prasad. “Yes it’s true and I’m[Read More…]
Riyadh, Sep 29 (IANS) Saudi Arabia’s government has unveiled a series of public conduct rules that went into effect on Saturday and include fines for 19 different types of infractions, including playing loud music in residential neighbourhoods, not picking up pet waste and spitting in the street. The new guidelines[Read More…]
Tunis, Sep 29 (IANS) The second round of Tunisia’s presidential election will take place on October 13, said Mohamed Tlili Mansri, a member of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE). “Officially, the vote of the second round of the presidential election will take place on October 13, and the[Read More…]
Cairo, Sep 29 (IANS) Egypt rejected the recent statement issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on recent protests in Egypt. “It is unacceptable that such statement is issued by a UN entity that should verify the accuracy of its statement and should[Read More…]
Luanda, Sep 29 (IANS) The United Kingdoms Prince Harry met with the president of Angola João Lourenço in the final day of the royal’s visit to the African country. Harry and Lourenço met at the Presidential Palace in Luanda on Saturday, where the Duke of Sussex was welcomed with a[Read More…]
