Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Designer duo Gauri & Nainika, who will showcase their collection at the Grand Finale of the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week, are all set to present outfits that plays around the beauty giant’s statement about freedom of expression, #FreeYourLips. Their fiercely feminine Finale collection will draw inspiration[Read More…]
Lahore, Aug 9 (IANS) An accountability court here on Friday granted the country’s anti-corruption watchdog physical remand of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz as well as her cousin Yousaf Abbas till August 21. Maryam Nawaz and Abbas were presented in court a day[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Britannia Industries on Friday reported a 3.65 per cent decline in profit for the first quarter ending June at Rs 248.64 crore. down from Rs 258.08 crore on this account in the comparable period last year. One of the largest dairy product manufacturer, Britannia said[Read More…]
Srinagar, Aug 9 (IANS) CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI General Secretary D. Raja were on Friday detained at the Srinagar airport when they arrived here to meet the ailing CPI-M MLA M.Y. Tarigami and other leaders in the Kashmir Valley. “Yechury has being detained at Srinagar airport and[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) In terms of worship, a temple is a juridical person, subject to law, argued the counsel for Ram Lalla Virajman, establishing the significance of faith, on the fourth day of hearing on the Ayodhya dispute on Friday. Senior advocate K. Parasaran submitted before the Constitution[Read More…]
Dubai, Aug 9 (IANS) The closure of the Kochi airport till Sunday due to incessant rains across in Kerala has affected travel plans of Indian expats in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who had booked tickets for the long weekend, the media reported on Friday. The Cochin International Airport Limited[Read More…]
By Baidurjo Bhose New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) The Shashank Manohar-led International Cricket Council (ICC) has warned the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that it will deduct a part of the BCCI’s annual revenue share if it doesn’t get tax exemption for the 2016 World T20 that[Read More…]
Srinagar, Aug 9 (IANS) After five days, prohibitory orders in Jammu and Kashmir were eased on Friday, with schools reopening and people coming on to the roads in some areas. The restrictions are being eased to allow people to offer Friday prayers in local mosques but not at the historic[Read More…]
Beijing, Aug 9 (IANS) In wake of the US-China trade war, Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei on Friday officially launched its own operating system (OS) called “HarmonyOS” which is aimed to reduce the company’s reliance on Google-developed Android OS. The CEO of Huawei Consumer Business Group, Richard Yu, announced the new[Read More…]
Melbourne, Aug 9 (IANS) “Gully Boy”, which served as a voice for most struggling hip-hop artistes in India, has been honoured with the best film award at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). After winning the award on Thursday night, Zoya Akhtar, director of “Gully Boy”, said: “I am[Read More…]
Gautam Buddha Nagar, Aug 9 (IANS) At first glance, it seems like a story straight from a Bollywood potboiler. Payal, a constable from Uttar Pradesh, first met Rahul Tharasana (30), a gangster, at a court in Greater Noida where his case was being heard. Rahul was accused of murdering a[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon be seen expressing his views on conservation of nature, his time in the Himalayas, his encounters with wildlife in his youth and the cleanliness drive in India in an episode of “Man Vs Wild”. A video, giving a sneak[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of charges against expelled BJP MP Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. A bench presided by District and Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma charged Sengar with sections 376(1) (punishment for rape), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 363 (punishment for[Read More…]
Georgetown (Guyana), Aug 9 (IANS) India deputy skipper Rohit Sharma didn’t get a chance to bat during the first ODI against West Indies as the game was called off because of persistent rain. However, he didn’t let that frustration dampen his mood as he took the ‘Heads-Up’ challenge with all-rounder[Read More…]
Jaipur, Aug 9 (IANS) After Rajasthan passed a bill prohibiting honour killing in the state, the Rajasthan Police has come out in support of people in love. “Falling in love is not a crime,” tweeted Rajasthan Police on Thursday, attaching a poster of the Bollywood classic “Mughal-e-Azam”. “Jab pyar kiya[Read More…]
Kolkata, Aug 9 (IANS) A woman was stabbed multiple times by a youth inside a Sealdah-bound local train in West Bengal’s Kalyani railway station after she asked him not to travel in the ladies compartment, Police said on Friday. The incident took place in the Sealdah-bound Kalyani Simanta local train[Read More…]
Georgetown (Guyana), Aug 9 (IANS) India skipper Virat Kohli was left frustrated after the first ODI against West Indies — which turned into a start-stop affair — was eventually called off due to rain. Thursday’s match, which started after a delay of 90 minutes, saw only 13 overs of play[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) In a throwback to the past, it is important to note that on November 1, 1947, at a meeting of Governors General of India and Pakistan at Lahore, Mountbatten offered to resolve the J&K issue by holding a referendum. Rejecting the Mountbatten formula, Muhammad Ali[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Private sector RBL Bank and digital healthcare platform Practo have partnered to launch an industry first co-branded health credit card. This credit card is powered by Mastercard and is available on both Practo and RBL mobile apps and websites. It offers benefits like unlimited and[Read More…]
Islamabad, Aug 9 (IANS) The Pakistan Army on Friday said that if there is an attempt by India to undertake any “misadventure”, then its response will be “even stronger than that of February 27”, as tensions escalate between the two neighbours following New Delhi’s revocation of special status for Jammu[Read More…]
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Ahead of the state legislative assembly polls in Delhi, Maharashtra and Haryana, the BJP on Friday appointed election in-charges and deputy in-charges for the three states. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar is the election in-charge for Delhi, Rajya Sabha MP Bhupender Yadav for Maharashtra and Union[Read More…]
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 9 (IANS) Malaysia on Friday filed criminal charges against 17 current and former executives of three local subsidiaries of the Goldman Sachs investment bank over a multi-billion dollar corruption scandal related to the state investment fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad, the attorney general’s office said. In a statement,[Read More…]
Mumbai (Maharashtra), Aug 9 (IANS) After having travelled to foreign locales of Madrid, New York, Johannesburg, Amsterdam, Dubai, Colombo and so on, the 20th edition of the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards is headed home in September, say organisers. “We always dreamt of bringing IIFA back (to India) once.[Read More…]
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) Making exercise a stress outlet may help students attain recommended amounts of physical activity and to maintain that routine, students need social support from family and friends, said researchers including one of an Indian origin. “Accessing internal and external sources of inspiration and resilience is[Read More…]
Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) US immigration officials said they have temporarily released about 300 people who were among the 680 persons arrested in raids on food processing companies in Mississippi, deemed as biggest such operation in at least a decade. On Thursday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesman Bryan Cox[Read More…]
