New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Come December and electronic dance music festival Sunburn will return to Goa for the annual year-end music fest. Sunburn started in 2007 as a three-day music festival in Goa. The venue of the tenth edition of Sunburn in 2016 was shifted from Goa to Pune[Read More…]
By Aakash Kumar New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) India opener Rohit Sharma has been in imperious form in the ongoing World Cup, having scored 319 runs in the three matches that the Men in Blue have played so far. His runs at the top of the order made sure that[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) It was a fashionable outing for Priyanka Chopra, but she became a target of trolls who took a dig at her decision to wear khaki shorts. In photographs which are viral on social media, Priyanka was spotted leaving a hotel in New York with her[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) BJP MP Om Birla on Wednesday thanked political parties for unanimously electing him the Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha and pledged to discharge his duties without bias. “This Chair is impartial and it is meant to be impartial,” Birla said in a brief speech[Read More…]
Los Angeles, June 19 (IANS) Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran’s new LP ‘No.6 Collaborations Project features as many as 22 collaborators including the likes of Cardi B, Camila Cabello, Khalid and Eminem. The list also features Travis Scott, Justin Bieber, Bruno Mars, Stormzy and more. The 15-track LP will be out on[Read More…]
Los Angeles, June 19 (IANS) Actress Zendaya says it is important for her to show women who arent one-dimensional through her projects. She is happy that her next film “Spider-Man: Far From Home” is in sync with her thoughts. Zendaya played Michelle in “Spider-Man: Homecoming”. On the basis of the[Read More…]
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Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) The shooting for R. Madhavan’s upcoming film “Rocketry – The Nambi Effect” has wrapped up. The actor says it was the most awesome film shoot for him. “It’s a film wrap for ‘Rocketry’… Thank you to the most outstanding crew ever for the most awesome shoot[Read More…]
Pune, June 19 (IANS) Hindi and Marathi actor-director Milind Ganesh Dastane and his wife Sayali have been arrested for allegedly cheating a Pune jeweller of Rs 25.6 lakh, police said here on Wednesday. The arrest was made on Tuesday evening following a complaint lodged by P.N. Gadgil Jewelers in Chaturshrungi[Read More…]
Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) With most senior leaders in the BJP having retired from active politics, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) is now looking towards building a new leadership. Later this month, the RSS will be holding camps in Uttar Pradesh to discuss ways to identify and groom young leaders.[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday felicitated the Indian archery contingent for their superlative performance at the World Archery Championships held in Hertogenbosh, Netherlands last week, which has earned India an Olympic berth. Meeting the archers at the Sports[Read More…]
Bengaluru, June 19 (IANS) US-headquartered enterprise Cloud computing company Nutanix on Wednesday announced the appointment of veteran IT leader Anantharaman Balakrishnan as its new Vice President and Managing Director of Sales for India. Before joining Nutanix, Balakrishnan was Head of Amazon Web Services’ financial services and manufacturing verticals for the[Read More…]
Colombo, June 19 (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be unable to visit Sri Lanka as previously announced due to unavoidable scheduling conflicts, the US Embassy said in a statement here on Wednesday. In the statement, the Embassy said Pompeo is scheduled to accompany US President Donald Trump[Read More…]
Lucknow, June 19 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday said that she would have attended the all-party meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi if it was on Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The BSP chief alleged that people’s faith in the EVMs had dwindled to a “worrisome[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The CPI-M on Wednesday came out strongly against the ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal, calling it “fundamentally anti-federal, anti-democratic” and striking at the root of the parliamentary democratic system. CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury said in a note submitted at an all-party meeting here that[Read More…]
Colombo, June 19 (IANS) China on Wednesday donated a batch of security equipment to the Sri Lankan Parliament to ensure the safety of the public and legislators following the April Easter suicide bombings in the island country. The security equipment, which is worth 33 million Sri Lankan Rupees (an estimated[Read More…]
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Digital payments leader Paytm provides over 200 services after the launch of its gaming platform, PaytmFirst Games. Riding on the success of the network effect it has created in the online and offline domain, the company is now building a variety of services to enhance[Read More…]
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Srinagar, June 19 (IANS) A team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday carried out searches at properties belonging to sacked J&K Bank chairman, Pervez Ahmad Nengroo. The searches were carried out at three locations including Nengroo’s private residence. The ACB team were accompanied by Magistrates and policemen during the[Read More…]
Salvador (Brazil), June 19 (IANS) Hosts Brazil played a goalless draw with Venezuela in a Copa America clash here. Roberto Firmino’s 39th minute effort failed to stand as he was adjudged to have pulled down Venezuelan defender Mikel Villanueva before shooting late on Tuesday, reports Xinhua news agency. Gabriel Jesus[Read More…]
San Francisco, June 19 (IANS) Carrying on with what seems to be his ‘wild Tweet week’, multi-billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has replaced his profile picture on Twitter with that of an alcoholic monkey. Since Tuesday, the profile picture of the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has been showing a baby monkey[Read More…]
Geneva, June 19 (IANS) The number of people fleeing violence, persecution and conflict in 2018 has exceeded 70 million globally – the highest number in the UN refugee agency’s almost 70 years of operations. The UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report released on Wednesday shows that almost 70.8 million people are[Read More…]
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Actress Kriti Sanon has signed her next project — Rahul Dholakia’s yet untitled thriller. The film, being produced by Sunir Kheterpal for Azure Entertainment, is slated to go on the floors in August, and will be shot in a start-to-finish single schedule. It is expected to[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 19 (IANS) The Congress-led opposition in the Kerala Assembly on Wednesday slammed the ruling Left government after a Nigeria-based Keralite committed suicide after the government failed to give his business necessary sanctions under ease of doing business rules. Sajan Parayil, 49, who hailed from Kannur district, on Tuesday[Read More…]
Amethi, June 19 (IANS) Congressmen in Amethi and Sultanpur turned out in large numbers to celebrate Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s 49th birthday on Wednesday and distributed sweets among children in slum dwellings. Celebrations were held in party offices in both the districts where party supporters cut cakes. Senior Congress leader[Read More…]
