London, Feb 21 (IANS) Actor Hugh Jackman has fulfilled his dream of becoming a Guinness World Records holder by being feted with the honour for having the Longest Career as a Live Action Marvel Superhero. “The Wolverine” star received the honour during a surprise presentation on British TV show “This[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) The Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group’s financial services flagship company Reliance Capital on Thursday said it has invited its partner Nippon Life Insurance Company to make an open offer for its 42.88 per cent stake in Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd (RNAM). It is said Reliance[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Budget Session of the Delhi Assembly will begin from Friday with an address by Lt Governor Anil Baijal. “The Eight Session (Budget Session) of Sixth Legislative Assembly of National Capital Territory of Delhi will commence from February 22,” the Delhi government said. “Being the[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has been slammed by her father for saying that she smoked marijuana in her younger years and supports it becoming legalized. Donald Harris, an economics professor at Stanford University, claimed his daughter[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) US National Security Advisor John Bolton will travel to South Korea later this week for a round of consultations ahead of President Donald Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam. Bolton’s trip comes as top US officials continue to hammer out the[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed its former judge Justice D.K. Jain as BCCI’s ombudsman for the resolution of disputes arising in the apex cricketing body in the course of the administration of its affairs. The top court bench of Justice S.A. Bobde and Justice[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) A day after the Finance Ministry announced capital infusion of Rs 48,239 crore in the 12 public sectors banks, PSU Bank Nifty index gained up to 1.6 per cent, outperforming the Nifty50 index. During the afternoon trade session, Central Bank of India traded over 7 per[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) Actress Raveena Tandon says her Foundation will look into the education of martyrs’ children. Raveena spoke on the sidelines of the Nykaa-Femina Beauty Awards 2019 here on Tuesday. According to reports, Raveena, who is known for her philanthropic work and her association with various noble causes,[Read More…]
Dharamsala, Feb 21 (IANS) Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday jointly laid the foundation stone of the Central University of Himachal Pradesh at Dehra in Kangra district. Javadekar said the university would open new vistas of development in the area, besides[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Thursday asked President Ram Nath Kovind to sack Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy for “disgracing” his post and violating the “fundamentals of Constitution”. “Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy, in yet another outrageous statement, has endorsed a call for boycott of[Read More…]
Jammu, Feb 21 (IANS) Trade across the Line of Control (LoC) between the divided Kashmir resumed on Thursday after two days of suspension. Officials at the Chakan Da Bagh trade facilitation centre in Poonch district said 35 trucks carrying goods from the Indian administered part of Kashmir left for Rawalakote[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 21 (IANS) Seven people were killed and two dozen injured in a road accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Thursday, police said. The mishap took place in Unnao when a truck filled with iron pipes overturned and a bus rammed into it from the rear. Two other cars[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) B.K. Birla Group’s flagship Kesoram Industries is expecting that the proposed demerger of its tyre business will likely be completed by July, sources said on Thursday. In December, the company’s board had approved a scheme for demerger of its tyre business into Birla Tyres Limited and[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS) Claiming that its financial condition was stable and robust, state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) on Thursday admitted that receivables amounting to Rs 9,500 crore were delayed from customers including the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Indian Army. “Our finances are stable and robust. There is no[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Feb 21 (IANS) Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday flew in the home-grown Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas at the Aero India air show here and hailed the fighter. “It was a wonderful experience flying the LCA. The avionics of the aircraft was very good. I could[Read More…]
Washington, Feb 21 (IANS) The US has imposed sanctions on an Indian national, based in the UAE, and his parents for their involvement in an alleged global smuggling network for heroin, opioids and other drugs. The US Treasury Department in a statement on Wednesday called Jasmeet Hakimzada a “significant foreign[Read More…]
By Subhash K. Jha Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) Upset over the remixed version of his 1978 song “Mungda”, Rajesh Roshan says the law is against composers, who have no legal control over their creations. Rajesh Roshan’s “Mungda” featured originally in “Inkaar”. It has found a new avatar in Indra Kumar’s[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Opposition leaders will meet here on February 26 to deliberate on a common minimum programme (CMP) to be presented by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, a TDP leader said on Thursday. This follows a meeting of opposition leaders here on February 13 where they decided to[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 21 (IANS) IT solutions firm NIIT Technologies Ltd. on Thursday announced a global collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the comprehensive cloud needs of enterprises — from infrastructure to business applications. The collaboration will offer innovative solutions, enabling enterprises to become more agile, improve reliability and reduce operating costs[Read More…]
Chennai, Feb 21 (IANS) Income Tax Department officials on Thursday searched 31 premises of four businessmen in Tamil Nadu for suspected tax evasion, said a senior official. “The search operation is on,” the official not wanting to be identified told IANS. Searches are on at several places here and in[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Feb 21 (IANS) A 12-hour bandh called by the Naba Nirman Krushak Sangathan (NNKS) demanding price, prestige and pension for farmers in Odisha evoked a mixed response in several parts of the state on Thursday. Though there were no reports of a shutdown of any business establishments and educational[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The government on Thursday approved air travel to paramilitary forces between Jammu and Srinagar in the wake of the suicide bombing that killed 40 CRPF troopers on the Srinagar-Jammu highway. The decision was conveyed to the chiefs of various paramilitary forces including the BSF, CRPF,[Read More…]
Montevideo, Feb 21 (IANS) Bolivia has formally expressed interest in joining a South American bid to host the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which will mark the centenary of football’s showpiece tournament. Bolivian sports minister Tito Montano presented his country’s request to be added to a candidacy involving Argentina, Chile, Paraguay[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 21 (IANS) Betting big on food wrapping solutions with the launch of biodegradable cellulose transparent films, Cygnet Industries, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kesoram Industries, is expecting to cross Rs 400 crore revenue by the next fiscal (FY 2019-20). “We are looking at food wrapping solutions in a big[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The realisation of the tremendous power of nature, after viewing a dark storm entering a city from afar on a train, inspired artist-animator Anupama Chatterjee Hara to create extensive graphite works that take one to open landscapes. Hara, who would exhibit 30 paintings at the[Read More…]
