By Tridib BaparnashMumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Ahead of Saturday’s Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) season 6 final against Gujarat Fortunegiants here, a confident Bengaluru Bulls coach B.C. Ramesh on Friday warned his team against complacency while heaping praise on the opposition. This will be Bengaluru’s second attempt to win the title[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Jan 4 (IANS) Rapper-turned-actress Awkwafina, who had a successful year with “Oceans 8” and “Crazy Rich Asians”, is in talks to join the “Jumanji” sequel. Variety reported that Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan are all expected to return for the project, with Jake Kasdan[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Jan 4 (IANS) Actor Will Poulter has taken a “step back” from Twitter to reassess his relationship with social media after he faced abuse from online trolls over his looks in a show. He faced the wrath over his looks in new “Black Mirror” episode “Bandersnatch”, for which[Read More…]
Seoul, Jan 4 (IANS) North Korea replaced its top envoy in Rome in November, Italian diplomatic authorities said on Friday, while remaining guarded about whether it’s linked with a reported asylum bid by a Pyongyang diplomat. The confirmation came a day after reports emerged of North Korean ambassador to Italy,[Read More…]
Paris, Jan 4 (IANS/AKI) UN culture organisation Unesco’s Director-General has deplored the car bomb attack in the Somali capital Mogadishu that killed a prominent TV reporter and at least 13 other people last month, urging better security for media in the volatile country. “I condemn the killing of Awil Dahir[Read More…]
Srinagar, Jan 4 (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot and critically injured a civilian on Friday in Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Police said the gunmen fired at Simranjeet Singh in Khasipora village. “He was shifted to a local hospital where doctors referred him to Srinagar for specialized treatment,”[Read More…]
Vijayawada, Jan 4 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Friday entrusted to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) the case relating to the knife attack on YSR Congress Party President Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy at Visakhapatnam Airport on October 25. The court passed the orders on petitions filed by leaders of[Read More…]
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) New Horizons spacecraft which explored the ancient Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, earlier this week, has yielded that the distant object has no evidence of an atmosphere, NASA has said. New Horizons completed the farthest flyby in history when it came within about 2,200 miles[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Jan 4 (IANS) US-based business process services company Conduent has completed the acquisition of software company Health Solutions Plus (HSP) for an undisclosed sum. New York-based HSP developed a healthcare payer administration software that would enable Conduent to better serve commercial and government payer clients with core administration processing[Read More…]
Los Angeles, Jan 4 (IANS) Nicholas Sparks’ romantic novel-turned-hit film “The Notebook” is now set to become a Broadway musical. Producers Kevin McCollum and Kurt Deutsch in association with Sparks are coming up with the musical production, reported variety.com. Published in 1996, the book was turned into a 2004 film[Read More…]
Rome, Jan 4 (IANS/AKI) Eni has signed an accord to purchase from Caelus Energy a 70 per cent stake in the Oooguruk oil field that it doesn’t already own, allowing the Italian energy giant to ramp up its production in Alaska by around 7,000 barrels of oil per day, the[Read More…]
By Troy RibeiroFilm: “Mary Poppins Returns”; Director: Rob Marshall; Cast: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Pixie Davies, Nathanael Saleh, Joel Dawson, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Jeremy Swift, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Dick Van Dyke, Angela Lansbury, David Warner, Jim Norton, Noma Dumezweni; Rating: ** Those who have[Read More…]
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) Child artiste Gauransh Sharma will play the role of Govind aka Laddu in “Jiji Maa”. His look will be inspired by actor Govinda’s style across Bollywood films. “I love Laddu’s look and character and I am very excited to play the role. Laddu is a very[Read More…]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 4 (IANS) Kerala Police will step up security for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan following widespread protests in the state over the entry of two women to the Sabarimala shrine, a police officer said on Friday. T.K. Vinodkumar, chief of the police intelligence wing, said though the Chief Minister[Read More…]
Sydney, Jan 4 (IANS) India declared their first innings for 622/7 just before stumps on the second day of the fourth Test against Australia here on Friday. Pujara scored 193 while Pant (159) slammed his maiden ton. Pant played 189 balls and remained unbeaten. Ravindra Jadeja (81), Hanuma Vihari (42)[Read More…]
By Arnab Neil SenguptaEvents of the year that has just gone by have underscored once again the stark fact that independent and sovereign statehood is the ultimate currency of power. The patronage of distant powers, the generosity of international institutions and notions of religious solidarity have all proved to be[Read More…]
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) Chinese handset maker Xiaomi has announced it is making Redmi an independent brand without revealing the reason behind the move. The announcement essentially makes Redmi — originally introduced as a budget smartphone line-up by the company in July 2013 — a subsidiary of Xiaomi. “Xiaomi has[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and eight injured after an explosion in a factory here on Thursday night brought down the building, police said on Friday. The factory, a double-storey building in west Delhi’s Sudarshan Park area, was used for painting ceiling fans. Additional[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said the bench that will hear a batch of cross petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court judgment on the Ayodhya title suit will decide the future course of the hearing. Taking up the applications for early hearing, a bench[Read More…]
By Arshan VakilWhat is it that you need to do to make sure you give of your best during an interview? Selling yourself is one way to impress any recruiter. How can you do this? In short, it’s how you look, how you behave, and how you answer that matters.[Read More…]
Shimla, Jan 4 (IANS) Moderate to heavy snowfall may occur across Himachal Pradesh for the next two days, the Met office said on Friday. Residents and tourists have been advised not to venture out to the high hills. Hills of Shimla, Kullu, Mandi, Sirmaur, Chamba, Lahaul-Spiti and Kinnaur districts are[Read More…]
By Shreya DasPune, Jan 4 (IANS) Asia’s biggest electronic dance music festival – Sunburn – gave a booming start to 2019 as it downed its curtains earlier this week with astronomical fireworks, massive raves and overwhelming music by international and desi DJs. The three-day music festival on the outskirts of[Read More…]
Beijing, Jan 4 (IANS) A US delegation will visit China next week to participate in vice-ministerial level trade talks that have been ongoing since early 2018, it was announced here on Friday. The delegation, led by Deputy US Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish, will be here from January 7 to 8[Read More…]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said a bench that will hear a batch of cross petitions challenging the 2014 Allahabad High Court judgement on the Ayodhya title issue will decide the way forward. Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said: “The further orders (on the hearing of[Read More…]
New Delhi/Meerut, Jan 4 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday said it has arrested an arms supplier in connection with its ongoing probe into the new Islamic State (IS) module ‘Harkat-ul-Harb-e-Islam’. A senior NIA official in New Delhi said the agency has arrested 21-year-old Naeem in Uttar Pradesh’s[Read More…]
