Megastar Amitabh Bachchan acknowledges his work as a prayer and says he sometimes get scared of them. “Belief and prayer come so intrinsically close to each other… And the power of them both percolates all else… The strength driving millions to its existence and its marvels… The sincerity paving the[Read More…]
The fourth instalment of multi-starrer film “Housefull” is set for a Diwali 2019 release with a few additions to the cast. The film will revolve around the theme of reincarnation, a statement said. “Houseful 4” will also mark the return of Sajid Khan as the director for the franchise. “Housefull[Read More…]
A case has been registered against seven Muslim youths in Maharajganj district for allegedly posting an objectionable picture of Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Yogi Adityanath on social media, police said on Friday. The complaint was filed by Narsingh Pandey of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a youth group formed by Adityanath[Read More…]
The Rajasthan High Court issued notice to the Centre and the state government on an ordinance that aims to protect public servants from being probed for on-duty action without prior government sanction. The Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance 2017, was promulgated in September. The high court gave the governments one[Read More…]
A former BBC journalist, Vinod Verma was arrested the Chhattisgarh Police from his Ghaziabad residence on Friday for allegedly trying to blackmail a minister from Chhattisgarh with a sex CD. Senior police officials in Ghaziabad have confirmed the arrest. However, they refused to reveal details of the case. Verma is[Read More…]
Popular Tamil actor Kamal Haasan has no plans to launch a new political party on November 7, his birthday and he clarified the same after speculations were rife that he may make the big announcement. Haasan, in an article, had written, “I am going to make an announcement on November[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi is probably the most eligible bachelor in the country right now. Thus, people are genuinely interested in knowing when the right time for the Congress VC is to get hitched. But when asked about his marriage, Gandhi played safe while invoking destiny. “Jab hogi, hogi (It[Read More…]
The CBI has registered a case of abetment of suicide against Karnataka Minister KJ George and two senior Karnataka police officials in connection with the suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police MK Ganapathy. Apart from George, who was then the state Home Minister and is now holding the portfolio of[Read More…]
The Supreme Court asked the Government to work together with firms like Google, Yahoo!, Facebook and WhatsApp to advise list of keywords that will help curb indecent videos. The order was passed in a bid to ensure explicit videos showing rape, gang rape and child pornography are not available for[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi once again slammed the government and described demonetisation and GST as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “double tap” fired to destroy the economy. He also hit out at finance minister, Arun Jaitley for his fiasco to offer a cure to tackle the misery that has led to[Read More…]
New Delhi: An independent fact-finding investigation into the lynching of Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer, earlier this year by cow vigilantes has exposed how police tried to “weaken” the investigation by delaying filing of the FIR and invoking IPC sections of crimes with lesser punishment. The investigation termed the police action[Read More…]
New Delhi: One of the biggest services a broadcaster can render to the democracy is to present news sans the “element of drama”, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani said on Thursday. “How many of us in the private sector are always told that news in some medium or the[Read More…]
Mumbai: The application of emergency brake derailed the engine of the Goa-Mumbai Duronto Express here on Thursday afternoon, disrupting the Konkan Railway network for nearly four hours, an official said. The engine driver was shown an emergency flag by maintenance workers after a rod got stuck on the railway tracks[Read More…]
With the air quality in Delhi and NCR getting worse ahead of winter, the city government has said it may bring back the odd-even vehicle rationing scheme in the capital. Delhi Transport Minister, Kailash Gahlot directed the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) to gear up for implementation of the odd-even scheme[Read More…]
In a bid to ease the process of linking Aadhaar with a mobile number, the Department of Telecommunications launched three new methods – OTP based, App based and the IVRS facility. These new methods will aid subscribers to get their number linked to Aadhaar without facing any hassle to visit[Read More…]
Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law, Robert Vadra on Thursday alleged that senior BJP leaders were stalking him online and using his posts “as crutches” in their election campaigns in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. “Senior BJP leaders seem to be obsessed with me and my family. They are stalking me on[Read More…]
The plea filed by BJP leader, Subramanian Swamy for a court-monitored investigation into the death of Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was dismissed by the Delhi High court on Thursday. The HC dismissed the petition saying it to be ‘frivolous’. The HC also warned both Swamy and his[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, air balloons with ‘I love Pakistan’ written on it were seized from Govind Nagar police station area in Uttar Pradesh, Kanpur. Notably, no arrests have been made in this case so far and police are investigating the matter. More details are awaited.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the government was in the process of enacting stringent legislation aimed at protecting consumers along with setting up a Consumer Protection Authority (CPA). “Consumers’ protection is this government’s priority. We are in the process to bring a new law on consumer protection keeping[Read More…]
The separated faction of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) will contest the Gujarat assembly election in coalition with the Congress, said its leader Sharad Yadav. He also urged for a “minimum division” among opposition parties as they take on the ruling BJP. Yadav told that he talked to Congress vice-president,[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited the Taj Mahal and wielded a broom to launch the ‘swacchta abhiyaan’ (cleanliness drive) at the western gate of the monument. He spent about 30 minutes there. As he arrived amid tight security, BJP activists shouted slogans hailing him as well[Read More…]
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government after a Swiss couple were allegedly attacked in Agra on Sunday. “I have just seen this. I have asked for a report from the state government,” she said in a tweet attaching a news report[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, a teacher in a private school in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam district broke the arm of an upper KG student for not doing her homework, officials said on Wednesday. According to reports, a woman teacher at National Talent School at Vaddadi in Bucchaiahpet ‘mandal’ (block) mercilessly beat[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh government late on Wednesday made a major reshuffle in the police, transferring 28 Indian Police Service officials, including several district police chiefs. Akhilesh Kumar has been named as the new Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Kanpur while Pushpanjali Devi is the new Superintendent of Police (SP)[Read More…]
Celebrated filmmaker and actor Arbaaz Khan has said although the Supreme Court in its new rule has not mandated a citizen to stand up while the National Anthem is played at public places, he will always get up to pay his respect to it. During the trailer launch of his[Read More…]