The Uttar Pradesh government declared Vrindavan and Barsana in Mathura district as pilgrimage sites on Friday. While Vrindavan is popular as the birthplace of Lord Krishna where he and his elder brother Balram were raised, Barsana is the birthplace of Radha. As lakhs of devotees and tourists visit these two[Read More…]
National Award winning actor Akshay Kumar, who attended the grand audio launch of his debut Tamil film “2.0” here, said that the Hindi film industry has a lot to learn from the southern cinema. Akshay along with filmmaker S. Shankar, megastar Rajinikanth, Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, actress Amy Jackson and[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi has said that Sonia Gandhi, who was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi for treatment of an upset stomach, is much better. “There is nothing to worry,” he added. “Ma was in Shimla & caught stomach bug so we got her back. Nothing to[Read More…]
Welcoming the Delhi High Court’s order dismissing BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea in the Sunanda Puskhar death case, the Congress on Friday said no political rival now has the right to say anything against her husband and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. “The court has said nothing has been placed on[Read More…]
A senior BJP leader on Friday said that Mukul Roy, who had resigned from the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress earlier this month, has expressed his wish to join his party. “Mukul Roy has expressed his wish to our state (West Bengal) unit for joining the BJP. The state unit of[Read More…]
No political party can be erased in the multi-party political system in India, former President Pranab Mukherjee said adding ups and downs are a part of the cycle. In an interview to CNN-News 18, Mukherjee, in response to a question whether Congress is dead, said: “India has a multi-party political[Read More…]
Myanmar’s Consul General Pyi Soe died in a road accident in Jharkhand’s Giridih district on Friday, police said. According to police, Soe was travelling in an Innova car with his family members when it crashed with a truck at Galagi village. The location falls under Nimiyahat police station in Giridih.[Read More…]
Digambar Singh, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in Rajasthan, died in a private hospital on Friday morning at the age of 66. Singh was suffering from cancer. A prominent Jat community leader, Singh was a minister during chief minister, Vasundhara Raje’s first tenure (2003-08). He was admitted to[Read More…]
A pregnant woman was beaten to death by her husband and in-laws in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police said on Friday. Two persons have been arrested. The woman was tortured to death at her in-laws’ house in Illambazar area on Thursday night, a police officer said. According to locals, a[Read More…]
The Madras High Court on Friday has dismissed a petition seeking a ban on Tamil superstar Vijay’s film, Mersal saying that freedom of expression is for all. The court said Mersal is only a film and not real life. The filmmakers were attacked for “criticising” Centre’s flagship schemes, including the[Read More…]
Author Arundhati Roy has said her second book “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” is not a novel which is to be made into a movie. With “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness”, Roy has marked her return to the world of literary fiction this year, after a gap of two decades.[Read More…]
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…]