Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday met relatives of those who died in the boat capsize in Odisha and expressed grief at the loss of lives. A party release said Gandhi visited Sambalpur to condole with the family members and relatives of those who lost their lives in the accident at the Hirakud Dam Reservoir. […]
Two youth from Manipur were beaten up here late Sunday, police said Monday, just a few days after an alleged racial attack led to the death of a student from Arunachal Pradesh. The Manipuri youth were attacked by a group of motorbike riders in Ambedkar Nagar area of south Delhi around 8.30 p.m. Sunday. One […]
Nepali Congress president Sushil Koirala was Monday elected the 37th prime minister of Nepal garnering a two-thirds majority in the 571-seat parliament. Koirala secured 405 votes, Constituent Assembly chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa announced. A total of 148 lawmakers, including from the Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-Maoist) and some fringe parties voted against Koirala. Koirala, […]
Banking operations across India were hit Monday as members of an umbrella trade union of 47 banks began a two-day strike, opposing the proposed banking sector reforms and demanding immediate revision in wages. Over a million bank employees and officers working in 27 public sector banks, including the State Bank of India, 12 private and […]
A committee, probing alleged corruption in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL), has said in its report that BCCI boss N. Srinivasan’s son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan was “the face and team official” of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and “the allegations of betting and passing information” against him “stand proved”. In a 200-page document submitted […]
With both houses of parliament remaining paralysed for the fourth day Monday over Telangana, ugly scenes were witnessed in the Rajya Sabha when a member pulled out the chairman’s microphone. The Rajya Sabha saw protests over the proposed formation of Telangana while members from Tamil Nadu demanded a discussion on the issue of Tamil fishermen. […]
‘Hasee Toh Phasee’ starring Sidharth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra released last Friday. The film started on a slow note at the box-office, but showed a good jump during the weekend. However, the growth was only seen in multiplexes. On Friday, the film collected Rs. 4.25cr, on Saturday the collection was Rs. 5.75cr and on Sunday […]
anjSanjay Dutt is currently on a parole as his wife Manyata Dutt was ill and now the actor wants his parole to be extended. Sanjay is out on a parole from Yerwada Jail in Pune where he was serving his jail term. He is on a parole since December 2013. Sanjay was supposed to be […]
Yo Yo Honey Singh is surely in demand in Bollywood. After composing music and singing in films like ‘Chennai Express’, ‘Boss’, ‘Yaariyan’ and ‘Dedh Ishqiya’, he will now make megastar Amitabh Bachchan rap to his tunes for a special jugal-bandi in ‘Bhootnath Returns’. The song named ‘Party with Bhootnath’ will be shot at a resort […]
Salman Khan is now a days spotted with a French beard. The actor who used artificial moustaches for his previous films, opted to have an original moustache and beard. It is learnt that this new look of the actor is for his upcoming flick ‘Kick’. According to the grapevine, Salman didn’t wanted to use the […]