New Delhi, Big budgets. Big directors. Big stars. With “Dilwale” and “Bajirao Mastani“, both much-awaited Bollywood cinematic extravaganzas, releasing together on Friday, industry experts believe the clash will have a strong impact on the overall collections of the year. However, it’s best not to expect a new record! “Clashes are obviously not great,” superstar Shah […]
Mumbai, The appreciation of evidence by the trial court (sessions court) in the accident case involving Bollywood actor Salman Khan “has not been proper”, the Bombay High Court, which acquitted the actor last Thursday, said in its detailed judgment. “Lastly, in the considered view of this court, the appreciation of the evidence as as done […]
Mumbai, Jet Airways on Thursday announced the resignation of its chief executive Cramer Ball, effective from February 29, 2016. “Gaurang Shetty, whole-time director, will become the acting CEO of the company,” the airline said in a statement. Shetty has over 35 years of industry experience and has been with the airline for more than 19 […]
New Delhi, Proceedings of the Rajya Sabha were again disrupted by the opposition Congress on Thursday over the crisis in Arunachal Pradesh, forcing two adjournments in the pre-lunch session. Soon after the house met at 12.37 p.m. after the first adjournment, Chairman Hamid Ansari tried to conduct question hour but Congress members started shouting slogans […]
Mumbai, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Entertainment and Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks on Thursday announced the formation of Amblin Partners — a new film, television and digital content creation company. Participant Media led by Jeff Skoll and Entertainment One (eOne), leading US based entertainment companies, are also part of the joint venture and will work closely in the […]
Washington, In a historic move, America’s central bank, the US Federal Reserve, for the first time in nearly a decade raised its key interest rate from a range of 0 percent to 0.25 percent to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent Wednesday’s rate hike though a small one, is seen as a sign […]
New Delhi, Delhi’s ruling AAP on Thursday again accused Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of indulging in corruption in Delhi’s cricket body and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack him. “A free and fair probe cannot be done as long as Jaitley remains in the post,” Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh told the media […]
New Delhi, Google will build a new campus at Hyderabad, hire more people even as it is working towards including as many people as possible to use the internet in India, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said here on Wednesday. “In our attempt to provide internet access to people, we have decided to provide Wi-Fi […]
New Delhi, The Supreme Court on Wednesday increased by 100 percent the environment compensation charge (ECC) for the commercial vehicles entering Delhi and imposed a blanket ban on the registeration of diesel vehicles of engine capacity of 2,000 cc and above in the entire National Capital Region. The apex court bench headed by Chief Justice […]
Mumbai, The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said the Saudi Arabian women getting the right to contest and vote in civic elections for the first time in the history of the oil-rich kingdom is the dawn of a “women’s revolution”. The elections last weekend saw 979 women candidates out of a total of around 7,000 candidates, […]