Kolkata, March 21 A potato cultivator in West Bengal’s Burdwan district died on Saturday after consuming pesticide. His family said he took the extreme step on failing to recover the cost of production. So far, four potato cultivators have committed suicide in the state this month, after a bumper production of the crop led to […]
New Delhi, March 21 Sixteen policemen were acquitted by a court here on Saturday of the charges of murder and other crimes in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in which 42 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut city. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Jindal acquitted 16 Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel of the charges dealing […]
Mumbai, March 21 Fashion designer Manish Malhotra loves to spend time and converse with evergreen Bollywood actress Rekha while working on her styling for the film “Fitoor”. “A long day with beautiful REKHA costume fittings and discussions for ‘FITOOR’ love spending time with her and chatting about movies,” Malhotra posted on Twitter. Rekha stars in […]
New Delhi, March 21 The 1,200 Indians who allegedly have accounts in HSBC Bank’s Geneva account and against some of whom a probe was initiated by tax authorities can’t get amnesty under the new law that the government proposes to get back ill-gotten money stashed abroad. The so-called amnesty scheme is detailed in the chapter […]
New Delhi, March 21 A court here on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to environmentalist R.K. Pachauri in a sexual harassment case and rejected the police plea for his custody. Additional Sessions Judge Raj Kumar Tripathi directed Pachauri to furnish a personal bond of Rs.50,000 and a surety of like amount as he rejected Delhi Police’s […]
Wellington, March 21 New Zealand batsman Martin Guptill on Saturday said he was amused at West Indies opener Chris Gayle’s ‘welcome to the 200 league’ gesture after cracking a whirlwind knock of 237 runs in a cricket World Cup quarter-final here. Guptill clobbered his way to an unbeaten 237 from 163 balls to record the […]
Chennai, March 21 Southern composer Ghibran, the executive producer of “Swayer Corporations”, is delighted it will be screened in the short films category at the Cannes International Film Festival May 14-25. “Swayer Corporations” is directed by Ghibran’s childhood friend Rathindran R. Prasad for Turkish producers Basak Gaziler Prasad and Hakan Kantarli. “I am happy to […]
Kolkata, March 21 A first year Jadavpur University student was allegedly molested by three engineering students inside the campus, police said on Saturday. “On the complaint of a first year student of the Sanskrit department, we have registered a case against three university students who allegedly assaulted and molested her last night,” an officer of […]
Washington, March 21 Several Indian-Americans are among over 100 students from across the country who would showcase their inventions, and innovative science projects at the fifth White House Science Fair hosted by President Barack Obama Monday. Celebrating their extraordinary science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) achievements, this year’s exhibits, all built, made, and designed by […]
Mumbai, March 21 India’s foreign exchange reserves decreased by $2.06 billion to $335.72 billion for the week ended March 13, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. According to analysts, the Indian reserves fell on the back of a rally in the US dollar and that major non-dollar currencies were trading at their weekly lows. […]