Mumbai, March 22 Filmmaker Bobby Khan, who has roped in Sunny Leone for his film “Ek Paheli Leela”, says she was best suited for the role and he’s confident about her work in the movie. “I had the script of the movie for 12 years. It’s a very special film for me. For me, Sunny […]
Jammu, March 22 Jammu and Kashmir’s budget for 2015-16 proposes abolition of water tax, cash stipends for young girls and continuing VAT remission to industries till uniform GST comes into force in the country. Presenting the proposals on Sunday, Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu said the Rs.46,473 crore-expenditure budget also proposes development of Jammu and Srinagar […]
Indian Wells (US), March 22 Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza have completed a dream first tournament together, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open women’s doubles title. The No.1 seeds, Hingis and Mirza didn’t even lose more than four games in any set all fortnight. After cruising through […]
Chandigarh, March 22 Medical science may not believe in the ghost stories but unethical practices adopted by private medical colleges and unscrupulous doctors in the region have put a big question mark on the standard of education being imparted and the kind of doctors being churned out by these institutions. With 436 ‘ghost’ teachers being […]
New Delhi, March 22 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday urged the nation to celebrate ‘Shaheedi Divas’ on Monday as “Desh Divas” (National Day) to mark the death of Bhagat Singh and his associates. “I appeal to the countrymen to celebrate this day as Desh Diwas,” said the activist-turned-chief minister in a video message […]
New Delhi, March 22 Facing a financial crunch, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) has not paid monthly pension of Rs.1,000 to over 30,000 elderly people under the Old Age Pension Scheme since March 2013, the Delhi High Court has been informed. The East Delhi civic body told a division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed […]
Mumbai, March 22 Since the shooting of “Fan” in Croatia kept superstar Shah Rukh Khan from “applauding” his wife Gauri Khan live when she showcased her fashion designing skills at an event here, he took to social media to send out a word of encouragement for her. “SatyaPaul by Gauri. Xtremely proud of her achievement. […]
New Delhi, March 22 National Security Advisor Ajit Doval will sit down with China’s top diplomat, State Councillor Yang Jiechi, for the 18th round of Special Representative talks on the boundary question here on Monday. For Doval, who was named the Special Representative for the talks last November, it will be his first go at […]
Kochi, March 22 A huge sparkling ‘diamond’ made of 10,000 discarded blood slides strung together by stainless steel wire and neatly stacked in a brick-like manner has been the cynosure of all eyes at the Kochi Muziris Biennale being held here. The creator, Prashant Pandey, has termed the installation “Artha”, a Sanskrit word that refers […]
New Delhi, March 21 The amnesty provisions in the proposed legislation to bring back ill-gotten money stashed away by Indians abroad will allow a perpetrator to retain only 40 percent of the overseas asset if declared within the stipulated time. In the chapter on tax compliance for undisclosed foreign income and assets, Section 60 provides […]