John, Emraan to star in Sanjay Gupta’s gangster film

John, Emraan to star in Sanjay Gupta’s gangster film

Actors John Abraham and Emraan Hashmi will be seen starring in filmmaker Sanjay Gupta’s upcoming gangster drama film. “It’s my third outing with John and I’m super excited to work with Emraan. I have always wanted to work with him and I am back to my base of film making — gangster dramas and all […]

Yuvraj Singh deserved a better send off: Rohit Sharma

Yuvraj Singh deserved a better send off: Rohit Sharma

Indian opener Rohit Sharma feels Yuvraj Singh, who has announced his retirement from international cricket, deserved a better farewell. Taking to social media after Yuvraj announced his retirement, Rohit said: “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone. Love you brotherman. You deserved a better send off.” On Monday, the stylish southpaw announced his […]

Modi to meet Xi, Putin at SCO but not Imran Khan

Modi to meet Xi, Putin at SCO but not Imran Khan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have bilateral meetings with leaders of Russia and China during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit later this month but not with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. “No meeting is being organised between Prime Minister Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. There is nothing more that I can add […]

Oil prices rise amid falling US oil rig count

Oil prices rise amid falling US oil rig count

Oil prices went up on Friday, as US oil rig count fell sharply this week, easing concerns there would be a potential supply glut and Saudi Arabia called for oil production cut extension. The number of US oil rigs dropped 11 to 789 for the week ending June 7, US energy services firm Baker Hughes […]

Pakistan’s Defence budget to remain unchanged

Pakistan’s Defence budget to remain unchanged

Pakistan’s Defence budget during the next fiscal year will remain unchanged as compared to the outgoing fiscal year in rupee terms due to the countrys dire economic condition, a media report said on Saturday. Prime Minister Imran Khan took to Twitter to announce that the military had “voluntarily agreed” to cut its expenditures due to […]

Jagan meets governor ahead of cabinet expansion

Jagan meets governor ahead of cabinet expansion

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday called on Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan here and submitted him a list of 25 ministers to be sworn in on Saturday. Soon after the governor landed here from Hyderabad, Jagan Reddy met him at a hotel and handed him over a list of ministers to be […]

How ever-greening & window dressing became the norm at IL&FS

How ever-greening & window dressing became the norm at IL&FS

India has seen many financial scams, but none that can match the scope, size and magnitude of shadow bank Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS). Like an onion, the more one peels the more the tears and pungence. The top secret Ministry of Corporate Affairs withering summary of the construct of IFIN (IL&FS Financial […]

Farah Khan, Ketan Mehta to judge Jagran Film Festival

Farah Khan, Ketan Mehta to judge Jagran Film Festival

Filmmakers like Farah Khan, Ketan Mehta, Nikkhil Advani, actress Dia Mirza and producer Shobu Yarlagadda of “Baahubali” fame will serve as judges of the upcoming 10th edition of the Jagran Film Festival. The Best Feature Films Award category will be reviewed by Mehta, Khan and Yarlagadda. Advani, Dia and writer-director Sameer Saxena, on the other […]

NCR’s ‘poor’ air quality days down by 50%: Javadekar

NCR’s ‘poor’ air quality days down by 50%: Javadekar

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said the government’s efforts to control air pollution have led to a decrease in the number of days with ‘poor’ air quality in the national capital region (NCR) by about 50 per cent in the last four years. Speaking at an event here to mark World Environment Day […]