A 50-year-old man, arrested in a 12-year-old case related to the assault of a neighbour, died in police custody in Sitamarhi district of Bihar on Sunday evening. The victim has been identified as Nageshwar Rai, a resident of Ranjitpur village under Punaura police station. Alleging torture by the police, the […]
UP CM Adityanath inaugurates new Covid-19 hospital in Gorakhpur
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday inaugurated a 300-bed Covid-19 hospital at BRD Medical College here. The state government-run medical college already has 200 beds at the super-speciality block dedicated to Covid-19 patients. Adityanath told reporters that there was “no dearth of beds for coronavirus patients” and said […]
India joins US, Russia, China hypersonic Missile club
India on Monday became the fourth country after US, Russia and China to develop and successfully test hypersonic technology from APJ Abdul Kalam testing range (Wheeler Island) in Balasore, Odisha, paving the way towards development of missiles travelling at six times the speed of sound (Mach 6). The test of […]
Kangana Ranaut to get Y+ category security. Here’s what it means
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, who is in a middle of a verbal duel with Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut, has been granted Y category security by the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA), officials said on Monday. The decision has come after the actor compared Mumbai to Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Sena’s […]
Bad Boy Billionaires: Delhi HC seeks response from Centre, Netflix on Mehul Choksi plea
The Delhi High Court (HC) on Monday sought the response of the Centre and Netflix, an over the top (OTT) media services provider, on a plea by Mehul Choksi challenging the dismissal of his petition, where he had sought pre-release viewing of the docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires. Choksi, a fugitive Indian-born […]
Vodafone Idea launches new brand identity ‘Vi’
Vodafone Idea on Monday unveiled its new unified brand identity. Vodafone Idea is now known as “VI” (pronounced we). Vodafone Idea Ltd has merged both telcos into one using both the red and yellow colours. On occasion of the new branding announcement, Vodafone Idea has also launched a new Vi […]
Ram temple construction committee chairman Nripendra Mishra’s visit to Ayodhya begins today
Nripendra Misra, the chairman of Ram Mandir construction committee, will visit Ayodhya on Monday to review preparations for the construction of the shrine. Misra along with the members of the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirath Kshetra Trust will inspect the Ram Janmabhoomi campus and will meet engineers of the Larsen & Toubro (L&T), […]
Monsoon session of Parliament: Over 1k officials being screened
Officials are being screened for Covid-19 to ensure highest health safety standards during Parliament’s monsoon session that will commence from September 14, people aware of the matter said. The process began on Saturday last and would cover over 1,000 officials who would be involved in conducting the session, they added. The officials […]
Cargo trailer: Vikrant Massey plays a rakshasa in new Netflix film
Netflix India has unveiled the first trailer for Cargo, two days before its release. Directed by Arati Kadav, the science-fiction film stars Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi in lead roles. Set almost entirely aboard a spaceship, the film focusses on Vikrant’s character, a ‘rakshasa’ named Prahastha, whose job it is to prepare […]
Home Ministry grants Y-plus category security to Kangana Ranaut
Actor Kangana Ranaut has been granted Y-plus Category security by the Home Ministry ahead of her Mumbai visit on September 9, said officials. The Y-plus category central cover entails deployment of about 10 armed commandos with the protectee, PTI reported. The move came amid an escalating war of words between […]
Man shuns USD 100,000 job in USA to to start farming in India
A man in Karnataka left his “monotonous job” in the United States and Dubai to start farming in his village in Kalaburagi district. Satish Kumar who was working as a Software engineer abroad was getting USD 1,00,000 per annum. “I was a software engineer working in Los Angeles, United States […]
Californians dodged blackouts but wildfires may cut power anyway
California once again evaded rolling blackouts Sunday after residents dramatically curbed electricity use during a record-breaking heat wave — but the state’s energy crisis is far from over. The sweltering temperatures are fueling wildfires that have, just this weekend, taken down power plants, forced evacuations and cut power to about […]
SMIC dives 15% on report US is considering blacklisting chipmaker
The shares plunged as much as 21% in Hong Kong, the biggest slump since July 16, while fellow Chinese chipmaker Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. plummeted more than 12.5% in Hong Kong. The Defense Department is working with other US agencies to determine whether to take action against SMIC, which would […]
Shapovalov enters US Open quarter-finals after win over Goffin
Denis Shapovalov regrouped after losing a terrible first set tie-break to beat David Goffin 6-7(0) 6-3 6-4 6-3 on Sunday and become the first Canadian man to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals in the Open era. Shapovalov will next face Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in the quarter-finals after the 20th […]
Rhea Chakraborty back at Narcotics Bureau for Day 2 of questioning
Rhea Chakraborty, after a marathon six-hour questioning on Sunday, arrived at the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office in South Mumbai at 9.30 am on Monday as part of the agency’s probe into a drugs case linked to the investigation into the death of Sushant Singh Rajput. Sameer Wankhede, zonal director of […]