Bollywood actor Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik, who have been arrested in connection with the drug link in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death, on Tuesday moved a bail plea in the Bombay High Court. Their lawyer Satish Maneshinde said the plea will come up for hearing on Wednesday before a […]
Reliance Jio launches JioPostpaid Plus service: Here are all the details
Reliance Jio on Tuesday launched the JioPostpaid Plus service to provide enhanced connectivity and better features to its postpaid customers in the country. The newly launched service offers a bunch of new plans to subscribers to pick from. These plans also offer a host of new features to the company’s […]
Schools, colleges reopen in Assam after Covid-19 lockdown
After a six-month-long hiatus due to COVID-19, schools and colleges were reopened in Assam on Monday. Educational institutes in the state have remained closed since the nation-wide COVID-19 lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24. Visuals from the SB Deorah College campus in Guwahati showed a few […]
UK’s National Trust acknowledges colonial links to its properties
Large country houses in UK built with money looted or fortunes earned in colonial India are the focus of a new report by the National Trust, which owns and manages hundreds of historic houses, forts, castles and sylvan public spaces. At least 50 such properties in England and Wales are linked […]
120 tribals in jail under anti-terror law for 3 years, trial yet to begin
Deep inside the Sukma jungle, the serenity of the small village Burakapal, situated just 200 meters from nearby security forces camp, is disturbed only by women nonchalantly engaged in their chores and kids boisterously playing with slingshot. A few men can be spotted in the village but they fear interacting […]
Goa to approach SC to modify Tarun Tejpal trial timelines in view of Covid-19
The Goa government will approach the Supreme Court to seek an extension in the timelines that the apex court had set for the completing the trial of disgraced former Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal. With the trial court under instructions to complete the case by December this year and keen to […]
Vidal completes move to Inter from Barcelona
Arturo Vidal has joined Inter Milan, where he will be reunited with coach Antonio Conte.Barcelona said on Tuesday that Inter will pay 1 million euros ($1.1 million) “in variables” for the transfer. Vidal had a contract at Barcelona until 2021 but was not part of new coach Ronald Koeman’s plans, […]
Sonia, Rahul return to India amid Opposition’s standoff with government over farm bills
Congress president Sonia Gandhi accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi returned to India on Tuesday morning after undergoing a routine health check-up in the United States, people familiar with the development said. The two had left for the US on September 12. Both of them missed a major part of […]
Glided like snakes, now silent: Sena slams BJP’s silence on Ranaut’s remark
The Shiv Sena on Tuesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its silence on Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut’s tweet calling farmers protesting the farm bills passed by the government as “terrorists”. The Sena, in an editorial in Saamana, said that the political party that “glided like snakes” to what […]
Kerala gold smuggling case: Special court sends Swapna Suresh to 4-day NIA custody
A special NIA court in Kochi on Tuesday sent Swapna Suresh, a key accused in the high-profile Kerala gold smuggling case, to four-day custody of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for questioning. The court also allowed Suresh to see her relatives during the custody period. During the hearing, Suresh informed […]
‘UP cultural centre of India’: Yogi Adityanath holds meet with leading filmmakers over film city project
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday held a virtual meeting with several leading members of the film fraternity over his proposal of a new film city in the state. Addressing members of the industry, Adityanath stressed on what makes the state the ‘cultural centre’ of the country, as […]
A $50 phone is Ambani’s weapon to dominate India telecom market
Reliance Industries Ltd. has asked local suppliers to ramp up production capacity in India so they can make as many as 200 million smartphones over the next two years, according to people familiar with the matter, a potentially enormous boost for the country’s technology ambitions and a warning shot to […]
Over 500,000 Activision accounts hacked, Call of Duty players’ data, password at risk
A massive data breach at Activision has let hackers access usernames and passwords of over hundreds of thousands of its customer accounts. Reported by Dexerto, more than 500,000 Activision accounts have been hacked and the user credentials have been publicly leaked for Call of Duty players and others. Hackers are now […]
Vikram Bhatt on Alia-Ranbir: ‘Audience made them stars, not their fathers’
Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, defending actors Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor, has said that they have succeeded on the basis of their talents. He said that it is because the audiences that they emerged as stars, and not because they were given preferential treatment by the industry. Vikram has been commenting on […]
Bank of England to propose simpler rules for small banks
Britain will adopt less bureaucratic financial rules after Brexit, starting with simpler regulation of small banks, Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods said on Tuesday. The BoE will propose the simpler rules for smaller lenders in a month or so, a step that would have been impossible to agree […]