Month: December 2018

In India we assume we are talented, don’t learn acting: Shah Rukh Khan

Mumbai : Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says he wants his daughter Suhana to learn the craft of acting before venturing into films as he does not want her to simply assume that she is talented. Shah Rukh says Suhana came on the sets of his latest “Zero” and observed […]

HC rejects plea against LIC move to acquire 51 pc stake in IDBI

New Delhi : The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the LIC move to acquire 51 per cent stake in the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). Justice Vibhu Bakhru rejected the petition by the All India IDBI Officers Association, which had opposed the move of […]

Russia social media influence efforts ongoing, report says

WASHINGTON— Russia’s sweeping political disinformation campaign on U.S. social media was more far-reaching than originally thought, with troll farms working to discourage black voters and “blur the lines between reality and fiction” to help elect Donald Trump in 2016, according to reports released Monday by the Senate intelligence […]

Pakistan releases Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari after 6 years

Islamabad :  Pakistan on Monday released Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari, who was detained by the country’s intelligence agencies in 2012 and subsequently sentenced to three years’ imprisonment by a military court in 2015 for possessing a fake Pakistani identity card. Ansari, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident, was lodged in […]

Rupee settles 34 paise higher at 71.56 against US dollar

Mumbai : The Indian rupee Monday recovered by 34 paise to close at 71.56 against the US dollar as forex market sentiments were driven by the country’s narrowing trade deficit in November as also smart gains in domestic equities. Besides, the American currency’s weakness against its major rivals globally […]

Lok Sabha passes Transgender bill

New Delhi : Amid noisy protests over the Rafale deal and Cauvery issue, the Lok Sabha Monday passed a bill seeking to empower the transgender community by providing them a separate identity. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016, seeking to define transgenders and prohibit discrimination against them, […]

‘Rahul should apologise for spreading lies’

Guwahati : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Monday demanded Congress president Rahul Gandhi to apologise to the nation for “misleading” the people by spreading “lies and misinformation” on the Rafale fighter jet deal. Adityanath attacked the Congress for not accepting the apex court’s verdict and termed it as […]

Delhi’s air quality remains very poor: Authorities

New Delhi :  Delhi’s air quality remained ‘very poor’ on Monday with the authorities predicting further rise in pollution levels due to reduced wind speed. The overall air quality index (AQI) of the national capital was 336, which falls in the ‘very poor’ category, according to the Central Pollution […]

Anti-Sikh riots: Sajjan Kumar’s conviction is third successful prosecution within a month

New Delhi  :  Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar’s conviction and sentence to life for “remainder of his natural life” by the Delhi High Court on Monday is the third successful prosecution within a month relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots cases. The judgement holding Kumar guilty in a case […]

JNU dropping subscriptions of imp journals: JNUSU

New Delhi :  The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union has accused the varsity of dropping the subscription of important journals over paucity of funds. Making the announcement at a press conference, the students body shared documents of the Library Advisory Committee meeting held last month. Prior to holding the […]

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