Month: December 2018

Federer relishing ‘once in a lifetime’ Serena clash

Perth : The Hopman Cup might have saved its best for last as excitement builds for the most anticipated tennis match involving a man and woman since the “Battle of the Sexes” in the 1970s. Roger Federer and Serena Williams, two of the greatest players in history, will face […]

‘Luther’ next season will be extremely complex, says Idris Elba

London:  Idris Elba has promised that the upcoming fifth season of his hit series “Luther” will be “extremely complex”. The 46-year-old actor, who plays the title role of DCI John Luther in the BBC police drama, said the new four-part show will be worth the wait. “This season is […]

Mrinal Sen: The socially conscious auteur who pioneered ‘new wave’ in India

Kolkata  : Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen had once said he never knew “where it all will end” but his desire to experiment remained unchanged over the years. The veteran director — the last of the triumvirate of directing icons, Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak — had said what kept […]

Legendary filmmaker Mrinal Sen passes away at 95, cremation on Jan 2

Kolkata : Dadasaheb Phalke award-winning film director Mrinal Sen, the last of the triumvirate of directing icons, including Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, passed away on Sunday. He was 95. Sen took his last breath at his residence at 10.30 am after a prolonged battle with age-related ailments, family […]

Win proves I stood for right: Bigg Boss winner Dipika Kakar

Lonavala :  Popular TV actor Dipika Kakar, who lifted the trophy for “Bigg Boss 12”, said her win proved that she stood for the right and never played dirty. Social media polls and those conducted by various media houses had predicted that the “Sasural Simar Ka” fame actor would […]

Kader Khan hospitalised

Mumbai :  Veteran actor Kader Khan’s son Sarfaraz has said that his father has been admitted to a hospital in Canada, dismissing media reports of his demise. “It is all a lie. It (is) just a rumour. My father is in the hospital,” Sarfaraz told PTI. The 81-year-old actor […]

HC pulls up CBI, Maha govt for ignoring orders in Agnelo Valdaris custodial death case

Mumbai :  The Bombay High Court has come down heavily on the Maharashtra government and the CBI over their “failure” to implement a list of orders passed by several benches of the court in the 2014 case of sexual assault and alleged custodial death of Agnelo Valdaris. In an […]

HC declines to stay implementation of TRAI regulations for TV services

Chennai : The Madras High Court Friday declined to stay implementation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s March, 2017 regulations and tariff order relating to fixation of charges for free and pay channels. Rejecting the interim prayer plea in a petition filed by a cable TV association, Justice […]

HC seeks Centre’s reply on plea of visually impaired man who lost out on Railway job

New Delhi :  The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s response on a visually impaired man’s plea that he be appointed on a group D railway post he has qualified for but could not join as sufficient opportunity was not given to him to get his documents verified. […]

Ensure Gandhi Maidan parking lot in Chandni Chowk by Sep 2020: Delhi HC to municipal body

New Delhi :  The Delhi High Court has directed the North Delhi Municipal Corporation to ensure completion of a parking lot at Gandhi Maidan in crowded Chandni Chowk area of the walled city by September 2020. A bench of justices S Muralidhar and Sanjeev Narula directed the fire department, […]

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