Day: February 26, 2019

Indian film personalities hail IAF air strikes in Pakistan

Mumbai :  Lata Mangeshkar, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are some of the Indian film personalities who hailed the Indian armed forces for carrying out air strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan on Tuesday. The strike comes amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan following the February 14 […]

VVIP Chopper case: Delhi court grants bail to Rajeev Saxena

New Delhi :  A Delhi court Monday granted bail to Rajeev Saxena, who was arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Saxena on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh and two sureties of the like amount. The court […]

Tiger kills leopard in MP’s Phen wildlife sanctuary

Mandla (MP) : A seven-month-old leopard was killed by a tiger in the Phen Wildlife Sanctuary under the Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) in Madhya Pradesh, an official said Tuesday. KTR Field Director L Krishnamurty said a team of forest officials Monday spotted pug-marks of a tiger in the sanctuary […]

Gold falls Rs 60 on weak global cues, muted demand

New Delhi :  Gold prices fell by Rs 60 to Rs 34,530 per 10 grams at the bullion market Tuesday backed by weak trend overseas amid easing demand from local jewellers at prevailing levels, according to All India Sarafa Association. Silver, too, dropped by Rs 195 to Rs 41,405 […]

DMK finalises seat sharing agreement with KDMK

Chennai : The DMK Tuesday sealed a seat sharing agreement with Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi (KMDK) for the coming Lok Sabha polls,allotting one seat to its ally. The seat-sharing was finalised between DMK President M K Stalin and KMDK leader E R Easwaran at the DMK headquarters here, a […]

Haven’t discussed a film with Vidya: Pradeep Sarkar

Mumbai : Filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar says he is still waiting for the right script to approach actor Vidya Balan, who made her debut with his film “Parineeta” in 2005. There were reports that the director has approached her for a film on Binodini Dasi, a 19th century courtesan, who […]

My character in ‘Takht’ socially relevant: Kareena

Mumbai : Actor Kareena Kapoor will undergo dialect training for her historical period drama “Takht”, which is based in the Mughal era and chronicles the story of two warring brothers. The 38-year-old actor says her character in the Karan Johar-directed film is “socially relevant.” “It’s a different film because […]

PM says country in safe hands

Churu (Rajastha) : In his first public comments after the air strikes in Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said the country is in safe hands and that he will not let the country down. The prime minister stressed that nothing was above the nation. “Today is a day […]

Two killed after motorcycle collision in UP’s Jalaun

Jalaun (UP) : A married couple was killed and one other injured after their motorcycles collided near Paniyara Maniri village in Koch area of Uttar Pradesh’s Jalaun district, police said Tuesday. Vinay Narayan (40) and his wife Kiran (36) were killed while Chhedalal, who was on other bike, was […]

5-star Balakot camp was sitting duck target for IAF, 350 terrorists killed while sleeping: sources

New Delhi :  Hundreds of Fidayeen and their trainers were shifted from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to a five-star, resort style camp in a hilltop forest in Balakot after the Pulwama attack, providing Indian forces with “a sitting duck target” when they carried out an air strike early Tuesday, killing […]

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