Day: March 12, 2019

US paraglider stranded at 4,200 ft in HP, rescued

Shimla : A 64-year-old US national, who got stranded on a snow-covered mountain range in Himachal Pradesh while paragliding, was rescued by a helicopter team Tuesday after being marooned for nearly 40 hours at 4,200 feet, officials said. Max Kent McGowan was rescued from Uttarala mountain in Kangra district’s […]

Dhoni bared his soul in ‘Roar of the Lion’: Kabir Khan

Mumbai : Kabir Khan has documented the fairy-tale comeback of the Chennai Super Kings last IPL season, following a two-year suspension for spot-fixing, in the upcoming, “Roar of the Lion” and the director says the series will see a “very personal” side of cricketer MS Dhoni. CSK, the Chennai […]

Francophonie Week: Celebrating all things French

New Delhi :  Come Wednesday, Delhi will transform into a melting pot of French culture with the Francophonie Week that will feature exhibitions, film screenings, theatre and live music from the European country. Semaine de la Francophonie (Francophie Week), organised by Alliance Fran aise de Delhi, is aimed at […]

Want to work more with her: Sanjay on Madhuri

Mumbai :  Karan Johar’s ambitious production “Kalank” brings together the on-screen pairing of Sanjay Dutt and Madhuri Dixit after over two decades and the “Munna Bhai” star on Tuesday said he would like to work more with his longtime co-star. Sanjay and Madhuri were one of the most popular […]

Radio facility launched for inmates at Hyderabad jail

Hyderabad :  Inmates of Chanchalguda jail can now listen to film songs and host their own programmes as authorities have launched an internal FM radio facility, the first such in the state. Telangana Director General of Prisons V K Singh said the idea is to explore the creativity of […]

Maharashtra Oppn leader’s son joins BJP

Mumbai : Sujay Vikhe Patil, the son of senior Congress leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, joined the BJP here Tuesday, ahead of next month’s Lok Sabha polls. The move follows the Sharad Pawar-led NCP’s refusal to leave aside the Ahmedanagar Lok Sabha seat for the neuro suregon son of the […]

Lobbying in U’khand BJP for Pauri, Tehri seats

Dehradun :  Hectic lobbying has started in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttarakhand for the seats where the party is likely to field new candidates, sources said. Elections to the five Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttarakhand will be held in a single phase on April 11. The two […]

Sonia Gandhi accuses PM Modi of playing ‘victim card’

Ahmedabad :  UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing the “victim card” as she said people of the country were the victims of his “wrong policies”. She was speaking at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Sardar Patel National Memorial […]

Unfair to compare Pant with Dhoni: Bharat Arun

New Delhi :  India bowling coach Bharat Arun on Tuesday defended under-fire Rishabh Pant, saying it is unfair to compare the young wicket-keeper batsman with the great Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Delhi boy Pant faced criticism after a shoddy job behind the stumps during the fourth ODI in Mohali on […]

Web inventor urges users to seek ‘complete control’ of data

World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee on Monday slammed the increasing commodification of personal information and appealed for internet users to strive to maintain “complete control” of their data. Berners-Lee, credited with creating the web in 1989, is on a mission to save his invention from a range […]

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