Day: April 20, 2019

I told AB ‘I will give you a hug if we win tonight’, says Kohli

Kolkata :  Virat Kohli has said the onus was only on him to bat through the innings in the absence of AB de Villiers and the RCB skipper lived up to the expectations with a 58-ball 100 for his first century of IPL 2019. RCB eked out a 10-run […]

Roman Polanski sues Academy to get membership reinstated

Los Angeles :  Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski is suing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to get back his membership. The move comes nearly a year after the filmmaker was booted out of the Academy, along with comic Bill Cosby, as a result of the organisation’s Standards […]

Isaac Hempstead Wright explains his creepy stare in ‘Game of Thrones’

Los Angeles : “Game of Thrones” star Isaac Hempstead Wright has given an insight into his character, Bran Stark’s infamous stare, something which is in line to his duality as ‘The Three-Eyed Raven’. The 20-year-old actor said he is good at the “intense stare” as he is “completely blind” […]

‘The Conjuring’ team condoles death of Lorraine Warren

Los Angeles :  Actors Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and director James Wan have paid their respects to paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren, whose several ghost-hunting cases with her late husband, inspired the trio’s “The Conjuring” film series. On Friday, Lorraine’s son-in-law, Tony Spera, shared the news of her death on […]

Sweeping electoral reforms needed to end malpractices: Hazare

Ralegan Siddhi :  Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has called for large-scale electoral reforms in the country to remove poll-related malpractices and to cleanse the system. The 81-year-old activist lamented that lack of awareness among voters and focus of political parties on winning the elections by hook or crook has […]

Official booked for being absent from duty in UP

Muzaffarnagar :  An executive officer of the Muzaffarnagar City Board, who was found to be absent from duty since April 12, was booked by authorities here, an official said Saturday. District Magistrate Ajay Shanker Pandey said departmental action had been recommended against Amit Kumar. Budhana executive officer Om Giri […]

Five held for gang-raping girl in Chhattisgarh

Raigarh  :  Five men have been arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 15-year-old girl at her house in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, police said Saturday. The incident took place on Wednesday night in a village under Gharghoda police station area when the victim was alone at her house, Raigarh Superintendent […]

SC holds special hearing on sexual harassment allegations of former SC employee against CJI

New Delhi :  The Supreme Court held an extraordinary hearing on Saturday after a former employee of the apex court accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment and persecution. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Gogoi was constituted after a sworn affidavit by the woman copies […]

No sympathy wave for BJP after Parrikar’s death: Cong leader

Panaji :  Congress candidate from North Goa Lok Sabha seat, Girish Chodankar, has claimed that there was no sympathy wave for the ruling BJP after the death of four-time chief minister Manohar Parrikar. He also said the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party’s move of joining hands with the Congress has improved […]

Bihar expecting lies and jumlas in PM rally: Tejashwi Yadav

Patna : Bihar is expecting “lies and jumlas” in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally in Araria Lok Sabha constituency, RJD leader and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav said on Saturday. Hours before the PM’s rally at Forbesganj town in favour of NDA candidates in the state, Tejashwi […]

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