Month: April 2019

My daughters have strong theatrical family genes, says Drew Barrymore

Los Angeles : Hollywood star Drew Barrymore says her daughters, Olive and Frankie, are “very theatrical” and enjoy coming on film sets. The 44-year-old actor said she can sense her children are interested in pursuing acting. “They’re very theatrical. They definitely have a Barrymore gene strong within the two […]

Ed Sheeran responds to fate reveal of his ‘Game of Thrones’ character

London :  Ed Sheeran has thanked “Game of Thrones” writers for not killing off his character in the HBO series. The singer appeared as Eddie, a Lannister soldier, in the seventh season premiere episode of the show on the request of his friend, series star Maisie Williams (who […]

Bar bodies condemn ‘cooked up’ allegations against CJI

New Delhi :  The Bar Council of India Saturday condemned the “false and cooked-up” sexual harassment allegations against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and said the entire bar was standing with the CJI, and against this “attempt to malign the institution”. “These are all false and cooked-up allegations […]

Police plea to cancel bail of ex-SC staffer to be heard on Apr 24

New Delhi :  A Delhi court Saturday said it would hear on April 24, a police plea to cancel the bail of a former woman Supreme Court employee, who has accused Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi of sexual misconduct, in a cheating and criminal intimidation case. Chief Metropolitan […]

SC to hold special hearing on ‘matter of great public importance’

New Delhi : A special bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi was constituted Saturday to hear a “matter of great public importance” touching upon the independence of judiciary. The bench was constituted after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta who mentioned before the Supreme Court official concerned the […]

VVIP chopper case: Delhi court issues production warrant against Sushen Mohan Gupta

New Delhi : A Delhi court on Saturday issued production warrant for April 22 against Sushen Mohan Gupta, an alleged defence agent arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP choppers scam case. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar issued production warrant against Gupta after Tihar Jail authorities, where he […]

Reputation is the only thing which a judge has: CJI Gogoi

New Delhi : Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Saturday said that “reputation” is the only thing which a judge has and if it will be attacked on baseless allegations of sexual harassment, no “sane person” will come forward to take up judgeship. “If such things will happen then […]

Jet Airways crisis: Lenders keen on non-IBC resolution in case bidding process fails

New Delhi :  As they explore ways to recover debt, lenders of Jet Airways are in favour of a resolution outside the insolvency law framework in case the ongoing bidding process fails to take off, sources said. Running into debt of more than Rs 8,500 crore, Jet Airways has […]

Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn hit with fresh charge: media

Tokyo : Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn was reportedly charged on Monday with financial misconduct, the fourth set of formal charges against the former auto sector tycoon. Public broadcaster NHK and local news agency Jiji Press reported that prosecutors have filed the new charge, which paves the way for […]

SpiceJet, Emirates sign MoU for code share partnership

Mumbai : Budget carrier Spicejet on Monday announced signing of an initial pact for code share partnership with Gulf carrier Emirates. The reciprocal partnership will allow opening of new routes and destinations for passengers of the two airlines, SpiceJet said in a statement. “I am delighted to announce that […]

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