Day: July 26, 2019

Jennifer Lopez to topline drug lord film ‘The Godmother’

Los Angeles, Jul 26: Singer-actor Jennifer Lopez will essay the role of real-life notorious Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco aka ‘The Godmother’ in a new film. Titled “The Godmother”, the movie will be produced by Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina and Julie Yorn, reported Deadline. The project marks […]

France’s Macron invites British PM Johnson to visit

Paris, Jul 26: President Emmanuel Macron has invited new British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to see him in France “in the next few weeks,” an official at the Elysee palace said. Macron extended the invitation in a call late Thursday to Johnson from his official summer vacation residence in […]

Sensex, Nifty start on a cautious note

Mumbai, Jul 26: Domestic equity benchmarks BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty opened on a cautious note on Friday tracking weak global cues, amid sustained foreign fund outflow. The 30-share index was trading 3.11 points or 0.01 per cent higher at 37,834.09 at 0945 hours; and the broader Nifty was […]

Azam Khan should not only apologise in Parliament but to all women: Mayawati

Lucknow, Jul 26: BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday attacked Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan for his sexist remark against MP Rama Devi in the Lok Sabha, saying he should not only apologise in Parliament but to all women. “The indecent language used by Azam Khan, an SP MP from […]

Why Delhi still not clean, HC asks MCDs

New Delhi, Jul 26: The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the municipal bodies why the city was still not clean despite their claims that they are making all efforts to keep the national capital’s streets and colonies free of garbage and other waste. “Why is Delhi still not […]

BJP will provide stable govt in Karnataka: Nadda

New Delhi, Jul 26: Dismissing the Opposition’s claim that his party engineered defections to bring down the Congress-JD(S) government in Karnataka, BJP working president J P Nadda said on Friday that it fell due to internal reasons and asserted that his party would provide a stable government in the […]

God-given opportunity to fight in Kargil, says Colonel

Chennai, Jul 26: Reminiscing India’s victory in the 1999 Kargil war fought against Pakistan, a colonel said fighting in the war was a god-given opportunity as many soldiers retire without seeing action. Colonel K V Madhusoodan, who was with 108 medium regiment, one of the three artillery regiments that […]

Attoor Ravi Varma dies at 89

Thrissur, Jul 26: Well-known poet and translator Attoor Ravi Varma died here Friday, his family sources said. Varma, 89, was under treatment for age-related ailments. One of the pioneers of modern Malayalam poetry, Varma is a recipient of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry […]

Dubai bound suffers 2 hr delay after passenger falls ill

Chennai, Jul 26: A Dubai-bound flight with over 400 passengers on board suffered a two hour delay after a passenger complained of breathing problems and the aircraft was towed back to the bay, an airport official said here Friday. The flight, with 428 passengers and crew, made a […]

Yediyurappa sworn in as Karnataka CM

Bengaluru, Jul 26:  Karnataka BJP president B S Yediyurappa was sworn in as Chief Minister of the state for the fourth time on Friday. Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath of office and secrecy to the 76-year old Yediyurappa at a ceremony at the Raj Bhavan. Yediyurappa alone […]

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