Category: India News

‘Ra.One’ was life changing in many ways: Anubhav Sinha

Mumbai, Oct 26 : Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha on Saturday said his superhero film “Ra.One”, featuring superstar Shah Rukh Khan, was a “life changing” experience. “Ra.One”, produced by Red Chillies Entertainment, featured Shah Rukh as superhero ‘G One’ and, although it did not receive favourable reviews, it went on to […]

J&K, Ladakh to get equitable benefits: Union minister

ew Delhi, Oct 26 : Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the two new Union territories — Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh — which will come into existence next week, will get equitable benefits, cutting across all sections of the society and regions without any bias. He said […]

New novel depicts Punjab from 1930s to 60s

New Delhi, Oct 26 : A new book serves as a window to Sikh faith and history of Punjab from the 1930s to the 1960s and traces the effects of colonialism, war, independence, and Partition on the northern state. Sohan S Koonar’s “Paper Lions” also brings to focus marginalised […]

BJP legislative party meeting starts; no swearing-in ceremony on Saturday

Chandigarh, Oct 26 : The BJP legislative party meeting to elect its leader began after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar reached here from New Delhi on Saturday morning. Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Arun Singh also reached the UT guesthouse […]

176 newly-elected Maha MLAs facing criminal charges: ADR

Mumbai, Oct 26 : As many as 176 newly-elected MLAs in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly are facing criminal charges, as per data released by an advocacy group on Saturday. On analysing self-sworn affidavits of 285 of the total 288 MLAs, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) found that 62 […]

Frantic efforts on to rescue boy stuck in borewell in TN

Tiruchirappalli, Oct 26 : Frantic rescue operations were on near here on Saturday to bring out a three-year-old boy from an abandoned borewell as people prayed for the well-being of the child. Specialised teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and state Disaster Response Force (SDRF) joined […]

Millions in California facing more blackouts, fire danger

SAN FRANCISCO — Millions of Californians were preparing to live in the dark again as the state’s largest utility warned it may cut power for the third time in as many weeks because of looming strong winds and high fire danger. Pacific Gas & Electric will decide Saturday […]

Seven of top-10 firms add Rs 76,998 cr in m-cap; TCS biggest gainer

New Delhi, Oct 26 : The combined market capitalisation of seven of the 10 most valued Indian firms advanced by Rs 76,998.4 crore last week, with TCS leading the chart. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), HUL, HDFC, ITC, ICICI Bank and SBI were the other firms which witnessed a jump […]

Executive Engineer arrested by vigilance in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Oct 26 : An Executive Engineer in Odisha’s Water Resources department has been arrested by the anti-corruption vigilance wing for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Sarbeswar Senapati, Executive Engineer and Deputy Director in the office of the Engineer-in-Chief (EIC), Water Resources, was arrested […]

Minor girl raped in Fatehpur district

Banda (UP), Oct 26 : A girl was allegedly raped while returning from a Ram Lila performance in the neighbouring Fatehpur district, police said on Saturday. The 16-year-old girl was returning after watching a Ram Lila performance along with her younger brother at Khaga township late on Thursday night, […]

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