Mumbai Actor Amitabh Bachchan on Monday shared the first poster of his upcoming film, Jhund. The film has been directed by Nagraj Manjule, known for his award-winning Marathi film, Sairat. Sharing the film poster, Amitabh simply wrote ‘Jhund’, tagging a whole host of people, including Nagraj. In the picture, we see Amitabh with his back to the camera. He […]
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Nirbhaya Convicts to Hang on Feb 1 Now
New Delhi With President Ram Nath Kovind today rejecting the mercy plea of Mukesh Singh, one of the four men facing the gallows in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, a Delhi court issued fresh black warrants for execution of four convicts on February 1. Officials in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said […]
In JEE, 9 score perfect 100, one from Haryana
Haryana Nine candidates have scored a perfect 100 in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)- Mains, the results of which were announced on Friday by the HRD Ministry’s National Testing Agency. The toppers for the engineering entrance exam include Delhi boy Nishant Agarwal, Nisarg Chadha from Gujarat, Haryana’s Divyanshu Agarwal, Landa Jitendra and Thadavarthi Vishnu Sri […]
German Tourist Dies in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba
Himachal A 68-year-old German tourist died in Himachal Pradesh’s Chamba district on Friday, police said. Rozowski Adelheid had been living in Malkota village in Bharmour tehsil for the last about four months, they said, adding no foul play was found behind her death. Her visa was found valid till February 2 and the German embassy […]
Arun Sood Elected As New Chandigarh BJP President
Chandigarh Arun Sood was on Friday unanimously elected president of the Chandigarh unit of the BJP for the next three years. Outgoing president Sanjay Tandon was unanimously elected member of the national council of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Both were elected unopposed. The announcement was made by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who […]
Chandigarh lad scores 99.99 pc in JEE Main
Chandigarh Kunwar Preet Singh has topped the city in the JEE Main 2020 examinations, the results of which were declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA). According to the results issued late Friday night, he scored 99.99 percentile and is among the 41 state-wise toppers. A total of 8,69,010 students appeared in the exam. The […]
Antonsen stuns Christie to reach Indonesia Masters semi finals
Jakarta Defending champion Anders Antonsen of Denmark advanced to the Indonesia Masters semi-final Friday after beating hometown star Jonatan Christie. Antonsen will meet Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu on Saturday at Istora Senayan stadium in the capital Jakarta. The Dane upset Christie, the 2018 Asian Games men’s champion, in a 21-14, 10-21 and 21-12 match […]
Punjab Assembly passes resolution against CAA
Punjab A resolution against the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was passed in the Punjab Assembly by voice vote on the last day of the two-day special session on Friday. The resolution, which was introduced by Local bodies and Parliamentary affairs minister Brahm Mohindra, called for doing away with CAA as it was “against humanistic […]
Haryana won 15 medals at Khelo India Youth Games
Haryana In the ongoing Khelo India in Guwahati, judo players from Haryana have won fifteen medals. Haryana has won two gold medals and four silver medals and nine bronze medals and Gurugram’s Rekha has captured the silver medal. In the 55 kg weight category under-17 age group, Garvit won bronze and in 73 kg weight […]
Guinness World Record for 1,995 kg ‘khichdi’ cooked in Himachal
Shimla A 1,995-kg ‘khichdi’ dish made from rice and lentils, prepared by the Himachal Pradesh Department of Tourism in association with Shimla-based Durga Devi Behari Lal Charitable Trust, entered the Guinness World Records on Tuesday. It was served to devotees on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, the Hindu festival dedicated to the deity Surya, at […]