Srinagar A flood alert has been sounded in south and central Kashmir, with water levels in the Jhelum river rising after heavy rains over the last two days. Authorities have warned of fresh rainfall and set up a round-the-clock monitoring system in various parts of the state. Water level rose above the danger mark at Sangam […]
New Delhi Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has been summoned by a special anti-money laundering court on August 27 under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, an official said. The May 27 ordinance gives the law enforcing agencies powers to attach and confiscate the proceeds of crime and properties of economic offenders like bank defaulters or bank […]
San Francisco: Facebook-owned Instagram has introduced a new feature on “Stories” that would allow users to add a soundtrack to their content from a library of thousands of songs. As part of the new feature, a new “music” icon would be visible under the record button in “Stories” that would let users “search for a […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that there has been an “ill-informed” campaign regarding money parked by Indians in Swiss banks. Jaitley’s reaction was on a news report on Thursday that said money parked by Indians in Swiss banks rose over 50 percent to CHF 1.01 billion (Rs 7,000 crore) in 2017, […]
Annapolis: Jarrod Warren Ramos, the 38-year-old man suspected of killing five people at the offices of a Maryland newspaper group on Thursday, had a long-running feud with Capital Gazette.Ramos had been attacking the Annapolis-based family of publications in the courts and on social media, it has now emerged. Law enforcement sources said the suspect behind […]
It’s been 15 years since Bollywood enthusiasts were first introduced to Munna Bhai, and after all this while, cinephiles still can’t help falling in love with this on-screen character. If Rajkumar Hirani gave Bollywood one of its most-loved character, Sanjay Dutt took it a notch higher with his acting chops. Such has been the popularity […]
Kuala Lumpur Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu made it to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament in Bukit Jalil on Thursday. However, World No.10 Saina Nehwal crashed out losing to Akane Yamaguchi 15-21, 13-21 in the second round. The Japanese World No.2 needed just 36 minutes to oust the Indian. With this victory Yamaguchi extended her win-loss […]
New Delhi Around 9,000-strong workforce of non-executive employees of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) have threatened to go on a strike from June 30 if their demands regarding pay hike and promotions were not met. A section of the DMRC Staff Council has been demonstrating at the Yamuna Bank and Shahdara metro stations since June 19. […]
New Delhi India will get all data on black money from Switzerland by the end of fiscal 2019, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said today, a day after the central European nation released data that showed money parked by Indians rose over 50 per cent to 1.01 billion Swiss francs (Rs. 7,000 crore) in 2017. “We will […]
A new teaser for Akshay Kumar’s film Gold is drenched in patriotism. It begins on a very interesting note. A slide asks everyone to stand for the National Anthem, only for the National Anthem of Britain to start playing. Just when you’re trying to understand the reason behind this, you’re asked, “How do you feel?” […]