Jodhpur A court in Jodhpur on Monday adjourned till July 17 the hearing on Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s plea challenging the trial court order sentencing him to a five-year jail term in the 1998 blackbuck poaching case. Fifty-two-year-old Khan appeared before the judge on Monday in compliance with the directions given by the court on […]
New Delhi Karnataka Assembly elections are around the corner and all political parties are leaving no stone unturned to woo the voters. While PM Narendra Modi is leading the BJP campaign, Rahul Gandhi is leading the Congress’ crusade from the front. Today, the Congress president visited Kolar, where he held a road show against skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel. The leader […]
Kuala Lumpur China’s Lin Dan showed he’s shaping up well for the Thomas Cup Finals after winning the New Zealand Open in style. The five-time world champion took 52 minutes to beat Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie 21-14, 21-19 in the men’s singles final in Auckland yesterday. The Finals will be in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 20-27 […]
Mumbai Sonam Kapoor is all set to tie the knot with her long time boyfriend and Delhi businessman, Anand Ahuja. The news of their marriage started doing rounds long time back but it was being said that they will get married by the end of April. Soon, their families made the official announcement for the same […]
New Delhi Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has given an employment notification for the recruitment of Combined Graduate Level (CGL) Exam 2018 Vacancies in Group B & C. Those Candidates who are interested in the vacancy details & completed all eligibility criteria can read the notification & apply online. Application Fee For General: Rs. 100/- For SC/ ST/ Women/Ex-Servicemen: Nil […]
Mumbai Amitabh Bachchan’s count of Twitter followers clearly still rankles. Months after he semi-joked about quitting Twitter because his community had shrunk a bit, the 75-year-old actor has complained again. This time, he doesn’t sound like he’s joking. In a tweet accompanying a film still of himself down and out on the floor of a cage fight […]
New Delhi Saina Nehwal storms back in top 10 in women’s ranking; in Men’s section, HS Pronnoy becomes second Indian player to enter top 10 after Kidambi Srikant. Indian shuttler HS Prannoy and London Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal have climbed into the top-10 of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, updated on Thursday. Both the […]
Hawaii A magnitude 6.9 earthquake shook Hawaii’s Big Island on Friday, prompting fresh eruptions of a volcano that has been spewing lava near residential areas, forcing hundreds of people to flee. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck at 12.32 pm (2232 GMT) and was centered on the south flank of the Kilauea volcano, […]
New Delhi A fresh warning about thunderstorm and squall hitting was issues by the Home Ministry for Bihar, UP and other northern states. India Meteorological Department said that after some inactivity, another set of thunderstorms is likely to hit India’s isolated places in western parts of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. The MeT department also informed that Saharanpur, Muzzafarnagar, Bijnore, […]
New Delhi Deepika Singh Rajawat, the lawyer representing the family of the girl who was brutally raped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, has received words of encouragement from an unlikely quarter. British actress Emma Watson tweeted, “All power to Deepika Singh Rajawat.” Watson, who is also a United Nations Women’s goodwill ambassador, was […]