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Sometimes you have to say things that hurt: Virat Kohli | Speaking about talking to his teammates following India's loss to Sri Lanka in the Champions Trophy, Indian captain Virat Kohli said, "You have to be honest. You have to sometimes say things that hurt." "I'm a good captain and I can take this team forward and win the World Cup I believe, I love doing it," Kohli said ab... |
S Korea offers to host 2030 FIFA World Cup with North Korea | In a meeting with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, South Korean President Moon Jae-in offered to co-host the 2030 World Cup with rival North Korea and other northeast Asian countries in an attempt to promote peace in the region. Notably, Moon advocates dialogue with North Korea to improve their ties which are strained ... |
Buying agricultural produce below MSP will be a crime: MP CM | Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced that buying agricultural produce below the minimum support price (MSP) from farmers will now be treated as a crime. Chouhan had undertaken a fast to seek restoration of peace in the state after farmers' agitation in Mandsaur resulted in the death of six ... |
Bitcoin price crosses the $3,000 mark for first time ever | The price of digital currency Bitcoin crossed $3,000 (â¹1.9 lakh) for the first time ever on Sunday, helped by increased demand from Asia-based investors. The new peak continues a surge that began in early May, when a Bitcoin was worth nearly $1,400 (â¹90,000). Earlier, Bitcoin prices had tumbled after billionaire Ma... |
Angry rant by passenger makes 'racist' airline employee cry | A passenger was barred from flight after an angry outburst left a Ryanair employee in tears. The attendant had stopped the flier from boarding because he didn't have a pre-printed boarding pass and refused to pay the â¬50 (â¹3,600) charge. The man accused the employee of having a bad attitude, claiming he was being t... |
Israel approves largest West Bank construction in 25 years | Israel has approved the construction of over 8,000 new homes in West Bank, making it the largest expansion of Jewish settlements in the area in 25 years, Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said. The UN considers the establishment of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory illegal under int... |
Was fired for refusing Trump's unusual call: Ex-US Attorney | Former US Attorney Preet Bharara has claimed that he received "unusual" phone calls from then-President-elect Donald Trump post the November election, and was fired for declining the third call, which came two days after Trump's inauguration. Bharara said he believed Trump's calls to him violated the usual boundaries b... |
I was signed as villain for Bond film Casino Royale: Grover | Actor Gulshan Grover has claimed that he was signed to play the role of the main antagonist, Le Chiffre, in the 2006 James Bond film 'Casino Royale'. He added, "The announcement was made and then something happened and I was not in the movie." The role of Le Chiffre was played by actor Mads Mikkelsen. |
Why was Sanjay Dutt released early, HC asks Maharashtra govt | The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government to justify its decision to grant Sanjay Dutt early release from prison in the 1993 serial blasts case. The actor was sentenced to five years for possession of arms but was released eight months before completing the jail term on account of his good conduc... |
Beyoncé to give birth at home instead of hospital: Reports | As per reports, singer Beyoncé is planning to give birth to twins at home by turning her Hollywood mansion into a £1 million (â¹8.17 crore) private maternity ward. The mansion is said to have medical equipment including incubators and an entire professional neonatal wing. A neighbour of the singer was quoted as sayi... |
Competition is on: Katrina on dance video with Ranbir | Actress Katrina Kaif on Instagram shared a video of herself dancing with Ranbir Kapoor on the song 'Ullu Ka Pattha' from their upcoming film 'Jagga Jasoos'. The caption with the video read, "The competition is on. Take your pick. Note the humility of the person on the left and the triumphant expression of the person on... |
Sheen's partner not scared of him being HIV positive: Report | As per reports, actor Charlie Sheen's girlfriend Julia Stambler has revealed that she is not scared of her boyfriend being HIV positive. Julia is also said to have called those warning her to stay away from Sheen because of his illness 'ignorant'. She is reportedly keen on letting people know that being HIV positive is... |
Miandad's Test average never went below 50 in 17-year career | Former Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad is one of the two players in Test cricket whose average never went below 50 throughout his career. Miandad, who turned 60 on Monday, scored 8,832 runs in 124 Tests in his 17-year-long Test career and ended with an average of 52.57. England's Herbert Sutcliffe is the other player to... |
Snake of longest python species lays 28 eggs in Kolkata zoo | A reticulated python, the longest snake species in the world, laid 28 eggs in Kolkata's Alipore Zoo. Additionally, a rock python laid two eggs, both of which hatched while a Burmese python had laid 41 eggs in March. The eggs were collected and sealed using various materials and carefully preserved at 30-33°C, accordin... |
Politicians need not comment on Army chief: Rahul Gandhi | A day after Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit said that the Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat talks like a "sadak ka gunda", party's Vice President Rahul Gandhi said that politicians need not comment on the Army chief. Notably, Dikshit had later apologised for his statement after receiving flak and said, "I genuinely... |
Fear spreading across the country under Modi rule: Rahul | Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged there was an atmosphere of fear across the country and the minorities were feeling threatened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government. "My friends from the press are feeling uncomfortable, they are scared to write what they want to. This is the sp... |
Bengaluru Police asks people to solve puzzle on road safety | The Bengaluru police on Sunday tweeted a GIF which appears to have been inspired by a scene from the TV show 'Stranger Things' to spread awareness about road safety. The GIF highlighted the message, "Wear a Helmet". Reacting to it, a user tweeted, "Where can I apply to be a part of this amazing social media team?" |
Man's job is to earn, woman's quality is motherhood: RSS | The women's wing of RSS organised a 15-day camp for girls in Delhi and taught them that a man's job is to make money and a woman's quality is motherhood. Adding that "masculinity is a man's quality", the Rashtriya Sevika Samiti said, "A mother is the ultimate creator...she can bring up her child to be a saint or a dest... |
'Donkey' Latif posted video against Sehwag for fame: Tiwary | Reacting to former Pakistani cricketer Rashid Latif's video criticising Virender Sehwag, Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwary said that Latif uploaded the video to get "60 seconds of fame". He further called Latif "shameless" and a "donkey" for talking against one of the greatest cricketers. Earlier, Sehwag had responded to t... |
Google India head invests in hotel aggregator Vista Rooms | Budget hotel aggregator Vista Rooms has raised over â¹5 crore ($776,000) in pre-Series A funding from a bunch of investors, including Google India head Rajan Anandan and Freshworks CEO Girish Mathrubootham. "We are already on road to achieving profitability and breakeven within the next four quarters. The current roun... |
Toilet hygiene brand PeeSafe raises â¹6 crore in funding | Redcliffe Hygiene, the manufacturer of toilet seat sanitiser spray PeeSafe, has raised $1 million (nearly â¹6.4 crore) in pre-Series A funding from Mumbai-based Venture Catalysts, Alfa Capital, among others. Founded by the husband-wife duo of Vikas and Srijana Bagaria, PeeSafe claims to have sold over two lakh units s... |
Russian opposition leader detained ahead of planned protest | Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained outside his home by authorities, ahead of a planned unauthorised anti-corruption protest in Moscow on Monday, his wife Yuliya Navalnaya wrote on Twitter. However, she added, "He asked to tell you that plans remain the same." Smaller protests are being held in other ... |
US never dared to go to war with nuke-armed country: N Korea | Hinting at a test-fire of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in near future, North Korea said the US has never "dared to go to war with a country that possesses nuclear weapons or ICBMs". This comes amid ongoing tensions between North Korea and the US over the former's nuclear programme. Notably, the US recen... |
Meghalaya passes resolution against Centre's cattle sale ban | The Meghalaya Assembly on Monday passed a resolution against the Centre's ban on sale of cattle for slaughter. It said that "the order will hamper the rights of the people", adding that laws for cattle are already in place. Notably, according to National Sample Survey Office's 2015 data, nearly 81% people in Meghalaya ... |
PM Modi to meet Donald Trump for the 1st time on June 25-26 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted an invitation to meet US President Donald Trump for the first time during his two-day visit to Washington DC from June 25. The two leaders, who have spoken over the phone at least thrice since Trump assumed office, will reportedly hold discussions on enhancing bilateral ties in the... |
Anil Kumble to continue as coach for WI tour: CoA Chief | The Supreme Court-appointed BCCI's Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai has said that Anil Kumble will continue as the Indian team's coach for the West Indies tour but it is subject to his acceptance. Kumble's initial tenure was supposed to end after the completion of the Champions Trophy 2017, where India... |
Trump crashes wedding, guests chant "USA! USA!" | United States President Donald Trump gatecrashed the wedding reception of couple Kristen Piatkowski and Tucker Gladhill on Saturday night at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey, United States. Trump posed for pictures with the bride and groom, while signing guests' 'Make America Great Again' hats. The guests als... |
Suniel, Jackie, Pooja, JP Dutta celebrate 20 yrs of Border | Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Pooja Bhatt along with director JP Dutta and music composer Anu Malik were part of the celebration to mark 20 years of the film Border. The 1997 film was based on the Battle of Longewala during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna could not attend the event. |
Mumbai Police starts campaign against Child Labour | The Mumbai Police started a campaign on Monday to mark the World Day Against Child Labour. In one of the tweets, the Commissioner of Police posted a screenshot showing the definition of 'childhood', which reads "the state or period of being a child". In another tweet, it talked about the importance of education using w... |
Jitu Rai, Heena Sidhu win World Cup gold in mixed team event | Indian shooters Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu won gold in the 10-metre air pistol mixed team event at the ISSF World Cup on Monday. The pair defeated Russia 7-6 to clinch the gold. Although the mixed team events are not being considered for the World Cup medal tally this year, they have been approved as medal events for Tok... |
Fewer high clouds may lead to more rain, warmer air: NASA | A NASA study suggests global warming would decrease the amount of heat-trapping high-altitude clouds over Earth's tropical regions. Fewer clouds would lead to atmospheric cooling, causing more rainfall via condensation of low-altitude water vapours. Further, the increased rainfall would lead to warmer air as the conden... |
Delta pulls funds for play with killing of Trump-like Caesar | Delta Airlines and Bank of America have pulled their sponsorship from a Julius Caesar production over portrayal of the assassinated Roman leader as US President Donald Trump. The production portrays Caesar as a blond-haired man wearing a business suit with an American flag pin. Earlier, media reported the play depicts ... |
Teddy bear launched 1L ft in sky crashes as balloon explodes | A teddy bear was launched one lakh feet into the sky by a group of students in the UK. The teddy bear, named Roffa, was tied to a helium balloon that exploded due to extreme pressure caused by high altitude. Roffa crashed in the Hadlow village, and was noticed by a couple who retrieved it. |
Museum of Failure features Google Glass, Apple Newton | The Museum of Failure in the Swedish town of Helsingborg has added Google Glass and Apple Newton. While the Google Glass displayed information in a smartphone-like hands-free format, Apple marketed Newton as a personal digital assistant with handwriting recognition. Notably, the Museum of Failure celebrates ideas that ... |
General Electric's Jeff Immelt quits as CEO after 16 years | General Electric has said Jeff Immelt will step down as Chairman and CEO on August 1, ending a 16-year run atop the conglomerate that he reshaped after the financial crisis. GE has named health-care head John Flannery as its new head. Notably, Immelt had been under pressure amid a slide in GEâs stock to the lowest le... |
Will give 'Manikarnika' the dignity it deserves: Kangana | Actress Kangana Ranaut has said that the team of her upcoming film 'Manikarnika', won't leave any stone unturned to give the project the dignity which it deserves. This comes after filmmaker Ketan Mehta filed a police complaint, accusing Kangana of cheating. Mehta claimed that Kangana abruptly quitting his film on Rani... |
Women messing beautiful face, body: Diandra on Katrina's pic | Former Bigg Boss contestant Diandra Soares, while sharing a picture of Katrina Kaif from an event, wrote a post about how women should age fearlessly and not mess with their beautiful faces and bodies. She added this isn't a hate post against Katrina. "Let's feed our body n mind with love not...bulls**t ideas of beauty... |
Over 6,300-foot pizza breaks record for world's longest | A pizza measuring 6,333 feet has set the Guinness World Record for the longest pizza in the world. The pizza weighed an estimated 7,800 kg and was cooked in a special oven at a temperature of 371°C, and the record was set in California, United States. The organiser of the event believed the table holding the pizza wa... |
USA player scores with a 40-yard chip vs Mexico | USA captain Michael Bradley scored with a chip from 40 yards out to help the United States earn a 1-1 draw against Mexico in Sunday's World Cup qualifier. Bradley knocked the ball toward Mexico's goal, sprinted to catch up and lofted a right-footed chip from around 40 yards over goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa's outstretche... |
Michael Jordan's Olympic shoes auctioned for record â¹1.2 cr | American basketball legend Michael Jordan's Converse shoes which he wore during the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics gold medal match have been auctioned off for a record â¹1.2 crore. They are considered the last pair of Converse shoes Jordan wore in an official game. Jordan scored 20 points, helping USA beat Spain 96-65 in ... |
Sambit Patra issues clarification over tweet "against" NDTV | BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, who re-tweeted Times of Islamabad's fake news article 'NDTV data reveals that Make In India is a flop show' with caption "Hmmm...Agenda!!", has now issued a clarification over the issue. "Do I not have FOE to call out a Pak publication (real not FAKE) which runs an anti India AGENDA? Why ... |
Shared the moment with Anushka when made captain: Kohli | Indian captain Virat Kohli has revealed that he was happy to have shared the moment when he was made Indian captain with girlfriend Anushka Sharma in Mohali. He revealed that he experienced a minute-long flashback from his academy days to that moment, as he did not expect such a thing to happen in his life. |
Boy who got AIR 10 in JEE Advanced will not apply to any IIT | Lucknow's Lakshya Sharma, who bagged All India Rank 10 in JEE Advanced 2017, will not take admission in any of the IITs. Lakshya has bagged 100% scholarship worth at least â¹2 crore to pursue a dual degree course in Computer Science and Physics at the University of Pennsylvania. The university is rated among the top 8... |
Doctors remove living spider from woman's ear | The doctors at Columbia Asia Hospital in Bengaluru, Karnataka, removed a living spider from a 49-year-old woman's ear who had complained of headache and sensations in her right ear. The doctors poured a liquid medicine inside her ear canal and directed the spider with flashlight to come out, filming the medical procedu... |
Scotland to serve as 'neutral venue' for Pak hockey team | International hockey's governing body, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has approved Scotland to serve as the 'neutral venue' for Pakistan's home games from 2019 to 2022. Pakistan's hockey team, like its cricketing counterpart, had been searching for a neutral venue to host matches due to the security concerns... |
Rafael Nadal climbs to 2nd spot in world rankings | Following his record tenth title at the French Open, Spaniard Rafael Nadal jumped to the second spot in the latest ATP men's singles rankings. Former world number one Novak Djokovic slipped to the fourth spot after crashing out of the French Open in the quarterfinals. Britain's Andy Murray remained at the top spot desp... |
India may face Pak in cricket, hockey on same day in London | India could face Pakistan in the final of the Champions Trophy 2017 on June 18, the day both nations play in the Hockey World League Semi-Final. Pakistan can reach the Champions Trophy final if they defeat Sri Lanka and England. Meanwhile, the 11-day hockey tournament, which begins on June 15, will also act as the Worl... |
After world's largest beach cleanup, Versova gets 300 trees | Five hundred volunteers have planted 300 coconut trees at Versova Beach in Mumbai, weeks after removing 5.6 million kg of trash in what was considered the world's largest beach cleanup. Residents will plant 200 more trees next weekend, as part of the 'coconut lagoon' project. The beach had a coconut lagoon almost two d... |
Couple to visit nearly 2,600 railway stations in 14 weeks | A British couple is aiming to visit 2,563 National Rail stations in 14 weeks. The couple, Vicki Pipe and Geoff Marshall, are four weeks into the project and have managed to raise £38,000 (â¹31 lakh) for it. Pipe said, "We wanted to create a documentary series that opens up railways to new audiences and brings to ligh... |
Premji Invest participates in Fireside Ventures' â¹180cr fund | Fireside Ventures, a consumer brand-focused venture fund, has received commitments worth â¹180 crore from investors including Premji Invest and RP-Sanjiv Goenka group, among others. Fireside was started by Kanwaljit Singh, who has invested in Paper Boat, ID Fresh and several other companies. "We are aiming to become a... |
Pakistan gives 1st-ever death sentence for online blasphemy | For the first time ever, an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a man named Taimoor Raza to death for allegedly committing blasphemy on social media. Raza was arrested last year with 14 others in a blasphemy crackdown. Raza's legal representative has claimed that he had been charged with two unrelated sectio... |
What to expect from the OnePlus 5 launch event? | Smartphone major OnePlus will launch its latest flagship, OnePlus 5 in India on June 22. Some of the reasons to attend the launch event of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835-powered smartphone include the chance to buy OnePlus 5 before anyone else. The â¹1 crore prize winner of OnePlus' Best Smartphone Contest will also be annou... |
Supreme Court orders CBSE to declare NEET result in 2 weeks | The Supreme Court on Monday stayed Madras High Court's order and asked CBSE to declare the results of this year's National Eligibility and Entrance Test (NEET) in two weeks. The Madras High Court had stayed the declaration of results after a petition claimed that the questions in regional languages were different and t... |
Over 15,000 companies made profits but paid no tax | Tax incentives allowed 15,080 profit-making Indian companies to have effective tax rates of zero or even less than zero in 2015-16, an IndiaSpend analysis revealed. Additionally, larger corporations paid lower tax rates than smaller ones during the period. Effective tax rate is the rate actually paid by companies on pr... |
Man spends 17 years in jail before his lookalike is found | An American prisoner who spent 17 years in jail for a 1999 robbery he did not commit has been released after authorities found his lookalike. The prisoner, Richard Anthony Jones, was released after witnesses said they could not tell the two lookalikes apart. Jones had been convicted on eyewitness evidence, but there wa... |
Aadhaar rule doesnât make Income Tax Act discriminatory: SC | The Supreme Court has termed as âfallaciousâ an argument that new provision of the Income Tax Act, making Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns, is discriminatory and creates two classes. All assessees are âtreated alikeâ by this provision, it said, adding, "Merely because a section...opposes the law,... |
Puerto Rico votes in favour of becoming 51st US state | The poverty-stricken unincorporated US territory of Puerto Rico on Sunday voted in favour of becoming the 51st US state with 97% voters supporting the referendum. However, the vote witnessed record low turnout of 23% of 22.5 lakh eligible voters. The final decision to accept Puerto Rico as a state lies with US Congres... |
I'm 70 yrs Young boy, tweets Lalu a day after birthday | RJD President and former Bihar CM posted a tweet on Monday, a day after his birthday, in which he called himself a 'young boy'. "I'm 70 yrs Young boy determined to eradicate inequality & dedicated to service of nation & poor for rest of my life", he wrote. He also wrote "abhi to main jawan hun (I am still young)". |
Birth of panda in Tokyo zoo causes eateries' shares to rise | Shares of restaurant operators near Tokyo's main zoo surged after a panda was born for the first time in five years. Totenko, which operates a Chinese eatery within walking distance of the zoo, jumped 38% while French restaurant Seiyoken advanced 11% expecting a boost in tourism. The companies' stock surged earlier als... |
Financial stress faced by telcos is their own creation: Jio | Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio said telcos not investing in new technology and instead leveraging their balance sheet have themselves to blame for financial difficulties. Financial stress being faced by operators was âtheir own creationâ, an official said. The only policy interventions needed are reduction in GST r... |
I love Kylie Jenner very much: Diljit Dosanjh | Singer Diljit Dosanjh has said that he loves model Kylie Jenner very much. He added, "I never leave any chance to comment [on her Instagram]... I comment in Punjabi, so that she doesn't reply. My people should have fun." In May, Diljit commented, 'Kylie kithe aa?' which translates to 'Where is Kylie?', on Kylie's siste... |
My film choices based on emotional interest in story: Aamir | Actor Aamir Khan has said that his choice of the films he want to work in depends on his emotional interest in the story. He added, "I follow my heart as far as creative decisions go. It's [My choice] never affected by the success of my previous films." Aamir further said that he doesn't measure his films on their busi... |
Katrina is my jaan but that isn't the title of my film: SRK | Actor Shah Rukh Khan has denied reports that 'Katrina Meri Jaan' is the title of his upcoming film which will star Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. "Woh meri jaan hai, lekin that's not the title," joked Shah Rukh. He will reportedly play a dwarf while Anushka will reportedly play a differently-abled character in the fi... |
Emma Watson's lookalike shares pics of herself as Hermione | A lookalike of actress Emma Watson on Instagram shared pictures of herself dressed as Hermione Granger, the character Emma played in the 'Harry Potter' film series. Kari Lewis is based in Indianapolis, US, and works at a video rental store. She has also shared a picture and video of herself dressed as Emma's character ... |
BJP's Patra falls for fake news while tweeting against NDTV | BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra fell for a fake news by 'Times of Islamabad' while tweeting against NDTV, accusing the news channel of having an agenda against the BJP. The publication later removed NDTV's name from the article, "NDTV reveals 'Make In India' turned out to be a flop show", after the channel termed it as '... |
When there's unlimited free wine at the bar, tweets user | Reacting to the 'comical' run out between David Miller and Faf du Plessis, a user tweeted, "When there's unlimited free wine announced in Bar". Other users' tweets read, "When you're taking runs but you run out of aashirwad" and "Miller - I came first.Faf - No bro I was first. DHONI - stop fighting and one of you pleas... |
Virat gives me freedom to express myself: Bumrah | Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has said that Indian captain Virat Kohli gives him freedom to express himself on the field. "You bowl according to situations, whether at the death or at the beginning. The aim is to stick to a plan and execute it," Bumrah added. Notably, Bumrah's tournament economy rate at the ICC Champions... |
Uttar Pradesh village electrified 69 yrs after Independence | Uttar Pradesh's Majra Faqeer Khera village in Lucknow has been electrified 69 years after Independence under a special drive to electrify all the villages. Reportedly, villagers danced when the first bulb was switched on. "In this village under Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana of the Centre, only â¹21 lakh were spent for c... |
Warne loses bet to Ganguly, wears England jersey for a day | Former Australian cricketer Shane Warne wore an England jersey for an entire day after losing a bet to former India captain Sourav Ganguly. Warne had promised Ganguly that he would wear an England jersey for an entire day if England managed to defeat Australia in their Champions Trophy clash. Notably, England defeated ... |
Gujarat BJP ministers spark row for meeting 100 exorcists | Gujarat BJP ministers, Bhupendrasinh Chudasama and Atmaram Parmar, have sparked a controversy after they were seen attending an event meant to felicitate exorcists, where they were also seen shaking hands with nearly 100 exorcists. Later, one of the ministers also defended the act by terming it as a gathering of "worsh... |
Air India staff advises less magazines, no salad to cut cost | A senior Air India official has suggested the airline to do away with salad on flights and keep less number of magazines to reduce costs. In his mail, the official informed that only 20% of passengers eat salad on international flights. He also added that magazines can be kept in the magazine rack than on every seat to... |
AI startup Boxx gets â¹3.2 crore from Unicorn India Ventures | Bangalore-based artificial intelligence startup Boxx.ai has raised $500,000 (Rs. 3.2 crore) from venture capital firm Unicorn India Ventures and other investors. The startup was launched in 2016 by IIT alumni Ajay Kashyap, Prakhar Raj and Shitiz Bansal. Its proprietary algorithms predict what each customer is likely to... |
Huawei ordered to pay royalties to avoid sales ban in UK | Chinese company Huawei has been ordered by a British court to pay licence fees to a US firm to avoid smartphone sales ban in the UK. Huawei has been told to pay royalties on millions of smartphones to Unwired Planet for allegedly infringing on its patents. The ruling has been put on hold as Huawei prepares to appeal ag... |
Silicon Valley-based Indians' startup Rubrik valued $1 bn | Rubrik, a startup from Silicon Valley founded by Indian-origin entrepreneurs in 2015, has become a $1.3 billion company after a $180-million round led by Institutional Venture Partners. Stating that the company expanded to five continents in five quarters, Co-founder Bipul Sinha said, "Rubrik is the google for business... |
Indian Railways mulls Metro-like self-propelled trains | The Indian Railways is exploring self-propelled train sets similar to those used in the Delhi Metro, senior officials have said. Experts claim the technology will achieve faster acceleration of up to 160 km per hour and feature advanced protective measures like electro-pneumatic braking systems. A prototype, currently ... |
Justice Karnan 1st HC judge to retire while absconding | Calcutta High Court judge CS Karnan has become the first HC judge in Indian history to retire while absconding. He was found guilty of contempt of court by a Supreme Court bench, and was given a six-month jail term, after which he went underground. He is also the first and only serving judge to be sentenced to jail. |
BSF officer plays porn from official laptop during meeting | A BSF deputy commandant accidentally played a porn clip for 90 seconds while giving a presentation during a BSF darbar meeting in Punjab on Sunday. Eight women personnel were also attending the meeting. BSF Inspector General Mukul Goyal said, "Such material should not have been on the official laptop of an officer... a... |
I used to get â¹250 per play: Sushant on his theatre days | Actor Sushant Singh Rajput has revealed that after he quit college and started doing theatre, he used to get â¹250 per play. Talking further about the initial days in his acting career, Sushant added, "When I was doing theatre or TV, I was thinking that 'Okay, I have to slog right now because one day I will be success... |
Our wedding was magical: Model Kerr on marrying Snapchat CEO | Supermodel Miranda Kerr on Sunday opened up about her marriage with Snapchat Co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel for the first time and said their wedding was "magical". She added, "We started the day, did yoga, and then our families came over and we literally all just had, like, this celebration in our backyard." Kerr got... |
Tejas Express leaves 3 hours late, still reaches 1 min early | The Tejas Express left Goa three hours late on Sunday, and still reached Mumbai a minute before the arrival time. It started at 10.30am and reached Mumbai at 7.44pm, making up for the lost time by covering stretches at 153 kmph and 137 kmph. The delay was caused as this was the train's first journey as per the monsoon ... |
IAS Officer provides free coaching, all 6 clear JEE Advanced | A 54-year-old IAS Officer from Ranchi, Jharkhand provided free IIT coaching to six students, who cleared the JEE Advanced exam this year. KK Khandelwal selected the students on the basis of a test, and taught them Maths and Physics at a private school campus. The students got All India Ranks of 224, 570, 827, 2814, 321... |
Don't wish to seek re-appointment: Attorney General Rohatgi | Indian Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has asked the government not to consider him for a second term, as his current tenure ends on June 19, 2017. He said that he considers his "three-year term as enough" and wishes to return to private practice. "I will come to the aid of the government as long as I live," he added. |
No mall-going brides for my sons, want 'desi' girls: Rabri | Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's wife Rabri Devi has said that she does not want cinema hall and mall-going girls for her sons and is looking for 'desi' girls instead. "She should be one who can look after the house, respect elders, just like me," Rabri added. |
Malware downloader found infecting PCs without mouse click | Cybercriminals are using a malware downloader that installs a banking Trojan to computers even if the users don't click on anything. All it takes to trigger the malware download is to hover the mouse pointer over a hyperlink in a carrier PowerPoint file. The file has a single hyperlink that says "Loading... please wait... |
Jaguar's venture fund invests $25 million in Uber rival Lyft | Jaguar Land Rover's InMotion Ventures has revealed it invested $25 million in Uber rival Lyft's recently announced $600 million fundraising round as a part of both companies' self-driving car efforts. Lyft recently announced a partnership with Google's Waymo to work on self-driving car technology. The development comes... |
Lendingkart raises â¹50 crore debt from Yes Bank | Fintech startup Lendingkart has raised a debt of â¹50 crore from Yes Bank. Lendingkart had earlier raised an undisclosed amount of debt from DCB Bank and is in talks with other banks for more. Founded in 2014, the startup that lends to small and medium businesses, has raised more than â¹250 crore in debt from two ban... |
We didn't have money, we worked on weekends: Runtastic CEO | Austrian fitness startup Runtastic's Co-founder and CEO Florian Gschwandtner has revealed that the startup didn't have any money in the beginning, so they worked on the weekends. "We took that money to pay our first employees â we didn't get any salary for the first 18 months," he added. "If you don't have money...yo... |
GM gives India staff less than a month to leave voluntarily | General Motors, which markets under the Chevrolet brand in India, has given employees in India less than a month to opt for a voluntary separation scheme. After announcing its decision to stop selling vehicles in India, the company informed employees about the scheme that'll close on June 15. GM India President Kaher K... |
Uber board may decide CEO's confidant Emil Michael's removal | Uber board is expected to meet and discuss whether to part ways with SVP of Business Emil Michael, a confidant of CEO Travis Kalanick, according to Bloomberg. Kalanick is also expected to take a three-month leave of absence. Most recently, Uber fired its top executive Eric Alexander for accessing medical records of an ... |
Gujarat student describes sexual fantasies in class 12 exam | A class 12 student wrote about sexual fantasies in his chemistry examination conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board this year. He answered all the questions, but all answers were explicit sexual descriptions involving people including his sister-in-law, a film actress and his cook. The ... |
Man saves python by lying near it and diverting road traffic | An Australian man saved the life of a 2.5-metre Pilbara Rock Olive Python, an endangered species, by lying next to it on a busy road so it could cross safely. It took five minutes for the python to cross the road, but Matthew Bager did not leave its side. Sharing the story, Facebook user Tracey Heimberger wrote, "you'r... |
Joker actor Jared Leto claims his house is haunted | Actor Jared Leto, known for portraying the character the Joker in the film Suicide Squad, has claimed that his house in Hollywood Hills, an out-of-use Air Force base, is haunted. Leto added, "God knows what they did here, but it talks. We've already had ghost sightings reported by my housekeeper. A handyman quit the pr... |
Malaika, ex-husband Arbaaz spotted together at family lunch | Model-actress Malaika Arora took to Instagram to share a picture of herself from a lunch with her family, along with ex-husband Arbaaz Khan and son Arhaan. Malaika's sister Amrita Arora can also be seen in the picture. The couple, who was married for 18 years, filed for divorce in November 2016 by mutual consent. |
Anchor replies to Maulana who asks her to work in underwear | News anchor Faye D'Souza responded to a Maulana on live TV after the latter asked her to come to work in underwear to be equal to men. "Let me tell you Maulana ji, I have seen many like you. I am not afraid of you, I am not threatened by you, I am not rattled by you", she responded. |
Women beat up molesters with slippers in Gurugram | A group of women working at a pub in Gurugram beat up around a dozen men making obscene gestures at them outside a mall at night. The men approached two of the women, and tried to pull one of them towards the car they came in. They fled after the women took off their slippers and beat them up. |
Lewis Hamilton registers 6th Canadian Grand Prix title | Mercedes' British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton registered his Formula One career's 6th Canadian Grand Prix title in Montreal on Sunday. Hamilton, who registered his 56th F1 race win with the Canadian Grand Prix title, finished ahead of his teammate Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton has cut down Ferrari driver Sebastian Ve... |
Govt proposes fine up to â¹100cr for 'offences against Ganga' | A Centre-appointed panel has proposed a fine of up to â¹100 crore and a jail term of seven years for anyone who commits offences against the river Ganga. The offences include blocking the river's flow, contaminating the river's water and constructing jetties without permission, among other things. The draft of the Bil... |
Pilot hangs upside-down from hot air balloon | A pilot escaped with minor injuries on Thursday after hanging upside-down for 15-20 seconds from a hot air balloon before it eventually landed in Illinois, United States. The hot air balloon had collided with another soon after takeoff, causing it to tilt towards the ground and the pilot to tumble out. It was carrying ... |
Plane makes emergency landing with big hole in engine casing | A China Eastern Airlines flight made an emergency landing on Sunday evening after a huge hole was discovered in its engine casing mid-air. The Sydney-Shanghai flight faced a mid-air engine failure but was forced to circle for an hour before landing safely. A passenger said, "it kind of smelled like burning," while anot... |
Passengers who discussed 'bombs' released without charge | The three British men who were detained in Germany on Saturday after they were overheard discussing "bombs" during an easyJet flight have been released without charge. The pilot had diverted the flight to Cologne, where policemen detained them on suspicions of planning "serious state-threatening violence." However, the... |
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