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Kannada film actress files complaint over morphed nude pics | Kannada film actress Sruthi Hariharan on Friday filed a complaint with the Bengaluru cyber police after unidentified people morphed her image onto nude pictures on various social media sites, including Facebook. A senior cop confirmed the allegations and said that some people had created a few fake Facebook accounts in... |
52 cops under scanner over illegal liquor trade in dry Bihar | Disciplinary action has been recommended against 52 policemen, many of them in senior positions, for allegedly aiding and encouraging illegal liquor trade in Bihar, where liquor sale is prohibited. This comes following Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's directive for "exemplary punishment" against policemen who allow ... |
Saudi woman saves man's life by defying driving ban | Ashwaq Al-Shammari, a female college student in Saudi Arabia took control of a minibus after its male driver fainted after suffering a brain stroke while driving, according to reports. Her actions violated the country's law which prohibits women from driving without a male guardian's permission. She took the driver to ... |
Uday has hit finances of states, GST will help: RBI study | Several states' finances are worsening after they took over the debt of their electricity distributors under the Ujwal Discom Awas Yojana, an RBI study stated. In this regard, GST implementation will help as states will be compensated for loss of revenue in the initial five years. Successful GST implementation will res... |
Withdraw plan to charge transactions on SBI e-wallet: Union | The Bank Employees Federation of India has demanded that SBI withdraw the proposed plan to levy charges on transactions made through its mobile wallet. This would set a bad precedent for other public sector banks, it said. SBI is going to introduce a new facility through which cash withdrawals through ATMs using its e-... |
Ice cream, condoms, smartphones in new industry output data | Packaged atta, basmati rice, ice cream, condoms, smartphones, and laptops have been included in the new industrial output data. This aims to give a realistic picture of consumer demand and growth. The new data for index of industrial production, which was released after switching the base year to 2011-12 from 2004-05, ... |
German citizenship can't stop Medina from being Indian: Sami | Singer Adnan Sami, who became a father to baby girl Medina, said even if she holds a German citizenship by birth, that doesn't stop her from being a Hindustani. He added, "She'll eventually come to India and we'll apply for Indian citizenship." Adnan, who was born in London and is of Pakistani origin, was granted India... |
Justin Bieber is just like any other boy: Salman's bodyguard | Salman Khan's bodyguard Shera, who was part of singer Justin Bieber's security team while he was in India, said that Bieber is just like any other boy. Shera added, "He wants to be left alone. He wants to do his own thing. In short, he just wants to live his life." Bieber performed his maiden concert in India this week... |
Shikhar Dhawan third fastest Indian to reach 5,000 T20 runs | Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Shikhar Dhawan became the third fastest Indian batsman to score 5,000 runs in T20 cricket, after reaching the landmark in SRH's match against Gujarat Lions on Saturday. Dhawan reached the landmark figure after scoring the 12th run in what was his 181st T20 innings. Only Virat Kohli and Suresh... |
Tamils gave us world's finest spinner, Muralitharan: PM Modi | Lauding Sri Lanka's Tamil community for their contribution, PM Narendra Modi said that the community has "gifted to the world one of the finest spinners in cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan". "It is a pleasant surprise for me that PM Modi mentioned my name in his address," Muralitharan later said about PM Modi's address in... |
Nadal beats Novak for 1st time in 3 yrs in Madrid Open semis | Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated Serbia's Novak Djokovic in their 50th meeting to end his three-year and seven-match-long losing streak against the Serbian to reach the final of the Madrid Open. Nadal, who has won the tournament 4 times, registered his 24th win over Djokovic with a 6-2, 6-4 scoreline. The Spaniard improve... |
BJP demands AFSPA in Kerala city after RSS member's murder | The BJP on Saturday sought the imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in Kannur (Kerala) a day after an RSS office-bearer was hacked to death. The BJP leadership also accused the activists from the ruling CPI(M) of the murder. The victim was one of the accused in the July 2016 murder of a CPI(M) wo... |
Russia may try to interfere in election: UK Foreign Secy | British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has claimed there is a "realistic possibility" that Russia might try to interfere in the country's general election next month. Alleging that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to undermine faith in democracy and discredit the whole democratic process, Johnson further claime... |
GL record worst IPL collapse in their last-ever match | Gujarat Lions recorded the worst collapse in IPL history, losing all their 10 wickets for 43 runs against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Saturday. This is Gujarat's last-ever IPL match, with the team's contract expiring at the end of the edition. RCB earlier held the record for the worst IPL collapse, losing 10 wickets for 47 ... |
HP laptops found to have software that can record passwords | A Switzerland-based cybersecurity company has found that at least 28 models of HP laptops and tablets were shipped with pre-installed software that tracks everything that users type on the keyboard, including passwords. The 'keylogger' malware was hidden in audio drivers issued by HP in 2015. HP has now issued patches ... |
Haryana sex ratio report claiming 950 girls to 1k boys false | An audit by the team of 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' observed that the claims of Haryana's improved sex ratio at birth with 950 girls against 1,000 boys in March was false. Claiming that the numbers were exaggerated, the auditors said that sex ratio registered for January-March was found to be inaccurate in eight out of t... |
Former Army man's wife sends 56-inch blouse to PM Modi | A former Indian Army man's wife has sent a 56-inch blouse to PM Narendra Modi along with a letter slamming the BJP for its general election claims that Pakistan would not dare attack soldiers. In the letter, the wife of Dharamvir Singh who served in the Army from December 1991 to 2007 wrote that "the situation is even ... |
Amul is a bigger brand than Hindustan Unilever, says MD | Amul is a bigger brand than rival Hindustan Unilever (HUL), Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation's Managing Director RS Sodhi said on Saturday. The sales turnover of Amul is over â¹38,000 crore, including GCMMF's revenue of â¹27,000 crore, Sodhi stated. Amul, owned by GCMMF, is sold by 18,000 village coopera... |
Sunny Leone worked at German bakery when she was 15 yrs old | Actress Sunny Leone worked at a German bakery in the United States when she was 15 years old. She also worked at a tax and retirement firm before working in Bollywood films. The actress, who turned 36 on Saturday, made her Bollywood debut in Pooja Bhatt's erotic thriller Jism 2 in 2012. |
Taapsee slams TOI for mistaking her for Sunny Leone | Actress Taapsee Pannu slammed Times of India on Twitter for mistaking her childhood photo with actress Sunny Leone on Saturday. Taapsee shared a screenshot of the article related to Sunny's birthday and stated that it was bad research by the agency. She added that her birthday is on August 1. |
What is India's appeal to UN court on Kulbhushan Jadhav? | India had appealed to the International Court of Justice about Pakistan's repeated denial of consular access to ex-Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death in Pakistan. Notably, Jadhav's death sentence wasn't challenged at the court as Pakistan's Army Act doesn't allow it. The internationa... |
United trolled for flight offer to teen who won free nuggets | United Airlines, which has been linked to dragging a passenger, was trolled on Twitter after it offered a free flight to a teen who won free nuggets from Wendy's after achieving the most retweets ever. "Why are you threatening?" a user posted, while another said, "They will take your nuggs to feed their victims." "It's... |
Nike makes iPhone 7 cases featuring soles of Roshe sneakers | Sportswear brand Nike has unveiled cases for iPhone 7 which feature the soles of Roshe and Air Force 1, two of Nike's most popular sneakers. The Roshe case is available in red and seafoam green while the Air Force 1 is only available in blue. All the cases come at a price of â¹2,246. |
Intel and Samsung accuse Qualcomm of 'abusive practices' | Technology companies Intel and Samsung have backed a lawsuit by US government agency FTC against chipmaker Qualcomm for unfairly using its patents to harm competition. The company has been accused of "abusive patent and commercial practices" and refusing to license its technology. Earlier, iPhone maker Apple also filed... |
AAP MLA detained for launching protest outside Mishra's home | Aam Aadmi Party MLA Sanjeev Jha was today detained by the police for trying to launch a hunger strike outside the house of sacked party leader Kapil Mishra against his allegations on the party. The police said that Jha was held for not having permission to hold the protest. Notably, Mishra is sitting on a hunger strike... |
Startup raises â¹2,300 crore for cancer-detecting blood test | Biotech startup Guardant Health, led by Stanford graduate Helmy Eltoukhy, has raised $360 million (â¹2,300 crore) to develop blood tests that detect and track cancer. The round was led by SoftBank, with participation from Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners among others. Guardant's test will measure DNA re... |
Kolkata's Shahi Imam removes red beacon after defying ban | Kolkata's Shahi Imam Maulana Barkati removed the red beacon from his car on Saturday, days after defying the government's ban on the beacons. The Imam earlier defied the orders, saying state CM Mamata Banerjee had granted him permission to use the beacon. He later accused the RSS of targeting him, saying the beacon has... |
Andhra's police computer network hacked by ransomware | About 25% of the computer network used by the Andhra Pradesh police has been affected by a global ransomware attack. A police officer said cyber experts were trying to debug the hacked computers and have alerted the national cyber security cell in Delhi about it. However, the officer said critical data have been secure... |
11 activists detained in Russia for reading out constitution | At least 11 activists have been detained in Russia's Moscow for reading out the country's constitution loud, OVD-Info, a website that tracks the detention of activists has said. Among the activists detained was Ildar Dadin, the first and only person in Russia to have served prison for holding repeated peaceful demonstr... |
Will have dialogue with US under right conditions: N Korea | North Korea's Foreign Ministry diplomat Choe Son Hui has said that her country will have a dialogue with the US administration if conditions were right, according to reports. This comes after US President Donald Trump, who wants to restrain North Korea's nuclear programme, said he would be honoured to meet the North Ko... |
'Yamraj' scares people using phones while driving in Pune | A volunteer dressed as Yamraj, the Hindu god of death, scares people seen using phones while driving, as part of the Pune Police's special drive. The 'Yamraj' stops such motorists and asks 'Yayche ahe ka? (you want to come with me?)'. "[P]eople are conditioned to fear Yamraj...Our plan is to play on this fear", said an... |
CEO of UK's biggest supermarket sees â¹4 crore cut in a year | The CEO of Tesco, Dave Lewis, saw his pay package shrink last year despite leading the company to its first year of sales growth in seven years. The boss of UK's biggest supermarket chain received £4.15 million (over â¹34 crore) last year, 10% less than his £4.63 million (â¹38 crore) package a year earlier. |
As a child I thought all walked in slow motion in US: Chopra | Actress Priyanka Chopra has said that after watching 'Baywatch' while growing up, she thought that everybody walked in slow motion and there were beaches everywhere in America. She added, "I used to watch Baywatch and I would feel like that was what America was." Priyanka further said that her opinion changed when she ... |
Working with Deepika was self-discovery for me: Irrfan Khan | Irrfan Khan has said that working with Deepika Padukone in Piku was a self-discovery for him and she is beautiful as an actor. He added, "Deepika is a sincere professional, who doesn't want to limit herself to similar roles and one kind of cinema." Irrfan further said that he would love to work with her again. |
Twinkle shares pic with Akshay from the sets of Padman | Actress Twinkle Khanna took to Twitter to share a picture of herself with actor Akshay Kumar from the sets of the upcoming film 'Padman'. Arunachalam Muruganantham, the inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad-making machine on whom the film is based, can also be seen in the picture. The film will also star actresses Sonam ... |
Harshvardhan, Sara Ali Khan spotted at dinner date: Reports | According to reports, actor Harshvardhan Kapoor and Sara Ali Khan were spotted at a dinner date in Mumbai. Rumours of the two dating surfaced online at the beginning of this year. While Harshvardhan made his Bollywood debut with 2016 film 'Mirzya', it has been reported that Sara will be launched by actor Salman Khan, a... |
SRH beat GL by 8 wickets to qualify for playoffs | Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Gujarat Lions by 8 wickets on Saturday to qualify for the IPL 2017 playoffs. After Dwayne Smith and Ishan Kishan's fifties, GL registered IPL's worst collapse to be dismissed for 154 after Mohammed Siraj picked up four wickets. David Warner and Vijay Shankar scored unbeaten sixties to help ... |
RCB players spend time at Kohli's new restaurant | Royal Challengers Bangalore players including Shane Watson and captain Virat Kohli spent time at Kohli's new restaurant 'Nueva'. Watson posted a photograph with Kohli on Instagram with a caption that read, "Awesome night with @virat.kohli and @royalchallengersbangalore team mates at Virat's new restaurant Nueva." Notab... |
Harbhajan slams fan who asked him to tweet in English | Cricketer Harbhajan Singh slammed a fan on Twitter on Saturday, who asked the player to translate one of his tweets to English. Harbhajan had posted an inspirational message in Hindi to which the follower replied, "Kripya English mein Translate karein." Harbhajan replied to him saying that every Indian understands Hind... |
US, China sign trade agreement on beef, financial services | The US and China have signed a 10-point trade deal that opens the Chinese market to US credit rating agencies and lifts China's ban on US beef imports and shipments of liquefied natural gas. The deal, hailed by the Trump administration as a significant advance toward boosting US exports also opens up the US market for ... |
MS Dhoni sets record for most catches by a keeper in T20s | Rising Pune Supergiant player MS Dhoni set the record for most catches by a wicketkeeper in T20s, taking his 124th catch against Delhi Daredevils on Friday. Dhoni, who effected three dismissals in the match, set the record by taking a one-handed leaping catch to dismiss Marlon Samuels. Dhoni went past former Sri Lankan... |
6 Indian climbers first to scale Mount Everest this season | Six Indians along with 10 Sherpas on Saturday became the first group to scale Mount Everest this season, organiser Transcend Adventures has revealed. Visakhapatnam-based marathon runner Nagaraju Sundarana was the first person in the group to make the summit of the 8,850-metre-high peak at around 8.20 am local time. Rep... |
Idea sees first annual loss of â¹404 crore on Jio competition | India's third largest telecom firm Idea has registered its first-ever annual loss of â¹404 crore for 2016-17, against a profit of â¹2,714 crore in 2015-16. The company's revenue also declined 13.7% year-on-year to â¹8,194 crore in the March quarter. The loss came after free offerings of Reliance Jio sparked a price ... |
In Pictures: Justin Trudeau takes 3-year-old son to work | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took his youngest child, three-year-old Hadrien, to the Parliament on Wednesday. Trudeau shared some pictures on Facebook, with the caption, "Had some company at the office today!" Videos also emerged of Hadrien playing in the coat closet and seeming uninterested while his father ... |
Why is India not attending China's Belt and Road Forum? | India is set to skip China's two-day Belt and Road Forum starting from Sunday due to sovereignty concerns on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a part of China's One Belt One Road project. Notably, India-China relations have been strained recently over multiple issues including China's blocking of India's NSG member... |
What is WannaCry malware that hit computers in 150 nations? | A massive ransomware dubbed 'WannaCry' hit computers in 150 countries including India on Friday. The malicious software locks up the files on infected computers till the hackers' demand of about â¹38,000 is met in Bitcoin. The ransomware exploits a Microsoft Windows vulnerability which was exposed in a US spy agency r... |
Italy court upholds 16-yr sentence of doomed ship's captain | Italy's highest court has upheld the 16-year jail sentence of Francesco Schettino, the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise that capsized in 2012, leaving 32 dead. Schettino was convicted of causing a maritime accident, manslaughter and abandoning ship before passengers and crew were evacuated. Prosecutors said he ste... |
Musk posts video of tunnel that'll transport cars at 200kmph | Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Friday shared a video of the test run of an electric sled in the first tunnel in Los Angeles by his new startup 'The Boring Company'. The sled will transport cars in an underground tunnel system to avoid traffic at a speed of 200 kmph. Musk warned the video might cause motion sickness or seizures... |
Railway stations to get govt shops providing cheap medicines | The government is planning to open Jan Aushadhi Stores at 1,000 railway stations across the country, to provide affordable medicines to people. The plan will gradually spread to bus stands as well. Under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi scheme, generic medicines, which have the same effect as expensive branded ones, are... |
US nears $100 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia | The US is close to completing a series of arms deals with Saudi Arabia totalling more than $100 billion which could surpass over $300 billion over a decade, White House officials said on Friday. Notably, Saudi Arabia is leading a military coalition in Yemen which has been accused by UN of carrying out attacks that "may... |
White House official refuses to deny Trump tapes visitors | White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has repeatedly refused to deny if visitors are being secretly recorded. This comes after President Donald Trump suggested in a tweet that there were "tapes" of his private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey. However, adding that Trump has nothing to add to the twe... |
No mass layoffs, IT sector net hirer of 1.5L people: Nasscom | Industry body Nasscom, amid fears of mass layoffs in the Indian IT sector, claimed the industry continues to be a ânet hirerâ with over 1.5 lakh people being employed on net basis every year. Stating that the reports of mass layoffs were incorrect, it said workforce realignment, linked to performance appraisal proc... |
Aamir wrote 2-pg note appreciating my work in Dangal: Sanya | Actress Sanya Malhotra has revealed that co-actor Aamir Khan wrote a two-page letter appreciating her work in 2016 film 'Dangal'. She added, "Dangal was the best film to get at the beginning of my career. Honestly, I didn't expect the film to get this kind of reaction." Sanya played the role of wrestler Babita Phogat i... |
Priyanka Chopra's photos from Miami vacation surface online | Actress Priyanka Chopra's photos from her vacation in Miami have surfaced online. In the pictures, she can be seen in a navy blue bikini and a brown utility jacket, which she used as a cover-up. The actress was also sporting a piercing on her belly button. Priyanka was spotted with Brazilian model Adriana Lima on the v... |
If China-India collaborate on films, we can beat West: Kamal | Actor Kamal Haasan, while talking about making a film that can be watched worldwide, said that if China and India collaborate on films, they can beat the West. Discussing the possibility of a Chinese film, he said, "More people can definitely watch that." Kamal further said that the small screen is giving the "complace... |
Salman reacts to Katrina being part of 'Thugs of Hindostan' | Actor Salman took to Twitter to react to actress Katrina Kaif being cast in the Aamir Khan starrer film 'Thugs of Hindostan'. Salman also made a reference to his upcoming film 'Tubelight' in the caption of his tweet. 'Thugs of Hindostan' will be the first film in which actors Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan will featur... |
Fans will see my romance with Anjali: Sachin on biopic | Sachin Tendulkar has said that the story of his romance with his wife, Anjali, will be shown in his upcoming biopic 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams', which releases on May 26. "How I met my wife and how we took it forward is part of film...I had to speak with the whole family before coming out with this film," said Sachin. |
Player produces no-look shot from baseline to win point | World number 27 Pablo Cuevas played a no-look shot from the baseline which beat his German opponent Alexander Zverev during their Madrid Open quarter-final on Friday. In the second set, a backhand lob from Zverev sent Cuevas to the baseline, when the latter, with his back towards the German, shot one straight down the ... |
Former Man Utd player Evra feeds lion during his break | Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra fed a lion while on a break from his playing duties for club Olympique Marseille. "[L]ook carefully how quickly I stand up while he stop drinking his milk, I was so scared, I love this game, talking to lion too now..when he stop drinking I said now it's my turn," read the ... |
Cops likely to question 2 Gujarat Lions players over fixing | The Kanpur police may question two Gujarat Lions players, following the arrest of three bookies ahead of the team's IPL matches in the city this week. Police said that a WhatsApp conversation between two bookies revealed that they were in touch with the players. Following questioning of the bookies, the players will al... |
Eatery gives black customer receipt printed with racial slur | An employee of the Burger Project restaurant in the Australian city of Melbourne has been fired for using the word "niggas" on a receipt given to a black customer. Rutendo Muchinguri had shared the story on Facebook, condemning the "disgracefully discriminatory treatment" her husband received. Following this, Burger Pr... |
Stem cells in plants and animals behave similarly: Study | Sweden-based scientists have pointed out that plant and animal kingdoms which evolved separately over 1.6 billion years ago, have strikingly similar stem cell behaviour. Scientists said plant and mammals' stem cell proteins strengthen or weaken each other in same ways. However, in animals, stem cells once evolved into ... |
Sense of smell in humans just as good as dogs: Study | A US-based study claims the human sense of smell has been underestimated, and may rival that of dogs and rodents. The author said he was alerted to the "big myth" after studying olfactory systems for 14 years, trying to translate rodent experiments to humans. However, other scientists argued humans could smell better w... |
Schoolteacher found dead inside car with 25 stab wounds | A 39-year-old woman schoolteacher was found dead in her car with at least 25 stab wounds on her body at Bhander Ghati on the Chandimandir-Ramgarh road in Haryana. The incident took place when she had gone to a Panchkula market to buy pizza with her 15-year-old son, who returned home after failing to find her at the mar... |
J&K school to be renamed after slain Indian Army soldier | An official on Saturday announced that a school in Jammu and Kashmir will be renamed after 22-year-old Indian Army soldier Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz who was recently abducted and killed by a group of militants. The school will be called 'Lt Ummer Goodwill School' in honour of the soldier, said Major General BS Raju, Gener... |
Couple donates â¹2 lakh on wedding, gives plants to guests | A Mumbai police couple donated â¹2 lakh from savings to charities on their wedding, and also gave saplings as return gifts to guests. They donated â¹50,000 to a school, â¹50,000 to an NGO working in various areas, and the rest to several other institutions, like a public library. The wedding was attended only by the... |
American Nazi officially changes his name to Hitler | A US man who named all his children after various Nazi personalities officially changed his name from 'Isidore Heath Campbell' to 'Isidore Heath Hitler' on the anniversary of the end of Second World War in Europe. Adding that his initials, I.H.H., stand for 'I Hail Hitler', the self-proclaimed neo-Nazi said, "It's grea... |
Shiv Sena MLA sends impersonator to meet farmers by mistake | After Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray directed party MLAs to visit drought-hit villages in their constituencies in Maharashtra, party MLA Gautam Chabukswar allegedly sent his impersonator to address the farmers. Chabukswar sent former Mumbai corporator Yashodhar Phanse to a drought-hit village where he posed as Chabuk... |
Man accidentally stops cyber attack that hit 99 countries | A cybersecurity researcher unintentionally found a way to temporarily stop the massive ransomware attack that targeted 99 countries including India on Friday. The researcher chanced upon a domain name in the code of the 'WannaCry' ransomware. Registering the domain name triggered the switch which had been hardcoded int... |
In a first, Kochi Metro to employ 23 transgenders | The Kochi Metro in Kerala will employ 23 transgenders, becoming the first government-owned company in India to formally provide employment to the members of the marginalised community. The 23 transgenders, undergoing training after being selected through written tests and interviews, will be deployed in different depar... |
Luxury brand Chanel apologises to actress over racism claims | Luxury fashion house Chanel has apologised to actress Gabourey Sidibe after she complained of racial discrimination at one of their boutiques earlier this week. Gabourey explained she was asked to leave a Chanel store in Chicago in a "pretend-polite way" three times by the shop assistant. "We are sorry that she felt un... |
Twitterati likens Mars rover prototype to Batmobile | Social media users have likened a Mars Rover prototype built by Parker Brothers Concepts for NASA, to a Batmobile. The 6-wheel solar-powered rover is made of carbon fibre and aluminium and is estimated to weigh around 2250 kg. However, the vehicle will never go to Mars and would be used to promote NASA's manned 2033 Ma... |
Fans install Amitabh's life-size statue in Kolkata temple | A life-size statue of actor Amitabh Bachchan was installed at a Kolkata temple by the All Bengal Amitabh Bachchan Fans Association (ABFA). The statue is similar to Amitabh's character Subhash Nagre from the 'Sarkar' film franchise. The 25-kilogram statue, which took three months to create, is slightly taller than Bachc... |
Rajinikanth gets notice from man claiming to be Mastan's son | Tamil actor Rajinikanth has got a legal notice from Sundar Shaekhar, who claims to be the adopted son of 'underworld don' Haji Mastan Mirza. In the notice, Sundar has asked Rajinikanth not to depict his father as a 'smuggler and an underworld don'. It is speculated that Rajinikanth will play the role of Haji Mastan in ... |
Woman who burned self with hot tea on plane wins â¹7.4 lakh | A Ryanair passenger, who spilled a hot cup of tea and scalded herself, has won £9,000 (â¹7.4 lakh) in damages. She claimed the flight attendant didn't secure the lid properly and it popped off when she lifted it. The shock of the lid coming off caused her to drop the drink, and the hot water burned her stomach and th... |
NASA spots two galaxies crossing each other at 20 lakh kmph | NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted two separate galaxies rushing past each other at about 20 lakh kilometres per hour. "The speed is most likely too fast for them to merge and form a single galaxy," NASA said. However, due to their "small separation" of 20,000 light-years, the galaxies would distort one another ... |
Hawking, 32 others write against theory challenging Big Bang | Stephen Hawking and 32 other cosmologists penned a joint letter in protest against an article that challenged the Big Bang theory. The article gave an alternate "big bounce" theory stating universe bounced back from a collapsing state to its current expanding state and will contract again. The physicists disagreed sayi... |
Official earning â¹1L has lawyers charging â¹5L fee at service | Uttar Pradesh bureaucrat Arun Mishra earning a monthly salary of nearly â¹1 lakh has top lawyers who charge a fee of â¹5-20 lakh per day at his service. Noted advocates including Shanti Bhushan, Abhishek Singhvi, Gopal Subramaniam, Salman Khurshid among others have defended Mishra in courts. Mishra was earlier held b... |
Woman burnt alive after high tension wire falls on her car | A 40-year-old woman in Hyderabad was burnt alive on Friday after a high tension wire fell on her car when she was traveling to her farm house in Takkallapalli. Her five family members inside the car, including husband and two children, suffered injuries in the accident. The police are investigating any negligence on th... |
Removal of Eid-e-Milad holiday by Yogi govt challenged in HC | The removal of Eid-e-Milad or Barawafat as a holiday in Uttar Pradesh by the Yogi Adityanath-led government has been challenged in the Allahabad High Court. The petitioner in the case has challenged that Barawafat has been declared a public holiday by the Centre and the state government cannot remove it. The Yogi gover... |
No saffronisation in NCERT textbooks: RTI query | Responding to an RTI query asking for the changes made in textbooks under the Modi government, the NCERT said that there has been no saffronisation. It revealed that only minor grammatical and formatting changes were made, like changing the spelling of 'practice' with 'practise'. However, it didn't list the changes say... |
Red alert in Mendhar, Anantnag over possible terror attacks | The Indian Army has issued red alert in Mendhar and Anantnag areas of Jammu and Kashmir after intelligence agencies warned of possible terror attacks in these areas. The development came after Pakistan violated ceasefire in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district and a group of terrorists launched an attack on an Army patr... |
Woman gang-raped, mutilated body found in Haryana's Rohtak | A woman was abducted, gang-raped and murdered by seven men in Haryana's Rohtak district on May 9 and later her mutilated body was found near an empty plot. "Her skull was smashed in a way which indicates that she was run over by a vehicle in order to hide her identity," said the forensic team which conducted the post-m... |
11-year-old Norwegian Prince dabs during royal ceremony | Eleven-year-old Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway performed a "dab" during the official 80th birthday celebrations of King Harald V and Queen Sonja. Videos show Sverre, third in line to the throne, making the 'peace' sign and "dabbing" while being nudged by his 12-year-old cousin. Meanwhile, his father, Crown Prince Haako... |
Real bear disrupts practice of rugby team named 'The Bears' | A grizzly bear recently disrupted the practice session of a high school rugby team in Canada, called the Banff Bears. As per reports, the bear caused no harm to the players and moved around the field smelling the equipment and kit bags. The same bear, identified as Bear 148, was sighted chasing hikers and their dog two... |
Daniel doesn't need a b'day to make me feel special: Sunny | Actress Sunny Leone, who celebrated her 36th birthday on Saturday, has said, "Daniel makes me feel special every day. I don't need a birthday for that." She added, "He's always thinking of me and getting me special gifts, small or big." She further said that she likes quiet dinners and seeing family, and is not the 'bi... |
Katrina to star with Baahubali actor Prabhas in film: Report | According to reports, actress Katrina Kaif will star opposite Baahubali actor Prabhas in the upcoming film 'Saaho'. However, there has been no official confirmation regarding the same. The thriller, to be directed by Sujeeth, will be made in Telugu, Tamil, Malyalam and Hindi. Actresses Deepika Padukone, Parineeti Chopr... |
Arjun slams reports of media being unruly with his daughters | Actor Arjun Rampal on Twitter slammed reports of photographers troubling his daughters at Justin Bieber's recently held concert in Mumbai. Reports suggested that Arjun's daughters were uncomfortable when photographers came too close to click pictures and Arjun even shouted at them. "My daughters and I watched the whole... |
Thousands attend SlutWalk in Israel | Thousands of people, mostly women, participated in the recently held SlutWalk in Tel Aviv, Israel. They carried banners saying "you're not guilty" and "a thong is not an invitation to rape," while some wrote "no means no" on their bodies. SlutWalks originated in 2011 after a Canadian police officer said, "women should ... |
Bopara makes fun of KXIP supporter looking at Preity Zinta | Former Kings XI Punjab player Ravi Bopara made fun of a Kings XI Punjab supporter by sharing an Instagram video in which the supporter appears to be looking at team owner Preity Zinta while sitting behind her in the stands. Bopara, who is not a part of IPL this season, captioned the video, "Check the guy out behind P.Z... |
Video shows player challenging curse by shattering glass | American football player Tom Brady has challenged the "Madden Curse", associated with bringing bad luck to a player who features on the cover of video game Madden NFL 18. A video shows Brady saying he does not believe in curses by breaking other myths. He shatters glass and walks under a ladder, saying there's no such ... |
Gerard Pique plans a World Cup-like tournament in tennis | Barcelona's Spanish defender Gerard Pique is part of a consortium planning a World Cup-like tennis tournament, which has already been backed by Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray. The tournament, which will take place in one location, will not have Davis Cup's format. "Tennis needs an event like that, and I t... |
Schools along LoC in Jammu closed indefinitely | All schools along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district have been closed for an indefinite period, starting May 13. This comes after a ceasefire violation by Pakistan in Rajouri's Nowshera sector killed two civilians in the morning. The announcement was made via a tweet by state's Deputy Com... |
Chinese wealth next target: Indonesian Islamist leader | Bachtiar Nasir, the leader of an Indonesian Islamist organisation which campaigned for sending the capital Jakarta's ethnic Chinese Christian governor to prison for blasphemy, has called for a campaign targeting the wealth of country's ethnic Chinese minority. He said the ethnic Chinese, who make up less than 5% of Ind... |
US astronauts complete 200th ISS spacewalk | NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Jack Fischer successfully completed the 200th spacewalk for the $100-billion International Space Station (ISS). Spacewalkers have now spent about 1,247 hours and 55 minutes working outside the station for assembly and maintenance of the Earth-orbiting laboratory. ISS' first spacewalk w... |
Invisible laser walls to guard 198-km Indo-Pak border in J&K | A 'Made in India' invisible laser technology called 'Kavach (KVx)' will be used to guard the 198-km India-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir to detect intrusions and relay information to the nearest BSF post for action. "Laser walls, because of their beams, were visible. And the terrain and alignments (in the region)... |
60% toilets built under Swachh Bharat Mission have no water | As per a government survey, nearly six of every ten toilets constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission are unusable due to insufficient water supply. Although India's sanitation infrastructure has slightly improved, around 55.4% of people in villages are still opting for open defecation, the National Sample Survey Office ... |
India jumps up 73 places in ease of getting electricity | India has jumped up 73 positions in the global electricity accessibility rankings of the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index. It was placed at the 99th position in 2014 and at the 26th position in 2016. The ranking involves 10 parameters like number of procedures involved, time taken to obtain a new connection an... |
Thought of the Russian probe while firing FBI chief: Trump | US President Donald Trump has admitted the FBI's investigation into his alleged ties with Russia was a factor in former FBI Director James Comey's firing. "When I decided to do it, I said to myself: 'You know, this Russia thing...is a made up story, it's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election they shoul... |
Priyanka signs 2nd Hollywood film with Big Bang Theory actor | Priyanka Chopra has signed her second Hollywood film 'A Kid Like Jake', as confirmed by the film's producer Paul Bernon. Priyanka will reportedly play a single mother in the film, which will also feature Jim Parsons from The Big Bang Theory and Claire Danes from Homeland. The film is based on Daniel Pearle's play by th... |
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