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Apple becomes first company to hit $800 bn valuation mark | Apple on Monday briefly touched $800 billion market valuation, making it the world's first ever company to hit the milestone. At $800 billion, Apple's valuation was higher than the combined market cap of all the 30 Sensex companies, which stood at $784 billion. The world's most valuable company, Apple is followed by Go... |
Scientists identify Indian population's origins to 50K yrs | British researchers studying Indian population's origins found the earliest migrants to the Indian subcontinent were hunter-gatherers from Africa 50,000 years ago. Further settlements came in from Iran about 20,000 years ago. The study said the first Indo-European speakers arrived from Central Asia 5,000 years ago, bel... |
Hotel on wheels takes guests around the world | The Rotel, a combination of a bus and a hotel, takes guests all around the world. Rotel Tours was founded by a German entrepreneur, George Hotel, in 1945, and has since conducted tours to places like mountains of Tibet, Sahara Desert, and the Taj Mahal in India. The bus features 26 capsule-sized sleeping areas and a ba... |
Japan has a hotel for dead people | A corpse hotel named Lastel offers rooms for the dead in Japan. The hotel seeks to provide space for the dead bodies, while they wait for crematoriums. The white and grey tiled building can usually accommodate 18 deceased guests, tucked up in refrigerated coffins. The daily rate at the hotel is about â¹6,800 (12,000 y... |
Facebook COO Sandberg reveals the first line of her diary | In an interview on Monday, Facebook's COO Sheryl Sandberg shared the first line of her journal, which she started writing after her husband passed away in 2015. She said, "I'm going to bury my husband. I don't know why I'm writing this," is the first line of her journal. Sandberg said writing the journal helped her to ... |
Google Maps to settle Pakistan-Afghanistan border dispute | Pakistan and Afghanistan plan to use Google Maps to help settle a border dispute that led to the death of eight civilians in clashes last week, officials from both sides have said. Notably, Pakistan inherited its 2,400-kilometre border with its western neighbour when it gained independence in 1947, however, Afghanistan... |
India top user of WhatsApp video calls in 6 months of launch | Facebook-owned chat app WhatsApp has revealed that India is the top user of its video calling feature in terms of time spent. Indians make a total of 5 crore minutes of video calls on WhatsApp daily, the company said. WhatsApp's video calling feature was launched in November 2016 across platforms such as iOS, Android, ... |
Filing FIR against you, bless me: Kapil Mishra to Kejriwal | Sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday held a press conference and read out a letter addressed to AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal that said, "Bless me, I am filing an FIR against you." He further said, "You have everyone on your side and I'm alone. But I am ready to fight... I have learnt to fight corruption from y... |
Which Indian startups' founders have invested in VC firms? | Many prominent Indian startup founders have investments in venture capital firms, including Flipkart's Binny Bansal's investments in Blume Ventures, India Quotient, Stellaris, Tracxn Labs and Pi Ventures. Flipkart's Sachin Bansal too has invested in Tracxn Labs. While TaxiForSure's Aprameya Radhakrishna backed Kae Capi... |
Earth may cross 1.5°C mark set in Paris deal by 2026: Study | Ocean-atmospheric climate fluctuations could accelerate warming, taking global temperature anomalies past the 1.5°C barrier negotiated in the Paris agreement, according to an Australia-based study. The phenomenon, Interdecadal Pacific oscillation (IPO) governs ocean temperatures in tropical Pacific. Scientists said IP... |
Earth was barren, underwater 4.4 billion years ago: Study | Australia-based scientists have found that early Earth was likely to be barren, mountainless, and almost entirely under water, following their analysis of 4.4-billion-year-old mineral grains. Scientists said that Earth (4.54 billion years old) was a "quiet and dull place" in absence of continental collisions during the... |
80% of officers in BSF are corrupt: Sacked jawan | Dismissed from the Border Security Force (BSF) for uploading a video exposing 'substandard food' served to soldiers, Tej Bahadur Yadav has alleged that 80% officers of BSF are corrupt. "Government sent us 18 different food items but several times, the authorities gave us only khichdi...The system is corrupt but not all... |
Obama warned Trump against hiring Michael Flynn | Former US President Barack Obama had warned his successor Donald Trump against hiring Michael Flynn, who was forced to resign as National Security Adviser over his contacts with Russia, White House spokesperson Sean Spicer has confirmed. Former US attorney general Sally Yates has also testified that the Trump administr... |
Trump son-in-law's family apologises for name-dropping | The family of the White House adviser Jared Kushner has apologised for mentioning his name and implying 'government support' while seeking $150 million from Chinese investors for a real estate project. Kushner's sister Nicole Kushner Meyer told investors they could receive American green cards if they put money into th... |
Obama urges Congress not to repeal Obamacare | For the first time appeal to Congress since leaving office, former US President Barack Obama has urged them not to repeal Obamacare after the House of Representatives repealed and replaced his signature healthcare legislation with a 217-213 vote. "It's my fervent hope that members of Congress regardless of party speak ... |
Aus officials destroy 150-year-old plant samples from France | Australian quarantine officials have incinerated plant samples dating back to the mid-1880s, sent from France for research purposes. Biosecurity officials cited missing paperwork and blamed it on an email mix-up. In a previous incident highlighting Australia's quarantine laws, samples from New Zealand were destroyed, a... |
Sports reporter chokes on bug on live TV | Award-winning sports reporter Michael Eaves choked on a bug on live TV during the NBA Playoffs. Eaves, who seemingly began having trouble speaking, said, "I'm literally choking on a bug, Lisa. Can you believe that? National television. I'm choking on a bug." The anchor, Lisa Kerney replied, "Hey waterboys, my man Micha... |
Am I any less a human being because I am an actor: Parineeti | Actress Parineeti Chopra has asked if being an actor makes her any less of a human being. She said this while speaking about actors taking a break. Parineeti added, "In this age of paparazzi, there's little scope to make mistakes. If my feet hurt and I step out in chappals, they'll circle my footwear and question why I... |
Sridevi would've got more credit had she done Baahubali: RGV | Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma tweeted that if actress Sridevi had played the role of Queen Sivagami in film franchise 'Baahubali', she would've got more credit than actor Prabhas. Varma further tweeted, "What a super outstanding film it would've been for her illustrious career." Reports suggest that Sridevi was approached ... |
Mandira shares pic of physical transformation post pregnancy | Actress Mandira Bedi has shared a collage on social media which shows physical transformation after her pregnancy. "I was happy with that belly, because it had my Vir in it! But super happy now too because the belly's not so swelly!!" she wrote alongside the photo. Bedi gave birth to her first child with husband Raj Ka... |
Private images of H'wood actress Sienna Miller leaked online | Private pictures of Hollywood actress Sienna Miller have been leaked online by hackers. "Sienna will be devastated that these pictures said to be of her fooling around have been put online by some weirdo," said a source. Previously, private pictures of Emma Watson, Miley Cyrus, Amanda Seyfried, Demi Lovato, Katie Cassi... |
Sachin welcomes Indian ship INS Tarkash on river Thames | Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and wife Anjali Tendulkar welcomed an Indian naval frigate, INS Tarkash, on the River Thames in London with hundreds of UK-based Indians cheering for him. The stealth ship set sail from Mumbai and is in the UK for naval exercises and to mark UK India Year of Culture 2017. |
United reaches resolution with breeder of giant rabbit | United Airlines on Monday said it reached a resolution with the breeder of Simon, a giant rabbit that died after it was reportedly left in a freezer by staff for 16 hours. However, its owners, a group of businessmen, have threatened to take legal action against United. They are seeking compensation for lost future earn... |
SP, Congress to fight 2019 LS polls in alliance: Akhilesh | Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has asserted that his party will fight 2019 General Elections in alliance with the Congress. His statement came two days after party's Founder Mulayam Singh Yadav blamed the alliance with Congress for the "poor state" of his party. Notably, Congress-SP alliance has won 54 seats ... |
Scientists generate hydrogen fuel from polluted air | Belgian scientists have developed a device that purifies air and generates hydrogen that can be used as a fuel. The compartments for purifying air and storing hydrogen gas are separated by a membrane containing nano-catalysts. The catalysts purify the air in presence of sunlight and produce hydrogen. Scientists are pla... |
Texas Governor bans sanctuary cities on Facebook Live | In a Facebook Live video on Sunday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law banning sanctuary cities across the state. The measure lets police ask during routine stops whether someone is in the US legally and threatens sheriffs with jail if they do not cooperate with federal immigration agents. |
CS Karnan becomes first sitting HC judge sentenced to jail | In a first, a Supreme Court bench found Justice CS Karnan of the Calcutta High Court guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to six months in prison. Karnan had earlier sentenced the Chief Justice and six other Supreme Court judges to 5 years in jail claiming caste discrimination under the SC/ST (Prevention of At... |
SC asks Vijay Mallya to appear in court on July 10 | The Supreme Court on Tuesday held liquor baron Vijay Mallya guilty of contempt of court, asking him to appear before it on July 10. The court upheld a plea by a consortium of banks to which Mallya owes over â¹9,000 crore. Mallya had fled to London in March 2016, a few days before the banks moved the Supreme Court. |
Trump admin knew of NSA Flynn's Russia link for weeks: Yates | Former US attorney general Sally Yates testified on Monday that the Trump administration knew that National Security Advisor Mike Flynn was susceptible to blackmail by Russia for 18 days before his forced resignation. Flynn stepped down after it became public that he had illegal discussions with the Russian ambassador ... |
Cognizant illegally terminating employees, alleges IT group | A group representing workers in the IT sector has submitted a petition to the Tamil Nadu government accusing Cognizant of "illegal termination" of employees. The Forum for IT Employees (FITE) has alleged that Cognizant has been forcing employees to resign. Notably, this comes after reports said Cognizant is looking to ... |
There are coin-covered trees in the UK | There are coin-covered trees, known as 'wishing trees' or 'money trees', in the Portmeirion Village, UK. It is believed that since the 1700s, people would force coins into the tree trunks to get rid of their illness. However, if someone pulled out a coin, they would become ill. There are reportedly seven tree trunks wi... |
Sridevi was 1st choice to play Sivagami in Baahubali: Report | According to reports, actress Sridevi was the first choice for the role of 'Queen Sivagami' in the film 'Baahubali'. However, the film's makers did not cast her for the role as she had reportedly demanded â¹6 crore. The character was eventually portrayed by Ramya Krishnan, who was paid â¹2.5 crore by the makers. |
Shraddha shares brother Siddhant's look as Dawood Ibrahim | Actress Shraddha Kapoor shared her brother Siddhant Kapoor's look as Dawood Ibrahim from the upcoming film 'Haseena: The Queen of Mumbai'. "SO proud to introduce my real AND reel life brother," read Shraddha's caption. The picture shows Siddhant as the young and old version of Dawood Ibrahim. Shraddha will be seen play... |
How does BCCI plan to make up for loss after new ICC model? | BCCI plans to implement former president Jagmohan Dalmiya's proposed model to make up for the nearly â¹1,000-crore loss due to ICC's new financial model, according to reports. The Champions League T20 used to be held in September and the board will organise a bilateral series during that window to generate around â¹2... |
I am proud to be a feminist: Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg | Facebook's Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg in an interview on Monday said, "I'm a feminist. I'm proud to be a feminist. I would scream it from the rooftops." She added, "I'm a feminist because I believe equality on gender is critically important." Sandberg further said that she thinks everyone should be a femin... |
Beach reappears 33 years after vanishing into Atlantic Ocean | A beach which disappeared 33 years ago from an island off the west coast of Ireland has reappeared. The 300-metre Dooagh beach on Achill Island vanished when storms washed away its sand in 1984, leaving only rocks and rock pools. Thousands of tonnes of sand were deposited above the rocky coastline following a freak tid... |
Mishra submitted no concrete proof against Kejriwal: ACB | The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has said ex-Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra has submitted no concrete evidence against CM Arvind Kejriwal, a report stated. "Mishra had submitted a summary drafted by him about the tanker scam, resubmitted documents he had earlier submitted," an ACB official reportedly said. Mishra has alle... |
Modi to address nation on completion of 3 years of NDA govt | PM Narendra Modi will address the nation on May 26 on completion of 3 years of the NDA government at the Centre. Modi will give the speech from Assam's Guwahati as the first anniversary of the BJP government in the state will also be celebrated on May 26. The first BJP government in Assam took over on May 24, 2016. |
Arvind Kejriwal asked me to pay â¹5 cr: Ousted AAP MLA | Ousted AAP MLA and ex-Delhi Minister Asim Ahmed Khan has alleged CM Arvind Kejriwal had asked him to pay â¹5 crore. "They needed â¹25 crore to buy cable network out of which â¹5 crore were asked from me and â¹20 crore were asked from four other MLAs," he said. Asim was sacked for allegedly demanding a bribe from a ... |
Gujarat Deputy CM's 'drunk' son barred from boarding flight | Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel's son Jaimin was prevented from boarding a Greece-bound Qatar Airways flight on Monday after he allegedly arrived at Ahmedabad Airport in a "heavily drunken" state. Airport officials claimed Jaimin cleared immigration in a wheelchair and argued with Qatar employees. Denying the... |
Maharashtra govt bans sale of junk food in school canteens | The Maharashtra government on Monday banned the sale of 'High in Fat, Salt and Sugar' (HFSS) food in school canteens across the state. Furthermore, schools have been asked to replace the junk food items with healthy food such as whole grain, home-made rotis, parathas, rice, etc. The government will form a committee to ... |
NCERT textbook shows Aksai Chin as part of China | A map in class 12th Political Science NCERT textbook has shown Aksai Chin as part of China with the label "Indian claim". The map in the textbook shows Aksai Chin coloured in the same yellow as China. Notably, the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1961 prescribes penalties for misrepresentation of India's map. |
Woman given triple talaq for giving 'namkeen' to her parents | A woman (26) in Uttar Pradesh has alleged she was given triple talaq for giving one of the two 'namkeen packets' bought by her husband to her parents. "My husband got infuriated and shouted at meâ¦He beat me up, uttered 'talaq talaq talaq' and threw me and my son out of the house," she said. |
Jakarta governor found guilty of blasphemy, jailed for 2 yrs | An Indonesian court has found the outgoing governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, commonly known as Ahok, guilty of blasphemy and sentenced him to two years in prison. Ahok was the first ethnic Chinese Christian to run Indonesia's capital, and the case was seen as a test of religious tolerance and pluralism in the... |
Dove sells body wash in bottles shaped like women's bodies | Dove has been slammed for selling body wash in bottles designed to imitate the various shapes and sizes of women. "I don't care what the bottle looks like, I care if the product inside works," tweeted a user. "Dove is finally recognising that I won't use a product unless it looks like me: Plastic, cheap, and oozing," r... |
10-year-old girl fights off alligator by hitting its nose | A 10-year-old girl in Florida, United States managed to free herself from the clutches of an 8ft 9in alligator when she attacked its nostrils, pried its jaws open and freed herself. Her father said she learned the trick during a trip to wildlife park 'Gatorland'. The girl escaped with puncture wounds, while the alligat... |
Unadkat credits 12-yr-old's bowling advice for IPL hat-trick | Rising Pune Supergiant pacer Jaydev Unadkat credited a 12-year-old boy's advice for his hat-trick against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL on Saturday. Unadkat shared a video on Instagram of the boy advising him to grip the ball across the seam to get a hat-trick. The bowler had met the boy at a meet-and-greet session a ... |
Bowler Mohd Nabi ties laces for batsman Pandya during match | Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler Mohammad Nabi tied Mumbai Indians batsman Hardik Pandya's shoelaces during their IPL clash in Hyderabad on Monday. Afghanistan's Nabi, playing his second IPL match, was bowling to Pandya when the latter requested him to tie his laces at the bowler's end. Nabi agreed and bent down to tie Pandy... |
Chapecoense win title 5 months after air crash killed team | Brazilian football club Chapecoense won the Santa Catarina state championship on Sunday, five months after 19 of its players died in a plane crash in Colombia in November. The club, which had only three surviving players, signed 25 new footballers before the season began in January. The club also had to find replacemen... |
KXIP pacer Sandeep fined for snatching cap from umpire | Kings XI Punjab pacer Sandeep Sharma was fined 50% of his match fee for showing dissent and snatching away his cap from the umpire during the IPL clash against Gujarat Lions on Sunday. Sandeep was unhappy with the umpire calling a no ball on the grounds that the bowler did not notify him that he was bowling round the w... |
Mohun Bagan team bus attacked for hitting scooter: Reports | A bus carrying Kolkata-based football club Mohun Bagan's players was reportedly attacked by locals after it met with an accident in Cuttack on Monday. The team was returning to the hotel from the stadium after playing a Federation Cup match when a scooter rammed into it. Locals stormed into the bus before the team mana... |
200 airports to come under regional air connectivity scheme | Union Minister of State for Aviation Jayanta Sinha on Tuesday said the Centre will bring 200 airports under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) regional air connectivity scheme. Sinha added that there would be multiple rounds of bidding. He said that regional air connectivity was both pro-poor and pro-markets. |
Sohail Mahmood to be Pakistan's new envoy to India: Reports | One of Pakistan's senior-most diplomats, Sohail Mahmood (55), will replace Abdul Basit as the country's new High Commissioner to India, as per reports. Mahmood is reportedly expected to take up the new role either by May end or early June. Mahmood, who is currently Pakistan's ambassador to Turkey, has also served in Pa... |
Tharoor involved in wife Sunanda's death, claims Republic TV | Journalist Arnab Goswami's Republic TV released a series of tapes on Monday, alleging that Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was involved in the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. The tapes of recorded conversations between journalist Prema Sridevi and Tharoor's aide Narayan and those between Prema and Sunanda indicated that ... |
Tharoor challenges Republic TV to prove 'false claims' | Dismissing Republic TV's allegations that he was involved in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death, Shashi Tharoor has challenged Arnab Goswami to prove the allegations in a court of law. Tharoor rubbished the channel's claims as "exasperating farrago of distortions, misrepresentations, and outright lies", and added, "I am ... |
Cognizant to lay off 6,000 employees in India: Report | US-based IT major Cognizant is looking to lay off 6,000 employees in India to increase hiring in its home country, according to reports. This comes after President Donald Trump's administration expressed displeasure over US firms outsourcing jobs to other countries. Meanwhile, it has also been reported that Cognizant m... |
Lalit Modi leaks MS Dhoni's India Cements offer letter | Former IPL chairman Lalit Modi has leaked the offer letter of MS Dhoni's employment terms with India Cements, owned by ex-BCCI President N Srinivasan. Questioning the motive behind the employment, Modi wrote, "WHY? he earns 100's of crores a year will he #agree to be #SRINI'S #employee." Dhoni was employed in the compa... |
What do Republic TV's 'Sunanda Murder Tapes' reveal? | According to tapes released by Republic TV over the death of Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar, the dead body was allegedly moved from room number 307 to 345 of Delhi's Leela Hotel. Tharoor's aide Narayan claimed that the couple had fought the entire night before Sunanda's death. The channel also alleged that there... |
J&K blacks out TV channels from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq | The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a blackout of at least 34 TV channels, including those from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The channels include Geo News, Saudi Al Quran Al Kareem, Noor TV and Zakir Naik's Peace TV. The move comes amid reports that channels indulging in "anti-India" propaganda were being ... |
Note ban did not impede future black money flows: UN Report | The government's demonetisation measures did not impede future black money flows in new denominations, a UN report said on Monday. Complementary measures to demonetisation would be required to target all forms of undeclared wealth and assets, it added. Demonetisation had "greater and longer-lasting" impact on lower-inc... |
New promo for Spider-Man: Homecoming released | A new promo for Spider-Man: Homecoming has been released. The clip features Tom Holland as Peter Parker and the superhero, Zendaya as Michelle and Jacob Batalon as Parker's friend Ned. The film also stars Robert Downey Jr as Tony Stark, Parker's new mentor. Directed by Jon Watts, the film is scheduled to release on Jul... |
Tamannaah denies rumour of tiff with Rajamouli on cut scenes | Tamannaah Bhatia, while denying reports that she was upset with SS Rajamouli over her scenes being cut in Baahubali 2, said, "This is imagination of somebody who is very jobless." She added, "I am and will always be thankful to Rajamouli sir for casting me." She further said the film has raised the bar for everyone in ... |
Trailer of Ryan Gosling starrer Blade Runner 2049 released | The trailer of the Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford starrer science fiction film Blade Runner 2049 has been released. A sequel to the 1982 film Blade Runner, Gosling stars as a special police operative called a blade runner. Produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Denis Villeneuve, the film is scheduled to release on Oc... |
Truth will win: Kejriwal on Kapil Mishra's allegations | Speaking about the corruption allegations levelled against him by Kapil Mishra, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said "truth will prevail" and it will commence from tomorrow's special session of the Legislative Assembly. Mishra had earlier claimed that Health Minister Satyendar Jain handed over â¹2 crore to Arvind K... |
AAP's Satyendar Jain to file defamation case against Mishra | Denying the corruption allegations levelled against him by sacked AAP leader Kapil Mishra, Delhi's Health Minister Satyendar Jain has said he would file a criminal defamation suit against Mishra, according to reports. Mishra had accused Jain of handing â¹2 crore to Arvind Kejriwal and "settling" a â¹50-crore land dea... |
Merge PoK, Kailash Mansarovar with India: RSS' Muslim wing | RSS' Muslim wing, Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), has passed a resolution to urge the Centre for the merger of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Kailash Mansarovar (in Tibet) with India. The organisation will demand the merger of PoK with India using diplomatic means or through the use of force, said MRM National Convenor Mo... |
I will kill you and that's why UN is here: Rodrigo Duterte | Criticising a UN rapporteur's unofficial visit to the country, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said, "I will kill you (drug dealers). And that's why the rapporteur of the UN is here, investigating the extrajudicial killings." Also, the presidential spokesman Ernesto Abella claimed that the rapporteur is biased ag... |
Will ensure voters don't vote for extremist position: Macron | Acknowledging his victory in the French presidential election, Emmanuel Macron said that he will ensure that voters "no longer have a reason to vote for an extremist position" after his five years in office. Winning 66.1% of votes Macron defeated the far-right's Marine Le Pen, who wanted to close France's borders and p... |
US telco Sinclair to buy media firm Tribune for $3.9 billion | US broadcaster Sinclair Broadcast Group said on Monday it would buy Tribune Media, one of the largest US television station operators, for about $3.9 billion cash and stock. Sinclair will also assume $2.7 billion in debt. Notably, Sinclair beat other suitors including Rupert Murdochâs 21st Century Fox, and Nexstar Me... |
What gifts will Justin Bieber receive on his trip to India? | Singer Justin Bieber is set to receive gifts from many designers when he comes for his maiden concert in India as part of the Purpose Tour. Fashion designers Rohit Bal and Anamika Khanna will present customised outfits to Bieber while Manav Gangwani plans on gifting a set of customised sneakers. Ustad Amjad Ali Khan wi... |
It's my body: Metz to those criticising her MTV Awards dress | Television actress Chrissy Metz, while addressing those criticising her dress at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, tweeted, "For the record, I wear what I want, when I want. News flash it's MY body." The 36-year-old actress had chosen a red PVC dress for the event. Supporting Metz, a user tweeted, "You don't have to dress to ... |
Sanya and I go to Aamir for love-related problems: Fatima | Fatima Sana Shaikh has said that she and her Dangal co-star Sanya Malhotra go to Aamir Khan with all their love-related problems and he solves it for them. "I can also discuss with him things like, 'I have had crush on someone, so please tell me what to do,'" added Fatima. She called Aamir a friend, guru and a guide. |
Met Rajinikanth, caught up with him on various issues: Nagma | Actress-politician Nagma met Tamil superstar Rajinikanth at his residence in Chennai on Sunday. "In conversation with my favourite #co-star and friend #Rajnikant from Baasha met him today was so nice to catch up with him (on) various issues," tweeted Nagma along with some pictures. The meeting on Sunday sparked rumours... |
Pics show Jhanvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan in Sabyasachi outfits | Fashion designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee has shared pictures of Sridevi's elder daughter Jhanvi Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan's daughter Sara Ali Khan wearing traditional outfits from his latest collection. While Jhanvi is seen in a hand painted lehenga, Sara is seen wearing brocade and crystal lehenga and a heavily embroidere... |
Dhawan's unbeaten 46-ball 62 helps Hyderabad beat Mumbai | Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by 7 wickets on Monday to remain on the fourth spot in the IPL 2017 points table. Batting first, Rohit Sharma's 45-ball 67 helped Mumbai score 138/7 as Siddarth Kaul picked three wickets for Hyderabad. Shikhar Dhawan's 46-ball 62* and Moises Henriques' 35-ball 44 helped Hyder... |
Don't take my tears for weakness: IPS officer Charu Nigam | Female IPS officer Charu Nigam, who broke down after an argument with a BJP MLA in Gorakhpur, has said her tears should not be mistaken as a sign of her weakness. "I just did not expect that my SP city Ganesh Saha Sir would outrightly reject the irrational argument and talk about my injury," said Nigam in a Facebook po... |
No extrajudicial killings here: Philippines during UN review | During a UN review of the country's human rights record in Geneva, Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte's ally and senator Alan Peter Cayetano claimed that there is no new wave of killings prompted by the Philippines' war on drugs. However, another Filipino senator Leila De Lima told Cayetano that UN cannot be easily ... |
Le Pen won double the votes her father won in 2002 | French presidential election's far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen, who lost the bid to Emmanuel Macron, won almost double the votes her more extremist father Jean-Marie won in 2002. Jean-Marie had won just 17.8% of the final vote when he challenged Jacques Chirac in 2002, while Marine attracted an estimat... |
Pepe the Frog 'killed off to avoid being a hate symbol' | Creator of Pepe the Frog, Matt Furie, has symbolically killed off the 'peaceful frog-dude' who had been appropriated as a racist hate symbol by the US Anti-Defamation League during the 2016 election. Over the weekend, the character's creator depicted the frog in a coffin in a bid to stop his image being hijacked by far... |
Chelsea a win away from securing Premier League title | Chelsea moved within one win of securing a fifth Premier League title as they defeated Middlesbrough 3-0 at Stamford Bridge on Monday. With the defeat, Middlesbrough were relegated from the Premier League for the fourth time, the joint-most for any team. The win was Chelsea's 300th PL victory at home, making it the thi... |
AAP used alcohol, women to allot tickets in Punjab: Mishra | Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Monday alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party used money, alcohol, and women as bribes during ticket allocation for the Punjab assembly elections. Claiming that there was rampant corruption in AAP, Mishra further said that the relatives of party leader Sanjay Singh accepted money from pe... |
Kapil Mishra suspended from AAP primary membership | Ex-AAP minister Kapil Mishra, who levelled corruption charges against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, was suspended from the party's primary membership after a meeting of its Political Affairs Committee on Monday. Mishra had alleged that party MLA Satyendar Jain settled a â¹50-crore land deal for Kejriwal's brother-in-law a... |
Karnan sentences Chief Justice of India to 5 yrs in jail | Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan has ordered a five-year jail sentence for Supreme Court judges, including the Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar. Karnan, who had earlier accused the seven-judge bench of discriminating against him for being a Dalit, said the judges are guilty under the Scheduled Cas... |
Bieber is role model for millennial generation: Amjad Ali | Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has said that singer Justin Bieber is a role model for the millennial generation. He added, "It's so wonderful to see the love that he has generated." Amjad, who will be gifting Bieber a specially autographed sarod, said, "Since it's his (Bieber's) first visit, it's a welcoming gestur... |
Delhi Metro hikes fares after 8 yrs, maximum fare to be â¹50 | The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation board has accepted a recommendation to increase minimum passenger fare from â¹8 to â¹10 and the maximum fare from â¹30 to â¹50. The new fares are likely to be introduced from Wednesday. The revised rates distinguish prices for Sundays and national holidays giving a 10% discount. Not... |
Did Manmohan Singh undertake more foreign visits than Modi? | Manmohan Singh made fewer trips and was abroad for fewer days than Narendra Modi in the first three years of both his first term (2004-2009) and the second term (2009-2014). Modi's each trip, however, lasted 2.5 days on average while the average duration of Singh's trip was nearly 4 days during the first three years of... |
People stay inside a graveyard in the Philippines | Numerous families live in a graveyard in the Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines, covering an area of about 54 acres. Many residents, who live in wooden huts perched on top of tombs, earn a living by repairing and maintaining tombs. Some tombs have also been converted into stalls that provide shampoos, instant noo... |
FB to delete thousands of fake profiles ahead of UK polls | Facebook will be deleting "tens of thousands" of fake profiles as a part of its larger plan against fake news ahead of the UK's general elections. Facebook is launching a fact-checking initiative and said it will stop promoting posts that show signs of being implausible. In Britain, Facebook is also running newspaper a... |
Getting death threats from Kejriwal's men: Kapil Mishra | Sacked AAP minister Kapil Mishra on Monday asserted that he was getting death threats from people close to Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for exposing his corruption. Mishra said his number was being circulated on Twitter and WhatsApp for this purpose. He further challenged Kejriwal that he was not scared of his "puppets" as... |
Kapil Mishra shares email for 'cleaning' Aam Aadmi Party | Sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Monday shared an email ID, 'letscleanaap@gmail.com', asking all the party volunteers across India, Canada and the US to send evidence of corruption in the Aam Aadmi Party. Stating that he will never join BJP, Mishra added, "If there is one man who spoke against Modi, then that is m... |
Uber CEO shows startup's freight truck for the first time | Ride-hailing startup Uber's Co-founder and CEO, Travis Kalanick, on Monday shared a picture of the startup's truck division 'Uber Freight' meant for long-haul deliveries. In an interview last year, Kalanick had said it was always Uber's intention to get into trucking, adding that it is a challenging, interesting and nu... |
World leaders congratulate Macron on French prez poll win | After Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election with 66.1% votes, a spokesman for the German Chancellor Angela Merkel hailed the result as a "victory for a strong and united Europe". Despite backing Macron's rival Marine Le Pen in the elections earlier, US President Donald Trump congratulated Macron and said... |
Palestinian hunger strike leader Barghouti filmed eating | Israel's prison service has released a video allegedly showing Marwan Barghouti, the leader of a three-week-old hunger strike by Palestinian inmates, secretly eating in his cell on April 27 and May 5. However, the footage was denounced as fake by Barghouti's wife. Notably, 890 prisoners have been on hunger strike since... |
Italian village offers â¹1.4 lakh to anyone who moves there | The mayor of Bormida village in Italy is offering about â¹1.4 lakh (â¬2,000) to anyone who moves there, to save the village from becoming a ghost town. The village, which has a population of 394, is also offering homes at rent starting from â¹3,500 (â¬50) a month. The mayor reportedly said the initiative should be ... |
United made a terrible mistake in dragging flier: Buffett | Billionaire Warren Buffett, the top investor in United Continental Holdings, faulted the airline for a confrontation with a passenger who was dragged off a plane after refusing to give up his seat for a crew member. âObviously, it was a terrible mistake,â Buffett stated. Further, the billionaire added, âI would h... |
Video shows Ram Gopal Varma interviewing Amitabh Bachchan | Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has interviewed actor Amitabh Bachchan in a promotional video for the upcoming film Sarkar 3. RGV in the interview says, "The award for the greatest liar goes to Amitabh Bachchan." RGV at another point also speaks about how there was a general conversation about how Bachchan is "no more valid"... |
Wanted to bring culture to event: Farrah on 'B'wood' outfit | Reality television personality Farrah Abraham, known for the show Teen Mom OG, said she wore a Bollywood inspired outfit to the MTV Movie & TV Awards as she wanted to bring 'culture' to the event. She said that she wasn't worried about cultural appropriation. "I think this will inspire others to embrace new cultures an... |
I couldn't recognise myself: Rajkummar Rao on look in Raabta | Rajkummar Rao has said that he couldn't recognise himself in his look from upcoming film Raabta. He added, "It used to take me six hours every day. It required patience. A special team from Los Angeles was brought in, that worked with a team from India." Rao will play a 324-year-old man for a guest appearance in the fi... |
Didn't want to delete Gandhi, Dalai Lama's fake pic: Arjun | Arjun Rampal said he didn't want to delete a picture of Mahatma Gandhi and Dalai Lama even when he was informed by users that the picture was photoshopped. "Went to delete that tweet. But just didn't have the heart to... Imagination is everything," tweeted Arjun. He added the photoshopped picture does not take away the... |
SRK consoled me when my mother passed away: Juhi Chawla | Actress Juhi Chawla has revealed that Shah Rukh Khan consoled her when her mother passed away, while they were shooting for films 'Yes Boss' and 'Duplicate'. She added, "He was the person who consoled me...he was trying to make me laugh and forget things." She further revealed SRK convinced her to take up her role in ... |
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