Jaipur : Rajasthan Chief Minster Ashok Gehlot on Saturday issued a strict order to the officials to stop sale of liquor after 8 p.m at all shops in the state. “Those caught selling liquor after 8 p.m should be penalised; their shops should be sealed and licence should be cancelled,” he ordered the Excise Department […]
Day: January 19, 2019
As kids, we were kept away from glamour of filmmaking: Aamir Khan
Mumbai : Actor Aamir Khan, son of late filmmaker Tahir Hussain, says during his childhood days, he and his siblings were kept away from the glitz and glamour of showbiz. Aamir got emotional about his father on Zee Cafe’s chat-show “Starry Nights 2. Oh!”, read a statement. He said: “We kids were pretty much kept […]
Mamata, Naidu slam Modi for calling opposition rally ‘anti-people’
Kolkata | West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Andhra Pradesh counterpart N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his comment on mega-rally in Kolkata. Modi had termed the mega-rally by opposition parties in Kolkata as “anti-people”. Hitting out at Modi, they said that they are not “bonded labourers” of […]
Meghalaya mine tragedy: Navy divers search for detected body
Shillong : The Navy divers were on Saturday searching for the body of an unidentified miner in a 370-feet flooded coal mine in Meghalayaa’s East Jaintia Hills district, an official said. “The Indian Navy is trying to pull the dead body by underwater remotely operated vehicle (UROV). Though photographs were captured but integration was not […]
Kanpur boy scores 100 percentile in JEE (Mains), brings laurel to state
KANPUR | Meet meritorious Naman Gupta of Kanpur who is one amongst 15 candidates in country who have scored hundred percentile in Joint Entrance Exam (Mains)-Paper I (B.E/BTECH), the result of which was declared on Saturday. He also emerged as the state topper in this exam. JEE (Mains) was conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). […]
Shatrughan Sinha toes Rahul Gandhi’s line in attacking Modi
Kolkata | Admitting that he is a “rebel”, Bollywood actor and dissenting BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday stepped up his attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by adopting Rahul Gandhi’s “chowkidar chor hai” jibe. “People often ask me why I speak against Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) while being in it. If speaking the truth […]
Trump to make ‘major announcement’ on shutdown, border
New York : President Donald Trump has promised a “major announcement” about the shutdown as it enters its 29th day on Saturday, while his opposition received a blow when the special investigator looking into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election refuted a widely reported story that his lawyer had claimed Trump asked him […]
Twenty three political parties come together in “oust Modi” campaign
Kolkata : Twenty three political parties, including the Congress and major regional parties like SP, BSP and DMK, came together on Saturday at a mega rally under the auspices of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee to throw the gauntlet at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for defeating him in the coming general elections but kept the […]
Shatrughan Sinha may face action, BJP calls him ‘opportunist’
New Delhi : Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha is likely to face “action” for attending the opposition rally in Kolkata as the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) on Saturday said it will take “cognisance” of it. “He is likely to be suspended from the party after President Amit Shah returns from AIIMS. He has now crossed all the […]
JEE (Mains) Paper-I results announced
New Delhi : Results for Joint Entrance Examination (Mains)-Paper I were announced for January on Saturday, 12 days ahead of the schedule with 15 candidates recording a 100 NTA score across India. The exam, which is conducted in two parts — January and April — was carried out for the first time by the newly-established […]