When the whole country glorifies and worships Lord Ram on Diwali, the Katra locality in Prayagraj celebrates the demon king Ravana. Katra is said to be the maternal home of Ravana and the people here give him a befitting prominence. The processions are taken out in his honour and Ram Lila has a specific celebration […]
It will be miraculous, if we are able to deliver a judgement in four weeks, said Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi as he asked the counsels of the Hindu and Muslim parties in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute case to strictly abide by the October 18 deadline to wrap up their arguments. A Constitution bench, comprising […]
Buoyed by the thumping response to the iPhone XR, Apple has once again hit the price-conscious Indian market with iPhone 11 — starting at Rs 64,900 which is Rs 12,000 cheaper than the launch price of iPhone XR last year. With HDFC cards, you get Rs 6,000 instant discount, so it will cost you Rs […]
Ace Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah, who will be missing the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa due to an injury, on Wednesday vowed for a stronger comeback. “Injuries are part and parcel of the sport. Thank you for all your recovery wishes. My head is held high and I am aiming for a comeback […]
Hoping to bewitch revellers with its radiance and opulence, a goddess Durga idol made of 50 kg gold worth around a whopping Rs 20 crore is nearing completion at a community puja marquee in central Kolkata. The 13-feet tall idol is coming up at the famed Santosh Mitra Square, earlier called Lebutala, about 700 meter […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday requested the Supreme Court to grant more time to record the statement of lawyer in the Unnao rape survivor accident case. The lawyer Mahendra Singh, who suffered critical injuries in the Rae Bareli accident on July 28, is still unconscious, CBI told a bench headed by Justice […]
More than 40 call girls, including a few B-grade actresses from Bollywood were engaged to honey-trap bureaucrats and politicians, including a former Chief Minister and Governor of Madhya Pradesh, by a big blackmailing syndicate in Bhopal. As of now, 92 high quality video clips, depicting bureaucrats and politicians in a compromising position, have been recovered […]
Seungri, a former member of the K-pop boyband BIGBANG, was questioned by police on Tuesday over his alleged overseas gambling. The disgraced K-pop star arrived at a police investigative unit in eastern Seoul at 10.40 a.m., reports Yonhap News Agency. Seungri quickly walked past some journalists, who asked him about allegations that he regularly gambled […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has barred the Punjab & Maharashtra Cooperative Bank Ltd (PMC), Mumbai from carrying out the majority of its routine business transactions for a period of six months, sparking panic among the depositors and sending shock-waves in the city banking and business circles on Tuesday. The apex bank’s Chief General […]
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, 16 child petitioners, including Sweden’s Greta Thunberg and American Alexandria Villase, from 12 countries presented a landmark official complaint to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (OHCHR) to protest aginst the lack of government action on the climate crisis. In the complaint filed on Monday through the Third […]