The Indian Film and Television Directors’ Association (IFTDA) on Saturday cancelled the membership of rapist Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and his “adopted daughter” Honeypreet Kaur, with the Cine and TV Artists Association (CINTAA) following suit. They have barred the two from making any movies in future. Actor Sushant Singh, general secretary of CINTAA, […]
A court near here on Saturday allowed Malayalam superstar Dileep to get a two-hour break from jail to take part in his father’s remembrance day prayers on Wednesday morning. The Angamaly Court which heard his petition on Saturday, despite strong opposition from the prosecution that this would set a bad precedent, allowed him to take […]
Short covering ahead of the August derivatives expiry, coupled with hopes of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), healthy auto sales data and manufacturing data for the month of August, contributed to the bull run of key Indian equity indices for the third consecutive week. Besides, investors’ sentiments remained upbeat over […]
A Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday in Gorakhpur arrested an accused connected to the mass death of children within a week in August at the BRD Medical College. Kafeel Khan, the third prime accused in the case, was trying to flee the country possibly to Nepal when he was […]
Minister of State for Skill Development Rajeev Pratap Rudy on Thursday night resigned from the Union Council of Ministers, while six others are believed to have offered to resign from their posts, ahead of much-spculated reshuffle shortly. Union ministers Uma Bharati, Radha Mohan Singh, Giriraj Singh, Kalraj Mishra, Nirmala Sitharaman, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Faggan Singh […]
India is fully prepared to finance carbon-capture technology but the developed world’s approach in this area leaves much to be desired, New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal has said. “The government is ready to fully finance carbon-capture technology and is in favour of opening up the technology to all. However, this idea did not […]
Heavy rains continued to batter most parts of the hill state of Uttarakhand on Friday, weather officials said. Rains lashed the state capital Dehradun on Thursday evening, leaving the city inundated. On Wednesday, the weatherman had predicted heavy to very heavy shower for the next 48 hours. The regional Met office has issued an alert […]
Key Indian equity market indices opened flat on Friday after the Central Statistics Office (CSO) data showed that the GDP growth of the Indian economy slumped to 5.7 per cent during April-June. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) was trading 5.10 points or 0.02 per cent lower during the early session. The wider 51-scrip Nifty of […]
Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened flat. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 31,646.46 points on Wednesday, opened higher at 31,685.44 points. Minutes into trading, it was quoting at 31,627.50 points, down by 18.96 points, or 0.06 per cent. At the […]
The government does not plan to reintroduce Rs 1,000 notes that were taken out of circulation by the demonetisation of high-value currency last November, a senior official said on Tuesday “There is no proposal to reintroduce Rs 1000 note,” Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg said in a tweet. On Friday, the Reserve Bank of […]