New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said his ministry would make necessary amendments to denotify bulls from the list of performing animals so that Jallikattu, the bull taming sport, could be celebrated. Jallikattu was banned by the Supreme Court in 2014. “We want to allow cultural practices and celebrations […]
Remo D’Souza, whose latest directorial venture “ABCD 2” is ready for release, says he was able to make the original 2013 film “ABCD: AnyBody Can Dance” because of his team. Present at the “Nach Baliye” sets were actor Varun Dhawan, Remo and the dancing trio, Sushant, Raghav and Dharmesh. At this promotional, event Remo gave […]
Actress Vidya Balan believes an actor is responsible for the brand he or she endorses, but only to an extent. Her comment comes in the wake of the Maggi controversy which has highlighted the responsibility of a celebrity brand endorser regarding a product. When asked about her take on it, Vidya, during a promotional event […]
The Delhi government on Monday withdrew its controversial circular on the ‘two finger test on rape victims’, but it has left activists fuming. They contended the circular revealed the Delhi government’s ignorance. Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain clarified that the advisory issued on two-finger test was “misinterpreted” and said the government will issue a fresh […]
Shimla, June 5 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday asked the state government to provide allowance, food and vocational training to all inmates of a state-run old age home near Shimla. Taking cognisance of a letter written by Shimla-based NGO Umang Foundation’s honorary chairman Ajai Srivastava, a division bench of Justice Rajiv Sharma […]
Jammu, June 5 (IANS) Protests were reported from various places in Jammu on Friday despite indefinite curfew imposed in parts of the city following violence over Sikh militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale’s posters in which a youth was killed. Meanwhile, police lodged an FIR against the Senior Superintendent of Police’s (SSP) security guard for firing […]
Hyderabad, June 5 (IANS) Lycos, one of the leading internet brands, has announced that it will launch next week Lycos Life, a line of wearable devices that serve as a single point of entry into users’ digital lives. Initially delivered in the form of a smart wristband (priced at $124.99) and ring ($59.99), Lycos Life […]
Nikita Sharma, New Delhi Can the humble potato really help you make a fortune? So much so that you be crowned as ‘The Potato King’? Sounds a bit unreal, right? You anyway couldn’t be more wrong. Punjab based Jang Bahadur Singh Sangha is here to prove you wrong at this. Sangha and his family are the leading producers of potato and maize […]
Nikita Sharma, New Delhi One built the TajMahal for his dead wife and the other named a city after her. Hyderabad, more famous today as Cyberabad, was named because of the love of Muhammad Quli for RaniBhagmati, later called Begum HaidarMahal. It is a striking example of what inspired lovers are capable of doing. And […]
Agra Even as measures — some of them knee-jerk — are being taken to stop the majestic TajMahal from turning yellow, the exact causes for the monument’s discoloration are yet to be ascertained, a recent analysis shows. The analysis was undertaken by science and environment fortnightly ‘Down To Earth’. “We will not be able to […]