- Telangana
BRS candidates file nominations for council polls
Hyderabad: Three candidates of Telangana’s ruling party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Thursday filed nominations for State Legislative Council polls under MLA quota. Deshapati Srinivas, K. Naveen Kumar and Challa Venkatrami Reddy…
- Bollywood
Ranbir Kapoor expresses wish to work with Kriti Sanon
Mumbai: Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor is keen on working opposite actress Kriti Sanon. During the promotions of his recent film, ‘Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar’, Ranbir Kapoor was questioned about which actor and…
- Bangalore
Karnataka bribe case: Lokayukta likely to challenge bail granted to accused BJP MLA
Bengaluru: Karnataka Lokayukta police are contemplating to challenge the granting of bail to BJP MLA Virupakshappa Madal in the Supreme Court in connection with the alleged bribe for tender scam, sources stated…
- Middle East
Turkish women defy ban on protests, stage ‘Feminist Night March’
Istanbul: Turkish women have defied a ban on protests and staged an annual march called “Feminist Night March” in Istanbul’s Taksim Square to mark International Women’s Day. Although the police allowed the…
- Bollywood
Satish Kaushik’s last social media post is from Javed Akhtar’s Holi party
Mumbai: Bollywood actor-director Satish Kaushik, who passed away aged 67 late on Wednesday, had attended a Holi party hosted by Javed Akhtar and his wife-actor Shabana Azmi at their home in Mumbai.…
- Hyderabad
Delhi excise policy: ED team reaches Tihar Jail to grill Sisodia again
Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have reached Tihar Jail to once again question former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam case. According to the probe…
- Kashmir
ED raids going on at 9 places in Kashmir
Srinagar: Enforcement directorate (ED) officials on Thursday were conducting raids at nine places in Kashmir in connection with the MBBS seats allotment racket to locals in different colleges of Pakistan. Official sources…
- Middle East
Egypt’s Prez urges intensive efforts to calm Israeli-Palestinian tensions
Cairo: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has called for exerting intensive international efforts to achieve calm in the Palestinian territories amid the rising Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Sisi made the remarks on Wednesday during his…
- World
Over 17mn people in California are under flood watches
San Francisco: More than 17.5 million people across central and Northern California, including the San Francisco Bay area and state capital Sacramento, were under flood watches ahead of a storm set to…
- India
Pulwama martyrs’ widows on hunger strike write to Raj Guv seeking euthanasia
Jaipur: The deadlock between the Rajasthan government and four widows of Pulwama martyrs turned murkier on Wednesday with one of them, Manju Jat, writing to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot alleging that the…
- Business
SBI raises Rs 3,717 crore via bond issuance
Delhi: The State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, has raised Rs 3,717 crore through its third Basel III compliant Additional Tier 1 bond issuance in the current financial year…
- Bollywood
Actor Satish Kaushik, famed as ‘Calendar’ in ‘Mr. India’, passes away at 67
Mumbai: Veteran Bollywood actor-writer-director Satish Kaushik – remembered as ‘Calendar’ in the film “Mr. India” – passed away at 67 late on Wednesday. His friend and another legendary actor Anupam Kher shared…
- India
Woman passenger caught smoking on Kolkata-Bengaluru flight, arrested
Bengaluru: A 24-year-old woman passenger has been arrested after she was found smoking in a lavatory of a Kolkata-Bengaluru flight, officials said. The incident took place on an Indigo flight on March…
- Hyderabad
KCR convenes key BRS meet on Friday
Hyderabad: A key meeting of Telangana’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will be held on Friday. A joint meeting of the BRS Parliamentary Party, Legislature Party and the State Executive will be…
- India
TN Governor sends back bill to ban online gambling to govt
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Wednesday returned the Bill to ban online gambling, including on online rummy games. The Bill against online gambling was unanimously passed by the Tamil Nadu…
