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New Delhi: Hollywood star Brad Pitt’s upcoming film ‘Bullet Train’ is all set to release in India on August 4, one day prior to the US. The movie, helmed by ‘Deadpool 2’ director David Leitch, will comprise a stellar ensemble cast with some of the most popular names from Hollywood. The movie will also star […]
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Hyderabad: Taking serious objection to the suspension of three TRS MPs from Rajya, IT Minister and TRS working president KT Rama Rao wondered what the BJP-led Government was afraid of and why it was suppressing the voice of opposition. The Minister on Wednesday tweeted “Its a shame that instead of agreeing to a discussion and […]
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Hyderabad: With a huge quantity of water from Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar being drained into the Musi River, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has evacuated around 1,500 persons whose houses were located near the Musi River basin and from in localities that are prone to inundation. Evacuated 1500 residents residing near the musi downstream […]
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Hyderabad: Just when Telugu films were making waves by breaking one record after another, trouble seems to be brewing in Tollywood. The Active Telugu Film Producers Guild (ATFPG) has decided to halt film shoots from August 1 till the industry is able to resolve issues such as star fees and cinema ticket prices. The move […]
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Noida: A speeding SUV driven by a law student crashed into three cars and then mowed down a pedestrian here in the Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, an official said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Sahil Sharma, who is a law student at Amity University, was arrested. According to police, the incident […]
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Kolkata: Coded entries in a black executive diary and one pocket diary recovered from Arpita Mukherjee’s residence, a close aide of West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha Chatterjee, might give important clues to the money trail in the WBSSC scam. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) sources said that both these diaries have several […]
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Dubai: Former Indian batter VVS Laxman has been appointed to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Men’s Cricket Committee as a current player representative. Laxman, who is currently the chief of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), has been appointed alongside former New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori. Apart from them, former West Indies cricketer Roger Harper has […]
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New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday recorded her statement for the third time before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper. She reached the federal agency’s office in central Delhi at 11 am accompanied by her children Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi. The session […]
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San Francisco: Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has reported weaker-than-expected earnings and revenue for the April-June period (Q2). The company reported solid growth in its Search business. Revenue growth slowed to 13 per cent from 62 per cent in the same quarter last year. The company reported revenues of $69.7 billion in the quarter, up […]
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St. Paul: The last two former Minneapolis police officers to be sentenced for violating George Floyd’s civil rights are scheduled to learn their penalties on Wednesday, which could set in motion another round of plea deal discussions in state court over a killing that sparked a reckoning on racial injustice. J. Alexander Kueng and Tou […]
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Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried raids at the houses of alleged casino organizers Chikkoti Praveen Kumar in Saifabad and Madhava Reddy in Bowenpally in Secunderabad. These raids were carried out against Kumar and Reddy for allegedly violating FEMA rules. The ED has conducted raids at Kumar’s another house in Andhra Pradesh. They were […]
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Medak: A jilted lover committed suicide by hanging himself in Ramayampet town in Medak district on Wednesday morning. Dharmakar Shiva Kumar (21) of the Ramayampet town. Shiva Kumar was reportedly in love with a girl from his locality. However, the youth took the extreme step when he was rejected by the girl. Kumar left his […]
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New Delhi: India is in the final stage of rolling out high-speed 5G telecom services with the much-anticipated auction for the spectrum likely to be completed today. The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently approved the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)’s 5G spectrum auction through which spectrum will be assigned to bidders […]
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Manila: The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology revised down to 7 the magnitude and relocated the epicentre of the earthquake that rattled Abra province in the northern Philippines on Wednesday. The institute first reported the magnitude as 7.3, and the epicenter was Lagangilang town. An updated report changed the epicentre to Tayum town. The […]
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Hyderabad: With the twin reservoirs receiving copious inflows, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) lifted one more gate of Osman Sagar and two more gates of Himayat Sagar on Wednesday. Presently, 13 gates of Osman Sagar are open upto six feet and eight gates of Himayat Sagar are open upto four feet. […]
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Mumbai: Benchmark indices fell in early trade on Wednesday amid weak trends in global markets, fresh funds outflows and firm crude oil prices. The 30-share BSE benchmark declined 75 points to 55,193.49 points in the early trade. The broader NSE Nifty dipped 33.6 points to 16,450.25 points. Among the Sensex constituents, Bajaj Finserv, Bharti Airtel, […]
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Mumbai: The rupee depreciated 10 paise to 79.88 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday tracking the strength of the greenback in the overseas market and firm crude oil prices. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 79.83 against the US dollar, then fell to 79.88 against the greenback, registering a […]
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New Delhi: With 18,313 fresh cases reported in a day, India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 4,39,38,764, while the count of active cases of the infection has declined to 1,45,026, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday. The death toll due to the viral disease has gone up to 5,26,110 with 57 more fatalities, according […]
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New Delhi: Veteran Punjabi singer Balwinder Safri passed away on Tuesday. He was 63. Confirming the news about Safri’s demise, Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa took to Instagram and wrote, “We will cherish your music and contribution to Punjabi music forever sir. Rest in peace. Alvida sir Balwinder Safri.” Reportedly, the ‘Tu Hoor Sonhiye’ singer was […]
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New Delhi: Department of Telecom received total bids worth Rs 1.45 lakh crore on the first day of the much-awaited auction of the 5G telecom spectrum, said Union Communications Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Industry estimates put auction sales to surpass Rs 80,000 crore to Rs 90,000 crore. Four rounds of auction of the 5G spectrum were […]
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New York: Two Indian-origin men have been charged with the alleged killing of two others in a gang-related violence in Canada, according to police. Gursimran Sahota, 24, and Tanvir Khakh, 20, were charged with first-degree murder on Monday, said Sergeant David Lee, Integrated Homicide Investigation Team. They had been arrested shortly after Meninder Dhaliwal and Satindera […]
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San Francisco: After Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner criticised Instagram for trying to be like TikTok, the Meta-owned platform’s head Adam Mosseri shared a video explaining the recent changes to the platform and said it will become more video-focused over time. On the microblogging site Twitter, Mosseri shared a video and mentioned that “there is a […]
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New Delhi: The Centre will table ‘The Indian Antarctic Bill, 2022’ on Wednesday in the Rajya Sabha even as the opposition is likely to protest against the suspension of 19 members. On Tuesday, 19 opposition Members were suspended from the Rajya Sabha for a week for disrupting the House proceedings. The 19 members include seven […]
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Hyderabad: Setting new record globally, a thirteen-year-old Hyderabad boy has managed to climb Kang Yatse and Dzo Jongo mountain ranges located in the Markha Valley, in the Ladakh Region. Vishwanath Karthikey, a student studying in Class IX, of a school in Hyderabad managed to achieve this feat. “I started trekking to Kang Yatse and Dzo […]
