Srinagar, Mar 31 (PTI) An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. The security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation in Turkwangam village of Shopian after receiving inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a police spokesperson said. He said the […]
Mumbai, Mar 31 Veteran actor Randhir Kapoor is in the early stage of dementia, his nephew actor Ranbir Kapoor has revealed. According to Ranbir, the 75-year-old actor recently saw “Sharmaji Namkeen”, which marks the last screen appearance of his younger brother, actor Rishi Kapoor. Rishi passed away at the age of 67 in April 2020 […]
Mumbai, Mar 31 “Nikamma”, starring Shilpa Shetty, Abhimanyu Dassani and Shirley Setia, is set to be released theatrically on June 17. Billed as an action entertainer, the film is directed by Sabbir Khan of “Heropanti” and “Baaghi” fame. Khan said he is thrilled that “Nikamma” will finally hit the screens after the makers held on […]
Mumbai, Mar 31 A special court here on Thursday granted 60 days extension to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to file a charge sheet in the drugs-on-cruise case, in which Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, is an accused. The probe agency had on Monday filed an application before special judge V […]
New Delhi, Mar 31 The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to entertain a public interest litigation seeking a direction to the central government to award Bharat Ratna to industrialist Ratan Tata. A bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi stated that it was not for the court to direct the authorities to award […]
Washington, Mar 31 (PTI) India, which has received a record number of foreign direct investment during the last few years despite COVID-19 crisis, has quite a few safeguards in place to mitigate the risks from capital flows, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday. Capital flows have several benefits. They finance needed investments. They help insure […]
New Delhi/Chennai, Mar 31 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and M K Stalin on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi and sought the Centre’s approval for the state government to provide humanitarian aid to Sri Lankan Tamils in the wake of an economic crisis in that country. Stalin gave a detailed memorandum on various […]
Islamabad, Mar 31 (PTI) Pakistan’s embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday summoned a meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC), the highest forum for discussion on security issues, a day after he effectively lost majority in Parliament after a key partner of the ruling coalition joined the ranks of the Opposition which had tabled […]
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) The Delhi Police Special Cell on Thursday arrested three members of Lawrence Bishnoi gang after a skirmish which involved both parties firing at each other, officials said. The accused were identified as Vivek Puri (22), a resident of Bihar, Prashant Hinjrao (24), a resident of Uttar Pradesh, and Ashwini Kumar […]
Nagpur, Mar 31 (BPNS) RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said no faith or belief should be dismissed without critical inquiry. Neither science nor faith should be rejected outright, he said while stressing the importance of learning the Vedas and spreading their knowledge. He was speaking at a function here to release the book ‘Vedic […]
