UP makes 30 films tax free in four years
Lucknow, March 1 (IANS) It has been a windfall of sorts for Bollywood films in Uttar Pradesh in the last four years of Samajwadi Party (SP) rule. This, as 29 films have been given a…
March 2016
Mohan Lal – Yeleti’s ‘Manamantha’ Releasing In May
The much talked about bilingual in Telugu and Malayalam, Manamantha, directed by Chandrasekhar Yeleti and featuring Mohan Lal in the lead has locked a May release. A final release date is yet to be fixed…
Mahindra’s February sales up 16 percent
Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) Automobile manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Tuesday reported a rise of 16 percent in its total sales for last month. The company sold an overall 44,002 units, during the month…
Tottenham are favourites to win EPL: Ranieri
Leicester, March 1 (IANS) Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri believes that Tottenham Hotspur are the favourites to win the English Premier League (EPL) title this season. Spurs are on 54 points from 27 games, just…
Noida ex-official’s custody extended by Ghaziabad court
Ghaziabad, March 1 (IANS) A CBI court here on Tuesday extended the judicial remand of Noida’s former chief engineer Yadav Singh till March 15 in a corruption case. On February 17, Special Judge G. Sridevi…
Sonakshi Sinha to participate in Guinness World Records attempt
Mumbai: Actress Sonakshi Sinha during the Zee Cine Awards 2016 in Mumbai on Feb 20, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai, March 1 (IANS) This Womens Day, Sonakshi Sinha will be joining the women brigade here in…
Rape accused RJD legislator’s Patna flat attached
Patna, March 1 (IANS) Another property of Rashtriya Janata Dal legislator Raj Ballabh Prasad Yadav, who has been accused of rape, was attached here on Tuesday, police said. Two days after the legislator’s house at…
165 dead from diseases in Pakistan’s Sindh
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) The toll in an outbreak of water-borne and food shortage diseases has reached 165 in a district of Pakistan’s Sindh province since this January. People in Tharparkar district, largely from the…
Brazilian justice minister resigns
Brasilia, March 1 (IANS) Brazilian Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo has resigned, the government has announced. Cardozo was under pressure from the ruling Workers Party because he failed to curb a corruption investigation on the…
39 killed in suicide bombings in Iraq
Baghdad, March 1 (IANS) At least 39 people were killed as two suicide bombers attacked an Iraqi army headquarters in the province of Anbar. Among the killed people was a senior general and a provincial…
Need to keep harnessing e-governance capability: President
New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said the country must continue to harness its e-governance capability for improving the lives of the poor and to make society more equitable and financially…
Pakistan Rangers seize Indian passports, drugs from policeman
Islamabad, March 1 (IANS) A Pakistani police constable was arrested after drugs, weapons and Indian passports were recovered from his house during a raid in Lahore on Tuesday, media reported. The accused identified as constable…
Gursimar starts favourite in sixth leg of women’s golf Tour
Pune, March 1 (IANS) Buoyed by her maiden professional title last week, Gursimar Badwal will start as firm favourite in the sixth leg of the Hero Womens Professional Golf Tour starting at the Oxford Golf…
Only way for Taliban is to join peace process: Russia
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) The only way left for Taliban militant group is to join the peace process in Afghanistan, Russian Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said. “Taliban don’t have any ways other…
We have to get results to avoid relegation: Sunderland’s Allardyce
Sunderland (England), March 1 (IANS) Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce has called on his players to realise the grave situation facing the club as they battle to avoid relegation from the English Premier League (EPL). Sunderland…
Jharkhand assembly disrupted again over JPSC results
Ranchi, March 1 (IANS) The Jharkhand assembly was disrupted for the third consecutive day on Tuesday over the opposition’s noisy protests against the alleged irregularities in the state civil services examinations. The opposition parties allege…
Woman files harassment case against Odisha MLA
Bhubaneswar, March 1 (IANS) A woman on Tuesday filed a harassment complaint against an Odisha MLA who she claimed was her father-in-law but the Independent legislator dismissed the accusation as “baseless”. In her complaint at…
Three civilians killed in Afghan rocket attack
Kabul, March 1 (IANS) Three civilians were killed and two injured when militants fired a rocket towards Pul-e-Khumri city of Afghanistan on Tuesday morning. “The rocket fired by Taliban militants struck a house in Pul-e-Khumri,…
Allu Arjun’s Sarrainodu In Bolivia
The team of Sarrainodu will leave to Bolivia to shoot a song on lead pair Stylish Star Allu Arjun and Rakul Preet Singh. It is expected to be canned between March 5 and 10th after…
Stretchable electronic films could revolutionise wearable devices
London, March 1 (IANS) Researchers have developed electronic films that can be bent and stretched up to four times their original length. The researchers believe that the new films that are almost as flexible as…