By Troy Ribeiro Film: “Pataakha”; Director: Vishal Bharadwaj; Cast: Sanya Malhotra, Radhika Madan, Sunil Grover, Vijay Raaz, Abhishek Duhan, Namit Das, Saanand Verma; Rating: *** Based on Charan Singh Pathik’s short story titled, “Do Behnein”,…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday expressed his gratitude to the global community for conferring upon him the United Nations (UN)’s “Champions of the Earth” award and dedicated it to…
Mumbai, Sep 27 (IANS) Stock exchange major National Stock Exchange (NSE) has commenced a pilot project to provide a “transparent and low-risk solution for E-Voting” using blockchain technology for listed companies. The exchange in a…
Hyderabad, Sep 27 (IANS) MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that judiciary cannot and should not decide what is an essential feature of Islam as it is the job of the religious clergy. The…
Shillong, Sep 27 (IANS) A huge haul of methamphetamine tablets worth Rs 19 crore destined for Bangladesh via Meghalaya has been seized from a hideout on the Meghalaya-Assam border, customs officials said on Thursday. Officials…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) The CBI on Thursday said it has a registered a case against a Hyderabad-based telecom equipment manufacturing company VMC Systems and its directors over an alleged bank fraud case to…
Mumbai, Sep 27 (IANS) The Maharashtra and Mumbai Congress units took out a protest march here on Thursday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Nirmal Sitharaman over the Rafale deal….
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) chief Rajni Kant Misra was on Thursday appointed the new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) and BSF Special Director General S.S. Deswal as…
Gandhinagar, Sep 27 (IANS) Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said on Thursday that Congress President Rahul Gandhi was “Made in Italy and has Italian blood in him”, scoffing at the latter’s remarks that the…
Bengaluru, Sep 27 (IANS) Citing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s lament that India had missed the industrial revolution, Karnataka IT and Biotech Minister K.G. George said on Thursday that the country should not miss the…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal on Thursday criticised the striking down of British-era adultery law by the Supreme Court, saying that the decision is tantamount to extending…
Rome, Sep 27 (IANS/AKI) Current market conditions could drive crude oil prices up “even higher” with “negative” consequences for producers and consumers, said the chief executive of Italy’s oil and gas giant Eni, Claudio Descalzi….
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Sep 27 (IANS) India and China on Thursday reviewed the situation along their disputed border as they discussed the issue at the 12th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Sep 27 (IANS) The Union Bank of India has sued fugitive billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi in a Hong Kong court, a media report said. A report in the Hong Kong-based South…
Chittorgarh, Sep 27 (IANS) The Tata Motors Junior National Wrestling Championships (Under-23) will start here on Friday, it was announced on Thursday. The Under-23 championship, which will see the participation of 633 wrestlers from 24…
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Holding adultery law – Section 497 IPC – unconstitutional, the Supreme Court on Thursday pointed out that global trend indicates that very few nations treat adultery as a crime though…
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Sep 27 (IANS) The fifth seeded Indian womens team won the fourth round 3-1 against Poland in the 43rd World Chess Olympiad in Batumi, Georgia. On the other hand in the…