Mumbai: Actor Farhan Akhtar during the promotion of his upcoming film “Lucknow Central” on the sets of “Comedy Dangal” – a television show in Mumbai. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai: Actor Farhan Akhtar during the promotion of…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Chief Statistician of India T.C.A. Anant on Thursday said the slowdown in GDP growth for the first quarter of 2017-18 to 5.7 per cent was due to de-stocking by firms…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Six-piece British a cappella group The Magnets and Italian-Canadian classical-crossover singer Natalie Di Luccio, also known as the Bollywood Soprano, will be touring India from September 9-16. The Magnets comprises…
Chennai, Aug 31 (IANS) Nuclear scientist U. Kamachi Mudali has been appointed the Chief Executive of the Heavy Water Board, one of the industrial units under the Department of Atomic Energy, the Indira Gandhi Centre…
Baghdad, Aug 31 (IANS) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Thursday declared full liberation of the city of Tal Afar and surrounding areas from the Islamic State (IS) terror organisation. “Tal Afar has been liberated…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 31 (IANS) The Odisha government has urged the Centre to set up a national institute for sickle cell disorder in Odisha, an official said on Thursday. Chief Secretary A.P. Padhi requested Union Health…
Panaji, Aug 31 (IANS) In a clash of words between the BJP and Goa’s influential Roman Catholic Church, the latter on Thursday dismissed a charge made by a ruling spokesperson, that it tried to polarise…
Bengaluru, Aug 31 (IANS) Online fashion retailer Myntra’s private brands have registered an operating profit and its fashion brands are expected to deliver over $300 million this year, the company said on Thursday. “Our private…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) A court here on Thursday extended by four days the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) custody of meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi, who was arrested in a money laundering case. After being…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) India and Switzerland on Thursday discussed issues relating to transparency in financial transactions and agreed on early operationalisation of the automatic exchange of information on tax between the two countries…
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) Actor Karanvir Bohra, who has been part of television shows like “Kasautii Zindagii Kay”, “Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi” and “Just Mohabbat”, says making his parents proud has always been…
Noida, Aug 31 (IANS) India’s woman cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur was on Thursday awarded a Datsun redi-GO car in recognition of her performance for the country at the ICC Womens Women’s Cup recently. As vice-captain of…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Congress party has appointed senior party leader and former Maharashtra Minister Balasaheb Thorat as chairman of the screening committee for the Gujarat Assembly elections. The committee was constituted by…
Gulshan Kumar in association with Abundantia, A Bandra West Pictures Production presents the official movie trailer of the upcoming Bollywood movie “Chef”, Directed By Raja Krishna Menon, Produced By Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vikram Malhotra,…
Rawalpindi, Aug 31 (IANS) An anti-terrorism court here on Thursday declared former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf an absconder in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Five others accused in the case were acquitted…
Shimla/New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) With elections to the Himachal Pradesh assembly looming large and his battle of one-upmanship with the state party President unabating, Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Thursday met Congress President Sonia…
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) After its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month, Britain-India co-production “The Hungry”, will have its European premiere at the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) and its…
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Thursday said that to widen the role of anganwadis, the government is now shifting the emphasis to convert anganwadis into centres…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 31 (IANS) The political future of ‘Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS), the second biggest constituent of the BJP-led NDA in Kerala, appears to be caught between the differences of opinion between BDJS founder…
Mumbai:Actress Diana Penty during the promotion of her upcoming film “Lucknow Central” on the sets of “Comedy Dangal” – a television show in Mumbai. (Photo: IANS) Mumbai:Actress Diana Penty during the promotion of her upcoming…