Mumbai: Actor Kangana Ranaut is partnering with producer Sandeep Singh for her next feature film. Touted to be a big-budget production, the film will hit the floors early next year, a press release stated. The makers will announce the director and the title of the project soon. Ranaut, known for movies such as “Fashion”, “Tanu Weds…
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested an IRS officer, working as an Additional Commissioner of Customs and GST, in connection with a money laundering investigation, official sources said. Sachin Sawant, who earlier worked with the federal agency at its Mumbai zonal office as a deputy director, was taken into custody under the provisions of…
Udhampur/Jammu: Two days ahead of the start of the annual Amarnath Yatra, a trial run was conducted on Wednesday from Jammu to Banihal for a thorough inspection of security and other arrangements to ensure a safe pilgrimage for the devotees. Leading a convoy of security vehicles, Additional Director General of Police Mukesh Singh, accompanied by senior…
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan and the IMF are discussing a new short-term standby arrangement (SBA) worth about USD 2.5 billion to get the country through the political transition to the newly-elected government in the second quarter of the current fiscal year, according to a media report on Wednesday. Pakistan’s ninth review by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)…
Taipei: Taiwan has an “enormous appetite” to expand ties with India and firming up the proposed free trade agreement between the two sides will be a “big encouragement” for Taiwanese companies to set up manufacturing bases in India, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu has said. Wu said Taiwan has been encouraging its companies that no…
Mumbai: Drawing inspiration from its last World Cup triumph, India is looking to win the upcoming tournament for Virat Kohli like the batch of 2011 won it for Sachin Tendulkar, feels former opener Virender Sehwag. The ICC on Tuesday announced the schedule for the 50-overs World Cup here, which begins on October 5 in Ahmedabad with…
New Delhi: Elections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats, including those held by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien, will be held on July 24, the Election Commission (EC) said on Tuesday. The 10 seats in the Upper House of Parliament are falling vacant in July and August with Bharatiya Janata…
New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Tuesday released a list of 75 technology-priority areas to boost indigenous defence manufacturing. The list was unveiled at the “Anusandhaan Chintan Shivir” that was organised to encourage the private industry and academia to focus on research and development in defence manufacturing. “The DRDO technology foresight 2023,…
Hyderabad: In a path-breaking medical accomplishment, AIG Hospitals here has become the first to successfully complete India’s first-ever robotic thermoablative disconnection surgery on a patient suffering from hypothalamic hamartoma with drug refractory epilepsy. This cutting-edge procedure marks a significant milestone in the field of neurosurgery and offers new hope to patients with this complex neurological…
Mumbai: India skipper Rohit Sharma is expecting the upcoming ODI World Cup in the country to be a highly-competitive affair since “the game has become faster”. Twenty-20 cricket, the slam bang version of the game, has impacted all formats, including the traditional five-day games where the batters are not averse to going for their strokes from…
