Colombo: Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to make a fresh call for the formation of an all-party government for the cash-strapped country when Parliament takes up the debate on the IMF bailout programme next week, a senior opposition party leader said on Monday. In March, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a USD…
New Delhi: India celebrated a key milestone in its G20 presidency on Monday with the hosting of the 100th meeting of the grouping, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. It said the 100 G-20 meetings have been held in 41 cities, covering 28 states and union territories of India. “India’s G20 presidency, in the…
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding an up-to-date caste census, saying meaningful social justice and empowerment programmes are incomplete in the absence of such a data. In the letter, he also pointed out that the regular decennial census was to be carried out in 2021 but it…
Chennai: Movie Train Motion Pictures unveiled the first motion poster of its Muttiah Muralitharan biopic “800” on the occasion of the Sri Lankan cricket legend’s 51st birthday. The producers shared the poster of the Tamil film, starring “Slumdog Millionaire” actor Madhurr Mittal in the role of the spinner, on Monday. “We are proud to bring…
Mumbai: “Chhorii” star Nushrratt Bharuccha is set to feature in the Hindi remake of SS Rajamouli’s 2005 movie “Chatrapathi”, the makers said Monday. Billed as a “high octane action drama”, the upcoming film will see Nushrratt star opposite Sreenivas Bellamkonda. The film will hit the screens on May 12. The actor said she is excited…
Mumbai: Filmmaker Umesh Shukla of “102 Not Out” fame is set to direct the book-to-screen adaptation of “A Don’s Nemesis”. The book revolves around the single-hand pursuit of don Ravi Pujari by Dr Amar Kumar Pandey, a retired IPS officer and former Director General of Police, Karnataka, across the globe and finally locating, identifying, arresting and…
Mumbai: Actor Alaya F, known for her films such as “Jawaani Jaaneman” and “Freddy”, says the pandemic has changed the Hindi film industry as a whole and she finds it easier to adapt to it now. The actor, daughter of model-actor Pooja Bedi, will next be seen in ZEE5’s “U Turn”. “The pandemic has changed…
New Delhi: Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday accused the Congress and the JD(S) of joining hands by promising to reverse the Karnataka government order to scrap the four per cent quota for Muslims to deny benefits given to Vokkaligas, Lingayats as well as SCs and STs. Describing the Janata Dal (Secular) as the…
New Delhi: A Supreme Court bench headed by Justice KM Joseph on Monday recused from hearing a plea challenging appointment of Arun Goel as Election Commissioner. A bench of Justices Joseph and BV Nagarathna said, “List the matter before another bench”. Before the bench recused from hearing, the top court questioned NGO ‘Association for Democratic…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Calcutta High Court’s April 13 order directing the West Bengal police not to lodge any FIR against CBI and Enforcement Directorate officers probing the school jobs-for-bribes scam. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala, which decided…
