Mumbai: Filmmaker Karan Johar’s “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani” has crossed Rs 300 crore mark at the global box office, Dharma Productions announced on Friday. Directed by Johar in his 25th anniversary year in the film industry, the family entertainer features Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt in the title roles and follows the story of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged BJP’s ‘Zila Panchayat’ members to work to make various development initiatives a mass movement, asserting that “lamp of development has to be lit up in every village, tehsil and district to make India a developed country” by 2047. Addressing virtually a “Kshetriya Panchayati Raj Parishad” of local…
New Delhi: The Privileges Committee of Lok Sabha on Friday decided to ask Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to appear before it at its next meeting to hear his side on his suspension from the House for “misconduct”. The committee, chaired by BJP member Sunil Kumar Singh, also appeared to favour recommending to Speaker Om…
Bengaluru: ISRO on Friday said that Chandrayaan-3’s Lander Module has successfully undergone a deboosting (slowing down) operation taking it closer to the Moon, and that its health is normal. The Lander Module comprising the lander (Vikram) and the rover (Pragyan), will undergo the second deboosting operation on August 20, to be lowered to an orbit that…
New Delhi: About 12 per cent of sitting MPs of Rajya Sabha are billionaires with Andhra Pradesh and Telangana having the highest percentage of such parliamentarians, according to the Association for Democratic Reforms. The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and the National Election Watch (NEW) have analysed and updated the criminal, financial and other background…
After a long-long time, interesting arguments challenging the apex court’s sharp observations equally appear to have been countered by the defense counsel of the Gujarat state Government in the release of the convicts of the Bilkis Bano gang rape case. Interestingly, the exchange of heated arguments also exposes perceptions as well as interpretations differences between…
Washington: A US court has denied the writ of habeas corpus filed by Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, paving the way for US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to issue a certification for him to be extradited to India where he is sought for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. In a major victory…
New Delhi: In a bid to check digital frauds, the government has made verification of dealers selling SIM cards mandatory and discontinued the provision of issuing bulk connections, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. Earlier, while announcing the new measures, the minister had said that the government has made police verification of SIM card…
Mumbai: Indian economy is gathering momentum in the second quarter, though inflation would continue to average above the central bank’s comfort zone of 6 per cent, said an article in the RBI’s monthly bulletin released on Thursday. The consumer price index (CPI) based retail inflation shot up significantly to 7.44 per cent in July, from…
Lahore: Pakistani authorities have arrested more than 100 people in connection with the unprecedented mob attack on 21 churches of the Christian community in Punjab province even as the government on Thursday ordered a high-level probe into the riots over blasphemy allegations. Scores of churches and homes belonging to Christians in Jaranwala tehsil of Faisalabad district,…
