Actor and filmmaker Raghava Lawrence has announced that he will be stepping into politics today on Friday morning. The announcement comes after reports suggested that he may contest from the Trichy East Assembly seat which was earlier won by his close friend and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay. Raghava Lawrence announces entry into politics Raghava…
NEW DELHI: Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan on Friday defended the information provided in her nomination papers, saying the dispute is over whether a legal notice should be treated as a pending criminal case under Form 26. She maintained that no criminal case is pending against her and that she had disclosed all relevant…
File Pic: Jaspal Rana with Manu Bhaker after historic double bronze-medal feat at the Paris Olympics. (PTI Photo) Indian shooting lost one of its finest pistol shooters on Friday. Jaspal Rana, an Asian Games gold medallist and winner of multiple international events who later transformed Indian shooting as a coach, breathed his last at a…
FWICE’s Ashoke Pandit revealed that Aamir Khan and several Bollywood insiders tried to resolve the feud between Ranveer Singh and Farhan Akhtar over ‘Don 3’. Farhan claims a Rs 45 crore loss, while reports of Salman Khan’s involvement were dismissed as rumours. Ranveer Singh‘s alleged sudden exit from ‘Don 3’ seems to have set off…
June 13 marks another anniversary of ‘Chalte Chalte’, the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer that arrived in theatres in 2003. While the romantic drama went on to become a commercial success, it is often remembered for a controversy that unfolded long before its release. The film became linked to the reported fallout between two of Bollywood’s biggest…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar took a swipe at the United State’s shifting stance and Western nations’ double standards, saying Washington imposes and lifts sanctions or tariffs based on its own interests and not on any fixed principle.Speaking at the Kultaranta Talks in Finland on Thursday, Jaishankar strongly defended India’s decision to buy…
India’s Women’s T20 World Cup campaign begins with high expectations following last year’s ODI triumph. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur’s squad faces a tough Group 1, including Australia and South Africa. (Photo/IANS) More than 48 years since India contested its first ICC World Cup match, on Jan 1, 1978, the side arrives in England for the Women’s…
The Sahara is often imagined as an endless expanse of sand, a landscape so harsh that permanent human settlement seems almost impossible. Yet the desert seen today is only a recent version of a much older place. Thousands of years ago, vast stretches of North Africa looked entirely different. Grasslands spread across regions that are…
Comedian-actress Mallika Dua called out Pranit More, Himanshu Jangra, the ‘Rs 370 biryani’ man and a KEM doctor in a strongly worded Instagram post. She slammed crowd-work comedy and viral internet culture, while Maharashtra Cybercrime police registered an FIR against Pranit More over objectionable content shared on social media. Comedian-actress Mallika Dua took to Instagram…
Shah chairs meeting to review security preparedness NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday chaired a high-level meeting to review the security and operational preparedness for the upcoming annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said.The yatra is scheduled to begin on July 3.The meeting was attended by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval, Jammu and…