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US company's owner gives â¹28 crore Christmas bonus to 200 employees | US-based craft and floral products company named FloraCraft's owner Lee Schoenherr announced at a company lunch that a â¹28 crore Christmas bonus will be divided amongst all of its 200 employees. "This is to show you my appreciation for the hard work that you do...It doesn't go unnoticed," Lee said. The bonus was kept a secret and codenamed 'Green Bucks'. |
Naseeruddin's Bulandshahr remark part of big conspiracy: Uma | Union Minister Uma Bharti on Monday criticised actor Naseeruddin Shah's remark on Bulandshahr violence saying his remark is part of a big conspiracy. She added some people are trying to play "divisive politics" in the country. Shah is facing criticism after he said the death of a cow was being given importance over killing of a policeman in Bulandshahr violence. |
Rahane would be a great captain: Ex-Aus pacer Mitchell Johnson | Former Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson praised India's Test vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane by saying that he would make a 'great captain'. "Rahane would be a great captain, he has a great temperament, he is fierce, competitive, has some great aggression & body language & he wouldn't make it all about himself," read a part of Johnson's tweet. |
Loving the banter between Indian, Aussie players: Aus coach | Speaking about the verbal exchanges between the Indian and Australian players during the ongoing Test series, Australian coach Justin Langer said that he loved watching it. "I loved watching that. We saw a bit of Aussie humour, call it sledging, banter, what you like. There was a bit of humour to it, and we pride ourselves on that," Langer said. |
Virat Kohli has been fantastic to play under: Mitchell Starc | Australian pacer Mitchell Starc, who has played under Virat Kohli's captaincy for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the IPL, said, "I've played a couple of IPLs with Virat and he's been fantastic to play under, as a captain." "Obviously, he's a fantastic player. The way India play this series and go about their cricket, it's up to them," Starc added. |
Amitabh posts photos with football, says he is preparing for WC | Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan posted photos of himself playing with a football, alongside a caption that says that he is preparing for the FIFA World Cup 2022. Earlier on December 14, Big B had shared photographs of him with a football and had written a similar caption. Notably, Amitabh's son Abhishek co-owns Chennaiyin FC of the Indian Super League. |
Apple removes app which portrayed homosexuality as 'sin' | Apple has removed religious group Living Home Ministries' app from App Store after it was accused of portraying homosexuality as a 'sin' by an LGBTQ rights group. In a petition, the group alleged the app sought for LGBTQ youth "to change from gay-to-straight through prayer and therapy". "We thank Apple for...taking swift action to remove dangerous app," the group said. |
PUBG bans 30,000 accounts over 'Radar Hacking': Report | PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) has reportedly banned over 30,000 accounts including several pro players' accounts for using 'Radar Hacking' to cheat in the game. Radar Hacking lets players view competing players' positions through a second screen, which ensures a higher kill and success rate. Pro player 'TEXQS' who reportedly earned â¹25.18 lakh in prize money was also banned. |
Rahul Gandhi not pivotal to Opposition unity: Narasimha Rao | BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao on Monday said that Congress President Rahul Gandhi is not acceptable as a pivot to many parties outside the NDA. Rao also dubbed the "so-called" Opposition unity against the NDA as a "bogus claim." He said during campaigning the BJP will highlight that the Opposition unity is driven by personal agendas. |
Demon of corruption becoming strong in Odisha: PM Modi | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday criticised the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government in Odisha saying the "demon of corruption" in various sectors has become strong in the state. Addressing a rally in Odisha, PM also criticised the state government for not adopting the Centre's mega health scheme Ayushman Bharat. He further said the truth of Odisha's development is not hidden. |
Word 'Rajiv Gandhi' not in text placed before Delhi House: Speaker | After reports claimed Delhi Assembly passed a resolution seeking to revoke late PM Rajiv Gandhi's Bharat Ratna, Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said, "The word 'Rajiv Gandhi' wasn't part of the original text placed before the House." Reports said that the withdrawal was sought over Gandhi's role in 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Later, AAP clarified the resolution was not passed. |
PM Modi 'manipulating statistics to distort facts': Yechury | CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury alleged that PM Narendra Modi was "manipulating statistics to distort facts". He added that PM Modi's announcement that 99% of goods will attract 18% or lower GST was "post-truth" since 97% of goods were already under those slabs. He claimed PM Modi was resorting to such manipulation to paint a rosy picture of his government. |
Online interior design startup Design Cafe raises â¹200 crore | Online interior design startup Design Cafe has raised â¹200 crore in an equity financing round led by private equity firm WestBridge Capital. The round also saw participation from existing investor Fireside Ventures. Founded by architects Shezaan Bhojani and Gita Ramanan, the Bengaluru-based startup will use the funding to expand its India operations next year. |
Illicit liquor worth â¹19.34 lakh seized from boat in Gujarat | Police have seized illicit liquor worth â¹19.34 lakh from a fishing boat in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district. The Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) was being smuggled from Union Territory of Daman and was meant to be delivered to a local bootlegger, the police said. Manufacture, storage, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is prohibited in Gujarat since 1960. |
Parents kill daughter, burn body over inter-caste marriage | The parents of a 22-year-old Telangana woman murdered her before burning her body and throwing the ashes in a stream for marrying a man from a different caste, police said. They killed her with the help of a few of their relatives, police added. The deceased hailed from the Yadava caste while her husband hailed from the Padmashali caste. |
Centre considering subsidy on electric vehicles: RK Singh | Union Power Minister (independent charge) RK Singh has said that the central government is considering providing subsidy on buying electric vehicles. On December 14, the ministry issued guidelines for setting up charging infrastructure across the country's major corridors. The move came against the backdrop of the Centre's target of achieving full electric mobility by 2030. |
At minus 6.8°C, Srinagar records coldest night in 11 years | Srinagar witnessed the coldest night in 11 years on Sunday night, with the temperature dipping to minus 6.8 degrees Celsius, an official of meteorological department said. The fall in temperature reportedly resulted in partial freezing of Dal Lake and water supply lines to residential areas. The city had registered minus 7.2 degrees Celsius on December 31, 2007, the official added. |
India stands by tsunami-hit Indonesia: Sushma Swaraj | External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Monday expressed grief over the loss of lives in Indonesia in the volcano-triggered tsunami and said India stands by Indonesians in this hour of grief. "My deepest condolences to the families of victims who lost their lives in the Tsunami," she tweeted. She further said that India's prayers are with Indonesia. |
Operation to rescue Meghalaya miners temporarily suspended | Authorities in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district on Monday temporarily suspended the operations to rescue 15 miners trapped in a flooded illegal coal mine. "We've temporarily suspended pumping of water...as the exercise didn't yield any positive result," district Deputy Commissioner FM Dopth said. He added that the operation will resume when more powerful pumps are made available. |
There were 3 waves in a row: Indonesia tsunami eyewitness | A fisherman named Yadi who witnessed Indonesia's tsunami on Saturday said that people were screaming, 'run, run a wave is coming', following which he saw three waves in a row. "There was a real panic. Many people were left behind," he said, adding that his family survived by running to higher ground. The tsunami has claimed 281 lives so far. |
Ousted Pak PM Nawaz Sharif given 7-year jail term in corruption case | An accountability court on Monday handed former Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif seven years in jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case. However, Sharif, who will now reportedly be transported to the Adiala Jail, was acquitted in the Flagship corruption case. Sharif was disqualified by Pakistan's Supreme Court in July 2017 over the Panama Papers scandal. |
Radiant Life Care and KKR acquire Max Healthcare | Radiant Life Care, backed by global investment firm KKR, on Monday announced it will acquire a majority 49.7% stake in Max Healthcare in an all-cash deal. Upon closing of the transaction, Radiant promoter Abhay Soi will lead the combined company as its Chairman. The healthcare business of Radiant Life Care will be merged into Max Healthcare. |
People have right to speak their mind: Ashutosh Rana on Naseeruddin | Reacting to Naseeruddin Shah's statement of fearing for his children's safety in India, actor Ashutosh Rana on Sunday said that people have the right to speak their mind and there's no need of conducting a "social trial". "We should seriously listen to him/her instead," said Rana. "If there's a debate, it will improve the countryâs economic situation," he added. |
Indian newspaper calls Johnson's memory faint, stands by interview | After ex-Australia pacer Mitchell Johnson said his interview that an Indian newspaper published was fake, the daily said it stands by the interview and regrets Johnson's "faint memory". It further added the interview was conducted over several short sessions interspersed with Johnson's commentary stints. The newspaper also shared a picture of Johnson with the journalist, who took the interview. |
Was buying meat when KKR bought me in IPL auction: SA's Nortje | South African pacer Anrich Nortje has revealed he was buying meat for barbecue when Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for â¹20 lakh in the IPL 2019 auction. "I didn't really expect to get picked up, but I thought, well, definitely give it a shot....[I was] in a shopping center when someone phoned me and I heard," the 25-year-old added. |
BJP moves SC seeking permission for Rath Yatra in W Bengal | The BJP has moved Supreme Court against an order of a division bench of the Calcutta High Court that put a stay on the national party's proposed Rath Yatra in West Bengal. The HC's order had come based on a plea moved by the West Bengal government, which argued that the Rath Yatra might harm the state's communal harmony. |
Telangana CM's visit was personal, no political motive: BJD | After Telangana CM KC Rao paid a visit to Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, BJD said it was "totally personal" and there's "no political motive" behind it. After the meeting, Rao, who has called for an alternative front to alliances led by Congress and BJP, said, "The dialogue has begun...There is a dire need for unification of regional parties in India." |
Doctor kills ex-wife, keeps updating her social media to fool police | A Gorakhpur surgeon, who murdered his ex-wife by pushing her off a cliff in Nepal in June, kept updating her social media account through her mobile phone for seven months to fool police. The surgeon and his accomplices were arrested and sent to jail on Saturday. Police said the surgeon's ex-wife had been blackmailing him to get money and property. |
H'yana youth held for impersonating his uncle in police exam | A youth was detained on Sunday for allegedly faking his identity in a written exam for the recruitment of police constables in Haryana. The accused, identified as Amit Dahiya from Jhajjar, had appeared in the place of his maternal uncle in the police recruitment exam. He was caught at the centre when the evening shift of the exam began. |
Turkish Prez 'is the man' who can eradicate ISIS from Syria: Trump | US President Donald Trump has said Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan "is the man" who can eradicate whatever is left of Islamic State in Syria. Trump spoke with ErdoÄan about "a slow and highly coordinated" withdrawal of US troops from Syria. Meanwhile, a US military spokesperson said the order to pull US troops out of Syria has been signed. |
I don't believe in categorising humans: Malala on TIME magazine list | Pakistan's Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said she doesn't believe in "categorisation of human beings" when she appeared on cover of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People list's issue in 2013, her father revealed. The cover was first showed to her father by a driver in Britain, where Malala was undergoing treatment. Malala was shot at by the Taliban in 2012. |
Protestors burn posters of RGV over song from 'Lakshmi's NTR' | Supporters of Andhra Pradesh's CM N Chandrababu Naidu burnt posters of Ram Gopal Varma while protesting against a song titled 'Vennupotu' from Varma's upcoming film 'Lakshmi's NTR'. "Meaning of the song conveys...our Naidu...plotted a conspiracy and backstabbed ex-Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao," said MLA SV Mohan Reddy in a defamation complaint filed against Varma. |
Salman Khan to launch Mahesh Manjrekar's daughter Ashwami | Salman Khan will be launching Mahesh Manjrekar's daughter Ashwami in Bollywood. Confirming the news, Mahesh said, "Yes, Salman is launching my daughter. It will happen in some time. We'll cross the bridge when we get to it." "We have always bonded well...Salman knows that I am not in awe of him, and that makes our bond special," added Mahesh. |
Imagine me doing comedy on stage with a baby bump: Bharti | Talking about planning a family next year, comedian Bharti Singh said, "I want to work till the last day of my pregnancy. Just imagine [me] with a baby bump...doing comedy on stage!" "We have decided to plan a baby in 2019 and take our relationship to next level," added Bharti who got married to Haarsh Limbachiyaa in 2017. |
Salman Ali named winner of 'Indian Idol 10' | Salman Ali from Haryana was named the winner of 'Indian Idol 10' on Sunday. "The roof of my house needs to be fixed. We had taken loan also. So, I would like to use the money for all this," said Salman who won â¹25 lakh cash prize. Ankush Bhardwaj and Neelanjana Ray were adjudged first and second runners-up respectively. |
If society starts passing judgements there will be terror: Sonu | Sonu Nigam, while talking about #MeToo movement, said, "The day society decides to start passing judgements, instead of the law, there will be terror in society." "It was a needed movement. But you don't have the right to ban someone, punish someone...The law has to do that...Any good country has to follow the law of the land," he added. |
Nick Jonas voted GQ's Most Stylish Man of 2018 | Nick Jonas has been voted as the Most Stylish Man of 2018 in a poll conducted by international men's magazine GQ. Sharing his childhood picture and a collage of his latest pictures, Nick wrote, "From back then to now. I've been focused on one thing, and one thing only... being stylish. Not just stylish... being the most stylish." |
Even big budget film needs good script now: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Tigmanshu Dhulia has said big budget films also need good scripts now, adding, "Big budget films have started to face this challenge of just being big budget and loaded with stars." "Look at 'Thugs of Hindostan'...the first day collections were phenomenal...people went to see Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan, but from the second day the collections sank," he further said. |
Was surprising to see India not play a spinner in Perth: Kumble | Former Indian cricketer Anil Kumble said that he was surprised to see India play without a spinner in the second India-Australia Test at Perth. "I think you need a spinner. You need the combination because you need a bowling attack which can bowl in all conditions," the former Indian Test team captain said about the team selection. |
I will get two hundreds in the Melbourne Test: Ajinkya Rahane | Speaking ahead of the third Australia-India Test, that is scheduled to start in Melbourne on December 26, India's vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane said that he will score two hundreds in the Test. "If I can read the situation well and bat accordingly it will be better for the team. Personal milestones can come later," Rahane added. |
F1 drivers choose Lewis Hamilton as 2018's top driver | Formula One drivers have chosen Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton as the best driver of the 2018 season. The Mercedes driver registered 11 victories alongside 11 pole positions and 17 podium finishes from 21 races. Red Bullâs Dutch driver Max Verstappen was second in the list while departing Spanish driver Fernando Alonso was placed third. |
BJP is more dangerous than Congress: AP CM Chandrababu Naidu | Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday said that the BJP is more dangerous than the Congress party. Accusing BJP of betraying the state, he added the "BJP didn't implement the things in AP Reorganisation Act". Naidu said that though the Congress caused loss to the state earlier, they are ready to support AP for special status. |
Power like oxygen for some, they can't live without it: PM | Speaking at the release of â¹100 commemorative coin in memory of late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, PM Narendra Modi said for some people, power is like oxygen as they can't live without it. "Today...if someone has to stay out of power for two or five years, they become restless," he added. Vajpayee always chose ideology over power, Modi further said. |
4 killed after cloth factory catches fire in Mumbai | At least four workers were killed after a fire broke out in a cloth factory in Mumbai's Kandivali on Sunday. The workers died after a structure of the cloth factory collapsed on them due to the fire. The four were taken to a hospital, however, they were declared dead on arrival. |
Insecure mentality: Prakash Javadekar on Naseeruddin's remark | Referring to actor Naseeruddin Shah's comment on Bulandshahr violence, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday said, "If anyone feels insecure in the most secure country then it reflects their insecure mentality." "Such an accusation is not appropriate," he added. Earlier, Shah had said he fears for his children as a cow's death is more significant than that of a policeman. |
Veteran CPI(M) leader Nirupam Sen passes away at 72 | Veteran Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and former West Bengal minister Nirupam Sen passed away in Kolkata on Monday aged 72. Sen was suffering from neurological and kidney related ailments and reportedly passed away following a cardiac arrest. Sen had handled the industrial reconstruction, planning and power portfolios in West Bengal under the Buddhadeb Bhattacharya cabinet in 2001. |
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot expands cabinet, 23 ministers take oath | Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot expanded his council of ministers, with 23 ministers being sworn in at Raj Bhawan in Jaipur. Of the 23, 13 are cabinet ministers and 10 are ministers of state. The Congress, which won 99 seats in the state, reached the majority-mark along with a single lawmaker from Rashtriya Lok Dal, who has been given cabinet rank. |
Covered Earth with my thumb: Astronaut on 1st Moon orbiting mission | Fifty years ago on Christmas Eve, NASA astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to orbit the Moon in the Apollo 8 mission known for capturing the "Earthrise". "I put my thumb on the spacecraft window and I could completely hide the Earth...the Earth was merely a speck in the Milky Way galaxy," said Lovell. |
Took pride in playing a maid in Salman Khan's 'Ready': Kubbra Sait | Web series 'Sacred Games' actress Kubbra Sait said she took a lot of pride playing a maid in the Salman Khan starrer film 'Ready' in 2011. "Many people scoffed at me but I told them I was 'ready-maid' for the role," Kubbra said. "I was 15 when I worked as a magician's assistant, I made my first â¹700," she added. |
Indian newspaper posts Johnson's interview, he says he never gave it | An Indian newspaper recently published an interview with ex-Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, wherein he praised India fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah, saying, "Any batsman will think twice before taking him on." However, the 37-year-old Australian claimed he "never sat down for a Q&A with the newspaper". "Where has this come from? I don't recall this. Who wrote this?" he tweeted. |
PM Modi releases â¹100 commemorative coin in honour of ex-PM Vajpayee | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released a â¹100 commemorative coin in honour of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away earlier this year. "The mind is not ready to believe that Atal Ji is no longer with us. He was a stalwart loved and respected across all sections of society," PM Modi said. |
Was in training for 1st 2 yrs, 2019 year of delivery: H'yana CM | Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar in a recent interview said he was in training for the first two years after forming a new government in 2014 and 2019 is the year of delivery. "We got only three years...nearly 50% of our tenure is still left. There will be improvement in our results," the 64-year-old BJP leader added. |
Naxal operative who worked at research institute arrested | The Chhattisgarh Police on Sunday arrested Naxal National Coordinator, NV Rao, and seized 23 detonators, one mobile phone and Naxal literature from him. Rao was working as a Senior Technical Officer at the National Geophysical Research Institute in Hyderabad and is an explosive expert. He had allegedly used his position at the institute to supply arms to Naxals. |
1 dead as bus carrying ITBP personnel falls in gorge in J&K | At least one Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) soldier died and 24 were injured when the bus they were travelling in fell into a gorge near Khooni Nala in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. The border police team was returning to Jammu from Budgam after the local body elections. At least 35 people were travelling in the bus. |
Assets worth â¹2cr found during raid on forest officer in MP | The Lokayukta Police on Sunday raided the premises of a forest officer in Madhya Pradesh and found unaccounted assets worth more than â¹2 crore. The raids were conducted based on a complaint that 61-year-old Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) RN Saxena had assets disproportionate to his income. Saxena had earned â¹60 lakh as salary since joining the government job in 1995. |
Anupam says happy to see 'clean' Varanasi, PM Modi replies | Actor Anupam Kher on Sunday wrote on Twitter that he got the opportunity to visit Varanasi after a long time and was happy to see the cleanliness. He added that the country was moving towards prosperity under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. Thanking him, PM Modi replied that the development of his parliamentary constituency is his fortune. |
50 vehicles pile up on Haryana highway amid dense fog; 8 killed | At least eight people, including seven from the same family, have been killed and several others have been injured after nearly 50 vehicles piled up on Haryana's Rewari-Rohtak highway, according to reports. The incident took place near Haryana's Jhajjar. A school bus, trucks and a number of cars are among the vehicles that collided due to poor visibility. |
Teacher uproots 6-year-old's hair for failing to answer a question | A teacher of a private school in Lucknow's outskirts has been accused of beating up a Class 1 girl and uprooting her hair after she failed to answer a question, police said on Saturday. "It was a harrowing incident. Today, the teacher targeted my child, tomorrow it could be anybody else," the six-year-old's mother said. |
Chhatrapati Shivaji statue likely to cost Maha â¹3,643 crore | The upcoming statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast is likely to cost the Maharashtra exchequer around â¹3,643 crore. The construction would cost â¹2,581 crore, while â¹309 crore would be the GST on the amount. Since 2013, â¹36 crore has already been spent on the project, including â¹8 crore on the stone-laying ceremony in 2016. |
Why is Indonesia frequently hit by tsunamis, earthquakes? | Indonesia is frequently hit by tsunamis and earthquakes as it sits on the seismically active Ring of Fire, an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the basin of Pacific Ocean. It stretches from Japan and Indonesia on one side of Pacific to California and South America on the other. A volcano-triggered tsunami on Saturday killed 281 people in Indonesia. |
Trump names Patrick Shanahan as acting Defence Secretary | US President Donald Trump has announced that Deputy Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan would take over as the acting Defence Secretary from January 1, replacing Jim Mattis two months earlier than had been expected. Mattis had said he was quitting, effective February 28, after falling out with Trump over his foreign policy, including the decision to withdraw all troops from Syria. |
I want to be a mom, be on stage, do everything: Neha Dhupia | Neha Dhupia, who gave birth to a baby girl, said, "I want to be a mom, be on stage, do everything." "To play a part, something like a 'Tumhari Sulu', I need to be there physically 100%. But I won't go slow," she added. Neha further said to maintain a balance between work and child is "extremely" important. |
It's better when female fans are far away and love me: Prabhas | 'Baahubali' actor Prabhas, while talking about the female attention he gets, said, "It feels good with so many people loving you...but it is better when they are far away and love me." On being asked whether he is dating someone currently, Prabhas answered, "No." Prabhas along with Rana Daggubati and director SS Rajamouli appeared on 'Koffee with Karan' on Sunday. |
Dangal has been a beautiful journey: Fatima on 2 yrs of film | Fatima Sana Shaikh, on her film 'Dangal' completing two years of its release, shared pictures from the film's sets and wrote, "'Dangal' has been a beautiful journey." "Everybody I've met during the process are extremely special and precious to me. Every moment is still so vivid. Love you guys so much," she further wrote. 'Dangal' released on December 23, 2016. |
I am thankful for teachings of love: Sonam to Anil on b'day | Wishing Anil Kapoor on his 62nd birthday on Monday, Sonam Kapoor posted a picture and captioned it, "I'm thankful for the teachings of love, progressive ideals and morals that have been a part of my upbringing." "This has been a momentous year for both of us...hard and beautiful at the same time...Happy happy birthday Dad...love you so much," she wrote. |
Pak PM should learn about minority rights from us: Owaisi | Criticising Pakistan PM Imran Khan, AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday tweeted that he should learn "something from us about inclusive politics and minority rights". He added that while in Pakistan only Muslims are qualified to be president, India has seen multiple presidents from oppressed communities. Khan had earlier said he'll show PM Narendra Modi government "how to treat minorities". |
PM Narendra Modi 'hollow' man, did nothing for nation: Naidu | Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday called PM Narendra Modi a "hollow" man and said the PM has "done nothing" for the country. Naidu also accused the Centre of "denying" special category status to Andhra Pradesh, despite promising it in the Parliament. He further said that the whole country believed PM Modi but was left "cheated". |
Mukesh Sahni joins Grand Alliance in Bihar ahead of LS polls | Vikassheel Insaan Party chief Mukesh Sahni on Sunday joined the Grand Alliance in Bihar, in the presence of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. Sahni, who is popularly called 'son of mallah (boatmen)', said, "If NDA wins more than two Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, I will quit politics." The announcement of his joining came hours after BJP-JD(U) announced their seat-sharing arrangement. |
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 after 4 delays over weather, glitch | Elon Musk-led SpaceX on Sunday successfully launched its Falcon 9 rocket after four scheduled launches were cancelled due to weather and technical issues. US Air Force's Global Positioning System III space vehicle was carried aboard the rocket. The 229-foot-tall rocket, carrying the nearly $500-million satellite, was launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral. |
Tesla app's new feature lets users heat car seats remotely | Elon Musk-led automaker Tesla has added a new feature that lets users heat their car seats and steering wheel remotely. The feature was made available on the updated version of the Tesla app. Commenting on the feature a user said, "Tesla just made my Model 3 winter experience 5-10% better with a simple mobile app update. Weird times." |
BSF recovers ammunition, 17 kg heroin in Punjab | The Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday recovered 17 kg of heroin, two arms, three magazines and 26 live rounds of ammunition from Punjab's Ferozepur sector. A special search operation was launched after the BSF troops observed some suspicious movement near the border security fence. BSF has seized 221.3 kg of heroin on the Punjab border so far this year. |
PM Modi announces new award for national integration | PM Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the institution of 'Sardar Patel Award for National Integration', which would be given for "outstanding efforts to further national integration". PM Modi said that the award will be a "fitting tribute" to Patel who devoted his life towards "unifying India". He added that the award will inspire people to work towards national integration. |
Indian Railways bags 17 awards for energy conservation | Indian Railways bagged 17 awards at the 'National Energy Conservation Awards (NECA) 2018' held in New Delhi. Out of the five categories, Indian Railways participated in three categories- railway stations, hospitals and institutions. The awards are given by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency under the Ministry of Power to various institutions for adopting energy efficiency measures. |
Ranveer posts meme on Sara's name, she responds with another meme | Actor Ranveer Singh on Sunday took to Instagram to share a meme on actress Sara Ali Khan's name, which read, "Sara...Bohot Sara." The actress responded to him with a meme of her before and after pictures showing how her outfit choices changed after working with Ranveer Singh. Sara and Ranveer have worked together in film 'Simmba' releasing on December 28. |
Australia fulfil 7-yr-old's wish, make him co-captain for 3rd Test | Archie Schiller, a seven-year-old kid who is battling congenital heart disease, has been named Australia's co-captain for the third Test against India, which will commence on December 26. Archie's wish was fulfilled by Cricket Australia under Make-A-Wish Australia campaign. Earlier this month, Archie had trained with the Australian team at Adelaide Oval. |
Player fails to recognise teammate minutes after batting with him | Melbourne Renegades' Afghan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi failed to recognise his Australian teammate Dan Christian during an interview, minutes after recording a 94-run match-winning partnership with him. The reporter asked Nabi about Christian being in hospital ahead of the BBL match, to which he replied, "Who?" "I don't know who that is...sorry but...God give him good health as well," he added. |
20-year-old Pune woman becomes the fastest Asian to cycle the globe | Vedangi Kulkarni, a 20-year-old cyclist from Maharashtra's Pune, has become the fastest Asian to cycle the globe. Vedangi achieved the feat by completing the 29,000-km distance required to qualify as bicycling across the globe in 159 days. She reached Kolkata on Sunday after pedalling up to 300 km a day in 14 countries across the 159 days. |
Not bothered about this race: T-Series on YouTuber PewDiePie | Amidst the "race" to gain the top spot of the most subscribed YouTube channel, T-Series Managing Director Bhushan Kumar said that he is "not bothered about this race". The 41-year-old added, he doesn't know why "PewDiePie is taking this so seriously". Earlier, a PewDiePie fan had hacked 50,000 printers, causing them to print messages encouraging people to "help defeat T-Series". |
Congress goofs up, confuses ex-PM's death anniversary with birth | Congress party's Twitter handle on Sunday goofed up after it posted a tweet remembering former Prime Minister Narasimha Rao on his "birth anniversary". However, it deleted the tweet after an hour and posted another tweet remembering late PM Rao. The former Prime Minister of India, late Narasimha Rao passed away on December 23, 2004, in New Delhi. |
Pandya shares 'Best Selfie Ever' as Team India attends festival | Indian all-rounder Hardik Pandya shared a selfie with the entire Indian team when they were visiting the Indian Summer Festival which was held in Melbourne ahead of the 3rd India-Australia Test. The photo's caption read, "Best selfie ever". The Indian team's official Instagram account and the Cricket Australia's official Twitter account shared posts from the event. |
Matthew Hayden backs Shastri's 'best travelling team' remark | Former Australian batsman Matthew Hayden backed India coach Ravi Shastri's remark that the current Indian team is the 'best travelling team'. "I think it is the most complete Indian team to have ever toured (Australia). India have incredible batting depth, it is very confident in the spin bowling department, it is good in fast bowling too," Hayden said. |
Adding public poll in pitch ratings will help: Aussie pacer | Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood has suggested adding a 'public poll' for the ratings that are given to the pitches by the ICC would be helpful. The statement has come after ICC rated the pitch at Perth as 'average'. "I'm sure the first two (Test) wickets have been well received by the public as well as the players involved," Hazlewood said. |
CoA's Diana accuses BCCI CEO for lack of âprofessionalismâ: Report | The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) member Diana Edulji has reportedly accused BCCI CEO Rahul Johri of lacking professionalism. This comes after the BCCI announced the women's cricket team coach despite being asked to keep the announcement at abeyance by Edulji. She also reportedly asked Johri to refer to the SC's order, highlighting he has to report to CoA. |
UK airport offers â¹44 lakh to help catch drone culprit | The UK's Gatwick Airport has offered a â¹44.3-lakh reward for information to help catch the drone culprit, who caused it to shut down three times last week. Around 1,000 aircraft had been cancelled or diverted and nearly 1.4 lakh passengers were left stranded due to drone sightings since Wednesday night. Police had arrested two individuals who have now been released. n |
Dire need for the unification of regional parties: KCR | Following his meeting with Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao emphasised on unification of regional parties as an alternative to Congress and BJP. "Country needs change for which dialogue has begun...nothing concrete has emerged [yet]," Rao said. Rao is also scheduled to meet West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and former Uttar Pradesh CMs Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav. |
Driverless car startup Zoox gets permit to transport people | US-based driverless car startup Zoox has received a permit by authorities in California, US to transport public passengers in its self-driving cars. Zoox is required by authorities to keep a backup human driver in the vehicle and give reports about any incidents. Founded in 2014, the startup aims to publicly deploy a fleet of all-electric autonomous vehicles by 2020.nn |
Taj Mahal's colour appears to have changed due to pollutants: Govt | The Centre has informed Lok Sabha that pollutants from various sources appear to be the reason behind the change in Taj Mahal's colour. Scattering of light due to the deposited particulate matters might be the reason behind it, it added, quoting the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). It said ASI has formulated scientific cleaning to protect the Taj Mahal's surface. |
Teen kills minor boy, stuffs body in suitcase for refusing sex | The police on Sunday said a 10-year-old boy was allegedly killed by a 15-year-old teenager in Mumbai after the victim refused him sex. The police added the teen throttled the victim and stuffed the body in a suitcase and dumped it in a nullah. The incident came to light after the victim's father filed a missing person complaint with police. |
Will make all efforts to secure farmers' future: Rahul | Congress President Rahul Gandhi on the occasion of 'Kisan Diwas' on Sunday promised the farmers that he will make all efforts to secure their future. He added that this is not "just a promise" but also his "duty". He further said he "salute" the farmers of the country on the occasion of 'Kisan Diwas'. |
32-year-old Rajasthan woman stoned to death by husband | The police on Sunday said that a 32-year-old woman was allegedly stoned to death by her husband in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district. Following a heated argument the accused stoned her to death, the police added. A complaint was registered by the family members of the deceased following which police arrested the accused. |
UP registers maximum cases of atrocities by police in India | Uttar Pradesh has topped the list of cases of police atrocities registered in India between 2014 to 2016, as per National Crime Records Bureau data. According to the data, out of a total of 411 cases, 236 cases, equivalent to 57.4%, were registered in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh was followed by Delhi with 63 registered cases of police atrocities. |
Attempts being made to make banking crisis 'worse': Gadkari | Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said if a bank is in a "crisis", attempts are made to make it "worse". "Bonafide mistakes" of banks must be revived and corrected, he added. This comes days after the government said it will increase capital infusion in public sector banks to â¹83,000 crore, taking the total to â¹1.06 lakh crore this fiscal. |
Bidi smoking costs India over â¹80,000 cr every year: Study | Bidi smoking costs India over â¹80,000 crore in ill health and early deaths every year, according to a study. This is equivalent to 0.5% of the country's GDP and more than 2% of its total health spend, the study observed. The study also suggested that about 15 million face poverty because of spending on tobacco and associated health costs. |
Former Mumbai Mayor and Padma Shri Nana Chudasama dies at 85 | Former Mumbai Mayor and Padma Shri awardee Nana Chudasama died at the age of 85 on Sunday in Mumbai. Chudasama was awarded Padma Shri in 2005 in recognition of his work in the social sector. "His two liner message board at the Marine Drive was a reflection of his personality," Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said. |
25 fake call centres busted since July in Noida, 300 held | Ajay Pal Sharma, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Gautam Buddh Nagar, on Sunday said around 25 fake call centres were busted after they were found running dubious operations since July this year in Noida. He added close to 300 people have been arrested in the raids conducted so far. He said over 400 computer systems were seized in the raids.n |
Govt to meet fiscal deficit target despite GST rates cut: FM | Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government will meet fiscal deficit target of 3.3% of GDP for 2018-19 despite revenue loss due to reduced GST rates. GST Council's decision to cut rates on 23 goods and services will result in annual revenue loss of â¹5,500 crore. This shortfall would be met through measures to improve tax compliance, Revenue Department said. |
Ikea to invest â¹5,000 cr, create 8,000 jobs for Noida store | World's largest furniture retailer Ikea will invest â¹5,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh's Noida to set up large and small format stores. The investment would create over 8,000 job opportunities in the state, the company said. The Swedish furniture giant, which opened its first-ever Indian outlet in Hyderabad earlier this year, will also be opening stores in Mumbai and Bengaluru. |
GST on under-construction flats, houses may be lowered to 5% | The GST Council may consider lowering GST on under-construction flats and houses to 5% in its meeting next month. Currently, GST is levied at 12% for under-construction property or ready-to-move-in flats where completion certificate hasn't been issued at the time of sale. GST isn't levied on buyers of real estate properties for which completion certificate has been issued during sale. |
Govt bank customers paid â¹10,000 crore in fine in 3.5 years | State-run banks have collected over â¹10,000 crore from customers for not maintaining minimum account balance and exceeding daily ATM transaction limits in last 3.5 years. RBI has permitted banks to fix charges on various services, as per their board-approved policy. There is, however, no minimum balance requirement for accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojana and Basic Savings Bank Deposit Accounts. |
Don't cap remuneration of independent directors: CII to govt | The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has urged the government to not cap remunerations of independent directors under the amendments to the Companies Act, 2013. Independent directors contribute to shareholder value creation through strategy evaluation, risk management, governance and control, it further said. Caps on remuneration may discourage them from fulfilling this role, CII added. |
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