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Former Law Minister Veerappa Moily has called for the creation of a central statutory body or authority to oversee ‘lateral entry‘ recruitment into the higher ranks of the civil services,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on being rated “A+” for the second consecutive time in the ‘Global Finance Central Banker Report Cards…
A day after Tollywood actor Samrat Mukherjee was arrested in a bike accident that took place in Kolkata, Bollywood actor Kajol’s brother who goes by the same name clarifies, barring…
Janhvi Kapoor is now a proud owner of a brand new Toyota Lexus MPV. The Dhadak actor purchased her new possession a few days back and she is often spotted…
Indian cricket team assistant coach Ryan ten Doeschate was candid in his admission that the desire to do well overseas has dented Indian batsmen’s ability to play spin and his…
Social media sensation and actress Jannat Zubair has undergone hair transformation and changed her colour to burgundy. Jannat took to Instagram, where she shared a string of pictures flaunting her…
Neeraj Chopra continues to rise. He is now a household name, boasting a gold and a silver medal in his Olympics career, giving him the best medal cabinet for an…
Kareena Kapoor and her OG the girl gang – a match made in heaven. On Wednesday, Kareena Kapoor shared a rocking picure featuring herself, sister Karisma Kapoor and BFFs Amrita…
As political controversy continues over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, senior BJP leader and former Union Minister for Minority Affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, said the Bill is the need of…
Jasprit Bumrah, one of the most decorated bowlers in Indian cricket`s history is often praised by the cricketing legends for his capability to snatch the game away from the opposition…
Before the start of the first Test match between England and Sri Lanka, the English players will pay tribute to late batsman Graham Thorpe at Manchester. The teams will be…
Taapsee Pannu is no stranger to taking on challenging roles that push the boundaries of traditional cinema. With a career that spans critically acclaimed films like Pink, Thappad, and Mulk,…
Jaya Bachchan walked down memory lane and revealed why she didn’t want to be a part of “male-centric” Zanjeer in the docu-series Angry Young Men. Jaya Bachchan eventually acted in…
Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala’s iconic film Dil Se is celebrating its 26th anniversary. On the film’s special occasion, Manisha Koirala, who played the female lead, has finally revealed…
Top officers of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which guards airports and Parliament, reached Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital this morning for a recce. The paramilitary force has…
A postal officer died by suicide at his home in Uttar Pradesh a day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raided the post office where he was stationed to…
A reactor exploded in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalle district, injuring over 18 people. The explosion took place at the Achutapuram Special Economic Zone. The explosion occurred at the Escientia Company, a…
Union law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has questioned the Opposition objections to lateral entry, saying it was present even during the time of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. And he…
An Indian Air Force fighter jet “inadvertently” released an “air store” today at the Pokhran Firing Range in Rajasthan. The Air Force said no injuries have been reported and a…
JNU Vice-Chancellor Santishree D Pandit on Wednesday met the students protesting against the university’s alleged unresponsive attitude to their various demands, including increasing scholarship amounts, and urged them to end…
A 71-year-old man died on Wednesday allegedly because there was no one to give him CPR at a hospital in Ramban district, an official said. Ghulam Nabi Bhat, who was…
A key meeting between the Uttar Pradesh government and the BJP’s ideologcal mentor RSS will be held this evening at the house of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
An Indian astronaut will fly to the International Space Station by April next year as part of the NASA-ISRO collaborative initiative, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said today. Two…
In August last year, India became the first country to soft land a spacecraft near the South Pole of the Moon. A nail-biting 20 minutes of “terror” consumed most of…
Chandipura virus has claimed the lives of 28 children under the age of 14 in Gujarat since the first case was reported in July, the state legislative assembly was informed…
Bollywood’s hit horror franchise, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, is set to thrill audiences once more with its highly anticipated third installment, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3. Recently, Akshay Kumar has put to rest the…
East Bengal vs Shillong Lajong Live Streaming: East Bengal FC are facing Shillong Lajong in the second quarter-final of the Durand Cup. With 16 Durand Cup titles under their belt,…
Bangladesh left-arm paceman Shoriful Islam took two wickets in four balls to leave Pakistan struggling at 81-3 on a rain-hit opening day of the first Test in Rawalpindi on Wednesday.…
Game of Thrones actor Iain Glen is set to perform in Anupam Kher’s directorial Tanvi The Great. Recently, a leaked image from the set of the film went viral and…
Following the cancellation of all Durand Cup matches set to take place at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan Stadium in Kolkata, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) President Kalyan Chaubey…
In the heart of the Middle East, where power and tradition are deeply intertwined, one man has risen to hold the reins of a nation known for its strict adherence…
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-led demand for data centres in India is projected to drive about 500 MW of capacity addition over next four years, according to a report released by Avendus…
As many as 151 sitting MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women in their election affidavits, with West Bengal having the highest number of lawmakers facing…
Two days ahead of his crucial visit to Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he was looking forward to sharing perspectives with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on a…
Two weeks after winning his historic silver medal at the Paris Olympics, star Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra will resume action at the Lausanne Diamond League meeting on Thursday, seeking…
The release of the Justice Hema Committee report, which investigated the challenges faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, has caused a major stir in Kerala. In an exclusive…
Indian table tennis is headed in the right direction thanks to the advent of the UTT tournament which attracts top players from across the world, feels Manika Batra, who is…
Casting director Mukesh Chhabra has opened up about his equation with actor Akshay Kumar. Speaking to Ranveer Allahbadia, Mukesh Chhabra recalled the time when his mother, Kamal Chhabra, was suffering…
Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Australia`s lead pacer Mitchell Starc believes that with the series against India being a five-match affair, it would be “right on par” with the Ashes…
The start of the first Pakistan vs Bangladesh Test in Rawalpindi has not been good at all for the home side. The Shan Masood-led Pakistan were reduced to 16/3 at…
Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt and Sharvari Wagh are all set to collaborate for the first time in the spy universe film Alpha. Now, as per a recent report in Dainik…
The makers of The Great Indian Kapil Show announced that they are returning with season two. Netflix India shared a promo video which features Kapil Sharma, Sunil Grover, Krushna Abhishek,…
Democratic organisers are inundated with Indian American youth “coming out of the woodwork” to support Kamala Harris. Rajeev Bhateja, co-founder of the group They See Blue, which mobilises South Asian…
Local councillor Pankaj Rai was at a clothing shop near his residence in Bihar’s Hajipur Tuesday evening. Three men on a motorcycle pulled over next to him and began firing…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday claimed that the protest at Badlapur in Thane district over the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls was politically motivated and aimed…
The aunt of the minor girl, who was allegedly raped by former block head Nawab Singh Yadav at a private college here, has been arrested, police said on Wednesday. According…
The Badlapur school, where two young girls were allegedly sexually abused, preferred to cover up the crime instead of helping their parents file a police complaint, said Susieben Shah, chairperson…
Air India has launched its new ‘VISTA’ wireless in-flight entertainment (IFE) service across the existing wide-body fleet, except the newly inducted B777 and the A350 aircraft. Powered by Bluebox Aviation,…
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday sought the police’s reply on the pleas filed by Mihir Shah, the main accused in the BMW hit-and-run case, and his driver Rajrishi Bidawat,…
The district administration in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against a miscreant arrested for publicly beating a 22-year-old tribal man and forcing him to…
Senior IAS officer Govind Mohan on Thursday will take charge as the new Union Home Secretary from Ajay Kumar Bhalla, who completes his five year tenure at the sensitive post,…
Dia Mirza shared a bunch of famjam pictures on husband Vaibhav Rekhi’s birthday. The album features a solo picture of Vaibhav, Vaibhav with son Avyaan Azaad, a frame featuring Vaibhav…
Mahesh Babu has joined the cast of Disney’s much-anticipated film, Mufasa: The Lion King, where he will voice the character of Mufasa in the Telugu version. Following in the footsteps…
After the trailer release of Call Me Bae, Siddhant Chaturvedi hilariously reacted to the clip. Sharing the trailer of the Ananya Panday led show on his Instagram story, Siddhant wrote,…
Eyeing an unprecedented five gold and a dozen medals in total, the first batch of the Indian contingent, including star javelin thrower Sumit Antil, left for the Paris Paralympics in…
The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) announced the full list of nominations on Monday, August 19. Following this, Yash Raj Films shared a post on Instagram highlighting the categories in…
Shraddha Kapoor’s latest release ‘Stree 2’ has been doing wonders at the box office. After entering the Rs 300 crore club within a week, Shraddha celebrates another milestone as she’s…
Shraddha Kapoor is currently basking in the success of her film Stree 2. The Amar Kaushik directorial, which was released on August 15, has been breaking and rewriting the box…
Influential centre-back Sandesh Jhingan’s name was missing as Chennaiyin FC forward Kiyan Nassiri, son of East Bengal’s Iranian legend Jamshid, on Wednesday inched closer to his maiden India selection after…
Madhur Bhandarkar never shies away from talking about his professional and personal life. Recently, the National Award-winning filmmaker revealed that Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor and Tabu working had slashed their…
Star England batter and former captain Joe Root hailed late English great Graham Thorpe, noting that he would have not enjoyed such a brilliant career with the Three Lions without…
Scientific discovery is one of the most sophisticated human activities. First, scientists must understand the existing knowledge and identify a significant gap. Next, they must formulate a research question and…
A 40-year-old Indian doctor was held in a US jail on a USD 2 million bond after being charged with multiple sex crimes for allegedly recording hundreds of nude images…
A school teacher in Maharashtra’s Akola district has been arrested for molesting six girl students and exposing them to obscene videos, police said. The accused, Pramod Manohar Sardar, who taught…
In a replay of the pigeon scene from web series Panchayat, a pigeon released by a senior police officer at an Independence Day event in Chhattisgarh’s Mungeli dropped to the…
The Kerala High Court has come to the aid of a childless couple where the husband is critically ill, by permitting extraction of his gametes and cryopreserving them for use…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of several students from reserved categories who had been denied admission to MBBS courses under the Unreserved Category Government School (UR-GS) quota…
A bandh to protest the Supreme Court’s ‘quota within a quota’ decision about quota in state government jobs and colleges for SC and ST candidates was held in parts of…
A new report reveals that 72 per cent of employers across India intend to hire freshers in the latter half of 2024. This upward trend in hiring intent is based…
A man from Tripura’s Sepahijala district returned home after spending 37 years in Bangladesh jails. Shahjahan returned to India through the Srimantapur land customs station with the assistance of BSF…
Days after Arshad Warsi slammed Prabhas’ portrayal in Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD, actor and former professional badminton player Sudheer Babu critisized Arshad Warsi for his “harsh” words. Sudheer Babu…
England vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Day 1, Live Updates: England will be taking on Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series on Wednesday in Manchester. England…
Bollywood actor Bobby Deol, who impressed fans and critics alike with his stellar performance in Animal last year, has recently opened up about his kids’ aspirations to join the film…
The Stree 2 celebrity fan club just got bigger. Karan Johar shared an extensive note praising the film. He began the post with these words, “The juggernaut mega blockbuster success…
Young India batter Yashasvi Jaiswal broke several records during a five-match Test series against England in January this year. The 22-year-old batter hammered 712 runs in five games and helped…
About a week ago, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan attended the trailer launch for ‘Angry Young Men’ a three-part docuseries on Salim-Javed (Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar), the legendary screenwriting duo who…
Doja Cat and Joseph Quinn seemingly confirmed their romance. The Acknowledge Me rapper and the Stranger Things actor were recently seen walking hand in hand during a stroll through London.…
Vijay Varma is all set to portray the toughest role of his career in IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, a film that delves into the harrowing 1999 hijacking incident. Known…
England vs Sri Lanka 1st Test Live Streaming: England are all set to face Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series on Wednesday in Manchester. England star…
Ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat couldn’t be rewarded with a medal despite her progression to the final of the women’s 50kg freestyle wrestling final at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Vinesh’s…
The Congress government’s decision to install a statue of former Prime Minister, late Rajiv Gandhi, in front of Telangana secretariat has set off a heated exchange between Chief Minister A…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Poland today, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country in 45 years. The visit coincides with the…
US’ four-day National Democratic Convention started yesterday in Chicago with US President Joe Biden’s speech. Joe Biden passed the torch to Kamala Harris as the new official Democratic candidate to…
Former United States First Lady Michelle Obama, 60, turned back the clock Tuesday at the Democratic convention in Chicago, delivering a passionate speech in support of “my girl” Kamala Harris…
BJP leader Kiran Choudhry on Wednesday filed her nomination as the party candidate for the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and several BJP MLAs were…
Union minister George Kurian on Wednesday filed his nomination papers as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the upcoming by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh. The…
The Supreme Court today decided to resume its hearing on the legal question of whether a person holding a driving licence for a light motor vehicle is also entitled to…
India’s second home-built 700 MW nuclear power reactor at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat today started operating at its full capacity, the plant operator said. The Nuclear Power…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be on a four-day visit to the US beginning Friday to further boost the comprehensive global strategic partnership between the two countries. In Washington, Rajnath…
Did you know Mohsin Khan suffered a “mild heart attack”? The actor, known for his work in the daily soap Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, recently opened up about his…
The docu-series Angry Young Men premiered on Prime Video on August 20. The project offers a glimpse into the professional and personal lives of the iconic screenwriting duo from the…
Aamir Khan might be a social media recluse but his sister and actor Nikhat Hegde isn’t one. She shared a couple of pictures from her Raksha Bandhan celebrations with Aamir…
Veteran actress Zeenat Aman, who often shared personal stories with her fans on social media, recently opened up about a special moment in her life. Taking to her Instagram account…
Rishab Shetty, who bagged the National Award in the Best Actor category for his performance in Kantara, was slammed by the Internet after he reportedly said Bollywood often portrays India…
Actor Riteish Deshmukh has expressed his shock and anger over the alleged sexual assault of two minor girls in Maharashtra`s Badlapur. The Badlapur incident has come just days after the…
Pakistan captain Shan Masood on Tuesday underlined the importance of maintaining dressing room environment saying it can shape on-field performances, ahead of their opening Test against Bangladesh. Pakistan take on…
The 2007 T20 World Cup winner Robin Uthappa has revealed the challenges he faced when he was diagnosed with clinical depression. The former wicketkeeper-batsman has shared his story to shed…
Bangladesh are pinning their hopes on all-rounder and former lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan to “do something special” against pace-heavy Pakistan in the opening Test of the two-match series, starting on…
India vice-captain Smriti Mandhana has jumped one spot to third in the latest ICC ODI rankings for women released on Tuesday. Mandhana, who has 738 rating points, is the top-ranked…
We hear a lot about women’s biological clock and how age affects the chance of pregnancy. New research shows men’s fertility is also affected by age. When dads are over…