6 arrested for conducting occult practices in Raj
Jaipur, Mar 1: Six persons have been arrested in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district for their alleged involvement in occult practises to revive a 35-year-old woman who passed away months ago due to a prolonged illness, police said today. An FIR was registered against seven persons in the case, including parents of the deceased yesterday, they […]
Blow to Trump as Hope Hicks quits as White House communications chief
Washington, Mar 1 : Hope Hicks, one of US President Donald Trump’s longest-serving and trusted aides, today announced her resignation as the powerful communications director, in a major setback to him and the embattled White House amidst the inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The 29-year-old former model and ex-Trump Organisation employee […]
Court reserves order on bail plea of Karti’s CA
New Delhi, Mar 1: A Delhi court today reserved its order on a bail plea filed by Karti Chidambaram’s Chartered Accountant S Bhaskararaman, arrested in the INX Media money laundering case. Special CBI judge Sunil Rana said the order will be pronounced on March 7. Bhaskararaman sought bail on the ground that he was not […]
MFIs grow 15% at Rs 1.9 trillion during Apr-Dec: Report
Mumbai, Mar 1 : Helped by improvement in monthly collection efficiencies, the microfinance industry registered a 15 per cent year-on-year growth at around Rs 1.9 trillion during April to December last year, says a report. Within this, the portfolio outstanding under the NBFC-MFIs, microfinance focused small finance banks (SFBs) and universal banks grew at a […]
Shared a bond like that of siblings with Sridevi: Kamal Haasan
Chennai, Mar 1 : They may have been one of the most romantic pairs on screen, but Kamal Haasan and late female superstar Sridevi shared a bond like that of siblings. “Sridevi en thangachi (Sridevi was my younger sister),” Haasan said, decades after he was paired opposite Sridevi in a number of Tamil films such […]
Vinesh Phogat enters final of Asian Wrestling Championship
BISHKEK (KYRGYZSTAN): Wrestler Vinesh Phogat assured herself and India of at least a silver medal at the Asian Wrestling Championship, as the Commonwealth Games gold medallist entered the final of the 50kg category with win over Japan’s Yuki Irie. Phogat earned the win by taking a bigger point as she locked the score 4-4 […]
Tata-Boeing opens Apache chopper unit
Hyderabad, Mar 1 : Tata Boeing Aerospace (TBAL), a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems (TASL) today inaugurated its facility to produce fuselages for the AH-64 Apache helicopter here. Spread over 14,000-square metres and employing 350 highly skilled workers, the facility will be the sole global producer of fuselages for AH-64 Apache helicopter […]
Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur joins Punjab police
Chandigarh: Indian women’s Twenty20 cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur joined the Punjab police as a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), in Chandigarh on Thursday. Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and director general of police (DGP) Suresh Arora pinned the stars on her uniform. “Proud to join DGP Suresh Arora in pinning the stars […]
Gandhi’s original letter on Jesus Christ up for sale
Washington, Mar 1 : A powerful and emotional letter written by Mahatma Gandhi in 1926, in which he discusses the existence of Jesus Christ, is up for grabs in the US for USD 50,000. The letter dated April 6, 1926 written by Gandhi from his Sabarmati Ashram in India. Typed in faint ink and with […]
Pak Hindu lawmaker moves court after prevented from taking oath
Peshawar, Mar 1: A Hindu lawmaker in Pakistan has moved the court after he was prevented from taking oath in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly for his alleged role in the murder of a Sikh legislator in 2016. Member of the Provincial Assembly-elect Baldev Kumar, who is in jail in the murder case of Sikh lawmaker […]
