From Rani in ‘Queen’ to Jhansi Ki Rani in ‘Manikarnika,’ Kangana Ranaut has repeatedly taken characters that challenge an actor. This time she took the character of India’s former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, as she made it to the big screen with her latest film ‘Emergency’. She not only acted in the movie but donned…
LUCKNOW: The 39-year-old Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the fighter pilot of Indian Airforce (IAF) and ISRO’s astronaut, has been official named pilot for Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4), a private spaceflight for International Space Station (ISS), scheduled for post spring of the current calendar year.NASA and its international partners have approved the crew of the Ax-4…
BENGALURU: The Karnataka HC stayed on Wednesday the investigation and further proceedings against Infosys co-founder and Indian Institute of Science governing council chairman Senapathy Kris Gopalakrishnan and 15 others in a complaint filed under provisions of the SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.Justice SR Krishna Kumar also directed the issuance of an emergent notice…
NEW DELHI: An NRI, who was prima facie held guilty for contempt of court by Supreme Court and was restrained from leaving the country with his passport deposited in court, has managed to leave the country for the US. Taking exception to his conduct, the court directed the Centre to take steps to get him…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala’s govt has, citing the financial crisis, slashed scholarships for minority community students by 50%, leaving the education of thousands of students in limbo. The decision affects nine of the 11 scholarship programmes – originally allocated Rs 13.6 crore – offered by the department of minority welfare.Govt insists that the reduction in plan size…
NEW DELHI: The Budget session of Parliament, which starts on Friday with President Droupadi Murmu’s address, is once again likely to be contentious. The first signs of it emerged at Thursday’s all-party meeting attended by representatives from 36 parties, where opposition vowed to raise issues, such as the Maha Kumbh stampede and waqf bill. Parliamentary…
LUCKNOW: The Yogi Adityanath government in UP cancelled Thursday all VIP protocols in Prayagraj – pilot cars, police escort and direct entry, among other privileges – for the three remaining special snan days of Maha Kumbh following the Mauni Amavasya stampede.The curbs will kick in on the eve of Amrit Snan on Basant Panchami (Feb…
WASHINGTON: Sixty seven people were feared dead after an American Airlines passenger jet collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night and crashed into the frigid Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport.Sixty passengers and four crew members were aboard the jet flying from Wichita in Kansas, while the chopper was carrying…
NEW DELHI: To reduce pendency of 62 lakh cases and counting in high courts, Supreme Court on Thursday, with the Centre’s agreement, ordered that a maximum of five retired HC judges could be reappointed to each HC to hear criminal cases, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. It added that their number should not exceed 10% of the…
CHENNAI: An undisclosed mix of chemicals sprayed by a homeopath had halted the decomposition of two dead bodies – that of his girlfriend and her father – for over four months inside their flat in an apartment complex in Thirumullaivoyal in Chennai, reports Sindhu Kannan. The bodies, however, had started decaying and were discovered on…
