FORMER Indian finance minister P Chidambaram, who spent his first night on Thursday (5) at the Tihar prison's jail number seven after a court sent him to two-week judicial custody in the INX Media corruption case, started his day with a light breakfast on Friday (6). The Congress leader was…
INDIAN defence minister Rajnath Singh has held talks with his South Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeongdoo to boost bilateral defence ties, particularly in enhancing cooperation between defence firms of the two countries and extending logistical support to each other's navies. During the wide-ranging talks, held on Thursday (5) in Seoul, the…
WESLEY MATHEWS, the Indian-American foster father of three-year-old Sherin Mathews, has been denied a new trial in the tragic death of the Indian toddler in 2017, in a case that attracted international attention. Mathews, 39, pleaded guilty on June 24 to a lesser charge of injury to a child in…
GOLD prices on Thursday (5) rose Rs 83 to Rs 39,271 per 10 gram in the national capital, according to HDFC Securities. In Delhi, the price of gold for 24 Karat (99.9 per cent purity) during the day rose to Rs 39,271 per 10 gram as compared with Wednesday's (4)…
AN Indian court on Thursday (5) cleared JSW Steel Ltd's takeover plan for debt-ridden Bhushan Power and Steel, bringing an end to a bankruptcy case that has dragged on over two years. The move paves the way for JSW Steel, which has the biggest steel capacity in India, to take…
A COUPLE of months ago, Karan Johar announced the sequel to 2008 release Dostana. It was revealed that Dostana 2 will star Kartik Aaryan and Janhvi Kapoor in the lead roles, and it will also feature one more actor whose name was not announced at that time. However, now finally, Karan has announced…
THE shooting of Mudassar Aziz’s directorial Pati Patni Aur Woh is currently going on in Lucknow. The film stars Katrik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Panday in the lead roles and now, Kriti Sanon has been roped in for a special appearance in the film. A couple of days ago, Kartik posted…
FLIGHT operations at India’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) here were affected for the second day with a cancellation of 30 flights and another 118 getting delayed on Thursday (5). As per a live flight-tracking website, 14 incoming and 16 outbound flights were cancelled on Thursday. In addition, 118…
FURIOUS Indian cricketer Harabhajan Singh chided Adam Gilchrist after the Australian suggested that he was perhaps not out when the Indian spinner had him LBW during his historic hat-trick way back in 2001. Gilchrist was Harabhajn's second wicket in that game-changing spell. A fan shared the video clip of Harbhajan's…
THE Supreme Court on Thursday (5) allowed former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter to meet her in Kashmir, where she is under detention following the abrogation of Article 370. A bench headed by chief justice Ranjan Gogoi allowed Iltija, Mufti's daughter, to meet her after she submitted…