A major grid failure caused a widespread power outage in India’s financial capital Mumbai and surrounding areas on Monday. The first such blackout in more than two years that stranded thousands of train passengers and delayed college exams. Large parts of India’s financial capital Mumbai and its suburbs have faced a power blackout. The blackout […]
Pakistan on Friday reminded India of its “defense limitations”, lest the country’s eastern neighbor is once again “embarrassingly exposed to the world” as it was after its Balakot and the more recent misadventure in Ladakh. The warning by Islamabad comes days after the chief of India’s air force claimed that the military was ready for […]
The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to Rhea Chakraborty but rejected her brother Showik’s bail plea in a drug case being investigated by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). The HC refused bail to one more co-accused and alleged peddler, Abdel Basit Parihar, 23, while granting it to Samuel Miranda, house manager of the […]
Pakistan has decided to challenge India’s claim of exclusive rights over the use of Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Basmati rice in the European Union (EU). Commerce Secretary Muhammad Sualeh Ahmad Faruqui informed a parliamentary panel on Tuesday: India has claimed its rights over Basmati rice in the European Union market and has challenged the […]
India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday. It is only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil. Total deaths rose to 100,842, the health ministry said. While the tally of infections climbed to 6.47 million after a daily increase in […]
Anushka Sharma has taken to Instagram to school those who believe the gender of a baby, especially if its male; gives them privilege in the society they are in. “It’s actually the responsibility you owe to society to raise a boy so well that women feel safe and protected,” she explained. In an Instagram story, […]
The prime minister was addressing a PTI meeting on Friday where he spoke about the upcoming protest movement to be launched by the country’s opposition parties. The meeting reviewed the ongoing political situation, measures taken to bring back absconding Nawaz Sharif, and other issues. In a reference to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, PM Imran […]
Akshay Kumar has wrapped the shooting of ‘Bell Bottom’, making it the first film in the world to start and finish during the pandemic. He also unveiled a new poster and thanked the film’s entire crew for working on the venture during the pandemic. Looking dapper in suit and shades, Akshay Kumar promises an exciting […]
The government on Friday announced that the Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib Corridor has been reopened in the wake of an “overall improvement in the COVID-19 situation”. According to a notification issued by the ministry of religious affairs, the reopening will take effect immediately. Indian visitors are allowed to come daily from dawn to dusk as per […]
Javed Akhtar an indian and a famous poet became the latest one to come out in support of the film industry amid the ongoing Bollywood drug row. According to him, people in the industry today are extremely professional and responsible. Talking to a news portal, Javed Akhtar reportedly said that he has personally never done […]
