You are here

Year: 2018

BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

State Bank of India will start selling electoral bonds from 1 March; here are benefits of EBs bank has listed out

strong

The State Bank of India (SBI), country’s largest public sector lender, on Tuesday stated that it will start selling the much talked about electoral bonds from 1 March, 2018. The electoral bonds or bearer banking instruments were announced by the government in order to put a ceiling on political funding and also prevent seeping of black money into election time fundings. The government’s electoral bonds scheme has been introduced for donors to pick up their own political parties.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had earlier said any individual who is citizen of…

Read More
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Noted Odia Bhajan singer Arabinda Muduli passes away

strong

Noted Odia Bhajan singer Arabinda Muduli passed early today morning following a cardiac arrest. He was 56. Muduli was taken to a private hospital after he complained of chest pain but he breathed his last while he was being admitted there, family sources said. A musician, singer and lyricist, Muduli enthralled the audience with devotional songs and had won the hearts of millions of people in Odisha and elsewhere. Born on September 1, 1961 at Khanati in Khordha district, he was a devotee of lord Jagannath and sang only Bhajans.…

Read More
NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Prohibition will lead to creation of mafia, says Kamal

strong

Makkal Neethi Mayyam founder President Kamal Haasan has argued against prohibition, saying a dry regime would lead to the creation of a ‘mafia’. Promise of implementing prohibition was being made to garner women’s votes, Haasan said about an issue discussed by all political parties in Tamil Nadu during the 2016 Assembly polls. Liquor sales is nationalised in Tamil Nadu, with various brands of alcohol being sold through outlets run by state-run Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC). While opposition parties including DMK promised implementing prohibition in their election manifesto, ruling…

Read More
NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

Now captain and coach also take pie of players’ Davis Cup prize money

strong

In a departure from the current formula for sharing the Davis Cup prize money, non-playing captain Mahesh Bhupathi and coach Zeeshan Ali were allowed by the AITA to claim a share from the players’ prize purse from the Canada tie. Till the World Group Play-off tie against Canada last September, the prize money was distributed only among only six players including the two reserves while the support staff was paid directly by the All India Tennis Association (AITA). However, the prize purse for the Canada tie was distributed equally among…

Read More
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Sridevi’s body kept for ‘darshan’ at Mumbai sports club

strong

Sridevi’s fans were seen queuing up outside Celebrations Sports Club near her residence in Lokhandwala, where her body is kept for ‘darshan’ (public viewing), to pay their last respects to the Bollywood diva. Long queues of fans holding flowers in their hands and chanting prayers were seen as the body of the actor was brought to the venue at 9 am along with an entourage of family members. Nearly 200 policemen were present at the venue to keep the crowd in check. While the gates for the general public opened…

Read More
LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

HC criticises lower court for super fast trial in murder-cum- sodomy case

strong

A trial court’s endeavour to hurriedly examine 22 out of 24 witnesses in a day in a case of murder and attempt to commit unnatural sex with a 14-year-old boy has come for a severe criticism from the Delhi High Court, which dubbed it as a classic example of “justice hurried is justice buried”. The high court lamented over the trial court’s “super fast track” procedure of examining 22 witnesses in a day, saying it was unable to appreciate why the trial court judge rushed through the prosecution evidence in…

Read More
BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Royal Enfield launches new range of Thunderbird

strong

Niche bike maker Royal Enfield today launched a new range of its popular model Thunderbird — Thunderbird 500X and Thunderbird 350X — priced at Rs 1,98,878 and Rs 1,56,849 (ex-showroom Delhi), respectively. Powered by a single cylinder, air cooled 499 cc engine, the Thunderbird 500X generates 41.3 Nm torque at 4000 rpm. Thunderbird 350X, on the other hand, comes with a single cylinder, air cooled, twinspark, 346cc engine which generates a maximum torque of 28 Nm at 4000 rpm. “The key selling point is that these are thunderbirds with a…

Read More
BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Gold plunges Rs 460 on weak global cues, fall in demand

strong

Gold prices tumbled by Rs 460 to Rs 31,390 per 10 grams at the bullion market today, snapping their four-day rising streak due to subdued global cues amid slump in local jewellers’ demand. Silver also fell by Rs 250 to Rs 39,300 per kg owing to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Traders said, sentiment was downbeat as the precious metal fell in global markets, because the dollar held recent highs after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vowed to prevent the economy from overheating while sticking with gradual…

Read More
NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Indonesia calls off deadly landslide search, 18 believed dead

strong

The search for six people still missing after a deadly landslide in Indonesia has been called off, officials said today, bringing the presumed death toll to 18. An avalanche of mud and rock cascaded down a steep slope in central Java last week, burying victims as they worked their rice fields. Hundreds of rescuers, including members of the army, police and local community, have spent the past seven days digging through the debris to find victims buried in the deadly slide. Twelve people are confirmed to have died while another…

Read More
NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Lavrov says Syria rebels must ‘act’ to make truce work

strong

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today that rebels in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta were responsible for ensuring that a “humanitarian pause” in the area delivers relief for devastated civilians. “Russia together with the Syrian government have already announced the establishment of humanitarian corridors in Eastern Ghouta,” Lavrov told the UN Human Rights Council. “Now, it is the turn for the militants and their sponsors to act, militants entrenched there who still continue shelling Damascus, blocking aid deliveries and the evacuation of those wishing to leave,” he added. Tuesday was the…

Read More
Translate »