Rajkummar Hirani’s Sanjay Dutt biopic starring Ranbir Kapoor as lead will now release on June 29. The movie produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Hirani was earlier scheduled to release on March 30. “Dutt Biopic releasing on June 29,” the director tweeted. The biographical drama also features Manisha Koirala, Paresh Rawal, Anushka Sharma, Dia Mirza and Sonam Kapoor amongst others.
Read MoreSouth Africa were 230 for seven at tea on the first day of the opening cricket Test against India, here today. AB de Villiers made 65, while captain Faf du Plessis scored 62. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (4/68) was the pick of the bowlers for India. Brief Scores: South Africa 1st innings: 230 for seven in 53 overs (AB de Villiers 65, Faf du Plessis 62, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 4/68).
Read MoreNational Award-winning director Suman Ghosh today said the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has agreed to release his documentary on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in its entirety, including the four words that the board’s regional office had objected to in July last year. The hour-long documentary had courted controversy last year when the director refused to abide by CBFC Kolkata diktat of beeping the four words — cow, Gujarat, Hindutva and Hindu. “CBFC chairman Prasoon Joshi watched ‘The Argumentative Indian’ in Mumbai yesterday along with other board members and…
Read MoreThe government said today there is sufficient capacity for storage of food grains at the national level. During the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan said that the peak time requirement of the capacity required is 600 lakh metric tonne. “Against this, the total storage capacity available with Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and state agencies along with the hired capacity was 726.18 lakh metric tonnes as on November 30, 2017,” he said. As such there…
Read MoreNSE benchmark Nifty finished at a record high today following sustained buying in media, infra, private bank, auto, realty and pharma sectors amid bullish global cues. Global markets rose after the US stock indices closed at all-time highs yesterday, while the Dow topped the 25,000-mark for the first time. The NSE Nifty opened higher at 10,534.25 and moved in a range of 10,566.10 — its record high intra-day high — to 10,520.10 before ending at 10,558.85, up 54.05 points, or 0.51 per cent. It saw an intra-day movement of about…
Read MoreSaudi Arabia today intercepted a ballistic missile over the kingdom’s south near the border with Yemen, state media reported, hours after Yemeni rebels said they had launched an attack. The Huthi rebels, locked in a war against Yemen’s Saudi- backed government, said they had fired a missile at the kingdom’s southwestern province of Najran in a statement tweeted by their Al-Masirah television channel. Saudi air defences intercepted the ballistic missile over Najran, according to the kingdom’s state-owned Al Ekhbariya news channel. A spokesman for the Saudi-led military alliance fighting the…
Read MoreTurkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today slammed the conviction in the US of a top Turkish banker in a trial on Iran sanctions busting, saying it was part of a “chain” of plots against his nation. “What we are seeing in America is a chain of serious plots,” Erdogan told reporters at Istanbul airport after the conviction of Mehmet Hakan Atilla, deputy chief executive of Turkish lender Halkbank. “If this is the US understanding of justice then the world is doomed. There can be no such understanding of justice.
Read MorePro-Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide, accused of instigating the violence against Dalits during the 200th anniversary celebrations of the Bhima-Koregaon battle, today denied that he had any role in the episode. The violence that occurred near the war memorial at Bhima-Koregaon in Pune district on January 1 had triggered a sharp reaction from Dalit organisations, which called for a shutdown in Mumbai and elsewhere in Maharashtra. Bhide, who heads the Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan outfit, said he was willing to face any inquiry in this regard. “Order a judicial or a CBI…
Read MoreBihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today inaugurated and laid foundation stones for nearly 200 projects worth more than Rs 300 crore in this district as part of his state-wide “Vikas Samiksha Yatra”. The Chief Minister visited Raghopur village, which falls under a block of the same name, in the north Bihar district where he launched 198 projects worth Rs 304 crore before addressing a public meeting. Among the projects inaugurated by Kumar was a solar-powered mini water supply system involving a modest cost of Rs 36.91 lakh. The Chief Minister…
Read MoreChennai will be hosting Premier Badminton League (PBL) matches for the first time and the players are excited about playing here. The city leg kicks off with a match between Bengaluru Blasters and North Eastern Warriors at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium here tomorrow. World number one Viktor Axelsen, who plays for Bengaluru Blasters, said he was excited and looked forward to playing in the city. “I am really happy to be part of PBL and look forward to the matches in Chennai. We have had a good start to…
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