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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Movie making is an illusion and we try to live up to it: Amitabh Bachchan

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Mumbai, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says the process of making films is an “illusion” and artistes try to live up to the expectations. The 75-year-old actor says giving a shot in a film is at times, a moment of great interest. “Movie making is an illusion… And we try to live up to it,” Bachchan wrote on his blog. The actor recalled how actors have used different methods to remember their lines in the past, highlighting “The Godfather” star Marlon Brando’s “intriguing” technique for getting his dialogues…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

HC raps Bengal govt for denying employment benefits to cop

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Kolkata, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) The Calcutta High Court has rapped the West Bengal government for failing to implement an order it passed 28 years ago on restoring employment benefits to a reinstated police constable. A division bench of the high court directed the state Advocate General in the presence of the West Bengal Home secretary that it has to retrieve relevant records of Hasibar Rahaman, who has since retired from service, by August 13, when the matter will come up for hearing again. The bench observed that it is…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Convict’s appeal against death penalty: SC seeks reply from UP govt

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New Delhi, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court has sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea by a death-row convict challenging the Allahabad High Court’s judgement upholding the capital punishment awarded to him for burning alive his son and two brothers. A vacation bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan issued notice to the state on the appeal and called for the original records of the case. The counsel representing convict Irfan requested the apex court to stay the execution of sentence. “When the appeal…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SBI to auction 12 bad accounts this month to recover over Rs 1325cr

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New Delhi, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) The country’s largest lender SBI will conduct auction of 12 non-performing accounts (NPAs) later this month to recover dues of over Rs 1,325 crore. The e-auction of these accounts will take place on June 25, according to an SBI notice. The NPA accounts that have been put under the hammer include Ankit Metal & Power Ltd (Rs 690.08 crore), Modern Steels Ltd (Rs 122.61 crore), Good Health Agrotech Pvt Ltd (Rs 109.14 crore), Amit Cottons Pvt Ltd (Rs 84.70 crore), and Ind-Swift Ltd (Rs…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Putin dismisses G7 criticism as ‘babbling’, calls for cooperation

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Qingdao, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) Russian President Vladimir Putin today dismissed criticism by the Group of 7 nations as “creative babbling” and said it was time to start cooperating again. “I believe it’s necessary to stop this creative babbling and shift to concrete issues related to real cooperation,” Putin told reporters in the Chinese city of Qingdao, when asked to comment on a G7 joint statement. He also said the G7 countries had “again” failed to provide any evidence that Russia was behind the poisoning of a former double agent…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

1,000 autos to welcome Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai, says Nirupam

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Mumbai, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) One thousand auto-rickshaws will welcome Congress president Rahul Gandhi on his day-long visit to the city on Tuesday, party leader Sanjay Nirupam said today. “Almost a thousand auto-rickshaw drivers have decided to welcome Rahul ji to the city in their vehicles. This is the love the common man feels for our party president,” Nirupam said in a statement here. “Rahul ji ensures that the common man’s opinions, grievances and inputs not only reach him but also are responded to. And this is the way the…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Shah attacks Rahul over Congress’s poor track record, eyes 65 seats in C’garh

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Ambikapur, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) BJP chief Amit Shah today attacked Congress president Rahul Gandhi over his party’s “dismal” track record in 55 years of its rule, even as he set a target of winning 65 seats in the upcoming Chhattisgarh Assembly polls. Sounding the bugle for the year-end elections in Chhattisgarh, Shah questioned Gandhi for seeking an account of the work done by the BJP-led government at the Centre in the last four years. The Raman Singh government would retain power in Chhattisgarh and the BJP would win 65…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

PM Modi calls for respect for sovereignty, economic growth, connectivity, and unity among SCO countries

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Qingdao (China), Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for respect for sovereignty, economic growth, connectivity and unity among the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) In his address at the Plenary session of the 18th SCO summit here, Modi coined an acronym ‘SECURE’ which he explained: ?S’ for security for citizens, ?E’ for economic development, ?C’ for connectivity in the region, ?U’ for unity, ?R’ for respect of sovereignty and integrity, ?E’ for environment protection Talking about the importance of linking the region…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Madras HC Quashes Criminal Complaint Against BSNL Employees Who Put ‘Smiling Face With Tears’ Emoji In Official WhatsApp Group

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JUNE 9 (DIN NEWS) The Madras High Court recently quashed a criminal complaint against BSNL employees who put ‘smiling face with tears’ emoji in the official WhatsApp group…. A lady officer in BSNL had filed complaint against other employees who put the emoji reacting to a video she had posted in the official WhatsApp group. The group was intended to share the complaints and deficiencies in the service of BSNL and torectify them and improve the quality of service. The video featured three BSNL customers complaining about deficiency of service….…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Formulating stringent law to regulate pvt hospitals: Maha govt to HC

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Mumbai, Jun 9 (DINNEWS) The Maharashtra government today told the Bombay High Court that it was in the process of formulating a stringent law, on the lines of the Centre’s Clinical Establishments Act, to regulate private nursing homes and hospitals in the state. Appearing for the state, Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni told the court that the draft plan for such law was already in place, and the government was in the process of finalising some amendments to it. “Some doctors and other members of the medical community had some objections…

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