Fire breaks out at Muslim Public school building in Srinagar; no casualties

Srinagar: A fire broke out in the Muslim Public school building in the Kursoo Rajbagh area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar. Shortly after receiving information on the blaze, fire tenders arrived at the spot to conduct dousing operations. Visuals showed fumes of smoke emanating from the school building as fire officials conduct efforts to bring […]
Dominica announces its highest national honour to PM Modi

New Delhi,The Commonwealth of Dominica will bestow its highest national award, the Dominica Award of Honour, upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month, the Dominica government said. The award is in recognition of Modi’s contributions to Dominica during the COVID-19 pandemic and his dedication to strengthening the partnership between the two countries. In a statement, […]
‘Laapataa Ladies’ talks about women’s freedoms, agency: producers Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao

New York: India’s official entry to the Oscars ‘Laapataa Ladies’, now rechristened ‘Lost Ladies’, is a “very important” film that talks about women’s freedoms and agency, financial independence, “ability to imagine your own futures” and male allyship, its producers Kiran Rao and Aamir Khan said. “When I heard the story, it really felt very personal […]
Prime Video sets November 23 premiere for ‘The Rana Daggubati Show’

New Delhi: “The Rana Daggubati Show”, an unscripted Telugu original series, will start streaming on Prime Video from November 23. The eight-episode show will feature popular celebrities, including Dulquer Salmaan, Naga Chaitanya Akkineni, Siddhu Jonnalagadda, Sree Leela, Nani, SS Rajamouli and Ram Gopal Varma, engaging in unfiltered conversations and exciting activities with host and creator […]
Not associated with ‘The Great Indian Kapil Sharma Show’: Salman Khan’s representative on legal notice

Mumbai: Salman Khan’s team on Wednesday said the star’s production house had received a legal notice over purported comments on Rabindranath Tagore made on Netflix’s “The Great Indian Kapil Show” but they have nothing to do with it. The legal notice sent by Bongo Bhashi Mahasabha Foundation alleged that disparaging remarks were made against the […]
Disha Patani says she’s ‘fascinated’ by Japanese anime, Korean content borrows a lot from Bollywood

New Delhi: Actor Disha Patani, who is set to make her Tamil cinema debut with “Kanguva”, has opened up about her love for Japanese anime and Korean culture. Anyone who follows the actor on social media has often seen her post reels of a weekend binge-watch session of anime (Japanese style of film and television […]
WPI inflation rises to 4-month high of 2.36 pc in Oct, food prices spike

New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation rose to a 4-month high of 2.36 per cent in October as prices of food items, especially vegetables, and manufactured goods turned dearer, as per the government data released on Thursday. The wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation was 1.84 per cent in September 2024. It was (-) 0.26 per […]
CJI Khanna comes out with fresh roster on allocation of cases, first 3 benches to hear PILs

New Delhi: Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna has come out with a fresh roster for allocation of new cases to 16 benches and it has been decided that the first three courts presided over by the CJI and the two senior-most judges respectively will hear letter petitions and PILs. The roster for the assignment of fresh […]
Was like entering gas chamber: Priyanka on returning to Delhi from Wayanad

New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who has returned to Delhi from Kerala’s Wayanad after contesting the Lok Sabha bypoll, said coming back to the national capital was like entering a “gas chamber” and called for “putting our heads together” and finding a solution for cleaner air. The Congress general secretary said Delhi’s […]
IndiGo Nagpur-Kolkata flight makes emergency landing in Raipur after bomb threat

Raipur: A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight with 187 passengers and six crew members onboard made an emergency landing at Raipur airport on Thursday morning following a bomb threat to the aircraft, police said. The aircraft, which had taken off from Nagpur for Kolkata, was diverted after airport authorities received the threat, Raipur’s Senior Superintendent of Police […]