Faisal Kapadia is "celebrating right now". The singer of the iconic rock band Strings, which last week announced its break-up after going strong for 33 years, reveals a bittersweet tone of voice as he speaks. It wasn't an "easy decision" for him, or Bilal Siddiqui — the other half of the original band — to
A biography of the last Maharaja of Travancore that attempts to provide an "authentic" account of his accession and his legacy is, however, silent on the shenanigans of his Dewan, Sir C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar, to retain the independence of the province in 1947 and his deal with the British to export the states valuable mineral
Mumbai, March 31 :Actor Tusharr Khanna, who plays the role of a 'Bachata instructor' in the series "Bekaaboo 2", has fallen in love with the dance form and wants to learn more of it. The actor took special training for the show and says that he will continue with his lessons. "Learning is my favourite
New Delhi, March 31: Vaccination against coronavirus for those above 45 years of age, irrespective of comorbidities, will kick start in the national capital from Thursday, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said, even as the city reported 1,819 new Covid cases on Wednesday. Jain said that there are around 65 lakh people above the age of
Chennai, India: Pakistan connection to Drug and Ammunition was found by Chennai NCB, when they conducted a raid on a Sri Lankan Boat. Three Hundred Kilograms of Heroin and 5 AK 47 guns were caught. NCB got prior information about this boat going to Sri Lanka. The boat was captured near Lakshadweep. NCB Chennai and
By Anupama Nair Our great Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the Amrit Mahotsav or celebration of Bharat’s 75th year of Independence. We will be celebrating this event till 2022. I am going to write a feature on all those great men and women who fought against foreign invasion not just against the British, but from the
Mumbai, March 31 : Actress Raveena Tandon on Wednesday posted a comment on social media about India's legal system, saying the laws in our country are too weak, and culprits are not convicted in most cases. She raised concern about crimes like poaching and rape, and demanded capital punishment for such misdemeanours. "Poaching becoming a
Bhubaneswar, March 31 : Bhubaneswar sizzled at 44.2 degrees Celsius, while 18 places in Odisha recorded maximum temperatures of above 40 degrees on Wednesday. The Odisha capital broke the past record of highest temperature in March – 42.2 degrees Celsius on March 21, 2016. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, Baripada recorded 43.6 degrees Celsius followed
Cupertino (California), March 31 : Apple on Wednesday announced that over 110 of its manufacturing partners globally are moving to 100 per cent renewable energy for their Apple production, with nearly 8 gigawatts of planned clean energy set to come online. Once completed, these commitments will avoid over 15 million metric tonnes of CO2e annually —
New Delhi, March 31 : The Centre on Wednesday extended the validity of the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme up to June 30, an official statement said. The validity of all three tranches of ECLGS have been extended up to June 30, or till guarantees for an amount of Rs 3 lakh crore are issued, said