Asian News International Farah Khan’s multi-starrer directorial “Happy New Year” has been passed with a ‘U’ certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). The film releases Oct 24.
The team of the film, produced by Shah Rukh’s Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd, is excited with the news that will make it possible for audiences of all age groups to watch it at theaters.
Public Health Organisation, an NGO, has filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay High Court challenging Maharashtra government’s decision to provide 16 percent reservation to Marathas and 5 percent qouta to Muslims in MBBS and post-graduate medical courses.
The PIL, filed by PHO chief I S Gilada, was mentioned before a division bench which had on October 14 allowed the petitioner to carry out certain amendments and clubbed this matter with other petitions challenging the reservations for Marathas and Muslims.
The night flight operations at the Mangalore International Airport (MIA) would be suspended for six months from November 1 to take up works on the runway end safety area and parallel taxiway.
“There will be no flight operations at MIA between 11.30 PM and 7.30 AM for six months from November 1. Runways and its operations will be closed till April 30 next year. Airlines have rescheduled the flights accordingly,” airport director J T Radhakrishna said.
The night operations would be closed down to take up works on the runway end safety area and parallel taxi way, he said in a release.
A fully grown male adult leopard was killed by a tiger reportedly in a territorial dispute under Bhadrawati forest range.
According to a press release issued here today by the forest department, the incident came to notice when one of the forest guards was on patrol in Kachrala beat under Bhadrawati forest range yesterday at about 4.30 pm.
On noticing the leopard’s dead body in compartment number 204 under the Kachrala beat, pugmarks of a tiger were located around the spot.
It was also observed that the leopard’s body had injuries and deep scars on its back, caused by tiger claws.
Expressing concern over the assault on three northeastern students in Bangalore, Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday said he would take up the issue with the Karnataka government for strict action against the culprits.
“I will talk to the Karnataka Chief Minister. Action should be taken. No one can discriminate against anyone on the basis of caste, creed and sect,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.
Three students from the northeast were allegedly beaten up last night in a Bangalore locality for not speaking Kannada.
Tech giant Google has said that it can create an artificial personal assistant for users, if they agree to give up more and more of your personal information
Google’s Chairman, Eric Schmidt said that technology like Google will guide people to better, smarter decisions.
He added that the evolution of Google is to go from you asking Google what to search for, to Google helping you anticipate, to make you smarter, and
Like any good personal assistant, Google needs to know everything about you. The search giant keeps track of what sites you visit, what you search, and who you email.
Scientists have developed a metal ball shaped fusion reactor that may be able to save the world by powering it forever.
The little ball of metal has been created by boffins at Lockheed Martin and can produce infinite amounts of power without the need for fuel and can even send us to Mars and back, the Daily Star reported.
South African all-rounder Ryan McLaren has said that their squad must adapt to the foreign conditions as soon as possible, ahead of the ODI series against New Zealand starting at the Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Tuesday.
The Bay Oval is a relatively unknown ground, with a single ODI between the Netherlands and Canada to its name, but would reportedly offer the South African squad an opportunity to improve on their growing away-record which stands at nine wins out of 11 this year.
A new study has revealed that taking a trip down memory lane could be the key to keeping dementia at bay.
George McNamara, spokesman for Alzheimer’s Society said that reminiscing can be a powerful way of communicating with a person with dementia, the Daily Express reported.
The researcher said that the very nature of dementia often means it’s easier to recall older memories than remembering day-to-day events and older memories have strong sentimental value and can help tap into positive emotions in the present.
President Barack Obama has revealed that his credit card had been declined at a New York restaurant.
The 53-year-old US President told the crowd at the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, that during a UN General Assembly meeting as he had stepped out for a bite at a restaurant, his own credit card had been declined, News.com.au reported.
The bill had to be paid by the First Lady, Michelle Obama, and the President added that the restaurant staff believed that there had been some fraud.
Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju today assured that the government was taking the issue of attacks on Northeast students very seriously and with sensitivity.
Rijiju also held a meeting with senior police officials today to take stock of the situation.
A new survey has revealed one in four Brits cheat on their partners because they don’t get to go between the sheets more often.
According to the survey by a dating website, 18 percent men revealed they cheated because they were tired of arguing, the Daily Star reported.
Sigurd Vedal, founder of Victoria Milan, asserted that if men did not get it from their partners, it was very obvious that they’ll start looking elsewhere.
A British couple got the shock of their lives when they received an uplifting message from their dead grandmother’s number, with whom they had even buried her phone.
The pair was close to late Lesley Emerson and used to comfort themselves by texting messages to the phone they had buried with her 3 years ago, however, one day they received a cheery reply to their text saying “I’m watching over you and it’s all going to get better. Just push through,” News24.com reported.
Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius’ defence lawyer has revealed to the court that the double amputee athlete has no money left due to the expenses of the sentencing hearing of his murder trial.
Defence lawyer Barry Roux said that Pistorius was both broke and broken after the seven-month trial. The South African athlete was convicted of culpable homicide last month after shooting dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year on Valentines Day, but was cleared of murder.
Judge Thokozile Masipa is expected to deliver the sentence on Tuesday, The BBC reported.
Realty firm Supertech Ltd on Friday said it is handing over 1,000 housing units to customers in its two housing projects in Noida.
The two housing projects ‘Ecociti’ and ‘Capetown’ are spread over 13 acres and 50 acres, respectively.
These projects were launched in 2009-2010 and there has been a delay of 6-12 months in both these projects.
Real estate sector is facing a slowdown since last 2-3 years due to high interest rates and slow economic growth, resulting in huge delay in completion of projects.
Shares of IT bellwether TCS on Friday tumbled over 9 percent, eroding Rs 45,824 crore from its market valuation, after its September quarter numbers failed to meet market expectations.
The scrip of the country’s largest software exporter ended 8.73 percent lower at Rs 2,444.90 on the BSE. In intra-day, it tumbled 9.17 per cent to Rs 2,433.10.
At the NSE, the stock plunged 9.15 per cent to Rs 2,433.
Following the slump in the stock, the company’s market value diminished by Rs 45,823.6 crore to Rs 4,78,889.40 crore.
Akkineni Naga Chaithanya’s Oka Laila Kosam has hit the theaters worldwide solo today.
For Akkineni and Nag fans, October 17th has been big day as Oka Laila Kosam has received a positive response from the first shows, mostly by their fans.
Oka Laila Kosam is written and directed by Vijay Kumar Konda, has completed the morning shows in few areas and it looks that viewers are enjoying the chemistry of Chay and Pooja Hegde along with welcoming comedy by Ali.
Music composed by Anoop’s music elevates the movie as usual.
Oka Laila Kosam produced by Nagarjuna on Annapurna Studios.
A week after Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for championing the cause of children, a UN General Assembly (UNGA) committee approved a draft resolution strongly condemning violence against children and calling on countries to protect them.
Mayank Joshi, a First Secretary at India’s UN Mission, affirmed Thursday the nation’s strong commitment to the eradication of all forms of child labour and noted that recent amendments to laws prescribed stringent punishment to combat human trafficking, including the sale of children.
Former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ejaz Butt doesn’t appear to have forgotten his three-year-old dispute with flamboyant allrounder Shahid Afridi as he said that the former captain didn’t deserve to be in the national team.
After an impromptu meeting with the serving chairman, Shaharyar Khan at the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore, Butt told reporters that in his personal opinion Afridi shouldn’t be in the team.
As an Indian diplomat at the centre of a major diplomatic row between India and the US rekindled her case, the US said its “focus has been on moving our relationship forward.”
“I’m not aware of anything recently or anything through official channels,” State Department spokesperson told reporters Thursday when asked about the allegations made by Devyani Khobragade, India’s former deputy consul general in New York.
An Indian engineer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by deportation for stealing trade secrets from medical technology giant Becton Dickinson and another New Jersey company.
Ketankumar Maniar, 38, who is also known as Ketan Maniar, had pleaded guilty to two counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets in May, according to Northjersey.com.
Maniar, who has been in custody since his June 2013 arrest, was sentenced in federal court in Trenton Thursday. He was also ordered to pay BD restitution of $32,454.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top military officers at the defence ministry War Room here Friday at a time when tension continues along the border with both China and Pakistan.
The Combined Commanders’ Conference is the first meeting of the prime minister with all top commanders, including the three service chiefs.
The three service chiefs are expected to give elaborate presentations to the prime minister on the security scenario.
Four persons have been booked in connection with an alleged gang rape of a 26-year-old girl in Shamli district, police said on Friday.
The incident had taken place two months ago at Jhinjhana town, when the victim was allegedly gang raped by two youths Rashid and Mobin, police said, adding, they were aided by two girls in the crime.
A case was registered against the two accused youths and two women identified as Reshma and Imrana on Thursday under section 376 and 120 B of IPC, they said.
The accused are absconding, they said.
–PTI
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad visited the various border camps for people displaced due to the incessant ceasefire violations here on Thursday and praised those who are facing fire and bullets for the sovereignty of the country.
After last release of ‘Aagadu’ bombed at Box Office,aActor Mahesh Babu, charging huge pay for his next project, but the actor reportedly denied to take 40% of his remuneration out of 18 cr (as reported in media).
Mahesh strictly informed his producers to tight the budget of the film and make sure not to exceed the film budget over Rs.45 crores. On the other side, Mahesh himself is taking remuneration of a whopping Rs 17 cr prior to the roll of the project.