After too many speculations, Justin Lin has finally announced the official title of the next installment of “Star Trek” movie series. According to the director, the upcoming movie will be called “Star Trek Beyond”.
Lin took to Twitter to announce the title of the film by sharing a photograph which was seemingly taken on the set of the movie, reports aceshowbiz.com.
“Let the next Starfleet voyage begin! #StarTrekBeyond #LLAP,” he captioned the image.
Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover is re-evaluating its keyless technology after a spate of thefts of luxury vehicles by new-age car thieves, a media report said on Sunday.
The Britain-based luxury car firm, which hopes to produce a driverless vehicle within the next decade, has filed a patent application in America that suggests it is developing a new security device that will lock and unlock the doors, but not be used to start the vehicle.
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Hamas today closed the offices of Gaza’s only mobile telephone company after accusing it of tax-dodging, a move experts said could halt all cellular services in the Palestinian territory.
Police in the Gaza Strip, which Hamas controls, shut the offices of Palestinian telecoms provider Jawwal in Gaza City and left notices proclaiming it was “on the orders of the (Hamas) public prosecutor”, an AFP correspondent said.
The company confirmed the closure, which was ordered last week by the public prosecutor, Ismail Jabr, for alleged “tax evasion”.
The global rating giant Moody’s said it expects India’s weakened rural economy to remain subdued through the fiscal year ending March 2016, particularly if the risk of below-average monsoon rainfall materialises.
It further pointed out that, the rural income growth in India has been stuck in the mid-to-low single digits in so far this year, well off the more than 20 per cent rates clocked in 2011.
Dick Costolo, the outgoing chief executive of Twitter, has warned that the next boss will have to manage an increasingly complex set of geopolitical challenges as well as the demands of Wall Street.
The 51-year-old confessed during a farewell interview published on his last day on the job that he underestimated the pressures that going public would place on the company, the Guardian reported.
Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday launched a “Hand Baggage Only” fares.
The new fare scheme is intended to offer discount for passengers who carry hand baggage only. The scheme will be available on most direct domestic flights with a minimum 30 days advance purchase.
It is estimated that the new scheme will provide a discount worth Rs 200 on a one-way flight. While for a round trip the discount can be as high as Rs 1,000.
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Rejecting Congress’s criticism that the ‘Smart City’ project was “elitist” in nature, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that the NDA government’s ambitious plan was aimed at benefiting “the poor who are forced to live on the fringes of growing urbanisation.”
Putting his claim to the test at a session on Housing-for- All in urban areas here, Naidu asked the members of the audience to give a frank opinion on whether they thought that the Smart City project was “pro-rich”.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Digvijay Singh’s move to file a petition, seeking a Supreme Court monitored Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Vyapam scam, and claimed that the former chief minister was challenging the authority of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
“All I can say is Dijvijay Singh has been known for creating political rhetoric. He wants to remain in the news,” BJP leader Siddharth Nath Singh told ANI.
The Indian women’s hockey team suffered a humiliating 7-0 defeat at the hands of world champions Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the Hockey World League on Tuesday.
Indian eves were no match against the Olympic champions Netherlands and were simply outclassed throughout the entire game.
The Dutch onslaught began from the opening minute when Naomi van As scored with a deft scoop and from there on didn’t gave the 13th ranked opponent a chance to make a comeback into the game.
Starting Tuesday people can see traffic information for 12 new cities, including Visakhapatnam, Kolkata and Bhopal, on Google Maps. Among the other cities are Coimbatore, Lucknow, Surat, Indore, Ludhiana, Thiruvananthapuram, Nagpur, Kochi and Madurai.
The Congress on Wednesday opined that Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje should volunteer information on foreign trips made by her, after an RTI query revealed that the state government has no information for the same between 2009 to 2013.
“Vasundhara ji has been a chief minister and has been the leader of opposition. I believe she should volunteer the information herself. Anyway, all details of foreign trips are mentioned in the passport, so the government should have no problems in replying to the RTI,” Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said.
Detailed story to follow. (ANI)
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has said that the Islamic Republic is battling extremists from around 10 countries and is making all the sacrifices ‘alone’.
Addressing a gathering of women activists, politicians and diplomats in Kabul on Tuesday, Ghani called for an ‘enhanced’ regional cooperation to address regional challenges. He also urged the international community to help Afghanistan in eliminating the militant threat, reported NBC News.
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Wednesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement, wherein he had said that neither he nor his ministers would promote corruption in any way, has proved to be a sham over the charges levelled against Maharashtra Women and Child Welfare Minister Pankaja Munde and her state colleague Vinod Tawde.
Former soccer star David Beckham has inked a tattoo of Minion on his arm chosen by his daughter Harper.
The 40-year-old footballer was inspired by his three-year-old daughter to get a tattoo of the “Despicable Me” character on his already packed collection of body art, reported The Daily Mirror.
Victoria Beckham, 41, wife of the star took to Twitter to post a photo of the yellow creature adorning her husband’s arm.
“Harper has just added to Daddie’s tattoo collection… happy Tuesday in the sunshine! (sic),” she captioned the picture.
Six people have been arrested in connection with the lynching case in Nalanda, where a school director was beaten to death.
Devendra Prasad Sinha, the director of a private residential school here, was thrashed in full public view following the recovery of two bodies of children from a pond close to the institution.
The director’s family has demanded a CBI probe into the untoward incident.
According to reports, the situation here continues to be tense, with the protestors blocking vehicular movement in protest against the lynching of the director. (ANI)
India has made “moderate” progress in reducing open defecation rates among its population and has succeeded in providing access to improved drinking water to more people in urban and rural areas, according to a UN report.
The Joint Monitoring Programme report titled “Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water: 2015 Update and MDG Assessment” released by the UN Children’s Fund and the World Health Organization said one in every three or 2.4 billion people on the planet are still without sanitation facilities, including 946 million people who defecate in the open.
India baiter and hatred spewing Pakistani TV anchor Zaid Hamid has reportedly been sentenced to eight years in prison and 1000 lashes by a Saudi court for criticising the country’s government, unconfirmed reports have claimed.
Hamid was detained while on a private visit to the Kingdom with his wife. An official said that he made speeches against the Saudi government at a function two weeks ago and was arrested for lashing out against Arabs, reported Pakistan Destiny.
Hillary Clinton was advised to quietly take action against Pakistani military leaders who gave support to al-Qaeda and its affiliates, an email sent to her when she was Secretary of State shows.
Such an advice was given to Clinton by Samuel Richard “Sandy” Berger, who served as the United States National Security Advisor for President Bill Clinton from March 14, 1997, until January 20, 2001, as per the email dated October 3, 2009, declassified by the State Department yesterday.
A tranche of emails of Clinton when she was Secretary of State were released late last night.
When the times are hard economically, parents choose to their daughters over sons in financial matters, claims a new study.
Carlson School of Management and Rutgers Business School researchers found that parents who participated in their study, preferred to enroll a daughter rather than a son in beneficial programs, preferred to give a U.S. Treasury bond to a daughter rather than a son, and bequeathed a greater share of their assets to female offspring in their will when they perceived economic conditions to be poor.
Vacations are much more than just packing stuff and booking hotels as one needs to clutch to their money tight in order to control expenditures.
Before going on a vacation people should always contact their credit card company as a declined credit card can deflate vacation euphoria in an instant, reported LearnVest.
A person should always research transit options from the airport such as opting for buses, trains and shared cabs other than hiring a private cab and this will save you a lot of money.
Sisters Serena and Venus Williams, who have won the doubles title five times, withdrew from the Wimbledon women’s doubles on Tuesday.
No immediate reason has been given for the duo’s withdrawal till now.
Both sisters are still involved in the singles tournament and there is a huge possibility that they could meet in the fourth round.
Their place in the draw was taken by lucky losers Misaki Doi of Japan and Switzerland’s Stephanie Vogt, Sport24 reported.
Star shuttler Jwala Gutta, who clinched the 2015 Canada Open badminton doubles title with Ashwini Ponappa, said on Tuesday that she was hopeful of the government’s support for her game in the coming future.
“I hope the government supports me. I have been always optimistic about it and have been vocal about a lot of things. The victory again proves that we need the kind of support from the government. We deserve it and we will definitely make our country proud,” Gutta said after her return from Canada.
World number three Andy Murray began his Wimbledon campaign with a win against Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan on a hot afternoon in south west London.
The British ace took two hours and 13 minutes to beat Kukushkin 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 as the temperature hit 41 degree celsius on the Centre court, the BBC reported.
The third seed will now play either Dutchman Robin Haase or Alejandro Falla of Colombia in the second round. (ANI)
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has released a list of ‘wanted’ terror accused which is being criticized by Muslim organizations and right wing groups.
The list has at least 13 total terror accused with their photographs. 11 Muslim youth are labeled as ‘wanted’ and two Maoists belonging to CPI-M.
But, it doesn’t take account of any right wing accused wanted in Malegaon and other blasts.