New Delhi, February 23 Actor Alia Bhatt, who made her debut as a presenter at the 79th edition of the BAFTA Awards, surprised fans by starting her speech in Hindi to make a point about the universal nature of cinematic language. Bhatt presented the Best Film not in English Language category BAFTA to Norwegian filmmaker […]
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New Delhi, February 23 Union Cooperation Amit Shah on Monday said the newly launched cooperative cab service Bharat Taxi will guarantee a minimum base rate per kilometre for all drivers on its platform, asserting that existing ride-hailing aggregators had deliberately avoided setting such a floor to maximise corporate profits at the expense of workers. Addressing […]
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Mumbai, February 23 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said Ajit Pawar, who died in a plane crash last month, was “the best CM the state never had”. Maharashtra has lost a towering leader and administrator, he said in a glowing tribute to Ajit Pawar in the state assembly on the first day of […]
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New Delhi, February 23 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said it is too early to comment on the tariff changes announced by the United States and the commerce ministry is reviewing the situation. On Friday, the US Supreme Court gave a verdict against the sweeping import tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on trade […]
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The North News New Delhi, February 23 The RBI is watching the development around the Rs 590 crore fraud at IDFC First Bank and there is no systemic issue, Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Monday. IDFC First Bank had on Sunday disclosed a Rs 590-crore fraud committed by certain employees and others at a particular […]
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New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Delhi High Court to decide within three weeks the bail plea of Leena Paulose, wife of alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, in a Rs 200 crore extortion case. A bench of Justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh noted the submission of the lawyer appearing […]
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By Kushan Sarkar Ahmedabad, February 22 The one-dimensional “attack at all costs” template of the Indian batting unit was thoroughly exposed as the hosts failed their first big test against South Africa, comprehensively losing their opening Super Eights game by 76 runs in the T20 World Cup here on Sunday.While four victories on the trot […]
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The North News Chandigarh, February 23 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 crore each for the kin of two police personnel found dead with bullet wounds at a checkpost near the India-Pakistan border in Gurdaspur district on Sunday. The bodies of ASI Gurnam Singh and Home Guard Ashok […]
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New Delhi, February 23 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea of Subramanian Swamy challenging the Andhra Pradesh government’s decision to appoint a one-member committee to review the Special Investigation Team (SIT) report on the Tirumala laddu controversy. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymala Bagchi was hearing Swamy’s […]
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Mumbai, February 23 In a setback to industrialist Anil Ambani, the Bombay High Court on Monday quashed a single bench interim order that stayed proceedings initiated against him and Reliance Communications Ltd to classify their bank accounts as fraud. A division bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad allowed the appeals filed […]
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