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In a big vacancy notification by the Staff Selection Commission, Haryana, (HSSC) a recruitment notification for the position of clerk has been released. Candidates can apply, online submission of application form, for the position from June 24. Interested and eligible candidates can apply for the positions before the deadline. The last date to apply for […]

Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Opposition DMK on Saturday began protests across the state against the AIADMK government’s failure to take prompt action to meet the state’s water crisis. The ruling party officials, meanwhile, were holding yagnas in temples seeking God’s blessings for the rains. With Chennai and several other places in Tamil Nadu facing an acute […]

Mumbai: Global gold demand dropped by 23 per cent during January-March quarter of this year to 815.7 tonne compared to the same period of 2020, mainly driven by outflows of…

San Francisco: Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who initiated the call to break up the social networking giant, has termed the new digital currency Libra “frightening”. In a series of tweets, Hughes said Libra has a long way to go before being successful, but in theory, it’s “brilliant and frightening”. “At the start of the week, […]

Kabul: Twelve militants and two security personnel were killed after a clash erupted in Tagab district of Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday. A group of Taliban militants, according to provincial police spokesman Abdul Shaqaeq Shurash, launched offensives on Shapigali and Nawa areas of Tagab district on Thursday night and police returned fire, triggering heavy fighting […]

Shillong: The United Kingdom and India have jointly invested over 75 million pounds in academic collaborations since 2006, effecting over 25,000 bilateral exchanges, an official said on Saturday. The bilateral investment, the biggest by any country with the UK in the recent past, has resulted in multiple policy dialogues and institutional partnerships, he said. “The […]

San Francisco: Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s grim forecast of humanity suggests that a “population bomb” would lead to a worldwide collapse in humans in the coming decades and everybody would start to see the evident effects by 2050. Musk’s prediction was triggered by a tweet from a page called World of Engineering that said: “1950 (historical) […]

If Telugu filmmakers or actors are having sleepless nights, it is because of Prabhas’ Saaho. Rumours are there that many filmmakers are rescheduling dates of their movies’ release due to the Baahubali’s high-octane thriller. Saaho is indeed another magnum opus of Prabhas which fans are eagerly waiting. The makers recently released the much awaited teaser […]

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a man, who allegedly killed his wife and three children inside a house in Mehrauli area of South Delhi. Upendra Shukla allegedly used a grinder stone cutting machine to kill his wife and two children, and strangulated one of his son’s to death. The gruesome murder came […]

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday further extended the state of emergency by a month considering the security situation in the country. The President signed an extraordinary gazette notification which said the emergency was in effect for public security, the preservation of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to […]

New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday said it had a registered a case against arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari and unknown officials of the Indian Air Force and the Defence Ministry in 2009 trainer aircraft deal case. A senior CBI official told IANS: “A case was registered against Bhandari and Bimal Darren, both directors of Offset […]

New Delhi: The international terror financing watchdog FATF has decided to keep Pakistan on its ‘Grey’ list for failure to curb funnelling of funds to terror groups LeT, JeM and others and has given a September deadline to compile with its 27-point action plan, sources here said. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which concluded […]

New Delhi: The life and legacy of legendary actor Amrish Puri was commemorated by Google with a doodle on his 87th birth anniversary on Saturday. Pune-based guest artiste Debangshu Moulik celebrated the talent that Amrish Puri was with the doodle. He was born in Punjab on this day in 1932, landed his first role at age […]

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister of Minority Affairs and Dairy Development Laxmi Narayan has landed in a controversy after a video of a government employee helping him wear his shoes went viral on the social media. The incident took place in Shahjahanpur where the Minister was participating in a yoga day celebration. The Minister, meanwhile, justified […]

Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan has thrown a fitness challenge to those who want a flat tummy. Dhawan, who has started shooting for “Street Dancer 3”, on Friday night uploaded a video in which he was seen doing a plank exercise (front hold). He said: “I have a big shoot coming up… So what we are doing… […]