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Dubai: An Emirates plane flying from Kerala caught fire on a runway in Dubai on Wednesday, the airline said. “Emirates can confirm that an incident happened at Dubai International Airport at about 12.45 p.m,” it tweeted. The airline said all passengers were evacuated and there were no reported injuries.

Bengaluru: Global software major Wipro Ltd disagreed with the findings of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) that the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had shown undue favour to it, the company said on Wednesday. “We disagree with the findings of the (CAG) report that UIDAI extended undue favor to us. We […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to express an opinion on whether a lawmaker, after being expelled from a party, would attract disqualification under the anti-de fection law for defying its whip during voting in the legislature. “We are not answering the questions,” said a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Arun Mishra and […]

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu theatrical rights of S.S Rajamouli’s magnum opus “Baahubali 2”, which is on the verge of completion, have been snapped for a whopping price of Rs. 45 crore. “The TN theatrical rights have been bagged for Rs. 45 crore. The buyer is yet unknown because the makers have kept the name under […]

New York: In a yet another reported copying of mobile messaging app Snapchat which it once tried to buy for $3 billion, Facebook has announced a “Stories” format for Instagram that clones Snapchat’s popular feature. Instagram copying Snapchat’s “Stories” feature is a smart attempt to make its rival less unique and Facebook didn’t even give […]

Mumbai: Choreographer-turned-director Farah Khan, who is known to make films with established actors said on Tuesday that her next film is a girl-centric film which doesn’t have any stars in it. Farah Khan told IANS, “I have written a script and this time its a small script, and it’s not star-driven. It’s a two girls […]

London: TV personality Katie Price’s husband Kieran Hayler says they might renew their wedding vows in the “distant future”. The couple have got their marriage back on track after troubles ensued between them when Hayler was caught cheating with two of Price’s close friends. After Price dolled up in a wedding dress during filming for […]

Seoul: Giving a refreshing look to its Galaxy Note series ahead of the Apple event, Samsung has introduced an iris biometric scanner in its flagship Note 7 which, according to company officials, is the first globally. Announcing this at its Galaxy Note Unpacked 2016 here on Tuesday, Samsung said the Note 7 with curved display […]

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will participate in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil. The ceremony will be held on Friday. Ban will participate in a relay in which the Olympic Torch is handed over, Xinhua news agency quoted UN spokesperson Stephane […]

Washington: Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io has a thin atmosphere that collapses in the shadow of the planet condensing as ice, say NASA-funded researchers, revealing the freezing effects of its shadow during daily eclipses on the moon’s volcanic gases. Io is the most volcanically-active object in the solar system. “This is the first time scientists have […]

Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee government on Tuesday proposed to rename West Bengal as “Bengal”, dropping “West” from its name, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee said. “For the sake of the people of the state, its heritage and culture as well as to promote and protect its interests at the national level, we have proposed to […]

New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday fixed August 4 for pronouncing the quantum of punishment for Mahmood Farooqui, co-director of the 2010 Hindi film ‘Peepli Live’, convicted for the rape of an American woman. Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain reserved his order after the defence and prosecution concluded their arguments on the quantum of […]

New Delhi: Ahead of taking up the GST bill in the Rajya Sabha, the government on Tuesday circulated the amendments to the draft leislation among the members of the house. Some members, however, demanded that the bill should be circulated again as there were new members in the house, to which government agreed. The bill, […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asked young Indian civil servants to remain “fearless” and “frank” during their interactions with the senior officers. Modi addressed Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the 2014 batch before they start their three-month attachment as Assistant Secretaries to the central government. “Officers should not to be overawed […]

Shimla: In a setback to the state government, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Tuesday quashed a criminal case registered against state cricket body chief and BJP MP Anurag Thakur on charge of encroaching land to construct the Dharamsala stadium. It also set aside the chargesheet framed by the chief judicial magistrate of Dharamsala against […]