Security agencies have killed three out of 10 suspected Pakistani terrorists who had entered India via Gujarat to carry out terror attacks during Maha Shivaratri festivities, a report said on Tuesday. Officials tracked down all the 10 suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists. While three terrorists have been neutralised, a massive search operation is on to hunt down the rest, as per CNN IBN. Important monuments and pilgrimage centers […]

Almost three decades after Salman Khan’s Baaghi (1990) hit the screens, Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor are ready with another film by the same name. This time, however, it comes with a tagline: Baaghi – A rebel for love. Directed by Sabbir Khan of Heropanti fame, 2016’s Baaghi boasts of high-octane action scenes and daredevil stunts. The trailer presents Tiger and Shraddha as Ronny and Sia: two youngsters ‘rebellious by […]

The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday cleared the decks for the three-day cultural extravaganza of Art of Living (AOL) on the flood plains of Yamuna river from Friday but imposed a fine of Rs five crores on it as environmental compensation. After posing tough questions, the tribunal also slapped fine of Rs five lakh on DDA and Rs one lakh on Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for not discharging statutory […]

Kailash – the abode of Lord Shiva and Ma Parvati in the majestic Himalayas – has been the centre of fascination for pilgrims for thousands of years. Considered holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains alike, it is considered the spiritual centre of Earth by many. There are enthralling stories associated with it – some Saints believe that 500 souls reside on this mountain and only when any one soul wishes […]

The actor was also a popular singer of folk songs and had brought out several albums. Popular Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani died at a private hospital here on Sunday evening. He was 45. The death occurred around 7.15 p.m. Dr. Sanjeev Singh, senior medical administrator at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences here, told The Hindu that the actor was admitted to the hospital on Saturday night with haematemesis (vomiting […]

Business owners and managers always rely on making the right decisions, in terms of following trends and bringing innovative ways to make their business more successful. But dealing with the process of making decisions and making the right choices, with risks of failure and success factors on the way, is seldom an easy task. Many professionals have problems connected to insecurity and not enough intel to deem confidence and take […]

Shrikant Jichkar: Man with highest number of degree Ever wondered as to how a single man can simultaneously be an IAS, IPS, Doctor, Lawyer, MBA, PhD, youngest MLA, Painter, Photographer and an actor, all in one lifetime? Here is what more you need to know about late Shrikant Jichkar. Limca Book of World Record holder Born into a Marathi family on September 14, 1954, based in Aajangaon near Nagpur, Shrikant […]

Director Hansal Mehta’s ‘Aligarh’ is a human rights story that reveals the plight of homosexuals in conservative Indian society. It is a tapestry of a compelling drama, enveloped between the two historical verdicts, the Delhi High Court first decriminalising and then the Supreme Court restoring criminalising Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code. It is the true story of Dr. S.R. Siras, a professor of Marathi and the head of […]

Actor Gerard Butler’s American action thriller film ‘London Has Fallen’ will hit Indian screens on March 4. The movie, a sequel to the 2013-release ‘Olympus Has Fallen,’ centres on an attack on London during the funeral of the British prime minister, who had died under mysterious circumstances. Butler will reprise his role as an ultra-resourceful US Secret Service agent. The film is distributed pan India by Panorama Studios and Niche […]

“Margakke Saavilla”, a documentary on the life of Kannada scholar and rationalist M M Kalburgi, who was murdered by two unknown men on August 30, 2015. The documentary, which will be finished by the third week of February 2016, will be released in Kannada with English subtitles. “Margakke Saavilla” is being funded by Kalburgi’s student Shashidhar Thodkar in Dharwad. It features over 50 resource persons including Kalburgi’s family members and, […]