IIT Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal (Image credits: Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) NEW DELHI: Cloud seeding is only a short-term emergency tool to combat severe pollution and poses no threat to humans or the environment, IIT-Kanpur director Manindra Agrawal clarified. He said the process uses only minute quantities of chemicals to induce rain and is…
NEW DELHI: Red Chillies Entertainment has told the Delhi high court that Indian Revenue Service officer and former NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede’s defamation suit against its Netflix series The Bads of Bollywood is “misconceived,” arguing that the show is “a work of situational satire” and that Wankhede’s reputation had already been under public…
Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray (ANI) NEW DELHI: Former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray has been issued a show cause notice by the commission probing the 2018 Koregaon Bhima violence for failing to respond to an application seeking production of key documents related to the case.The inquiry panel, headed by former high court chief…
A man in Mumbai allegedly held 19 people hostage, including 17 children, inside a flat in Mumbai’s Powai area before being arrested and later shot dead by police. PM Modi accused the Congress and RJD of insulting Chhathi Maiyya and using the issue for political gain in Bihar. On the economic front, the ministry of…
CCTV footage from screengrab NEW DELHI: A chilling video has emerged showing the killing of Darshan Singh Sahsi, a 68-year-old Indian-origin businessman, who was shot dead in his car outside his home in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on Monday morning.The video shows that as unsuspecting Dharshan Singh sits in his car, an assailant quietly tiptoes toward…
MUMBAI: A 29-year-old man, who has played minor acting parts in shows, was arrested by Bangur Nagar Police for stealing motorcycles. Police said Sunit Chaudhary, who lives in Madh, has been booked in 14 offences of theft in the past. The latest incident of theft was reported in the basement parking area of a mall…
MUMBAI: A 29-year-old man, who has played minor acting parts in shows, was arrested by Bangur Nagar Police for stealing motorcycles. Police said Sunit Chaudhary, who lives in Madh, has been booked in 14 offences of theft in the past. The latest incident of theft was reported in the basement parking area of a mall…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha launched a pointedly gendered attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, contrasting him with former PM Indira Gandhi. Speaking ahead of the Bihar polls, he compared the 1971 war situation to Operation Sindoor, saying that then PM Gandhi, “being a woman”, handled the situation with more strength “than…
Mumbai Oct 29 (IANS) Indian television host Bharti Singh is all set to embrace motherhood for the second time. Indian television host Bharti Singh is all set to embrace motherhood for the second time. Taking to her vlogs, Bharti revealed that she saw her baby’s colour sonography and expressed her emotions. “The baby is very…
Wing Commander Shivangi Singh, India’s sole woman Rafale pilot, gained national attention as President Droupadi Murmu experienced a historic sortie in the fighter jet. NEW DELHI: Wing Commander Shivangi Singh, India’s only woman Rafale pilot, has drawn national attention once again after President Droupadi Murmu met her during her historic sortie in the Rafale fighter…
