Day: June 22, 2019

AP govt to distribute ration, cash relief at doorsteps

AP govt transfers 32 IAS officers

2:08 pm June 22, 2019

Amaravati(AP): The Andhra Pradesh government transferred as many as 32 IAS officers and gave postings to seven others, in a bureaucratic reshuffle. The transfer orders were issued Friday midnight. Three senior IAS officers including a Special Chief Secretary, who served in the previous Chief Minister’s Office, have not been given any postings yet, though they […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

2 liquor smugglers held in UP, 20 cartons seized: Police

2:04 pm June 22, 2019

Muzaffarnagar: Two alleged liquor smugglers have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district and 20 cartons of alcohol worth over Rs 1.5 lakhs were seized from them, police said Saturday. The two men, Bhim Singh and Krishan Malik, used to allegedly smuggle liquor from Haryana to UP, police said. They were arrested on Friday after […]

Rachel Morrison in talks for directorial debut ‘Flint Strong’

2:02 pm June 22, 2019

Los Angeles: Rachel Morrison, the Oscar-nominated cinematographer of “Mudbound” and Marvel’s “Black Panther”, is in negotiations to direct Universal Studios’ feature “Flint Strong”. The film, based on the Zackary Canepari and Drea Cooper-directed boxing documentary “T-Rex”, is being produced by Barry Jenkins, who has also penned the script. If finalised, the project would mark Morrison’s […]

James Marsden in talks for ‘The Stand’ adaptation

1:57 pm June 22, 2019

Los Angeles: “Westworld” star James Marsden is in negotiations to play a lead role in CBS All Access’ adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand”. The story is set in a world “decimated by a plague and locked in an elemental struggle between good and evil.” The novel also features the first appearance of long-running King […]

Three dead, dozens feared buried in Cambodia building collapse: officials

9:42 am June 22, 2019

Phnom Penh: At least three construction workers died when a seven-storey building collapsed in Cambodia early Saturday, officials said, with fears dozens more may be buried in the rubble. “We have pulled one body out, we can see two more,” Yun Min, governor of Preah Sihanouk province, told AFP while in a Facebook post, Information Minister Khieu […]