Day: July 23, 2019

Plea in HC to direct CBSE affiliated schools to publish docs on criteria to calculate class 10 marks

HC bars release of Telugu remake of ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’

6:56 pm July 23, 2019

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has held that Yash Raj Films’ 2010 movie ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ starring Ranveer Singh and Anushka Sharma was “blatantly copied” by the makers of Telugu film ‘Jabardasth’ and the copyright of the Bollywood flick was infringed. The court decreed the suit in favour of Yash Raj Films and restrained […]

Whale shark population declined by 63pc in 75 yrs: WTI

International shark meet to be held in Kochi on July 24

6:54 pm July 23, 2019

Kochi: Eminent researchers from across the globe working on shark trade and representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations will meet here this week to discuss the priorities in monitoring shark and ray fisheries, trade and market chain assessment. The four-day international panel discussion is being organised at the Central […]

Team co-led by Indian scientists solve 100-year-old mystery of how malaria affects brain

Japanese Encephalitis toll in Assam climbs to 110

6:45 pm July 23, 2019

Guwahati: The Japanese Encephalitis death toll in Assam since the beginning of this month rose to 110 with nine more casualties being reported in the last three days, according to a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin here on Tuesday. The nine Japanese Encephalitis (JE) deaths were reported from Goalpara, Sonitpur, Barpeta, Dhubri, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar […]

Goa's iconic Club Tito's sold by owners citing harassment

Kingpin of drugs trade in Goa yet to be identified: CM

1:25 pm July 23, 2019

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said the kingpin of drugs trade in the state was yet to be traced, but the police’s anti-narcotics cell was making all efforts to nab him. The investigation into the drug peddling in the state was based on the information provided by those arrested so far, Sawant […]

Sonia slams Centre for ‘anti-people’ activities, ‘exploiting’ farmers

RTI on brink of extinction, Central govt wants to subvert Act: Sonia Gandhi

1:23 pm July 23, 2019

New Delhi: UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said the Centre is hell-bent on subverting the RTI Act which now stands on the “brink of extinction”, a day after Lok Sabha passed amendments to the Act amid strong opposition protests. In a statement, she said it is clear that the present central government sees the […]