Day: August 20, 2019

Delhi: Water levels in Yamuna rise after heavy rains

Yamuna continues to swell, Delhi CM says situation under control

7:33 pm August 20, 2019

New Delhi: The Yamuna river was flowing almost a metre above the danger mark and it may swell even further after Haryana released 25,590 cusec of water from a barrage on Tuesday afternoon. However, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the current situation in under control. According to a Delhi government official, the river breached […]

Nikkhil’s film with John, ‘1911’, to go on floors in 2020

7:30 pm August 20, 2019

Mumbai: Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani says he will soon start writing the script of “1911”, which will reunite him with his “Batla House” actor John Abraham. “1911” follows the story of footballer Shibdas Bhaduri, who captained the football team Mohun Bagan in the historic 1911 IFA Shield Final, where it defeated the East Yorkshire Regiment with […]

Chris Pine to star in film about Richard Nixon lawyer John Dean

7:15 pm August 20, 2019

Los Angeles: Actor Chris Pine is set to portray John Dean, the former counsel to US president Richard Nixon, in a new film. The untitled project hails from Amazon Studios which recently acquired the pitch and is developing the movie with Dean. Dean, who served as Nixon’s counsel at the White House from 1970 to […]

Johnson Brexit letter offers no alternatives to Irish backstop: EU

7:07 pm August 20, 2019

Brussels: The EU on Tuesday gave a chilly response to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s letter demanding the scrapping of the Irish border backstop plan to achieve a Brexit deal, saying he had offered no workable alternative. “The letter does not provide a legal operational solution to prevent the return of a hard border on […]

India, Iran should work to expedite Chabahar Port development, connectivity to Afghanistan: Zarif

Iran says foreign minister Zarif to visit Macron in France

7:04 pm August 20, 2019

Tehran: Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is expected to visit Paris and meet with his counterpart and the French president on Friday, state news agency IRNA reported. “We will visit Paris on Friday to meet Emmanuel Macron and France’s foreign minister” Jean-Yves Le Drian, IRNA quoted Zarif as saying during a gathering of Iranians […]