Day: April 29, 2020

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Man booked for hiding travel history in J-K’s Samba

9:41 pm April 29, 2020

Jammu: A man was booked on Wednesday for hiding travel history and was subsequently put under administrative quarantine in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The man, a resident of Panjtilla, had returned from Delhi to his home onboard a truck carrying essential commodities and had not disclosed his travel history to authorities, […]

Fans mourn Irrfan Khan’s death as ‘personal loss’

9:36 pm April 29, 2020

New Delhi: With his simple personality, a charming smile and a wide range of work, Irrfan Khan broke the language barrier when it came to connecting with his fans, many of whom term his untimely demise as a “personal loss”. Be it a metropolitan like Delhi, or a small town like Jorhat in Assam or […]

Sultry Thursday in Delhi, light rain likely on Friday

Lockdown, rain bring down pollution level in Kolkata

9:28 pm April 29, 2020

Kolkata: Very little commercial activity during the over one-month-long lockdown and the spells of rain have improved the air quality in Kolkata, an official of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) said on Wednesday. The Air Quality Index monitoring station at Ballygunje in south Kolkata recorded an AQI of 33 (PM 2.5) at 2 […]

Lockdown: 4,000 Andhra fishermen leave Gujarat in buses

9:23 pm April 29, 2020

Ahmedabad: At least 4,000 fishermen from Andhra Pradesh, who were stranded in Gujarat amid the COVID-19 lockdown, were sent back home in 60-odd private buses from Veraval in Gir-Somnath district, an official said on Wednesday. The state government has also arranged for buses to ferry migrant workers of neighbouring states who were stranded in different […]

Alia, Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt accused of hurting Hindu sentiments

When Mahesh Bhatt once asked Irrfan to do ‘bad acting’!

9:18 pm April 29, 2020

New Delhi: Actor Irrfan Khan was so good at his craft that sometimes creators of his films had to ask him to do “gandi (bad) acting” and spoon-feed the audience. Irrfan was once in conversation with actor Kangana Ranaut during a web show “Film Companion” where the two critically-acclaimed artists talked about their profession and […]