Day: June 16, 2020

BAFTA film awards pushed to April 11, following Oscars change

2:34 pm June 16, 2020

Los Angeles: The British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) has announced April 11 as the new date for its 2021 film awards. The decision was taken after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shifted Oscars 2021 date from February 28 to April 25 in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Originally, the […]

Oscar Isaac to star in thriller London’ with Ben Stiller on board as director

2:27 pm June 16, 2020

Los Angeles: Actor Ben Stiller is set to direct Lionsgate thriller London starring Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac in the lead. The film is based on a new short story/high-concept thriller by bestselling crime writer Jo Nesbo, reported Deadline. Dune screenwriter Eric Roth is adapting the story for the feature film. Issac obtained the rights […]

Veteran journalist Dinu Randive dead

2:14 pm June 16, 2020

Mumbai: Veteran journalist Dinu Randive died here on Tuesday after a brief illness. He was 95. He died at his home in Dadar, a journalist said. Randive, who started his journalistic career in 1956, had also participated in the freedom struggle, the Sanyukta Maharashtra movement and the Goa liberation movement. He was conferred with the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Former Goa minister Achyut Usgaonkar dies

2:07 pm June 16, 2020

Panaji: Former Goa minister Achyut Kashinath Sinai Usgaonkar died at a hospital near here on Tuesday following age-related ailments, family sources said. He was 92. Usgaonkar was a leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), the oldest regional outfit in Goa. He served as a cabinet minister from August 13, 1977 to April 27, 1979 […]

Three militants killed in encounter in J-K’s Shopian

1:59 pm June 16, 2020

Srinagar: Three militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Turkawangam area of Shopian in south Kashmir this morning after receiving specific information about the presence of militants in the area, a police official […]