Mumbai

Actor Ajaz Khan sent to 14-day judicial custody for controversial videos

10:43 pm July 20, 2019

Mumbai: A court here sent actor Ajaz Khan to judicial custody for 14 days on Saturday for allegedly uploading videos promoting communal hatred on a social media platform. Khan was arrested by the cyber wing of the Mumbai police on July 17 and booked under IPC section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds […]

Lata Mangeshkar, Akshay Kumar mourn Sheila Dikshit’s demise

10:21 pm July 20, 2019

Mumbai: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar and superstar Akshay Kumar and other Bollywood celebrities on Saturday condoled the death of former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit. Dikshit, who served as the Delhi CM for three terms, passed away on Saturday afternoon after suffering a cardiac arrest. She was 81. Mangeshkar remembered the former Delhi CM as […]

Elderly woman jumps to death over illness

8:47 pm July 20, 2019

Mumbai: Apparently depressed due to illness, a 71-year-old woman killed herself Saturday by jumping off the window from her 19th floor apartment in Powai here, police said. The deceased, Mridula Bhattacharya, opened the window in her room, stepped on the ledge, and leapt around 9.30 am, an official said. She shared the flat in Norita […]

Dhoni mature enough to take decision on retirement: Jadgale

8:41 pm July 19, 2019

Indore: Amid speculation that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is contemplating retirement, former national selector Sanjay Jagdale Friday said the M S K Prasad-led selection panel should find out what was going on in the veteran wicket-keeper’s mind about his future. However, Jagdale, a former BCCI secretary, asserted that Dhoni was mature enough to take a call […]

Sensex plummets 560 pts; bank, auto stocks bleed

5:56 pm July 19, 2019

Mumbai: Extending losses for the second consecutive session, market benchmark BSE Sensex plunged 560 points Friday after the government thwarted hopes of a tax relief for FPIs. Led by a sell-off in auto and banking stocks, the 30-share index cracked 560.45 points or 1.44 per cent to settle at 38,337.01. It hit an intra-day low […]