- Fire at AIIMS, 22 fire tenders rushed
- Soldier killed in Pak firing along LoC in J-K's Rajouri
- Fire at AIIMS, 22 fire tenders rushed
- New Delhi: A fire broke out at the AIIMS here on Saturday evening and 22 fire tenders were rushed to the site.
- Soldier killed in Pak firing along LoC in J-K's Rajouri
- Jammu: An Army soldier was killed as Pakistan violated ceasefire by resorting to mortar shelling and small arms firing on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said.
- Jaitley on life support; Nitish, Piyush Goyal and others visit AIIMS
- Torrential rains lash northern states, alert sounded in Punjab
- Khadse warns against taking anybody and everybody into BJP
- Restrictions on movement of people in Kashmir Valley eased
- Normlacy returning to rain-hit kerala, toll reaches 113
- Nehru-Gandhi family has "brand equity": Adhir Chowdhury
- HP: 6 stuck in flash floods rescued, educational institutions closed in Kangra due to rain
- Jaitley on life support; Nitish, Piyush Goyal and others visit AIIMS
- New Delhi: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley has been put on life support system at AIIMS here, sources said, as several leaders including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union minister Piyush Goyal visited the hospital.
- Torrential rains lash northern states, alert sounded in Punjab
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Shimla/Jaipur/Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (PTI) Heavy rains lashed northern states with an alert sounded in Punjab following release of excess water from Bhakra dam and the Yamuna nearing the warning level in Delhi on Saturday, while normalcy was slowly returning to flood-ravaged Kerala, where so far 113 people have lost their lives.
- Khadse warns against taking anybody and everybody into BJP
- Admitting into party fold those
against whom the BJP had once levelled corruption charges was
not a good idea, senior party leader Eknath Khadse said on
Saturday.
- Restrictions on movement of people in Kashmir Valley eased
- Srinagar: Restrictions on the movement of people in the Kashmir Valley were eased, with landline services restored in some areas of the city, even as stringent security arrangements continued to be in place, officials said.
- Normlacy returning to rain-hit kerala, toll reaches 113
- Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 17 (PTI) As normalcy was slowly
returning to rain-battered Kerala, people have started moving
to their homes from relief camps, even as the toll climbed to
113 on Saturday, with more bodies being retrived from the
landslide hit districts of Malappuram and Wayanad.
- Nehru-Gandhi family has "brand equity": Adhir Chowdhury
- By Pradipta Tapadar
Kolkata, Aug 17 (PTI) The leader of the Congress in
Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has said it will be tough
for any leader from outside the Gandhi-Nehru family to run the
party, as it has "brand equity".
- HP: 6 stuck in flash floods rescued, educational institutions closed in Kangra due to rain
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Shimla, Aug 17 (PTI) All educational institutions in Kangra district have been asked to remain closed on Saturday due to incessant rainfall, an official said.
- Modi arrives in Bhutan on two-day visit
- Separatists vacate key offices in Yemen's Aden: Minister
- Hong Kong protest tensions heat up in Australia
- Modi arrives in Bhutan on two-day visit
- Paro: Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a red-carpet welcome as he arrived in Bhutan on a two-day state visit during which he will hold talks with Bhutanese leaders to further deepen the bilateral ties.
- Separatists vacate key offices in Yemen's Aden: Minister
- Southern separatists vacated key public buildings in Yemen''s second city Aden on Saturday that they had seized from unionist forces loyal to President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, his information minister said.
- Hong Kong protest tensions heat up in Australia
- Hundreds of pro-China demonstrators marched through Sydney Saturday in response to a growing number of rallies in support of the Hong Kong democracy protests as tensions between the two groups increasingly flare in Australia.
- Trump says Apple will spend 'vast sums' in US
- Coffee Day Enterprises says debt to fall to Rs 1,000 cr post sale of Bengaluru tech park
- Mahindra inaugurates its first automotive assembly plant in Sri Lanka
- Punjab & Sind Bank cuts MCLR by up to 20 basis points
- Trump says Apple will spend 'vast sums' in US
- Washington: Donald Trump said that tech giant Apple would be spending "vast sums" of money in the US in a tweet ahead of a dinner meeting with its CEO Tim Cook.
- Coffee Day Enterprises says debt to fall to Rs 1,000 cr post sale of Bengaluru tech park
- Cafe chain operator Coffee Day Enterprises on Saturday said its total debt is expected to reduce to around Rs 1,000 crore after adjusting the proceeds from sale of its Global Village Tech Park in Bengaluru to Blackstone.
- Mahindra inaugurates its first automotive assembly plant in Sri Lanka
- Auto major Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Saturday announced the inauguration of its local automotive assembly plant near Colombo, Sri Lanka .
- Punjab & Sind Bank cuts MCLR by up to 20 basis points
- State-owned Punjab & Sind Bank (PSB) on Saturday said it has lowered its marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by up to 0.20 per cent for various tenors.
- Need to understand why law graduate's natural choice is not legal profession: CJI
- Court reserves order on businessman Sana Satish Babu's bail plea
- Chopper scam: Willing to join probe, Ratul Puri tells court, seeks cancellation of NBW
- Need to understand why law graduate's natural choice is not legal profession: CJI
- New Delhi: CJI Ranjan Gogoi said there is a need to look at the role and functioning of lawyers and understand why a law graduate''s natural choice is not the legal profession in spite of great attractions and opportunities.
- Court reserves order on businessman Sana Satish Babu's bail plea
- A Delhi court will pronounce on August 17 its order on a bail plea of Hyderabad-based businessman Sana Satish Babu, who is arrested in connection with a money-laundering case involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi.
- Chopper scam: Willing to join probe, Ratul Puri tells court, seeks cancellation of NBW
- New Delhi: Ratul Puri, the nephew of MP Chief Minister Kamal Nath, told a Delhi court that he was willing to join the probe into the AgustaWestland chopper scam case, while seeking cancellation of a non-bailable warrant against him.
- Martin Freeman confirms 'Black Panther' return
- Acting is therapeutic for me: Anupriya Goenka
- Olivia Colman to guest star in 'The Simpsons'
- Steven Soderbergh secretly working on new film
- Justin Kurzel to direct 'Shantaram' series from Apple
- Elvis Presley animated spy series in works at Netflix
- Making 'Mission Mangal' was a big risk: Akshay Kumar
- Martin Freeman confirms 'Black Panther' return
- Los Angeles: Marvel Studios may not have made any formal announcements about "Black Panther" sequel, but actor Martin Freeman has confirmed his involvement in the project.
- Acting is therapeutic for me: Anupriya Goenka
- "Padmavaat", "Tiger Zinda Hai" and now "Sacred Games" are small yet seminal steps in Anupriya Goenka''s quest to become one of the industry''s most versatile performers.
- Olivia Colman to guest star in 'The Simpsons'
- Academy Award winner Olivia Colman is the latest addition to the star-studded voice cast of "The Simpsons".
The actor, who will be seen essaying the part of Queen Elizabeth II in the third season of "The Crown", will feature in the upcoming 31st season of the animated show.
- Steven Soderbergh secretly working on new film
- Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh has secretly started shooting his new film.
- Justin Kurzel to direct 'Shantaram' series from Apple
- Australian director-screenwriter Justin Kurzel is set to helm Apple''s "Shantaram" series.
The 10-episode original is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Gregory David Roberts.
- Elvis Presley animated spy series in works at Netflix
- Streaming platform Netflix has ordered an Elvis Presley animated action comedy series "Agent King".
Netflix announced the project on August 16, which marked the 42nd anniversary of the music icon''s death.
- Making 'Mission Mangal' was a big risk: Akshay Kumar
- Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar says his latest "Mission Mangal" was not an easy project to make as the space genre till now was an uncharted territory in Bollywood.
- Deepa Malik joins Bajrang for Khel Ratna, cricketer Jadeja among 19 for Arjuna
- Mary Kom recuses herself from Saturday's sports award meeting
- Endeavour is to facilitate smooth transition and leave team in happier space: Shastri
- Rijiju assures support to sprinter who 'ran 100m in 11 seconds'
- New Zealand set Sri Lanka tough 267 to win first Test
- Tokyo 2020 paratriathlon test shortened due to bad water quality
- Indian women start with 2-1 win over Japan in Olympic test event
- Proud' Lampard eyes first Chelsea win in home debut
- Deepa Malik joins Bajrang for Khel Ratna, cricketer Jadeja among 19 for Arjuna
- New Delhi: Paralympics silver medallist Deepa Malik was nominated for the country''s highest sporting honour - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award - along with Asian and Commonwealth Games champion wrestler Bajrang Punia.
- Mary Kom recuses herself from Saturday's sports award meeting
- Champion boxer MC Mary Kom on Saturday recused herself from the Dronacharya Award selection panel in order to avoid conflict of interest as her personal coach Chhotelal Yadav was in contention.
The six-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist''s presence in the panel raised eyebrows as her coach was also one of the candidates for Dronacharya, but Mary Kom promptly decided to recuse herself from the selection process.
- Endeavour is to facilitate smooth transition and leave team in happier space: Shastri
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Coolidge (Antigua), Aug 17 (PTI) The reappointed Ravi Shastri says his primary endeavour will be facilitating a smooth transition by the time he leaves the scene. There will also be room for experimentation, he said, as the team looks to leave a lasting legacy.
- Rijiju assures support to sprinter who 'ran 100m in 11 seconds'
- Acting on BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan''s request, the Union Sports Minister on Saturday assured support to Rameshwar Singh, an unknown man from Madhya Pradesh, whose video of him running 100 metres in 11 seconds has gone viral.
- New Zealand set Sri Lanka tough 267 to win first Test
- Galle (Sri Lanka), Aug 17 (AFP) New Zealand were bowled out for 285 in their second innings on Saturday, setting Sri Lanka a tough target of 267 runs to win the first Test at Galle.
- Tokyo 2020 paratriathlon test shortened due to bad water quality
- The swimming section of a paratriathlon test event for Tokyo 2020 was cancelled Saturday due to high levels of bacteria in the water, the latest in a series of difficulties over water quality and temperature.
- Indian women start with 2-1 win over Japan in Olympic test event
- The Indian women''s hockey team started its campaign in the Olympic test event with a resilient 2-1 victory over hosts Japan here on Saturday.
- Proud' Lampard eyes first Chelsea win in home debut
- London: Frank Lampard admits his first match as Chelsea manager at Stamford Bridge will be a proud occasion, but only a win against Leicester will make Sunday''s homecoming a truly memorable occasion.
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