Thursday, March 28, 2024

Archive News of March 28, 2024

Delhi HC orders inclusion of accessibility features in cinema for visually & hearing impaired

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court recently directed the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) to finalise and publicise guidelines by July 15, ensuring that films are more accessible to visually and hearing-impaired individuals.

Animal's chopped remains found in Delhi's Burari area

NEW DELHI: Chopped remains, suspected to be of an animal, were found in an open field in Delhi’s Burari area, police said on Thursday.

Man's decomposed body found in Delhi

NEW DELHI: A highly decomposed body of a man was found near Delhi’s Madipur metro station on Thursday, police said.

Political conspiracy, claims Kejriwal while being taken to Rouse Avenue Court

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal, while being taken to the Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday, dubbed his arrest in the liquor policy case as a “political conspiracy” and said the public would give an apt reply to it.

CM Vijayan & CPI(M) tread cautiously after ED case against Veena Vijayan

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after the Enforcement Directorate initiated an investigation into a money laundering case involving Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter Veena Vijayan’s IT firm and the Cochin-based mining firm CMRL, the CM and the CPI(M) are treading cautiously.

IPL 2024: 'They opened for Australia...', says Ganguly on DC's opting for Warner, Marsh as opening pair vs PBKS

JAIPUR: Director of Cricket for Delhi Capitals Sourav Ganguly shed light on the rationale behind Delhi Capitals (DC) opting for an all-Australian opening combination of David Warner and Mitchell Marsh, sidelining the opener Prithvi Shaw, in their tournament opener against Punjab Kings (PBKS) in IPL 2024.

IPL 2024 opening day delivers record-breaking TV viewership with 16.8 cr viewers

MUMBAI: The opening day of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) 17th season delivered a record-breaking TV viewership with 16.8 Crore viewers.

IPL 2024: Cummins thanks 'amazing crowd' after 'insane' win over MI

HYDERABAD: Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins expressed relief and excitement at finishing on the winning side of the pulsating contest after the host clinched a victory by 31 runs against Mumbai Indians (MI) in a jaw-dropping IPL showdown on Wednesday and heaped praise on young batter Abhishek Shamra for scoring the fastest fifty of the tournament.

New paper-based device to make on-spot glucose testing using smartphone

JODHPUR: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have developed a new low-cost, paper-based analytical device that can be connected to smartphones to provide on-spot detection of glucose levels.

A.R. Rahman says for him Imtiaz Ali is in same league as Mani Ratnam

MUMBAI: Oscar and Grammy-winning music composer A.R. Rahman, who is all set to bring his musical might with the upcoming streaming film 'Amar Singh Chamkila', said for him filmmaker Imtiaz Ali is in the same league as National Award-winning filmmaker Mani Ratnam.

Jennifer Winget shares horse-riding anecdote from 'Raisinghani vs Raisinghani' sets

MUMBAI: Actress Jennifer Winget, who essays the role of a lawyer Anushka Raisinghani in the legal drama show 'Raisinghani vs Raisinghani', has shared how her passion of horse-riding intertwined with her character's journey on the show.

Samantha on challenges of shooting ‘Citadel-Honey Bunny’: My strength fell by 50 pc

MUMBAI: Samantha Ruth Prabhu has talked about working on 'Citadel: Honey Bunny’, an Indian adaptation of American series 'Citadel'.

Kriti Sanon reveals her biggest fear: ‘Getting stagnant and typecast’

MUMBAI: Actress Kriti Sanon has talked about what she fears and said that she is afraid of getting typecast and stagnant.

Credit cards woes form largest chunk of complaints for private banks, mobile banking for public sector banks

NEW DELHI: The largest share of public sector banks' complaints is for mobile banking while for private banks, it is for credit cards, brokerage firm Elara Securities said.

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann blessed with baby girl

CHANDIGARH: Amid poll heat, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his wife Gurpreet Kaur were blessed with a baby girl on Thursday.

Nomination process for Lok Sabha polls begins in K’taka

BENGALURU: The major political parties in Karnataka are gearing up to submit their nominations for the 14 parliamentary seats going to polls on April 26, as the process of submission of nominations to the Election Commission of India began on Thursday.

UP's Ballia court sentences five to life imprisonment in 2007 murder case

BALLIA: A court in Ballia district has sentenced five people to life imprisonment in a 2007 murder case.

Congress' former MP, two ex-MLAs join BJP in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL: A former MP and two ex-MLAs from Madhya Pradesh's Mahakaushal region resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP on Thursday.

Delhi HC dismisses Cong pleas against income tax re-assessment

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday turned down the pleas of Congress challenging the initiation of income tax re-assessment proceedings for the fiscal years 2017-18 to 2020-21.

IPL 2024: Bravo, Pollard throw support to Maphaka after his tough outing in debut match

HYDERABAD: Former West Indies greats Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo extended words of encouragement to U-19 prodigy Kwena Maphaka, urging him to keep his chin up after the youngster conceded 66 runs in his allotted overs against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Wednesday.

Abhishekh Khan on why it's 'incredibly easy' to work with Rajat Kapoor: Treated me like his son

MUMBAI: Actor Abhishekh Khan, who is receiving a lot of positive response to his work in the recently released streaming series 'Lootere', has shared his experience of working with the acclaimed actor Rajat Kapoor in the series.

Five killed in two road accidents in Andhra Pradesh

AMARAVATI: Five persons were killed in two separate road accidents in Andhra Pradesh on Thursday, police said.

AAP accuses BJP of 'poaching' MP, MLA in Punjab

NEW DELHI: AAP leader and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday alleged that BJP has poached their party's MP Sushil Kumar Rinku and MLA Sheetal Angural, and that "numerous MLAs in the state had been tempted with financial incentives to defect and align with the BJP, with promises of Y+ security and positions".

Lawyers write to CJI over group trying to ‘pressurise judiciary’

NEW DELHI: A group of senior lawyers, including Senior Advocate Harish Salve, Bar Council of India Chairperson, Manan Kumar Mishra, in a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), expressed concerns against mounting political and professional pressure through the actions of an interest group, which they alleged was aimed at undermining the judiciary’s integrity.

New AI tool can predict fatal heart rhythm with 80 pc accuracy

LONDON: British researchers have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can predict a person's risk of a lethal heart rhythm with 80 per cent accuracy.

IPL 2024: 'Perplexed, beyond my understanding', Smith, Pathan slam Hardik's tactics of using Bumrah vs SRH

HYDERABAD: Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya’s decision not to give Jasprit Bumrah more than one over until the 13th over of the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) innings during the IPL 2024 match on Wednesday night came in for criticism from all the corners as the hosts blazed to 277/3, the highest total in the history of IPL.

Abhay Deol leaves little to imagination in bedroom pic; 'if only I could wake up next to you’

MUMBAI: Actor Abhay Deol got the mercury soaring by sharing a string of risque pictures from his bedroom on social media.

Bobby Deol turns villain for as-yet-untitled spy film starring Alia Bhatt

MUMBAI: Bobby Deol, who created waves with his menacing character Abrar Haque in 'Animal', is all set to go gray once again for Alia Bhatt’s upcoming spy film by Yash Raj Films.

'Maidaan’ director spells out emotions he wishes to rouse through 'Team India Hain Hum’

MUMBAI: The makers of the upcoming film 'Maidaan' have dropped a new track ‘Team India Hain Hum’, which spotlights the dedication of every Indian athlete.

Adani’s copper unit in Mundra begins operations, to generate 7,000 jobs

AHMEDABAD: Making a debut for the Adani Portfolio in the metal industry, Kutch Copper, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL), on Thursday commissioned the first unit of its greenfield copper refinery project at Mundra, Gujarat, by dispatching the maiden batch of cathodes to customers.

Israel bracing for six-week Rafah operation immediately after Ramzan

TEL AVIV: The Israel government is bracing for a final operation in the Rafah region in Gaza bordering Egypt where it believes that most of the Israeli hostages and their handlers are.

India launches new database to record crimes against UN peacekeepers

UNITED NATIONS: Indian Ambassador to the UN, Ruchira Kamboj, announced the launch of a new database designed to record crimes against peacekeepers during a high-level meeting of the India-led Group of Friends (GOF).

Meghalaya CM thanks PM Modi for not fielding BJP candidates

SHILLONG: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not fielding BJP candidates in two parliamentary seats in the state.

Shiv Sena aspirant may retreat, leave Baramati battle to Pawar ‘nanad-bhabhi’

MUMBAI: In a significant development, a former legislator of the ruling Shiv Sena Vijay Shivtare is likely to quit the battle for Baramati, after he met top leaders of the MahaYuti alliance here on Thursday.

Bengaluru Cafe blast: NIA detains two more suspects

BENGALURU: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained two more suspects in connection with the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case, sources said on Thursday.

CM Kejriwal to be produced before Delhi court today as 6-day ED custody ends

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be produced before a court here on Thursday on expiry of his six-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.

Devine out of 5th T20I against England with injury; Plimmer comes in as replacement

WELLINGTON: New Zealand women's cricket team captain Sophie Devine has been ruled out of the fifth T20I against England following a quad injury she sustained on Wednesday while bowling in the fourth match of the series.

Stoinis, Harris, Neser, Agar miss out as Australia announce national contracts for 2024-25

MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia on Thursday announced a 23-man group of centrally contracted men's players for 2024-25 with veteran allrounder Marcus Stoinis, spinner Ashton Agar along with opener Marcus Harris, seamer Michael Neser as the four big omissions from the list.

Alexandrova posts upset with victory over Pegula to enter Miami semifinal

FLORIDA: No.14 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova continued her impressive form at the Miami Open, making the semifinals with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 upset win over No.5 seed American Jessica Pegula at the WTA 1000 event.

Messi: Retirement not on my mind

WASHINGTON: Lionel Messi has not yet thought about retirement and says age will not be a determining factor in his decision to end his playing career.

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