New Delhi: Bollywood`s A-list actors and filmmakers have always aimed to release their movies on festival weekends. Many stars have managed to slot their films for an Eid, Diwali, or Christmas release and, consequently, received an overwhelming response by attracting crowds in larger numbers. While Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan are known for their…

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Thursday announced the appointment of former India spinner Ramesh Powar as the head coach of India women’s cricket team. Powar’s candidature was finalised and recommended to the BCCI by a three-member Cricket Advisory Committee The three-member Cricket Advisory Committee comprising Sulakshana Naik, Madan Lal and…

A little late in the day, but on January 18, the Congress high command appointed Oommen Chandy, the former chief minister and AICC (All India Congress Committee) general secretary, to lead the party’s campaign in the assembly election scheduled for April 6. The 77-year-old’s re-entry into state politics seems to have energised party workers as…

COVID-19 deaths in the US have tumbled to an average of around 600 per day — the lowest level in 10 months — with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and hitting zero on some days. Confirmed infections, meanwhile, have fallen to about 38,000 a day…

New Delhi: China on Monday (May 10, 2021) slammed the United States over the landing of the Chinese rocket debris and said that the US clearly holds double standard on this issue. The remnants of China’s biggest rocket, Long March 5B, landed into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives on Sunday with no reports of…

New Delhi: With employees working and students studying from the safety and comfort of their homes, there has been an increased demand for the internet. However, the recent hike in prices has made all the plans of all leading telecom companies more expensive than ever, with ‘unlimited data’ offers priced at several hundred rupees. BSNL…

New Delhi, May 13 (PTI) The demand for luxury homes has slowed down during the last one-and-a-half months due to the second wave of COVID-19 but real estate developers and consultants are hopeful that sales will pick up once situation normalises as it happened last year. Prices of luxury residential properties are likely to remain…

New Delhi: Famous television actor Shaheer Sheikh and wife Ruchikaa tied the knot in November 2020. And guess what? The fab-looking couple is expecting their first child. The duo was dating for almost two years before entering matrimony.  According to a report in the Times of India, the couple is keeping this news under wraps…

All English Champions league final between Manchester City and Chelsea has been shifted from Turkey’s Istanbul to Portugal’s Porto. Last week, Turkey was put on UK’s travel ‘red list’, meaning that no English fans would be able to attend the game. Manchester City will face Chelsea in Champions League final (Reuters Image) HIGHLIGHTS Champions League…

For Tamil Nadu’s Big Two Dravidian parties, the AIADMK (All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam), managing their poll allies’ demand for seats is turning out to be a tough ask. The difficulty in imposing their will on much smaller allies also gives away the apprehensions of these parties about the 2021…