SBI refuses to disclose electoral bonds' details under RTI Act

April 11, 2024 03:35 pm | Updated 03:36 pm IST - New Delhi The State Bank of India (SBI) has refused to disclose under the Right to Information (RTI) Act the details of the electoral bonds furnished to the Election Commission (EC) of India, claiming that it is personal information …...Read More

Lindy Cameron, U.K. Cyber Security Czar, to be next High Commissioner to India

April 11, 2024 03:28 pm | Updated 03:51 pm IST - LONDON Head of the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre Lindy Cameron has been appointed British High Commissioner to India, the U.K. government announced on April 11. Ms. Cameron, who is a West Asia, North Africa and Afghanistan hand replaces …...Read More

BSY upset over DKS accusing BJP of toppling ‘Vokkaliga govt’ in Karnataka

April 11, 2024 03:16 pm | Updated 03:16 pm IST - BENGALURU The remarks of Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC president D. K. Shivakumar that Adichunchanagiri mutt seer Nirmalanandanatha swami should have questioned the BJP leaders about the propriety of bringing down the erstwhile government, led by Vokkaliga leader H. …...Read More

The day Harold Wilson's mistress caught the eye of a controversial US president

Janet Hewlett-Davies, the Downing Street deputy press secretary who it's claimed had a secret affair with Harold Wilson in the 1970s, caught the eye of a controversial American president. On a state visit to the UK in 1974, Richard Nixon - just months before he resigned over the Watergate scandal …...Read More

EAM Jaishankar on Indo-Myanmar border fencing: “Government gives top priority to country’s security”

April 11, 2024 03:08 pm | Updated 03:34 pm IST - Aizawl External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday said the Centre decided to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and end the Free Movement Regime (FMR) because the government gives top priority to the country's security. He said this while speaking …...Read More

Unni Mukundan interview: On how his role in ‘Jai Ganesh’ was transformative personally and professionally

April 11, 2024 03:07 pm | Updated 03:37 pm IST When Unni Mukundan calls Jai Ganesh ‘a gem’, his best film yet,he does not say it lightly. “You don’t normally get films that change you as an individual. This film transformed me personally and professionally,” says the actor over the …...Read More

A timeline of the Tamil film producer and veteran Dravidian politician - The Hindu

April 11, 2024 03:01 pm | Updated 03:02 pm IST Ninety-seven-year-old veteran film producer and politician R.M Veerappan, fondly known as RMV, passed away due to age-related ailments at Apollo Hospitals in Chennai on April 9. RMV, who spearheaded the formation of late actor M.G. Ramachandran’s (MGR) party – the …...Read More

Karnataka HC okays continuation of screening of Hindi movie Maidaan

April 11, 2024 02:59 pm | Updated 03:32 pm IST - Bengaluru The High Court of Karnataka on April 11 cleared the way for Hindi movie Maidaan by staying the temporary injunction granted by a Mysuru civil court against the screening of the movie in any language in any form, …...Read More

Tabu interview on ‘Crew’ and box office success: This is a great phase to be in

April 11, 2024 02:37 pm | Updated 02:37 pm IST The Hindi heist comedyCrew, which breached the ₹100 crore mark at the box office recently, dispelled notions that post pandemic, only male-centric action dramas could rake in big numbers. Standing tall at the centre of the film’s success is actor …...Read More

Riyas Maulavi murder case: Judge who acquitted accused RSS workers transferred

April 11, 2024 02:27 pm | Updated 02:27 pm IST - Kasaragod Kasaragod District Principal Sessions Judge K.K. Balakrishnan who presided over the sensational Riyas Maulavi murder case in Kerala has been transferred to Alappuzha district as Principal Sessions Judge. District Judge and High Court IT division Registrar G. Gopakumar …...Read More