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The Centre’s notification lifting ban on bull taming sport Jallikattu during the festival of Pongal in Tamil Nadu was today challenged in the Supreme Court. The petitions seeking urgent hearing on the issue were mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur which agreed to hear it tomorrow. The pleas were filed […]
Today Gujarat government has announced its plan and policies for Film Festival promotion and incentives will be given for workshop for Film Making and Film Direction of Gujarati movies. Gujarat government will form autonomous body towards Gujarati Film promotion. Government will arrange Gujarati Film Festival.
Today Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel attended Prarthna Sabhaa of late NathiBaa, mother of Opposition Leader of Shankarsinh Vaghela and paid homage to departed soul.
Mr Perfectionist and Bollywood star Aamir Khan has been replaced as the brand ambassador of Incredible India and now he has been dropped from the government’s road safety campaign also. Aamir Khan, was removed as the mascot of ‘Incredible India’ campaign after 10 years, had said he respects the government’s decision to “discontinue” his services […]
The Arvind Kejriwal government’s Odd-Even scheme will continue till January 15 as planned, the Delhi High Court ruled today and said it would continue hearing petitions challenging the new traffic rules on February 15. The court said it would “not interfere with the notification” that allows only cars with odd-numbered licence plates on Delhi’s roads […]
A Punjab SP, who was allegedly abducted by terrorists involved in the Pathankot attack, today appeared before NIA here for questioning in connection with the terror strike. NIA had issued summons to Salwinder Singh, who is at present Assistant Commandant of 75th battalion of Punjab Armed Police, to appear before the agency for thorough questioning […]
The benchmark BSE Sensex plunged over 335 points to hit a fresh 19-month low and the NSE Nifty crashed below the 7,500-mark in early trade today due to heavy selling by funds and investors tracking weak Asian markets amid persistent China fears. The 30-share index was trading down by 335.43 points, or 1.34 per cent, […]
DDCA today filed defamation suits in Delhi High Court against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP MP Kirti Azad for allegedly making defamatory remarks against it regarding its functioning and finances. “We (DDCA) have filed civil defamation suits against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Kirti Azad seeking Rs 2.5 crore as damages from […]
Young guns of Bollywood including Ranveer Singh, Sonakshi Sinha and Athiya Shetty have hailed Priyanka Chopra’s win at the People Choice Awards, calling her a deserving winner. Priyanka, 33, has won the best actress in a new TV series award for her American show “Quantico”, becoming the first Indian to win at the People Choice […]
The Goa government today said it will take up the issue of slashing export duty on iron ore to facilitate the exports with the Centre. “We will look into the matter by taking up the issue with the Union Mines Ministry,” state Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar told reporters today. He said the Union government can […]
