Sunny Leone has steadily built a career in Hindi cinema over the years, and her recent performance in Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Kennedy’ earned her widespread appreciation. However, her entry into Bollywood was surrounded by intense debate due to her background as an adult film star. She made her acting debut in Hindi films with Pooja Bhatt’s…
New Delhi: Conversion of properties from leasehold to freehold in Delhi is an important right available to citizens, the high court has said, flagging the pendency of more than 1,300 such applications with Delhi Development Authority (DDA), for which the agency has collected over Rs 155 crore.Conversion enables citizens to freely deal with, transfer and…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a visually challenged man (33) who was booked for raping a college student (17) on the false pretext of releasing her from possession of ghosts.Justice Shyam Chandak on July 30 found “substance” in the submission of his advocate Ashley Cusher that “prima facie, this is a…
Map Issued By Traffic Police Bengaluru: Motorists travelling through central Bengaluru Tuesday should brace for traffic diversions as police have announced temporary restrictions in view of the Muharram procession scheduled on Aug 4.The procession will be taken out from Johnson Market to Elgin Apartments on Hosur Lashker Road between 1 pm and 5.30 pm.Vehicles from…
Fishermen from Srinivasapuram organized a hunger strike demanding house-site pattas in Chennai on Monday. Chennai: Nearly 100 residents of Mullikuppam–Srinivasapuram went on a hunger strike on Monday, demanding govt to issue land pattas for those under survey numbers 4592 and 4593.Protesters said that despite repeated representations to officials and the local MLA and Food and…
HCA is accused of misusing groundwater for the maintenance of the cricket pitch at Uppal stadium Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) has claimed in a status report filed before the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it is considering a rainwater harvesting and filtration system to meet the annual water requirement of the Rajiv Gandhi…
Varsha Ashok Aglawe, the newly appointed DG of Geological Survey of India (GSI) Kolkata: Varsha Ashok Aglawe on Monday assumed charge as the 54th director general of the Geological Survey of India (GSI), becoming the first woman to lead India’s premier geoscientific organisation in its 176-year history.She succeeds Asit Saha, who served as director general…
The villagers said that land is not merely an economic asset but an ancestral legacy that must be protected for future generations Valpoi: Residents of Advoi village in Sattari have unanimously resolved to safeguard their cultural heritage, natural resources and traditional way of life by deciding not to sell land, houses, plots and other properties…
Varanasi: To further strengthen its teaching infrastructure and enhance students’ research capabilities at UG and PG levels, Banaras Hindu University has launched a new scheme to provide financial support for proposals from faculty members for the modernization of teaching laboratories.The University has invited proposals for establishment of new teaching laboratories as well as for expansion,…
Hisar: Days after the body of a youngster was found near Kasaba Minor canal in Maujdin village under the Sadar police station limits, the Sirsa police on Monday claimed to have arrested a young woman and her brother for allegedly murdering the youth over a suspected love affair. Investigators said the accused were arrested following…
