Rebel Wilson`s directorial debut `The Deb` has been selected as the closing film of this year`s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). On the other hand, director David Gordon Green`s `Nutcrackers` will be the opening night film at the 49th edition, as per Variety. `The Deb` is an original musical comedy about two teenage cousins who…
Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant`s wedding celebration proved to be a lavish affair and was attended by the who`s who of the business, political and entertainment worlds. The family also invited people who have and continue to share close bond with them as well. Among them is Anant`s former nanny, Lalita D`Silva. But did you…
Three persons were killed and four others feared dead after a massive landslide near Shirur village in Karnataka`s Uttara Kannada district on Tuesday, officials said. Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said seven persons, including four members of a family, were feared killed in the landslide on National Highway 66. A police officer told PTI:…
An event to remember: The wedding of Lakshminarayani, daughter of S.S. Vasan, that took place in May 1950 was the mega event of its time. | Photo Credit: SS Vasan Nootrandu Malar A wedding has taken hold of social and other kinds of media and made news the world over. Who would think that there was…
Paradise for tipplers: Drunkenness among the native people was noticeable more in Ootacamund, especially on Tuesdays when the weekly market gathered. In 1860, the residents held a meeting and called for a law. The hill station was not free from illicit liquor either. It was smuggled from Ernad taluk of Malabar into O’Valley. | Photo…
Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, BJP MLA. | Photo Credit: File Photo Disgruntled BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal continued to embarrass the BJP State leadership by supporting the demand of the Congress for ordering a probe into scams in all the SC/ST bodies, including those that took place during the erstwhile BJP regime, and also urging BJP…
The Directorate of School Education on Tuesday said that all schools in Puducherry will remain closed on Wednesday, July 17, on the occasion of Muharram, reported ANI. “The Time table for the Conduct of Common Periodical Test- I has been communicated to all the Government Schools in the U.T. of Puducherry. The Periodical Test scheduled…
The building that caught fire in Mayur Vihar Phase-2. A fire that broke out on the ground floor of a building in east Delhi’s Mayur Vihar gutted several shops on its upper floors, a Delhi Fire Service (DFS) official said on Monday. While no one was injured in the incident, one person had to be…
Haryana Assembly Elections 2024: Union Home Minister and BJP leader Amit Shah took a swipe at senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s ‘Haryana Mange Hisaab’ campaign, demanding accountability for what he termed as a decade of misgovernance and hindrance to Haryana’s progress. “Baniya ka beta hu, payi-payi ka hisab leke chalta hu [I am the…
Cotton stocks extended gains on Tuesday, July 16, after domestic rating agency ICRA lifted the FY25 growth forecast for the Indian cotton spinning industry. ICRA expects the domestic cotton spinning industry to recover in fiscal 2024-25 (FY25), growing by 6-8 per cent over volume growth and mild realisation gains. Leading cotton stocks listed on D-Street…
