Lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan, held guilty of contempt for his tweets on judge of India SA Bobde and therefore the Supreme Court, has refused to retract or apologise because the three-day time window given by the court expired today. He tweets represented a bonafide belief that he holds and an apology, conditional or unconditional, would be insincere, Mr Bhushan told the court. “If I retract a press release before this court that I otherwise believe to be true offer an insincere apology, that in my eyes would amount to the contempt of my conscience and of an establishment I hold in…
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Actor Vidya Balan, who is probably going to resume shoot of her upcoming film “Sherni” in October, says shooting amid the coronavirus pandemic are going to be a challenge and she or he is up for it. Production on “Sherni”, helmed by “Newton” director Amit Masurkar, came to a halt in mid-March because the country went into lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. Balan, who is about to play a forest officer within the film, said the perfect situation are going to be to resume shoot post monsoon and therefore the team is hoping to travel on floors in…
Several people are feared trapped under the debris of a five-storey building that collapsed in Maharashtra’s Raigad district on Monday afternoon. The police and rescue workers are on the spot and efforts to bring people out of the debris are underway. The incident took place in the Kajalpur area of the district. The number of people affected or injured is not known yet, however, visuals from the site of collapse show people being taken to the hospital in an ambulance. The reason for the building’s collapse is yet to be ascertained. The region has been receiving heavy rainfall for the…
India’s top sprinter Dutee Chand says Her best is yet to come. Dutee Chand says her selection for the Arjuna award has come at the proper time because it would motivate her to breach the “difficult” Olympic qualification mark. The 24-year-old Dutee, silver medallist in both 100m and 200m within the 2018 Asian Games, was on Friday selected for the honour along side 26 others. She features a personal better of 11.22 seconds which she recorded last year. Dutee featured within the Rio Olympics by breaching the qualifying standard of 11.32 seconds but this point the mark is 11.15 seconds.…
The Opposition has moved a no-confidence motion against the Kerala government in the assembly, alleging that the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government is involved in corruption. The no-confidence motion, moved by MLA VD Satheesan, will be taken up on Monday as the Kerala Assembly convenes for a day amid the coronavirus pandemic. Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala says Speaker shouldn’t chair the house as Opposition has moved a motion for his removal over his alleged links with gold smuggling accused. Speaker says notice should have been given 14 days ago as per rules & motion cannot be allowed. https://t.co/rWfNiSwa8d The brief session…
Single-day spike of 61,408 infections has taken India’s coronavirus caseload to 31,06,348, data from the Union Health Ministry this morning showed. The number of deaths climbed to 57,542 with 836 people dying of the disease in a span of 24 hours. Recoveries among COVID-19 patients in the country surged to 23,38,035, pushing India’s recovery rate to 75.27 per cent. Maharashtra accounts for the maximum of cases (6,82,383), followed by Tamil Nadu (3,79,385), Andhra Pradesh (3,53,111), Karnataka (2,77,814), Uttar Pradesh (1,87,781) and Delhi (1,61,466). India is the country with the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world after the United States and…
The new National Education Policy (NEP) is among the most important measures the BJP government has implemented during its tenure, and found mention in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on India’s 74th Independence Day as an important step to strengthen research and innovation in the country to help it progress in a competitive world, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said. Addressing the nation on India’s 74th Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort, the prime minister said the NEP seeks to strengthen research and innovation in the country to help it progress in a…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is reportedly in a coma and his sister Kim Yo-jong will be exercising de facto control over national and international matters, several media outlets said quoting a former aide of South Korea’s late president Kim Dae-jung. Chang Song-min, who served Kim Dae-jung as a political affairs secretary and as head of the state affairs monitoring office, reportedly claimed in a social media post that no North Korean leader would entrust any of his authority to another person unless he was too sick to rule or was removed through a coup. “I assess him (Kim Jong…
As Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday announced that film and television shoot can be resumed with necessary safety protocols, several celebrities, including Aparshakti Khurana, Karan Tacker and Nidhhi Agerwal welcomed the decision and the changes which need to be implemented. “Words can’t explain how much I missed shooting and wanted it to resume. This green signal from I&B Ministry will not only benefit actors psychologically but it also empower so many other people (who aren’t as privileged) resume their lives, financially,” Aparshakti told IANS. The new Standing Operation Procedures (SOPs), which have been released , ensures…
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CEONMDnpjAo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The beautiful images captured show the peacocks dance in its full glory in what is believed to be PM’s residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg. https://www.instagram.com/tv/CEONMDnpjAo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The video was shared with a caption “precious moments” and showed various snippets of PM Modi spending some time feeding grains to the peacocks. The beautiful images captured show the peacocks dance in its full glory in what is believed to be PM’s residence at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg