Rajinikanth’s comments come ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly election next year and almost after two years since he first announced the timeline for his party’s launch. Superstar Rajinikanth today said he has “never imagined myself as Chief Minister” and that he “only want change”. His statements come ahead of the Tamil Nadu assembly election next year and almost after two years since he first announced the timeline for his party’s launch. “I had the opportunity in 1996 and did not take it up at 45. If I do it now, I would be called a fool,” Rajinikanth, 69, said…
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Hollywood star Tom Hanks and his actress wife Rita wife have tested positive for coronavirus, the actor announced on Twitter this morning. He said the couple is in Australia at present. Tom Hanks, 63, said he and Rita Wilson came down with a fever while in Australia and will now be isolated and monitored. “We felt a bit tired, like we had colds, and some body aches. Rita had some chills that came and went. Slight fevers too. To play things right, as is needed in the world right now, we were tested for the Coronavirus, and were found to…
As the cases of the coronavirus continued to swell with over 1,19,400 confirmed cases reported globally so far out of which over 4,300 people have succumbed to the virus, the World Health Organisation said that it was categorising the outbreak of the novel coronavirus as a pandemic. “Pandemic means every person on the Earth is prone to COVID-19” The number of coronavirus cases in the country crossed 60 on Wednesday, with the Union heath ministry confirming at least 10 new cases amid new restrictions to control the spread of the virus. It its second review meeting held under the chairmanship…
A special court on Wednesday extended till March 16 the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor, arrested on money-laundering charges. During the hearing, the ED told the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court that Kapoor had sanctioned loans worth ₹30,000 crore to different entities during his tenure. Kapoor, 62, former MD and CEO of the private bank, was arrested by the ED in Mumbai on Sunday under provisions of the PMLA as he was allegedly not cooperating in the probe. He was earlier remanded in the ED custody till March 11. As his remand…
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the use of pellet guns by security forces for crowd control during protests in the Valley. Dismissing the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), a Division Bench of Justices Ali Mohammad Magrey and Dhiraj Singh Thakur said, “It is manifest that so long as there is violence by unruly mobs, the use of force is inevitable”. The PIL was filed by the Kashmir High Court Bar Association in 2016 in the wake of pellet injuries to hundreds of people in the protests that erupted after Hizbul Mujahideen…
Union home minister Amit Shah responded to the discussion on Delhi violence in the Lok Sabha today. The Delhi Police have done a commendable job during last month’s violence, confining the violence to 4 per cent of the city’s area, 13 per cent of its population and ending it within 36 hours, Union home minister Amit Shah said today. He also said that he was personally monitoring the situation, sitting along with the police. The first information about the violence came around 2 pm on February 24, the last at 11 pm on February 25, Shah said. “I would like…
The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a resolution revoking the suspension of seven Congress MPs with immediate effect. The resolution was moved by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal and passed by a voice vote in the Lok Sabha. With this, the MPs — Gaurav Gogoi, T.N. Prathapan, Dean Kuriakose, R. Unnithan, Manickam Tagore, Benny Behannan and Gurjeet Singh Aujla — who had been suspended on March 5 for the remaining sittings of the Budget session, returned to the House. Speaker Om Birla, who had been keeping away from the Lok Sabha for the last three working…
Terming the decision of former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia as “huge blow” for the Congress, party MLA in Haryana Kuldeep Bishnoi on Tuesday said the organisation needs to empower young leaders who have the capacity to work hard and resonate with the masses. Mr. Bishnoi (51), one of the party’s young leaders and son of former Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, on Wednesday took to Twitter to convey his feeling about nurturing leadership, saying: “Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about looking after those in our charge…” Mr. Bishoni, who had returned to the Congress after merging his party, the Haryana…
At least 500 people in Assam have petitioned President Ram Nath Kovind seeking the release of peasant leader Akhil Gogoi who was arrested in December 2019 for allegedly fomenting violence during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). The petition was routed through the Asom Songrami Mancha, a new socio-political party on Wednesday. “…you are aware of the fact that the peace-loving people of Assam has (sic) vehemently protested against the controversial CAA, 2019, as it poses serious threat to the socio-cultural existence and demographic landscape of Assam and its indigenous people,” said Mancha’s president Diganta Konwar in a foreword to…
Pop diva Madonna was forced to cancel her two shows in France amid coronavirus outbreak across the globe. The news comes after France said it was banning events of more than 1,000 people to limit the spread of the coronavirus. A statement posted onto the singer’s website stated that her March 10-11 shows in Paris would no longer take place. “Following official notification from the Office of the Police this morning prohibiting all events with an audience attendance of over 1000, Live Nation regrets to announce the final two Madame X performances previously re-scheduled to 10-March and 11-March are forced…