Deepika Padukone in Time 100 Influential People of 2018 list
Shaniwar Wada to be recreated for ‘Panipat’
TIL Desk Bollywood/ Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker, whose movies are known to have detailed sets, is getting the Shaniwar Wada fort — the seat of the Peshwa empire — recreated for his upcomi... Read More
‘Printing presses operating 24×7, generating Rs 500, 200 notes’
TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ The government has ramped up printing of currency notes and is operating all the four presses 24×7, an official said today amid ATMs running dry in many parts of the ... Read More
Turkey’s President Erdogan calls snap election in June
TIL Desk/World/Ankara/ Turkey will hold snap presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24, brought forward by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from November 2019. He has run Turkey since 2002 and... Read More
Sharapova to make grasscourt return in Birmingham
TIL Desk Sports/ Former world number one Maria Sharapova will compete at the Birmingham Classic grasscourt event in the lead-up to Wimbledon, Britain’s Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) announced on... Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo backheel earns Real late draw
TIL Desk Sports/ Cristiano Ronaldo’s superb backheel late in the game earned Real Madrid a point in a 1-1 La Liga draw with Athletic Bilbao at the Bernabeu stadium on Wednesday. The Portuguese f... Read More
“Ghost” of demonetisation has returned to haunt govt.: Chidambaram
TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Former finance minister P Chidambaram today said the “ghost” of demonetisation has come back to haunt the government and alleged that the Rs 2,000 notes were p... Read More
Will walk out if meeting with Kim doesn’t go well: Trump
TIL Desk/World/Washington/ United States President Donald Trump has expressed optimism about his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but said he’d be willing to walk out if the ... Read More
Need some ‘Me Time’ to recuperate: Kapil on his show going off Air
TIL Desk Tellywood/ He was the reason behind spreading smiles galore with his comedy shows. But of late, controversies surrounding his temperament, love life and uncertainty around his show have engul... Read More
Amit Shah throws gauntlet at Rahul Gandhi on corporate loan waiver
TIL Desk/National/Bengaluru/ BJP President Amit Shah has challenged Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to make public if the BJP government has waived the loans of any one industrialist, instead of “mi... Read More
Special Status to AP: On B-day, Chandrababu Naidu on day-long fast
TIL Desk/National/Vijayawada/ Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu begins observing a day-long fast on Friday to demand Special Category Status (SCS) to the state. It is notable that Frid... Read More
Naroda Patiya riots case: Maya Kodnani acquitted
TIL Desk/National/Gandhinagar/ The Gujarat high court has acquitted Bharatiya Janata Party former minister Maya Kodnani in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case in which 97 Muslims were massacred after the... Read More
Amazon’s reveals its Prime service has 100 million members
TIL Desk/Business/Washington/ Amazon has persuaded more than 100 million shoppers to subscribe to its Prime service that offers free two-day shipping and other perks that help bind people to the compa... Read More
Pakistan calls India’s claims on surgical strike ‘baseless’
TIL Desk/World/Islamabad/ Pakistan has rejected as “false” and “baseless” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims of having launched a surgical strike on terrorist c... Read More
I need to work more on my fitness, say TT sensation Manika Batra
TIL Desk Sports/ Till recently an emerging table-tennis star, Manika Batra has turned into an overnight sensation after her impressive run in the just-concluded Commonwealth Games, where she bagged me... Read More
BMW India launches third generation of SUV X3
TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Luxury car manufacturer BMW India on Thursday launched the third generation of SUV — X3 — available in ‘Expedition’ and ‘Luxury Line’ d... Read More
China flies bombers around Taiwan, holds live-fire drills
TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ Chinese bombers and spy planes have flown around Taiwan, the air force said as Taipei accused Beijing of trying to stoke regional tensions with its military drills. China sees ... Read More
Deepika Padukone in Time 100 Influential People of 2018 list
TIL Desk Bollywood/ Deepika Padukone is the only Indian actress to feature in the Time 100 Influential People in the World, sharing space with names like Nicole Kidman, Gal Gadot, Greta Gerwig and Len... Read More