Iran, 18/12: Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most famous actors on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said Saturday. The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie The Salesman, was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram…
Korea, 18/12: North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said. Japanese public broadcaster NHK said the North Korean-fired ballistic missile landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), citing unnamed government officials. The North’s missile launch comes just days after…
Ahmedabad, 17/12: Gujarat MoS Cooperative, Salt industry, Printing and Small Scale Industry Jagdish Vishwakarma on Saturday said that people who voted against the BJP in Vadgam constituency in the state Assembly polls “have betrayed the nation”. Congress leader Jignesh Mevani got elected from Vadgam for the second consecutive time. Addressing people at his native…
UP, 17/12: As the BJP staged nationwide protests against Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s objectionable remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a local party leader in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday said he would give Rs 2-crore reward to anyone beheading the Pakistani foreign minister. Manupal Bansal, a member of zila panchayat of Baghpat, made the…
Dhaka, 17/12: Seasoned Axar Patel upped the ante with a triple strike just when it mattered as Indian bowlers compensated for an insipid first session by reducing Bangladesh to 272 for 6, closing in on a big victory, on the fourth day of the opening Test here on Saturday. Debutant Zakir Hasan (100…
New Delhi, ,17/12: The BJP launched a fierce attack on Rahul Gandhi on Saturday for his remark that Chinese soldiers are beating up Indian Army personnel in Arunachal Pradesh and said the Congress should immediately expel him from the party. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia said if Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge…
New Delhi, 17/12: Mrs Rashmi Sahoo, the young woman entrepreneur and Director of Ruchi Foodline – the leading Ready-to-eat food products of Eastern India, has been awarded with the coveted “Global Icon Business Award -2022”. Mrs. Sahoo received the award along with 10 others at a special function organised by one National Media House NNS…
New Delhi, 17/12: The Delhi Police and Central Bureau of Investigations have helped the FBI in busting a major trans-national scam that duped thousands of Americans, mostly senior citizens, of millions of dollars in about 10 years on the pretext of providing them with tech-support, a US attorney has said. Harshad Madaan, 34, from New…
Mumbai, 16/12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday summoned, on December 19, actress Rakul Preet Singh in connection with a four-year-old drug trafficking and consumption case. Her statement was recorded by the ED in this connection last year too. “The actress has been asked to appear before the investigating agency on December…
New Delhi, 16/12: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Friday said no Supreme Court bench will be available from December 17 till January 1 during the ensuing winter vacations. The CJI made the announcement a day after Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s statement in Rajya Sabha in which he said there…
