Category: Events

An IIT professor said the institutes have also decided to emphasise more on participation by start-ups promoted by Centre under Viksit Bharat scheme MUMBAI: Even as the placement season began across the premier IITs on Monday, more than 20 companies were banned from participating this year. These firms had rescinded job offers made to students...

CHENNAI: Cyclone Ditwah, which weakened into a deep depression over Bay of Bengal on a breezy Sunday evening, surprised residents on Monday by unleashing one of the wettest mornings of the season.The cyclone, stripped of much of its cloud cover on Sunday, moved northward through the Bay of Bengal. It staged a resurgence overnight, amassing...

NEW DELHI: Goods and services tax (GST) collection growth moderated in Nov, following a massive overhaul of the structure, including rate reduction on 375 items, although govt asserted that it had helped boost consumption and the mop-up trends were in line with its estimate.During Nov, based on transactions in Oct, collections (excluding cess) went up...

‘Tere Ishk Mein’ is having a good run at the box office. The romantic drama starring Dhanush and Kriti Sanon in lead roles, managed to maintain its hold at the box office, despite seeing a 50% dip in collections. As per reports on Sacnilk, the film, earned an estimated Rs 8.25 crore on Monday. This...

NEW DELHI: The family feud over industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s Rs 30,000-crore estate got messier on Monday after his mother Rani Kapur joined forces with his ex-wife Karisma Kapoor in questioning the veracity of his will.Rani submitted before Justice Jyoti Singh of Delhi high court that instead of grieving Sunjay’s death after accidentally swallowing a bee...

Arshdeep Singh reveals what Rohit Sharma said during his animated reaction In the first ODI match against South Africa in Ranchi, Virat Kohli achieved his 52nd ODI century, scoring 135 runs off 120 balls with 11 fours and 7 sixes. The innings helped India set a target of 349 runs, featuring a significant 136-run partnership...

India’s Jemimah Rodrigues celebrates after winning the Women’s Cricket World Cup (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) Indian cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues recently shared her experience of dealing with overwhelming attention during the Women’s World Cup. She had to take the drastic step of uninstalling WhatsApp following her match-winning performance in the semi-final.The India batter revealed she received messages...

Indian women’s cricket team vice-captain Smriti Mandhana and music composer Palash Muchhal’s wedding, which was scheduled for November 23, was postponed after unexpected health emergencies in the family.The sequence began when Mandhana’s father, Shriniwas, fell ill on the wedding day and had to be taken to a hospital. A day later, groom-to-be Palash Muchhal was...

NEW DELHI: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan’s first day as chairman of Rajya Sabha was marked by a warm welcome by treasury benches led by PM Narendra Modi and clashes between them and opposition as the latter raised the issue of ex-VP Jagdeep Dhankhar.PM praised Radhakrishnan’s contributions and said his rise from an ordinary background...

Sacked BrahMos scientist absolved of leaking missile secrets to Pak by HC NAGPUR: Seven years after his arrest, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on Monday exonerated a former scientist with BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited, Nishant Agarwal, of charges of espionage and cyber terrorism, but upheld his conviction under Section 3(1) C of...