Mumbai, December 5 : As Mumbai braces for Cyclone Ockhi, areas near the metropolis witnessed a spell of hailstorm, while schools and colleges in the city and adjoining districts have been closed on Tuesday as a precautionary measure. Some parts of the Munbai-Pune Expressway experienced a hailstorm early on Tuesday, police said. The weather department […]
Mumbai, December 5 : The skies opened up on Tuesday as the legendary Shashi Kapoor, the romantic Hindi screen icon of the 70s and 80s, was cremated with state honours at the Santacruz Hindu crematorium here. The long ailing actor passed away on Monday evening at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital here. He was 79. […]
New Delhi, December 5 : Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan has penned a heartfelt post for late actor Shashi Kapoor, with whom he formed an enormously successful on-screen partnership. Kapoor, one of the stalwarts of the Indian cinema industry, passed away on Monday at the age of 79. The veteran actor shared the link of his […]
New Delhi, December 5 : The controversial issue of air pollution flared up again in the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka, with the visiting seamer Suranga Lakmal going off the ground after throwing up here on Tuesday. After the visitors were bowled out for 373 in their first innings on the […]
Amritsar : The newly elected SGPC executive body is set to renew its contract with the Forest Department for getting saplings for “buta parshad”, an initiative under the Nanhi Chhaan project running from the Golden Temple premises. The initiative was launched in 2009. The SGPC pays Rs 3.5 per plant to the Forest Department through […]