Bhopal : Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore has filed a complaint on behalf of the Bhopal royal family against occupants of a prime residential property in the picturesque Koh-e-Fiza area here, following which the district administration issued notices to them. Sharmila, widow of cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and mother of actor Saif Ali Khan, has […]
Patna : A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader in Bihar was shot dead here on Thursday by unidentified assailants, police said. Kedar Rai was out on his morning walk in Danapur near here when the attack took place, the police said.”It appears to be the work of a sharpshooter,” a police officer added. A seriously […]
Beijing, August 4 : China has said that it has shown “utmost goodwill” over the prolonged military standoff with India in the Sikkim sector but warned that its “restraint” has a “bottom line”. The reaction from the Chinese defence ministry on Thursday night came a day after the Indian External Affairs Ministry in a statement said […]
Dubai, August 4 : A fire broke out after midnight in one of the world’s tallest residential towers in Dubai, engulfing part of the skyscraper and sending chunks of debris plummeting below. More than 40 floors of the 86-storey Torch Tower were burning on one side of the building, an Associated Press journalist near the scene […]
Chandigarh, August 4 : To ensure the right to vote of workers in the by-election of sarpanches/panches of gram panchayat in Punjab to be held on August 6 (Sunday), the Punjab Government has declared it a paid holiday in all shops and commercial establishments where Sunday is not observed as a weekly off.