New Delhi: Congress leader Sam Pitroda triggered another controversy Wednesday with his "people of the east look like the Chinese and those of the south look like Africa" remarks, with the ruling BJP latching on to his "racist" comments and claiming that those have exposed the opposition party's "divisive" politics. The Congress, however, distanced itself from Pitroda's...

Chandigarh: The Congress Wednesday sought the imposition of President's Rule followed by fresh polls in Haryana after three Independent MLAs withdrew support to the BJP dispensation, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini government to a minority in the state Assembly. The party said it would write to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya to demand that the BJP government be...

Mumbai: Actor Huma Qureshi is set to reprise her role of Pushpa Pandey in the third installment of the courtroom comedy franchise Jolly LLB. Actors Akshay Kumar and Arshad Warsi recently started filming for the project, titled Jolly LLB 3. Warsi played the role of Jagdish Tyagi aka Jolly in 2013's Jolly LLB and Kumar starred in...

Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra has wrapped up the shoot of her next film Head Of State, which, she revealed, will be releasing digitally. She added that the set was always so full of laughter and professionalism, something "that doesn't always happen." Priyanka took to Instagram, where she shared a reel, featuring moments from the film’s set, her...

Mumbai: Actor Varun Dhawan made his wife Natasha Dalal’s 36th birthday extra special by sharing a small lovey-dovey note. Varun took to Instagram, where he shared a video of him and his wife, whom he lovingly called his “caretaker”, at an international location and enjoying some music on the street. In the clip, they are seen posing...

New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry Wednesday sought a report from Air India Express on cancellation of flights amid a section of cabin crew members reporting sick to protest against alleged mismanagement at the airline. Nearly 90 flights have been cancelled by Air India Express since Tuesday night due to cabin crew woes. An official on Wednesday...

Washington: The US paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the US, a senior administration official said Tuesday. The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bombs and 1,700...

Hyderabad: Mounting an attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday demanded that the party should explain to people why it has stopped raising the 'Ambani-Adani' issue as its 'Shehzada' used to do for the past five years and asked if it has struck a 'deal'. Have "tempo loads of notes (money)" reached the Congress that...

Fact-Check The Verdict Misleading The video of Rahul Gandhi referring to the BJP’s remark on the Constitution is edited and shared out of context. Claim ID 9c4b3dae What’s being claimed? A video featuring Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is circulating on social media. In the video, he can be heard saying in Hindi, "If our government comes to power, we will...

New Delhi: Total vehicle retail sales in India rose 27 per cent year-on-year to 22,06,070 units in April as all segments, including passenger vehicles and two-wheelers, witnessed growth, industry body FADA said Wednesday. The overall vehicle registrations stood at 17,40,649 units in April 2023. Passenger vehicle retail sales rose 16 per cent to 3,35,123 units last month...