Disney Boosts Fox Bid to $71.3 Billion to Counter Comcast
Disney raised its offer for key assets of 21st Century Fox on Wednesday to $71.3 billion (roughly Rs. 4.86 lakh crores) to counter a rival bid from Comcast in the latest move in a bidding war that could create a dominant player in the media-entertainment world. The move by Walt Disney Co. comes a...
ICC unveils inaugural World Test Championship schedule
The International Cricket Council (ICC) unveiled details of a revamped match schedule on Wednesday which will underpin its inaugural World Test Championship starting next year. The long-awaited Championship, involving the nine top-ranked test nations competing in a league between July 15, 2019, t...
Canada To Legalize Cannabis On October 17: Justin Trudeau
Marijuana will be legal nationwide in Canada starting October 17 in a move that should take market share away from organised crime and protect the country's youth, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said. The Senate gave final passage to the bill to legalise cannabis on Tuesday, legislation that w...
Would Like To See Rahul Gandhi As Prime Minister: Sudheendra Kulkarni
MUMBAI: BJP veteran LK Advani's former close aide Sudheendra Kulkarni has said that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is capable of resolving complex issues like the Kashmir dispute, and favoured him as the future Prime Minister of the country. Speaking at a panel discussion in Mumbai, Kulkarni said th...
Race 3, Raazi, Veere Di Wedding box office collection: Salman-starrer crosses Rs 100 cr in opening weekend
Salman Khan's magic has been cast on the box-office yet again. His latest outing Race 3 — in spite of getting poor to average ratings by critics — has crossed Rs 100-crore mark in its opening weekend. Released during Eid (15 June), this Salman-starrer has so far minted Rs 106.47 crore in its open...
Can't go into someone’s house to hold strike: Delhi HC on AAP sit-in
NEW DELHI: Blasting the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for its sit-in dharna outside Lieutenant-Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal's office, the Delhi High Court on Monday questioned on the validity of the strike. “Thing is that you’re sitting on a dharna. Who authorized them to sit on a dharna like this?” questi...
PM to lead Yoga Day celebrations in Uttarakhand
MUMBAI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will participate as Chief Guest at the International Yoga Day 2018 celebrations being held in Mumbai on Thursday, June 21. According to reports, Naidu will lead the celebrations at Bandra Reclamation Sealink Promenade in Mumbai. The Chief Minister of Mahara...
Mehbooba Mufti resigns after BJP ends 'untenable' alliance with PDP
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti Tuesday submitted her resignation to the Governor, confirmed senior PDP leader Naeem Akhtar. The development came minutes after BJP severed its ties with the PDP citing that it has become untenable for the saffron party to continue in the alliance g...
Journalist Shujaat Bukhari shot dead in Srinagar
Senior journalist and Rising Kashmir editor-in-chief Shujaat Bukhari was on Thursday shot dead in Srinagar by unidentified assailants. According to reports, Bukhari’s personal security officer also got critically injured in the attack. Bukhari was attacked by armed assailants in Press Colony near...
