Mumbai, Aug 24 (UNI) Veteran Bollywood and Marathi film actress Seema R. Deo passed away here following a prolonged illness, family sources said on Thursday. Seema Deo (81) was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders and breathed her last at a private hospital this morning. Survived by her husband, well-known actor Ramesh Deo, and…
Johannesburg, Aug 24 (UNI) Argentina, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE will become new members of the BRICS grouping (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), Brazilian news portal UOL reported, citing the draft final document of the summit. According to the report, in order to maintain a geographical balance, one more African country…
Dhaka, Aug 24 (UNI) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday said that, China supports Bangladesh in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and in opposing external interference, so that the country can maintain domestic unity and stability, and achieve development and revitalisation, says a statement of Chinese embassy here on Thursday. The statement further…
By Vishal Bharti Jammu, Aug 24 (UNI) Under construction state-of-art skywalk flyover worth Rs 15.5 crores is likely to be dedicated to devotees of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Cave Shrine in Navratras falling in the month of October. The sanctum of sanctorum Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan is nestled in the Trikuta Hills of Katra…
Ludhiana, Aug 24 (UNI) The Directorate of Enforcement ( ED) is conducting raids at the office and house of former Congress Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in the district. Sources said on Thursday that earlier, Ashu was arrested by the Vigilance in connection with irregularities in the tender allotment scam. He said he was later…
Agartala, Aug 24 (UNI) Tripura government on Thursday deputed two senior SP-level police officers to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) following the requisition of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to comply with the direction of the Supreme Court to constitute a special team for the investigation of the violence in Manipur. The General…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (UNI) The CBI is probing the alleged recruitment scam in several municipalities, summoning West Bengal Fire brigade minister Sujit Bose to appear before the investigation officials at its city office, Nizam Palace, at 11 a.m. on August 31, official sources said on Thursday. The summons happened after the anti-corruption wing of the…
Bengaluru, Aug 24 (UNI) Pragyan rover has ramped down from Vikram lander and has taken a walk on the moon, ISRO said after the successful and historic soft landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the south pole of the Moon. “Made in India, Made for the Moon, The Ch-3 Rover ramped down from the Lander and India…
Shimla, Aug 24 (UNI) A special NDPS court here has convicted and sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for possessing the narcotic and psychotropic substances. Public prosecutor Bhagwan Singh Negi told the court that an HRTC bus coming from Paonta was stopped for checking by police at Jhamrari on February 8, 2020. While…
Moscow/Washington, Aug 24 (UNI) Russia’s Federal Agency for Air Transport confirmed on Wednesday that Wagner Group private military company’s leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash in the Tver Region near Moscow. According to the name list released by the agency on its Telegram account, Prigozhin was among the ten people who lost…
