Unexpected but true: Mumbai’s elite have a new passion, and it’s called mahjong! Living rooms and club lounges from Chembur to Churchgate echo with the clack-clack-clack of 144 tiles shuffling – a sound that has decisively dethroned the genteel clinking of silver tea services and the buzz of kitty parties. Forget idle gossip or the…
NEW DELHI: Public sector banks need to aspire to global competitiveness, strengthen governance and operational resilience, and expand their role as sectoral champions across both traditional and emerging industries, a top official told the two-day brainstorming session of state run banks. M Nagaraju, secretary department of financial services, underlined that public sector banks have moved…
Mohammed Shami and Virat Kohli (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Mohammed Shami opened up about his interactions with former captain Virat Kohli during a candid conversation on Aap Ki Adalat. When reminded by Rajat Sharma that Kohli had once called him “lazy” for taking naps during massages, Shami laughed it off. “Your body gets exhausted…
‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’Released on September 5, ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ set the eerie tone in the theatres, as the original franchise comes to an end with Ed and Lorraine Warren’s final case. While the horror film earns triumph in getting frightening reactions, the Michael Chaves directorial swept the Bollywood films ‘Baaghi 4’ and ‘The…
T’puram: In a first in India, Kerala cabinet Saturday cleared a draft bill to amend Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, authorising the chief wildlife warden to order the killing of any wild animal that attacks and injures a person in a residential area.The move comes amid a series of reports of man-animal conflicts in recent months….
India’s home textile exporters are set to face a revenue fall of 5-10% this year, along with lower operating profitability, after the United States enforced a steep 50% tariff from 27 August, according to a report by Crisil Ratings. Exports make up nearly three-quarters of the industry’s turnover, making the impact significant.As per news agency…
Mohammed Shami and Hasin Jahan Mohammed Shami has opened up about his personal struggles during an appearance on Aap Ki Adalat. The India pacer spoke candidly about his marriage with Hasin Jahan, calling it the biggest mistake of his life, and admitted the ordeal left a deep impact on him.Shami married Hasin Jahan in 2014,…
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Shriya Saran has recently captured the audiences hearts with her stunning performance in the Teja Sajja starrer ‘Mirai’. Looking at her personal front, the actress has been happily married to Russian entrepreneur Andrei Koscheev since 2018.The couple are parents to a baby girl named Radha. They often share glimpses of their life…
When filmmaker Anuparna Roy was a child, she listened wide-eyed as her grandmother spoke dreamily of a river. Her maternal grandmother, married at nine to a man in his 30s in Purulia district of West Bengal, often told her stories about the river’s pure, beautiful water. “I always thought she must have seen this river,…
The Delhi government is set to launch the registration process for its Pink Card, a lifetime free bus travel pass for women, from mid-October, as a Bhai Dooj gift to the women of the national capital.According to a senior transport department official, the Pink Card will be valid for a lifetime and aims to make…
