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Patna, October 21 The JD(U) slammed the Centre for naming the Rapid Rail service inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Ghaziabad on Friday as ‘Namo Bharat’. JD-U National President Lalan Singh said: “His (Prime Minister Modi’s) advisers are suggesting him to amend the country’s Constitution… They will change the country’s Constitution and make it the Namo Constitution. This is …

Chandigarh in varied hues, its classic architecture, breathtaking nature and colourful folks make it to the first Tricity Press Photographers Awards and Exhibition, which opened on Tuesday at Under Pass Gallery-17. The exhibition has 45 works by 23 photojournalists of the tricity on display capturing life in its myriad moods. Right from glimpses of famous folks right from legendary artist …

Napoleon is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix. Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte’s relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine, …

Nonika Singh Mystery of mysteries… Surrealism has been used as cinematic device to draw attention to a hard-hitting subject. However, rarely does it make such an impact as in The Fall of the House of Usher. Like the series Painkiller, it takes a look into the murky world of drug companies. The Usher family, owner of pharmaceutical company, is facing …

Tiger Shroff joins Rohit Shetty’s megahit cop universe. The blockbuster director took to social media to announce Tiger Shroff as the new cop, ACP Satya, in Singham Again. The action star Tiger is the newest entry to Shetty’s mega franchise. Singham Again is headlined by Ajay Devgn, with Deepika Padukone joining him as cop Shakti Shetty. Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn …

Rohtak, October 19 Around 3,000 teaching and non-teaching employees of 97 government-aided private colleges across the state finally got their salaries today after three months. A sum of Rs 75.96 crore was to be paid to the employees as salary for the months of July, August and September. Grant-in-aid of Rs 72.16 crore (95 per cent share) was released by …

Chandigarh, October 19 Close on the heels of international sports stars, the national medal winners in Haryana will get cash awards, a development that will go a long way in boosting the morale of promising sportspersons. Providing a level playing field to the winners at the national level — who are not are covered under any other financial benefit scheme …

Karnal, October 19 Haryana rice exporters have decided to suspend their strike and start purchasing basmati paddy from Friday. The decision comes after a meeting with the Central Government in Delhi this evening. The exporters said they had been assured that their demands would be considered positively. Their association announced it would evaluate the upcoming stand of the government and …

Gurugram, October 20 A youth was shot dead behind a Ramlila pandal here in the early hours of Friday following an altercation with two men, police said. The incident took place at Bheem Nagar when Ashish (20), who worked with a DJ operator, had gone to watch Ramlila with a friend. The reason behind the altercation was not known immediately, …

Ropar/Ferozepur, October 19 Despite securing bail from the Zira civil court yesterday, former Congress MLA Kulbir Singh Zira could not be released from the Ropar jail today. Zira was arrested on October 17 in a case registered against him under Sections 341, 186, 268 and 149 of the IPC for disrupting government work. Though the former MLA had been granted …