Russia’s transportation minister says flights between Moscow and the Egyptian capital of Cairo are to resume in February after a two-year hiatus. Moscow suspended flights to Egypt after an Islamic State bomb brought down a Russian airliner over Sinai in October 2015, killing all 224 people on board. The attack decimated Egypt’s vital tourism industry. Maxim Sokolov said in comments […]
» Read moreActress Salma Hayek has described Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as a rage-fuelled “monster”, alleging he sexually harassed and threatened her. Writing in the New York Times, Hayek said Weinstein once told her: “I will kill you, don’t think I can’t,” BBC reported on Wednesday. Dozens of actresses, including Rose McGowan, Angelina Jolie and Gwyneth Paltrow, have accused Mr Weinstein of […]
» Read moreBollywood actor and filmmaker Neeraj Vora died at a Mumbai hospital on Thursday morning after being in coma for almost a year. The 54-year-old actor was at the residence of producer Firoz Nadiadwala but was rushed to hospital when his condition deteriorated. His death was condoled by Bollywood celebs and PM Narendra Modi. Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit tweeted, “Writer,Director,Actor,Producer Neeraj Vora […]
» Read moreTop tennis official Anil Khanna has decided not to contest the election for the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president’s post even though the deadline for the withdrawal of his nomination papers has passed. Anil Khanna, a former All India Tennis Association (AITA) chief, filed his nomination papers and was in the fray for the president’s post along with International Hockey Federation (FIH) president […]
» Read moreChief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu gave his approval to the design of the Legislative Assembly building from two options at a meeting with the officials of the A.P.-Capital Region Development Authority (CRDA) and representatives of the Foster+Partners (F+P), in which film director S.S. Rajamouli had made some suggestions on giving a cultural dimension. A tower having the Assembly hall on […]
» Read moreFive suspected naxalites of CPI (ML) Chandra Pulla Reddy (Bata) faction were killed in an encounter with the police in the Mellamadugu forest area of Tekulapalli mandal in the early hours of Thursday. Three more members of the “naxal group” are understood to have suffered gunshot wounds in the incident. This is the first major “exchange of fire” involving the […]
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