Kolkata, The South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Thursday witnessed a near-stampede like situation as thousands of people queued up in front of a local BDOs office to submit documents for Amphan relief. A few villagers were injured in the melee.

The incident took place in Kultali, one of the worst-hit are

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Delhi government on Thursday formed a 12-member expert committee to explore economic reform measures to help businesses recover from the impact of Covid-19.

The committee will do a comprehensive analysis and make suggestions regarding the measures which should be initiated by vari

Patna, In Bihar, more people were killed by lightning strikes in a week than due to coronavirus. On Thursday, 26 more people died in fresh lightning strikes across the state.

An official of the Disaster Management Department said, according to information received from the districts, 26 people died due to lightnin

New Delhi, The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Thursday suspended court work, including virtual hearings and filing, till July 10 after detection of two coronavirus cases.

A staff member had tested positive on June 26 after which samples of Acting Chairperson, members, officers of the registry a

Panaji, The Goa travel and tourism industry on Thursday welcomed the state government decision to open the tourism sector, even as hoteliers continued to await government guidelines and SOPs.

"Many people and trades are indirectly related to the hotel industry. The government can help with free rations to som

Mumbai,  Actress Sonal Sehgal will romance Russian actor Jurijs Dyakonovs in her debut co-production, the sci-fi thriller "Manny". The film is directed by Latvian director Dace Puce and stars Russian, British, Latvian, French and Indian actors.

Said Sonal: " ‘Manny' is a sci-fi psycho

Mumbai, Singer Thomson Andrews, who makes his debut as an anchor of a music travel show, says his new calling was exciting because it gave him the opportunity to experience music, food and culture while interacting with music icons through the episodes.

"It is a fun show and through this show I got the opport

Mumbai, Actress-producer Anushka Sharma feels people have seen enough of formula and are done with traditional ways of storytelling.

"For us, how uniquely we tell a story is extremely important and we have always tried to tell our stories as differently as possible. I have always felt that a visual trigger to

Mumbai, Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt on Thursday took to social media to express her gratitude to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for inviting her to be a member. In the same message, Alia claimed that social media divides people.

"I thank The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for in

Mumbai, Actress Diana Penty follows her gut feeling when it comes to picking scripts, and says that it has never let her down.

Diana made her debut in 2012 with the megahit "Cocktail" starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. She was then seen in 2016 in "Happy Bhag Jayegi". In 2017, she sta