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Paresh Rawal says he firmly believes Akshay Kumar sending him a legal notice was his emotional reaction.(Image Credit: Instagram) Paresh Rawal’s Babu Rao and Akshay Kumar’s Raju in ‘Hera Pheri’ won millions of hearts and became a cultural phenomenon, long before the word ‘viral’ entered everyday vocabulary. Even the sequel was loved for their unmatched comic flair. Then why did Paresh Rawal refuse to be a part of ‘Hera Pheri 3’? Why did Akshay Kumar’s production house send him a Rs 25 crore legal notice? According to Paresh Rawal, there was never any legal ground for the notice; it was…
July brings a series of bank holidays across India, with closure dates varying by state depending on regional festivals and other occasions. If you are planning to visit a bank branch on Thursday, July 16, it is worth checking the bank holiday calendar first. Banks will remain closed in several parts of the country to mark Ratha Yatra/Kang (Rathajatra) and the Harela festival.As per the Reserve Bank of India’s holiday calendar, bank branches will remain shut in Odisha, Uttarakhand and Manipur. Banking operations will continue normally in most other parts of the country.Ratha Yatra or the chariot festival, is one…
Gadkari said the claims on social media lacked substance and there was a major disinformation campaign. NEW DELHI: Nitin Gadkari rejected allegations of a conflict of interest and personal gain over his push for the ethanol blending programme. The road transport and highways minister said he had always backed alternative fuels to reduce vehicular pollution and India’s import bill.Gadkari said the attacks are “politically motivated”. He told TOI that his sons’ business had a small share of ethanol and their contribution to the overall kitty was meagre. Besides, he said, the business had a debt of Rs 1,600 crore and…
“From here to anywhere” is the motto of Debert’s business park, but it feels like the middle of nowhere.Just 113km (70 miles) north of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Canada’s east coast, it was once a military base where thousands of soldiers trained during World War Two. Now it’s a mix old buildings and empty parking lots, bordered by thin, coniferous woods.But there is promise of a luxurious and glamorous future in the large grassy hump popping up at one end of the park. Canadian crypto mogul Jonathan Baha’i plans to convert the 64,000 square-foot nuclear bomb shelter into crisis-proof condos…
Wildlife ecology in India looks different today than it did a decade ago. Climate change, habitat fragmentation, invasive species, and rapid development are all reshaping ecosystems faster than scholars can document them. Thus, ecologists are interested in how biodiversity has changed as well as how it is likely to change next.Just these questions shaped the second Indian Wildlife Ecology Conference (IWEC), at Ashoka University in Sonepat, Haryana, on July 10-12, where researchers from across India came together to discuss the future of wildlife ecology in the country. Conceived by the late wildlife biologist Ajith Kumar as a national platform for…
AI generated image used for representational purpose NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has upheld the acquisition of 27 hectares of land in Jaipur for a metro rail depot, ruling that landowners who fail to appear before a land acquisition officer (LAO) and then stay silent cannot later claim they were denied a hearing under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, as per the order dated July 13.A bench comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma dismissed the appeals filed by the landowners and held that the authorities had largely followed the required process under Section 5A of the act, which…
Eight-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after a motorcyclist hit her. Mumbai: An eight-year-old schoolgirl suffered serious injuries after being hit by a motorcyclist riding in the wrong direction at Jogeshwari West on Wednesday. Amboli police has registered a case against an unknown person for rash driving.Around 9.40 am on July 15, Reva Pawar, 8, was walking down to her tuitions with her mother, Nidhi. While they were crossing the road near the divider, opposite Cafe Arfa, a motorcycle riding in the wrong direction hit Reva. As a result, she left her mother’s hand and got dragged onto the street. She…
New Delhi: After Haryana and Andhra Pradesh, Election Commission (EC) Wednesday extended the schedule for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Delhi, with the publication of draft and final rolls also pushed back.Door-to-door visits by booth-level officers (BLOs), which were to end on July 29, will continue until Aug 8. The draft rolls, which will now be published on Aug 17 instead of Aug 5, will reveal how many of the electors have been struck off.The period for filing claims and objections will run from Aug 17 to Sept 16, instead of Aug 5 to Sept…
The victim, identified as Amrutha, was attacked on the evening of July 13 and died in hospital on the evening of July 15, despite doctors’ efforts to save her. BENGALURU: A law student in her 20s succumbed to her injuries after battling for life for more than 48 hours. She had been stabbed by the brother of a man whose marriage proposal she had rejected. The attack took place in Kodihalli on HAL Road on July 13.The victim, identified as Amrutha, was attacked on the evening of July 13 and died in hospital on the evening of July 15, despite…
A woman government employee cannot be denied maternity leave for her second pregnancy. The Telangana High Court ruled this after her first pregnancy resulted in twins. HYDERABAD: A woman govt employee cannot be denied maternity leave for her second pregnancy merely because she gave birth to twins in her first pregnancy, the Telangana high court has held.The ruling by justice K Sarath came on Wednesday on a petition filed by Jadi Swarupa Rani, a 35-year-old junior English lecturer at a Telangana govt college for girls in Mancherial district.The petitioner gave birth to twins in 2023 during her first pregnancy. However,…