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12 Jan

Bandhan Bank to provide services to Indian Army

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Bandhan Bank and Indian Army signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to launch the Bandhan Bank Shaurya Salary Account which comes with banking privileges for the Indian Army. Services under Bandhan Bank Shaurya Salary Account will be offered to serving personnel of the Indian Army through the Bank’s network of banking outlets. The account will offer a host of features. The MoU was signed by Lt. Gen. Ravin Khosla (AVSM, SM, VSM), DG (MP & PS), Indian Army, and Chandra Shekhar Ghosh, Managing Director & CEO, Bandhan Bank, in New Delhi, in presence of Lt. Gen. Harsha Gupta (AVSM, YSM,…

12 Jan

It’s a girl for Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli: Samantha, Madhuri, and others congratulate new parents

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Bollywood star Anushka Sharma and husband Virat Kohli have been blessed with a baby girl. Virat shared the news on Monday via social media. Virat posted a statement on social media which read, “We are thrilled to share with you that we have been blessed with a baby girl this afternoon. We thank you all for your love, prayers and good wishes. Anushka and the baby are both healthy and we are feeling beyond blessed to start this new chapter of our lives. We hope that you can respect our privacy at this time. Love, Virat.” Ever since Virat tweeted…

11 Jan

Neighbours Carry Farmer’s Dead Body To Bank Seeking Money For Cremation

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A 60-year-old man living alone in rural Patna passed away at his house with no relatives or money in the house. As his neighbours looked to cremate the body, they found some money parked in his bank account. The neighbours then took the body to the local bank to ask for money for the funeral. According to a report in The Times of India, Mahesh Yadav was suffering from a prolonged illness and passed away at his residence in Singriyawan. Mahesh, who was a daily wage earner, died in his sleep on Tuesday. The villagers who searched his home for…

11 Jan

Sedition case: HC extends relief to Kangana till Jan 25

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The Bombay high court on Monday extended the interim relief of no coercive action against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel until January 25 in connection with an FIR registered against them under sedition and other charges. The HC also directed the city police not to summon the duo for questioning till then. Ranaut and her sister appeared before Bandra police in Mumbai on January 8 for recording their statement in the case, pursuant to an assurance given to HC in November last year. The FIR, under sedition charges and for allegedly "trying to create hatred and communal…

11 Jan

Anubhav Sinha says that it took me 16 years to figure out my voice

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Mulk, Article 15 and Thappad have established Anubhav Sinha as a prominent voice in contemporary cinema, but the director says it took him over a decade to find his calling. Sinha, who was interacting with the audiences after delivering Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) here on Saturday evening, started his journey with the 2001 hit Tum Bin and went on to make films like Dus, Cash and Gulaab Gang. “It took me 16 years to figure out my voice. The most important question in the life of a filmmaker remains what he wants…

11 Jan

All-new Nissan magnate at introductory prices

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The special introductory prices on most of the variants will continue to be available to own the all-new Nissan Magnite till further notice. To shorten the delivery period, the plant production capacity is being enhanced by introducing a third shift by employing over 1000 people to staff the manufacturing plant. The all-new Nissan Magnite is available in 20 grade line-ups and over 36 combinations, each grade walk carefully curated to meet the aspirations of discerning Indian customers. Tech-savvy Indian customers can also opt for Nissan’s optional ‘Tech Pack’, which includes a wireless charger, an inbuilt air purifier, ambient mood lighting, puddle lamps and high-end speakers. Nissan Magnite, with over 32,800 bookings and 1,80,000 enquiries since…

11 Jan

Housing.com launches ‘Housing Edge’

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Housing.com, India's leading real-estate portal owned by Elara Technologies, has launched ‘Housing Edge’, its unique full-stack rental and allied services platform, through which the company enables digitisation of multiple services which tenants and landlords can use. These services for both, owners and tenants, include packages like online rent payment, online rental agreements, tenant verification, packing & moving, furniture rental, home interiors and home services. While most Housing Edge services are available in Delhi, Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Pune, plans are underway to offer these services in several other cities. The company has also partnered with industry-leading brands to ensure a quality user experience. Over time, more innovative…

11 Jan

KJ Yesudas turns 81: KS Chithra, MG Sreekumar and others pay tribute to ‘Gaanagandharvan’

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On KJ Yesudas’ 81st birthday, 28 singers, including KS Chithra, MG Sreekumar, Sujata Mohan, Srinivas, Venugopal, Biju Narayanan, Unni Menon and Krishnachandran among others, paid tribute to the legendary musician with a song titled “Gandharva Gaayaka”. The song is composed by Shweta Mohan and penned by BK Harinarayanan. It was released today on Shweta’s YouTube channel. She also wrote a small note in the description of the video. It read, “This is a song made, on behalf of all fans, for one of the greatest singers that out country has seen. This tribute to our Gaana Gandharvan was born out…

11 Jan

Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger compares US Capitol mob to Nazis, says Donald Trump is ‘worst president ever’

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Arnold Schwarzenegger compared the mob that stormed the US Capitol to the Nazis and called President Donald Trump a failed leader who “will go down in history as the worst president ever.” The Republican said in a video he released on social media on Sunday that “Wednesday was the Night of Broken Glass right here in the United States.” In 1938, Nazis in Germany and Austria vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses during an attack that became known as Kristallnacht or “the Night of Broken Glass.” “The broken glass was in the windows of the United States Capitol. But the…

11 Jan

Schools, colleges reopen in Gujarat after over 9 months

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Looking at the declining cases of coronavrus, the Gujarat government on Wednesday decided to reopen schools in the state from January 11. Issuing an order, Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said the students and teaching staff will have to follow the COVID guidelines strictly. The classes will also reopen for graduation and post-graduation final years with mandatory compliance of Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOPs) and consent of parents. The Centre in Unlock 5 guidelines allowed schools to reopen from October 15. However, the decision was left to states/union territories to decide as to when they would resume physical classes.…