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It was a scam akin to Russian Matryoshka dolls, where one lie hid another.  The con began with fake investors, then expanded to fake apps where people were urged to invest in fake stocks for high returns, only to find that they had been stripped of their life savings. A woman from Faridabad was cheated of over Rs 7 crore, a businessman from Noida of Rs 9 crore, a doctor from Punjab’s Bhatinda of Rs 6 crore, and they were only some of the victims.  Officials from the Enforcement Directorate, which has arrested five people in connection with the scam and got their custody for six days, said a “syndicate” was behind the con and… Read More »Fake Apps, Investors And Stocks: Scamsters Con Noida Man Of Rs 9 Crore

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the renowned Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Brunei, during his two-day visit to the nation. His visit to Brunei is aimed at bolstering bilateral ties between the two countries. PM Modi’s visit to the mosque, considered one of the most iconic structures in the region, came shortly after the inauguration of a new Chancery of the Indian High Commission. The Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque is named after the 28th Sultan of Brunei – the father of the current Sultan, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, and is considered as the Architect of Modern Brunei. PM Modi also interacted with the local officials, scholars and members of the Indian community who had gathered… Read More »PM Modi, On Historic Visit To Brunei, Goes To Iconic Mosque, Meets Families

 Working with an artiste like Pankaj Kapur is akin to playing a tennis match where the players have envy as well as deep respect for each other, says veteran star Naseeruddin Shah. The duo, considered among the most critically-acclaimed performers of Indian cinema, share the screen space in Anubhav Sinha’s Netflix series “IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack”, which dramatises the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC 814. At the press meet of the show here on Tuesday, Shah said Kapur’s presence in a mutual project pushes him to work extra hard. “It is such a joy to work with him because he is unpredictable and you know that this person has done his preparation.… Read More »Naseeruddin Shah on working with contemporary Pankaj Kapur: He is unpredictable and always prepared

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today visited the renowned Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Brunei, during his two-day visit to the nation. His visit to Brunei is aimed at bolstering bilateral ties between the two countries. PM Modi’s visit to the mosque, considered one of the most iconic structures in the region, came shortly after the inauguration of a new Chancery of the Indian High Commission. The Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque is named after the 28th Sultan of Brunei – the father of the current Sultan, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, and is considered as the Architect of Modern Brunei. PM Modi also interacted with the local officials, scholars and members of the Indian community who had gathered… Read More »PM Modi, On Historic Visit Brunei, Goes To Iconic Mosque, Meets Families

A MiG-29 fighter jet crashed in Rajasthan’s Barmer yesterday during a routine night training sortie. The pilot ejected safely.  The Indian Air Force said the MiG-29 fighter jet faced a “technical snag” during the night sortie, and a court of inquiry has been ordered. There was no loss of life and property. The pilot crashed the jet away from a residential area around 10 pm last night. MiG-29, NATO name ‘Fulcrum’ and Indian name ‘Baaz’, is an air superiority fighter jet originating in Soviet Russia. It was formally inducted into the Indian Air Force in 1987, initially with two squadrons – No. 28 and No. 47 Squadrons. The MiG-29K fighter jets deployed on the Navy’s… Read More »NDTV Explainer: How Pilots Eject From An Unrecoverable MiG-29 Jet