Day: June 27, 2019

Assam to cull 12,000 pigs as African swine fever spreads

3 die of asphyxiation in pig farm

7:16 pm June 27, 2019

Coimbatore: Three workers died of asphyxiation on Thursday while cleaning a 10-foot waste pit in a pig farm near here, police said. Three workers were clearing the waste and one of them went into the pit, and developed breathelessness due to poisonous gas and got trapped, the police said. Seeing this, the two other two […]

TV journalist, family members found dead in house

7:09 pm June 27, 2019

Chennai: A television journalist, his wife and mother were found dead in their house here Thursday and a suspected gas leak from a refrigerator may have caused the deaths, police said. Prasanna (35), working with a Tamil news channel, Archana, aged around 30, and Revathi entering her sixties, did not open the door or answer […]

Kartik Aaryan, Janhvi Kapoor to headline ‘Dostana’ sequel

2:42 pm June 27, 2019

Mumbai: Producer Karan Johar has roped in actors Kartik Aaryan and Janhvi Kapoor to the play the leads in the much-awaited sequel to 2008 blockbuster “Dostana”. The first film, directed by Tarun Mansukhani and featuring Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham and Priyanka Chopra in the lead, was a major box office and critical success for the […]

Maisie Williams says important to show same sex romance in 'masculine' superhero world

Maisie Williams to star in Sky comedy ‘Two Weeks to Live’

2:30 pm June 27, 2019

London: “Game of Thrones” star Maisie Williams will be headlining Sky’s upcoming comedy series “Two Weeks to Live”. Described as a comic tale of love and revenge born from a seemingly harmless prank that goes terribly wrong, the six-episode original show has been written by Gaby Hull. Williams, 22, will portray Kim Noakes (Williams), a […]

Heavy rain likely in Goa till Sunday

2:26 pm June 27, 2019

Panaji: Rains lashed several parts of Goa, including Panaji, on Thursday morning and the heavy showers are likely to continue in the coastal state for next three days, the weatherman said. The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) observatory here also advised people not to venture out of their homes, unless there is some urgency, till Sunday […]