Day: July 23, 2019

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Parliament approves Modi govt’s FY20 Budget

8:20 pm July 23, 2019

New Delhi: Parliament on Tuesday gave its approval to Modi-2.0 government’s maiden budget with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying tax proposals aim at redistribution of funds to bring more equitable development. The Appropriation (No 2) Bill, 2019 and the Finance (No 2) Bill, 2019 — cleared by Lok Sabha last week — were returned by […]

Secretariat march by Yuva Morcha turns violent

8:11 pm July 23, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: The Secretariat march taken out by activists of the Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the BJP, demanding a CBI probe into alleged irregularities in the examinations conducted by the Kerala Public Service Commission, turned violent on Tuesday. As the activists tried to enter the Secretariat, police used water cannons and burst teargas shells […]

Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Government

Chandrayaan-2 moving in right direction: ISRO

8:05 pm July 23, 2019

Bengaluru: A day after launching the country’s second moon mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Tuesday said the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is in “good health” and moving in the “right direction”. India had on Monday launched Chandrayaan-2 on-board its powerful rocket GSLV-MkIII-M1 from the spaceport of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh with the aim of […]

Jonathan Groff to headline ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ revival

8:01 pm July 23, 2019

New York: “Mindhunter” star Jonathan Groff will star in the Off Broadway revival of “Little Shop of Horrors”. The beloved musical was originally developed by legendary collaborators Howard Ashman and Alan Menken. The revival, to be directed by Michael Mayer, will also feature Tammy Blanchard and Christian Borle. The story is about a large, bloodsucking, […]

Stuntman injury halts production on ‘Fast & Furious 9’

7:57 pm July 23, 2019

London: A stuntman was severely injured on the sets of “Fast and Furious 9” after which the production on the film was halted. The crew member has been admitted to a hospital. He received severe head injuries after a fall at the Warner Bros studios in Leavesden, Hertfordshire, where the film was being shot. A […]