After Rs 500 crore wedding, IT raids for Janardhana Reddy
Just days after his daughter's extravagant wedding amidst cash crunch, Janardhana Reddy's mining offices were raided in Bellary. Read more »
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Gold bounces off 5-1/2-month low as dollar retreats
Gold rebounded on Monday from 5-1/2 month lows as the dollar shed some of the hefty gains made the previous week on bets that U.S. president-elect Donald Trump's plans for fiscal stimulus would prove inflationary. Lower prices are also tempting some consumers of physical gold back to the market, dealers said. Spot gold was up 0.4 percent at $1,213.10 an ounce at 1500 GMT, while U.S. gold futures for December delivery were up $4.00 an ounce at $1,212.70.
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Swamy corners Congress, says no question of rolling back demonetization
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Monday said that a "majority-led" Central Government would never pay heed to the "minor" opposition parties' demand for roll back of the demonetisation scheme. "There is no question of rolling back demonetisation because it is the terrorist forces who have suffered great loss.
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How the lavish wedding costs Reddy a bigger price
The Income Tax Department has come calling to coal baron and former BJP leader G Janardhana Reddy, days after the lavish wedding of his daughter in Bengaluru led to huge uproar across India. For many, the extravagant wedding gala was a brazen display of ill-gotten wealth, especially in the middle of a currency crisis, when the ordinary Indians have been compelled to queue up outside banks to access rationed quantities of their own hard-earned money. Reddy has taken over a royal palace and flown in Brazilian dancers at a reported cost of 75 million dollars to celebrate his daughter’s wedding, as the country reels from a cash crisis.
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Reality TV Star Ajaz Khan ARRESTED For Sending Obscene Pictures To Woman
His claim ticket to fame was a season of Salman Khan’s Bigg Boss. Ajaz Khan is always in news for all the wrong reasons. This time, Ajaz was arrested for sending obscene pictures and objectionable messages to a hairstylist.
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Shah Rukh Khan's star-studded after-party with Coldplay's Chris Martin
The Coldplay concert on Saturday evening drew the creme de la creme of Bollywood to the MMRDA Grounds in Bandra-Kurla Complex. But once the gig was over, B-Town baadshah Shah Rukh Khan stole the band away for a grand party at his Bandra bungalow, Mannat. Before that, the entourage dropped in at Farhan Akhtar's house for a few minutes. From the usual suspects Shraddha Kapoor her brother Siddhanth, Imtiaz Ali, Riteish Deshmukh and wife Genelia and Sonakshi Sinha to surprise guests Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Shriya Saran, Dia Mirza and Vivek Oberoi, a bevy of stars got together for a night of bonhomie. Ranveer Singh, who was hobnobbing with Katrina Kaif at the concert, was by girlfriend Deepika
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It was supposed to be just an inconvenience but now there are signs of serious economic distresss
From farmers in villages to small traders and labourers in big cities, the cash crunch has taken its toll.
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Koffee With Karan 5: Varun Dhawan, Arjun Kapoor's Rapid Fire Fail
Varun Dhawan and Arjun Kapoor had a tough job, we'll give them that. It was never going to be easy following an act like Twinkle Khanna and Akshay Kumar - and Shah Rukh Khan and Alia before them - so yes, Varun and Arjun had big shoes to fill on the last night's episode of Koffee With Karan Season 5. But they could have tried. Host Karan Johar tried every weapon in his arsenal - insults, cajoling, sarcasm - to provoke his recalcitrant guests into making the Rapid Fire interesting. There were a couple of sparks but mostly it was a slow, boring affair. First in the line of fire was Varun, who lost the prize hamper to Alia Bhatt in the last season and so had incentive to win this time. But alas.
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Aamir Khan creates HUNGAMA at Geeta Phogat’s wedding
I sat under the cool shade of a tree in a sprawling farmland in Balali village in Haryana today afternoon. Two boys walked past me in a hurry, one of them stylishly mouthing a dialogue from Raju Hirani’s PK and telling the younger amongst the two that the same guy is coming to their village today. Aamir Khan created a furore today as he descended on a small village in Haryana which hosted the wedding of Geeta Phogat, one of the Phogat sisters who have inspired Khan’s next film Dangal. Wearing a stylish saafa and beard Aamir looked every bit a hunky Haryanvi cool dude. He revealed that he was planning to bring a wedding dress for Geeta but Geeta informed him that as per tradition the wedding dress
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Rajinikanth, Akshay Kumar Starrer Robot 2.0 To Clash With This Big Film In 2017!
Box Office clashes have become a new trend and can also say, a new way of a powerful fight between two big films. Yesterday at the first look launch event, the makers of Shankar’s ambitious sci-fi film “Robot 2.0” officially announced that film will hit theatres during the Diwali 2017 weekend. Robot 2.0 is all set to clash with Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal 4, the fourth installment of the super-popular ‘Golmaal’ series.
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REVEALED: Dilli ka chokra Ranveer Singh falls for Paris ki chokri Vaani Kapoor in Befikre
Looking at the teaser trailers of Aditya Chopra’s Befikre, if you’ve been wondering where all the kisses are coming from, here’s the thing. It’s now learnt from very reliable sources that Vaani Kapoor plays a girl born and brought up in Paris. Ranveer Singh is a dude from Delhi who on a visit to Paris falls head over heels in love with the Parisian-Indian girl. Says the source, “Adi (director Aditya Chopra) wrote this script as homage to his own marriage. Rani and Adi love Paris more than any city in the world. Ranveer was director Adi’s first and last choice to play the dilli ka chokra Dharam. For the role of Kyra, Adi was extremely keen to cast Vaani Kapoor who he feels has tremendous potential.
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Currency Ban: BJP Launches Counter Attack on Opposition
Banks took a break from catering to long queues on Sunday even as politics over the demonetisaton of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes continued. Training his guns on opposition leaders who have demanded a rollback, BJP chief Amit Shah said they were scared. “Samajwadi Party, Mayawati, Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee have joined forces since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetization. They are all scared,” he said in Chandigarh. Taking on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Shah said he may have missed the achievements of Modi government “as he is wearing Italian glasses”. Stay tuned for LIVE updates
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Rhodes scholars for Class of 2017 announced
VIENNA, Va. (AP) — This year's class of Rhodes scholars from the U.S. includes students who have used data to visualize sea level rise, some who speak several languages and the son of undocumented immigrants.
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Meet Subashini Sankaran, the First Female IPS Officer In Charge of a CM’s Security
In July this year, Subashini Sankaran became the first woman IPS officer since India’s independence to take charge of a chief minister’s security. She is responsible for protecting Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. [caption id="attachment_75641" align="alignleft" width="300"] Facebook profile photo of Subashini Sankaran[/caption] “It was a new thing for everybody but people slowly adapted to being comfortable about having a lady police officer as the chief minister’s head of security,” Subashini told News18. Subashini’s job entails mapping out routes when the chief minister travels, coordinating with other members of the CM’s security detail, and briefing personnel. It is a stressful job and her work day often extends to 18 hours. Subashini comes from a middle-class family, originally from the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. No other member of her family has ever worked for the police; her father was employed in the industrial safety department of a private company, her mother is a homemaker and her sister an entrepreneur in the United States. The family moved to Mumbai in the early 1980s, where she completed her schooling in Thane. Subashini has a degree in sociology from St. Xaviers. She later went on to do M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, where she wrote her dissertation on women and terrorism, focusing on the suicide bomber squads of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It gave her an insight into the broader political and sociological situation in India and a nuanced understanding of law and order issues. After qualifying to become an IPS officer, Subashini underwent training at the Sardar Vallabhai Police Academy in Hyderabad. Her current posting is not easy. Assam is the largest state in northeastern India and is dealing with multiple challenges – from law and order problems to counter-insurgency to communal strife, smuggling and poaching. [caption id="attachment_75664" align="alignnone" width="1200"] A parade on Assam Police Day 2016. Source: Assam Police[/caption] She has some experience tackling many of the key issues facing the state. Before her current appointment she worked as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Azara Police Station in Guwahati. Next, she was transferred to Biswanath District, followed by stints in Silchar and Tezpur as Additional Superintendent. Her wide-ranging experience in different parts of Assam has helped her prepare for the task of securing the state’s head of government. What makes the job a little easier is that she has learnt Assamese in the four years she has spent in the state. The lesson from her years as a police officer: “Talk when necessary, take firm action when necessary…lawfully, of course.” When she gets some time off from the grind, Subashini likes to unwind by reading biographies, and listening to jazz and folk music. Like this story? Or have something to share? Write to us: contact@thebetterindia.com, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. NEW: Click here to get positive news on WhatsApp!
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“Farhan Akhtar never claimed to be Mohammed Rafi” - Rock On 2 director lashes out at detractors
Rock On 2 opened to shockingly low audiences. How do you rationalize this freak happening? The demonetization of the currency definitely hit us hard. There are massive queues outside banks and ATM’s across the country. And it’s only fair that people are looking out for their needs right now and watching a movie or any sort of entertainment is not priority for the people. The drive led by the Prime Minister to eradicate black money is applaud able but unfortunately for us it was just sheer bad timing. We only got to know a day before our overseas release and there was little that could be done. The critics have also been largely unkind, savagely so. To what do you attribute this clobbering of
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Box Office: Force 2 has a fair weekend
Force 2 has seen a fair weekend at the Box Office. The start was slow on Friday and then the jumps over Saturday and Sunday weren’t huge either. The film would have been in a much more comfortable position had it crossed the Rs. 25 crore mark. However, with Rs. 20.05 crore as its sum total so far, the dependency over the weekdays becomes a lot more. When compared to other action films starring John Abraham and Sonakshi Sinha, this is how the Abhinay Deo directed affair currently stands: Force 2 – Rs. 20.05 crore Akira – Rs. 16.65 crore Force – Rs. 15 crore Rocky Handsome – Rs. 16.12 crore (including Rs. 1.77 crore from Thursday Paid Previews) In the coming week arrives Shah Rukh Khan and Alia
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Tata crisis: How do you sack a boss who won't go?
Imagine you work for a company that has been engulfed in a bitter power struggle for weeks. Your chairman was unceremoniously sacked. The management feud has divided directors. Meanwhile your customers just don't know what to think. And to cap it all off, despite the spat being played out in the world's media with a to-and-fro of insult and insinuation, the dumped boss is still very much part of the company. Sounds pretty horrendous, but that's the reality for 660,000 staff employed by India's Tata Group. It is the country's largest conglomerate, with stakes in more than 100 independent companies, many of which bear the Tata brand. And still at the helm or on the board of some of the most high-profile
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Samsung 'Black Friday' 2016 Deals: How Good Are They?
Black Friday Samsung deals on televisions and Galaxy smartphones rated from best to worst...
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Bigg Boss 10, Day 35: Alia Bhatt Brightens Up The House, Lokesh Gets Evicted
After the elimination of the first and most loved celebrity contestant Karan Mehra, housemates were definitely looking for something to brighten up their day. And the surprise comes in the form of Alia Bhatt who enters the house to spread some love and positivity. She makes a grand entry with lots of balloons in her hands and the housemates give her a warm welcome. Alia greets all of them and announces that Manu is her favourite contestant and also advises him to think less and play the game wholeheartedly. Furthermore, Alia opens up her 'pitara' and introduces an exciting game. She challenges the men of the house (except Swamiji and Rahul) to woo her with some cheesy lines and unique props.
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Beauty usage of Mustard Oil which you haven't heard of!
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21 (ANI): Winter is here and we are all set to welcome it with much galore, celebration and festivals. On the same note, Umesh Verma, Spokesperson at P Mark Mustard Oil has pointed some beauty benefits of using Mustard Oil and looking your best this party season. 1. Imparts a natural Skin Glow: Since centuries Indians have been applying Mustard Oil as body oil for massage before their baths.
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Vastu tips to bring prosperity, positive energy in workspace
New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Money and valuables should be kept in a safe facing north and as per the vastu principles it is really good to set the accounts department in southeast direction, says an expert. Mahha Guru Gauravv Mittal, Vastu Shastra, has shared tips to bring prosperity and positivity in your work space. * As per the Vastu principles it is really good to set the accounts department in southeast direction.
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