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Bollywood star Ranveer Singh is in conversation with Entertainment Editor Rajeev Masand at News18 Rising India Summit. The Padmaavat star reveals he got his debut movie Band, Baaja, Baarat after Ranbir Kapoor rejected it.

PM Modi also highlighted his government's achievements in health, welfare and power sectors and claimed that there is renewed confidence among citizens in the country's rise globally.

"SpiceJet aircraft SG 1238 from Hyderabad after landing and taxiing damage three runway lights, due to which runway was closed from 10.47 p.m. to 11.28 p.m (on late Friday night)," an airport official said in a statement.

As per the notice released by BPSC, the Main (Written) Exams are scheduled to commence from 27th April 2018 and will conclude on 4th May 2018 in a single shift (11am to 2pm) at the exam centres in BPSC, Patna Headquarters.

Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi had been accused of illegally sending people abroad disguised as members of his troupe by charging hefty "passage money”.

Attorney General KK Venugopal opposed a suggestion mooted by the Supreme Court that the government should submit a stays report on investigation in the Punjab National Bank scam in a sealed cover envelope.

Santosh Min B said he wanted the biometric details as these would be of no use for the UIDAI since his father was dead now and there were also chances of their misuse and abuse.

The Criminal Law (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2018, moved by Haryana's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ram Bilas Sharma, was passed on the last day of the budget session.

The Public Enterprises Survey 2016-17, which mapped the performance of central public sector units, showed that the top ten loss-making state-owned firms accounted for a whopping 83.82 per cent of the total losses made by 82 loss-making CPSEs during the y...

The Rising India Summit will feature an address by His Excellency Ali Bongo Ondimba, the President of the Republic of Gabon. The keynote address will be delivered at the end of Day 1 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Shutting the doors on their prospects to have offices in India, a bench of Justices Adarsh K Goel and Uday U Lalit maintained that the Advocate Act and other pertinent statutes debar foreign law firms from practising in India.

Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) is scheduled to organize the entrance exams for admissions to various UG and PG courses in 7 cities across the country viz – Delhi, Patna, Lucknow, Srinagar, Guwahati, Calicut and Kolkata.

To curb cheating, paper leaks and malpractices, students as well as teachers and invigilators are also not allowed to carry mobile devices inside the examination halls.

In another first, the budget will have separate chapters on gender, child, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and outcome budgeting.

ISA is an inter-governmental organisation that aims to mobilise $1 trillion in funds for future solar generation, storage and technology across the world. It has 60 signatories, with 30 of those countries have ratified the agreement.

The recommendation assumes significance at a time when the government is cracking down on companies that have not been carrying out business activities for long as well as those entities being allegedly used for illicit fund flows.