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'Yeh Ballet' to be screened at London Indian Film Festival
Mumbai: "Yeh Ballet", a virtual reality (VR) documentary, directed by Sooni Taraporevala is set to be screened at London Indian Film Festival. The film by the "Little Zizou" director documents the journey of two boys living in the chawls of Navi Mumbai, pursuing their dream of dance through scholarship.
Pak summons Indian DHC over 'ceasefire violations'
Pakistan today summoned the Indian Deputy High Commissioner and condemned the alleged firing by Indian troops along the LoC in which three Pakistani civilians were killed
Sharif to appear before Panama Papers probe panel on June 15
Beleaguered Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will appear before the Joint Investigation Team probing the high-profile Panamagate graft case on Thursday to become the first sitting premier of the country to depose before such a panel. Joint Investigation Team (JIT) chief Wajid Zia, in a letter dated Saturday, asked the prime minister to appear before the six-member probe team at 11.00 AM (local time) on June 15 with all documents relevant to the case
UN chief congratulates India, Pak on full SCO membership
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has congratulated India and Pakistan on getting full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a China-dominated security grouping increasingly seen as a counterweight to NATO.
No cricket series with Pak unless it ends sponsoring terror: Goel
Beijing: India cannot have a bilateral cricket series with Pakistan as it has crossed the "Lakshmana Rekha" by sponsoring terrorism in the country, Sports Minister Vijay Goel said today."For everything there is a Lakshmana Rekha," Goel, who is leading a 200-member Indian youth delegation to China, told the media."But when the line is crossed then a message has to be given. This (boycott) is a message," he said defending the policy not to have bilateral cricket series with Pakistan.
Soumitra Chatterjee to receive Legion d'Honneur
Kolkata: Thespian Soumitra Chatterjee has been conferred with the highest French civlian honour, the Legion d'Honneur. "I am happy and it is a great honour. I got the letter from the French Embassy yesterday and they said they will be coming over here to give me the award. I communicated to them that we will decide on a mutually convenient date," Chatterjee told PTI.
Kansas man charged with hate crime for killing Indian techie
Washington: Adam Purinton, a US Navy veteran accused of killing Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla and injuring two others at a suburban Kansas City bar, has been indicted on federal hate crime and firearms charges. The indictment OF Purinton, 51, of Olathe, Kansas, by a federal grand jury comes after the February 22 shooting at the city bar.
Suicide bomber kills 20 in market south of Baghdad
Hilla: A suicide bomber today blew himself up in a market in the town of Musayyib, south of Baghdad, killing at least 20 people, medical and security sources said. At least 34 other people were wounded in the attack in the centre of Musayyib, a town that lies about 60 kilometres south of the capital, a police officer and a medic at the local hospital said. "A suicide bomber blew himself up in Musayyib market, causing 20 civilian martyrs," an interior ministry spokesman said.
Nepal honours Indian who climbed Everest for record 6 times
Kathmandu: Nepal has felicitated an Indian who became the first person from the country to summit Mount Everest for a record six times. Love Raj Singh Dharmashaktu, a Padma Shri recipient who hails from Uttarakhand, was honoured at a function organised by Adventure Sports Tourism Society in Lalitpur Metropolitan City near here yesterday. Dharmashaktu was appointed a Tourism Ambassador of Nepal to north India during the function.
Knifeman holding hostages at job centre in northeast England
London: A man armed with a knife is holding employees hostage at a job centre in Newcastle in northeast England, police said today."Specialist negotiators are at the scene," Northumbria Police said in a statement, adding that there were no reports of injuries. (AFP)