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The recent Air India Airport Services Limited recruitment drive for airport loaders at Mumbai Airport has thrown light on a stark reality: a large number of educated job aspirants are now competing for basic handyman positions. Among the sea of applicants, many hold advanced degrees and have travelled long distances in search of employment. Prathameshwar, a second-year BBA student from Buldhana district, journeyed over 400 kilometres for a chance at the job. “I have come to apply for the post of handyman. They are offering a salary of Rs 22,500,” he said. When asked if he would abandon his studies…
An insurance company has been directed by the Motor Accident Claim Tribunal (MACT) to pay about Rs 1.98 crore compensation to the parents of a 32-year-old man who was killed in a hit-and-run involving a minor in 2016. The Tribunal has directed the insurance company to pay Rs 1.98 crore – Rs 1.21 crore as compensation and around Rs 77.61 lakh as interest – to the parents of Sidharth Sharma within 30 days. Sidharth Sharma died after being hit by a Mercedes – driven by a minor – in the Civil Lines area of Delhi on April 4, 2016. The…
“By hook or by crook… he is behind bars” – senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi’s strong words Wednesday morning in opening skirmishes in the Delhi High Court, which is hearing Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea following his arrest last month by the CBI in the alleged liquor policy scam. Mr Singhvi told a single-judge bench, of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna, the CBI “did not intend to, and did not have any material” to arrest Mr Kejriwal, and slammed the move as an “insurance arrest”. Arguing for Mr Kejriwal, Mr Singhvi also criticised the CBI for an arrest he said…
Hazel Keech is on cloud nine. Reason? Her daughter Aura Singh is one year old now. The actress has re-shared a picture of the cute munchkin on Instagram Stories. Here, Aura is seen looking at the camera. Don’t miss her princess crown, please. Isn’t she looking adorable? Replying to her husband, cricket icon Yuvraj Singh’s question, “When did she turn one”, Hazel wrote, “I told her to stop growing Yuvi but she didn’t listen to me.” Yuvraj and Hazel got married in 2016. The couple are also parents to a boy – Orion. They welcomed him in 2022. Hazel Keech loves…
In yet another addition to the series of revelations in the row surrounding trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, questions are now being raised on a disability certificate issued to her by a Pune hospital. This is among the several disability certificates that have emerged over the last couple of weeks after her selection into civil service came under the scanner. She had submitted two certificates issued by the Ahmednagar District Civil Hospital in 2018 and 2021 to the UPSC. She had also applied for a disability certificate from Aundh government hospital in Pune in 2022, but the application was rejected…
Amitabh Bachchan, who loves to keep his fans updated about different facets of his life, shared a new picture from his work diaries. BTW, did we mention that the click also features Amitabh Bachchan’s wife and film veteran Jaya Bachchan? In the click that Big B posted on his X handle (previously known as Twitter), he can be seen holding an umbrella for Jaya Bachchan. He captioned the post, “And the rain it raineth every day… even on set at work.” In his blog entry, Amitabh Bachchan continued, “And the rain it raineth all day long… on the work too…umbrellas…
Top BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh will meet this morning to review preparations for the upcoming by-elections to 10 assembly seats, the first polls in the state after a sharp drop in the ruling party’s tally in the recent Lok Sabha election. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has called a meeting of the cabinet ministers at 11 am at his Lucknow residence. The meeting assumes significance as the BJP has been assessing its electoral strategies in view of the unsatisfactory results in the Lok Sabha polls. The BJP won just 33 of UP’s 80 Lok Sabha seats – behind…
Sarfira has now crossed the Rs 15 crore-mark at the box office. On day 5, the movie experienced a slight surge and minted Rs 1.95 crore, according to a Sacnilk report. So far, the film headlined by Akshay Kumar has collected Rs 15.4 crore. Directed by Sudha Kongara Prasad, Sarfira features Akshay in the role of Vir Mhatre, a character based on the life of GR Gopinath, an ex-army officer who founded India’s first low-cost airline, Air Deccan. The film also features Radhikka Madan as Rani and Paresh Rawal as Paresh Goswami. Sarfira clashed with Kamal Haasan’s Indian 2 at the box office.Sarfira is the Hindi remake of the Tamil film Soorarai Pottru.…
Television star Hina Khan, who is battling Stage Three breast cancer, shared a picture from Mumbai’s Kokilaben Hospital on Tuesday on her Instagram story and she wrote, “Just another day.” Later, Hina shared a note that read, “Being constantly in pain. Yes, constantly. Every single second. The person is smiling? Still in pain. The person doesn’t mention it? Still in pain. The person says ‘I’m fine.’ Still in pain.” She also posted a note she received from hospital staff and captioned it, “Love and more love. This keeps me going. From Housekeeping department.”The note that Hina received from the hospital…
JD Vance, who has been named former US President Donald Trump’s running mate, stirred a controversy after he said that that UK under Labour might be the first “truly Islamist” country with nuclear weapons. Vance said he had been discussing with a friend which country would be the first “truly Islamist country that will get a nuclear weapon”. “Maybe it’s Iran, maybe Pakistan kind of counts, and then we sort of decided maybe it’s actually the UK since Labour just took over,” he said last week at a conference for UK Conservatives last week. Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner,…