Author: Samikhsya Bureau

A middle aged fashion designer was allegedly killer by her tailor with the support of others. The accused has also killed the domestic help Bahadur of the slain designer Mala Lakhani. The accused tailor, who was in fact employed by Lakhani has confessed to killing Mala for loot of valuables from her house.

The reported death of the tiger in Satkosia, which was recently brought from Madhya Pradesh has again stirred the hornets’ nest among the forest department. Several excuses are being sported to assess the reason behind the sudden death of the tiger and the most recent being is infection caused in the neck part of the animal whose carcass was discovered perhaps days after the death. However, team under the monitoring lens of the chief wildlife warden is being conducted.

Some sources lend credence to the hunch that the locals of Satkosia region who were already upset by the alleged killings by Sundari tigress, may have designed the acts of killing the male tiger recent trans-located. In nut shell the handling of the first ever tiger trans-location by the wildlife department has miserably failed.

At last a word of sanity from a popular Pakistani. None else than the International cricketer Sahid Afridi of Pakistan has told during an interaction with the media in London that Pakistan does not need Kashmir as the latter is not able to manage its own four provinces properly. The advice from the star cricketer may have some commonsense for the new Pak PM Imran Khan.

This is called Joy of Giving and what happens sometimes without much fun-fare. She is unlike other celebs who get into the tracks of self-oriented ostentations of wealth. But cine actor Samantha Akkineni of Hyderabad stands out for her dedication for the under-privileged. Akkineni from the Pratyusha Foundation offers medical assistance to the underprivileged children and women.

Much awaited celeb wedlock of Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh took place in Italy. The marriage was solemnized in Konkani traditions at Lake Camo . Although both the actors were together for last 3-4 years but they recently made it public in October last regarding their marriage.Another ceremony called Sindhi Anand Karaj is likely to be on Thursday.

Union minister Maneka Gandhi has expressed deep concern over the frequent deaths of wild elephants. In a letter to the chief minister Naveen Patnaik she has also referred the deaths of seven elephants in Dhenkanal and expressed shock that between 2011-2017 435 elephants died out of which 124 due to electrocution only. There is a terrible laclk of coordination between the concerned departments, Maneka said in the letter and sought direct intervention of the chief minister.

In response to a petition filed by a non government organisation the Delhi high court on Wednesday has sought Centre;s response on the plea for the removal of pictures or videos which are vulgar and sexually overt in the platforms like Amazon, Netflix and others.The online platforms give “vulgar, sexually explicit, pornographic and profane contents to attract subscribers.

She was in a state of inebriation and did what never expected from any civilized person. The incident took place in an Air-India flight on board when a woman passenger took to verbal abuse and allegedly spat on a crew’s face when she was denied more wine. It happened on Saturday last on board a London-Mumbai flight and the incident was video recorded and was made available on Wednesday.

After a prolonged agitation by the High Court lawyers protesting the physical assault on a lawyer the strike has been called off after the three police personnel tendered an unconditional apology in the High Court today. This was informed by the secretary of the Bar Association Srikant Nayak. From Thursday the lawyers will resume work.

Meanwhile, the Bar Association has decided in a meeting that to ward off any such unpleasant  incident or development in the future a body shall be formed which shall lay down the modalities as how to tackle with such situation .

Not a very good news for the leaders or political parties in India if someone streamlines their poll related financial activities. Online search major Google did it in US mid-term polls effecting a tight control on who is spending on political ads and at the same time guidelines requiring all ads to include disclosure identifying who paid for the ads. Google plans replication of it for 2019 poll in India. Weekly transparency report that listed political advertisement expenditure on the basis of ads agencies , the party affiliation was what was launched during the US mid-term poll.

Enjoying the enviable edge with dual sim camera now, Lenovo S5 has made a new mark in China which was unveiled officially. Lenovo S5 Pro is the successor to the S5 that was unveiled in March.   Lenovo S5 Pro will compete with Xiaomi Mi 6X, Mi 8 Lite, and Honor 8X. The key features of Lenovo S5 Pro includes the display notch that comes with 6GB of RAM.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again tossed a political fuss by saying that today India has a ‘Chaiwala’ as it’s prime minister because of the trend set by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Recently Tharoor was in news for his jibe of “scorpion” aimed at the PM, now , talking at an event Tharoor was reported to have said that because Nehru made such an institutional structure that any body can rise to claim the highest position in the country, by which Tharoor was hinting his jibe at Narendra Modi.

Netaji kin Chandra Kumar Bose, now a BJP leader in West Bengal has given a proposal through a letter to the prime minister that the name of Nicobar Island be renamed as ‘Saheed & Swaraj’ islands as a mark of tribute to Netaji who was the ‘first minister of India when he had hoisted the national flag at Port Blair on December 30 1943’ Bose said in his letter.

The  group CEO of e-commerce giant, Flipkart, Binny Bansal was to resign after being charged with ‘personal misconduct’ following an investigation report . News agency Reuters reported that Bansal’s decision to resign was a sequel to an independent investigation done on behalf of Flipkart and Walmart after an allegation of ” serious personal misconduct ” reported the agency although Bansal has denied the allegation.

However, Kalyan Krishnamurthy will carry on as the CEO of the company . Recently the United State retail giant Walmart had taken charge of Flipkart by purchasing 77% of outstanding shares with the Flipkart.

Known for his unusual stunts and acting style the Tamil mega star Rajnikant , contrary to the hopes in the opposition camp, has spun a dialogue in a way to say Modi is as strong as ten people. ‘When ten people unite against one, then who is stronger? this was how the Tamil star planned to stand by Modi when euphoria on Mahagathbandhan is yet pick up.

Four wheel big Skoda aims to surge pass competitors to introduce Laurin & Klernent variants of Kodiaq. Look for any safety and luxury it is there now in India with Skoda. From an affordable Rs.34,83,995, it is powered by 2.5 litre diesel unit. This latest SUV coming out with all new cockpit, nine air bags, rain sensing wiper and power-nap package with of course headrests for 2nd row sitters.

The creator of popular comic Spider-man and Iron Man Stan Lee, 95, died on Monday. Lee was also a co-creator of Marvel Comics, was born in Manhattan , was earlier known as Stanley Martin, was also co-creating many other comic characters like Iron Man, Thor and Doctor Strange, had once went for an appearance in a films including The Avenger.

It has been decided by the Puri temple administration that the rate chart on Mahaprasad sale shall be introduced after the month of Kartika. This was clarified by the the chief administrator of  Lord Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Pradeepta Mohapatra on Tuesday. He said that the rate chart for Mahaprasad will be given a final shape after the holy month of Kartika.

The popular Odia singer of yester-years Chitta Jena is no more. Jena has died yesterday in a private hospital after a prolonged illness. A melodious voice has been silenced for all the times to come. Born in 1941, Jena reigned at the horizon of popularity with his unforgettable numbers like ‘ki sundara aaha ki ananda maya or ‘Mo priya tharu kiye’ few evergreen songs keep resounding taking the listeners on the wings of melody.

Jena who gave his first rendition in 1974 in the film ‘Maha Akasha’ quickly shot into fame with the prestigious award ‘ Prafulla Kumar Samman’.