Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Entertainment's Phantom Films and director Meghna Gulzar have signed up to produce a series on the life and case files of former Commissioner of Police, Mumbai, Rakesh Maria.


Series on life, case files of Rakesh Maria in works (Lead, Correcting headline)


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The National School of Drama here on Sunday clarified that a young woman who complained of molestation by a guest lecturer was never its student.


Molestation complainant not our student: NSD


The cumulative expenditure loss to the tourism of the Big Island of Hawaii inflicted by the eruption of the Kilauea volcano may reach approximately $200 million, a study has found.


Loss of Hawaii tourism due to Kilauea eruption may exceed $200 mn: Study


National carrier Air India on Saturday said that its Milan-Delhi flight earlier this week had to return to the Italian city after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit.


Passenger tries to enter AI flight cockpit, detained


Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has sought dismissal of sexual assault charges against him.


Weinstein seeks dismissal of rape charges


Shimla-based filmmaker Devkanya Lotheta's film "Behind the Bars" has won the first prize under the Short Film Award Scheme -- 2018 of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).


Short film on Himachal jail reforms wins prize


In an advisory issued on Saturday, the Goa Police traffic cell warned drivers against mimicking the Kiki challenge which has gone viral on social media, calling the act "highly dangerous" and instead implored people to take up the challenge to quit alcohol and smoking.


Kiki challenge is foolish; quit smoking, alcohol instead: Goa Police


Eighteen people are feared killed after an MI-8 helicopter crashed in the Krasnoyarsk region of Siberia, Russia, according to preliminary reports.


18 feared dead in Russian chopper crash


Two Romania nationals were detained in connection with ATM frauds in the eastern metropolis wherein many persons were swindled out of money totalling Rs 18-20 lakh through fraudulent transactions, Kolkata Police said on Friday.


Two Romanians held for Kolkata ATM frauds


The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has ordered an inquiry into allegations of mismanagement, flouting of rules and siphoning of funds against the management of Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India Ltd (MSEI), Parliament was told on Friday.


Probe ordered against management of MSEI: Minister


The Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRERA) is all set to supervise directly an incomplete residential project in Gurugram and has already seized the bank accounts of the developers concerned, said Authority's Chairman on Friday.


HRERA to supervise stalled residential project in Gurugram


Security forces have seized a record 3,350 kg of dry cannabis (ganja) valued at over Rs 2 crore and arrested two persons in Sepahijala district in west Tripura, police said on Friday.


Record 3,350 kg ganja haul in Tripura: Police


Fugitive Indian jeweller Mehul Choksi, wanted in a Rs 13,500 crore bank fraud, was given Antiguan citizenship after "stringent background checks" and a clearance certificate from the Indian authorities, the Antiguan government has said.


Choksi given citizenship after NOC from India : Antigua


Film director Vijay R. Gutte, son of a leading Maharashtra businessman close to the BJP, has been arrested in a case of alleged Rs 34-crore GST fraud committed through fake documents, official sources said here on Friday.


Film director Vijay Gutte held for Rs 34-crore GST fraud


The Antigua government has said fugitive Indian jeweller Mehul Choksi was given citizenship of the Carribean country after "stringent background checks" and clearance certificate by Mumbai Police and the External Affairs Ministry.


Choksi citizenship after India's certificate: Antigua


The government has sent a request to the UK for extraditing fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, who is wanted in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, parliament has been informed.


Nirav Modi extradition sought from UK: V.K. Singh


A bankruptcy judge gave permission to the attorneys of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein to include 40 emails from an anonymous rape accuser in a motion to dismiss his criminal case.


Weinstein gets approval to disclose rape accuser's emails


A Jet Airways Riyadh-Mumbai flight departed the runway after an aborted take off early on Friday, an official said here.


Jet flight shoots off runway at Riyadh, no casualties


A Jet Airways Riyadh-Mumbai flight overshot the runway while trying to take off on Friday, an official said here.


Jet flight overshoots runway in Riyadh, no casualties


Nick Carter, a member of the popular group the Backstreet Boys, is under review by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office in connection with a sex assault case.


Nick Carter under review over alleged sex assault


Fugitive Indian diamond trader Mehul Choksi, wanted by Indian authorities in Rs 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, is in Antigua and Berbuda, CBI sources said on Thursday.

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