Megastar Chiranjeevi is getting back to acting after almost eight years with the Telugu remake of Tamil superhit Kaththi. What is also significant is the fact that this is his 150th film. On Friday, the actor will give his mahurat shot for a film bankrolled by his son, actor Ram Charan.

 Superstar Rajinikanth who, over the last few months shot for two of his projects simultaneously, has successfully completed dubbing for his portions from upcoming Tamil gangster drama Kabali.

“The entire last week he was busy dubbing for Kabali on Sunday, he successfully completed dubbing for the film,” a source from the film’s unit told IANS.

Kings XI’s misery continues, suffers its fifth loss in six games.

Mumbai Indians produced an all-round performance to extend Kings XI Punjab’s misery in the ninth edition of the Indian Premier League.

After Parthiv Patel and Ambati Rayudu helped Mumbai set a target of 190, the medium-pacers — Jasprit Bumrah, Tim Southee and Mitchell McClenaghan — struck crucial blows to ensure a much-needed emphatic victory for Mumbai, the margin being 25 runs.

 The benchmark BSE Sensex rose some 53 points in early session today after sentiment was boosted by Reliance Industries’ encouraging fourth quarter earnings numbers, which were announced last week.

 The Centre on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the Uttarakhand High Court decision to quash the declaration of President’s rule in the State.

A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and S.K. Singh heard Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi mention the matter seeking an urgent hearing and stay of the High Court verdict.

This Bench was presiding over the First Court and filling in for Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur, who is absent from court as he is attending the three-day Chief Justices' Conference which began on Friday.

Justice Misra referred the Centre's plea to the Registrar-General of the Supreme Court to be informed to Chief Justice Thakur, who is likely to list the case for hearing later on Friday before an appropriate Bench of the apex court.

In the short mentioning, Mr. Rohatgi said the judgment was dictated in the courtroom by the High Court Bench but a copy is not yet out.

“The special leave petition has been filed in the Supreme Court on Friday morning. We are worried about what will happen between today and Monday... you can’t have a judgment delivered without a copy,” Mr. Rohatgi submitted.

Meanwhile, the nine disqualified MLAs have also sought permission to be heard in the Supreme Court.

The Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday quashed the imposition of President’s rule in the State on March 27.

The High Court Bench led by Chief Justice K.M. Joseph ordered that a floor test be held in the Uttarakhand Assembly on April 29, 2016, where former Chief Minister Harish Rawat’s claim of having majority support shall be put to test.

The judgment came amidst apprehensions raised by former Chief Minister Harish Rawat in an application filed on April 7, 2016 in the High Court that the Centre may revoke the President's rule before the court's verdict and install a BJP government.

The Bench expressed its anguish at the Centre having behaved like a private party in a federal structure of governance enshrined in the Constitution.

“We are pained that the Central government can behave like this. How can you think of playing with the Court?” Justice Joseph said.

The court had said that it would be nothing shirt of a travesty of justice if the Centre revokes the President's rule and form a government.

source: thehindu.com/

Leading Indian e-commerce player Flipkart's founders Binny Bansal and Sachin Bansal found place in the annual list of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

"This acknowledgment validates that the path we have chosen of creating a world-class Indian internet company that delivers quality products and reliable service at an affordable price to millions of families across India," a Flipkart statement cited both the Bansals as saying.

The iconic magazine's profile of the Flipkart founders in 2016 Time 100 said: "Binny and Sachin do have modest lifestyles, by billionaire standards, but they're also nimble tacticians and hardheaded realists, and they dream big."

The Bansals were included in the list under the 'Titan' section with company from Yuri Milner, Pope Francis, Stephen Curry, Pricilla Chan, Mark Zuckerberg, Dwayne Johnson and others, the statement added.

source: businesstoday.in/