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State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched their latest Combo 18 prepaid recharge plan for Tamil Nadu circle. The plan was earlier available in a number of other regions, but now the plan has been made available in Tamil Nadu as well.  The plan allows users to browse up to 1.8GB of high speed data daily. The plan also offers users with 250 minutes of free calls to BSNL and non-BSNL numbers. The plan validity is for two days. BSNL Tamil Nadu announced the arrival on Twitter about the latest Combo 18 plan in the Tamil Nadu circle. The plan offers 1.8GB daily high-speed data and 250 minutes of free calling to any network and comes with a validity of two days.  After the daily data limit is used up, users can continue to browse at 80Kbps speeds. Other than Tamil Nadu, other circles that have the Combo 18 plan are Chattisgarh, Chandigarh, Chennai, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Gujarat, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Ker...

Ahmedabad : A TikTok celebrity was arrested in Ahmedabad allegedly after she recorded a video at a bridge during the COVID-19 lockdown. Identified as Sonu Nayak, the TikTok fame is a resident of Kundaliyavas area of Isanpur, Ahmedabad.   Nayak was arrested after she uploaded a TikTok video which had been filmed at the Isanpur bridge during the lockdown. The video had been made at around 9 pm on Monday.  Nayak was released on bail soon after she was arrested. The police sprung into action after the video uploaded by Nayak went viral on social media. The TikTok user had been arrested for violating the lockdown.  Sonu Nayak also works as a nurse at a private hospital. According to JM Solanki, inspector of the Isanpur police station, Nayak went to the Isanpur bridge on Monday night and allegedly filmed a video.  Solanki told  The Times of India , "This is our Isanpur village. Modiji open the lockdown (then laughs) and again says that please show us by sleeping on th...

Yesterday Anushka Sharma shared a super funny video of Virat Kohli moving around the house like a dinosaur. Here's how Ranveer Singh and many other celebrities reacted to the craziness. Ever since Anushka Sharma posted a video of Virat Kohli imitiating a dinosaur, the internet hasn't stopped laughing and wondering what's up with the couple. After all, it's not a usual sight watching the captain of the Indian Cricket team trying to be ape an animal. Of course, brownie points to Virat for coming so close to walking and sounding like a dinosaur but then who would have thought Virushka will reach this level of craziness one day? Perhaps, it's the lockdown effect and anything that screams entertainment is more than welcome on the internet. You will be amused to see how Ranveer Singh reacted to the video. Within minutes after Anushka shared this hilarious video of Virat by saying, "I spotted .... A Dinosaur on the loose", Ranveer was among the first celebrities ...

New Delhi:  The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 3,435 in India and the number of total positive coronavirus cases climbed to 1,12,359 on May 21, Thursday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. In the last 24 hours, the country recorded 5,609 fresh COVID-19 cases. The number of active COVID-19 cases stands at 63,624, while 45,299 have been cured/discharged and one patient has migrated. Of the total coronavirus cases, Maharashtra tops the tally with 39,297 COVID-91 cases, Tamil Nadu comes second with 13,191, Gujarat is placed at third position with 12,537 cases. Delhi has recorded 11,088 COVID infections so far, Rajasthan 6,015, Uttar Pradesh 5,175 and Madhya Pradesh 5,735. States which have recorded more than 1,000 coronavirus cases include West Bengal (3103), Andhra Pradesh (2602), Punjab (2005),  Bihar (1674), Telangana (1661), Karnataka (1462), Jammu and Kashmir (1390), Odisha (1052). Of the total 3,435 COVID-19 fatalities, Maharashtra tops the...

Kolkata:  Severe cyclonic storm Amphan made landfall in West Bengal and Odisha causing widespread damages in both the states. At least 12 people have been killed in storm-related incidents so far. The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) is carrying out relief restoration work. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, monitoring the situation from the state secretariat, claimed at least 10-12 people lost their lives yesterday. "Area after area has been ruined. I have experienced a war-like situation today. At least 10-12 people have died. Nandigram, Ramnagar....the two districts of North and South 24 Parganas are destroyed," she said. Trees uprooted and waterlogging in several parts of Kolkata due to the cyclonic storm. Restoration work by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel is underway at the Airport Road in Kolkata, West Bengal: SN Pradhan, Director General of NDRF. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), yhe cyclone is v...

New Delhi:  Indian markets opened nearly flat on Thursday after rallying for most of the week, tracking muted Asian shares. Concerns over the long-term impact of the virus and worries over economic recovery led to profit-booking in recent gainers, say analysts. As of 9:20 am, the Sensex was up 138.60 points or 0.45% at 30,957.21 while the Nifty traded 46.70 points or 0.52% higher at 9,113.25. Top gainer & loser Gains in the market were led by banking and auto stocks with their respective sub-indices on NSE- Nifty Bank and Nifty Auto- rising 1.08% and 1.88% respectively. Among Nifty stocks, Bajaj Auto was the top gainer, up 5.52% followed by Bharti Infratel and Hero MotoCorp, which gained 3.16% and 2.38% respectively. Kotak Mahindra Bank, Gail, HDFC Bank, UPL, Asian Paints, Eicher Motors were the other prominent gainers in the Nifty rising between 1.57%-2.39%. Meanwhile, Grasim was the top loser in Nifty, down 1.70% followed by Adani Ports and NTPC, which fell 1.21% and 1.9...

Truecaller has received a new update that brings a bunch of new features and overhauled design.  The update can be installed on Android devices right now while the iPhone users will receive it in the coming days. Here's what's new. Truecaller new update Full-screen caller ID With the new update, Truecaller has added a full-screen caller ID that will show incoming calls in a full-screen and help you identify the type of call you are receiving with colours. If Truecaller shows a Blue screen then this would mean you are getting calls from your contacts or unknown numbers, purple screen stands for priority calls from delivery services or businesses, red for spam calls and lastly gold screen would mean you are receiving a call from a user with upgraded Gold account.  If you wish to enable the new full-screen caller ID interface, you can head to the Settings menu > Caller ID > Full Screen. Home tab A Home tab has also been introduced where you will be ...

Travelling by trains and catching glimpses of the countryside is one of the best experiences that people can have. Especially in a vast country like India, trains are as good as lifelines, that keep the extreme corners connected. Though air and road travel has become popular these days, travelling by train gives a different feel altogether. Today, we shall tell you what it means when you dream about seeing yourself travelling by train. Unlike an aeroplane and a four-wheeler, the train has a very well defined path, i.e. the tracks. Therefore, it knows what its destination is and how to reach it without having to lose direction. Hence, when you dream about seeing yourself travelling by train, it means that you are moving in the right direction. Moreover, you are blessed with the knowledge of an ideal path, that will take you to your final destination. Moreover, en route, you may come across many co-passengers with whom you may strike a conversation. And this means that you may come acros...

New Delhi:  A leading official of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against using hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of COVID-19 outside clinical trials, adding that many authorities had reported potential side effects from using the anti-malarial drug. The warning from the UN health body came as US President Donal Trump revealed that he has been taking the medication for about a week and a half to ward off the novel coronavirus, which has now killed at least 323,370 people in the world. Dr Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, told a press conference on Wednesday that both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have as yet not been found to be effective in the treatment of COVID-19 or in the prophylaxis against coming down with the disease, despite the fact that these drugs are already licensed for many diseases. “And in fact the opposite, warnings have been issued by many authorities regarding the potential side effects of the drug an...