PC's brother held by crime branch

The Goan NetworkPublished Jul 16, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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Priyanka Chopra’s brother Siddharth who owns The Mugshot Lounge in Pune has been allegedly booked for illegally serving hookah with tobacco mixed products at his restaurant. According to reports, the cops have booked Chopra along with the hotel manager Prakash Tulcharam Choudhary (24) under sections of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition Of advertisement And Regulation Of Trade And Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003.

Word is that this raid happened quite recently after inspector Rajendra Kadam of the crime branch learnt that some people from high-class society have been indulging in tobacco mixed products with hookah at The Mugshot Lounge.

On Dec 31, 2016, your countdown will have one extra second

Ever heard of a leap second? Well, now you did. Here’s a bit of information that may not enrich your life that much but we want you to know more about it any way

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Published Jul 16, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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On Dec 31, 2016, your countdown will have one extra second

On New Year’s Eve 2016, the world’s timekeepers will extend the year by exactly one extra second. Official clocks will hit 23:59:59 as usual, but then they'll say 23:59:60, before rolling over into 2017.This is known as a "leap second," and timekeepers slip them in periodically to keep our clocks in sync with the Earth’s rotation. They do this because it technically takes Earth a bit longer than 24 hours to complete a full rotation ” 86,400.002 seconds rather than 86,400. So…