Actor Chunky Panday has recalled a fun memory with his old co-star, Sunny Deol. Chunky and Sunny have worked together in several films, such as Paap Ki Duniya, Vishwatma and Lootere. In an interview, Chunky remembered an incident aboard their flight back from Kenya, during which Sunny ‘stole’ his cigarettes and distributed […]
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Places of worship reopen in Maharashtra with strict Covid-19 protocols in place
Religious places across Maharashtra reopened on Monday after nearly eight months of closure due to the lockdown imposed in a bid to control the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic. The announcement to reopen religious places in Maharashtra was made by the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) on Saturday. The prominent religious places in the […]
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NIA wrongly names businessman in its list of most wanted
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) was left red-faced recently when it released the name and photograph of a businessman, Mahesh Agarwal of Adhunik Group, which runs coal and steel plants, in its list of most wanted. And so, for almost nine months, the businessman whose companies do business in thousands […]
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Sharmila, Amitabh mourn Soumitra Chatterjee’s death
Actors Sharmila Tagore and Amitabh Bachchan mourned the loss of veteran Bangla actor Soumitra Chatterjee, celebrated for his work in films by the legendary Satyajit Ray. Sharmila and Soumitra began their careers together, starring in Apur Sansar, the third part of Ray’s Apu trilogy. They worked together in other films such as […]
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Uttarakhand logs 213 fresh Covid-19 infections, 5 more patients die
Uttarakhand added 213 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday taking the state’s tally of total coronavirus cases to 68,215. Five more Covid-19 patients also died in the state taking the death toll to 1107. Out of 68,215 people who have tested positive so far, a total of 61,950 have recovered successfully, […]
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Kanpur man returns home after spending 8 years in Pakistan jail on espionage charges
Shamsuddin, jailed in Pakistan on espionage charges, was waiting for eight years to meet his family. That wait finally came to an end on Sunday when the 70-year-old was brought back by authorities to his native place near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. A smiling Shamsuddin met his sobbing daughters, and […]
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Gunmen in western Ethiopia kill at least 34 people in bus attack, says rights body
Gunmen in western Ethiopia killed at least 34 people in an attack on a bus on Saturday night, the national human rights body said on Sunday, as fears grow of a security vacuum in the country amid a military campaign in the north. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said the […]
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Farhan and Shibani are in their ‘happy place’, see pics from Maldives vacay
Bollywood couple Farhan Akhtar and Shibani Dandekar are vacationing in the Maldives. They’ve been sharing social media updates for fans from the popular tourist destination. On Sunday, Shibani took to social media and shared a picture of the two of them, gazing at the sunset from an infinity pool. She captioned it, […]
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SC to hear plea seeking removal of Andhra CM
The Supreme Court will today hear a PIL seeking the removal of YS Jaganmohan Reddy from the post of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister over his “scandalising” remarks against the second senior-most judge of the top court. A bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Uday Umesh Lalit, will hear […]
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JD(U) may get 12 ministerial berths, BJP 18: All eyes on Bihar cabinet formation
Nitish Kumar is all set to take oath as Bihar chief minister for the fourth time on Monday. The constituents of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which won the Bihar Assembly election, approved Kumar’s name for the top job at a meeting on Sunday. He then went to meet the […]
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Diwali pollution: Delhi-NCR exhibits irresponsibility, again
On Diwali (Saturday), citizens of the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) area made a mockery of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)’s ban on the sale and use of all kinds of firecrackers in the region and health warnings by doctors (including the fact that there is a high risk of pollution […]
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‘One of the best white-ball players’: Hussain praises India batsman
Former England captain Nasser Hussain heaped praise on India batsman KL Rahul. Hussain termed Rahul as ‘one of the best white-ball players going around’ for his exploits in the recently-concluded IPL. Rahul walked away with the Orange Cap award, presented to the highest run-scorer of an IPL season despite his […]
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‘Status not determined by posts’: Giriraj Singh to Sushil Kumar Modi
After Katihar MLA was on Sunday elected BJP’s leader in the Bihar assembly, Union Minister Giriraj Singh put out a tweet for Sushil Kumar Modi who was the leader of the party’s legislature party in the state before the just concluded assembly elections. “Respected Sushil ji, you are the leader, you […]
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British PM Boris Johnson self-isolates after Covid-19 contact
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, a fresh setback after infighting among his top advisers plunged Downing Street into chaos last week. Johnson, who was admitted to intensive care in a London hospital earlier this year with the […]
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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to space, kicking off regular crew flights from the US
SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday on the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company. The Falcon rocket thundered into the night from Kennedy Space Center with three Americans and one Japanese, the second crew to be launched by SpaceX. The Dragon […]