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23 Jan

Katy Perry Made a Last-Minute Change to Her Inauguration Makeup Look

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Katy Perry Made a Last-Minute Change to Her Inauguration Makeup Look When Katy Perry decided to do her first major performance on a national stage since having a baby, she did it with a bang. Literally. Hundreds if not thousands of bangs, actually. The pop star closed out the Celebrating America inauguration special by singing her hit song "Firework" as a seemingly endless supply of actual fireworks filled the Washington, D.C., sky. But despite the impressive pyrotechnics and equally impressive performance, we were mesmerized by how phenomenal the new mom looked for the big event. During the TV presentation on…

23 Jan

Number of minutes don’t matter, impact you leave does: Taapsee Pannu as Baby clocks 6 years

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Taapsee Pannu on Saturday advised young and aspiring actors to not focus on the length of their roles in a project as she celebrated six years of espionage thriller Baby. Before entering Hindi cinema, the 33-year-old actor starred in Telugu and Tamil films. She forayed into Bollywood with David Dhawan’s Chashme Baddoor, but her seven-minute-long role as Shabana Khan in Neeraj Pandey’s Baby acted as a turning point in her career. Pannu said it is important for an artiste to make the most of the screen time they get. “Dear actors, Number of minutes don’t matter, the impact u leave…

23 Jan

DCs issue Republic Day related information

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Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of Kohima and Mokokchung have issued information for the forthcoming 72nd Republic Day celebration to all government employees, HoDs, invitees and others. Mokokchung: DC Mokokchung, Limawabang Jamir has informed all government servants posted within Mokokchung town to attend the function positively. According to DIPR report, all village council members and GBs union of Ungma, Mokokchung, Chuchuyimpang and Khensa villages, GBs of Mokokchung town and functionaries of all 18 wards and general public of Mokokchung town have been informed that the celebration would commence at the usual time of 8:40 a.m. at Imkongmeren Sports Complex Mokokchung. However, in…

23 Jan

Shubman Gill Credits Yuvraj Singh his Success in Australia

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Subhman Gill was selected for Australia tour in as the replacement of injured Rohit Sharma and included in the playing XI in the second Test at the MCG, Melbourne. The right-handed batsman deemed to be the next-big-thing in Indian cricket as he showed no signs of nervousness and was calm; he played a wide variety of shots in the 6 innings he played in Australia. He had scored 259 runs at 51.80 batting average with two half-centuries; being India's fourth-highest run-getter overall playing only three matches. Gill credited former Indian player, Yuvraj Singh, for preparing him well for the short-ball challenge…

23 Jan

National level Kala Utsav competition concludes

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Arts Festival 2020-21 organised jointly by Department of School Education (DoSE) and Literacy, Ministry of Education, government of India and National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) New Delhi concluded Friday. According to a press release, the art festival focuses on promoting traditional folk and classical art forms that reflect India’s’ rich culture, tradition and civilization and also to create a platform to explore exchange and experience the diverse cultural heritage of the country. Kala Utsav National Level Online Competition was held from January 11 to January 22. There were nine categories of competitions for both female and male…

23 Jan

Tetso College organizes a national conference

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Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Tetso College organised a two-day online national conference on the topic “higher education in North East India: trends, opportunities and challenges”. The conference commenced on January 22. A press release by Tetso College stated that while presenting the keynote address, principal, NEISSR, Dr. Fr. C.P. Anto urged participants to reflect on the situation of higher education, its challenges and opportunities in the post-pandemic scenario.Presenting a brief report on higher education in the North East, Dr. Anto stated that there were 10 central universities, 13 state universities, 31 private universities, one deemed university and 924 colleges…

22 Jan

Varun Dhawan-Natasha Dalal wedding: Family members of soon-to-be-bride and groom arrive at venue in Alibaug

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It's finally happening and all the reports around Varun Dhawan and Natasha Dalal's wedding taking place this weekend turned out to be true. Childhood sweethearts Varun and Natasha are finally getting hitched and it seems like a great start to the year. But given the COVID situation in the country, it won't be another big fat Bollywood wedding. In fact, according to reports, it will be around 40 people from both the family who will gather for the occasion. "It will be around 40 people from both the family gather for the occasion. They will stay in a resort in…

22 Jan

Irrfan’s wife Sutapa and son Babil at IFFI;

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The 51 st edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI) proved to be quite an emotional affair for Sutapa Sikdar who arrived for the screening of Paan Singh Tomar in Goa. The film featuring late Irrfan was played at the iconic film festival as they paid homage to the National Award winning movie of 2012. The Tigmanshu Dhulia directorial had Irrfan playing the titular role. The biographical was based on the life of a soldier in the Indian Army who won a gold medal at the Indian National Games, but was forced to become a rebel against the system.…

22 Jan

Money Heist actor Pedro Alonso writes an emotional post for his director

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Pedro’s Spanish caption loosely translated to, “We were in magnificent Copenhagen. In one of those weeks of heart attack shooting in which our team (and with it the whole chiringo) was close to perishing several times. For many different and sometimes unexpected reasons. We were far from home, the shooting plans were very ambitious, we started a new season, the last one, we wanted to go a step further in a way, so many things. And also the uncertainty due to the pandemic supposed an extra pressure that, like an invisible monster, was blowing us with its disturbing breath on…

22 Jan

Assam Rifles conduct civic action programmes

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Various battalions of Assam Rifles conducted civic action programmes in the state for the welfare of public. Chieswema Battalion: Chieswema battalion established eight new solar street lights at Marian village, Wozuro sub-division of Wokha district. According to PRO HQ IGAR (N), the solar lights will also augment security during the night. Meanwhile, to commemorate Army Day, Chieswema Battalion conducted a medical camp for Razeiba range comprising of Zhavame, Razeiba, Tsufume and Zelume on January 15. The camp accompanied by SMO along with eye specialist, Dr. Weweu provided eye check-up, ENT preliminary diagnosis and regular check-up for ailments such as common…