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11 Jan

KJ Yesudas turns 81: KS Chithra, MG Sreekumar and others pay tribute to ‘Gaanagandharvan’

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On KJ Yesudas’ 81st birthday, 28 singers, including KS Chithra, MG Sreekumar, Sujata Mohan, Srinivas, Venugopal, Biju Narayanan, Unni Menon and Krishnachandran among others, paid tribute to the legendary musician with a song titled “Gandharva Gaayaka”. The song is composed by Shweta Mohan and penned by BK Harinarayanan. It was released today on Shweta’s YouTube channel. She also wrote a small note in the description of the video. It read, “This is a song made, on behalf of all fans, for one of the greatest singers that out country has seen. This tribute to our Gaana Gandharvan was born out…

11 Jan

Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger compares US Capitol mob to Nazis, says Donald Trump is ‘worst president ever’

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Arnold Schwarzenegger compared the mob that stormed the US Capitol to the Nazis and called President Donald Trump a failed leader who “will go down in history as the worst president ever.” The Republican said in a video he released on social media on Sunday that “Wednesday was the Night of Broken Glass right here in the United States.” In 1938, Nazis in Germany and Austria vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses during an attack that became known as Kristallnacht or “the Night of Broken Glass.” “The broken glass was in the windows of the United States Capitol. But the…

11 Jan

Schools, colleges to reopen in Gujarat today

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Looking at the declining cases of coronavrus, the Gujarat government on Wednesday decided to reopen schools in the state from January 11. Issuing an order, Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said the students and teaching staff will have to follow the COVID guidelines strictly. The classes will also reopen for graduation and post-graduation final years with mandatory compliance of Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOPs) and consent of parents. The Centre in Unlock 5 guidelines allowed schools to reopen from October 15. However, the decision was left to states/union territories to decide as to when they would resume physical classes.…

09 Jan

At KIFF inauguration, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan dedicates 2021 to people of India

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Shah Rukh Khan on Friday described the people of the entire country as his extended family and said that after a pandemic affected year, 2021 has to be “dedicated to our extended family”. Attending the virtual inauguration of the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) from Mumbai, Khan said that he felt sorry for not being able to be present at the programme physically like its previous editions since 2011. “A family does not necessarily mean just sons and daughters and parents. I think it implies extended family people of the states the entire country. One must resolve to work…

09 Jan

Happy birthday Farah Khan: Did you know Karan Johar rejected her marriage proposal due to a ‘technical problem’?

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As Farah turns 56 on Saturday, here is a titbit about how she once asked Karan to marry him but he turned her down due to a ‘technical problem’. She is now married to Shirish Kunder and has three children - Diva, Anya and Czar - with him. Farah revealed that she once asked Karan to marry him but he rejected her proposal. “There was a technical problem,” he laughed, adding, “Television ka tower bhi chalna chahiye, so I said iss TV ko off hi kar do. That is why maine bol diya no (The television tower needs to work…

09 Jan

Abandoned at birth, fire claimed infant’s life at Bhandara hospital

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Authorities know the names of the mothers of nine out of ten babies who perished in fire at a state-run hospital in Maharashtra's Bhandara district on early Saturday morning. One name is missing, as the child had been abandoned at birth. The new-born baby, a boy, had been found in the remote village of Kesalwada in Lakhanitehsil last week, a district official said. Discovery of an abandoned child also made headlines in local newspapers. When a fire broke out in the hospital in the early hours of Saturday, the staff succeeded in rescuing seven out of 17 babies from the…

09 Jan

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s space film to be revived, director says ‘it will be a tribute’

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Chanda Mama Door Ke, touted to be India’s first space film which was to star Sushant Singh Rajput, will be revived, confirmed director Sanjay Puran Singh. The film was announced in 2017 and had Sushant playing the role of an astronaut. However, Sushant left the project due to multiple delays in 2018. But now, Singh wishes to revive Chanda Mama Door Ke as a tribute to the late actor. “The film is not shelved. I hope I will be able to translate on screen what I have visualised in my head and put on paper. That said, I am not…

08 Jan

Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut: I am being mentally, emotionally and physically tortured

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Kangana Ranaut took to Twitter on Friday to share a video message where she spoke about the “torture” that she is being subjected to. “Why am I being mentally, emotionally and now physically tortured? I need answers from this nation… I stood for you it’s time you stand for me …Jai Hind,” she captioned the video. Clad in a white saree, Kangana addressed the audience in Hindi. She said, “Since the time I have started talking about the welfare of the nation, people have started torturing me. The way I am being exploited, the entire country is watching it. My…

08 Jan

Bipasha Basu extends gratitude for ‘thoughtful & loving wishes’ on her 42nd birthday

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Bipasha Basu celebrated her birthday recently. The actress took to her social media handle to pen a warm note for everyone. Bipasha shared a few pictures from her special day. The actress turned 42 and we are in awe of the gorgeous beauty. Bipasha had a very intimate and low-key birthday celebration this year, pictures from which are making the rounds of the internet and we are missing handsome hunk, Karan Singh Grover, in the pics. Bipasha shared three pictures from her birthday celebration. She looked happy as she posed for the camera in a yellow salwar kameez. There were…

08 Jan

Actor Shilpa Shirodkar gets COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Vaccinated and safe’

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Shilpa Shirodkar has revealed that she was vaccinated against COVID-19 in Dubai. She took to Instagram to post a photo of herself after the vaccination. The 47-year-old actor wrote with the photo, “Vaccinated and safe !! The new normal .. here i come 2021 ❤️ Thank you UAE 🇦🇪❤️.” Shilpa Shirodkar, who is the younger sister of actor and Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu’s wife Namrata Shirodkar, made her film debut with 1989’s Bhrashtachar and went on to star in films like Kishen Kanhaiya (1990), Trinetra (1991) and Hum (1991). She was nominated in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress…