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02 Dec

Mamata Banerjee to speak at coveted Oxford Union Debate today

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be speaking at The Oxford Union Debate the first Indian woman CM to do so through the virtual mode on Wednesday, secretariat sources said. Banerjee would be speaking about the schemes of the state government like 'Kanyashree', 'Rupasree', 'Krishak Bandhu' and 'Duare Bangla'," they said. "Banerjee, who became the first Indian woman CM to address the debate, had received the invitation from the Oxford Union in July," an official said. "She will be answering questions from students during the debate, and has already received 600 online queries," he said. Founded in 1823, The…

02 Dec

UN Security Council Unlikely To Act On Iran Scientist Killing

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The United Nations Security Council is unlikely to take action over the assassination of leading Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, according to a Tuesday report. Fakhrizadeh, considered the architect of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, was killed on Friday as his car was targeted in a bomb and gun attack on a road outside the capital Tehran, heightening tensions once more between Tehran and its foes. But South Africa’s U.N. ambassador, Jerry Matjila, council president for December, said on Tuesday that no member had so far requested to discuss the killing or Iran in general. Diplomats also said there had been…

01 Dec

Bharti Singh and husband Haarsh trolled after posting loved-up pics, here’s how he responded

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Bharti Singh and husband Haarsh trolled after posting loved-up pics, here’s how he respondedBharti Singh and husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa faced trolling after he shared their loved-up photo on social media. The couple was arrested last month for possession of marijuana.[01/12, 23:41] Autumn: A day after Krushna Abhishek dismissed rumours that Bharti Singh is being removed from The Kapil Sharma Show after she and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa were arrested in a drug-related case, it was the troll army’s turn to take over. Commenting on a photo shared by Haarsh, featuring him with his wife, many people demanded that she should…

01 Dec

Anushka Sharma performs Shirshasana effortlessly with her baby bump; Virat Kohli supports her balance

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Anushka Sharma performs Shirshasana effortlessly with her baby bump; Virat Kohli supports her balance Anushka Sharma has been setting immense goals since the beginning of her career. She has been balancing her personal and professional life efficiently making people gaga over her. Now, the actor is all set to become a mother and that hasn't stopped her from leading a normal life like working and keeping herself busy. Anushka is one of the fittest actors we have in Bollywood and even during her ongoing pregnancy, the actor is perfectly in shape. Well, the secret is out! Anushka took to her…

01 Dec

Inside Aditya Narayan-Shweta Agarwal’s wedding

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Inside Aditya Narayan-Shweta Agarwal’s wedding: First pics from ceremony are here, Udit Narayan dances in the baraat Aditya Narayan’s wedding celebrations started on a high note with the singer dancing with father Udit Narayan in the baraat. Aditya is marrying actor Shweta Agarwal on Tuesday.Singer and host Aditya Narayan married fiancée, actor Shweta Agarwal, in a private ceremony on Tuesday. Photos of Aditya, dressed in an ivory white sherwani with a turban, have now emerged online. He was also seen dancing with father, singer Udit Narayan, and other relatives in the baraat. Photos of the bride Shweta Agarwal, dressed in…

01 Dec

Actor Sayani Gupta elated with her short film Shameless going as entry for Oscars: Not many people take short films seriously in our country itself

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Sayani Gupta- starrer short film Shameless is on it’s way to enter the Oscars race in the Live Action short film category, and of course she is ecstatic at this development. “Honestly, we got the news a while back. Because of the pandemic, it’s been very different, and we didn’t know what’s the right way to go about it. We were going up in the list of the top five films that could qualify, and praying it would make it. Finally it did, and we thought ‘should we share it, I don’t want to jinx it!’ But it’s out, and…

01 Dec

Meghe Meghe Unplugged 100K

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An established dancer as well as a music composer and conceptual artist, Jubin Mitra has time and again proven his expertise through his creative venture 'JubinArt'. After the big success of Bolo Dugga Maiki – Durga Pujo song from Rooh Music, ‘Meghe Meghe Unplugged’ has crossed 100k views on YouTube. This song will be available soon on all digital platforms released by AP Music. Jubin has established himself as Dancer, Designer, Editor, Light Designer, Songwriter and Music Composer in various International based projects. Before this unplugged, he tried a new venture with this same song also named as ‘Meghe Meghe’…

01 Dec

Actor Emraan Hashmi says that in this industry you generally get labelled, seen in sync with certain kind of films

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Emraan Hashmi doesn’t like “walking on the beaten path” and therefore challenges himself from time to time by taking up different kinds of films. Be it The Dirty Picture (2011), Shanghai (2012), Tigers (2018) or Harami, the actor chooses parts that are different from his regular onscreen appearances, because he feels there are certain limitations in mainstream Bollywood. Taking the example of his character of a 50-year-old professor in Harami, who trains a gang of poor young kids to pick pocket in trains and train stations in Mumbai, Hashmi says, “I don’t think I would’ve been given a role of…

30 Nov

Deepika Padukone’s Loss Is Kriti Sanon’s Gain Prabhas’ Ram and Saif Ali Khan’s Raavan in Adipurush will now be joined by Sita,to be played by Kriti Sanon.

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Deepika Padukone’s Loss Is Kriti Sanon’s GainPrabhas’ Ram and Saif Ali Khan’s Raavan in Adipurush will now be joined by Sita,to be played by Kriti Sanon. The role in director Om Raut’s take on the Ramayan was evidently earmarked for Deepika Padukone .Since she is already doing a film with Prabhas, the untitled Telugu venture directed by Nag Ashwini, it was collectively felt by the Adipurush team that a fresh pair would make sense. Hence another heroine as tall as Deepika , has come into the picture. Sources say Kriti Sanon, super-excited to be filling in the mythological space for…

30 Nov

Hrithik Roshan debuts new look, shaves off his beard partially: ‘A beardo never really takes it all off’. Preity Zinta, Mrunal Thakur react

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Hrithik Roshan debuts new look, shaves off his beard partially: ‘A beardo never really takes it all off’. Preity Zinta, Mrunal Thakur reactActor Hrithik Roshan has done it. After posting a picture of himself on Sunday with a full beard and promise of getting rid of it, on Monday he posted a Boomerang video, showing his almost clean look. While he had shaved off much of it, it seemed he didn’t have the heart to go completely clean-shaven.Sharing it, Hrithik wrote: “And it’s off . Well almost. Guess a beardo never really takes it all off.” His co-star in films…