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31 Jul

How Tom Cruise secured massive $200 million budget for his ambitious space movie with Elon Musk

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How Tom Cruise secured massive $200 million budget for his ambitious space movie with Elon MuskActor Tom Cruise is taking his love for action scenes one step higher! Earlier in May 2020, it was reported that the actor is planning to shoot in space with the help of Elon Musk's Space X. At the time, no studio was attached to it but NASA had confirmed that this ambitious project was in works. Later, it was further reported that Tom Cruise bagged a whopping budget of $200 million from Universal Pictures.But, how exactly did Tom Cruise secure such a massive budget? According…

31 Jul

“Sushant didn’t have a mental problem,” said Ankita, breaking the silence.

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"Sushant didn't have a mental problem," said Ankita, breaking the silence.According to Ankita, Sushant was just like a child. He said that if the film was not successful, he would talk about farming or making short films.From the very beginning, allegations were leveled against Sushant's lover Riya Chakraborty. This time around, the allegations seem to be getting louder and louder. Sushant Singh's father KK Singh has lodged several serious allegations against Riya.Riya has been accused of destroying Sushant's career, refusing to keep in touch with her family, making threats, inciting suicide, embezzling Sushant's money.After Sushant's death, another woman was the…

31 Jul

Sonowal takes stock of measures of WR Dept for stopping erosion at Sadiya

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today visited Sadiya and took stock of measures taken by Water Resource Department to stop erosion caused by Kundil River on the National Highway 37 there. The steps taken by the department with the support of district administration and local people have been able to avert the danger posed by erosion to the national highway and a bridge in Sadiya. Later talking to the media persons there, Chief Minister Sonowal remarked that Kundil River’s erosion this year threatened to snap Assam’s road links with other NE states like Arunachal Pradesh and Water Resource Department’s timely measures…

31 Jul

King Bhutan’s letter to Chief Minister Sonowal

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Bhutan King Jigme Khesar hailed Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and his government and thanked him for helping Bhutan in tackling the pressing situation precipitated in view of the COVID 19 induced lockdown. In a letter sent to the chief minister recently the Bhutan King said, “Though Assam with its people fought it hard to contain the pandemic with necessary lockdown and curtailment of people’s movement, the benevolence of the authorities of Assam in allowing movement of vehicles carrying essential commodities to Bhutan helped its people and ensured their wellbeing during the lockdown period”. The King termed the gesture as a…

31 Jul

Assam Governor extends greetings on Id-ul-Zuha

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Governor of Assam, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi extended his heartiest greetings to the people of the state on the occasion of the holy festival of Islam Id-ul-Zuha. Prof. Mukhi said, “I extend my heartiest greetings and warm wishes to the Muslim brethren of the state on the occasion of Id-ul-Zuha, a festival of sacrifice. On this occasion, I appeal to the people to regenerate the sense of sacrifice for one another and work for strengthening the bond of co-existence.” He also called upon the people to celebrate the festival in true spirit, in an atmosphere of utmost friendship and brotherhood and…

31 Jul

CM inaugurated constructed buildings of Majuli police station

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today inaugurated the newly constructed buildings of Majuli police station and Garhmur police station at Majuli along with a guest house for the police personnel. The police stations are built while reflecting the spiritual and cultural mosaic of Majuli in their architecture. Speaking at the inauguration programme, the Chief Minister said that work culture of police force has improved tremendously in the last four and half years and an environment has been developed where public can come to police stations to register complaints without any apprehension. During the previous state government regime, people hesitated to come…

31 Jul

Assam Governor visits flood hit Baksa and Barpeta districts

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Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi today visited the flood hit Barpeta and Baksa districts where the over-flowing rivers created havoc, rendering thousands of people homeless. The Governor during his day long visit, first arrived Safakamar and took stock of the erosion hit road. He also visited Chunbari and Bispani areas and inspected the erosion affected places and interacted with the people. He also visited Mathanguri and inspected the entry point of river Beki which causes perpetual flood and erosion every year. Visiting the areas in spite of inclement weather , Governor Prof. Mukhi expressed concern over the extensive soil erosion…

30 Jul

Petition filed by Rhea Chakraborty in SC accessed; alleges FIR filed to ‘harass her’

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Petition filed by Rhea Chakraborty in SC accessed; alleges FIR filed to 'harass her' The move of filing a petition came a day after Rajput's father lodged a police complaint in Patna against Chakraborty accusing them of abetting SSR's suicide Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of an FIR lodged against her in Patna to Mumbai, where probe in the death case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput is taking place. Republic TV on Thursday accessed the petition filed by Rhea and the following points were made The move of Rhea filing a petition came…

30 Jul

Ishaan Khatter on Bollywood: says its a platform for him to express himself

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Ishaan Khatter is young and raring to go, in a showbiz race laced with tough competition and constant talk of nepotism. But the half-brother of Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor says he never feels too pressurised about anything in life.The budding actor has an eclectic line-up of work coming up, from Mira Nair's BBC series "A Suitable Boy" that is based on Vikram Seth's acclaimed novel of the same name, to the Bollywood action drama "Khali Peeli", and the recently-announced horror comedy "Phone Bhoot". Speaking about pressure, Ishaan told IANS: "Not any more, I get (a) standard amount of pressure that you…

30 Jul

Delhi High Court awards 4-yr jail to ex-Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley, 2 others in defence corruption case.

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The Delhi High Court has put on hold the 4-year jail term given to former Samata Party chief Jaya Jaitley in a corruption case related to a purported defence deal, a lawyer said. The high court has sought CBI's response on Jaya Jaitley's appeal challenging her conviction and sentence in the case.Earlier today, a Delhi court had sentenced Jaya Jaitley and two others to 4 years in prison for corruption in a 2000-01 case related to a purported defence deal. Special CBI judge Virender Bhat also gave a 4-year jail term to Jaya Jaitley's former party colleague Gopal Pacherwal and…