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29 Jan

Manoj Bajpayee to star in investigative thriller Despatch

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Actor Manoj Bajpayee will star in an investigative thriller that unfolds in the world of crime journalism. Titled "Despatch", the film will be helmed by Kanu Behl, known for directing critically acclaimed film "Titli". "Enter the world of crime journalism with #Despatch. This edge of the seat thriller will be a direct to digital release!," Manoj tweeted on Friday. In investigative thriller Despatch, Manoj’s character finds himself sucked into the murky underbelly of business and crime. Talking about helming Despatch, Kanu Behl said in a statement, “Despatch is a story I’ve been itching to tell for a while now. It…

29 Jan

EJNC demands arrest of Meghalaya’s minister brother for illegal coal mining

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A civil society group on Thursday demanded the arrest of a Cabinet minister’s brother for allegedly carrying out illegal mining and holding him indirectly responsible for the death of six coal miners in East Jaintia Hills district recently. The East Jaintia Hills National Council (EJNC), president, Sambormi Lyngdoh has claimed the coal mine where the mining accident occurred belongs to Excise department Minister, Kyrmen Shylla’s brother Bison Shylla. He alleged that the “inaction” by the government against the mine owners indicated that the mine owners have political backing. Shylla is from the United Democratic Party, which is a key ally…

29 Jan

Hrithik Roshan – Deepika Padukone can be seen as Ram and Sita in Madhu Mantena’s Rs. 300 crore project Ramayan

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Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone are front-runners for Ram and Sita Mantena’s big-screen Ramayan. According to sources, the film would be be in 3D and budgeted at around Rs 300 crores. Nitesh Tiwari, director of Dangal, will direct the movie. The film would be of inordinate length, the grand epic can be released as two full-length feature films. The cast of A-listers is now being finalized. Ravi Udyawar who directed Sridevi’s last film Mom will also be associated with what promises to be an epic in every sense. As per sources, Madhu Mantena has deployed several researchers to project absolute accuracy and preserve complete sanctity…

29 Jan

Airtel Announces 5G Ready Network

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Guwahati, January 29, 2021: In a major landmark, Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, announced that it has become the country’s first telco to successfully demonstrate & orchestrate LIVE 5G service over a commercial network in Hyderabad city. Airtel did this over its existing liberalised spectrum in the 1800 MHz band through the NSA (Non Stand Alone) network technology. Using a first of its kind, dynamic spectrum sharing, Airtel seamlessly operated 5G and 4G concurrently within the same spectrum block. This demonstration has emphatically validated the 5G readiness of Airtel’s network across all domains - Radio, Core and…

29 Jan

Women’s safety : Unlawful procedures by Govt of Assam regarding VLTD in public vehicles

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soon after the horrifying Nirbhaya gang rape in the national capital in the year 2012, the Government of India set up a Committee headed by late Hon’ble Justice (Retd.) J.S. Verma to recommend amendments of Criminal Laws to enable address the issue of Crime against Women. Among the several issues looking into by the committee, the Committee also looked into the issue of provision of adequate safety measures and amenities for women. In this regard, the Committee had given several recommendations, one of them being that “all buses should be fitted with tamper proof GPS systems.”Taking a step towards implementing…

29 Jan

CBSE to announce Class 10, 12 exam schedule on February 2: Pokhriyal

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The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will announce the exam schedule for Class 10 and Class 12 on February 2, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' informed on Thursday during a live interaction with school heads. The education minister held the live session to discuss changes to be incorporated in the CBSE curriculum to bring it in line with the National Education Policy 2020 from the 2021-22 academic session. Earlier, the Union Minister had announced the dates for Class 10 and class 12 CBSE board examinations will be held from May 4, 2021, till June 10, 2021. He had…

29 Jan

Meghalaya HM asks BJP to seek Yediyuraapa’s resignation

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With the BJP seeking the resignation of Meghalaya Home Minister and United Democratic Party (UDP) legislator, Lahkmen Rymbui in the wake of the death of six labourers in an illegal coal mine in the East Jaintia Hills, the former has retorted back, asking his coalition partner to seek the resignation of Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyuraapa instead, in whose home constituency five persons died in an explosion in a quarry. “The BJP leaders from Meghalaya should first ask for the resignation of the Karnataka Chief Minister after five people have died on January 21, 2021 in the explosion at a…

29 Jan

Horti link road opened at Yachem village

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Minister of Health & Family Welfare, S. Pangnyu Phom inaugurated RIDF project, Horti link road and NMISF Agri project at Etayongsho and Chichemleiven villages on January 28. According to DIPR report, in his inaugural speech the minister while lauding the department for successful completion of the project asserted that roads were gateway of development for overall progress of the society. Expressing that it was a fortunate day for the farmers to avail the opportunity provided, Pangnyu also encouraged the general public to give more effort and keen interest in making use of the road for the greater benefit of all. …

29 Jan

Manipur college teachers demand 7th UGC Pay

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Teachers of government colleges in Manipur on Thursday staged a sit-in-protest to resume their suspended agitations demanding implementation of 7th UGC Pay and Regulations, 2018. The teachers’ strike, however, did not affect normal classes as they announced continuing taking classes even as they resumed the agitation in consideration of the interest of the students attending classes with the reopening of schools and colleges from Wednesday. “We will continue conducting classes during the agitation considering the interest of the students appearing in the semester exams to be commenced from coming April,” FEGOCTA general secretary Dr N Somerendro said. However, boycotts of…

28 Jan

Shruti Haasan rings in 35th birthday celebration with BFF Tamannaah Bhatia

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Actor Shruti Haasan celebrates her birthday today. Shruti made her acting debut in 2009, and ever since the actress gave some major blockbusters in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi Cinema. Not only her acting skills, but the south diva is also loved and appreciated for her singing talent too. Shruti's original songs are primarily in English. Her 2020 song Edge was lauded by the listeners. Currently, she is working on her next titled Bare Naked. On the eve of her Birthday, Shruti rang in the celebrations amidst her close friends including actress Tamannaah Bhatia. Shruti is a foodie and what she…