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23 Jul

Exclusive! Sonal Chauhan on ‘groupism’ in Bollywood: ‘Camps do exist and it is very difficult for an outsider to break into them’

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Exclusive! Sonal Chauhan on 'groupism' in Bollywood: 'Camps do exist and it is very difficult for an outsider to break into them' Sonal Chauhan is still remembered as Zoya from her 2008 smash hit 'Jannat' starring Emraan Hashmi. Despite the film being a decade old, fans of 'Jannat; and particularly her character can’t stop talking about Sonal’s character in the smash hit. Even though post 'Jannat', Sonal dabbled in south films, her association with her first film doesn’t seem to leave her. While 'Jannat' was a big success, Sonal wasn’t exactly flooded with offers after its release. Calling it her inability to network…

23 Jul

MoD issues sanction letter for permanent commission to women officers in Indian Army.

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Paving the way for empowering women officers to shoulder larger roles, the Union government on Thursday issued a formal sanction letter for grant of Permanent Commission to women officers in Indian Army, according to the spokesperson of the Indian Army. The order specifies grant of Permanent Commission to Short Service Commissioned women officers in all ten streams of Indian Army in addition to the existing streams of Judge and Advocate General and Army Educational Corps (AEC), the spokesperson added. Their Selection Board will be scheduled as soon as all affected SSC women officers exercise their option and complete requisite documentation.…

23 Jul

‘Let T20 World Cup go to hell’: Shoaib Akhtar blames BCCI for T20 WC postponement to fit in IPL.

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Former Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has slammed the BCCI, alleging that the Indian cricket board played a role in the ICC postponing the T20 World Cup later this year to make room for the Indian Premier League (IPL). Akhtar also felt that the Asia Cup could have taken place. "Asia Cup could have definitely happened, it would have been a great chance for India and Pakistan to play against each other. There are many reasons behind this. I don't want to get into that," Akhtar said while speaking to Geo Cricket on YouTube. "T20 World Cup could have also happened,…

23 Jul

Tamil Nadu records highest single-day spike in new Covid-19 cases

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Tamil Nadu on Thursday witnessed its highest single-day spike in new Covid-19 cases, pushing tally beyond 1.9 lakh. With record 6,472 more people confirming positive for coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Of the total cases, 52,939 are active cases while the death toll has surged to 3,232 after 88 more virus-related fatalities were reported since Wednesday. The total number of cases in Tamil Nadu has reached 1,92,964. The total number of recoveries in a single day stood at 5210, and the cumulative figure of those cured is 1,36,793. Amid the rising cases in the state, India's second national-level plasma…

23 Jul

Gangster’s wife Sonu Punjaban become a sex racketeer

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New Delhi:A local court in Delhi has awarded 24 years of rigorous imprisonment to Sonu Punjaban, who has been one of Delhi's biggest sex racket operators with a deep nexus with gangsters in north India. Sonu Punjaban, alias Geeta Arora, was given the punishment by the Dwarka District Court. Her accomplice, Sandeep Bedwal, has also been sent to 20-year imprisonment. The first impression of the incorrigible criminal would be that of a suave English-speaking woman. However, the next moment, she could blast a person with her desi dialect. On September 11, 2009, Punjaban’s confidante, Sandeep Bedwal, on her instructions, abducted…

23 Jul

Nepal’s coronavirus tally reached 18,241

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Nepal's COVID-19 tally reached 18,241 with the detection of 147 new cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday. Nepal has so far conducted 331,095 Polymerase chain reaction tests in 28 laboratories across the country. In the last 24 hours, 156 coronavirus patients have recovered, Health Ministry Spokesperson Jageshwor Gautam said. In total, 12,840 people have recovered from the disease and 5,358 active cases are undergoing treatment. Academic institutions will be allowed to open admissions for the new academic session from August 16. The government lifted the nationwide lockdown earlier in the week. Long-route public transportation…

23 Jul

Governor makes an aerial survey of flood affected districts To recommend to the Centre for finding permanent solution to flood and erosion

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Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi today undertook an aerial survey of the flood affected areas of the state and said that he would recommend to the Centre for finding out a permanent solution to the flood and erosion of the state.As the state continues to reel under grim flood situation with the deluge affected 26 districts causing large scale devastation to human and animal lives, physical infrastructure and crops, Governor Prof. Mukhi took stock of the prevailing flood situation and said that since flood and erosion continue to play havoc in the state for years together, their permanent and scientific…

23 Jul

Sonowal attends VC of State Olympic Association

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Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today distributed annual grants-in-aid to District Sports Associations and State Sports Associations affiliated to Assam Olympic Association (AOA) through a video conference at Brahmaputra State Guest House.Notably, an amount of Rs 34,800 each was distributed to 25 district sports associations and Rs. 72,752 each was distributed to 29 state sports associations today.Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister Sonowal, who is also the President of AOA, said that Assam was going through a very difficult phase with COVID-19 pandemic, flood, erosion, storm, landslide, Baghjan oil well fire incident etc. He urged the sports associations to slowly revive…

22 Jul

Sero-survey in Delhi

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A day after the findings of a sero-surveillance in Delhi showed 23.48% of the people in the national capital had exposure to COVID-19, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said such study will be conducted every month to formulate better policies for tackling the novel coronavirus. He said on Wednesday that A fresh sero-survey will be conducted in the national capital from August 1-5. "The results of the sero-survey conducted from June 27-July 10 came out yesterday, and it shows that nearly one-fourth of people had developed antibodies, meaning they had got infected and recovered. Most of these people who were sampled did…

22 Jul

Forest Department is working in full spirit to protect the wildlife in Kaziranga: Shri Parimal Suklabaidya

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As Assam is dealing with the floods so is Kaziranga, the state forest department is working in full spirit in order to protect the wildlife in the National Park, said Shri Parimal Suklabaidya, Minister of Environment and Forest, Government of Assam while speaking in a Webinar organized by Press Information Bureau, Guwahati today. The minister was talking about how Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve is battling floods and also about Government’s initiatives in this regard. The topic of the webinar was “Rescue Operation of Wildlife in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve during floods”.In order to tackle the rise…