Ayushmann Khurrana is set to make a grand return to the genre that has worked for him the most. Comedies like Badhaai Ho, Shubh Mangal Saavdhan and Dream Girl have been his career's biggest success stories and the sequel to the latter film is in the offing. Ayushmann is set to make a return to comedy with Dream Girl 2.
Watering down or withdrawal of police protection to 400-plus at-risk individuals in Punjab was hotly debated following the murder of popular rapper and Congress politician Sidhu Moose Wala, with the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking Monday to know from the AAP government in the state why names of those who had lost their security details were leaked. The HC asked the government to reply by June 2.
The murder of Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala has sent shock waves across the world. People from the entertainment industry are reacting in disbelief to the death of the 28-year-old in a shooting incident. The latest to join the long list of celebrities reacting to the killing is the 'Brown Munde' hitmaker A.P. Dhillon.
The fallout of singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder continued to reverberate across Punjab on Monday as his anguished parents and fans refused to allow the Punjab police to conduct an autopsy. The singer was shot dead on Sunday evening in a Mansa village in an ambush. The family finally consented to the post-mortem by late afternoon and is yet to take a call on the funeral of the singer.
Sameer Wankhede who investigated Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan's drug case has been transferred to DGTS Chennai.
In his monthly radio address 'Mann ki Baat', Modi said, "I have also seen that some devotees are also very sad because of the filth being spread by some pilgrims in Kedarnath. Many people have expressed their views on social media as well. Going on a holy pilgrimage and coming across a heap of filth there is not right... We go there to experience it (the divinity of Dev Bhoomi), so it is our responsibility to maintain this divinity and spirituality."
The southwest (summer) Monsoon arrived in Kerala on Sunday, three days ahead of its normal date of onset (June 1), beginning the four-month rainy season in the country, said the India Meteorological Department which has already predicted ‘normal’ and well-distributed rainfall during the season. This is only the third occasion in the past 10 years when the summer monsoon recorded early onset — before June 1.
Aadhaar caught the government on the wrong foot over safety concerns after a statement issued by the Bangalore unit of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) – the agency that issues the 12-digit unique identity number – created a flutter when it asked people not to share their info with “unlicensed private entities” such as hotels or movie halls as it can be “misused”.
Bihar CM and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar has denied Union steel minister RCP Singh another term in the Rajya Sabha, while the fate of minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abaas Naqvi also looked uncertain after he failed to make it to the first list of BJP candidates from UP and Jharkhand. If the RS memberships of the two are not renewed, they will have to resign as ministers, setting the stage for a minor reshuffle of the Modi ministry.
A study by Christian Medical College, Vellore, on the effectiveness of mixed booster doses has yielded positive results and is currently being evaluated by central agencies, officials from the institute have said. “We presented the results to the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) and our interim analysis to the Drugs Controller General of India. NTAGI listened to our findings, but is yet to take a decision,” said principal investigator of the study Dr Winsley Rose.
Singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu aka Sidhu Moose Wala, who had contested the Punjab assembly elections earlier this year as a Congress candidate, was shot dead near Jawaharke village in Punjab’s Mansa district on Sunday evening. The 28-year-old was shot at point blank range and was declared brought dead on arrival at the Mansa civil hospital. “Three people were brought to the hospital, out of which Sidhu Moose Wala was dead.
Amidst rising Covid-19 cases in the state, health officials on Saturday said seven patients were found infected with newer Omicron sublineages of BA.4 (four patients) and BA.5 (three patients). These cases were found in Pune. Maharashtra is the third state to report these newer sublineages, which are responsible for the fifth wave in South Africa. A few days back, Insacog scientists announced that two cases of BA.4 were detected in Tamil Nadu and one BA.5 in Telangana.
The academic disruptions due to the Covid-19 situation, with nearly a quarter of school children not having access to any digital devices, led to further deepening of the learning crisis in the country. When compared to the previous survey conducted in 2017, the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 of over 34 lakh students from classes III, V, VIII and X indicated that the worst hit are those studying in state-government run schools.
India can overcome geography and rewrite history "if only we get the policies and the economics right", foreign minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday while highlighting how land connectivity through Myanmar and sea connectivity through Bangladesh on a commercial scale could open up "a world all the way to Vietnam and Philippines, from Haiphong to Hazira, and Manila to Mundra".
China, Russia, Iran and 4 central Asian countries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan - joined India in strongly condemning terrorism in a joint statement after the 4th NSA-level regional security dialogue in Dushanbe while also calling for dismantling of terror camps in Afghanistan and the region.
Karan Johar celebrated his 50th birthday with a grand bash in presence of several Bollywood celebrities. The party was hosted at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. Now, Madhuri Dixit who had attended the bash took to Instagram to share a picture with her husband Sriram Nene, Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan.
Over three-quarters of registered deaths in India remain without causes being medically certified and in a state like Bihar, that proportion is a scarcely believable 96.6%. While nationally there has been a marginal improvement in certification of deaths with the proportion rising from 20.7% in 2019 to 22.5% in 2020, several states have seen a worsening.
On Wednesday, filmmaker Karan Johar hosted a grand bash on the occasion of his 50th birthday at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. Many Bollywood stars attended KJo's birthday celebration and the pictures from the party are still surfacing over the internet.
Hrithik Roshan and Saba Azad, Preity Zinta and Gene Goodenough: Awkward pictures from Karan Johar's 50th birthday bash
Nine people were killed in a tragic road accident near Chini Nallah Zojila Pass on Srinagar-Leh highway on Wednesday night. Officials sources on Thursday said a Tavera car bearing registration number JK12-7466, which was heading for Srinagar from Kargil, fell down 800ft into a gorge after the driver allegedly lost control over the vehicle.
The highly anticipated 4th season of Stranger Things is all set to release tomorrow i.e May 27.
Actress Sushmita Sen was all smiles as she was clicked with her ex-boyfriend Rohman Shawl in the city. The actress got down from her vehicle while Rohman followed her to the venue. For the occasion, Sush was wearing a white long-sleeve top teamed with black pants while Rohman was in a green shirt and black pants.
Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor are about to complete the Mumbai schedule of Luv Ranjan's film. After this, the two are set to fly off to Spain, to shoot the next international schedule of the movie. A source close to the unit revealed to ETimes, "Ranbir Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor and Vaibhav Chaudhary will be flying to Spain to shoot a song and some scenes. This is a quick schedule for Luv Ranjan's film in Spain."
Kartik Aaryan's Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 is a certified hit and one of the many success stories around the film has been that of director Anees Bazmee. Viewers and movie buffs have been celebrating the fact that Bazmee has managed to deliver another hit and crafted a movie that entertains the masses. Bazmee's proclivity for making successful film's is being acknowledged, too.
Congress dissident and high profile lawyer Kapil Sibal on Wednesday snapped his ties with the party and crossed over to the Samajwadi Party camp, adding to the mounting list of crossovers in recent weeks and amplifying the perception of negativity about the grand old party.
Athiya Shetty must have prayed fervently before today's IPL match at Eden Gardens. Anushka Sharma too must have done the same. One of them had to lose. End Result- either Anushka or Athiya's man was going to face elimination. Anushka ended up on the winning side.
A special NIA court in Delhi on Wednesday handed concurrent life terms to Kashmiri separatist and JKLF chief Yasin Malik for funding terror in J&K and waging war against the state, rejecting his contention that he had adhered to the Gandhian principle of non-violence and spearheaded "a peaceful struggle" since giving up armed militancy in 1994.
Describing India’s ties with the US as a “partnership of trust”, PM Modi on Tuesday said the two countries shared the same perspective about the Indo-Pacific region and are working to safeguard their shared values and common interests not only at the bilateral level but also with other like-minded countries. The remarks came at the PM’s meeting with President Biden in Tokyo, which saw them discussing what Biden termed “Russia’s brutal, unjustified invasion” of Ukraine and its effect.
The 67-year-old veteran politician is currently a Samajwadi Party MLA from the Jaswantnagar assembly segment in the Etawah district.
Karan Johar will turn 50 on Wednesday and celebs have arrived for the birthday celebration of the filmmaker at his residence. Farah Khan, Ayan Mukerji, Gauri Khan, Apoorva Mehta, Maheep Kapoor and other celebs got snapped as they arrived for the bash. They were all smiles as the paparazzi clicked their pictures
Candidature Of Dimple Yadav, Jayant is also being discussed.
The National Monuments authority was set up as per the provisions of the AMASR (Amendment Validation) Act 2010. It entrusted the authority with the responsibility to consider granting permissions to applicants for conservation related activity in the centrally-prohibited and regulated areas.
Black is beautiful and Deepika Padukone has proved the same with her latest appearance at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. The actress looked absolutely bewitching in a black feathery gown teamed with minimal accessories, nude lips and black eyeshadow.
The Supreme Court has ruled all courts must consider pre- and post-crime conduct of a convict to ascertain mitigating grounds to avoid imposition of the capital punishm, in what marks another milestone on the meandering judicial journey since the 1980s towards virtual abolition of death penalty. Through this ruling, the court commuted the death sentences of three youth convicted for sensational and grotesque murders of three defenceless women in Indore in 2011 to 25 years in jail.
India was among a dozen "initial partners" that signed up in Tokyo Monday for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), a fresh economic arrangement proposed by US President Joe Biden to counter China's growing influence in the region through integrated, resilient and clean economies.
Five Hindu women plaintiffs have told the Supreme Court that the entire Gyanvapi mosque land belonged to Kashi Vishwanath temple and cited the British government’s trial court statement repudiating a Muslim person’s 1936 suit for a declaration that the mosque land was a wakf property.
The Quad summit in Japan on Tuesday will provide an opportunity to leaders to review progress of their common initiatives and exchange views on the developments in Indo-Pacific region, PM Narendra Modi said in a statement. PM Modi’s most significant engagement on Monday will be his participation in the launch of US President Joe Biden’s ambitious Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) initiative that seeks the integration of Indo-Pacific economies and secure and resilient supply chains.
Loudspeakers at mosques in Uttar Pradesh have either turned down their volume or been removed, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday and added the uninstalled public address systems are being donated to schools and hospitals. The chief minister further said there were no riots in the BJP-ruled state during and after the recent assembly polls.
A day after Karni Sena demanded a title change for ‘Prithviraj’, Akshay Kumar's mythological next lands in two more controversies too.Rajiv Thakur was recently seen in the OTT show ‘IC814: The Kandahar Hijack,’ which received positive feedback from both audiences and critic...
