Sai Pallavi film’s Karu trailer The official trailer of the Tamil-Telugu bilingual Karu, directed by Vijay and starring Sai Pallavi was released today by Prabhudheva. The film, which has music by Sam CS and cinematography by Nirav Shah, marks the Premam actor’s debut in Tamil. Naga Shourya is paired opposite Sai Pallavi in the film and the trailer begins by quoting the definition of abortion as the ‘expulsion of a […]
Lala Lajpat Rai Death Anniversary:India’s Freedom Fighter Born as Lajpat Rai to the Munshi Radha Krishna Azad and Gulab Devi at the Dhudike village of Punjab on January 28, 1865, he belonged to the Aggarwal Bania community. His father was a scholar of Persian and Urdu language. On November 17, 1928, Lala Lajpat Rai died in Lahore, a city that had been his home since 1880, when he joined the […]
Pakistan not wearing bangles :Farooq Abudulla After his “PoK belongs to Pakistan” remark last week, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah today made another controversial statement saying Pakistan was “not weak and not wearing bangles to allow India to take that part of Jammu and Kashmir under its occupation”. Abdullah was speaking to supporters at a rally in Uri when he said: “How long shall we keep saying that (PoK) is […]
Nawazuddin Siddiqui who has aced characters with grey shades like no one else, is back with Monsoon Shootout. The makers have released the teaser of the film, and it goes without saying that Nawaz is the star of the 37 seconds video. Monsoon Shooting has the same effect. In the teaser, there is a scene in which Nawaz is killing a person with a fork, and the following visuals are […]
Bill Gates makes 100 million investment to eliminate Alzheimer’s Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is to invest $50 million in the Dementia Discovery Fund, a venture capital fund that brings together industry and government to seek treatments for the brain-wasting disease. The investment, a personal one and not part of Gates’ philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will be followed by another $50 million in start-up ventures working in Alzheimer’s […]
Based on a story by Kamna Chandra and written by Tanuja Chandra and Gazal Dhaliwal, the 125-minute movie is a two-hander for the most part. Irrfan’s breezy performance is one of his most relaxed yet. Qarib Qarib Singlle is a road movie-cum-coming-of-age romance, with a bittersweet tang to it, and yet it is peppy, and fun and fresh: two adults, a man and a woman, connect via a dating site, […]
Khardunga La No longer the World’s Highest Road In a major feat, the Border Roads Organization (BRO) has constructed the world’s highest motorable road in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, passing through Umling La Top at a height of over 19,300 feet. The feat was achieved under “Project Himank” of the BRO. Being close to Hanle, the 86-km-long strategic road through Umling La Top connects Chisumle and Demchok […]
Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple Honoured With UNESCO Award The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam has bagged an Award of Merit from Unesco for conserving cultural heritage. The temple got the international recognition for the Rs 20crore beautification and renovation work taken up prior to a consecration ceremony in 2015, without affecting its centuries’ old heritage. Temple authorities said they received a communique from Unesco on Tuesday mentioning that the temple has […]
16 Dead, 100 Injured In Boiler Blast At NTPC Power Plant In Uttar Pradesh At least 16 people were killed and around 100 injured in an explosion at a government-run coal-fired power plant in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district on Wednesday afternoon. A statement from the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) reported a “sudden abnormal sound” around 3.30pm at a recently commissioned 500 megawatt unit of the 1550 megawatt (MW) […]
Andhra Man Smashes Unique World Record, Has Social Media Going ‘Nuts’ Prabhakar Reddy P, a martial arts master from Andhra Pradesh, set a new world record after crushing over 200 walnuts in one minute with his hand. A video posted on YouTube by Guinness World Records shows Mr Reddy smashing 212 walnuts with his hand as the 60-second deadline looms and a hopeful crowd looks on. Rows and rows of […]
