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03 Feb

Meghalaya lifts several COVID-19 restrictions

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The Meghalaya government on Tuesday lifted several restrictions to ease the State out of its COVID-19 pandemic restriction. Meghalaya had imposed several restrictions after the country went into a lockdown following the outbreak of the pandemic last year. It however lifted some of the restrictions in the last Winter after the state witnessed a decline on COVID-19 infection. Several restrictions still continue like the getting a mandatory COVID-19 test for visitors into the State and the night curfew from 11 pm to 5 am. After a review meeting on COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that one of…

02 Feb

Kangana Ranaut buys flats worth Rs 4 crore for siblings

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Kangana Ranaut is a successful and busy actress, shooting for her upcoming films as well as her production house. However, the actress, who has close ties to her family, never fails to shower them with love and blessings. Kangana, recently, played a doting sister to Rangoli Chandel, her brother Aksht and two other cousins as she gifted luxurious flats to them in Chandigarh. The actress spent a whopping amount of Rs. 4 crores to buy the four grand properties for her siblings. Confirming the report, Kangana, on Tuesday, wrote on Twitter, "I want to encourage people to share their wealth…

02 Feb

Taylor Sheridan’s Female Western ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ Sets Summer Release

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Angelina Jolie-starrer Those Who Wish Me Dead will debut in US theatres on May 14 this year, Warner Bros has announced. According to Deadline, the Taylor Sheridan-directed Westerner will premiere on streamer HBO Max the same day as per the release strategy of Warner Media for the year 2021. Based on Michael Koryta’s 2014 novel of the same name, the film is described as a female-driven Western set amidst a wildfire raging in the Montana wilderness. When a teenager witnesses a murder, he finds himself being pursued by twin assassins in the Montana wilderness. Though there is a survival expert…

02 Feb

FAC conducts two-day workshop

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Fazl Ali College (FAC), Mokokchung conducted two-day workshop on “intellectual property rights” through online-offline blended mode from January 28 to 29 at FAC, organised in collaboration with Patent Information Centre (PIC), Nagaland State Science and Technology Council, Department of Science and Technology, Nagaland. A press release by FAC information and publicity cell stated that, resource persons from CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat and PIC, Assam Science and Technology & Environmental Council, along with the PIC, Nagaland Science and Technology Council deliberated on various topics covering the theme. Director, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) Sriperumbudur, Tamil Naidu, prof. Dr. Sibnath Deb…

02 Feb

Student killed on suspicion of cattle smuggling

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A 24-year-old student was allegedly killed by some BSF jawans in a village in Tripura along the India-Bangladesh border over suspicion that he was a cattle smuggler, police said. A senior police official said that Jasim Mia was killed by the BSF troopers in the wee hours on Monday at Debipur village under Belonia sub-division in southern Tripura. A BSF official said that their troopers fired in self defence as Jasim had attacked them with a sharp-edged weapon. The BSF is yet to obtain further details about the incident. Senior BSF officials have rushed to the spot and are investigating…

02 Feb

Manipur Congress protests against fuel price hike

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The opposition Congress in Manipur on Monday staged a protest against incessant hike in fuel prices at the gate of Imphal oil depot. Leaders of National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) Manipur unit, Manipur Pradesh Youth Congress Committee (MPYCC), members of Seva Dal of the MPCC and others took part in the protest that displayed various anti-BJP government slogans. Leaders taking part in the protest attacked the BJP government at the Centre for allegedly engaging in “extortion from the people” and “profiteering” at a time of COVID-19 crisis. During the protest, they displayed placards with anti-BJP government slogans like “Down…

02 Feb

Meghalaya to upscale educational facilities

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Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Monday said that the State Government has embarked upon itself the responsibility to upscale educational facilities from elementary level. “In the current financial year, we will renovate at least 200 LP schools in the State. For each LP schools we have allocated Rs. 40 lakh for the renovation. In a phase wise manner, we will cover around 800 schools in the next three years,” Sangma said at the inauguration of the newly constructed building of Garobadha Secondary School and Rangsakona Higher Secondary School in South West Garo Hills district. Both the new buildings…

01 Feb

It’s a wrap for Priyadarshan’s Hungama 2

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Filmmaker Priyadarshan on Monday said he has finished shooting his upcoming comedy Hungama 2, starring Paresh Rawal, Shilpa Shetty, Meezaan, Pranitha Subhash, Ashutosh Rana, Manoj Joshi, Rajpal Yadav, Johnny Lever and Tiku Talsania. Hungama 2 is a sequel to Priyadarshan’s hit comedy film Hungama, which also starred Rawal along with Shoma Anand, Akshaye Khanna, Aftab Shivdasani, and Rimi Sen. The director said it was challenging to make a “more entertaining” second part after the success of the original, which released back in 2003. “Even after so many years, Hungama is still fresh in audiences’ mind and it was a challenge…

01 Feb

Mohanlal returns for Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 3

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The third season of the reality show Bigg Boss Malayalam is all set to premiere soon. The first two seasons, hosted by veteran actor Mohanlal, was a hit among audiences. Hence, the expectation level is quite high this time. During the recent launch event of the reality show Star Singer season 8, actor Tovino Thomas unveiled the logo of the upcoming season of Bigg Boss Malayalam, hinting at its return. The logo is expected to be revealed officially by the channel very soon. Actor Mohanlal will be seen as the show's host once again. According to sources, Bigg Boss Malayalam…

01 Feb

KAPIL SHARMA, GINNI CHATRATH BLESSED WITH BABY BOY; FANS CONGRATULATE THE COUPLE

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Actor-comedian Kapil Sharma welcomed his second baby with wife Ginni Chatrath on Monday. He took to Twitter to announce that the couple has been blessed with a baby boy early morning today (February 1). He tweeted, "Namaskaar we are blessed with a Baby boy this early morning, by the grace of God Baby n Mother both r fine, thank you so much for all the love, blessings n prayers love you all ginni n kapil." From Saina Nehwal to Suniel Shetty, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Singh and other celebs congratulated the couple. In an interactive session '#AskKapil' on Twitter, he revealed…