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18 Jan

North Bengal Cine Awards to Honour Corona Warriors

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At the hardest of time when the whole world went to lockdown in the fear of Corona virus prndamic, doctors, nurses, sweepers, journalists, police personals helped us to contain the pandemic. The sixth North Bengal Cine Awards dedicated to those cowardly fighters who are fighting the virus and fighting hard to keep the world healthy. This is an initiative by the Cine Awards Committee to honor the ‘Corona Warriors’. The North Bengal Cinema Team has taken initiative to honor a total of 120 Corona fighters across North Bengal in a hotel at Siliguri. From doctors to nurses; from social worker…

18 Jan

Amitabh Bachchan moving away from the small screen? Speculation surrounding the blog

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As Kaun Banega Crorepati is coming to an end maybe this time, Amitabh Bachchan is likely to moving away from the small screen forever. “I am tired and retire .. my apologies .. it’s been a very long last day of KBC shoot .. I shall make up tomorrow,” his post read followed by sincere words, “But remember this .. work is work and must be accomplished with the entire sincerity at one’s disposal. The affection and love created gives a farewell to the last day of the shoot .. they all assemble together .. the wish is to never…

16 Jan

WhatsApp Delays Updated Privacy After Backlash

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WhatsApp has announced that it is moving forward the date to accept its new terms and conditions to May 15. The previous date for this was February 8. WhatsApp in its official twitter handle twitted ”Thank you to everyone who’s reached out. We're still working to counter any confusion by communicating directly with @WhatsApp users. No one will have their account suspended or deleted on Feb 8 and we’ll be moving back our business plans until after May - https://blog.whatsapp.com/giving-more-time-for-our-recent-update...” WhatsApp users received a notification this month that it was preparing a new privacy policy and terms, and it reserved…

16 Jan

Bigg Boss 14: Devoleena is going to enter as Vikas Gupta’s proxy inside BB house

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Amid reports that Devoleena Bhattacharjee will enter the Bigg Boss 14 house and play as proxy for Vikas Gupta, a tweet from his Twitter account says that while she might be entering the reality show hosted by Salman Khan, but not as his proxy. Vikas recently exited the house after he faced some health-related issues. Vikas Gupta took to Twitter and wrote, "Neither @TheRashamiDesai nor @Devoleena_23 were approached to be proxy for #VikasGupta All the best #DevoleenaBhattacharjee who is going to play for another if reports r true & #RashamiDesai actually flew from her shoot the same day to fill…

16 Jan

Priyanka Chopra is phenomenal, never made us feel she was the biggest star , Says Rajkummar Rao

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Actor Rajkummar Rao has only nice things to say about his The White Tiger co-star, Priyanka Chopra. He says that Priyanka, who plays his wife in the movie, never made the crew feel like she was the biggest star on the sets. Sharing his experience of working with Priyanka on The White Tiger, Rajkummar says, "Priyanka is phenomenal. She is a very chilled out person, a global star who never made us feel that she was the biggest star on our set. I have always been a big admirer of her work. It's fun to work with great actors as…

11 Jan

Neighbours Carry Farmer’s Dead Body To Bank Seeking Money For Cremation

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A 60-year-old man living alone in rural Patna passed away at his house with no relatives or money in the house. As his neighbours looked to cremate the body, they found some money parked in his bank account. The neighbours then took the body to the local bank to ask for money for the funeral. According to a report in The Times of India, Mahesh Yadav was suffering from a prolonged illness and passed away at his residence in Singriyawan. Mahesh, who was a daily wage earner, died in his sleep on Tuesday. The villagers who searched his home for…

11 Jan

Sedition case: HC extends relief to Kangana till Jan 25

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The Bombay high court on Monday extended the interim relief of no coercive action against actor Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli Chandel until January 25 in connection with an FIR registered against them under sedition and other charges. The HC also directed the city police not to summon the duo for questioning till then. Ranaut and her sister appeared before Bandra police in Mumbai on January 8 for recording their statement in the case, pursuant to an assurance given to HC in November last year. The FIR, under sedition charges and for allegedly "trying to create hatred and communal…

11 Jan

Schools, colleges reopen in Gujarat after over 9 months

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Looking at the declining cases of coronavrus, the Gujarat government on Wednesday decided to reopen schools in the state from January 11. Issuing an order, Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said the students and teaching staff will have to follow the COVID guidelines strictly. The classes will also reopen for graduation and post-graduation final years with mandatory compliance of Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOPs) and consent of parents. The Centre in Unlock 5 guidelines allowed schools to reopen from October 15. However, the decision was left to states/union territories to decide as to when they would resume physical classes.…

09 Jan

Abandoned At Birth, Fire Claimed Baby’s Life At Maharashtra Hospital

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Authorities know the names of the mothers of nine out of ten babies who perished in fire at a state-run hospital in Maharashtra's Bhandara district on early Saturday morning. One name is missing, as the child had been abandoned at birth. The new-born baby, a boy, had been found in the remote village of Kesalwada in Lakhanitehsil last week, a district official said. Discovery of an abandoned child also made headlines in local newspapers. When a fire broke out in the hospital in the early hours of Saturday, the staff succeeded in rescuing seven out of 17 babies from the…

08 Jan

Bipasha Basu pens a note of gratitude for the birthday wishes; says ‘so grateful to everyone’

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Bipasha Basu celebrated her birthday recently. The actress took to her social media handle to pen a warm note for everyone. Bipasha shared a few pictures from her special day. The actress turned 42 and we are in awe of the gorgeous beauty. Bipasha had a very intimate and low-key birthday celebration this year, pictures from which are making the rounds of the internet and we are missing handsome hunk, Karan Singh Grover, in the pics. Bipasha shared three pictures from her birthday celebration. She looked happy as she posed for the camera in a yellow salwar kameez. There were…