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Sources in the Congress government said that Hamsalekha has been chosen to snub the ‘right’ wingers.Siddaramaiah spoke to reporters on Tuesday after visiting Chamundi Hill and made the announcement.“We are getting the Dasara festivities inaugurated by Hamsalekha, the noted Kannada music composer from the film industry,” he stated. Hamsalekha had stirred a controversy by objecting to religious pontiffs, leaders making a visit to the houses of Dalits, instead he recommended them to take Dalits to their houses.“Whether it is Vishwesha Tirtha swamiji (late Pejawar Mutt swamiji) or politicians like H.D. Kumaraswamy (former CM), Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan, R. Ashoka (former Dy…

Talking about working with Helen Mirren, the Oscar-winning director said, “A lot of people ask me how it was working with Helen (Mirren). I’m always saying that I don’t know how I will work with other actors now because working with her was so perfect in every sense. When I joined the project, Helen was already attached”.“We had a Zoom in the midst of the COVID pandemic and she asked me why I think she should play Golda. I told her that ‘You have the soul, you have the intelligence, and the vibe of Golda. For me, as an Israeli,…

Reminiscing about Satish Kaushik, Vipin said, “When we were in the National School of Drama, we used to hear about our seniors who moved to Bombay to work in films. We felt safe knowing we had a network of people to turn to if and when we decided to move to the city to pursue acting. Naseeruddin Shah and Om Puri were a few such names, but there was another name we heard who wasn’t acting but was assisting filmmakers. That was Satish Kaushik ji.””After a long hiatus from acting post ‘Taare Zameen Par’, I was once invited to a…

Dhoni, the two-time World Cup-winning skipper, served as the Test captain from 2008 to 2014 and led the limited-overs squads from 2007 to 2017.Under Dhoni’s reign as captain, notable pacers like Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammad Shami made their debut.Speaking to JioCinema, Ishant praised Kohli as an exceptional captain while also implying that, following the transition period under Dhoni, a fully developed bowling lineup was in place for him.”He was the best. When Virat was captain, bowling was complete. When we were playing under Mahi bhai, we were in a transition phase. At that time, Shami and Umesh were…

“Additional standby trains will also be kept for induction into services to clear the rush, if required. DMRC will also deploy additional personnel at stations to cater to the extra rush of commuters by operating additional ticket counters. Guards/Customer Facilitation Agents (CFA) will be deployed at major Metro stations to help and guide commuters on the day,” said a Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) spokesperson.Earlier, the DMRC achieved a historic milestone by registering an unprecedented 68.16 lakh passengers on Monday, marking the highest ever daily passenger journeys pre and post the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.“For perspective, the previous highest…

Bengaluru, Aug 29 (IANS) India’s head coach Rahul Dravid has expressed his delight on star pacer Jasprit Bumrah’s comeback to international cricket after 11 months due to a back injury and said they will ease him in slowly.Team India is all set to leave for Sri Lanka for the Asia Cup 2023. On the final day of training at Alur near here, Dravid gave an update on Rahul’s injury and expressed his enjoyment at Bumrah’s comeback to the squad.”Yeah, so it’s great to have them back and see them bowling, and bowling well, is truly good. Jasprit is someone we’ve…

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) India senior men’s team head coach Igor Stimac announced a 23-member squad for the 49th King’s Cup to be held from September 7-10, 2023 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.India (ranked 99th) will face Iraq (ranked 70th) in the semi-final on September 7 at 16:00 IST at the 700th Anniversary Stadium. Hosts Thailand (ranked 113th) take on Lebanon (ranked 100th) in the other semi-final at 19:00 IST on the same day.The semi-final winners will contest the final on September 10, while the losers will play the third-place play-off.India won bronze when they last participated in the King’s…

New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) A number of users have taken to X (formerly Twitter) to complain their phone numbers have been banned from the encrypted messaging app Telegram, despite never using it.According to Cybernews, some of them have even posted their phone numbers on social media asking for assistance.”Hey, my telegram number got banned for no reason. I need help asap,” a user wrote on X.”I’m trying to use my mobile phone number. But Telegram says it’s banned. Please help. I didn’t use any third party applications and not using any wrong thing. So please unban me,” another user…

Seoul, Aug 29 (IANS) The South Korean industry ministry said on Tuesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Samsung Electronics, SK hynix and other chip firms to cooperate on technology development for advanced semiconductor packaging.Under the MOU, the government and chipmakers agreed to work together to secure leading technologies in advanced semiconductor packaging and to nurture companies in the final steps of semiconductor manufacturing, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.The agreement was signed by the two South Korean chip giants, as well as LG Chem Ltd., several outsourced semiconductor assembly and test firms and fabless…

Ramesh while commenting on X (formerly twitter) said : “Today, the Manipur Assembly met for the first time since March 3rd, 2023. It stood in two-minute silence in memory of those killed in the state since May 3rd.”The Congress leader said that the CM read out a resolution and thereafter it got adjourned indefinitely, disallowing any other resolutions.“The entire proceedings took much less than an hour. What a farce ! There was simply no reason why with its huge majority the ruling party could not have had the session for a few days at the very least. The reason is…