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In episode seven of the show, host Big B welcomed Yogesh Kumar Kalra from Gurugram, Haryana, who won the fastest finger first, and made his way to the hot seat.For the question of Rs 10,000, the actor asked Yogesh, who was with the Indian Army for 22 years: “The popular ‘Kala khatta’ flavour is derived from which fruit?” The options were: Jamun, Apple, Papaya and Strawberry. Yogesh gave the correct answer “Jamun”, and moved to the next level.Big B then asked Yogesh: “Is ‘Kala Khatta’ your favourite flavour?” The contestant replied: “No, sir.”The ‘Agneepath’ fame actor got nostalgic, and shared:…

Speaking to the media, MLA Manjunath stated that the high command has asked the state leadership towin at least 20 seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka. The Congress leaders are attempting to pull leaders from other parties.“I was abroad when I was invited to New Delhi for talks. I refused to take the offer. Congress leaders think they can pull MLAs from JD (S). I want to tell Congress leaders that in the coming days, all 19 MLAs from the JD(S) party will come together on a platform and hold a meeting to announce solidarity with the…

The deceased were identified as Puttaraju (42) and Keshava (14), residents of Shanthinagar in Doddaballapur town.According to police, the victims had gone to the lake on Wednesday to collect lotuses from the lake for sale. The lotus flowers are in demand against the backdrop of Friday’s Varamahalakshmi festival.Police explain that the victims had entered the lake without knowing the depth and drowned in the slush while plucking the flowers. They had left their foot-wears and mobiles on the bank of the lake which were noticed by another flower seller who alerted the family.Though the police rushed to the spot, the…

She was 81 and breathed her last at a private hospital this morning after a long battle with Alzheimer’s Disease and other disorders.Born in Mumbai as Nalini Saraf, Seema Deo is survived by her sons actor Ajinkya and director Abhinay.Seema Deo acted in nearly 90 Hindi and Marathi movies in a career spanning over six decades from the black-and-white to the colour era of the Indian film industry.She is hugely remembered for her major role in the musical blockbuster ‘Anand’, along with her husband Ramesh, and Amitabh Bachchan among other actors.Top Bollywood personalities have expressed shock over her demise and…

“Utilising Meta’s LLM as well as MediaTek’s latest APUs and NeuroPilot AI Platform, MediaTek aims to build a complete edge computing ecosystem designed to accelerate AI application development on smartphones, IoT, vehicles, smart home, and other edge devices,” the chip-maker said in a statement.Currently, most generative AI processing is performed through cloud computing, however, MediaTek’s use of Llama 2 models will enable generative AI applications to run directly on-device as well.This will provide many advantages to developers and users, including seamless performance, greater privacy, better security and reliability, lower latency, the ability to work in areas with little to no…

And a sold-out crowd of 14,000 at Louis Armstrong Stadium on Wednesday night enjoyed some tennis hijinks in the headlining singles match as fan favorites Frances Tiafoe and world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz traded strokes and advice. There were US Open legends on the court, too, as nine-time US Open champion John McEnroe teamed up with No. 3 Jessica Pegula for an all-New Yorker team. They faced Argentina’s 1990 US Open winner Gabriela Sabatini and Italian Berrettini, a former US Open semifinalist.The fundraiser brought out celebrities beyond tennis, too. NBA star Jimmy Butler and two-time Latin Grammy winner Sebastian Yatra…

There were picketings at certain points of the city since morning, with the people being urged to observe bandh in view of the heinous incident.However, there was no event of forceful enforcement of the strike and hence the police contingent deployed did not have to take any action so far.Already one person has been arrested for the rape and murder of the schoolchild. The arrested accused, identified as Md Abbas (22), is the prime accused in the crime, Deputy Commissioner of Siliguri Metropolitan Police Avhishek Gupta has confirmed.The local people had ransacked the residence of the accused. Even the residence…

The incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday.According to police, at around 3.10 a.m., a PCR call was received from the command room of Central Bank of India, Mumbai, regarding ATM break and theft at Khera Khurd in the area following which a police team rushed to the spot.Upon reaching the spot, it was found that the main gate of the ATM was broken and the ATM machine was uprooted from the ground and taken away.“The official said that an FIR is being registered under section 457, 380, 427, 34 of the Indian Penal Code at Narela Industrial Area…

In episode eight of the quiz reality show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ season 15, host Big B welcomed Abhishek Garg from Charkhi Dadri, Haryana to the hot seat.Talking to the contestant about his profession, the 80-year-old actor asked: “Are you a medical doctor?” Abhishek replied: “Yes, Sir. I’ve completed MBBS. At present, I’m practising at my uncle’s hospital. And also preparing for civil services.”Big B then questioned him: “Why are you preparing for UPSC?”The contestant said: “There are many doctors in our family. My uncle is MD in medicine. My elder sister is a radiologist. My brother-in-law is an ophthalmologist. I’ve…

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) American tennis player John Isner has announced on social media that he will retire after playing at this year’s US Open. His 17th consecutive appearance in his home major will be his last. The 38-year-old at Flushing Meadows will draw to a close his illustrious career, during which he has won 16 ATP Tour titles, 488 tour-level matches and competed in the ATP Finals (in 2018).”There comes a time in every athlete’s career that they have to decide to hang it up. For me, that time is now. I didn’t come to this decision lightly,…