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In a conversation with media personnels in the capital, Nana was seen talking about advantages of being an actor. He said: “The biggest advantage of being an actor is that we have a way of taking out our frustration with the help of a camera. If I didn’t have this medium, I would have gone mad. Anyway, I am called mad. This is such a big medium for us.”Nana was then asked about working in south films, as they are currently creating waves. “Kaala. I had done that in Hindi then dubbed it in Tamil. They wanted 2-3 lines and…

Pritpal Singh, a political activist who is a coordinator for the American Sikh Caucus Committee, told The Intercept that he and two other Sikh Americans in California received calls and visits from the FBI after Nijjar was killed.Sukhman Dhami, co-director of Ensaaf, a California-based nonprofit group said Sikhs throughout the US have received police warnings about potential threats.India and Canada are enmeshed in a diplomatic row over Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegation of involvement of Indian intelligence and the state in the killing of Canadian citizen and Sikh separatist Nijjar. Nijjar was declared designated terrorist by India in 2020.India…

Local eyewitnesses said that the mother, Nanibala Roy (55) was the first to be electrocuted. As her son Tinku Roy (34) tried to save her he got electrocuted too and died on the spot soon.The incident took place in the Adarpara area in Jalpaiguri town on Sunday morning. The bodies of the two victims have been sent to North Bengal Medical College & Hospital for post-mortem.Locals said that because of torrential and continuous rainfall, different pocketsof Jalpaiguri have become waterlogged since Saturday. “Such accidents can happen any time anywhere in the city,” said a local.Following the unfortunate incident, a pall…

Contestant Prem from Prince Narula’s team was put in the ‘unsafe’ category.The last task, which was titled ‘Patthar Daal Roadies Behaal’ saw all the gang leaders and contestants participating in what was both a Roadium and an elimination task packed together.The task had three phases, the first was the ‘Balwaan’ who would have to keep pulling on a heavy bucket for seven minutes, then there was the Runner, who had to race to the icy waters and grab golden stones hidden amidst the pile of other pebbles and run back quickly.The final one was that of the ‘Buddhimaan’ who had…

These two were among nine Vande Bharat trains flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in various states virtually from Delhi.Union Minister for tourism and culture G. Kishan Reddy and senior officials of South Central Railway (SCR) attended the programme held at Kacheguda Station.Tech cities Hyderabad and Bengaluru will now be connected by Vande Bharat Express. This is the third semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express for Telangana after Secunderabad-Visakhapatnam and Secunderabad-Tirupati trains.Hyderabad-Bengaluruis the first Vande Bharat train connecting both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with Karnataka.It will traverse through 12 districts and four major cities.The train, which will depart from Kacheguda…

The seizure happened at Cachar district. As it resides at the boundary of both Assam-Manipur and Assam-Mizoram borders, there have been a lot of narcotic activities recently in this district.Superintendent of Police in Cachar district, Numal Mahatta, said that acting on a specific tip-off, the police conducted an operation to foil a drug peddling attempt on Saturday. One person identified as Azad Uddin Barlaskar has been arrested by the police.Mahatta said, “We have seized at least 18,000 Yaba tablets from a vehicle which was driven by Barlaskar. The international market value of seized drugs is around Rs. 2 crores.”The arrested…

Staying true to its theme this season of #HarMoveSeKarengeProve, the show has celebrated superlative talent with phenomenal moves who have proved their mettle in this intense competition.The contestants have won the hearts of millions and captivating the judges a.k.a the E.E.N.T (Emotions, Entertainment, Newness and Technique) specialists – Sonali Bendre, Geeta Kapur and Terence Lewis.Aniket is with choreographer Kartik Raja, Anjali with choreographer Akash Thapa, Samarpan with choreographer Bhawana Khanduja, Vipul with choreographer Pankaj Thapa, and Shivanshu with choreographer Vivek Chachere. Known as the ‘Charlie Chaplin of ‘IBD 3’, Aniket Chauhan from Delhi won himself the first spot in the…

As of now, India have reached 79/1 in 9.5 overs, after being pushed into batting first by Australia.Ruturaj Gaikwad got India going with a neat glance and a punchy cover drive in the opening over against debutant pacer Spencer Johnson. Josh Hazlewood was impressive in his line and length and that got him the wicket of Gaikwad, taking the outside edge off the right-hander’s bat to be caught behind by Alex Carey.Iyer, coming at number three, found his groove by taking two boundaries off a lofted cover drive and a wristy clip against Johnson. He followed it up with a…

New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Of late, Jashim Uddin has been a delighted man on seeing women’s T20 matches at the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Jashim, the head groundsman at Cricket Hong Kong for more than 12 years, played a pivotal role in getting the Zhejiang University of Technology Pingfeng Cricket Field ready in time for the multi-sport event.It also helped that Jashim, originally from Bangladesh, had the previous experience of working on making a cricket ground from scratch in China. Back in 2010 for the Asian Games in Guangzhou, Jashim had worked to get the then brand-new Guanggong…

Indore, Sep 24 (IANS) Pacer Prasidh Krishna comes into India’s playing eleven in place of a rested Jasprit Bumrah as Steven Smith-captained Australia won the toss and elected to bowl first in the second ODI here at Holkar Stadium on Sunday. India are leading three-game series 1-0, having won the opening match in Mohali by five wickets. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said in an update that Bumrah did not travel with the team to Indore for Sunday’s match as he has gone to visit his family and was given a short break by the team…