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While he has done a ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’ – a milestone in itself, ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, ‘Veer-Zaara’ among others, Shah Rukh Khan is not just all about romantic films.Coming from a theatre background, SRK is adept at other genres as well, and his filmography has plenty of films to prove that.On the King of Bollywood’s 58th birthday, let’s take a look at some of SRK’s films that do not belong to the “romance” genre but still prove his mettle as an actor.’Baadshah’: The film has everything from good music (remember the viral Instagram Reels of’Woh Ladki’ and Dua…

Cancun (Mexico), Nov 2 (IANS) In a rematch of the Wimbledon final, Ons Jabeur defeated No.6 Marketa Vondrousova 6-4, 6-3 in round-robin play at the WTA Finals. Jabeur’s straight-set win on Wednesday moved her to 1-1 in the Chetumal Group and dropped Wimbledon champion Vondrousova to 0-2. The result, combined with No.2 Iga Swiatek’s straight-set win over No.3 Coco Gauff, means the group remains in the balance going into the final day of group play, WTA Tour reports.With a 2-0 record, Swiatek is in pole position to win the group and qualify for the semifinals. Gauff and Jabeur sit second…

San Francisco, Nov 2 (IANS) Actor Scarlett Johansson is reportedly suing an app developer for using her name and AI-generated version of her voice in an online ad. As reported by Variety, the 22-second ad showed Johansson behind the scenes while filming ‘Black Widow’, where she says “What’s up guys? It’s Scarlett and I want you to come with me.”Later, an AI-generated voice meant to sound like the actor takes over, saying “It’s not limited to avatars only. You can also create images with texts and even your AI videos. I think you shouldn’t miss it.”The ad was for an…

Toronto, Nov 2 (IANS) Though Canada will admit 485,000 new immigrants in 2024 as in 2023, it plans to raise the numbers to 500,000 by 2025.Unveiling immigration plans for 2024-26, Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, said on Wednesday that immigration levels will be capped at 500,000 from 2026.As India is Canada’s biggest source of immigration and students, Indians will be the biggest beneficiary of these levels because theyare going to get the lion’s share ofa record 281,135 newcomers under the economic category and 114,000 under the family category.Last year, over 118,000 Indians took up Canadian permanent residency…

The health department stated that in 68 different places of the state, mosquitoes were tested for the presence of Zika virus in their bodies. Likewise, samples were taken from six locations of Chikkaballapura district.The Zika virus was found in mosquitoes in Talakayalabetta village in Sidlaghatta taluk. The health authorities swung into action immediately after the development and initiated preventive measures to contain the spread of the virus.Special meetings have already been held by the health authorities and officers have been given clear directions to mitigate the crisis in the initial stages.The officers have collected blood samples of 30 pregnant women…

Rahul Gandhi, who is currently campaigning in Telangana, reached the barrage at Ambatipally village in Jayashankar Bhupalpally by a helicopter from Hyderabad.Accompanied by state Congress leaders, he inspected the barrage which recently suffered damage. Some piers of the barrage sunk in, prompting the Centre to send a high-level team for the probe.After inspecting the sagging pillars, Rahul Gandhi made an aerial survey of the barrage.Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, MLA Sridhar Babu and other leaders accompanied Rahul Gandhi.“The ‘Kaleshwaram ATM’ symbolised the massive (Rs) 1 lakh crore Kaleshwaram…

“What will happen if the Internet is shut off? The voice of Marathas can never be silenced through oppression. The government should stop such tactics and restrain the savages…” said Jarange-Patil in a social media post.Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is likely to reach out and speak with Jarange-Patil again in the day and send a delegation to meet the Maratha leader, to seek additional time to finalise the quotas which can stick in the courts, and without disturbing the existing reservation granted to other communities.Late last evening, the Maratha leader toughened his stance on the quotas issue by going off…

Known as the ‘King of romance” and the ‘Badshah of Bollywood’, Shah Rukh in an illustrious career of 31 years in Hindi cinema, has not only given us many memorable films but also numerous dialogues that one can even use on a regular day.IANS has listed a handful of Shah Rukh’s dialogues which one can never forget.A year after his debut film ‘Deewana’ in 1992, SRK played an over obsessive lover in ‘Darr’, and “I love you KKK…Kiran” dialogue in that movie also starring Juhi Chawala and Sunny Deol was a catchline.”Agar yeh tujhe pyaar karti hai to ye palat…

The monarch will be accompanied by senior officials of the Bhutan government.During his visit which will continue through November 10, he will also visit Assam and Maharashtra.India and Bhutan enjoy unique ties of friendship and cooperation, which are characterised by understanding and mutual trust and the visit would provide an opportunity to both the sides to review the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation and to further advance the exemplary bilateral partnership, across diverse sectors, official sources said.–IANSans/ksk

Moitra, who is a Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal’s Krishnanagar constituency, was summoned by the Ethics Committee to appear before it on October 31. However, the committee once again summoned her for questioning on November 2 after the Trinamool leader wrote to the Committee that she cannot appear on October 31 citing prior engagement.Moitra on Wednesday had written to the Ethics Committee demanding to cross-examine complainant and Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai and Dubai-based businessman Darshan Hiranandani.The ethics committee is probing BJP MP Nishikant Dubey’s allegations that Moitra accepted cash and favours for asking questions in Lok Sabha…