National Award-winning actor Akshay Kumar was seen playing the doting son as he spent time with his mother Aruna Bhatia, who is recovering from a knee surgery. Sharing a video in which he was seen strolling on the streets of London with his mother, Akshay wrote: “Juggled shoot to spend a few days with mom in London. No matter how busy you are with life and growing up, don’t forget they are also growing old…so spend time with them while you can.” Also Read: Citizenship Row: After Kher, Kiren Rijiju favours Akshay Kumar Akshay’s latest release “Mission Mangal” has collected Rs…
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Actor Nandita Das, who has made a comeback to Telugu industry after a decade with the upcoming film “Virataparvam”, is thrilled as well as nervous about her return with the Rana Daggubati starrer. Nandita, who has started shooting for the film, said she accepted the movie because she believed in the director’s vision. “I am doing the film for the script, the director’s vision and the role. Had no idea who I was replacing and how does it matter. In Hyderabad, started shooting for the film. Nervous about speaking Telugu,” she said in a statement. Being directed by Venu Udugala,…
J. Dhaanya Thasnem, a Class 10 student from Tamil Nadu, is set to visit the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the US and interact with astronauts. Thasnem, a student of Mahatma Montessori Matric Higher Secondary School in Madurai, will visit NASA in the first week of October, according to a statement issued here on Tuesday by Go4Guru, a US-based online tutoring and educational tour services company. She is among the three winners of the National Space Science Contest 2019, an online science aptitude and general knowledge test, conducted earlier this year by Go4Guru. The two other winners of…
The telemetry, tracking and command network of the Indian space agency (ISTRAC) performed the third lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft, the agency said on Wednesday. “The manoeuvre was performed successfully today (Wednesday) beginning at 9.04 hours IST, using the on-board propulsion system. The duration of the exercise was 1,190 seconds (19.84 minutes),” said state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in a statement on its official website. All spacecraft parameters are normal. “The next lunar-bound orbit manoeuvre is scheduled on August 30 between 6-7 p.m. IST,” the statement added. Also Read: Moon pictures captured by Chandrayaan-2 Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft with lander…
A 23-year-old student from Telangana, who went missing in Britain last week, remained untraced, his family members said on Tuesday. Ujwal Sriharsha, who hails from the state’s Khammam district and was pursuing MS at Queen Mary University of London, went missing on August 22. His father Uday Pratap, who is President of BJP’s Khammam district unit, is planning to leave for London. Sriharsha, who graduated from BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, had gone to London last year and was doing his MS in Artificial Intelligence. The student, who used to call his parents every day, last spoke to his mother over phone…
One of the Hindu parties, laying claim to the Ram Janmabhoomi site in Ayodhya, on Tuesday claimed that the Babri Masjid was not constructed by the first Mughal Emperor Babar and even that it did not have characteristics of a mosque. Senior advocate P.N. Mishra, arguing on behalf of Ram Janmabhoomi Punaruddhar Samiti, told a Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that their case is different from the Niromahi Akhara. “Our case is little different. We have submitted before the Allahabad High Court that Babar did not construct the mosque,” Mishra said, raising doubt over the construction even…
The Jammu and Kashmir Police has claimed that civil servant-turned-politician Shah Faesal, who was stopped at the IGI airport here from flying to the US earlier this month, did not have any document to support his claim that he was travelling to Boston to complete an academic course in Harvard University. In an affidavit filed on August 23 in the Delhi High Court on Faesal’s petition seeking his release from custody, Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed that all he had with him was a ticket from Delhi to Turkey to Germany’s Frankfurt to Boston. The affidavit, filed by Deputy Inspector…
Rajasthan Police has asked all its personnel to maintain their uniform’s dignity after after a pre-wedding video shoot showing a police officer on duty being ‘bribed’ by his bride-to-be went viral on Youtube, leaving senior officers embarrassed. The video, which has Bollywood songs playing in the background, shows police officer Dhanpat stopping and penalising Kiran (now his wife) for riding a two-wheeler without wearing a helmet. She is then seen putting. money in his uniform pocket and riding away. Later, Dhanpat realises his wallet has been taken by Kiran. He goes on to track her but the two fall in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met newly crowned world champion P.V. Sindhu and wished luck to the ace shuttler for her future endeavours. Sindhu on Sunday thrashed Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in the final of the women’s singles event to become the first Indian to win gold in the BWF World Championships. “India’s pride, a champion who has brought home a gold and lots of glory! Happy to have met P.V. Sindhu. Congratulated her and wished her the very best for her future endeavours,” tweeted Modi. Prime Minister Modi had earlier congratulated Sindhu after her historic win in…
The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has decided to rename the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as the ArunJaitley Stadium after the former DDCA President and BCCI Vice-President. The ceremony to rename the historic stadium will be done on September 12 while a stand will also be named after India skipper ViratKohli. DDCA took to Twitter to announce the same: “Kotla to be renamed as ArunJaitley Stadium. The renaming of Delhi’s famous cricket venue as ArunJaitley Stadium will take place on September 12 at a function where a Stand of the ground will be named after India captain ViratKohli.” Earlier,…