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Prasoon Joshi finally broke his silence after the CBFC returned Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati to the makers. Joshi said CBFC wants to take a “balanced decision” about the Deepika Padukone starrer but it should be given enough time to do that.
In our country, a man who makes a movie on a fictional character is the same as man who wants to kill another man for making a movie on a fictional character. Yep. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that if those announcing bounties for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s head are wrong, then the director himself is also wrong.
The Central government is all set to make talaq-e-biddat (instantaneous triple talaq) a penal offence, which may entail a jail term apart from monetary fine.
In case you were planning to move out of Delhi and live in Bengaluru because of the pollution, think again. We have bad news. A recent draft report by the Environment and Policy Research Institute (EMPRI) suggests that not a single lake in Bengaluru city has water that is fit for drinking or even bathing. Another finding of the report states that there are only three lakes left in the city that do not carry the diarrhoea causing E.Coli bacteria.
Indranil Rajyaguru is the the challenger to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. In his election affidavit, Rajyaguru declared assets worth Rs 141 crore, making him the richest candidate to contest the Gujarat Assembly polls this year. Check out our infographic on BJP and Congress’ performance in Gujarat polls over the years. Yuva Desh, Indian Youth Congress's online magazine, took a crass jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's English speaking skills. leading to widespread outrage and condemnation. This was not the first instant the Congress party used the ‘chai-wala’ jibe to hit at Modi and they had yet another egg on the face moment.
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November 20, 2017 shall remain etched in the minds of die-hard Indian cricket fans for some time to come. Three slips and a gully waited as Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami kept running in, hoping to run through the Lankan tail for what seemed like a magic spell of Test cricket on the fifth evening of the first Test in Kolkata. Not to forget the 5-over spell from Umesh Yadav that saw Angelo Mathews walking back to the pavilion. It speaks volumes of this Indian pace attack’s capability to turn the match on its head given a slight assistance from the wicket. Baidurjo Bhose writes why Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Bhuvneshwar Kumar are India's best test battery ever!
An article has surfaced on the internet where an anonymous user narrated her horrific experience, claiming Gal Gadot aka ‘Wonder Woman’ bullied and shamed her for being raped by a friend of theirs while modelling in Milan thirteen years ago. We don’t how true it is, but does that mean we ignore the accusations completely? Should we not even blink an eye and ask Gadot the tough questions? Shouldn’t our first instinct be to believe the woman?
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