Day: October 5, 2019

Bhumi Pednekar wins Face of Asia award at Busan International Film Festival

9:43 pm October 5, 2019

Busan: Actor Bhumi Pednekar has been honoured with the Face of Asia award the 24th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). Bhumi’s upcoming film “Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitaare”, which features her along side Konkona Sen, had its world premiere at BIFF on Friday. The film is written and directed by Alankrita Shrivastava and produced […]

Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively become parents for third time

9:39 pm October 5, 2019

Los Angeles: Ryan Reynolds and wife Blake Lively have welcomed their third child together. Though the couple has not officially announced the arrival of the baby, but a source close to them told Us Weekly that the kid is “about 2 months old”. The news of Lively’s pregnancy was first reported in May this year […]

Aarey protest: Conditional bail for 29 protesters

Aaditya slams Metro over tree cutting, urges CM to spare activists

9:34 pm October 5, 2019

Mumbai: Hitting out at the Mumbai Metro authorities for felling trees in Aarey Colony, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday came out in support of environmental activists who have been detained or arrested. Thackeray, whose party is ally of the ruling BJP, requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to ask the city police not […]

UN rights chief says troubled by Hong Kong violence

9:32 pm October 5, 2019

Kuala Lumpur: UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Saturday she was “troubled” by Hong Kong’s increasingly violent pro-democracy protests, and stressed that any measures to quell the unrest must be grounded in law. The city endured another night of chaos Friday, after leader Carrie Lam banned face masks at demonstrations, invoking colonial-era emergency powers […]

Baghdad curfew lifted but Iraq on alert for new protests

9:29 pm October 5, 2019

Baghdad: A curfew was lifted in Baghdad on Saturday following days of protests which have left nearly 100 dead, but tensions remained after firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr demanded the government quit. The largely spontaneous protests over chronic unemployment and poor public services that erupted in the capital on Tuesday have escalated into a broader movement […]