ENTERTAINMENT

Sonu Sood set to launch India’s biggest blood bank through ‘Sonu For You’ app

Election Commission makes actor Sonu Sood Punjab icon

9:58 pm November 16, 2020

Chandigarh: Actor Sonu Sood has been appointed as the Punjab state icon by the Election Commission of India, an official statement said here on Monday. The statement quoting Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Karuna Raju said his office had sent a proposal to the ECI in this regard and they approved the same. Belonging […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Govt brings OTT operators under ambit of I&B ministry

6:28 pm November 11, 2020

New Delhi: The government has brought OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Disney+ Hotstar besides other online news and current affairs content under the ambit of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, giving it powers to regulate policies and rules for the digital space. So far, there was no law or autonomous body […]

New book peeks into Gulzar’s life, philosophies

4:59 pm November 10, 2020

New Delhi: Some of Gulzar’s most defining interviews and free-wheeling conversations compiled from the last thirty years have now found their way to readers in the form of a new book. Boskiyana , a new book in Hindi, brings out the personality of the veteran poet-lyricist through detailed conversations and opens up readers to his […]

Taapsee Pannu starts shooting for ‘Rashmi Rocket’

1:27 pm November 9, 2020

Mumbai: Actor Taapsee Pannu on Monday said she has started filming her upcoming sports drama “Rashmi Rocket”. Set in Kutch, Gujarat, “Rashmi Rocket” stars Pannu in the title role of a gifted athlete and is directed by Akarsh Khurana, who helmed Irrfan Khan’s “Karwaan”. Pannu took to Instagram and shared a picture of herself on […]

NCB arrests film producer Firoz Nadiadwala’s wife,seizes ganja

10:34 pm November 8, 2020

Mumbai: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Sunday arrested Bollywood producer Firoz Nadiadwala’s wife after ganja was found at their residence in suburban Juhu, officials said. NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede told PTI that Firoz Nadiadwala was summoned by the anti-drugs agency earlier in the day, but he failed to appear. “We have arrested Firoz Nadiadwala’s wife […]