Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Filmmaker Anees Bazmee, on Friday, took to social media to celebrate 17 years of his hit film “Singh Is Kinng.” Released in 2008, the film starred Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Om Puri, Ranvir Shorey, Neha Dhupia, Javed Jaffrey, Sonu Sood, and Sudhanshu Pandey. Taking to his Instagram handle, Bazmee shared a poster from the film featuring Akshay and Katrina and recalled how this film gave him memories for a lifetime.For the caption, the director wrote, “17 years of Singh…

Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Actor Naveen Kasturia, who is sharing the screen with Mukesh Rishi in the recently released OTT series ‘Salakaar’, has called his co-actor, a gentle giant. Naveen spoke with IANS ahead of the release of the series, and shared that since he has seen Mukesh perform for so many years, he used to get lost in his performance as a co-actor.He told IANS, “I enjoyed working with him. I used to get lost in his performance, and forget my lines because I was enjoying it so much. …

Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Natashaa Fernandes has opened up about her decision to keep a distance from others while shooting for her film “Andaaz 2.” The actress shared her reasons for maintaining distance from everyone on the sets. Speaking about the challenges of her role, Fernandes shared, “There were ample challenges, which I was keen on overcoming. Since I am the negative lead, I used to maintain distance from everyone and live in my bubble of emotions on days when I had a major scene.“Th…

Quetta, Aug 8 (IANS) Leading Baloch human rights defender Mir Yar Baloch writes to US President Donald Trump, urging the recognition and support for Balochistan, and calling on Washington to fundamentally reevaluate its relationship with the “radical state” of Pakistan.“We bring to your attention the upcoming visit of Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, General Asim Munir, who leads an institution widely involved in gross human rights violations in Pakistan-occupied Balochistan. The Pakistan…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Union Minister of Communications and Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Jyotiraditya Scindia, has underscored a unified approach to accelerate infrastructure growth in northeastern region (NER), an official statement said on Friday.The minister outlined five suggestions for bridging infrastructure and connectivity gaps — convergence of NER Infrastructure Grid by preparing a regional Master Plan; establishment of a Monitoring Mechanism for priority projects for…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) With Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to visit China after six years and National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval engaging with Russia on key defence deals, there are early signs that India may recalibrate its strategic posture and the shift in geopolitical alignment is something investors should watch out for very closely, a report said on Friday. Recent moves by the Trump administration mark a sharp shift in US-India trade and geopolitical dynamics, potentially unrave…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) A day after Lok Sabha Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of enabling “criminal fraud” and colluding with the BJP to manipulate voter rolls in Karnataka, leaders from the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) have come out in strong support of his claims, urging the Election Commission to publicly respond with evidence.Speaking to IANS, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said the ECI’s reaction to LoP Gandhi’s Press conference s…

Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi arrived at HAL Airport in Bengaluru on Friday to take part in the protest at Freedom Park over the alleged election fraud. Karnataka State Congress President and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, along with AICC General Secretary and Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, welcomed him at the airport. Party’s national President Mallikarjun Kharge also arrived with Rahul Gandhi.In light of the protest, tight secur…

Jaipur, Aug 8 (IANS) Days before Independence Day celebrations, security agencies have recovered a drone on the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district.The drone was seized from a location just 20 km from the International Border, in an uninhabited area of Sector South of Jaisalmer, on Thursday evening.Sources said ‘Made in China’ is written on the drone, though no official statement has yet been issued by the BSF or local police, said sources on Friday.The discovery comes amid…

New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken strong exception to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of large-scale voter list manipulation and challenged him to either stand by his claims under oath or apologise to the nation.Sources in the Election Commission said that if Gandhi truly believes in his allegations and the analysis presented to the media on Thursday, he should have no hesitation in signing the statutory declaration required under election rule…