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Mercury In Scorpio: The Intellectual Enters The Sign Of Mystery – What To Expect?
The planet of communication and technology – Mercury will be entering the Sign of Scorpio. In the Moon Sign based predictions, Ganesha explains how things may shape for all the Signs.
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Anushka Sharma Talks About Ranbir, Aishwarya, Shah Rukh, Salman & Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
In an EXCLUSIVE interview with SpotboyE.com, Anushka Sharma talks about life before and after Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
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Revealed: Lisa Haydon and Kangna Ranaut did not share great rapport during Queen
The gorgeously stunning Lisa Haydon recently made news when she got married to Pakistan-born British entrepreneur Gully Lalvani’s son Dino Lalvani at a beach wedding. Even though she recently got featured in a cameo in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, she is still remembered for her role in the Kangna Ranaut starrer Queen. Talking about Queen, Lisa Haydon recently revealed in an interview to a tabloid that on screen friendship with Kangna Ranaut was not at all the same as her off screen friendship with her. For the uninitiated, Lisa Haydon and Kangna Ranaut played best friends in Vikas Bahl’s Queen. Lisa Haydon added that since Kangana Ranaut was in her own zone, she would just turn off. Lisa Haydon also
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Jaitley's defamation case against Kejriwal to continue: Supreme Court
New Delhi: In a set-back to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed his petition seeking the quashing of criminal defamation proceedings against him initiated by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Kejriwal in his plea contended that Jaitley has also filed a civil New Delhi: Yoga televangelist and swadeshiconsumer goods entrepreneur Baba Ramdev on Monday said those opposing demonetisation
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Geeta Phogat Refused Aamir Khan’s Wedding Gift, So Here’s What He Did!
Aamir Khan is the man of his words. Living up to his promise, Aamir visited the village of Balali in Haryana to attend the wedding of Mahaveer Singh Phogat's daughter, Geeta who is Commonwealth Gold Medalist with his Dangal team. Dangal movie is based on the life of the Phogat family.
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Ouch! Salman Khan’s Reaction When He Bumped Into Arjun Kapoor
It has been two years since Arjun Kapoor participated in the controversial roast and cracked nasty jokes on Salman Khan’s piece of heart, his baby sister Arpita Khan Sharma who rumouredly dated Arjun in the past. Since this incident, Salman has always maintained a distance from Arjun Kapoor. Recently, Salman Khan and Arjun Kapoor attended Sania Mirza’s younger sister’s sangeet ceremony, where the duo came face to face.. Salman Khan looked through Arjun Kapoor at the sangeet ceremony of Sania Mirza’s younger sister Anam Mirza and Akbar Rasheed.
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Here’s What Saif Ali Khan Upto To Welcome Baby Khan!
The Nawab of Bollywood, Saif Ali Khan is planning a royal welcome for his unborn child with wife Kareena Kapoor Khan. The parents-to-be are hands down involved in prepping for the arrival of their bundle of joy. Says a source who knows that, “It being Bebo’s eighth month, she cannot fly to Delhi, so Saif doesn’t want her to miss out and sends her pictures of their available options.
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Twinkle Khanna Reveals How Akshay Kumar Sends Chills Down Her Spine!
The coming together of the South Megastar Rajinikanth and the Khiladi of Bollywood was surely the extravagant bit in Shankar’s 2.0 which is the sequel to the 2010 film Enthiran. A couple of hours before the trailer launch, Akshay Kumar took to his social media accounts and revealed his look. Everyone had to take a look to confirm if it was Akky or not! Akshay plays Dr. Richards, the nemesis to Rajinikanth's character, who turns into a crow as a result of a wrong experiment.
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Check out: Shilpa Shetty Kundra's special message for husband Raj Kundra on their anniversary
Shilpa Shetty tied the knot to businessman Raj Kundra in November 2009. Today, they are celebrating seven years together as a married couple. On this special occasion, Shilpa had a sweet message for her husband. Shilpa shared a photo with Raj as she hugged him tight and captioned it, “Whoa! 7 yrs.Happy Anniversary @therajkundra “I have found my Home in your Heart and Love in your Soul.” I’m the luckiest girl in the world.#hubbylove #soulmate #loveunconditionally #gratitude.” On the work front, Shilpa Shetty Kundra is currently judging a reality dance show on television named Super Dancer.
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Check out: Katrina Kaif in a saree on the sets of Jagga Jasoos
After the unexpected non-performance of Baar Baar Dekho, Katrina Kaif is extremely particular about the films that she signs. One film that has already been in the making for quite some time now is the Anurag Basu directed Jagga Jasoos. While there has been much said and written about the film, we recently got our hands on an extremely adorable photograph of the stunning Katrina Kaif in a saree. She was clicked while she was shooting for Jagga Jasoos. Looking at Katrina Kaif and her fellow dancers, one does get a feel that this could have been photographed while they were shooting for a song sequence. Besides Katrina Kaif, Jagga Jasoos also stars Ranbir Kapoor in the lead. While the film is being
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Check out: Vidya Balan's reunion with Hum Paanch gang will make you nostalgic
Vidya Balan is one of the biggest stars in Bollywood. But, before establishing her career in films, Vidya was known for portraying the role of geeky Radhika in 90s hit show Hum Paanch. Recently, at Zee Silver Jubilee event, Vidya Balan reunited with some of the cast members from Hum Paanch and it made all our 90s hearts nostalgic. She met up with Shoma Anand who played her stepmother, Vandana Pathak who played her eldest sister Meenakshi and Bhairavi Raichura who portrayed the role of her younger sister Kajal. Although, the whole cast was there but it surely was a memorable moment. On the work front, Vidya Balan is gearing up for the release of her upcoming drama Kahaani 2 which is slated to
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How the lavish wedding costs Reddy a bigger price
The Income Tax Department has come calling to coal baron and former BJP leader G Janardhana Reddy, days after the lavish wedding of his daughter in Bengaluru led to huge uproar across India. For many, the extravagant wedding gala was a brazen display of ill-gotten wealth, especially in the middle of a currency crisis, when the ordinary Indians have been compelled to queue up outside banks to access rationed quantities of their own hard-earned money. Reddy has taken over a royal palace and flown in Brazilian dancers at a reported cost of 75 million dollars to celebrate his daughter’s wedding, as the country reels from a cash crisis.
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RBI announces total withdrawal of Rs. 5,44,571 crore post demonetisation
New Delhi [India], Nov. 21 (ANI): Following the troubles faced by the common man post the government's demonetisation drive, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has in a series of measures announced that total exchange and deposits effected from November 10, 2016, up to November 18, 2016, amounted to Rs. 5,44,571 crore (exchange amounted to Rs. 33,006 crore and deposits amounted to Rs. 5,11,565 crore). The banking major has also reported that the general public has withdrawn Rs. 1,03,316 crore from their accounts either over the counter or through ATMs during this period. Consequent to the announcement of withdrawal of Legal Tender status of banknotes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 denominations from the midnight of November 8, 2016, arrangements were made for exchange and /or deposit of such notes at the counters of the Reserve Bank and commercial banks, Regional Rural banks and Urban Cooperative Banks.
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INS Chennai – 10 Things You Must Know about the Largest ‘Made-In-India’ Warship of the Indian Navy
INS Chennai, the third indigenously-designed guided missile destroyer warship was commissioned into Indian Navy’s combat fleet by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at the naval dockyard in Mumbai on Monday. The Kolkata-class warship is the third and last to be built under Project 15A. The first two ships to be manufactured under 15A were INS Kolkata and INS Kochi. Here are 10 interesting features of the massive missile destroyer. 1. INS Chennai is one of the largest destroyers in Indian Navy’s fleet. It is 164 metres long and weighs over 7,500 tonnes. It sails at a top speed of over 30 knots (around 55 km) per hour. Source: Twitter 2. The Kolkata-class destroyer is capable of engaging in anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare, land attacks, and air defence. The multi-mission ship is highly suited for expeditionary and surface strikes. 3. The ship is designed to carry and operate up to two multi-role combat helicopters, which are expected to be a Sea King and an HAL Dhruv. Source: Facebook 4. It is armed with supersonic surface-to-surface BrahMos missiles and Barak-8 Long Rang Surface-to-Air missiles. 5. The ship carries indigenously-developed anti-submarine weapons and sensors. The sensors include the hull-mounted sonar HUMSA-NG, heavyweight torpedo tube launchers, rocket launchers, and towed array sonar capability. Source: Facebook 6. INS Chennai is fitted with the chaff decoy system ‘Kavach’ for defence against enemy missiles. You may also like: “School Chalo”: Indian Army Calls out to Kashmiri Children, Promotes Education in Time of Unrest 7. For protection from enemy torpedoes, the ship has been equipped with the torpedo decoy system ‘Mareech’. Both ‘Kavach’ and ‘Mareech’ have been developed in India. [caption id="attachment_75728" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar onboard INS Chennai[/caption] 8. Nearly 60% of the ship has been built at Mazagon Dock in Mumbai. The weapons and sensors were brought from Israel and Russia. 9. The ship is also equipped with Heavyweight Torpedo Tube Launchers, Rocket Launchers and Towed Arrau sonar capability. Source: Facebook 10. INS Chennai includes a communication mechanism using which all the crew can be kept in loop with the integration system during an emergency. According to a report in The Times of India, Indian Navy plans to become a 200-warship force with around 600 aircraft and helicopters by 2027. Having been placed under the operational and administrative control of the Western Naval Command, INS Chennai will undergo some additional sea trials before being assigned to the Western Fleet. Like this story? Or have something to share? Write to us: contact@thebetterindia.com, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. NEW: Click here to get positive news on WhatsApp!
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India recall fit-again Bhuvneshwar Kumar
MUMBAI (Reuters) - India have recalled fit-again seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the remaining three tests of the series against England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said on Tuesday. Opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was dropped from the 16-man squad. India lead the five-match series 1-0 going into the third test in Mohali starting on Saturday. ...
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Help comes for Indian man living on terrace for 8 months in UAE
Abu Dhabi, Nov 22 (IANS) An Indian man who had been living on the terrace of a building for the past eight months in UAE's Ajman city as his employer had not returned his passport after settling his dues, was offered help overwhelmingly by people after a local media reported his plight. Sajeev Rajan, a one-eyed man in his early 40s who worked for a Sharjah-based construction company, made the barren concrete terrace of a six-storeyed building his residence. After Khaleej Times reported his story, now several people have come forward with offers to buy air tickets, give him a job, or provide monetary help.
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Check out: Nargis Fakhri plays a Punjabi bride in 5 Weddings
Nargis Fakhri was last seen playing the role of Christina in the film Banjo. Well now Nargis is all set to essay the role of the quintessential Punjabi bride in the Indo – American film 5 Weddings. Interestingly though, this will be the first time Nargis will be seen on screen as a Punjabi bride, the actress has left no stone unturned in getting her look right, be it her outfit to jewellery and footwear, Nargis ensured her ensemble is simply jaw dropping gorgeous. Talking about her look on twitter, Nargis posted, “One of our many loooks @RajkummarRao @1aMinute #5weddings #Punjab”. Commenting on the same, an inside source from the film says, “Nargis and Raj, a first time on screen pairing, are
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Hospital refuses to give Union Minister his brother's body, asks for new notes
Mangaluru(Karnataka) [India], Nov. 22 (ANI): Union Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Tuesday became the latest victim of the demonetisation drive after the administration of Kasturba Manipal Hospital in Mangaluru refused to accept old currency notes to clear the pending bills for handing over the body of his brother. Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation Sadananda Gowda's brother Bhaskar Gowda was receiving treatment in the hospital for severe jaundice for the last 10 days and breathed his last on Tuesday afternoon. When the Union Minister, accompanied by his family members, friends, arrived at the hospital to take the body, he cleared Rs. 60, 000 pending bills with old Rs. 500 and Rs.1,000 notes, which the hospital authorities declined to accept.
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Will affect the show: Karan on Hina's exit from 'Yeh Rishta...'
Mumbai, Nov 22 (IANS) TV actor Karan Mehra, who became a popular face on the small screen with his role as Naitik in "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai", says that Hina Khan's exit from the show will affect its popularity. Karan, who became the first celebrity to get evicted from the controversial reality show "Bigg Boss 10", told IANS: "It has been the longest running show but after my exit, now Hina is quitting so of course it will affect the show." Hina plays the role of Akshara in the show and Karan says that he doesn't see the show going anywhere.
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Meet Subashini Sankaran, the First Female IPS Officer In Charge of a CM’s Security
In July this year, Subashini Sankaran became the first woman IPS officer since India’s independence to take charge of a chief minister’s security. She is responsible for protecting Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. [caption id="attachment_75641" align="alignleft" width="300"] Facebook profile photo of Subashini Sankaran[/caption] “It was a new thing for everybody but people slowly adapted to being comfortable about having a lady police officer as the chief minister’s head of security,” Subashini told News18. Subashini’s job entails mapping out routes when the chief minister travels, coordinating with other members of the CM’s security detail, and briefing personnel. It is a stressful job and her work day often extends to 18 hours. Subashini comes from a middle-class family, originally from the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. No other member of her family has ever worked for the police; her father was employed in the industrial safety department of a private company, her mother is a homemaker and her sister an entrepreneur in the United States. The family moved to Mumbai in the early 1980s, where she completed her schooling in Thane. Subashini has a degree in sociology from St. Xaviers. She later went on to do M.Phil. from Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, where she wrote her dissertation on women and terrorism, focusing on the suicide bomber squads of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It gave her an insight into the broader political and sociological situation in India and a nuanced understanding of law and order issues. After qualifying to become an IPS officer, Subashini underwent training at the Sardar Vallabhai Police Academy in Hyderabad. Her current posting is not easy. Assam is the largest state in northeastern India and is dealing with multiple challenges – from law and order problems to counter-insurgency to communal strife, smuggling and poaching. [caption id="attachment_75664" align="alignnone" width="1200"] A parade on Assam Police Day 2016. Source: Assam Police[/caption] She has some experience tackling many of the key issues facing the state. Before her current appointment she worked as an Assistant Superintendent of Police in Azara Police Station in Guwahati. Next, she was transferred to Biswanath District, followed by stints in Silchar and Tezpur as Additional Superintendent. Her wide-ranging experience in different parts of Assam has helped her prepare for the task of securing the state’s head of government. What makes the job a little easier is that she has learnt Assamese in the four years she has spent in the state. The lesson from her years as a police officer: “Talk when necessary, take firm action when necessary…lawfully, of course.” When she gets some time off from the grind, Subashini likes to unwind by reading biographies, and listening to jazz and folk music. Like this story? Or have something to share? Write to us: contact@thebetterindia.com, or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. NEW: Click here to get positive news on WhatsApp!
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