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  As business and daily life came to a standstill in the financial capital, many took to Twitter to share memes and jokes. The hashtag #powercut trended on Twitter. Several parts of  Mumbai faced a power outage  Monday morning, which prompted plenty of reactions on social media, including memes and jokes. State energy minister Nitin Raut said a technical failure in one of the circuits of a 400 KV line of the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Company Limited had resulted in the power cut. As business and daily life came to a standstill in the financial capital, many took to Twitter to share memes and jokes, and #powercut dominated trends on Twitter.     

  Laxmmi Bomb , starring Akshay Kumar in the lead role, premieres on Disney+ Hotstar on November 9. L axmmi Bomb The trailer of  Akshay Kumar  starrer Laxmmi Bomb is out, and it is quite a throwback to Priyadarshan’s Bhool Bhulaiya, at least in terms of the treatment. Alongside Akshay, the film also stars Kiara Advani, Tusshar Kapoor, Sharad Kelkar, Tarun Arora and  Ashwini Kalsekar . Laxmmi Bomb is the remake of 2011 Tamil film Muni 2: Kanchana directed by Raghava Lawrence, who is also directing the Hindi version. Watch the trailer of Laxmmi Bomb here:    The trailer shows Akshay Kumar’s character getting possessed by the spirit of a woman, and he then starts acting like one since his body is under her control. While the film is trying to create the mood for a horror-comedy, it reminds us of old Hindi movies where the transgender community was represented in quite a stereotypical way. It is yet to be seen if Laxmmi Bomb will avoid those clichés and tell ...

" Neha babu, I love you so much...Yes, I am only yours," commented Rohanpreet on Neha's post New Delhi:  Neha Kakkar, on Friday, sent the Internet into a tizzy by sharing an adorable photo of herself and Rohanpreet Singh amid their wedding rumours. The singers have been trending on social media for the last few days, courtesy several reports stating that the duo will get married this month. Now, going by Neha Kakkar's latest post, it appears she has made it Instagram official with the  Sohni Lagdi  singer. In the photograph,  Neha Kakkar  can be seen posing happily with Rohanpreet Singh. "You're mine," she captioned the post, on which the latter commented: "Neha babu, I love you so much...Yes, I am only yours,  meri zindagi ." Aww. Rohanpreet Singh also shared a similar picture on his feed and introduced Neha Kakkar as his  "zindagi ." He wrote: "Meet my  zindagi,  Neha Kakkar. #NehuPreet." Several of Neha Kakkar's frie...

  The 20-year-old woman died in Delhi last month during her treatment for horrific injuries she had sustained after shewas assaulted by four men of her village on September 14.    New Delhi:  The attempts to defame the 20-year-old gang rape victim from Hathras by holding her "responsible for crimes committed against her is revolting and regressive", Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said today, condemning the fresh allegations and theories that have emerged in the alleged gang rape and murder case in Uttar Pradesh that has drawn angry protests across the country. The woman deserves "justice not slander", the Congress General Secretary tweeted using hashtag "shameless" BJP . The 20-year-old woman died in Delhi last month during her treatment for horrific injuries she had sustained after she was assaulted by four men of her village on September 14. The Congress leader's remarks came after a letter by one of the accused blaming the victim's f...

  Rhea Chakraborty has been asked to submit  ₹   1 lakh as bond and mark her presence daily at the nearest police station for 10 days after her release. Rhea Chakraborty  Drugs Case Mumbai:  Actor  Rhea Chakraborty , arrested over drugs-related charges in the Sushant Singh Rajput investigation, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court. Her brother Showik's bail has been rejected. They were arrested last month by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB). The High Court has set conditions for Rhea Chakraborty's bail. Deposit passport Report every day for 10 days to Mumbai Police Furnish bail bond ₹ 1 lakh Cannot leave country Cannot meet with any other witness

Rhea Chakraborty was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau which has been investigating the drugs angle related to the actor's death.    Mumbai:  A decision on the bail plea of Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty will be announced by the Bombay High Court tomorrow. Rhea Chakraborty, who had a relationship with actor Sushant Singh Rajput, was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau, which has been investigating the drugs angle related to the actor's death.

  NEW DELHI: The  Uttar Pradesh  government on Tuesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, urging the apex court to monitor a CBI probe into the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras. The state government, in its affidavit, explained in detail the investigation carried out by it in the case so far. It alleged that "vested Interests" are attempting to ascribe motive to derail a fair probe. The affidavit comes on a day when the top court is scheduled to hear a PIL seeking an investigation into the role of police officials and registration of FIRs against them in connection with the Dalit woman who died a fortnight after being allegedly gang-raped in Hathras district. The state government's affidavit said a "vicious" campaign was unleashed in social media, TV and print media to defame UP government. "As the matter has caught national attention, it must be probed by a central agency," it said. The affidavit fu...

  The World Bank President said that it is estimated that the increases in child mortality to persist in the coming years.   Washington:  The novel coronavirus pandemic will likely drive up child mortality rates in developing countries by slightly less than half of the current rate, World Bank President David Malpass said on Monday. "Our early estimates suggest a potential increase of up to 45 percent in child mortality because of health service shortfalls and reduction in access to food," Mr Malpass said during a virtual discussion ahead of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings next week. Mr Malpass said the World Bank estimates the increases in child mortality to persist in the coming years. The World Bank President also said the difficulties in administering education amid pandemic can lead to significant issues for the developing countries in the future. "Since the outbreak, more than 1.6 billion children in developing countries have been out...

The charges imply that the administration believes there is more to the case involving the horrific assault and alleged gang rape of a young Dalit woman, who died last week.   Lucknow:  Nineteen FIRs have been filed by the Uttar Pradesh police in the aftermath of the alleged gang rape in Hathras of a young woman who died last week. Facing criticism over its handling of the case, the police have listed sedition, conspiracy and promoting religious hatred in the main FIR or First Information Report filed in Hathras. The police cases have been filed just a day after UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath claimed that the Hathras incident was being exploited by those who were upset at his government's progress. The charges listed on the main FIR include inciting caste divides, religious discrimination, doctoring electronic evidence, a conspiracy against the state and defamation. The charges tie in with the administration's assertion that there is more to the case involving the fatal ass...

  The judges asked Vijay Mallya's lawyers to inform them by November 2 when he could appear before the court and "when the secret proceedings will end".    New Delhi:  Vijay Mallya's extradition was ordered by a British court but has been delayed by "secret proceedings" initiated in the country, the government told the Supreme Court today on the tycoon wanted in India for loan fraud. "There are some 'secret proceedings' initiated in the UK that the government of India is neither aware of nor has been made party to," the Ministry of External Affairs told the court. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the ministry, said the UK Supreme Court had cleared the extradition. The judges asked Vijay Mallya's lawyers to inform them by November 2 when he could appear before the court and "when the secret proceedings will end". Vijay Mallya, accused of defaulting on loans worth around ₹ 9,000 crore involving his now-defunct Kingf...

  Actor-activist Swara Bhasker shared an old video where BJP MLA Surendra Singh is heard making disparaging comments on the Unnao rape case in 2018. "This petty man is an old sinner," she tweeted in Hindi.   New Delhi:  Uttar Pradesh BJP MLA Surendra Singh's remark that "rape cases can be stopped only with sanskar (culture), and not governance" has provoked sharp criticism on social media. The BJP leader, known for his controversial comments, was replying to a question on Saturday on the surge in crimes against women amid massive outrage against the alleged gang rape and torture of a 20-year-old woman from Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, who died in Delhi last week. While talking to a reporter, he seemed to be shifting the blame on women. "I am a teacher along with being an MLA. Such incidents (like rape) can be stopped only with sanskar (culture), not with shasan (good governance) or talwar (referring to sword or might)," the UP BJP MLA from Ballia said....

  Rasheed Masood was recently admitted to the nursing home for the management of post-COVID complications, the former Union minister's nephew said.   Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh:  Former Union Minister Rasheed Masood died today at a nursing home in Roorkee at the age of 73. Mr Masood was recently admitted to the nursing home for the management of some post-COVID complications, said the former Union minister's nephew Imran Masood. Imran Masood, a former MLA, told news agency PTI that his uncle Rasheed Masood had tested positive for coronavirus some time back and had undergone treatment at a Delhi hospital. He had recovered from the infection there and had returned to Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh, said Imran Masood. His condition, however, deteriorated again a few days ago and he was admitted to a nursing home in Roorkee where he died today morning, said Imran Masood. Rasheed Masood had been a five-time member of the Lok Sabha from Saharanpur. He was also elected to the R...

  Now Trump's own diagnosis has turned the battle acutely personal while deepening the uncertainty in U.S.-China relations.    President Donald Trump has spent much of this year blaming China for the coronavirus, while Beijing mocked him for not taking the pandemic seriously enough. Now Trump's own diagnosis has turned the battle acutely personal while deepening the uncertainty in U.S.-China relations. Trump was taken to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment on Friday, as several prominent aides and supporters, including adviser Kellyanne Conway, also tested positive. Beijing's leadership has been reticent in its response to Trump's infection. State-run news agency Xinhua published two lines Saturday saying China's leader, Xi Jinping, wished the U.S. president and first lady a speedy recovery - a day behind many other heads of state including North Korea's Kim Jong Un, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen. Foreign relati...

  Mumbai: After it was revealed that the AIIMS medical board on actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death has concluded that it was suicide and not murder in its report to the CBI, the Mumbai police said today what it had always known had been reaffirmed. "We always knew what the reality was," Mumbai police chief Param Vir Singh told NDTV. NDTV reported on Saturday that the AIIMS panel has told the CBI there is no evidence the 34-year-old movie star was murdered, which rules out theories of poisoning and strangling floated by his family and their lawyer. Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead on June 14 in his Mumbai apartment. The Mumbai police, based on the autopsy, had been investigating it as a suicide. But allegations from Sushant Singh Rajput's family and speculation on social media and channels raised questions that became a part of a CBI investigation. Sushant Singh Rajput's family lawyer Vikas Singh had accused the Mumbai police of ignoring vital clues ...

During a midday briefing Sunday on the president's medical condition and treatment, White House physician Sean Conley and his team twice referred to planning to release Trump as early as the next day "if he continues to look and feel as well as he does today." The assertion by President Donald Trump's doctors that he could be discharged from the hospital as early as Monday astonished outside infectious-disease experts, who said he remains in a dangerous period of vulnerability when some covid-19 patients decline precipitously and require urgent intervention. During a midday briefing Sunday on the president's medical condition and treatment, White House physician Sean Conley and his team twice referred to planning to release Trump as early as the next day "if he continues to look and feel as well as he does today." The talk of the president's release from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center came as Conley and two other physicians ...

Bihar Polls: A section of NDA leaders suggested that Chirag Paswan's move -- keeping Nitish Kumar as a target for months -- could not have happened without the tacit support of top BJP leadership. Is BJP Out To Oust Nitish Kumar? A Hint In Chirag Paswan's Go-Solo Move Bihar Polls: A section of NDA leaders suggested that Chirag Paswan's move -- keeping Nitish Kumar as a target for months -- could not have happened without the tacit support of top BJP leadership. Patna:  Lok Janshakti Party's Chirag Paswan has decided to take his efforts to unseat Nitish Kumar to the hustings, over-riding the technicality of both parties being part of the NDA. At a meeting in Delhi today, the LJP decided to field candidates against Mr Kumar's ruling Janata Dal United. No candidates will be fielded against the BJP and "all the candidates who win will form a BJP-LJP government", the party said after the meeting.   Rajiv Ranjan, spokesperson of the Janata Dal United...

  Amitabh Bachchan's humour-infused post will crack you up New Delhi:  When Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan isn't busy with work, he delights his fans with posts from different facets of his life. The 77-year-old actor, who is busy with the shooting of the popular TV quiz show  Kaun Banega Crorepati 12  in Mumbai, frequently shares posts from his work diaries. His latest post is not an exception. On Instagram, Big B shared a picture collage, featuring his uber-cool photographs and added a hilarious caption. " Unhone mujhse kaha, 'Amit ji  you are ignoring me.'  Mitr hain mere, socha uttar de dun, toh kaha maine, 'Bhaiya 12-15 ghante kaam karne ke baad, keval snoring ka samay milta hai, ignoring ka nahi ." (A friend of mine said to me, 'Amit ji you are ignoring me.' So I thought of replying by telling him that after 12-15 hours of work, I only get the time to snore, not ignore)."