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Environment Minister Anil Dave passes away

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New Delhi: Environment Minister Anil Dave passed away here today.

60-year-old Dave complained of uneasiness at his home this morning and was rushed to AIIMS where he passed away, according to official sources.

He was a member of the Rajya Sabha since 2009. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of Dave.

“Absolutely shocked by the sudden demise of my friend & a very respected colleague, Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave ji. My condolences,” he said in a tweet.

The Prime Minister said Dave will be remembered as a devoted public servant who was tremendously passionate towards conserving the environment.

“I was with Anil Madhav Dave ji till late last evening, discussing key policy issues. This demise is a personal loss,” he said in another tweet.

(Agencies)

Zomato reports data theft of 17 million users

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New Delhi: Online restaurant guide and food ordering app Zomato today said about 17 million user records have been stolen from its database.

The stolen information contains user email addresses and ‘hashed’ passwords but no payment information or credit card data has been stolen/leaked, Zomato said in a blogpost on its website.

The startup’s disclosure comes at a time when the world is grappling with the cyber attack by ransomware ‘WannaCry’, which has impacted IT networks in over 150 countries.

Zomato said the data theft was discovered recently by its security team, without indicating the exact time or if it was related to the ‘WannaCry’ ransomware attack.

“Our team is actively scanning all possible breach vectors and closing any gaps in our environment. So far, it looks like an internal (human) security breach – some employee’s development account got compromised,” it said.

Assuring its users that their credit card information on Zomato is fully secure, the company said “payment related information on Zomato is stored separately from this (stolen) data in a highly secure PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliant vault”.

As a precaution, Zomato said it has reset passwords for all affected users and logged them out of its app and website and all of the user accounts were secure.

It, however, encouraged users to change password for any other services where they were using the same password.

Zomato said over 120 million users visit its site every month.

The company said it will be actively working to plug any more security gaps in its systems.

(PTI)

59-year-old veteran actress Reema Lagoo dies due to cardiac arrest

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Mumbai: Veteran actor Reema Lagoo died early on Thursday morning after suffering from a cardian arrest, she was 59. Her family confirmed that she died at 3.15 am on Thursday after suffering a heart attack at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai. Her son-in-law Vinay Waikul confirmed her death and said, “She was fine but complained of chest pain around 1 pm. We took her to hospital but she died around 3:15 am after a cardiac arrest.”

Known for playing mother’s roles in blockbusters such as Maine Pyar Kiya, Aashiqui, Saajan, Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Vaastav, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Hum Saath Saath Hain, Reema Lagoo had also done extensive work on television including Shrimaan Shrimati and Tu Tu Main Main. In fact, the actor was doing a show made by Mahesh Bhatt, Naamkaran, at present. She played a negative character on the show, which was a far cry from the mother’s roles that defined her film career. Talking about the loss, Mahesh Bhatt tweeted, “We said goodbye to one another after making a promise to meet soon. That never happened . We think we have time.We don’t!!Goodbye Reemaji.”

Born Gurinder Bhadbhade, she was daughter of Marathi stage actress Mandakini Bhadbhade. While her acting prowess were noted even when she was a student in Pune, she started acting on stage after completing school. She soon started acting in Hindi and Marathi film. She gained prominence once she started doing mother’s roles in Hindi films, the first of such character roles was as the mother of Juhi Chawla in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. In fact, after playing Salman Khan’s mother’s roles in multiple blockbusters, many thought of her as his real-life mother! Another of her famous role was as Sanjay Dutt’s mother in Vaastav who kills her son. Reema Lagoo won four Filmfare awards in the supporting actress category.

She was married to Marathi actor Vivek Lagoo, the couple separated later. The couple has a daughter, Mrunmayee, together who is also an actress. Her funeral will take place later today.

(IANS)

Delhi HC transfers missing JNU student Najeeb Ahmad case to CBI

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday transferred the investigation into the disappearance of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Najeeb Ahmad to the CBI from police. He has been missing since October 15, 2016.

A bench of Justices G.S. Sistani and Rekha Palli transferred the matter to the CBI with immediate effect on a plea by the student’s mother after the Delhi Police said it had no problem with such a direction.

The court said the probe by the CBI would be supervised by an officer not less than the rank of a DIG.

While transferring the matter, the court noted that the Delhi Police had implemented all directions and suggestions given by the court.

The matter will be taken up next on July 17.

(Agencies)

ICJ orders Pakistan to suspend Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence

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The Hague: The International Court of Justice on Thursday asked Pakistan to suspend the death sentence of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav.

The order was announced by ICJ president Ronny Abraham in a public sitting, 10 days after India approached the UN’s top court for “provisional measure” of protection — an interim relief — in the Jadhav case.

The circumstances of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s arrest remains disputed, said the ICJ judge.

He added that India should have been granted consular access as per Vienna convention.

In a public hearing on Monday, India accused Pakistan of violating the Vienna Convention by denying consular access to Jadhav and pronouncing him guilty of espionage in a “farcical trial”.

The Indian legal team represented by Deepak Mittal, who heads the Pakistan division of External Affairs Ministry, demanded immediate annulment of Jadhav’s death sentence amid fears that he may be executed even before the world court pronounced its decision.

Pakistan had, however, rejected the Indian argument on the ground that New Delhi had no right to invoke the jurisdiction of the ICJ and that the Vienna Convention does not provide for matters relating to spies, terrorists and those who indulge in espionage.

Jadhav was awarded the death sentence by a Pakistan military court in April, a year after he was arrested on espionage charges.

Islamabad has rejected 16 Indian requests for consular access to the former Indian Navy officer, held at an unknown prison in Pakistan.

(Agencies)

Low expectations as Syria talks resume in Geneva

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Sixth round of United Nations-backed negotiations resumes in Swiss city but hopes for a breakthrough remain dim.

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by Al Jazeera

A new round of Syria talks got off on Tuesday in Geneva amid low expectations, the latest United Nations push to resolve the country’s long-running conflict.

Five previous rounds of United Nations-backed negotiations have failed to produce concrete results and hopes for a major breakthrough remain dim.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has strengthened his position on the ground, with the rebels reeling from a major setback in the capital Damascus.

Assad has also recently called the Geneva process “null”, telling a Belarusian TV network that it had become “merely a meeting for the media”.

Assad’s comments, coupled with uncertainty over the United States’ position on Syria, had made “diplomats highly skeptical over the [impact of the talks] in Geneva”, said Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom, reporting from the Swiss city.

“In fact, it is the most amount of skepticism that I have heard from diplomats involved in this process,” he said.

‘Four baskets’

The UN negotiations are focused on finding a political solution and will concentrate on four separate areas, or “baskets” of issues: governance, a new constitution, elections and combating “terrorism” in the war-ravaged country.

It is the first meeting after the so-called “de-escalation zones” were agreed to by Turkey, Russia and Iran at a separate diplomatic track in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, earlier this month.

Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy to Syria, dismissed suggestions that the Astana negotiations were overshadowing the Geneva talks.

“We’re working in tandem,” he told reporters on Monday.

Bashar al-Jaafari, the head of the Syrian government delegation was holding an initial meeting with de Mistura at the UN on Tuesday.

The main opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC), led by Nasr al-Hariri and Mohammad Sabra, was due to meet the UN envoy later in the day.

Worries

De Mistura, who has lasted as Syria envoy far longer than his two predecessors, has consistently tried to resist pessimism.

The alternative to talks is “no discussion (and) no hope”, he said.

The envoy said he wanted to drill down on several issues in hopes of generating solid proposals, but one issue – Assad’s fate – remains a major roadblock.

The HNC has insisted the president’s ouster must be part of any political transition, a demand unacceptable to the Syrian government.

“Diplomats worry that if de Mistura is not able to come away with something significant from this round of talks, then the whole Geneva process could collapse all together,” Jamjoom said.

Hockey: New Zealand thrash India 8-2 in second match

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Pukekohe: New Zealand showed class as they thrashed India eves 8-2 in the second match of the five-match series here on Tuesday.

For New Zealand, Samantha Harrison (third minute), Stacey Michelsen (21st, 30th minute), Kirsten Pearce (52), Madison Doar (56), Samantha Harrison (56) and Stephanie Dickins (60) scored the goals while for India, Lilima Minz (40th) and Anupa Barla (49th) found the back of the net.

Though India began with positive intent, hosts New Zealand put India on the backfoot with an early 1-0 lead when Samantha Harrison scored a 3rd minute field goal.

India couldn’t clear the ball through the right wing and Samantha Harrison beautifully converted the pass into a goal from close range.

A chance to equalise went begging in the sixth minute when striker Rani could not get a touch on the ball to deflect it into the post from a long-range assist.

In-form keeper Savita made a couple of saves to deny New Zealand from increasing the lead while Anupa Barla’s shot was also saved by the Kiwi keeper Grace O’Hanlon in the 12th minute.

After entering the second quarter with a 1-0 lead, the hosts held most of the possession and ended up scoring a brilliant field goal in the 21st minute on the counter through Stacey Michelsen.

India earned a penalty corner in the 24th minute but it was promptly denied by keeper Sally Rutherford.

New Zealand kept up the pressure on India and created more chances but Savita made several saves to keep India in the game.

However, good pressing from hosts along with their ability to be patient and move the ball to drag the defenders out meant that New Zealand scored their third goal through Stacey in the 30th minute and take a comfortable 3-0 lead.

India made amends in the third quarter when they earned two penalty corners. Though the first went amiss, Lilima Minz managed to get a deflection to finally win India a goal in the 40th minute.

Though Stacey scored her third goal of the match in the 42nd minute, India showed grit to score their second goal in the 49th minute through Anupa Barla. This helped India narrow the gap to 4-2.

But just when India looked like they could come back into the game, their defence collapsed in the final quarter with New Zealand taking complete advantage by scoring as many as four goals in the last eight minutes of the match.

The two teams will now play the third match on May 17.

(IANS)

Siddarth Mahesh Is Garuda

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Siddarth Mahesh Is Garuda

The youngster with a lot of hope in the 1st. ever film Siddarth of Saipaayi had a big dash on the Box Office turnstile. He is trying his luck in his 2nd film Garuda. It is in Dhanu Kumar’s direction. The beautiful Ashika of Crazy Boy has been picked up for the lead heroine as Deepa Sannidhi is another major wing of this Garuda. Deepa Saanidhi had a moderate Chakravarthy with challenging star Darshan. Ashika after Crazy Boy is also working in Mugulu Nage with Ganesh. Siddarth Mahesh is appearing in the title role with Jai Anand’s camera, Deepu S Kumar’s editing and Raghu Dixit scoring music for this film.

Dhansika In Sunil Kumar Desai Movie

The debutante actress of Kabaali Dhansika who was in the daughter’ role of Rajanikanth is taking up her 1st ever Kannada film in the eminent director Sunil Kumar Desai’s direction. The powerful thrill & suspense maker of Tarka, Utkarsha, Nishkarsha, Beladingala Baale, Nammura Mandara Hoove, Sangarsha, Sparsha, Parva, Prathyartha, Prema Raga Hadu Gelathi, Marma, Kshana Kshana, Re…..et al Sunil Kumar Desai is catching up with another thriller. Anoop Singh Thakur who played the baddie in Rogue is in the lead role. A macho man with a stint in small screen arena Anoop Singh Thakur has given a fiery performance in his debut bilingual Rogue. The film of Sunil Kumar Desai Udgarsha is launching soon. The film has the caption of “Battle At Its Peak”. Manjunath is the producer of Udgarsha. Sunil Kumar Desai badly needs a good hit to position himself in the business of entertainment.

Haripriya Thrilled To Have A Dance Number With Puneeth Rajakumar

Puneeth Rajakumar Anjani Puthra has a special song from the cute heroine Haripriya. The actress is waiting to act with Puneeth Rajakumar and is given a special moment to share in life. “Dance is her favorite element in life. Dancing with Puneeth Rajakumar is most exciting moment for her” discloses Haripriya. Anjani Puthra in the direction of A Harsha a famous dance director too in Kannada film has 2 different looks for Haripriya in the song & dance. One is a garage theme and the other one is in the thought process of director A Harsha. The 1st portion shot was challenging for Haripriya because of fast moments of Puneeth Rajakumar. It is just 2 days shoot remembers Haripriya. “Mine is a traditional Bharatanatyam form & Puneeth Rajakumar is in modern dance form and A Harsha knows the special trick to get the dance” says Haripriya.

Mammootty’s New Avatar Goes Viral

Mammootty is a busy man with back – to -back projects in his kitty. Mammoooty, who is currently busy with the shoot of the upcoming film Streetlights, has recently joined the next schedule of his new movie, directed by Ajai Vasudev. Some of the his pics from the movie’s shooting location have surfaced online and has already gone viral on the internet. In the pictures, Mammootty is seen sporting a closely cropped haircut with a trimmed beard. In the movie, Mammootty’s character name is Edward Livingstone, a college professor. His character is that of a rough & tough teacher and so the students consider him a TERROR. Touted to be an out – & – out mass thriller, the movie will also feature Poonam Bajwa & Varalaxmi Sarathkumar in the role of teachers while Unni Mukundan & Varalaxmi will appear in the cop avatars. Scripted by Pulimurugan writer Udayakrishna, also has Mukesh, Mahima Nambiar, Salim Kumar, Maqbool Salmaan, Kailash, Kalabhavan Shah John et al in key roles. Produced by CH Muhammed for the banner Royal Cinemas, the shooting of the movie is progressing at a brisk pace in Kollam Fathima Mata College.

Nikhila Vimal To Reprise Manjima Mohan’s Role

Nivin Pauly, Manjima Mohan, Aju Varghese & Vineeth Sreenivasan starrer 2015 release Oru Vadakkan Selfie directed by debutant G Prajith was one of the biggest hits of that year. After enthralling the Malayalam audiences, the movie is now all set to have a Telugu remake, which will also be directed by G Prajith. Allari Naresh will reprise Nivin Pauly’s role in the original version. Meanwhile, the team has also roped in Malayalam actress Nikhila Vimal, who made her acting debut as a leading lady with the Dileep starrer Love 24X7, to portray Manjima Mohan’s role in the original. The upcoming movie will mark the actress’ Telugu debut. The movie will have little changes to suit the taste of Telugu audiences.

Dulquer Salmaan & Amal Sufiya Blessed With A Baby Girl

Dulquer Salman has been blessed with a baby girl on 5th May, 2017. His wife Amal Sufiya gave birth to the child at a hospital in Chennai. The O Kadhal Kanmani actor Dulquer Salmaan nnounced the arrival of his “princess” in his Facebook post. Dulquer Salmaan is the son of veteran actor Mammootty and he is one of the leading stars of the Malayalam cine industry. He is also popular amongst the Tamil audiences for his Tamil films Vaayai Moodi Pesavum & O Kadhal Kanmani. Interestingly the arrival of Dulquer Salmaan’s daughter coincides with the release of his new film Comrade In America.

Sai Pallavi’s Next Movie Starts Rolling!!!!!

Premam actress Sai Pallavi, who was recently seen in the Malayalam film Kali opposite Dulquer Salmaan has signed a Telugu project titled MCA (Middle Class Abbayi). The movie which has Nani playing the lead role started rolling recently, May 6(6th May, 2017. Directed by Venu Sriram, the movie has been officially launched with a simple pooja ceremony. MCA is Dil Raju’s production, which has Devi Sri Prasad providing the music. The movie also has Srikanth & Bhoomika Chawla playing key roles. Sai Pallavi was previously roped in to play the female lead opposite R. Madhavan in the Tamil remake of Malayalam super hit Charlie, which had Dulquer Salmaan & Parvathy in the lead roles. But the movie was reportedly shelved. The actress is now officially a part of director Vijay’s next film titled Karu bankrolled by Lyca Film Productions.

Gautami Makes A Comeback After 14 Years!!!!!

After 14 years, Gautami is gearing up to make a strong comeback with filmmaker Kukku Surendran’s upcoming horror thriller E which revolves around 5 mass communication students, who land in Haripad to do a documentary on Alzheimer’s patients. In the movie, Gautami essays the role of a music teacher who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. The actress who is highly impressed with the movie’s genre, story & her character, says that playing Malathy Menon helped challenge the actor in her. Her character is a single mother who lost her husband when her child was just 6 years old. The horror side of the story unfolds after the students seek accommodation at a homestay run by Athira, Malathy’s daughter. A host of new faces essay the student roles. The movie’s shoot is currently progressing at a brisk pace in Haripad now.

Pranav Mohanlal Movie To Be Shot Outside Kerala

It was just last year that Mohanlal had announced his son’s hero debut in Malayalam Cinema. Touted to be an action thriller, this upcoming movie will be directed by Jeethu Joseph & produced by Antony Perumbavoor under the banner of Ashirvad Cinemas. Ever since the announcement was made by the complete actor, audiences have been eagerly waiting for updates on the Pranav Mohanlal starrer. Now, we hear that the film’s director Jeethu Joseph is all set to begin the pre – production and had completed the movie’s 1st draft. In a recent interview, Jeethu has revealed that the yet -to – be titled film will start rolling by the 2nd half of the year. He also added that the movie which is on the lines of Jeethu Joseph’s super hit movie Memories will be majorly shot outside Kerala. Meanwhile, Pranav Mohanlal is currently prepping up for the role by getting trained for Parkour for the film. Pranav Mohanlal who shares a personal relationship with Jeethu Joseph, had earlier worked with the director as his assistant for the Tamil film Papanasham, which had Kamal Hassan in the lead and then in Life of Josutty, starring Dileep in the lead. As Pranav Mohanlal already has a huge fan base in Kerala even before becoming a hero, expectations from the movie are sky high.

World’s Worst Chors Present World’s Worst Item Song!

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The 1st song from Bank Chor brings together the 3 idiot chors in the worst dance number of all time

Last week, the world got introduced to Champak, Genda & Gulab, the stupidest Bank Chors ever. 1st, their antics made everyone laugh out loud in the Bank Chor trailer, that trended #1 on YouTube for 3 days, and has cumulatively crossed 10 million across the Y – Films social media platforms within a week. Then, the film’s Imaandaar trailer managed to rake up a social media storm as the 3 chors gave a hilarious dose of imaandaari that Bollywood has never seen before.

And now, in the title song of Bank Chor, innovatively titled “Hum Hain Bank Chor”, the worst chors ever come together for what is certainly the worst Bollywood item song ever! They dance, gyrate & shake their booties in an attempt to lure the audiences into watching the film, falsely proclaiming that they are awesome chors. But the truth about their stupidity is fairly visible all through the song.

Written, composed & sung by Kailash Kher, instead of featuring an A – list Bollywood superstar in the video, the song features the incompetent trio of Champak, Genda & Gulab yet again. Fortunately, the song also features Rhea Chakraborty, who plays a reporter, Gayatri Ganguly in the movie, so there is still something to cheer about.

Says Riteish Deshmukh, “Just like the rest of the film, “Hum Hain Bank Chor” is also hilarious because in the song, the 3 idiot chors believe that they’re actually smarter than everybody else. So for a change, it was fun for me to make everyone dance to my tune, because in the rest of the film “Meri Tashreef Lagi Hui Hai!”

Adds composer – lyricist – singer Kailash Kher, “After creating history with iconic songs like “Teri Deewani”, “Saiyaan” & “Allah Ke Banday”, I’m all set to destroy that with “Banday Hai Hum BankChor…” all on Y – Films doing. Jokes apart, this was really special as it showcases a mad, naughty & fun side of me that not many people have been exposed to. So after the soulful sufi comes stupid masti… hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!”

Self – confessedly India’s STUPIDEST comic thriller, Bank Chor, directed by Bumpy & produced by Ashish Patil, is all set to embarrass its makers when it releases in theaters on 16th Jun, 2017. The trailer of the film is out on YouTube.com / YFilms.

Y – Films is the dynamic, vibrant start – up at the intersection of films, creativity & youth culture that hopes to challenge the norm and detonate boundaries. Giving the youth a creative outlet and voice that will entertain & unite on film and beyond. A studio that promises to deliver kick ass content of the youth, by the youth, for the youth. And be a platform for talent – both on screen & behind the scenes – that will break and set new rules of story – telling.

PM Modi, Palestine President hold talks

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday held extensive talks on key bilateral, regional and international issues, including the Middle East peace process.

The focus of the talks was to further deepen bilateral cooperation between India and the Palestine.

“A relationship marked by solidarity & friendship. PM @narendramodi meets President Mahmoud Abbas at Hyderabad House in New Delhi,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted.

Earlier, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on Abbas and reiterated India’s support to the Palestinian cause.

In the morning, Abbas was warmly welcomed by President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Modi at Rashtrapati Bhawan. He was also given a ceremonial guard of honour there.

The visit of the Palestinian President comes ahead of Modi’s visit to Israel which is likely to take place in July.

Ahead of Abbas’ visit, India reiterated its “political support” to the Palestinian cause and had said that it continued to assist developmental projects there.

The Palestinian president arrived here on Sunday on a four-day visit.

(PTI)

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