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Earlier this year, Sofia Firdous was preparing for her father, Mohammed Moquim, the then-incumbent Congress MLA of Odisha’s Cuttack, to fight reelection. However, barely a month before the state Assembly elections were supposed to begin, a jolt hit the family when Mr Moquim, managing director of his real estate firm Metro Group, found out that he was ineligible to contest the polls as the Supreme Court did not stay his conviction in an Orissa Rural Housing Development Corporation (ORHDC) loan fraud case. With 30 days left and no candidate, the Congress pinned its hope on Ms Firdous. The 32-year-old abandoned…
Sonam Kapoor, 39 today, received the sweetest wish from Veere Di Wedding co-star Kareena Kapoor. On Sunday, the Udta Punjab star wished the bir5thday girl by sharing a monochrome image of them. Below the image, Kareena Kapoor wrote, “Happy birthday darling Sonam. Love you and wish you all the happiness.” For the unversed, Kareea Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor have worked together in the 2018 comedy film Veere Di Wedding, which also starred Swara Bhasker and Shikha Talsania in titular roles.See Kareena Kapoor’s wish for Sonam below:On the personal front, Anand Ahuja and Sonam Kapoor got married in May 2018. They welcomed…
Veteran actress Farida Jalal, who recently featured in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s debut series Heeramandi, recalled a touching moment with Shah Rukh Khan. The actress, who had played the role of the actor’s mother in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai told India Today that she is not in touch with the superstar. “No, I am not in touch. How do I get to him, tell me? (even) Salman, how do I get to them? You know, they have changed their mobiles or whatever. The number I have of Shah Rukh… I had a shoulder surgery done and he has done many. So, those…
Elon Musk, on Sunday, expressed gratitude towards Indian-origin Ashok Elluswamy – the first person hired for Tesla’s autopilot team. The tech billionaire has credited Mr Ashok for Tesla’s “success in AI” and autopilot software. Quote-tweeting Mr Ashok’s note on X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk said, “Thanks Ashok! Ashok was the first person to join the Tesla AI/Autopilot team and ultimately rose to lead all AI/Autopilot software. Without him and our awesome team, we would just be another car company looking for an autonomy supplier that doesn’t exist. BTW, I never suggested that he say anything and I had no idea…
Not many of us might have come out of the shell after what happened in Dallas on June 6. The USA stunned an off-coloured Pakistan side via a Super Over win, which turned out to be one of the biggest upsets in cricket’s history. After that shocking debacle, Babar Azam’s unit is up for another daunting challenge and this time against their arch-rivals India. Their head-to-head battle against the Men in Blue tilts towards the latter though with five wins out of seven games. Meanwhile, the Rohit Sharma-led India will be entering the contest on the back of a comfortable…
Hundreds of passengers had a narrow escape at Mumbai airport yesterday after an IndiGo aircraft touched down on the same runway from which an Air India jet was taking off. In a swift response, aviation regular Directorate of Civil Aviation has launched a probe and derostered the Air Traffic Control official on duty. In a video that has emerged on social media, both the planes are seen on the same runway. As the Air India jet takes off, the IndiGo plane is seen landing. IndiGo has said in a statement that the pilot of the Indore-Mumbai flight 6E 6053 followed…
A string of Bollywood personalities, including Hrithik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha, Zoya Akhtar, Soni Razdan, Arjun Kapoor, and Prajakta Koli, have lent their support to actress-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut, who was slapped by a CISF constable at the Chandigarh airport. The incident occurred on Thursday when Kangana was travelling to Delhi, a day after she won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh as a BJP candidate. Several personalities, including Anupam Kher, Mika Singh, Raveena Tandon, and Shekhar Suman, condemned the incident. Journalist Faye D’Souza shared a post on Instagram condemning the slap incident, stating, “Violence can…
JEE Advanced Result 2024 LIVE: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has announced the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2024 results. Ved Lahoti of the IIT Delhi zone is the top ranker in the Common Rank List (CRL), securing 355 out of 360 marks. Dwija Dharmeshkumar Patel of the IIT Bombay zone is the top-ranked female candidate with CRL 7, achieving 332 out of 360 marks. Those who participated in the exam can check their scorecards for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 on the official website, jeeadv.ac.in. The result includes the candidate’s marks, the Common Rank List (CRL),…
There arguably isn’t a bigger brand in world cricket at the moment in than India’s Virat Kohli. The ‘chase-master’ has the biggest of records in the cricketing spectrum, especially in the ODI format, and his craze remains unmatched, no matter which part of the globe he goes to. Though Pakistan remain India’s most bitter rivals, even fans across the border are crazy about Virat Kohli. Former Pakistan stars like Rashid Latif, Azhar Ali, etc. went ga-ga over Kohli, narrating the fan following the India talisman has in the neighboring country. “The day Virat plays in Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi or in…
Chirag Paswan, whose party LJP (Ram Vilas) stunned in this election by winning all the five Lok Sabha seats it contested as part of the NDA alliance in Bihar, is set to become a minister in the third Narendra Modi government, sources have said. Mr Paswan, it is learnt, received a call from BJP chief JP Nadda ahead of Prime Minister Modi’s swearing-in this evening. NDA leaders will shortly gather at the Prime Minister’s residence for tea. Chirag Paswan, sources said, had been offered ministerial posts in the first and second Narendra Modi governments, too, but the LJP had then…