Actress Revathi, who features in the short film "Udne do",  says cinema is a great medium to create awareness about several social issues.


Movies great medium to create good awareness, says Revathi


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Veteran actor, theatre personality and advertising guru Alyque Padamsee died here on Saturday morning, family sources said. He was 90.


Veteran actor, adman Alyque Padamsee dead


Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday took exception to the remark by lawyer Deepika Rajawat on the Kathua rape and murder victim's parents.


Omar flays lawyer's remark on Kathua rape victim's parents


The Shirdi Police have booked the head of the Saibaba Temple run by Shirdi Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) for alleged molestation on a complaint filed by a devotee, an official said on Friday.


Shirdi temple head booked for alleged molestation, absconds


A 19-year-old recovering drug addict died after inhaling deodorant in an attempt to get high, doctors who treated him in the Netherlands have revealed in a case report to highlight the fatal consequences of inhaling chemicals.


19-year-old dies after inhaling deodorant to get high


With the heroic stories of soldiers losing their sheen by getting lost with the passage of time, a former Army officer has forayed into Bollywood with a production house, aiming to serve such legendary stories to the masses.


Ex-army officer forays into Bollywood to tell 'lost stories' of war heroes


Read a heart-breaking love story - one that will transcend decades, continents and the workings of fate. There's also a gripping mystery and a page-turning next instalment in the ongoing story of Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott. Next up is a tale that illuminates the tensions that have torn communities apart and the unlikely forces  - potent magic, forbidden love - that boldly attempt to bridge that divide. Finally, go through the story of a young boy destined to lead his countrymen -- not without any struggles, however.


Fiction from the west (IANS Books This Weekend)


A 1928 Disney animation, which predates the creation of Mickey Mouse, has resurfaced in Japan, the media reported on Friday.


Missing Disney movie resurfaces after 70 years in Japan


The hide and seek got over as Bollywood stars Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, after two days of wedding ceremonies in the far and dreamy Lake Como setting in Italy, unveiled their first look as a married couple to the public on Thursday, immensely pleasing their army of fans.


Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone debut as Mr & Mrs


Rome, Nov 15 (IANS/AKI) The UN World Food Programme on Thursday appealed for an end to the devastating three-and-a-half-year civil war in Yemen, where a full-blown famine looms in what is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today.


UN calls for peace as famine looms in conflict-stricken Yemen


A civil society network on Thursday claimed that starvation was a major problem in West Bengal and said several people's organisations would join hands to start a movement on the issue.


Civil society forums to campaign against hunger, starvation in Bengal


Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the AAP government will construct roads, sewer, stormwater drains, and water pipelines simultaneously across all unauthorised colonies in the national capital.


Will develop drainage systems, roads in unauthorised colonies: Kejriwal


When American architect Howard J. Juster visited and photographed India in 1966, he never thought that 51 years later, his son Kenneth I. Juster would photograph it too, as the US envoy to India.


India fifty years apart: Photographs by US Ambassador, father on view


Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday gave away the 41st Jamnalal Bajaj Awards to four prominent Gandhians in the field of humanitarian and social work.


VP confers Jamnalal Bajaj Awards on 4 prominent Gandhians


A 59-year-old woman died in the outskirts of Agra city after she was attacked by a group of monkeys, police said on Thursday.


Monkeys kill woman in Agra


Padukone on Wednesday tied the knot as per Konkani traditions in a dreamy Lake Como setting in Italy amidst a tight circle of family and friends, culminating a six year-long love story in a 'happily ever after'.


Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone get married in Italy


In order to create awareness among people about Diabetes, city-based Sir Ganga Ram Hospital was bathed in blue light to mark the World Diabetes Day on Wednesday, November 14.


Ganga Ram Hospital bathed in blue light on World Diabetes Day


Mumbai will endure between 10-15 per cent water supply cuts from Thursday till the next monsoon, the Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced here on Wednesday.


Mumbai to face water cuts from Thursday


Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu on Wednesday said that Japan is serious about boosting connectivity in India's north-eastern states by building roads and bridges.


Japan serious about boosting connectivity in India's north-east: Hiramatsu


A new book is being published by Penguin Random House India and The Indian Express to mark the 10th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks.


26/11 survivors recount their tales in new book


Google on Wednesday declared 13-year-old Pingla Rahul More from Mumbai the national winner of its "Doodle for Google" competition where art-loving students brought their imaginations to life for the search engine giant's logo.

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