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Gauri Khan celebrates 48th birthday with 'better halves'

Celebrity interior designer and producer Gauri Khan says she celebrated her 48th birthday with her "better halves" superstar husband Shah Rukh Khan and youngest son AbRam.

Kangana hits back at Sonam for judging her #MeToo story

Kangana Ranaut, who recently accused 'Queen' director Vikas Bahl of sexual misconduct, has lashed out at Sonam Kapoor Ahuja for 'judging' her 'Me Too' story.While responding to Sonam's "it's hard to take Kangana Ranaut seriously" remark - which she made at a Vogue event in Bengaluru last week - the 'Manikarnika' star again raised the issue of nepotism."What does she mean by saying, 'it's hard to believe Kangana'? When I am sharing my Me Too story, who gives her a right to judge me? So, Sonam Kapoor has the license of trusting some women and some she won't," said the 31-year-old.She further questioned as to what made Sonam "so unsure of my claims." "I am known to be an articulate person and I have represented my country in many international summits. I am called as a thought and youth influencer to these summits, I am not known because of my dad I have earned my place and credibility after struggling for a decade," the statement by the National Award winning actor read.Further lashing .

Facebook 'fake clone' message goes viral

Several Facebook users have reported their accounts were cloned after they received a duplicate friend request message asking them to forward the message to friends.

Climate, development tipped for Nobel economics prize

The 2018 Nobel season, marked by the lack of a literature award for the first time in 70 years, winds up Monday with the economics prize which experts say could go to research on the climate or development. The Nobel economics prize was created by the Swedish central bank "in memory of Alfred Nobel" and first awarded in 1969, unlike the other prizes which were created in his last will and testament and first awarded in 1901. As with the other Nobels, nominations and deliberations are kept secret for 50 years, so it's nearly impossible to know which way the prize committee is leaning each year. "From a historical perspective, there are about as many conservative as liberal economists in recent years and the trend has been for diversification: the range of fields of research that have been honoured has been more vast, the choice of laureates has been more eclectic," economist Gabriel Soderberg of Sweden's Uppsala University told AFP. Last year the prize went to US economist Richard ...

Pete Davidson slams Kanye West for Pro-Trump speech on 'SNL'

American comedian Pete Davidson slammed Kanye West for giving a pro-Trump speech during last week's 'Saturday Night Live' (SNL) episode.West, who was the musical guest during last week's SNL episode, had concluded his performance by wearing a Make America Great Again (MAGA) hat and giving a pro-Trump speech, which was not aired.Saturday Night Live shared a video of Davidson talking about West's speech on its Twitter handle, writing, "Pete dropped by the Weekend Update desk to talk about last week's musical guest, Kanye West. #SNL"Speaking about the hat, Davidson said that West continued to wear the hat even after he was repeatedly told by the people not to wear it. Davidson also said that he wished that he had bullied West into not wearing the hat, reported The Hollywood Reporter.Davidson felt that the speech was one of the worst ever, reported Entertainment Weekly. "One of the worst, most awkward things I've ever seen here - and I've seen Chevy Chase speak to an intern," said ...

Suhaib Ilyasi: I lost 18 years of my life for a crime I did not commit

He hosted Indian televisions first and most popular crime investigation show "Indias Most Wanted". Suhaib Ilyasi had it all. Then one night he lost it all. His wife died of multiple stab wounds. Ilyasi was accused of murdering her and was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Wife of missing Interpol chief fears he is in 'danger'

The wife of Meng Hongwei, the Chinese Interpol president who has gone missing, on Sunday said she feared that her husband's life is in danger. Speaking in English at a press conference in Lyon, the southeast French city where the international police organisation is based, Meng said the last social media message she received from her husband came on September 25, depicting a single emoji that means "I'm in danger.

Vice Prez presents Ramineni foundation awards

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Sunday presented the Ramineni Foundation's outstanding person award to badminton coach Pullela Gopichand. He also presented special awards to Telugu literary wizard Garikapati Narasimha Rao, film director Nag Ashwin Reddy and writer C Venkata Ramana. State Civil Supplies Minister P P Rao, former India captain Kapil Dev, Chief cricket selector M S K Prasad, Director General of Police R P Thakur and others attended the event. The Ramineni Foundation, based in the US, was established in 1995 and ever since has been honouring eminent persons for their achievements in various fields. The outstanding person award carries Rs 2 lakh and special awards Rs 1 lakh each. Earlier, the Vice-President visited the state police headquarters at Mangalagiri. Venkaiah Naidu gave away awards to some police personnel in recognition of their performance in tree plantation in various police units across the state.

Hundreds of dogs hound May for 'Wooferendum' on Brexit

With tails wagging and raucous barking, hundreds of dogs and their owners rallied in London on Sunday to howl for a new people's vote on Brexit, in what organisers dubbed a "wooferendum march". The gathering drew EU-flag waving politicians, actors and activists -- all accompanied by their four-legged friends and united in their opposition to Britain's departure from the EU. "In a campaign, use whatever you can that helps," Alastair Campbell, a former Labour government spokesman, told AFP alongside his five-month-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Skye. "Today's showing that this country just isn't uniting around any vision for Brexit and it's one way of fighting," he said. The dog parade -- which attracted everything from Corgies and beagles to huskies and a giant Leonberger -- took place two weeks before a larger pro-referendum rally, set to be attended mostly by humans, planned for October 20. British Prime Minister Theresa May has ruled out a new Brexit referendum, saying it would .

Maharashtra tops medals tally at IndiaSkills 2018

Maharashtra topped the medals tally in the the country's biggest skills competition IndiaSkills 2018, as a total of 164 winners were awarded across various categories. Over 400 competitors from 27 states displayed their skills at a ceremony here Saturday evening. "A total of 164 winners were awarded medals in their respective skill categories. Of these, 45 won gold medals, while 47 won silver and the bronze medal went to 43 winners," a statement said. Maharashtra topped the medals tally with 23 medals, followed by Odisha, which had 21 winners. Karnataka and Delhi came third with 16 medals each, while Chandigarh finished at the fifth position with 12 medals. "The winners of IndiaSkills 2018 will be the flagbearers of the tricolour at the WorldSkills in Russia next year," said Anantkumar Hegde, Minister of State for Skill Development Entrepreneurship. More than 50,000 youth had registered for the IndiaSkills 2018; 500 competitions were held across three months at the district and state .

Janhvi is Anshula's 'glitter to the glue'

Seems like Janhvi Kapoor and Anshula Kapoor can't get enough of each other, and their recent picture is proof enough.From supporting each other's career to partying together, the Kapoor clan has done it all.Taking to Instagram, Boney Kapoor's eldest daughter, Anshula, shared an adorable selfie with her half-sister, Janhvi, where the sisters are all smiles for the camera in a cat-ears filter.While Anshula wore a simple white shirt with her hair tied up in a neat bun, Janhvi can be seen wearing a neon green top with her hair styled in two plaits.Anshula captioned the image as, "Feeling the feels for this. today!! #TheAxeOilToMyHeadache #GlitterToMyGlue #ILY."The 'Dhadak' star will be making her 'Koffee with Karan' debut with her elder brother, Arjun Kapoor.

Three dead, 15 injured after China knife attack

Three are dead in China after a man fleeing the scene of a stabbing drove into a crowd and attacked onlookers, police said Sunday. The 42-year-old man surnamed Wang got into a dispute with a companion after an afternoon of drinking and karaoke in the eastern province of Zhejiang. Angry over the confrontation, Wang purchased a fruit knife, stabbed his friend's mother and fled the scene, according to a statement on the official social media account of Ningbo city's public security bureau. The drunken Wang proceeded to steal a car at knife point and hit a cyclist, at which point the car burst into flames and Wang abandoned it, police said. Wang fled on foot, stabbed two pedestrians, stole a driving instructor's car, and drove it into a crowd of nine people, at which point he jumped out and stabbed another five. The incident is under investigation, the police said. The latest violence follows an attack in September where a man ploughed a truck into a crowd in the southern province of ...

Lena Dunham suffering from severe pain

Actress Lena Dunham is suffering from fibromyalgia, which causes widespread pain throughout the body.

Kanye West deletes Instagram, Twitter accounts

American rapper Kanye West has shut down his Twitter and Instagram accounts.However, it isn't the first time West has deleted his social media accounts without warning.Ye, as he now prefers to be called, stayed off Twitter for nearly a year, making his return this past April, and recently went back to Instagram as well, reported The Hollywood Reporter.The 'Gold Digger' star had come under fire for his support of United States President Donald Trump.He recently delivered a pro-Trump speech on the premiere of the 44th season of 'Saturday Night Live'. Despite his speech not being aired, the 41-year-old received applauds from President Trump.West gave the lengthy speech about his support of Trump wearing a Make America Great Again (MAGA) cap. He claimed that he was "bullied" by SNL producers backstage into not wearing MAGA gear on stage.On the work front, he was expected to drop a new album 'Yandhi' last weekend, but it has not yet been released.

UP dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya's father passes away

The father of Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya passed away here Saturday. He was 80. In a tweet, the deputy chief minister said: "An extremely sad moment in my life. Today, my father Shyam Lal Maurya passed away at 3.30 pm." UP Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) media coordinator Rakesh Tripathi said Shyam Lal Maurya had been hospitalised after he complained of chest pain. "He was admitted today at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences at 11.30 am following pain in the chest, and he passed away at around 3.30 pm," Tripathi said. He added that the cremation will take place on Sunday in Kaushambi. Shyam Lal Maurya was a father to three sons and three daughters, Tripathi said. "Shyam Lal Maurya ji's life has been full of struggle. He belonged to an ordinary family, but he instilled values in his children," he said. Expressing condolences, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke to the deputy CM on phone to console him.

Aznavour buried in family vault after intimate funeral

French singer Charles Aznavour, who died Monday aged 94, was buried Saturday in the family vault outside Paris after a private funeral at the city's St John the Baptist Armenian cathedral. Media and public were kept away from the ceremony limited to Aznavour's closest entourage, including fellow artists Serge Lama and Emmanuelle Beart. Following the service the cortege headed for Montfort-l'Amaury, west of Paris, where Aznavour was laid to rest alongside his parents and son Patrick, who died aged just 25 in 1976. Afterwards, the cemetery was opened to the public to pay their own final homage to the singer who became a global entertainment name. Saturday was declared a day of mourning, meanwhile, in his native Armenia with flags flying at half mast and masses held to mark his death. Active until the final days of his life, Aznavour, who had indicated he hoped to make it to 100, had as recently as last month performed two concerts on the other side of the globe in Japan. Next week he ...

Silver lining? Canadian finds million-dollar ticket in old coat

A Montreal man cleaning out a closet at his sister's insistence received a shock when he found, in the lining of a jacket, a lottery ticket purchased 10 months earlier. The sisterly advice proved most profitable: The man, named as Gregorio De Santis, on Friday pocketed winnings of 1.75 million Canadian dollars (USD 1.35 million). "When he went to have the ticket validated, he thought the number on the display screen was 1,750 Canadian dollars," Loto-Quebec said in a statement about De Santis's big day. "When he realized how much he had won, he says his heart almost stopped!" De Santis's sister had told him it was time to sift through his bulging closet and donate unused old clothing to a charity. That's when he stumbled upon the lottery ticket, which he had originally purchased in December, 2017. "I would never have looked in that closet without her!" he said, according to Loto-Quebec. De Santis, who has played the lottery since the 1970s, scored a smaller win of 4,000 Canadian ...

Richie Benaud to be honoured as 'Legend' of Australian Sport

Late former Australian cricketer Richie Benaud will be posthumously honoured as 'Legend' by Sport Australia Hall of Fame. The announcement was made on his 88th birthday (October 6).Benaud, a former Aussie skipper, became one of the most loved voices of cricket after he retired from International cricket. He will be the 40th Legend of Australian Sport and the third cricketer to be bestowed the prestigious annual honour.The decision will be made official at the 34th Sport Australia Hall of Fame induction and awards gala dinner in Melbourne on October 11.An inaugural member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985, Benaud was in line to receive the honour in 2008, but had requested that it be postponed until he retired from his work within the media. He passed away in 2015 after a battle with cancer.Don Bradman (1993) and Keith Miller (2004) are the other cricketers who had been inducted as 'Legends'.Daphne Benaud, his widow, said her husband would be proud to be in such exalted ...

First lady talks Trump, Twitter as she tours the pyramids

Melania Trump says she has, at times, told the president to put his phone down. And she says she doesn't always agree with what he tweets. The US first lady spoke briefly with reporters Saturday as she was wrapping up a four-country tour of Africa with a visit to the pyramids and the Great Sphinx in Egypt. Standing in front of the Sphinx, Mrs Trump said makes her opinions clear with her husband. "I don't always agree what he tweets," she said in a rare, unscripted interaction with reporters. "And I tell him that. I give him my honest opinion and honest advice. And sometimes he listens and sometimes he doesn't. But I have my own voice and my opinions and it's very important for me that I express what I feel." As for whether she's ever told him to put his phone down, she said, "yes," with a laugh. Mrs Trump arrived in Cairo on Saturday after a flight from Kenya. She met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and his wife, Entissar Mohameed Amer, before heading to the nearby city .

Banksy shocks art world by shredding 1 mn pound work at auction

British street artist Banksy has stunned the art world with arguably his most audacious prank yet, self-destructing one of his best-known works moments after it fetched more than a million pounds at auction in London. "Girl with Balloon" had just sold at Sotheby's Friday for 1,042,000 pounds (USD 1.4 million, 1.2 million euros) -- a joint record for the maverick artist -- when it unexpectedly passed through a shredder hidden in the frame, according to the auction house. "It appears we just got Banksy-ed," said Alex Branczik, Sotheby's head of contemporary art for Europe, in a press release accompanied by a photo of the bizarre episode. "The unexpected incident became instant art world folklore and certainly marks the first time in auction history that a work of art automatically shredded itself after coming under the hammer," the auctioneers added in the statement. Banksy posted his own photo from midway through the shredding on his Instagram page early Saturday, showing onlookers ...