JAMMU — A Jammu district judge has restrained by way of temporary injunction from showing the scenes depicting the acts pertaining to martyr Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna in the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ to be released on March 11. The plaintiff filed the suit for mandatory injunction wherein it is stated that the plaintiff herself […]
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Police officer shines in Bollywood, bags best upcoming lyricist award
MUMBAI — Kashmir-based lyricist Peer Zahoor has bagged the ‘upcoming lyricist award’. Peer Zahoor, a KPS officer from Kashmir received the award for penning down ‘Rubaru’ song that was part of the Bollywood movie ‘Ginny Weds Sunny.’ Sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that among the five persons nominated under ‘ Best Upcoming Lyricist’ […]
Bombay HC dismisses plea to stop release of film ‘The Kashmir Files’
MUMBAI — Bombay High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking to stop the release of the film ‘The Kashmir Files’. The film can now be released on its scheduled date of March 11. The petition had sought to prevent the release of the movie claiming that it is a “propaganda movie” to hurt the […]
Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri dies at 69
MUMBAI — Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 80s and 90s, has died following multiple health issues, a doctor treating him said on Wednesday. He was 69. Lahiri died on Tuesday night at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu. “Lahiri had been admitted to the hospital for a month and was […]
Punjabi actor-activist Deep Sidhu dies in road accident
CHANDIGARH — Deep Sidhu, Punjabi actor-activist, who shot into limelight following the Red Fort violence during the farmers’ protest on Republic Day last year, died in an accident on the Kundli–Manesar–Palwal Expressway on Tuesday. According to the police, his Scorpio had rammed into a parked truck. Sidhu, who was at the wheel, was declared brought […]
‘Nightingale of India’ Lata Mangeshkar passes away at 92
MUMBAI — Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away Sunday at the age of 92. She died at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai where she was undergoing treatment for Covid. She was admitted to a city hospital in early January this year, after she tested positive for Covid-19 and was also diagnosed with pneumonia. She […]
Kerala filmmaker and Sangh Parivar fellow traveller Ali Akbar says he is no more Muslim
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — Malayalam film director and Sangh Parivar fellow traveller Ali Akbar has announced that he and his wife were giving up Islam in protest against a section of social media users allegedly indulging in jubilation over the tragic death of Chief Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and his wife in a helicopter crash, reported PTI. […]
Aima Baig tops Spotify Pakistan’s most streamed local female artist list
ISLAMABAD — Famed Pakistani vocalist Aima Baig is on cloud nine as she has been named as Spotify’s most streamed local female artists in Pakistan for 2021 list. The Baazi famed singer, who rose to fame with her debut track Kalabaaz Dil, turned to her Instagram and shared her biggest achievement. Sharing the post, the Item Number crooner […]
Music Director Nadeem Saifi of Nadeem-Shravan fame: It was a conspiracy to frame me in the Gulshan Kumar case
Dulhan si saji dharti khula woh aasman Bulata hai hamein phir woh chahat ka jahan Aa ab laut chalein… (‘Aa Ab Laut Chalein’ 1999) The irony of this composition is not lost on music director Nadeem Saifi, who even after 25 years, yearns for his motherland. An ache that’s in resonance with his heartbeats. Music […]
Ajay Devgn to shoot Singham-3 in Kashmir ‘against backdrop of Article 370’
MUMBAI — After ‘Singham’ and ‘Singham Returns,’ Bollywood director, Rohit Shetty, is set to shoot for Singham 3 in Kashmir, where Ajay’s character would be “fighting anti-national elements to bring in peace.” Reports suggest that the draft for the film is in progress and the makers are will start the project next year in September. […]