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Shane Nigam's Mother Sunila Opens up About Controversy Around the Actor's Professionalism

Malayalalam actor Shane Nigam has landed himself into a series of controversies with filmmakers, and suggestion of his ban from the industry has also surfaced.




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Justice Served, Say Nagarjuna, Rakul Preet After Encounter of 4 Accused in Telangana Vet's Rape and Murder

Telugu cinema actors like Nagarjuna Akkineni and Rakul Preet reacted to the news of the encounter, lauding the incident and thanking Telangana police.




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Happy Birthday Rajinikanth: Celebs and Fans' Wishes Pour in on Thalaiva's 69th Birthday

From Mahesh Babu to AR Murugadoss, members of the film fraternity as well as dedicated fans of the Thalaiva showered him with wishes on his birthday.




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Telugu Actor-Screenwriter Gollapudi Maruti Rao Dies at 80, Condolences Pour in

Born in 1939, Gollapudi Maruti Rao had worked in over 230 films. He is known for writing the scripts for some of the famous films, which includes Doctor Chakravarthy, Tharangini, Samsaram Chadharangam, Kallu among others.




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Thalaivar 168: Here’s What Khushbu is Playing in Rajinikanth’s Film

Superstar Rajinikanth flanked by Meena and Khushbu at Thalaivar 168 movie pooja.




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Kurup First Look Shows Dulquer Salmaan as Kerala's Most Wanted Criminal

Dulquer Salman stars as Kerala's most wanted criminal Sukumara Kurup in the film directed by Srinath Rajendran.




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Charges Framed Against Malayalam Actor Dileep and Other Acused in Actress' Sexual Assault Case

Dileep and the other accused in the case of sexual assault of an actress appeared before a special trial court on Monday, where the charges were read out to them.




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Bigg Boss Malayalam Season 2: Meet the Contestants of the Mohanlal-Hosted Show

The second season of the television reality show Bigg Boss Malayalam has 17 contestants from the film and TV industries.




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Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Trailer Shows an Absolutely Honest Allu Arjun Fighting for the Truth

The Allu Arjun film, also starring Tabu and Pooja Hegde, promises to be a full-on family entertainer. Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo will be releasing on January 12.




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Malayalam TV Host Meera Anil Finds the Love of Her Life, Gets Engaged to Vishnu

Popular television anchor Meera Anil announced her engagement with Vishnu by uploading a video on YouTube.




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Allu Arjun Receives Praiseworthy Note from Pawan Kalyan Post Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo Success

Released on January 12, Allu Arjun's Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo opened to glowing reviews from viewers as well as critics.




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Arjun Suravaram Actor Nikhil Siddhartha Gets Engaged to Long-time Girlfriend Pallavi Varma

Nikhil can be seen sitting down on one knee kissing his lady love’s hands as Pallavi smiles lovingly in the Instagram photo they posted.




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Samantha Akkineni Shows Love for Naga Chaitanya-Sai Pallavi Starrer Love Story’s Song

The makers released the musical preview of a romantic track from the film titled Ay Pilla and it has become an instant hit on social media.




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Stepson Mahesh Babu Unveils Statue of Telugu Actress Vijaya Nirmala on Her Birth Anniversary

Veteran actress Vijaya Nirmala had starred in over 200 films, besides directing 44 in over three decades. She passed away in June 2019.




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Dhanush's Next Not Based On Kodiyankulam Caste Riots, Says Mari Selvaraj

Controversy erupted since it was speculated that Karnan is about the 1995 Kodiyankulam Maniyachi communal clash.




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Naga Chaitanya-Sai Pallavi Starrer Love Story’s Song Ay Pilla Out Now

Love Story is helmed by Sekhar and produced by Ram Mohan Rao. The project went on the floors last September and it will hit the cinemas in summer 2020.




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Prakash Raj Pays His Staff and Film Crew Salaries Till May Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

The actor posted on Twitter that he has taken money out of his reserve funds to pay the people working for him so that they do not suffer because of the lockdown.




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Gautham Vasudev Menon Confirms Being in Talks with Kamal Hassan for Vettaiyaadu Villayadu

In an interview, Gautham Menon not only confirmed this news but also revealed that he has been a fanboy of Kamal Hassan.




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Anupama Parameswaran's Facebook Account Hacked, She Lashes Out at Trolls for Morphed Images

Posting the morphed images on Facebook, Premam actress Anupama Parameswaran slammed trolls for committing the cybercrime.




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Mollywood Star Ravi Vallathol Passes Away at 67

The actor died due to acute diabetes which led to a heart attack. He was also taking treatment for Alzheimer's disease in a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.




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Kalyan, Ulhasnagar to keep out locals working in Mumbai; Thane plans hostels

The Kalyan-Dombivli and Ulhasnagar civic corporations have decided that they will deny entry to local residents who are employed in essential services in Mumbai in their respective cities from May 8. The civic bodies have said these people could unknowingly be carrying the coronavirus and could infect others.




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Thane & Kalyan roll back plans to keep away locals working in Mumbai




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Thane: Man takes help of Pakistani to blackmail ex-girlfriend, held

A 29-year-old man with the help of a Pakistani friend blackmailed his ex-girlfriend and demanded Rs 1 lakh in exchange of their intimate photos and videos, the accused was arrested by the Thane anti extortion cell.




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Dutch Restaurant Trials Glass Booths for Dining Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Organisers call the project 'Serres Séparées' (Separate Greenhouses) because they say it sounds better in French.




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Explained: The Stages and Classification of Covid-19 Transmission

The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has continuously denied that India has entered the community transmission phase. To each question put to the government on community transmission, during government briefings, it has maintained that contact tracing is being carried out at state levels and the cases can only be classified as local and cluster transmissions.




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How Lax Rules, Missed Warnings Led to Japan's Second Coronavirus Cruise-ship Hotspot

The Costa Atlantica now hosts one of Japan's biggest clusters of the coronavirus, which infected one-fourth of the more than 600 people then on board.




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President Xi Warns Against Complacency as China Downgrades Covid-19 Risk Levels in All Regions

Xi said the spread of the virus overseas has not been effectively curbed yet and cluster cases were reported in a few areas in China, posing considerable uncertainty to the epidemic control.




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Vaccine Worked in Monkeys, Claim Researchers from China as Study Shows Covid-19 Adapting to Humans

They found almost 200 recurrent genetic mutations of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - that show how it may be evolving as it spreads in people.




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New Coronavirus Spread Swiftly Around World from Late 2019, Study Finds

Scientists at University College London's Genetics Institute found almost 200 recurrent genetic mutations of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - which the UCL researchers said showed how it is adapting to its human hosts as it spreads.




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'Stop Shifting Blame' - China Slams USA after Donald Trump Coronavirus 'Attack' Claim

Tension between USA and China has reached fever pitch in recent days as they have exchanged barbed comments on each other's handling of the coronavvirus.




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Bank of England Sees Worst Slump in 300 Years amid Coronavirus Lockdown

The BoE kept its benchmark interest rate at an all-time low of 0.1% and left its target for bond-buying, most of it British government debt, at 645 billion pounds.




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Israel and Italy Claim Breakthroughs in Fight against Covid-19 with Their Vaccines. An Explainer

While Israel's defence ministry announced a breakthrough in the development of an antibody, Rome-based biotech firm Takis said vaccine tests had shown positive effects.




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Bangladesh Lifts Curbs on Mosque Prayers as Lockdown Eases

The mosques and devotees have been asked to comply with a set of safety protocols to hold prayer congregations, the Religious Affairs Ministry said.




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Iran Says Coronavirus Outbreak 'Relatively Stable' Despite Uptick

The Islamic republic has battled to contain the Middle East's deadliest outbreak of the COVID-19 illness since reporting its first cases in mid-February.




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More Than Three Million New People in US Filed Jobless Claims Last Week

The data bring the total claims filed since mid-March when the coronavirus pandemic forced businesses to close their doors to stop the virus's spread, to 33.5 million.




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Donald Trump Talks China, Russia and US Arms Control in Vladimir Putin Call: White House

Trump and Putin spoke by phone, also discussing the global coronavirus pandemic, the White House said.




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German Journalist Accuses French Ex-president of 'Grabbing' Her, Files Sexual Assault Complaint

Giscard's French lawyer said Thursday that the 94-year-old former president retains 'no memory' of the incident. Giscard was president of France from 1974-1981.




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Post Nat'l Outrage Over Black Man Getting Shot to Death While Jogging, Arrests Made After 2 Months

Gregory McMichael, 64, previously told police that he and his son chased after Ahmaud Arbery because they suspected him of being a burglar. Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper Jones, has said she believes her son, a former football player, was just jogging in the Satilla Shores neighborhood before he was killed on a Sunday afternoon.




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'Enemies Remain Enemies': North Korea Lashes South as Kim Jong Un Praises China's Xi Jinping

Kim sent Chinese leader Xi Jinping a diplomatic communication congratulating him for China's "success" in controlling the novel coronavirus epidemic.




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Croatian Air Force Plane Crashes Killing Two Crew Members

Croatia's Defense Ministry says an air force training plane crashed in the southwest of the country, killing two crew members.




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Georgia Police Arrest Two for Shooting Death of Unarmed Black Man

The two white men were identified by police as Travis McMichael, 34, and his father Gregory McMichael, 64, who both live in Brunswick.




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'The Govt is Failing Us': Laid-off Americans Struggle in Coronavirus Crisis

Alejandra has not heard anything from the state -- though she has gotten a fundraising email from Republican Senator Rick Scott, who set up the current unemployment system during his tenure as governor.




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New Study Finds No Benefit from Malaria Drug HCQ for Coronavirus Treatment

Hydroxychloroquine did not lower the risk of dying or needing a breathing tube in a comparison that involved nearly 1,400 patients treated at Columbia University in New York, researchers reported Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine.




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World Thalassaemia Day 2020: Date, Theme and Significance

The World Thalassaemia Day 2020 theme is '’the dawning of a new era for thalassaemia: Time for a global effort to make novel therapies accessible and affordable to patients'.




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UN, Partners Launch $6.7 bn Appeal for Vulnerable Countries to Fight Food Insecurity, Gender Violence

On March 25, the COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan was launched, but with humanitarian needs continuing to rise, the updated plan is calling for $6.7 billion for the remainder of 2020.




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'Beverages With Less Than 40% Alcohol Are Halal, Can Drink Them': Pak Cleric's Comments Invite Ire

Controversial Pakistani cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi made the comments in an interview with an online portal when he was asked to respond to some fatwa allegedly issued by clerics in Saudi Arabia that beverages containing 40 per cent alcohol or less are halal (permissible).




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Men, Money, Plan & Guts: An Incursion Into Venezuela, Straight Out of Hollywood

The Maduro administration has blamed the attack on the US government, which has denied a connection to Goudreau or his Florida-based security company SilverCorp.




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Milan a Ticking Coronavirus 'Bomb', Viroligist Warns

Lombardy region, which has recorded more than 80,000 infections, is the epicentre of Italy's outbreak, one of the worst in Europe in terms of deaths and infections.




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Coronavirus Pandemic Destroys 20.5 Million US Jobs in April in Historic Collapse

The job loss according to the US Labor Department destroyed nearly all the positions created in the prior decade




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'No Surprise': Trump Plays Down New Unemployment Record as US Loses 20.5 Million Jobs in April

The unprecedented collapse in April driven by the coronavirus fallout sent the unemployment rate to 14.7%, well beyond the peak hit in late 2009 during the global financial crisis.