Manushi Chhillar ends India’s 17-year long wait
Manushi Chhillar was crowned Miss World 2017 in a glittering event on November 18. Competing against 108 contestants from various countries held at Sanya City Arena, she clinched the title after Priyanka Chopra was last crowned in 2000. Miss World 2016 winner Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle gave away the coveted crown to the winner. Chhillar, who is from...
Rasgulla belongs to West Bengal, not Odisha
On Tuesday West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that the state had been granted geographical indication (GI) status for rasgulla. "Sweet news for us all. We are very happy and proud that #Bengal has been granted GI ( Geographical Indication) status for Rosogolla," Banerjee tweeted. GIs are signs used on products that possess qualities or a reputation that are due...
Selena Gomez is gearing up for first performance since surgery at AMAS 2017
Selena Gomez took to her Instagram account and a shared a video of her rehearsing on her recently released song 'Wolves.' The video was captioned, "My first performance in over a year.. the AMAs have been a place where I've shared some of my most intimate moments. 'Heart wants what it wants,' after treatment and now 'Wolves'. This Sunday." Selena revealed...
Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson reveals why he didn’t attend university
During an interview to Time Out magazine, Pattinson said, "It was so nice to be a part of it. That, more than anything, changed my life." "It's the reason I didn't go to university. It went so far over schedule, I couldn't go. It was supposed to be four months, but it ended up being 10 or 11," he added. Pattinson...
Gigi Hadid pulls out of Victoria’s Secret fashion show in China
Gigi Hadid today pulled out of the annual Victoria's Secret fashion show in Shanghai after an online video showing her apparently making a slant-eyes face sparked criticism in China. Hadid, who was number five on Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid female models last year, earning USD 9 million, had excitedly announced her participation in the show in August. She gave...
IndiGo offloads 4 young Kashmiris from Patna-Delhi flight
IndiGo offloaded four Kashmiri youths, Those offloaded from the Patna-Delhi IndiGo flight (6E-6325) were identified as Mukhtar Ahmed Gani, his elder brother Javed Ahmed Gani and friends Md Munib Wali and Haroon Rashid. They were released later in the evening after preliminary screening. The four young men were offloaded after some passengers complained about their erratic behaviour. A passenger, requesting...
Nirmala Sitharaman prefers soldiers calling her Raksha Mantri
Sitharaman has been variously greeted with Jai Hind, memsaab; Jai Hind, sir; and Jai Hind, madam salutations. “The minister has been addressed as sir, madam and memsaab on different occasions. During informal interactions, some jawans even asked how they should address the minister. The minister said, ‘You can just call me Raksha Mantri please’,” The 58-year-old Sitharaman is only the...
Bill Gates meets Adityanath
Bill Gates held a long meeting with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday when they agreed to extend and expand welfare projects being carried out by the charity that Gates runs along with his wife. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) will continue for another five years its assistance to the state government in fighting Japanese Encephalitis...
Samantha Prabhu makes a blunder with this metallic outfit
Samantha Prabhu attented the launch of Maaza Gold event. Prabhu wore an embellished gold crop top from the house of Amit Aggarwal with an extravagant floral design at the hem along with a pleated metallic skirt. Celebrity stylist Ami Patel went a little overboard while curating this look. The crop top lost its chic detailing in the golden sheen and...
Malaika Arora looks red hot in Balmani pantsuit
Malaika stepped out in a blazing red number from Balmain on the sets of India’s Next Top Model. She teamed her monotone pantsuit with a cross-body bralette in black from Raven and Rose. Stylist Maneka Harisinghani deserves a round of applause for giving Arora’s attire an untamed tone with the crocodile tooth choker and a gold necklace from Black Balloon.Divya...
