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Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan is quite “happy” to hear about the upcoming wedding of her ex-boyfriend Shahid Kapoor and says she might attend the D-day.

Kareena, 34, and the “Haider” star dated each other for three years before separating in 2007. The 34-year-old actor is getting married to a Delhi girl, Mira Rajput, soon.

“I was aware about his marriage. Shahid had told me he is getting married. I am happy. Marriage is a beautiful commitment and I wish him all the best,” Kareena told PTI in an interview.

A CRPF jawan allegedly committed suicide today by shooting himself with his service weapon at a paramilitary camp in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bijapur district, police said.

Constable Pavitra Yadav (44) belonging to 168th battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) ended his life by shooting himself with his service rifle early this morning, Bijapur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Indira Kalyan Elesela said.

At the time of the incident, the jawan was on duty at the camp located beside old jail in the Bijapur town, he added.

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) upcoming India summit, slated for November, is going to be an action-packed affair as policy makers and industry leaders are expected to deliberate strategic vision of the Modi-led BJP government.

“The theme of this year’s annual meeting would be strategic vision of the government and action on the ground at the same time,” WEF Managing Director Philipp Rosler told PTI.

Besides, the summit will focus on topics like developing 100 smart cities, inclusive growth, financial inclusion, renewable energy and tax reforms.

Four moderate earthquakes with magnitudes between 4 and 5.2 jolted Nepal early today, taking the total number of aftershocks to 320 after the devastating earthquake struck the country on April 25.

The first aftershock of 4.4 magnitude was recorded at 5:58 am (local time) with epicenter at Ramkot, 7 kilometers west of the capital Kathmandu.

The aftershock was strong enough to get people out of their houses.

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Fashion designer duo Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla, famous for their royal line of bridal wear and majestic style, will set the stage for the upcoming BMW India Bridal Fashion Week 2015 on July 15.

The seventh edition of the five-day fashion week is scheduled to be held here.

“We are delighted to open BMW IBFW 2015. Bridal Couture is all about going all out where creative expression is concerned. It is a world of impossibly rich and layered fantasies realized through Couture,” said the designers.

A 21st-birthday party thrown by a group of visiting Irish college students turned tragic when the fifth-floor balcony they were crammed onto collapsed with a sharp crack, spilling them about 50 feet onto the pavement.

Six people were killed and seven seriously injured yesterday.

Police and fire and building officials were working to figure out why the small balcony broke loose from the stucco apartment house a couple of blocks from the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.

Actress Shruti Haasan, who is yet to be seen acting with her father Kamal Haasan, says that working with him would be “an honour” for her.

“Hopefully in the future we can work together. But it has to be something which would be good for both of us. And it would be my honour to work with my father,” said Shruti.

Though Shruti and Kamal haven’t acted together in a film, Shruti had a cameo appearance in Kamal’s “Hey Ram”. Along with that, as a child she has sung for another of her father’s movie “Chachi 420”.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, who is awaiting the release of his upcoming film “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, shared a black and white painting of a couple on micro-blogging website Twitter.

The black and white painting shows a couple in love. The woman is seen sporting a red bindi in the artwork.

“Bajrangi bhaijaan”, Salman captioned the post.
The 49-year-old “Dabangg” star also shared the Hindi poster of the upcoming film, which is directed by Kabir Khan and co-produced by Salman and Rockline Venkatesh.

Secretary Minority Welfare Syed Omer Jaleel will leave for USA in August on a private visit. Government has sanctioned leave from August 11 to September 5. Chief Secretary Dr. Rajiv Sharma issued orders in this connection. As per GO Syed Omer Jaleel will visit North Carolina America. Mrs. G D Aruna IAS secretary tribals welfare will be the incharge secretary during his absence.

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Govt. of Telangana began Swachh Hyderabad campaign. During the programme TRS leaders cleaned one of the oldest Masajid located in Prof. Jai Shankar Telangana State Agricultural University. ‘Masjid Bukhari’ which is known as Masjid Husaini was surrounded by shrubs and a huge pile of bottles and garbage filled the inside area of the masjid.

‘Today boys and girls opt to become either doctor or engineer while the fact is with a single signature of an IAS officer, a hundred doctors and engineers can get transfers. If children are prepared for IAS, IPS, IFS and other central services right from school level, the day is not far when a number of Muslim students will become IAS officers’, said Siasat editor Mr. Zahed Ali Khan while addressing Mission IAS programme held at Mahboob Husain Jigar Hall on Tuesday.

EAMCET (Engineering/Medical) and ICET failed candidates can get rank by submitting a DD of Rs. 300 till June 17. Rank will be allotted from June 19. For this reach Mansaheb Tank Govt. Polytechnic between 10 am to 4 pm.

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Delhiites are in for a warm day though mercury is expected to stay below the 40 degrees Celsius mark.

Minimum temperature settled at 26.2 degree Celsius which was two notches below normal.

According to MeT department, skies are likely to turn partly cloudy later in the day but no rains are expected.

Humidity level recorded till 8.30 AM this morning was 64 per cent.

An official of the department said that maximum temperature is expected to settle around 39 degree Celsius.

Government presented cash prizes to a number of artists during Jashn-e-Telangana but it sadly ignored Warsi family which took Qawwali art to its zenith, said Siasat editor Mr. Zahed Ali Khan during his presidential address on the occasion of Mahfil-e-Sama held by Door Darshan Yadgiri Hyderabad, in collaboration with Siasat Daily and Samaj Darpan.

The Mahfil was held in connection with Jashn-e-Telangana at Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan auditorium, King Kothi in which Warsi brothers presented Kalam for two hours.

Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence and “Jurassic World” star Chris Pratt are uniting for a big-budget sci-fi drama “Passengers”.

The upcoming Sony Pictures film will be directed by “The Imitation Game” helmer Morten Tyldum, said The Hollywood Reporter.

Rumours are that the discussion on the fees of the two stars’ delayed the movie’s shooting, which will finally begin in September.

The day-long statewide strike called by the Mumbai Autorickshaw-Taximen’s Union (MAU), the largest auto union in the city, began from midnight here demanding ouster of call center-operated Uber and Ola cabs besides revocation of Maharashtra government’s decision to scrap the Hakim panel on auto and taxi fares.

The Union has appealed to 15 lakh autorickshaw men across the state to join the stir, which may hit lakhs of commuters as it claims to have 95 per cent of the auto owners under its wing.

Sergio Aguero reignited Argentina’s Copa America challenge here, scoring the only goal as the favourites defeated historic rivals Uruguay 1-0 in a hard-fought first round clash.

English Premier League star Aguero headed home a cross from Manchester City team-mate Pablo Zabaleta in the 56th minute to settle a gritty encounter that leaves the Argentines on pole to win Group B.

A block president of ruling Trinamool Congress’s students wing has been arrested and suspended from the outfit after he allegedly threatened to set ablaze a police vehicle and hurl bombs at a police station.

The incident took place at TTP College in Raniganj in Burdwan district yesterday when a police van was sighted outside the college just when the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) was going ahead with their programme of submitting a deputation to the college principal over alleged anomalies in the online admission process.

Fresh from their triumph at Stuttgart Open, the Indo-Romanian tennis pair of Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea entered the men’s doubles quarter-finals of the Gerry Weber Open here.

The second seeds defeated Czech-Ukrainian Luka Rosol and Sergiy Stakhovsky 2-6 6-3 10-8.

Rosol and Stakhovsky got off to a flying start, winning a couple of break points at the start to take the opening set 6-2 in a one-sided contest.

Continuing its winning streak for the fourth straight session, the benchmark BSE Sensex surged over 170 points in early trade today on sustained buying by investors in blue-chip stocks amid a firming trend in Asian markets ahead of US Fed policy announcement.

The 30-share barometer rose 170.86 points, or 0.64 per cent, to 26,857.37. The gauge had gained 315.53 points in the past three straight sessions.

Portugal beat Italy 1-0 in an international friendly here to inflict Antonio Conte’s first defeat as national team coach.

Eder netted his first goal for Portugal in the 52nd minute to help end a 39-year wait for a victory over Italy.

Leonardo Bonucci had hit the post for Italy minutes earlier.

The result will be a blow to Italy’s hopes of being seeded in the draw for 2018 World Cup qualifiers. The draw, which takes place on July 25, is expected to use the next FIFA ranking to create pots.

Surprise African newcomers Cameroon joined champions Japan in the last 16 of the Women’s World Cup after beating Switzerland 2-1 in their final Group C game.

Japan beat Ecuador 1-0 to finish top of Group C with nine points, with Cameroon taking the second automatic spot for the knockout round with six yesterday.

Switzerland have three points with Ecuador having none.

Yuki Ogimi scored after just five minutes in Winnipeg as the Japanese, who were already through after their second group match, closed down the game early.

Singer Ed Sheeran joined a young female fan on stage, much to her surprise, when she was crooning his hit number “Thinking Out Loud” in front of a crowd at a mall in Edmonton, Canada, over the weekend.

Sheeran, 24, was in a music store at the mall when he heard the girl singing “Thinking Out Loud”.

In a video filmed by his cousin, Murray Cummings, the musician quickly went out of the store and stunned the lucky young lady named Sydney Bourbeau as he jumped onto the stage.

Transsexual icon April Ashley has criticised Caitlyn Jenner’s choice of name, branding it “terrible.”

The retired fashion model, who was one of the first British people to have a sex change operation, which was revealed in 1961, cannot understand why Jenner would choose such an awful moniker after waiting so long to change gender, reported Female First.

“I think it’s a terrible name, Caitlyn, why on earth she chose that.”

The “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” director Rupert Wyatt will helm the spin-off of the popular “X-Men” series, titled “Gambit” that stars Channing Tatum in the titular role.

Tatum, 35, is also producing the project along with Reid Carolin, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg.

Script is written by Josh Zetumer, while the “Gambit” character was created in 1990 by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee, reported Aceshowbiz.

“Josh Zetumer just turned in the first draft of the script, and it’s killer.