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It seems Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor’s chemistry has created a magic, the song ‘Dheere Dheere’ has viewed a record breaking 30 million times within 3 weeks of its release in YouTube. The track is the remake of 1990 film ‘Aashiqui’’s romantic song ‘Dheere Dheere Se Meri Zindagi Me Aana’. Producer Bhushan Kumar, son of Gulshan Kumar, has made this ...

In a rare case, a three-and-a-half-year-old girl has been diagnosed with type-2 diabetes, making her one of the youngest people ever detected with the disease. Type 2 diabetes is linked to poor diet and obesity. It is most common among the middle-aged and elderly people, but in the last few years type 2 diabetes have taken lives of poor children. ...

The all new teaser trailer of The Jungle Book is out now. Disney’s latest flick is going to be one of the must see films of 2016. The Jungle Book is based on Rudyard Kipling’s stories, is set to be released on April 15, 2016. The ‘Iron Man’ director Jon Favereau is making a comeback with the Disney’s photo-realistic CGI ...

The Lenovo’s latest camera-centric phone is all set to be launched in India on 22 September 2015, the Lenovo has alread started sending media invites for the digital launch. The phone was announced at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year. The phone is powered by a Snapdragon 615 chipset with 64-bit quad-core CPU paired with 3GB RAM. It ...

Apple has launched its much awaited iOS 9 for all iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch models that can run iOS 8. Apple’s iOS 9 brings a lot of new features with promising battery life, powerful search and improved security. Users will require atleast 1.3GB of free space on their devices to install the latest update. It won’t take much of ...

As the country is engulfed in the celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi, as always celebrities from Amitabh Bacchan to political leaders and other stars never miss a chance to offer prayer on the occasion. Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated to honor elephant-headed God Ganesha’s birthday. It is a ten-day Hindu festival, due the popularity of the festival among children and others this festival ...

The death toll of Cylinder explosion in a hotel in Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh is increasing as time passed by and the latest figure of death toll in the tragedy puts it at 82, with many more injured. The blast was so powerful that the roof of the building too caved in, when the restaurant, located near the town’s bus station, was ...

Versatile actress Sridevi Kapoor, popularly known as Sridevi is in news for her upcoming Tamil fantasy adventure film “Puli” starring Vijay but the brouhaha has been cut short with the actress refusing to take up dubbing for the film. Sridevi is playing a queen ‘Saumya Devi’ the Tamil film ‘Puli’ and she had reportedly refused the iconic role of Sivagami, played ...

As the days are passing by, more gory details are coming from the sensational Sheena Bora murder case investigation. According to recent reports in media, Sheena had been blackmailing her mother Indrani Mukerjea demanding a three BHK flat in Bandra. Sheena was allegedly strangulated by Indrani, driver Shyamvar Rai and her ex-husband Sanjeev Khanna in a car and the body ...

PTI: 25 killed in gas cylinder explosion in MP. A shocking report coming from Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh), where a cylinder blast in a hotel has killed more than 20 people and injured several. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan offers Rs. 2 lakh for next of kin of the dead, and Rs. 50,000 for the injured. ANI tweeted, “Investigation has been ordered ...

After 14 years people are still remembering the sad day in US history. Nearly 3000 people were killed and many injured in the New York attack by the Islamic terrorist group. The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. ...

The damage in retinal periphery is a result of the loss of blood flow in diabetics, said a study conducted by Joslin Diabetes Center’s Beetham Eye Institute. The study revealed that people with diabetic retinopathy, the presence of lesions in the periphery of their retina substantially increases the risk that the disease will progress more rapidly. Not detected earlier, these ...

Here is a quick review of what the media has to say about Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty starer Hero. The film has released and the song sung by Salman Khan has been breaking records. The Salman Khan production is expected to do a good business, but lets see what the critics across the country has to say about the ...

Besides BP and diabetes, air pollution and water pollution were major triggers to deaths in India, said a global study for 2013 conducted by Delhi-based Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) in collaboration with IHME  and University of Washington. It listed high blood pressure, diabetes and household air pollution from solid fuels were the top three causes of deaths of an ...

A study has observed that most mothers who quit smoking during the pregnancy end up resuming it soon after the baby is born due to stress. The researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) have also found that women who felt that their partners are more supportive or their family is supporting them have less chances of resuming smoking ...

Bollywood songs have always been a major part in the industry. Even now some films are watched due to its melodious tracks. Recently, Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor appeared in a song Dheere Dheere which was the remake of the 1990 Aashiqui track. It went online on YouTube on 1 September and today, after ten days only, it has crossed ...

The National Consumer Court has asked Cinema theatres all over the country to provide proper drinking water facility inside the halls. “Appropriate water purifiers need to be installed with water coolers so that the water available is free from the impurities. Disposable glasses in sufficient quantity need to be kept available,” said the NCDRC bench headed by justice VK Jain ...

In a major setback to BJP, Congress-JD(S) alliance on Friday managed to get Mayor position, though individually they have managed far less seats. Congress corporator Manjunath Reddy has been elected Mayor of Bengaluru by a slim majority in BBMP polls. Hemalatha Gopalaiah of the JD(S) will be the deputy mayor. The BJP won the majority of council seats in the ...

President Obama awarded the 2014 National Medal of Arts and the National Humanities Medal to distinguished recipients in the East Room of White House and Indian-origin Jhumpa Lahiri was one of the recipients. Jhumpa Lahiri has been selected for her contribution to tell a human story highlighting the Indian-American experience in “beautifully wrought narratives of estrangement and belonging,” said the ...

This Friday will be full of tennis-to-watch as the US Open women’s singles semifinals, which were scuppered due to rain, will make the weekend more exciting. The Thursday match of Serena Williams vs Roberta Vinci and Simona Halep vs Flavia Pennetta will play on Friday and the final will follow the next morning. Panetta will open the semifinal against Halep ...