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The 64th Filmfare Awards 2019 took place on Saturday night in Mumbai. The starry gala night was graced by the likes of Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal among other actors. Whilst Sara Ali Khan and Ishaan Khatter took home the Best Debut Actor trophies,  Badhaai Ho, Raazi, AndhaDhun  among other movies won big. Take a look at the list of winners from the night. Best Actor (Popular):  Ranbir Kapoor,  Sanju Best Actress (Popular):  Alia Bhatt,  Raazi Best Actor (Critics):  Ranveer Singh,  Padmaavat  and Ayushmann Khurrana,  AndhaDhun Best Actress (Critics):  Neena Gupta,  Badhaai Ho Best Film (Popular):   Raazi Best Film (Critics):  Sriram Raghavan,  AndhaDhun Best Director:  Meghna Gulzar,  Raazi Best Debut Actor (Female):  Sara Ali Khan,  Kedarnath Best Debut Actor (Male):  Ishaan Khatter,  B...

SHIMLA: Seventeen students of Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) were injured in a clash between members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Students Federation of India (SFI) near the university campus on Sunday, police said. The clash erupted over sharing of a ground where ABVP activists converge for 'shakha' and SFI members play cricket. The two groups in their complaints to police accused each other of initiating the scuffle. ABVP vice-president Ashwani alleged SFI members attacked them with sharp-edged weapons around 6 am. SFI's university president Vikram claimed ABVP activists attacked them with sticks when they were playing cricket in the Potterhill ground. ABVP activists also protested at Summerhill chowk in the afternoon, alleging SFI workers entered their hostel rooms forcibly and attacked them. Based on the complaints filed by the two groups, FIRs have been registered at the Boileauganj police station, Shimla Superintendent of Police Om...

India took the lead in the 28th minute through Mandeep Singh and looked set to earn their second consecutive win of the six-team tournament. IPOH: India's perennial problem of conceding goals at the fag end of a match hurt them again as Korea equalised in the final minute for a 1-1 draw in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament here Sunday. India took the lead in the 28th minute through Mandeep Singh and looked set to earn their second consecutive win of the six-team tournament, but a defensive error led to Jonghyun Jang scoring from a penalty corner just 22 seconds from the final hooter. The match was stopped in the fourth quarter due to heavy rains with around eight minutes left in the match. India had defeated Japan 2-0 in their opening match on Saturday. India made an attacking start with midfielder Vivek Sagar Prasad creating space inside the striking circle within the first minute but the Korean defenders held strong to avert an early goal. The Koreans immediatel...

 24 Mar 2019 Srinagar, Mar 24 (PTI) A request would be sent to the US to seek details from a service provider of "virtual SIMs", which were used by the JeM suicide bomber behind the Pulwama attack and his Pakistan and Kashmir-based handlers, officials said. Piecing together probe from the site of the terror strike, searches carried out by the Jammu and Kashmir police and central security agencies at an encounter site in Tral as well as other locations, it was found that the bomber, Adil Dar, was in constant touch with the JeM across the border, they said. The main mastermind of the audacious attack, Mudassir Khan, was killed in the encounter in Tral. Forty CRPF personnel were killed on February 14 when Dar rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a paramilitary force bus at Pulwama in South Kashmir. India retaliated after the strike by bombing the Jaish terror group's hideout in Balakot in Pakistan. It was a fairly new modus operandi where terrorists across the border...

Updated Mar 24, 2019 Wife of Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee had arrived from Thailand carrying 2 kg gold in her baggage. When customs officials asked her to open her bag she threatened them with “dire consequences.” Kolkata:  After a showdown with the CBI, Kolkata Police is back in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. As per the media reports, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee’s wife had landed at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport with 2 kgs of gold in her bag without declaration. Customs officials asked Rujira Naroola, who was holding a Thai passport, to open her luggage for checking but she refused and threatened the officials with dire consequences. Naroola later made a phone call after which Kolkata police personnel arrived at the airport and told the customs officials to release the women immediately. Rejecting their demand the customs department told the cops that due process will ...