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Hindi film ‘Raabta’ based on a reincarnation plot has met with a lawsuit in Hyderabad High Court by Telugu film producer of ‘Magadheera’, which was a highly popular film directed by SS Rajamouli before embarking on Bahubali franchise. Ironic but the theme for Magadheera is closer to Mooga Manasulu, a  Telugu hit of Black&White days. Allu Aravind, producer of Magadheera, ...

SS Rajamouli’s ‘Baahubali 2: The Conclusion’ has finished one-month long screening in more than 800 screens, refusing to go down below the double digit weekly collections earning Rs.29 crore last week. Even on its fifth Friday, the movie collections stood at Rs. 1.75 crore (nett) at the domestic box-office, The revenue tracking website Boxofficeindia.com has put the total collections of ...

The world’s largest optical telescope, the European Extremely Large Telescope (EELT), is being built in Chile which is emerging as the future capital of space monitoring infrastructure. The E-ELT will be the largest optical/near-infrared telescope in the world and will gather 13 times more light than the largest optical telescopes existing today. The E-ELT will be able to correct for ...

NASA’s Moon orbiting spacecraft Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) was a hit by a small meteoroid faster than the speed of a bullet but the camera survived though it is unclear whether the mission will face any other eventuality. From October 13, 2014, the US space agency’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft suddenly started sending jarred pictures indicating that it could ...

The results of Comedk-2017 for admission to Karnataka private colleges will be announced on Monday, May 29 and the Karnataka CET Exam results for admission to government colleges and to fill government quote in private colleges will be declared a day after on Tuesday, May 30, 2017. The exam was held on May 14, 2017. [ FLASH COMED-K 2017 EXAM ...

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) said the results of ISC (Class 12) and ICSE (Class 10) 2017 exams will be declared on Monday, May 29 at 3 PM at a press conference scheduled in NOIDA. Usually ISCE results are declared along with the CBSE results and this year too, the Class 12 results will be a ...

The renewed race between Aamir Khan-starrer ‘Dangal’ and Prabhas-starrer ‘Bahubali 2’ is gripping the whole country but ironically Aamir Khan has not seen the film. In his candid style, the Hindi film icon admits that he has not seen the magnum opus of director SS Rajamouli yet, though he shares his appreciation for the film in making India proud. “I ...

Ever since Narendra Modi won elections in May 2014, the number of his followers on Facebook tripled from 14 million to 41.9 million today, making him the most-followed leader in the world, thanks to increased importance of social media in India. However, in a country of 125 crore population, 4 crore followers on Facebook may sound too little but the ...

Ramadan or Ramzan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, and lasts 29–30 days based on the visual sightings of the crescent moon, according to numerous biographical accounts compiled in the hadiths. Muslims observe fast during the daylight throughout the month considered a blessed month and they abstain from food, drink, and other physical needs during the day time as a ...

The month of Ramadan or Ramzan begins today (Friday, May 26, 2017) with peace, harmony and joy enveloping the Muslims for whom the month holds in special reverence with devotion during the month-long fasting day time and enhances community meetings and Raftar parties. Ramadan or Ramzan (Islamic month of Shawwal) entails that Muslims observe day-time fasting. One of the most ...