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Feel proud being a part of 'Dhoom' says Esha Deol

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Esha Deol (UITV/IANS) Actress Esha Deol who featured in 'Dhoom' which released in 2004, has said that she feels proud being part of a heist action thriller which was loved by audiences when it released. Esha Deol was interacting with the media at the inauguration ceremony of 'The Dream Edition Lifestyle Fair for Mommies & Kids' on Wednesday in Mumbai. One of the most successful Yash Raj Films franchises of its time, 'Dhoom' completed 15 years on Tuesday, August 27, 2019. The movie, starring Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, John Abraham, Esha Deol and Rimi Sen became a benchmark for stunts movie in India in its time. On 15 year completion of 'Dhoom', Esha posted a long heartfelt note on her Instrgram account thanking makers of the film, her co-actors and the audience. Talking about it, Esha said, "It's a great feeling that 'Dhoom' has completed 15 years. Until today, I was known as a Dhoom girl and it will always sta

I earned it: Manasi Joshi on winning gold at World Para-Badminton

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Manasi Girishchandra Joshi Manasi Joshi, who was among the three Indian players who won gold at the recently concluded World Para-Badminton Championship, said she earned the medal as she worked really hard for it. The 30-year-old clinched the top honours in the women's singles SL3 final defeating World No. 1 and compatriot Parul Parmar 21-12, 21-7 to pick her maiden title in Basel, Switzerland on August 25, the very day on which ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu won the gold at the World Championships. "I earned it. Worked every bit for it," she tweeted on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Twitter was all praise for the 30-year-old, who had lost her left leg in 2011. "In the high of PV Sindhu getting gold in the World Championship, we forgot to win Manasi Joshi, who gold in World Para-Badminton Championship. Here it is wishing her," Kiran Bedi, Governor of Puducherry tweeted. "Every daughter of India is special. You have increased honour of the country on the w

Actress Alyssa Milano reveals she had two abortions

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Alyssa Milano (UITV/IANS) Hollywood actress Alyssa Milano has revealed that she underwent two abortions in 1993 because she was worried about her career. Milano opened up about the personal experience she had with abortion in her 20s on her "Sorry Not Sorry" podcast, reports "people.com". "I knew at that time I was not equipped to be a mother, so I chose to have an abortion. I chose. It was my choice, and it was absolutely the right choice for me," said Milano, adding: "It was not an easy choice. It was not something I wanted, but it was something that I needed, like most health care is." She shared that she was dating somebody and was even taking birth-control preventative measure. "I was in love for the first time, in the breathless way you can only be in love when you are young. It was huge, overwhelming even. It filled every part of living. And it was a joyful and exciting and powerful time in my life. But I was not re

Virat Kohli, team enjoy at a beach before Test series vs Windies

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Virat Kohli (UITV/IANS) - India skipper Virat Kohli is thoroughly enjoying the two-day break between the practice match and the two-match Test series and was seen at a party with his team and the support staff at the Jolly Beach in Antigua, where the West Indies will host India for the first contest. "Stunning day at the beach with the boys," Kohli captioned a picture on Instagram. Teammates Mayank Agarwal, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma and KL Rahul are also seen sharing the frame with the Indian run-machine. All the players along with support staff were seen having a good time at the beach. With the two-Test series, India will begin their World Test Championship campaign on August 22. Earlier, on their month-long tour, India won the T20 International series before also clinching the three-match One-day International series 2-1. https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/

SAD legislator Sirsa slams johar on drug abuse at party

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Last week Karan Johar shared a video of Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Vicky Kaushal among others at his party. However, this clip kicked up a debate between politicians on social media. MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa, who charged the icons of "flaunting their drugged state", has taken to social media and now written a long open letter, slamming the celebrities. The video was followed by several twitter users taking to social media with the #udtabollywood slamming Karan Johar and other stars of drug abuse. While milind deora has defended the stars and asked for Sirsa's apology,the reply of karan johar and other stars who attended the party is waited. Sirsa questioned why there were no food or drink glasses at the bash if it was not a drug party. Sirsa blamed karan and other bollywood biggies of showing double standards concerning portrayal of Punjab in movie as an active state in centre of drug abuse. The SAD leader in his open letter to Mumbai police said it's

Facebook, Instagram down for many users

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Facebook, Instagram (UITV/IANS)- Users from different parts of the world took to Twitter on Sunday to report problems using Facebook and Instagram. "So Facebook isn't uploading videos this morning? (at least it's not working here)," tweeted Sean Platter, Art Director at Universal Animation Studios, Los Angeles. "Facebook share not working today," wrote another user. While the problems that Facebook users reported are centred around use of media such as photos and videos, Instagram users reported issues with logging in. Besides users in US, people from Canada, Australia and parts of Asia also complained about having trouble using the two social networking platforms, according to a report in CNET. This year has seen several occasions where everyday apps faced major outages running into several hours in India too. On March 14, Facebook apps recorded their longest ever 12-hour outage. Following Facebook, in the last few months, Google services