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  Bengaluru, Jan 31 (UITV)   South superstar Allu Arjun starrer Pushpa : The Rise creates new history by defeating Bahubali: The Conclusion in the box office not only across India but also worldwide. The Hindi version of the film directed by Sukumar is currently under discussion. Well, the dubbed version of Allu's latest release has now broken the box office record, as it is set to release in the sixth week, by breaking SS Rajamouli's Bahubali: The Conclusion (Hindi) by starring Prabhas. For the Unexpected, the Sukumar directorial film was released on December 17, 2021. In addition to Telugu and Hindi, the film was dubbed in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada too. The second part of the movie is titled Flower 2: The Rule, which is scheduled to start production in April 2022. In the history of Southern cinema, Allu Arjun starrer Pushpa: The Rise has become one of the most beloved and successful movie. The movie earned more than INR 6 Crore rupees in its 6th week while starring supers

  Based on the analysis of assets and liabilities of national and regional parties in 2019-20, the Association for Democratic Reforms prepared its final report. The report says that the total assets declared by the seven national and 44 regional parties during 2019-20 are worth ₹ 6,988.57 crores and ₹ 2,129.38 crores, respectively. The Bharatiya Janata Party declared its assets worth ₹ 4,847.78 crores in the financial year 2019-20, which is the highest among all political parties, followed by the BSP ₹ 698.33 crores and the Congress at ₹ 588.16 crores, as per poll reforms advocacy group ADR. The figure shows that among the seven national parties, the highest asset share is with BJP with 69.37 percent followed by BSP and Congress with a share of 9.99 percent and 8.42 percent respectively. Fixed Deposits/FDR holds the largest share of ₹ 1,639.51 crores is 76.99 percent of the total assets declared by regional parties in 2019-20. Under this category BJP tops with ₹ 3,253.00 crores follow

  The RRB NTPC exam aspirants have gone for protest and have called for Bihar Bandh over irregularities in the results of railway recruitment exams. Thousands of students took part in the protest against discrepancies in the RRB recruitment process. The anger of the students burst after the recruitment board decided to conduct two computer-based tests (CBT) for the RRB Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC). The results of CBT-I Group-D were published on January 14, shortlisting candidates for CBT-II. The aspirants claim that this criterion for the recruitment was not mentioned in the RRB notification released in back 2019, they say that RRB had mentioned only one exam in the notification. Aspirants said that it's an unfair practice by RRB to ask candidates to appear for another exam. They accused the board of "playing with the future of students". The protesting students have blocked roads and highways during Bihar Bandh called by students organization. The protesting

  Watch Anushka Sharma 's Unique way to congratulate Priyanka Chopra aur Nick Jonas has created a buzz online.Video Courtesy - Bollywood Now Read More :-  https://www.uitvconnect.com/uitv-player/video/anushka-sharmas-special-message-congratulate-priyanka-chopra-nick-jonas-new-born

Tel Aviv, Jan 24 (UiTV/IANS)  - In the wake of climate change , Israel has launched a national plan to plant 450,000 trees across the country, according to a joint statement issued the Ministries of Environmental Protection and Agriculture and Rural Development. The plan, at a total of 2.25 billion shekels ($716 million), includes the planting of trees along about 3 million metres of streets by 2040, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying. The plan, aiming to prepare for climate changes, was approved by the government after submitted by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Minister of Environmental Protection Tamar Zandberg and Minister of Agriculture Oded Forer. The trees will be planted following artificial intelligence mapping of the existing tree shade cover in the local authorities. "The trees will also significantly reduce heat spots, protect from heavy rains and reduce further negative consequences of climate change and pollution," according to the statement. Rea

  New Delhi, Jan 22 (UiTV/IANS)  - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually interact with the District Magistrates (DMs) of various districts on Saturday. In a tweet, the Prime Minister said, "At the core of good governance is service delivery at the grassroots level. In that endeavour, the district administration has a crucial role. At 11 am tomorrow, I will interact with DMs across India and discuss implementation of key government schemes." The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a statement, "The Prime Minister will take direct feedback about the progress and present status of implementation of government schemes and programmes in the districts. The interaction will help review the performance and ascertain the challenges that are being faced." The PMO pointed out that it is aimed at achieving saturation of various schemes by different departments in the districts in mission mode, in convergence with all the stakeholders. "Under the leadership of

  Kochi, Jan 21 (UiTV/IANS)  - The Kerala High Court posted for Saturday hearing in the Malayalam film actor Dileep's anticipatory bail petition in the actress abduction case. This is for the fourth time that the hearing in the case has been postponed. Deferring the case on Friday, the court told both the sides that since there is a need for a detailed hearing, a special sitting will be held on Saturday despite it being a holiday. Several twists and turns surfaced early this month after film director Balachandra Kumar made fresh revelations related to the case. The trial, which was progressing smoothly for the accused, turned topsy turvy when Kumar made an appearance and spilled the beans saying that Dileep, soon after being released on bail, had seen the visuals of the beleaguered actress being assaulted by her abductors. Until then, only the trial court had seen it. Besides, Kumar made more disclosures and testified before the police and a magistrate. Based on the disclosures,

  Los Angeles, Jan 20 (UITV/IANS)  Hollywood star Andrew Garfield opens up about the death of his former co-star Heath Ledger, just days before the anniversary of his fatal drug overdose. The 38-year-old actor was discussing the topic of mourning when he mentioned Ledger, who died of a drugs overdose in 2008 while the pair were in the middle of filming 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' together, and is determined to "keep his spirit alive." He said: "When anyone dies, we want the beauty of keeping their memory alive by talking about them and by repeating stories over and over again. I think especially with someone who died so young — I remember feeling it with Heath. He died in the middle of a film that we were making together. And also he was just obviously such an incredible artiste and a gift to the world." Garfield played Anton in the Terry Gilliam–directed film alongside Ledger as Tony Shepard and following Heath's death other stars such as Joh

  Mumbai, Jan 19 (UITV/IANS)  Musician Amaal Mallik's superhit song 'Tum Ho Toh' featured in 'Family Guy', one of the funniest and long-running international animated series. The music composer is excited that the vibe of the song resonated with the makers of his favourite series. Amaal said: "I'm thrilled that a show that popular and global looped ' Tum Ho Toh' in for one of its episodes. What's more rewarding than having makers resonate with your creative work. Watching the episode refreshed my memories of creating the song with Shaan & Rashmi Virag." The original is a love song that has been sung by Shaan, written by Rashmi Virag and it features Taapsee Pannu and Saqib Saleem. The instrumental of Amaal's song appears in Episode 11 of Season 20. The part that has Mallik's piece of music looped in shows the notorious infant Stewie and his mother Lois at a drum circle. Amaal added: "A lot of my music is heard and seen on v

  Jerusalem, Jan 18 (UiTV/IANS)  - After becoming the first country to roll out a fourth dose of Covid vaccine, a study conducted in Israel now says that the second booster shot is not enough to fight the Omicron variant. According to experts at the Sheba Medical Centre, which launched a trial in December 2021 to test the efficacy of a fourth Covid shot, although the booster raises antibody levels, there are "still a lot of infections" among those who received it, The Times of Israel reported. The second booster was only partially effective in protecting against the Omicron strain, which has the potential to escape vaccine immunity. "The vaccine, which was very effective against the previous strains, is less effective against the Omicron strain," Prof. Gili Regev-Yochay, a lead researcher in the experiment was quoted as saying. "We see an increase in antibodies, higher than after the third dose." "However, we see many infected with Omicron who receive

  Imphal, Jan 17 (UiTV/IANS)  - The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which wrested power in Manipur for the first time in 2017 in alliance with two political parties and supported by independent MLAs, this time most probably fight alone, party leaders indicated. Union Minister Pratima Bhowmik and Assam Minister Ashok Singhal, BJP's in-charges for the Manipur elections, separately indicated that the saffron party is keen to contest the elections on its own this time. However, both Bhowmik and Singhal did not completely rule out the pre-poll alliance with the like-minded parties. "We are in talks for a pre-poll alliance with the like-minded parties and allies," Singhal said in Guwahati without disclosing any details of the possible alliance. Both the ministers however, claimed that the BJP on its own would secure the absolute majority. While talking to IANS, Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Bhowmik said that this time BJP due to its good governance and exc

  Hobart, Jan 15 (UITV/IANS)  England bowled out Australia for 303 in their first innings on the second day of the fifth and final Ashes Test, here on Saturday. Resuming the day at 241/6, Australia added 62 more runs to their total and lost the remaining four wickets in the morning session. Travis Head (101) and Cameron Green (74) were the top-scorers for Australia while Stuart Broad (3/59) and Mark Wood (3/155) were main wicket-takers for England. Brief scores: Australia 303 in 75.4 overs (Travis Head 101, Cameron Green 74; Stuart Broad 3/59, Mark Wood 3/155) vs England. Read More :-  https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/day-2-5th-ashes-test-england-bowl-out-australia-303-1st-innings

Los Angeles, Jan 14 (UITV/IANS)  Britney Spears has responded to her sister (and 'Steel Magnolias' star) Jamie Lynn Spears's recent ABC News interview, in which she spoke about their relationship and defended her role in the pop star's 13-year conservatorship. In a series of Notes app screenshots posted to Twitter on Thursday (U.S. Pacific Time), reported by 'Variety', the pop icon wrote about how she watched the interview, parts of which aired on both 'Good Morning America' and 'Nightline', while she had a 104-degree fever. "It was actually kind of nice having a fever so high cause I had to surrender to not caring," Britney wrote. She then explained, according to 'Variety', why she took issue with some things her younger sister said in the interview, which was to promote her new memoir, 'Things I Should Have Said'.   This included Jamie Lynn Spears describing some of her past behaviour as "erratic" and defend

Sanjay Gupta   Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta will return to the director's chair with a web series titled 'Baby Patankar - Narcotics Queen of India' as he has acquired rights for the story of Baby Patankar, who established the country's biggest narcotics empire. The 10-part series, which is based on the life of Baby Patankar, popularly known as 'The Meow Meow Queen', will mark the OTT debut of Sanjay's production house, White Feather Films. Initially a domestic worker, with two kids in tow, Baby Patankar was thrown out of her house by an abusive husband. She somehow made ends meet by working in many homes and delivering milk bottles before she rose in the ranks as India's narcotics queen. Sanjay and his writers are currently penning the show that will go on floors in another six months. Sanjay will co-direct the series along with Samit Kakkad. Commenting on the development, Sanjay Gupta says, "I have been waiting for the right material to come by. Crime be

    Tesla sells 70,847 China-made vehicles in Dec Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla has sold a record 70,847 China-made vehicles in December, says a new report. According to the auto-tech website Electrek, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) released its numbers this week and showed that Tesla sold 70,847 China-made vehicles in December -- a new record. The vast majority were sold in China and only 245 units were exported to other markets. Gigafactory Shanghai has become Tesla's exportation hub and early in the quarter -- in this case, October and November -- the automaker produced vehicles for international markets, especially Europe and Asia and focused on producing vehicles for the Chinese market later in the quarter. These new 70,847 units add up to a total of 473,078 vehicles coming from China or sold in China for Tesla in 2021, the report said. As per the report, that is roughly half of the 936,000 electric vehicles delivered by Tesla last year. About 160,

    Google Android Android 12 has brought a lot of additional features and now a new report has claimed that the next gen Android 13 platform will allow apps to transfer media to nearby devices with a tap. UI demos made by Google to show off a new "Media TTT" feature debuting in Android 13. The feature will apparently allow devices running Android 13 to transfer media from their phone to a nearby speaker or other device simply by getting near that source, reports Android Police. Android 13 platform will also offer major improvements in audio streaming through Bluetooth. Google has merged the LE Audio codec (LC3) and has added it to system settings as a new option. When connecting to an audio device, the codec will take the highest priority, meaning that supported devices will try to establish a LE Audio connection before any other, reports Android Police. For those unaware, Bluetooth LE Audio is quite notable since it can potentially massively improve battery life while still

    Michaela Jae (MJ) Rodriguez Actress Mj Rodriguez has become the first black transgender woman in history to win a Golden Globe. The 31-year-old actress was named Best Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista in the hit show 'Pose', which centers on the drag culture of the 1980s, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Reacting on Instagram, Mj wrote: "OMG OMGGG!!!! @goldenglobes Wow! You talking about sickening birthday present! Thank you! This is the door that is going to Open the door for many more young talented individuals. They will see that it is more than possible."   The star, who had celebrated her 31st birthday just two days before her win, added how the "door is now open" for fellow LGBTQAI talent to "reach the stars." She added: "They will see that a young Black Latina girl from Newark New Jersey who had a dream, to change the minds others would WITH LOVE. LOVE WINS. To my young LGBTQAI babies WE ARE HERE the d

  Khawaja's century takes Australia to 3216 at Tea on Day 2 Australian batter Usman Khawaja etched his name in the record books, scoring an unbeaten century (101 not out) in the second innings as well as he put the hosts firmly in command in the fourth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday. Thanks to Khawaja's second century in the fourth Test, Australia declared early on 265/6 in 68.5 overs, giving England a 388-run target to win. At stumps on Day 4, England were 30 for no loss. The day again belonged to 35-year-old Khawaja as he joined just five other Australian batters to score twin tons in a single Ashes Test. Hitting 10 fours and two sixes with a mix of touch and occasional force in his 138-ball essay, Khawaja made runs through an array of shots all around the wicket. Bereft of ideas in response, England's plans against him brought little success, with a number of sweeps and reverse sweeps adding to a host of drives through the cover region, as well as hi