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May232017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Nawazuddin Siddiqui transforms into Manto in first look from the film

Entertainment

Nawazuddin Siddiqui channels short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto in the first poster of the Nandita Das-directed film where his penetrating gaze captures the attention. Nawazuddin, who is essaying the titular role in the movie titled “Manto”, appears lost as he carries the writer’s signature dishevelled hair with elan. The sepia-toned poster resembles a pamphlet with few Urdu scribblings spread across the canvas. A red-coloured broad brushstroke mars the portrait of Nawazuddin’s Manto, perhaps to symbolise the bloodshed associated with the Partition that deeply affected the “Thanda Gosht” writer. The title appears in a broken font to suggest the fragile state of mind that the author harboured during the division of India and Pakistan. The first look of this feature fil...

May232017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

UK Govt to enforce new powers to compel tech giants to hand over encrypted data

UK

UK Govt are apparently using recent terror attacks to bring in new legislation that would force technology giants, such as Apple and WhatsApp, to hand over encrypted data. A report originating with The Sun claims that the Conservative government will lobby MPs to get the new rules, known as the Technical Capability Notices (TCN), through Parliament as quickly as possible after the general election. "We will do this as soon as we can after the election, as long as we get back in," a government minister apparently told The Sun. "The level of threat clearly proves there is no more time to waste now… The social media companies have been laughing in our faces for too long." Companies like Apple and WhatsApp make a major point of keeping users' messages safe. However, if the TCN were passed...

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Indian Sukhoi jet with two IAF officers goes missing near Indo-China border

National

An Indian Air Force (IAF) Sukhoi-30 fighter jet with two pilots on board went missing from near the Indo-China border in Assam. The Sukhoi took off from the IAF Tezpur air base, located only about 172 km from Indo-China border in Arunachal Pradesh, on a routine training mission. A massive search operation, also involving helicopters, has been launched to trace the plane and the pilots, aged between 25 and 30, Defence spokesman Lt Col Sombit Ghosh of the Army’s IV Corps told media. The identity of the two pilots has not been disclosed. An IAF statement that the plane was part of a two- aircraft formation. Sonitpur Deputy Commissioner Manoj Kumar Deka told reporters that the Airforce station had informed him that the last radar and radio contact with the plane was made at around 11.10...

May132017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to showcase ‘Devdas’ again at Cannes

Entertainment

Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is all set to relive her first Cannes moment with the screening of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Devdas” at an outdoor cinema event during the festival. The actress, who is set to walk the red carpet as L’Oreal Paris brand ambassador on May 19 and 20, will attend the brand’s Paris Open Air Cinema event. The outdoor cinema event, to be held from May 17 to May 22, will showcase films that will be selected and introduced in-person by six actress ambassadors of the beauty brand “Devdas” will be screened on May 20. “We attended the festival not just as artists but as proud representatives of Indian cinema, showcasing a film that meant so much to us. The kind of reception we got for the movie was truly overwhelming and I will cherish it all my life,” Aishwarya sai...

May122017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Triple talaq is ‘worst form’ of marriage dissolution: Supreme Court

National

Triple talaq is the “worst” and “not a desirable” form of dissolution of marriage among the Muslims, even though there were schools of thought which called it “legal”, the Supreme Court observed today. The second day of the day-long hearing on the matter also saw two veterans, jurist Ram Jethmalani and former Union Minister and Islamic scholar Arif Mohammad Khan, coming out all guns blazing against the practice of triple talaq. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar said there are “school of thoughts (which) say that triple talaq is legal, but it is the worst and not a desirable form for dissolution of marriages among Muslims.” The remark was made by the bench when senior lawyer Salman Khurshid referred to the various schools of thought and the stand of All...

May112017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

Larissa Waters became the first woman senator to breastfeed in Parliament

Australia

Women MPs breastfeeding their babies in Parliament shines the spotlight on the need for supportive workplaces for new mothers. Australian senator Larissa Waters has made history after she became the first politician to breastfeed her baby in the parliament senate chamber. Larissa posted on Facebook: “I am so proud that my daughter Alia is the first baby to be breastfed in the federal parliament! And we need more family-friendly and flexible workplaces, and affordable childcare, for everyone.” Larissa Waters returned to the senate 10 weeks after giving birth to her second daughter, and is making full use of the breastfeeding rules that she helped to extend in the senate last year. Breastfeeding had already been allowed in the chamber, but thanks to Larissa’s push last year to extend the r...

May112017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

After party host Jacqueline upset with Bieber gig; leaves the venue discreetly

Entertainment

Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez was the official backstage afterparty host for international pop star Justin Bieber but the lovely actress left the venue heartbroken. Sources reported that Jacqueline left the venue, DY Patil Stadium in Vashi, discreetly with her new bodyguard. She was so upset that despite repeated requests, she wouldn’t walk the red carpet. Apparently, Bieber was supposed to stay back for a lavish afterparty with the organisers and the rest of the crew, with Jacqueline as its host, but the pop star decided to exit the stadium right after his performance. And that left the actress really upset, who had flown down all the from London, where she was shooting ‘Judwaa 2’, just for the gig. In fact, we would never get to see those images because Justin Bieber ditc...

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No obscene dance or vulgar dialogues during performance: Madras HC

Tamil Naidu

The Madras High Court today allowed holding dance and song programmes during temple festivals stipulating that all performances must be shorn of obscenity, vulgarity and political overtones. Justice K Kalyanasundaram gave the order while considering petitions from various people seeking permissions to hold dance and song programmes during temple festivals. Directing the police to allow the events to be held between six pm to 11 pm, the judge said “there should not be any kind of obscene dance or vulgar dialogues during the performance by any one of the participants.” “No dance or songs, touching upon any political party, religion, community, or caste shall be played.” “No flex boards in support of any political party or communal leader shall be erected at the premises of th...

May102017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

James Comey, FBI director, fired by Donald Trump

USA

US President Donald Trump has abruptly dismissed the director of FBI, saying that James Comey was no longer able to effectively lead the law-enforcement agency. Comey had been leading an FBI investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election and possible collusion with Trump's campaign. His dismissal on Tuesday is likely to prompt concerns about the integrity of the inquiry and renew calls for an independent investigation. Comey had been embroiled in a controversy surrounding his investigation into whether Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while US secretary of state during Barack Obama's first term as president compromised national security. "It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trus...

May102017 by Team - The Digital IndianNo Comments

International Court stays Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence

International

The International Court of Justice on Tuesday stayed the hanging of retired Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, sentenced to death by a military court in Pakistan. Senior advocate Harish Salve is representing India before ICJ. Tweeting about the development Minister of External affairs, said, “I have spoken to the mother of Kulbhushan Jadhav and told her about the order of President, ICJ under Art 74 Paragraph 4 of Rules of Court.” Jadhav was given death sentence on the charge of “espionage” by the Field General Court Martial last month. India acknowledges that Jadhav had served with the navy but denies that he has any connection with the government. Pakistan claims its security forces had arrested Jadhav from the restive Balochistan province on March 3 last year after ...