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Mumbai, Jun 16: Rajasthan beauty Suman Rao on Saturday was crowned as Femina Miss India 2019. The 22-year-old was crowned by her predecessor Anukreethy Vas, Miss India 2019.The first runner-up Sanjana Vij from Telangana was sashed by 2018 Miss Grand India Meenakshi Chaudhary of Haryana. Besides this, Bihar's Shreya Shankar was crowned as Miss India United Continents 2019 and Chhattisgarh's Shivani

New Delhi, Jun 15: Taapsee Pannu says she feels secure as an actor in the film industry today but still has miles to go in order to achieve her dream of becoming the quintessential Bollywood star. The 31-year-old actor says acting always keeps her on her toes and she absolutely welcomes it because she does not want to feel too relaxed. "I'm very secure as an actor, but not as a star. I don't know

Kalpetta, Jun 15: Award-winning Malayalam actor Vinayakan has been booked for allegedly verbally abusing a woman activist over the phone, police said here Saturday. The case was registered based on the complaint of the woman, hailing from Pambady in Kottayam district, alleging that the actor had talked in an obscene manner and used abusive words when she had invited him for a function here in

Mumbai, Jun 15: Ajay Devgn is hot on the heels of Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan. The Singham star’s romcom De De Pyaar De managed to crawl its way to the Rs 100 crore club despite mixed reviews. “The makers pushed the envelope, in the end, to make sure that the film touches the Rs 100 crore mark. It is important that the film got enough screens and shows even after the second week. Earlier this

Los Angeles, Jun 14: Filmmaker Bryan Singer is set to pay USD 150,000 to settle allegations that he raped a 17-year-old boy in 2003. Cesar Sanchez-Guzman said in a lawsuit filed in December 2017 that Singer sexually assaulted him during a 2003 Seattle yacht party, when Sanchez-Guzman was 17. According to the Wrap, Sanchez-Guzman had filed for bankruptcy in 2014, and the case was discharged. The

Mumbai, Jun 14: Katrina Kaif was bombarded with questions about replacing Priyanka Chopra in "Bharat" but now that the film is a box office success, the actor says it is a great validation for her work. Katrina said she has always believed in doing her own thing rather than constantly looking over her shoulders to check what her contemporaries were working on. "So, taking that into consideration

Mumbai, Jun 13: Mumbai police has informed a local court that they have no evidence to prosecute actor Nana Patekar in a molestation case lodged against him by actor Tanushree Dutta. The suburban Oshiwara police on Wednesday filed a 'B Summary' report before a metropolitan magistrate in Andheri, Deputy Commissioner of Police Paramjit Singh Dahiya told PTI. A 'B-Summary' report is filed when the

Melbourne, Jun 13: Superstar Shah Rukh Khan will be the chief guest at this year's Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, the festival organisers announced Thursday. Helmed by the Victorian government, Australia, the IFFM is back for its 10th edition in the cultural city and will celebrate "courage" as its central theme. Khan said he is honoured and delighted to accept the invitation. "An industry of

New York, Jun 12: Actor Priyanka Chopra will be awarded the Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award by UNICEF's American chapter at their Snowflake Ball in December. The award is named after actor-philanthropist Danny Kaye, who was UNICEF's first Goodwill Ambassador. The 36-year-old actor took to Twitter to express her gratitude on Wednesday. "So humbled. Thank you @UNICEFUSA for honouring me with the Danny

Mumbai, Jun 12: Veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar has said while he understands the disappointment with the verdict in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, he believes capital punishment is not a deterrent to crime. Akhtar admitted that he did not have "clear cut" ideas about the merits and demerits of capital punishment. "I have heard that some