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  • ‘He didn’t fit’: Jamie Dornan opens up on alleged rivalry with the ‘Batman’ Robert Pattinson

    ‘He didn’t fit’: Jamie Dornan opens up on alleged rivalry with the ‘Batman’ Robert Pattinson

    Hollywood actor Jamie Dornan is setting the record straight on his equation with fellow actor Robert Pattinson. Following Robert Pattinson’s recent interview with ET, The Batman star revealed that he was part of a famous British actors group back in the day which included him, Jamie Dornan, Andrew Garfield, Eddie Redmayne and Charli Cox.

    Pattinson in the chat disclosed that he was always the “last one invited.” The Fifty Shades actor is clearing the slate once and for all.

    Jamie Dornan

    During his chat with ET at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards, the Belfast actor vehemently denied Robert’s claim of being an “afterthought” as he exclaimed, “No! The pity invite? No.” The actor then explained, “I think with Rob it’s always been like, he sort of had success earlier, so we were a bit like, ‘Does he really fit in with us?’ Because we were not working and he’s working all the time. He did Twilight and was suddenly in a different stratosphere than us and we’ve sort of, not caught up, but we all started working more consistently, but yeah, Jesus, we’ve known each other a long time.”

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    However, there is one past friend Dornan still keeps close which is Andrew Garfield. Dornan mentioned during his interview that the Amazing Spider-Man star did watch his recent comedy release Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar which has garnered rave reviews for Dornan’s performance in the movie. Dornan pointed out that Garfield showed up at the movie a bit late and revealed his reaction to the film, “He particularly loves it.” He went on to add, “Andrew’s one of my best mates. He came to it late. He only saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago, and I know how much he loves it.”

  • Shilpa and Shamita’s mother Sunanda Shetty lands herself in another legal trouble

    Shilpa and Shamita’s mother Sunanda Shetty lands herself in another legal trouble

    Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s family once again lands in legal trouble. After her husband and businessman Raj Kundra was arrested in the alleged distribution of p*rn films, the actress’ mother Sunanda Shetty has been issued a warrant from a court. Scroll down to know more.

    Metropolitan Magistrate (Andheri court) has issued a bailable warrant against Shilpa’s mother in a case related to alleged non-repayment of a loan of Rs 21 lakh. It was issued after a businessman filed a cheating case against her over non-repayment of the loan amount.

    As per the news agency PTI report, Shilpa Shetty, Shamita Shetty and their mother Sunanda Shetty challenged the summons before the sessions court. While sessions judge AZ Khan stayed the magistrate’s order against Shilpa and Shamita, their mother Sunanda did not get any relief.

    Shilpa Shetty, Shamita Shetty & Their Mother Summoned By Court As They Fail To Repay A 21-Lakh Loan, Asked To Appear By Month End!

    The court also said that Shilpa’s late father Surendra Shetty and Sunanda seemed to be partners in his firm but no documents were submitted to prove that their daughters were partners too and had any concern with the loan.

    Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Tuesday refused to grant exemption from appearance to Sunanda Shetty and issued a bailable warrant against her. Advocate Zain Shroff of Y & A Legal, who represents the plaintiff Parhad Amra, has alleged that Surendra Shetty borrowed money from him in 2015 and it was supposed to be repaid by January 2017, but was never repaid.

    Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty and her entrepreneur mother Sunanda Shetty have been booked in an alleged fraud case in Lucknow, India.

    Two FIRs have been lodged at two different police stations in Lucknow and the police has intensified investigation in both the cases against the Apne actor and her mother.

    A police team from Lucknow is also expected to arrive in Mumbai to questioning Shilpa and Sunanda in the alleged fraud case. The Baazigar diva runs a wellness chain, where her mother is a director and she herself is the chairman of the company.

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    It is alleged in the FIRs that the two took millions from two people to open a branch of a wellness centre however, the promise was never fulfilled.

    DCP (East) Sanjeev Suman said that the investigation officer, in this case, will leave for Mumbai to question actress Shilpa and Sunanda. He will examine all the points in this matter.

  • 24 PTI members at PPP Sindh House, Fawad Chaudhry says ‘lotay’ identified

    24 PTI members at PPP Sindh House, Fawad Chaudhry says ‘lotay’ identified

    Around 24 members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are currently staying at the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sindh House.

    PTI’s disgruntled member of the National Assembly (NA) Raja Riaz, who is part of the Jahangir Khan Tareen Group (JKT) claimed on Wednesday while speaking with senior journalist Hamid Mir said that if Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan assures all MNAs that no action will be taken against those who decided to vote against him on the day of the no-confidence motion, they are ready to go back to the Parliament Lodges.

    As per media reports, PTI members who are currently staying at the Sindh House include Raja Riaz, Nawab Sher Waseer, Rana Qasim Noon, Ghaffar Wattoo, Noor Alam Khan, Riaz Mazari, Basit Bukhari, Khawaja Sheraz, Ahmad Hasan Dehar, Nuzhat Pathan, and Wajeeha Akram. 

    Sources added that a list containing the names of the MNAs staying at the Sindh House has been sent to PM Imran Khan.

    Riaz told journalist Mir that the disgruntled members would vote for the no-confidence motion against PM Imran Khan in “accordance with their conscience.”

    PTI MNAs Malik Nawab Sher Waseer and Riaz said that around 24 PTI members have been staying in the Sindh House right now. He further said that many other ministers are ready to come here, however, PML-N is unable to accommodate all the members.

    “The disgruntled members fear that the government will take action against them similar to the March-10 raid by police on the Parliament Lodges,” Mir confirmed.

    Reacting to Riaz’s statement, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that some “lotay” have been identified after they feared that action would be taken against them.

    Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said the government was “planning strong action” against alleged horse-trading and detention of MNAs at Sindh House.

    In a video shared by the PTI on Twitter, he said the government has received information that a large amount of money had been shifted to Sindh House, which he termed the “capital of horse-trading at the moment”.

    The premier said in a public address on Wednesday that opposition leaders were sitting in Sindh House with “heaps of money” to purchase loyalties of treasury lawmakers and had asked the election commission to take action against the alleged horse-trading.

  • Video: Biden calls Vice President Kamala Harris ‘first lady’

    United States (US) President Joe Biden accidentally called the US Vice President Kamala Harris the ‘First Lady’, which left the audience in laughter.

    In a video, while addressing the Equal Pay Day event organised by the White House for Women’s History Month, Biden was informing the audience why Harris could not attend the event.

    “There’s been a little change in the arrangement of who is on the stage because of the First Lady’s husband contracting Covid,” Biden said.

    He later corrected himself, sparking laughter, after someone in the audience pointed out his gaffe.

    Previously, Biden referred to Douglas Emhoff, Harris’ husband, as the “first gentleman.” Emhoff is the second gentleman of the US.

  • ‘Anti-Muslim’ Bollywood film ‘The Kashmir Files’ spreading overwhelming hatred against Indian Muslims

    ‘Anti-Muslim’ Bollywood film ‘The Kashmir Files’ spreading overwhelming hatred against Indian Muslims

    Bollywood film, The Kashmir Files has recently been released in India which has ignited the environment of hatred against Muslims. It is based on the 1990 exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir valley.

    The film is written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri. The film cast includes Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, and Pallavi Joshi.

    Some hatred incidents were reported after people watched the film in cinemas. Anti-Muslim slogans were chanted by the audience.

    After watching the film, One man stood from his seat and loudly said, “If every (Hindu) man started marrying (Muslim) girls then their population will be reduced to half after three generations. They will give birth to less number of children. We are watching a film here and Muslims are increasing population at home.” Later, people started chanting “Jai Shri Ram”.

    Indian Journalist, Mohammed Zubair has shared a clip from a cinema hall where a man was shouting to boycott Bollywood films, especially of Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. He used vulgar language against these actors.

    The audience joined with him and started chanting, “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” and “Vande Mataram”.

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    Some people have become so violent that they were openly calling out to kill traitors referring to Muslims.

    The film has fuelled the violence and hate against Muslims in the current radical situation of the country.

    The Indian government openly endorsed the film in the public. Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut recently crictised A-list celebrities for not promoting ‘The Kashmir Files’.

    One user also slammed Ajay Devgn for not saying a single word for ‘The Kashmir Files’ but he is promoting the ad campaign of Shah Rukh Khan instead.

    Akshay Kumar and Yami Gautam are among A-list Bollywood stars who talked about the film.

  • Fear of APS like terrorist attack: Educational institutions in Quetta to remain closed for two days

    Fear of APS like terrorist attack: Educational institutions in Quetta to remain closed for two days

    All educational institutes in Quetta have been closed for two days over security concerns. Following the issuing of a security alert, all educational institutions in have been instructed to close for two days, March 17 and 18, reports Aaj News.

    According to Balochistan Board Chairperson Sadia Farooqi, matriculation exams scheduled for Thursday and Friday have been postponed.

    Tests in other districts, on the other hand, will go on as scheduled, with the dates of the postponed exams to be published later. The decision came after the provincial home department issued a security alert, prompting the education department to halt educational activity.

    Meanwhile, due to security concerns in Quetta, a combined protest event organised by a young physicians collective, paramedics, and nurses has also been postponed.

  • PPP says PTI is planning to attack Sindh House in Islamabad

    Several Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) members of the National Assembly (MNA) including Abdul Qadir Mandokhel, in a joint statement, said, “[Prime Minister] Imran Khan’s government is [hell]bent on [carrying out] terrorism” and planning to attack Sindh House.

    The members claimed they have information that Islamabad police and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s Tiger Force are planning the “assault”. The parliamentarians, further said that if any harm comes to Sindh House’s facilities or to their members then the government would be responsible for it.

    While referring to Parliament Lodges’ operation by capital police last week, the lawmakers said they had asked the Sindh police for protection because the capital police had “illegally raided and endangered the lives of people”.

    However, the government claimed the Opposition had detained some of their lawmakers at Sindh House ahead of the vote on the no-confidence resolution against PM Khan.

    Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed said that no one is taking any action against anyone right now. “The time is far away”, he said.

    “There are some people in Sindh House. They have called in 300-400 policemen. No problem. There are many days left,” the interior minister added.

    Earlier this week, PM Khan had said that Opposition leaders are sitting in Sindh House with “heaps of money” to purchase loyalties of their lawmakers.

  • Did Gen Pervez Musharraf meet Indian actor Sanjay Dutt?

    Did Gen Pervez Musharraf meet Indian actor Sanjay Dutt?

    Former president Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf met Bollywood icon, Sanjay Dutt.

    In a picture doing the rounds on social media, many suggested that the meeting took place at a gym in a Gulf state, but it could not be verified independently.

    In the picture, the former president, who lives in Dubai, is seen in a wheelchair while Dutt is pointing towards something.

    General (retd) Pervez Musharraf flew to Dubai for medical treatment after a three-year travel ban was lifted in 2016.

  • ‘If horse-trading takes place, then I will be responsible for it’: Shehbaz Sharif

    Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif rubbished claims of horse-trading in the build-up to the no-confidence motion session and said when politicians were “being loaded on to a private aircraft, then what was that all about”.

    Shehbaz said that if the allegations of horse-trading turned out to be true, then he would apologise to the nation and step down from office. “If horse-trading takes place, then I will be responsible for it.”

    Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan took to Twitter and also hinted at horse-trading. Congratulating Pakistan Captain Baber Azam, the premier tweeted, “Unfortunately I could not watch this match as I am fighting on another front against match fixing where huge amounts of money are being used to lure my players!”

    Shehbaz’s comments came during an interview on Geo News’ programme “Capital Talk”. Speaking about the PTI’s plan to hold a rally before the no-confidence motion, the Opposition leader said that the government was “warning” lawmakers against voting in favour of the no-confidence motion.

    “They (government) are warning them of violence, but we do not plan on resorting to violence. They want to clash with the constitution and the law,” he said.

    “The national government minus PTI should be formed for the next five years,” said Shehbaz to anchorperson Hamid Mir.

    Mentioning that it was his personal idea of forming such a government, Shehbaz said that the new leadership that comes into power should work with all the dedication to uplift Pakistan.

    Both the government and the Opposition are set to hold massive rallies in Islamabad — with the government’s gathering scheduled for March 27, while the Opposition’s long march will take place after March 25.

  • Human Rights Watch calls on govt, Opposition to refrain from violence

    Human Rights Watch calls on govt, Opposition to refrain from violence

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday that the Pakistani government has a responsibility to uphold the constitution and allow for voting without threats or violence on the no-confidence motion.

    HRW Associate Asia Director Patricia Gossman, in a statement, said both the government and Opposition should send a “strong message” to their supporters not to subvert the democratic process or sway the vote through intimidation or other criminal acts.

    The voting on the no-trust motion in the National Assembly is expected to take place on March 28.