Month: June 2023

Kriti Sanon

Kriti Shares “No Filter Sunday” Selfie

By LokMarg

Actor Kriti Sanon sure knows how to make time for herself on the weekend and her latest no-filter, no-makeup picture made her look drop-dead gorgeous.

With a glowing and no filter makeup look selfie, the actor took to her Instagram and gave a sneak peek into her Sunday.
Sharing a string of pictures, she wrote, “Gimme some Sun (& Sunscreen) and watch me glow! Happy Sunday Everyone! #NoFilterNoMakeup.”

The actor looked fresh in grey T-shirt and left her hair untied.

While soaking in the sun, Kriti could be seen smiling wide for the camera in the second picture.

Kriti’s cute selfie left netizens in awe.

“Hey sunshine”, a fan commented.

“I’m a big fan of your ma’am your so pretty and a natural beauty”, a netizen wrote.

Meanwhile, on the work front, the ‘Heropanti’ actor is gearing up for the release of the mythological film ‘Adipurush’.

Helmed by Om Raut, ‘Adipurush’ is based on the epic Ramayana. The film stars Prabhas as Lord Ram, Kriti Sanon as Sita, and Sunny Singh as Lakshman. In the movie, Saif Ali Khan will be seen essaying the role of Ravan.

The ‘Bhediya’ actor will also be seen in ‘Ganapath’ along with Tiger Shroff.

She has ‘The Crew’ in her kitty. In the film, Kriti will share the screen space with Tabu, Diljit Dosanjh and Kareena Kapoor Khan. (ANI)

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World Environment Day

World Environment Day: B’wood Celebs Who Are Doing Their Bit To Save Earth

By LokMarg

Bollywood celebrities, being influential figures, create a positive impact and raise awareness about environmental issues. Through campaigns, initiatives, and advocacy, B-town celebs are promoting eco-friendly practices and encourage people to take action. Ultimately, the collective efforts of individuals, including celebrities, along with governments, organizations, and communities, are crucial in combating environmental challenges and working towards a sustainable and greener future. On the occasion of World Environment Day on Monday, there are several Bollywood celebs making who are doing their bit to save Mother Earth.

Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Priyanka Chopra, a global icon, through her association with UNICEF, has worked towards promoting sustainable practices and creating a better world for children to thrive in. She has also supported numerous environmental campaigns, emphasizing the importance of adopting eco-friendly habits and sustainable living. One notable campaign the actor participated in is called ‘Greenthon.’ This campaign focused on promoting eco-friendly habits and encouraging individuals to adopt sustainable practices in their daily lives.

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan has extended his support to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an organization that works towards animal welfare and rights. By associating with PETA, he contributes to spreading awareness about the ethical treatment of animals and the importance of their protection. The legendary actor also partnered with Global Cool, an international organization, and the Indian Film Academy to raise awareness about India’s vulnerability to climate change. This partnership aimed to educate people about the impact of climate change and the need for collective action to mitigate its effects.

Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza, as the UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India, has been vocal about environmental issues such as climate change, wildlife protection, and sustainable living. The actor has been a strong advocate for waste management and has emphasized the importance of waste segregation. She is also associated with the Wildlife Trust of India, which is part of the Swachh Bharat Mission’s youth-based program. As a member of the Sanctuary Nature Foundation, Dia actively supports initiatives focused on protecting wildlife and natural habitats.

Alia Bhatt

Alia Bhatt launched an initiative called Coexist, which aims to create an understanding of the balance between nature and human life. Through this initiative, the ‘Raazi’ actor emphasizes the need to coexist with nature and highlights the impact of human activities on the environment. She is known for her passion for animal welfare. Alia has been involved in adoption campaigns for animals and has been vocal about the importance of protecting and caring for animals. The ‘RRR’ actor has been actively involved in campaigns to reduce plastic pollution. She started a social media campaign with the hashtag #BeatPlasticPollution to encourage people to cut down on the use of plastic and find alternatives.

Ajay Devgn

One significant initiative led by Ajay Devgn is the establishment of a solar power plant in Patan district, Gujarat. This project highlights his commitment to renewable energy sources as a means of generating power. By actively promoting and advocating for eco-friendly energy solutions, he raises awareness about the benefits of renewable energy and its potential in creating a greener future. His efforts help inspire others to consider and adopt sustainable energy practices in their own lives.

World Environment Day is an important occasion to raise awareness about environmental issues and inspire people to take action. It’s crucial and important that everyone, including celebrities, contribute towards environmental conservation and promote sustainable practices. (ANI)

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Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Shares Glimpse Of Her Morning Dance Routine

By LokMarg

Actor Kangana Ranaut is all set to polish her Kathak skills.

On Sunday, the ‘Queen’ actor took to her Instagram stories and dropped a video from her dance rehearsals.
She captioned the post, “Morning dance routine with Guruji @rajendrachaturvedi.”

The actor could be seen donning a white suit. She also wore ghungroos. She can be seen doing Kathak’s steps on the beats of Tabla.

Recently, the actor expressed grief over the mishap of a triple train in Odisha’s Balasore district. She wrote, “Beyond tragic.”

Talking about her work front, ‘Emergency’ marks Kangana’s first solo directorial film.

The film revolves around the life of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and features Kangana in the titular role of the late politician.

Apart from Kangana, the film stars Anupam Kher, Mahima Chaudhry, Vishak Nair and Shreyas Talpade in prominent roles.

She will also be seen in ‘Tejas’ in which she will be seen portraying the role of an Indian airforce pilot. The official release date of the film is still awaited.

Kangana will be seen headlining ‘Chandramukhi 2’. Helmed by P Vasu, ‘Chandramukhi 2’ is the sequel to the blockbuster hit Tamil horror comedy film ‘Chandramukhi’ which starred Rajinikanth and Jyothika in the lead roles.

In ‘Chandramukhi 2’ Kangana will portray the role of a dancer in the king’s court, who was known for her beauty and dance skills.

In the upcoming months, the audience will also see Kangana in ‘Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda’, and ‘The Incarnation: Sita’. (ANI)

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Cannes 2023 Urvashi Rautela Parveen Babi

Urvashi Begins Prep For Parveen’s Biopic

By LokMarg

After making head turns with her beautiful outfits at the Cannes 2023 film festival and the IIFA 2023, actor Urvashi Rautela has now begun the preparations for her new film, a biopic on the life of late actor Parveen Babi.

Taking to Instagram, in the early hours of Sunday, the ‘Sanam Re’ actor shared a post which she captioned, “Bollywood Failed #ParveenBabi but i will make you proud #PB ~ UR Om Namah Shivay. Trust the magic of new beginnings.”

She shared a picture of the summary of the upcoming biopic.

Soon after she dropped the post, her fans and friends flooded the comment section with red heart emoticons and congratulatory messages.

“Thank you for making the movie about #Praveen babi,” a fan commented.

Another fan wrote, “your upcoming movie about #PraveenBabi is destined to become a blockbuster”

Another fan commented, “First actress ever to come in support of Parveen Babi!”

Parveen Babi passed away on January 20, 2005 in her flat in Mumbai.

She made her film debut with the film ‘Charitra’ (1973), opposite cricketer Salim Durani. The film did not do well on the box office, but Parveen was noticed and was snapped up for several more films.

Her first major hit was ‘Majboor’ (1974), opposite Amitabh Bachchan. Along with Zeenat Aman, Parveen Babi helped change the image of the Indian film heroine. She was the first Bollywood star to appear on the front page of Time in July 1976.

Throughout her career, she was considered as a glamorous and fashion icon.

Meanwhile, Urvashi has recently come up with the web series ‘Inspector Avinash’ opposite actor Randeep Hooda. The show is streaming on the OTT platform JioCinema. (ANI)

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Sunny Leone

Sunny Enjoys Beach Time In Maldives

By LokMarg

Actor Sunny Leone is having a fun time in the Maldives.

On Sunday, she took to Instagram and shared a video in which she is seen striking poses amidst azure blue waters. She captioned the post, “Beach time!!”

She raised the glam quotient with her hot look in a green bikini with oversized sunglasses as she flaunted light makeup look.

She also posted some more videos in her Instagram stories.

In the first story, she can be seen posing for the camera by the seaside in a black and white bikini.

In other pictures, ‘Jism 2’ actor showcased how she was welcomed by the hotel staff. She wore a black and white printed Co-Ord set in the video which she captioned, “Such a nice welcome to @brenniakottefaru.”

Sunny’s pictures garnered several likes and comments from the netizens.

“Enticing.” a social media user commented.

“East or West sunny leone is the Best.”, another one wrote.

Recently, Sunny visited Cannes for the premiere of her film ‘Kennedy’ at the prestigious film festival along with director Anurag Kashyap and actor Rahul Bhat.

Sunny wore a one-shoulder high-slit pink gown for the premiere. For the glam, she kept her hair tied in a sleek bun and opted for diamond earrings and embellished heels.

Whereas, Anurag donned a black jodhpuri suit and Rahul opted for a black tuxedo.

The film premiered during the midnight screening at the Cannes 2023.

Reportedly, the film received a 7-minute-long standing ovation.

The film revolves around an insomniac ex-cop, long thought to be dead, but still operating for the corrupt system, and looking for redemption.

‘Kennedy’ is amongst the only two films from India this year to be the official selections at the festival this year. (ANI)

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Mamata Banerjee Ashwini Vaishnaw Balasore

Balasore Tragedy Has Nothing To Do With Kavach: Vaishnaw

By LokMarg

After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned the Railways over absence of ‘Kavach’ system citing it as the reason behind the Balasore triple train tragedy, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the accident has nothing to do with anti-collision system.

Mamata Banerjee arrived the accident site in Balasore on Saturday to take stock of rescue operations and questioned why the Centre’s ‘Kavach’ system was missing from the track of the collision.
Kavach is an indigenous Train Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) developed by the Ministry of Railways.

Vaishnaw while speaking to ANI said that the accident happened due to a change in electronic interlocking.

“It has nothing to do with Kavach. The reason is not what Mamata Banerjee said yesterday. This incident happened due to a change in electronic interlocking,” the Railway Minister told ANI.

“This is an entirely different issue, it involves point machine, electronic interlocking. The change that occurred during electronic interlocking happened due to it. Whoever did it and how it happened will be found out after a proper investigation,” he added.

Mamata Banerjee who was the Railway Minister twice termed the incident the “biggest railway accident of the 21st century” and said that this would not have happened if Kavach system was present.

“Coromandel is one of the best express trains. I was the Railway Minister thrice. From what I saw, this is the biggest railway accident of the 21st century. Such cases are handed over to Railway’s safety commission and they investigate and give a report…There was no anti-collision device on the train, as far as I know. Had the device (Kavach) been on the train, this would not have happened…The dead can’t be brought back but now our work is rescue operation and restoration of normalcy,” the West Bengal Chief Minister said on Saturday.

The Railway Minister further said that the focus on the restoration target is to finish the work by Wednesday morning.

“The commissioner of railway safety has investigated the matter and let the investigation report come but we have identified the cause of the incident and the people responsible for it… It happened due to a change in electronic interlocking. Right now our focus is on restoration,” said Ashwini Vaishnaw.

The Balasore train accident where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved, claimed the lives of 288 passengers dead and injured over 1,000 people.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed Mi-17 helicopters for the evacuation of the deceased and injured. According to the Eastern Command, IAF coordinated the rescue efforts with the civil administration and Indian Railways.

The preliminary report on the tragedy said the three-way accident involved Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express and a goods train on three separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district. As many as 17 coaches of these two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged in the accident on Friday evening. (ANI)

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Indigo

Dibrugarh-Bound IndiGo Flight Makes Emergency Landing

By LokMarg

A Dibrugarh-bound Indigo flight made an emergency landing due to a technical glitch at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati on Sunday morning.

Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Rameswar Teli, and two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs Prasanta Phukan and Terash Gowalla were also on board flight 6E2652 when it made an emergency landing at Guwahati airport.
Teli told ANI over the phone, “He is still at Guwahati airport after the flight made an emergency landing following a technical glitch.”

“I was on the flight along with BJP MLAs Prasanta Phukan and Terash Gowalla. Today I have a schedule of three meetings in Duliajan, Tingkhong and Tinsukia. The flight was in the air for 15 to 20 minutes before landing at Dibrugarh airport and back at Guwahati airport and making an emergency landing. We are all safe. The authorities told us that, that flight will not run again,” Teli added.

On the other hand, the airport authority also confirmed about the emergency landing of the Dibrugarh-bound Indigo flight. (ANI)

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Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik

Odisha: Patnaik Announces Free Bus Services To Kolkata

By LokMarg

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday announced free bus services to Kolkata in the wake of the triple train tragedy in Balasore that claimed 288 lives.

“Keeping in view the greater benefit of the commuters CM Naveen Patnaik has announced free bus service to Kolkata from Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack from today,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Odisha said.
Meanwhile, daily around 50 buses ferry between Kolkata and the above three cities of Odisha.

The entire cost will be met from Chief Minister’s Relief fund and this arrangement will continue till the restoration of normal train service on the Balasore route, it read.

The disastrous train accident has claimed 288 lives so far while over 1,000 people sustained injuries.

Earlier today, Chief Minister Patnaik announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh each to the kin of the deceased of the state.

The victims of the train accident are undergoing treatment in various government and private hospitals between Bhubaneswar and Balasore, it further read.

On Saturday, Odisha CM reached the accident site and took stock of the situation in Odisha’s Balasore where a passenger train collided with a goods train leaving several injured.

Meanwhile, the restoration work is underway at Odisha’s Balasore where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved in a horrific accident.

The preliminary report on the tragedy said the three-way accident involved Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express and goods trains on three separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in the Balasore district. As many as 17 coaches of these two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged in the accident on Friday evening. (ANI)

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Train Odisha's Balasore

Electronic Interlocking Behind Balasore Accident: Railway Minister

By LokMarg

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the tragic train accident in Odisha’s Balasore occurred due to a “change in electronic interlocking”.

Electronic interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements between trains through an arrangement of tracks. It is basically a safety measure to prevent signals from being changed in improper sequence. The aim of this system is that no train gets the signal to proceed unless the route is proven safe.
Speaking to ANI, Ashwini Vaihsnaw said, “This is a different issue. It is about point machine, electronic interlocking. The change that occurred during electronic interlocking, the accident happened due to that. Whoever did it and how it happened will be found out after proper investigation.”

He further said that restoration work is going on and normalcy will be restored before Wednesday morning.

“The commissioner of railway safety has investigated the matter and it won’t be right for me to comment on that. Let the investigation report come. But the cause of the accident has been identified and the people responsible for it have been identified. Right now our focus is on restoration. There are two main lines and two loop lines. The work is underway and we will definitely complete restoration well before our target of Wednesday morning,” Vaishnaw said.

The Railway Minister also refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegation that the accident could have been averted with Kavach (anti-collision) device.

“It has nothing to do with Kavach. The reason is not what Mamata Banerjee said yesterday. She said as per understanding,” he added.

Meanwhile, as per the official figures, the accident on Friday night left 288 people dead and over 1000 injured.

The three-way accident involved Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express and a goods train on three separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in the Balasore district.

Aditya Kumar Chaudhary, the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO), South Eastern Railway said that the restoration work is underway at the site.

“Capsized bogies have been removed…2 bogies of goods train also have been removed…work of connecting track is going on from one side…will finish the work as soon as possible,” he said.

As per the Ministry of Railways, the restoration work is going in full swing and the officials are closely monitoring the restoration process at the accident site.

A manpower of over 1000 people are engaged in the work. More than seven Poclain Machines, two Accident Relief Trains, 3-4 Railway and Road Cranes are deployed, the Ministry stated.

The preliminary report on the tragedy said the three-way accident involved Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express and a goods train on three separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district.

As many as 17 coaches of these two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged in the accident on Friday evening.

Seven National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Teams, five Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) Units and 24 Fire Services and Emergency units were involved in rescue operations.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed Mi-17 helicopters for the evacuation of the deceased and injured. According to the Eastern Command, IAF coordinated with the rescue efforts with the civil administration and Indian Railways. (ANI)

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Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Accident’s Cause, People Responsible Have Been Identified: Vaishnaw

By LokMarg

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw who reviewed the restoration work at the Balasore triple train collision site on Sunday, said that the accident that claimed the lives of 288 passengers happened due to a change in electronic interlocking.

The Balasore train accident where two passenger trains and a goods carriage were involved claimed 288 lives so far while over 1,000 people sustained injuries.
Ashwini Vaishnaw while speaking to ANI said that the commissioner of railway safety has investigated the matter and identified the cause of the incident and the people responsible for it.

“The commissioner of railway safety has investigated the matter and let the investigation report come but we have identified the cause of the incident and the people responsible for it… It happened due to a change in electronic interlocking,” Vaishnaw told ANI.

The Railway Minister further added the focus right now is on the restoration and the target is to finish the work by Wednesday morning.

“Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspected the site yesterday. We will try to restore the track today. All bodies have been removed. Our target is to finish the restoration work by Wednesday morning so that trains can start running on this track,” Vaishnaw added.

Earlier on Saturday, the Railways Ministry informed that the restoration work was ongoing at war footing in Odisha’s Balasore.

In a tweet, the Ministry of Railways said that the officials are closely monitoring the restoration process at the accident site.”Restoration work is ongoing at Warfooting at the train accident site in Balasore, Odisha with 1000+ Manpower working tirelessly. At present, more than 7 Poclain Machines, 2 Accident Relief Trains, and 3-4 Railway and Road Cranes have been deployed for early restoration. Officials are closely monitoring the restoration process at the accident site,” read the post on the official Twitter handle of the Railways ministry.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed Mi-17 helicopters for the evacuation of the deceased and injured. According to the Eastern Command, IAF coordinated the rescue efforts with the civil administration and Indian Railways.

The preliminary report on the tragedy said the three-way accident involved Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, the Coromandel Express and a goods train on three separate tracks at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district.

As many as 17 coaches of these two passenger trains were derailed and severely damaged in the accident on Friday evening. (ANI)

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