Actress Bipasha Basu, who is about to complete one year of marital bliss with her actor husband Karan Singh Grover, says the key fundamental foundation of their relationship is friendship.

Bipasha and Karan tied the knot in April 2016. The No Entry actor took to Instagram to share a throwback video of her marriage.

"…It's going to be a year soon .. this clip from the April 28 201, when we officially became husband and wife. It's been amazing till now… our relationship's key fundamental foundation is friendship… it's selfless and loving," Bipasha captioned the video.

The pair was last seen together in the 2015 horror film Alone. 

Karan will next be seen in 3 Dev, which is the story of a couple where the wife is extremely religious and the husband is not. They rent out their house to three youngsters and certain situations lead to the three being termed God, leading to hilarious situations of lies, mistaken identity and chaos.

Juventus veteran defender Andrea Barzagli has advised his teammates not to underestimate their Champions League semi-final opponent Monaco, as he expects a tricky tie against a young side that plays attacking football.

The Italian football champions have been pitted against Monaco during the Champions League semi-final draw, while the other semi-final pits Madrid clubs, Real and Atletico.

Several football experts have been labelling Monaco an easy draw for Juventus, considering that Real and Atletico have more firepower and experience in dealing with big European matches.

But Barzagli, who is eying a sixth consecutive Serie A title with Juventus, feels that Monaco have a potent attack to cause them trouble. The first leg of the Champions League tie will be played in Monaco on May 3 and the return leg in Turin on May 9.

"It's true that Monaco might have less quality on paper than Real Madrid or Atletico, but it will be a very tricky match," Barzagli told Juventus' website on Monday.

"They're a young side, they have dangerous forwards and they play good, attacking football. As they said when the draw was made, they have nothing to lose," the 35-year-old added.

"All semi-finals are dangerous and we never underestimate anyone — and we definitely won't do for Monaco."

Juventus are eight points clear at the top of the Serie A table with only eight round of matches to go. But the Italian international is not taking anything for granted.

"The league isn't over yet. We have to make it mathematically certain," he pointed out.

When the talks veered towards his retirement plans, the 2006 World Cup winner insisted that he is determined to play on for as long as his body will allow.

"I'll keep playing for as long as I can. When somebody tells me I can't do it anymore, I'll think about calling it a day. (Juventus veteran goalkeeper) Gigi Buffon is always telling me that!"

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is on its way to becoming the winner in the Delhi MCD elections, has dedicated its victory to the CRPF jawans who lost their lives in Sukma Maoist attack.

A poster was put up outside the BJP headquarters dedicating the MCD win to the jawans.

Over 26 CRPF personnel were on Monday martyred by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district in the bloodiest attack in the state since 2013.

As per reports, BJP is leading in 141 wards, while the AAP, which is at the second spot, leads in 40. Congress has its claims in just 28 wards as counting progresses in the Delhi civic polls.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled a meeting with German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel over the latter's plan to meet groups critical of Israel's action in the West Bank, an official told Xinhua news agency.

A spokesman with the Prime Minister's Office confirmed that the meeting scheduled for Tuesday would not take place, Xinhua reported.

After the cancellation, Gabriel refused to take a phone call from Netanyahu, a report said.

The Prime Minister wanted to speak to the Foreign Minister to explain why he had reservations regarding the meeting with Breaking The Silence and B'Tselem, it said.

Earlier, Netanyahu threatened that he would call off his meeting with Gabriel if the latter met with the two rights groups.

Gabriel rejected the ultimatum. "It is difficult for me to imagine this because that would be extremely regrettable," he said.

"It is completely normal that we speak with civil society representatives during a visit abroad," he said, adding that it would be "unthinkable" to cancel a meeting with Netanyahu if he met government critics in Germany.

Gabriel is on a visit to the Middle East to press for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Foreign Minister on Tuesday met opposition leader Isaac Herzog, chairman of the Labor party.

He also met President Reuven Rivlin, and told him that Germany was "committed to the friendship, partnership, and special relationship with Israel, and nothing will change that", according to a President's Residence statement.

Netanyahu in February ordered the Foreign Ministry to reprimand the Belgian ambassador after Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel met Breaking The Silence and B'tselem representatives during his Israel visit.

Right-wing political leaders hailed Netanyahu's move, with Education Minister Naftali Bennett and leader of the Jewish Home ultra-nationalist party saying that his party was "backing" the Prime Minister.

"Breaking The Silence is not an organisation that is anti-Netanyahu, but an anti-Israel and anti-Israel Defence Forces. It is inappropriate for a visiting Foreign Minister to meet people who are acting against that state," Bennett said in a statement.

The two groups have become a frequent target for condemnations by right-wing politicians, who accuse them of being "traitors" who act against Israel.

Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza in the 1967 Middle East war and had controlled these lands ever since, despite international criticism.
 

As the Cassini spacecraft starts its first dive through the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings on Wednesday, Google has marked the occasion with an animated Doodle.

Cassini's series of swoops between Saturn and its rings are part of the spacecraft's dramatic "Grand Finale," a daring set of orbits offering Earthlings an unprecedented look at the second largest planet in our solar system.

"By plunging into this fascinating frontier, Cassini will help scientists learn more about the origins, mass, and age of Saturn's rings, as well as the mysteries of the gas giant's interior. And of course there will be breathtaking additions to Cassini's already stunning photo gallery," Google said in a statement.

In the animated Doodle by Nate Swinehart, Cassini is personified as an interstellar photographer who takes selfies before and during the dive between Saturn and its rings.

Cassini, launched in 1997, is a joint endeavour of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Italian space agency (ASI). It arrived at Saturn in 2004.

During its time at Saturn, Cassini has made numerous dramatic discoveries, including a global ocean that showed indications of hydrothermal activity within the icy moon Enceladus, and liquid methane seas on its moon Titan.

Now 20 years since launching from Earth, and after 13 years orbiting the ringed planet, Cassini is running low on fuel. 

In 2010, NASA decided to end the mission with a purposeful plunge into Saturn in 2017.

Using expertise gained over the mission's many years, Cassini engineers designed a flight plan that will maximise the scientific value of sending the spacecraft toward its fateful plunge into the planet on September 15. 

When Cassini makes its final plunge into Saturn's atmosphere on September 15, it will send data from several instruments — most notably, data on the atmosphere's composition — until its signal is lost, NASA said.

Actress Shraddha Kapoor has confirmed that she will play ace badminton player Saina Nehwal in her biopic, titled Saina.
Shraddha took to Twitter to share the news and said she is honoured to be given the opportunity to essay the star shuttler on the big screen.
“SAINA NEHWAL – The former World no 1 badminton player. An Indian girl. An inspiration to millions. A youth icon in the truest sense. @NSaina,” Shraddha posted.
“Her journey to the top has been fascinating and I am honored to be given this opportunity to play her in my next film 'SAINA' (sic).”
The 30-year-old actress, who is also part of another biopic Haseena based on Dawood Ibrahim's sister Haseena Parkar, said “Saina” is going to be her most difficult film till date.
“The preparation for this film is going to be very, very challenging. It's probably going to be my most difficult film till date… Wish me luck everyone.”
Saina will be directed by Amol Gupte, who has helmed Stanley Ka Dabba and Hawa Hawaai.

Blaming India for their pullout from the Asian Squash Championships, Pakistan have lodged a complaint with the World and Asian squash bodies, alleging that the hosts deliberately delayed visas to their team.

An official source in the Pakistan Squash Federation (PSF) said the matter had been brought to the notice of the World and Asian bodies since Pakistan were the defending champions in the event starting on Wednesday in Chennai.

The PSF claimed that it had submitted applications for visas of players and officials well before time, on March 17.

PSF secretary Tahir Sultan alleged that after refusing the visas to the Pakistan team comprising Farhan Mehboob, Farhan Zaman, Tayyab Aslam and Waqar Mehboob on Monday morning, the Indian High Commission had asked them to submit their passports again.

"After returning the passports to us, they (Indian High Commission) contacted us and asked us to submit the passports again for the issuance of visas but we have now decided not to apply again," Sultan said.

Sultan claimed that the Indian authorities had used delaying tactics while processing the visa applications of the Pakistani players for the tournament, scheduled to commence in Chennai from Thursday.

He said that Pakistan would pursue the matter with the squash bodies and also the professional squash association.

"We have always said that there should be no politics in sports but apparently India has its own policy. But the refusal of visas is unacceptable since the Asian Senior Individual Championship is not an Indian event but a regional one," Sultan said.

Sources in the foreign ministry confirmed that the matter had also been taken up at the diplomatic level and Pakistan was concerned after the constant refusal of visas to Pakistani sportsmen for major international events in India.

"Yes, the foreign office has spoken to Indian diplomats on this issue. Because it is now becoming a frequent matter for visas to be refused to Pakistani sportsmen for international events in India," the source said.

The source said that the same happened with the Pakistan junior hockey team when the World Cup was held in India last December.

Pakistan's former squash legends Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan criticised India for their "non-sporting approach" and called on the PSF and Pakistan Olympic Council to take up the issue at the international levels.

"I think we need to now counter this Indian policy at the world level because our sportsmen and women should not be deprived of participation in international events which are held on the Indian soil," Jansher said.

Actor Sanjay Dutt got emotional after wrapping up his comeback film Bhoomi here on Tuesday. He says he had a wonderful time shooting for the film, and now looks forward to the release of the Omung Kumar-directorial.

"The experience has been wonderful right from the first day. It's an emotional day for me as we culminate this lovely journey. I'm now looking forward to see the film release soon," Sanjay said in a statement. 

Bhoomi is an emotional and sensitive revenge drama that explores the relationship between a father and daughter. Sanjay also shot in Agra and Chambal for the film. 

Producers Bhushan Kumar and Sandeep Singh said that they are happy with the way the movie is turning out. 

"Sanjay is a powerhouse. He has worked tirelessly right from the first day of shoot and given everything for this role. In spite of all the problems we faced through the entire shoot, he kept shooting and has been an inspiration to the entire team," Sandeep said.

The film made headlines in March when some of Sanjay's bouncers roughed up a few of his fans as well as media persons while shooting for it in Agra. 

Bhushan added: "I'm elated about the way Sanjay has shaped for his role. Whatever the circumstances were, there was no stopping for his dedication towards his craft."

Omung also praised Sanjay for his dedication. 

The film will mark Sanjay's comeback after he was released from the Yerwada Central Jail in Pune in 2016. His last release was the 2014 film "PK", which starred Aamir Khan. 

Co-produced by T-Series and Legend Studios, "Bhoomi" was earlier scheduled to release on August 4. However, the makers have pushed back the release date to September 22.

Odisha BSE 2017 results for HSC and Madhyama examination will soon be declared on the official website www.orissaresults.nic.in, www.bseodisha.nic.in, bse.odisha.nic.in . As per the update, Odisha BSE 2017 class 10 board/Matric exam is expected to be declared before 1.00PM. 

Once the Odisha BSE result 2017 is announced on the official website www.orissaresults.nic.in candidates are advised to enter the website and fill the blank space with the required information including roll number, registration number, date of birth to get the results.

It has been informed that about 6 lakh candidates have appeared for the Odisha BSE 2017 examination. 

At present the Odisha BSE result website www.orissaresults.nic.in, www.bseodisha.nic.in are not working properly and some of the candidates have claimed that the webpage is not opening.

Due to the huge number of visitors on the official website candidates may face some technical issues and candidates are advised to stay calm and refresh the Odisha BSE result website in a short interval of time.

Former Delhi Chief Minister and Congress leader Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday said the Congress did not campaign aggressively to win the civic polls and added that she had not been invited to campaign for party candidates.

"We are going through a bad time. Congress did not campaign in an aggressive way. It did not do what it should have done to win the Delhi civic polls," Dikshit told media persons here.

Asked why she did not campaign for Congress candidates, Dikshit said: "I was not invited for any of the campaign programmes. If I would have been informed I would have certainly done."

Her remarks came as counting trends showed the BJP was leading in 141 wards, while the AAP was at second spot, leading in 40 and the Congress in 28 wards.

On allegations by the AAP of tampering with the EVMs, Dikshit said: "Winners and losers have different versions to the problem. But in a case like this, the government and the Election Commission should come up with a solution."

She pointed to the Punjab elections, in which the Congress won, saying the party never raised any issue over the EVMs.

She also said the Congress will bounce back. "The Congress is going through a bad phase. The BJP also did for a long time. We will also come back. Congress' soul resides in India, people will understand."

Actress Priyanka Chopra has thanked the entire team and cast of her maiden production Ventilator for its win at the 64th National Film Awards, and praised her mother Madhu Chopra for being her "rock partner".

Ventilator won in three categories, including Best Director, at the 64th National Film Awards. Rajesh Mapuskar won the Best Director award, while the Best Editing award went to Rameshwar Bhagat and Best Sound Mixing to Alok De for the film.

Priyanka, who is in India now, on Tuesday night took to Instagram to share a photograph of herself along with her mother surrounded by paparazzi.

"Thank you to my Purple Pebble Pictures team and everyone who contributed to 'Ventilator and all my mad endeavours. The cast, the crew, our partners, the media..Thank you all for coming out so strong tonight. We cried we laughed and just made merry…My gorgeous and incredible team. Without who nothing would be possible and my formidable mother Madhu Chopra you are my rock partner! Here's to many more by gods grace," Priyanaka captioned the image. 

The Marathi film, produced by Priyanka and her mother Madhu Chopra under their production banner Purple Pebble Pictures, revolves around an ailing senior member of a family who is being put on the ventilator just days before the popular Ganpati festival, leading to varied degrees of speculation and panic among the clan he belongs to.

Prolonged uncontrolled diabetes can cause damage to reproductive nerves, said doctors on April 25.

According to them, prolonged diabetes can lead to a condition where the nerves are unable to control the bladder.

"As the problems of diabetes increases, it damages the nerves of the reproductive system. Cases have shown that diabetes is causing Erectile Dysfunction among men. High levels of blood glucose, blood pressure and cholesterol, all clubbed together only aggravates the problem of getting a proper erection in men," said Kshitiz Murdia, a fertility expert based in Indira Infertility Clinic and Test Tube Baby Centre.

Murdia-who has received several such patients-says diabetes in men can lead to DNA damage in their sperm, and reduce the chances of live birth and even healthy, normal foetus.
 
Medical evidence has proved that diabetes is one of the emerging reasons for infertility among males and females. In both, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, the insulin-producing cells get damaged and cause health complications including infertility. Studies, including by All India Institute of Medical Sciences, say that nearly half of Indian men above the age of 40 suffering from erectile dysfunction are diabetic.

Amol Naik, Nagpur-based Consultant IVF specialist, said reducing consumption of alcohol and quitting smoking are some of the ways to reduce erectile dysfunction.

"Retarded ejaculation is also associated with certain psychological problems. It is advisable to seek proper clinical counselling, or psychosexual therapy to reduce this burden. Sugar intake also needs to be monitored among men, if they are addicted to sweets," said Naik.

"Proper consultation with doctors is a must and required tests should be performed almost every two months to know if diabetes has caused any other problems in the body," added Naik.

NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy on Tuesday made a strong case for taxing agriculture income, an opinion contrary to the government's stated position.

In addition, the member of the government's top think tank also suggested that exemptions on personal income tax should be removed to increase tax base from the current about 37 million in the country of 1.3 billion of people.

"On expanding the base on the personal income tax side, other than elimination of exemptions, is to also tax rural sector, including agriculture income above certain threshold," Debroy said in a press conference.

Taxing agriculture income is a politically sensitive issue and successive governments have refrained from doing so.

As recent at March 22, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had assured Parliament: "Agriculture income is not taxed and will not be taxed".

When asked what should be the threshold of imposing income tax on rural sector, Debroy said it could be decided after taking into account the average income of either three years or five years.

"I don't believe in artificial distinction of rural and urban, so whatever is the threshold on personal income side on urban side, should be the exactly same on rural side.

"At best what I can do because it is an agriculture income, instead of using agriculture income for one particular year, what I could do is I average it over three-year period or may over five years period as agriculture income is subject to annual fluctuations, barring that threshold should be the same," said Debroy, a noted economist.

NITI Aayog had called reporters for briefing on its three-year draft action agenda for accelerating the economy.

NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya, who was present at the press conference, however refrained from answering questions on taxation of agriculture income.

In May 2016, the Prime Minister's Office had advised the NITI Aayog to prepare documents on 15-Year Vision, Seven-Year Strategy and Three-Year Action Agenda.

The European Union (EU) reportedly intended to exclude the financial services sector from a trade deal with Britain after Brexit, media reports said.

According to Brussels-based online newspaper EU observer on April 25, the bloc's new draft negotiating guidelines spelled out that any free trade deal that would allow the London continued access to EU markets would require that Britain continued to respect the EU's regulatory and supervisory standards.

An earlier version of the guidelines only said that future trade agreement should "not endanger financial stability in the Union and encompass safeguards against unfair competitive advantages", Xinhua news agency reported.

The change would serve a blow to British Prime Minister Theresa May, who has called an election for June 8. In a letter sent to the EU to notify of Britain's exit, she argued for an ambitious free trade agreement that covers financial services.

France, Germany and other countries are looking to attract financial companies once Britain leaves the single market with Brexit.

EU leaders, without May, are scheduled to gather in Brussels on Saturday to agree on Brussels' negotiation guidelines.

A new draft of guidelines will be discussed at a political level by European affairs ministers on April 27, before being endorsed in April 29's summit.

Actress Emma Watson says she is passionate about her "private identity" because she gets overwhelmed with attention.

Speaking to Interview Magazine, Watson asserted that growing up in the spotlight taught her the importance of separating her public persona from her private life, reports people.com. 

Watson got famous thanks to her role as Hermione Granger in "Harry Potter" film series. 

Watson said: "Daniel (Radcliffe), Rupert (Grint), and I were kids when we got cast in this fairy-tale series, and what happened to us was kind of a fantasy story in itself. 

"So the story of my life has been of public interest, which is why I've been so passionate about having a private identity. When I step into a character, people have to be able to suspend their disbelief; they have to be able to divorce me from that girl. And not having everyone know every single intimate detail of my entire life is part of me trying to protect my ability to do my job well."

The 27-year-old added that she knows that she is "under a different microscope, a certain level of scrutiny" which she finds hard to deal with.

She said: "And sometimes the fear of doing things is overwhelming. I get incredibly overwhelmed, and sometimes feel hemmed in by that, afraid of that. 

"But I know that if I live in that fear, then my life as an artist, as a human being, really, is over. Ultimately, it will silence me, and it will silence what is in me — which I have yet to explore and uncover."
 

Week-long incessant pre-monsoon rains, thunderstorm and heavy lightning disrupted life in northeastern states while road connectivity remained cut-off in Mizoram due to landslides, officials said on Wednesday.

"Cyclonic circulation persisting over East Bangladesh and adjoining Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Nagaland caused light to heavy rains since April 20 affecting normal life in the region," Meteorological Department Director Dilip Saha told IANS in Agartala.

Saha said: "The situation is likely to improve from Wednesday. The quantum of pre-monsoon rain this year is higher than last year in the four northeastern states."

Though the four-month-long (June-September) Southwest monsoon was likely to hit the Northeastern region in June, seasonal Nor'wester (cyclonic rainstorm) spells have occurred intermittently since March in most parts of the region's eight states.

The Met officials said that the Nor'westers would continue till the onset of monsoon in June and be more active in the coming weeks in entire eastern and northeast India and few other places.

"The NH-54 remained blocked since Monday due to the landslide caused by non-stop rainfall since last week," Mizoram Disaster Management and Rehabilitation Director C. Lalpeksanga said in Aizawl.

The NH-54 is the lifeline of the mountainous state.

Lalpeksanga said heavy landslides took place at several places in the southern part of Mizoram adjoining Assam.

As many as 50 families have been evacuated from different places of the affected areas.

The rains damaged the power supply system, uprooted many electric poles and big trees, besides damaging many homes, crops and various properties in different parts of the four northeastern states – Mizoram, Tripura, Manipur and Nagaland, the officials said.

Unprecedented moisture in the soil and abnormal humidity in the air due to long period of rain also created dampness in the floors and walls of most houses in the region.