The makers of Golmaal Again have locked the festival of Diwali for the release of the upcoming comedy film, directed by Rohit Shetty.

Shibasish Sarkar, Chief Operating Officer of Reliance Entertainment, the studio which is jointly producing the film with Shetty said: Golmaal Again, one of the most successful franchises of Indian film industry has created huge curiosity and demand among the exhibitors and distributors of the country."

"On their demand, we decided for a wide scale release in the Diwali weekend of 2017, which will be apt for families and children in the festival period," he added. 

Actor Ajay Devgn, who will be seen playing the role of Gopal in the film, re-tweeted a photograph from the film's official Twitter page. The caption read: Golmaal Again'this Diwali." 

"Golmaal Again", which is the fourth instalment of the Golmaal franchise directed by Rohit Shetty, also stars Tabu, Parineeti Chopra, Arshad Warsi, Shreyas Talpade, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Kunal Kemmu and Tusshar Kapoor. 

Parineeti and Kunal took to Twitter, where they tweeted the photograph of the entire cast and crew. The image's caption read: This Diwali! 'Golmaal Again. 

The previous three instalments featured Kareena Kapoor Khan, Rimi Sen and Sharman Joshi among many others. 
 

British tennis star Andy Murray, singer Will Young and other celebrities joined 11 environment organisations in a plea to Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday over Britain's climate change promises.

They signed a joint letter delivered to 10 Downing Street warning the British government against watering down climate change and environmental commitments during its Brexit negotiations with the European Union, reports Xinhua news agency.

The plea from the campaigners told the government that "nature is not up for negotiation" after photographed documents suggested that Britain could scale down environmental measures in order to smooth post-Brexit trade deals.

As well as a host of known celebrity environment advocates, the letter to May was signed by 11 organisations including WWF, Greenpeace, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), and Friends of the Earth.

This warning comes after recently photographed documents appeared to show that the British Government could scale back some of its international work on climate change and the illegal wildlife trade to clear the way for post-Brexit trade deals.

A spokesman from WWF UK for the signatories said: "This is despite the UK and global environment facing an unprecedented level of danger.

"The State of Nature Report, produced in 2016 by a number of the NGO signatories to today's letter, found that more than half of the UK's wildlife is in decline, including much loved species such as the hedgehog and water vole. There are an estimated 40,000 UK deaths per year attributable to exposure to outdoor air pollution and flooding events during the winter of 2013/14 caused 1.3 billion pounds of economic damage."

Tanya Steele, CEO of WWF, said, "Our environment must not be sacrificed during the Brexit negotiations. The UK Government must deliver on its promises and leave the environment in a better state for future generations rather than trading away protections for our nature and climate."

Priyanka Chopra is set to return to India this week but the actress is a little upset as she has to bid adieu to NYC, where she has been living for the past one year.

Taking to Twitter, the 34-year-old star says she is dealing with 'conflicted emotions' as it is her “last official week in NYC”.

“Packing up the house is such a conflicted emotion! so many things pop out that you didn't remember… Last official week in NYC until next time,” she wrote.

Priyanka, who is popular in the west for “Quantico”, wrapped up filming the second season of the American TV show last month.

There were reports that the actress had signed a contract with ABC studios and the Quantico producers, indicating a strong possibility of a season three for the show but official word on the same is still yet to come from the showrunners.

Priyanka will head to the US again in May for the promotions of her first Hollywood movie Baywatch.

The upcoming American action-comedy film will feature Priyanka as the antagonist Victoria Leeds.

Directed by Seth Gordon, it also stars Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

Gurmeet Choudhary, who was last seen onscreen in Laali Ki Shaadi Mein Laaddoo Deewana has been approached to feature in an Indonesian television show. The actor says it came as a surprise to him.

"It came as a pleasant surprise. The makers recently flew down to India to meet me and narrated me the concept of the show they are planning to make there. I liked the idea and will take a final call on the show soon," Gurmeet said in a statement.

The actor's show Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi recently released in Indonesia (in Indonesian language) and has been hugely appreciated by the people there. He also starred in bollywood films like "Khamoshiyan".

According to sources, Gurmeet loved the idea and is considering the offer. He is expected to fly to Indonesia in May for the final discussion on the TV show. 

Women in Himachal Pradesh may be tough, but they are not in pink of health.

The disturbing indicator has come to notice in the latest National Family Health Survey-4, according to which more than half the number of women between 15-49 years of age, including pregnant women, are anaemic. Equal number of children in the age category of 6-59 months in the hill state also have lesser haemoglobin (Hb).

What is more serious is that there is a jump of ten per cent in numbers of anaemic women in Himachal (53.5 per cent) from 43 per cent in NFHS-3 done ten years back. The percentage of anaemic women in Himachal is not only higher than the national average, but is against the trend of decline in anaemic women at country level.

In India, the per centage of anaemic women has gone down from 55.3 to 53 from NFHS-3 to NFHS-4, and that of pregnant women from 57.9 to 50.3.

In HP, the pregnant women who are anaemic are 50.2 per cent as per the latest survey compared with 38.1 per cent ten years back.

The incidence of anaemic in tribal women is worse off, as 83.2 per cent women in tribal district of Lahaul Spiti and 80.08 per cent women in Kinnaur in the age category of 15-49 years are anaemic.

Anaemia in men has slightly increased in HP from 18 per cent to 20.1 over the last ten years.

Medical experts with Indira Gandhi Medical College hospital here said the increasing incidence of anaemia in the age category of 15-49 years has to do with poor nutritional status since adoloscence. “But it is a cause of worry and reflects on general health of women. It has a direct relation with other health issues also, including those at the time of child bearing. We need to improve the situation,” the experts said.

Subhash Mendhapurkar, Director, Social Uplift Though Rural Action (SUTRA), which is working in field of women health for long in HP, blamed the government for its denial mode on anaemia among women and children.

“The District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS) in HP in recent years too has shown that 47 per cent girls and 45 per cent boys in the age group of 10-19 years are anaemic. But what have we done to address it?” he questioned.

He said the trend of increasing incidence of anaemia has to do with the economic growth, which has changed the dietary habits.

It is pertinent to mention that the previous BJP government had started a programme for Anaemia Free HP, which never took off for its piece meal approach to address the health problem through iron tablets- than the nutritional habits.

Actor Peter Capaldi has said that he decided to leave Doctor Who while he was having a good time doing the role.

Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, the 59-year-old actor, who stars in the titular role in the TV series, says he thought of leaving the show due to a fear that he may not continue to do a good job at it.

Doctor Who is a great job but it is a bit of a television factory. (We shoot for) Twelve episodes a year and I worry that I won't be able to continue doing my best work. I thought while I'm enjoying it, leave,” Capaldi said.

Talking about the upcoming last season of the series, the actor said he has finished with the death scene of his character, but still has a few bits left to shoot.

“I still have got the Christmas special to do. We've been filming for ten months… Well, you got to watch it and see. I have done the death of my character. I can't tell you what's going to happen but it's going to be very interesting,” he said.

Actor Dane DeHaan and wife Anna Wood have welcomed their first child, a baby girl.

The 31-year-old actor has taken to his Instagram account to announce the news.

The new father has shared a series of pictures featuring the baby girl whom the couple named Bowie.

One close-up picture has his child looking cozy in a squirrel blanket. He captions the cute snap with “welcome to the world Bowie Rose DeHaan.”

Another picture shows the actor's wife Anna outdoors as she holds the new bundle of joy. “Yas queens. Yas,” the “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” star wrote alongside the photo that sees the newborn baby snuggling inside the new mom's jacket.

Dane and Anna announced that the're expecting their first child in late November.

The Supreme Court on Monday said BCCI's acting Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary will attend the ICC meeting on April 24, accompanied by the apex cricketing body's CEO Rahul Johri.

Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said Chaudhry will attend the ICC's board and financial and commercial committee meetings.

Director Rian Johnson has said that actress Carrie Fisher had helped a lot in rewriting the screenplay of the upcoming film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

Speaking at the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, the 43 -year-old filmmaker said the late actress would host him at her house and help him firm up the film's screenplay, reported The Independent.

“I'd go to her house and sit on her bed for hours, and we'd go through the script… I love her so much. I just adore her. I connected with her first and foremost as a writer.

“She was an incredible writer, with an incredible mind,” Johnson said at the launch of the first trailer of the eight installment of the franchise.

The director described that time spent with Fisher as a “stream of consciousness, jazz poetry ad-lib sessions”.

World Bank Group IFC has said that Madhya Pradesh has signed project agreements with solar power companies on Monday for Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Park.

“IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the lead transaction advisor for this project that will mobilise $550 million in private investment and avoid a million tonnes of GHG (Greenhouse gas) emissions,” IFC said in a statement.

According to the statement, the project is led by Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL), a joint venture between the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) and Madhya Pradesh Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (MPUVN).

The first year tariff for the project had dropped to an all-time low of Rs.2.97 per unit under a competitive bidding.

The Rewa solar park transaction will have an enormous ripple effect, helping create new markets for large solar projects across India and the region, Philippe Le Houerou, IFC Executive Vice President and CEO, said in the statement.

We have partnered with state and national government agencies for years to develop the solar market in India – from rooftops to mega solar parks-and the agreements signed on Monday are the next step in IFCs efforts to help India be a global leader in renewable energy and secure a clean, sustainable future.

The 750 MW capacity project was auctioned in three packages of 250 MW each, and will be one of the biggest single site solar project in the world. The three winning bidders for the project are Mahindra Renewables, ACME Solar, and Solenergie Power, it said.

The winning bidders signed two sets of power purchase agreements with the Madhya Pradesh Power Management Corporation Ltd (MPPMCL) and the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. About 24 per cent of energy from the park is being sold to the Delhi Metro which will meet about 80 per cent of its daytime energy requirement.

The Rewa solar project will also receive financing from the World Bank, which is helping India deliver on its solar ambitions with more than $1 billion in lending over FY2017, as well as supporting the India-led International Solar Alliance, which aims to promote solar use globally by mobilising $1 trillion in investments by 2030.

Actress Kriti Sanon, who will be seen doing some action sequences in her upcoming film Raabta, says she really enjoyed doing stunts and it makes her feel stronger.

"I really enjoyed doing those action sequences and given an opportunity I would like to do that again. Somehow I felt stronger while doing them but it was difficult," Kriti told the media during the trailer launch of the film.

Kriti will be seen playing two characters named Saira and Saiba. Raabta revolves around reincarnation. 

"It's very interesting as I can relate to Saira so closely since she is a girl from present time, I also enjoyed essaying Saiba's character, which is from a historic era," she added.

Directed by Dinesh Vijan and produced by Homi Adajania and Bhushan Kumar the film is releasing on June 9.

Amid weak Asian and European markets, domestic benchmark indices closed Monday’s trading session in the negative zone. The BSE Sensex closed 48 points or 0.16 per cent down at 29,414 while the NSE Nifty ended 12 points or 0.13 per cent lower at 9,139.

However broader markets ended in the positive zone. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.3 per cent and 0.5 per cent respectively.

Among the BSE sectoral indices, Realty index jumped as much as 8.8 per cent to become the top gainer. Metal (down 1.1 per cent), Telecom (down 0.7 per cent) and Power (down 0.6 per cent) indices were among the notable losers.

On Thursday, the BSE Sensex had closed 182 points or 0.61 per cent down at 29,461 while the NSE Nifty had ended 53 points or 0.57 per cent lower at 9,151. Markets were shut on Friday due to Good Friday holiday.

Meanwhile, Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation slipped to 5.70 per cent in March from 6.55 per cent in February, official data stated on Monday.

Top gainers in the Sensex-30 pack: Gail (up 3.6 per cent), Reliance Industries (up 2 per cent), Power Grid (up 1.2 per cent), Dr Reddy’s Labs (up 0.7 per cent) and Maruti Suzuki (up 0.5 per cent).

Top losers in the Sensex-30 pack: NTPC (down 3.3 per cent), Sun Pharma (down 2.2 per cent), Coal India (down 1.8 per cent), Asian Paints (down 1.8 per cent) and ONGC (down 1.1 per cent).

The Rupee closed 10 paise down at 64.51 against the US Dollar.

The Punjab Congress on Monday castigated elements standing up in support of Canadian defence minister Harjit Singh Sajjan, saying there were enough documentary and circumstantial evidence on record to prove the Indo-Canadian’s Khalistani sympathies.

In a statement issued by Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC), leaders Ravneet Bittu and Gurjit Aujla said that those criticising Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh were playing into the hands of anti-Indian forces out to destroy the secular fabric of the nation. They further urged all organisations, including political parties, not to indulge in petty politics over such a serious issue, which could have implications for the future of Punjab and its people.

Sajjan is scheduled to kick-start his India visit from Monday evening.

Sajjan’s brazenly pro-Khalistani stance has also not gone down well with the Indian government. At a Surrey temple Remembrance Day event in 2011, the Liberal candidate had warned his colleagues from being photographed near posters of Khalistani martyrs. The incident created so much stir that Ottawa was forced to apologise to India over the event. PPCC leaders said that as per publicly reported information, the apology followed complaints from some Punjabi-Canadians that religious fundamentalists had hijacked a solemn day to honour the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers.

By choosing to ignore these, and many other documented facts, political and religious organisations in India were extending their subtle support to Sajjan and other pro-Khalistani elements like him, said the PPCC leaders, warning that this would prove to be highly damaging to the interests of India, particularly Punjab, in the long run.

The recent statements of several religious and political leaders, dubbing Captain Amarinder’s refusal to meet Sajjan during his India visit as a `conspiracy’, were a cause for concern as they had chosen to indulge in needless criticism, without even bothering to check out Sajjan’s background, the Congress leaders added.

German player Angelique Kerber continued to lead the Women's Tennis Association world rankings, released on Monday, with 7,335 points.

United States tennis player Serena Williams came in second, followed by Czech Karolina Pliskova, reports Efe.

Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza remained in the sixth spot.

The current WTA rankings and points are as follows:

1. Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7,335 points

2. Serena Williams (US) 7,010

3. Karolina Pliskova (Czech) 6,020

4. Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) 5,065

5. Simona Halep (Romania) 5,022

6. Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) 4,790

7. Johanna Konta (Britain) 4,330

8. Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 4,290

9. Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 4,025

10. Madison Keys (US) 3,857

Actress Emma Roberts says she became obsessed with Stephen King's novel The Shining while she was working in the TV series American Horror Story.

The 26-year-old actress, who is a self-confessed book lover, says she always prepares for every character she portrays after a thorough book reading, reported Elle.com.

“When I was doing American Horror Story, I was reading a lot of Stephen King and became obsessed with The Shining. And then I also read Shutter Island. Books are a really fun way to get yourself in a certain mindset or mood as an actress,” says Roberts.

“I always pick out a bookshelf for every character I play. I get around three or five books to have with me while I'm playing a character…”

The Scream Queens actress and her friend Karah Preiss have started Belletrist, a book club any avid reader can sign up for.

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput says that being an outsider, he does not have a problem with nepotism in Bollywood and that it can co-exist with constant encouragement of talent from outside the industry.

"I think nepotism can co-exist with the idea of encouraging new talent from outside of the film industry. I, being an outsider, got the opportunity and luxury of choices to choose the film that I wanted to do. So I have no complaints.

"But having said that, if new talents won't get a chance, and only the practice of nepotism continues, then the industry will collapse in some time," the actor told media at the trailer launch of his forthcoming film Raabta on Monday.

Sushant started his acting career with television, and gained popularity with the show Pavitra Rishta. He later made his Bollywood debut with Kai Po Che in 2013. 

His next Raabta opposite actress Kriti Sanon, will release on June 9.

Actor John Boyega says his Star Wars character is a big deal in The Last Jedi.

The 25-year-old actor plays Finn in the new trilogy of the popular sci-fi franchise which started with Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015, and has teased details about his character in the upcoming movie, which is the eighth installment in the saga, reported Entertainment Tonight.

“Finn's a big deal. Hes a big deal in the resistance now. I mean, you've got to think about it, between (episodes) VII and VIII, people have now heard about all the amazing things that he has done.

“And now he's, like, waving and saying hi to all the resistance ladies around. It is that kind of transition, it's crazy! It's a fun time,” Boyega says.