Actor R. Madhavans Tamil sports drama Irudhi Suttru and Dulquer Salmaan-starrer Charlie bagged top awards at the second edition of IIFA Utsavam here.

The two-day event, backed by Fortune Sunflower Oil, honoured the best talent across Tamil and Malayalam film industries on Tuesday.

Of the 13 award categories, Irudhi Suttru, a guru-protégé story of a washed-up boxing coach, bagged three awards, including best Leading Role female for Ritika Singh and best Leading Role male for Madhavan.

Dhanush-produced Tamil romantic-comedy Naanum Rowdythaan won three awards – best Comic Role for R.J Balaji, best Payback Singer female for Neeti Mohan and best Playback Singer male for Anirudh Ravichander.

Filmmaker Atlee pocketed the Best Director award for Tamil actioner Theri, apart from best Supporting Role female for child artist Nainika and best Negative Role for veteran filmmaker Mahendran.

While accepting the award, Atlee dedicated entire success of the film to its hero Vijay.

Writer-actor Arjunraja Kamaraja bagged the Best Lyricist award for the widely popular number ‘neruppu da' from superstar Rajinikanth's Tamil gangster drama Kabali.

Double Oscar-winning A.R Rahman was presented the award for best Music Direction for Tamil actioner Achcham Yenbathu Madamaiyada.

Actor Akkineni Nagarjuna won the best Supporting Role male award for playing a wheelchair-bound quadriplegic in Karthi-starrer Thozha.

Young director Karthick Naren won the best Story award for his Tamil thriller Dhuruvangal 16.

In the Malayalam film awards category, Dulquer Salmaan-starrer Charlie snapped seven awards.

Dulquer bagged the best Leading Role Male for the film, which also won Best Direction for Martin Prakkat, best story for Unni R, best Comic Role for Soubin Shahir, best Lyrics for Santhosh Varma, best Music Director for Gopi Sunder and best Supporting Role Female for Aparna Gopinath.

Mohanlal's blockbuster Puli Murugan won the Best Film award.

Actress Rajisha Vijayan for the film Anuraga Karikkin Vellam won the best Leading Role Female award.

Aadupuliyattam won actor Sampath best Negative Role.

Singer Sreya Jayadeep bagged the best Playback Singer Female while Vijay Yesudas won best Playback Singer Male award for Maheshinte Prathikaaram.

For his stunning performance in filmmaker Rajeevi Ravi's Kammatipaadam, actor Vijayan won best Supporting Male award.

At the event, veteran Tamil filmmaker S.P Muthuraman, who has made 25 films with superstar Rajinikanth, was presented with an award for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.

An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on Wednesday, the local seismological station said. A tsunami alert was also issued.

The quake occurred at a depth of 22.8 km at 7 am and the epicentre was located in an enclave in the Bering Sea, 85 km north of Ust-Kamchatsk, TASS news agency said.

The quake was followed by an aftershock measuring 4.9 after 25 minutes. So far, the quake's impact on the area is unknown, Efe news reported.

An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit Russia's Kamchatka peninsula on Wednesday, the local seismological station said. A tsunami alert was also issued.

The quake occurred at a depth of 22.8 km at 7 am and the epicentre was located in an enclave in the Bering Sea, 85 km north of Ust-Kamchatsk, TASS news agency said.

The quake was followed by an aftershock measuring 4.9 after 25 minutes. So far, the quake's impact on the area is unknown, Efe news reported.

Ricky Martin says he would like his children to interact and spend quality time with singer Jennifer Lopez's kids.

The 45-year-old singer says organising a playdate is something which keeps their kids close to normal life, reported Entertainment Tonight.

“We must (organise something)! Some way, somehow, we need to get together. I'm sure that (their) kids go through exactly the same emotions my kids go through. It is a pretty unique lifestyle.

“I mean, this is what's normal for us and we wouldn't change it for anything, but I think that generation of children that have parents that are entertainers, they need to get together. We'll see what happens,” says Martin.

Martin is father to twin sons Matteo and Valentino, eight with partner Jwan Yosef.

While Lopez also has twins – son Max and daughter Emme, nine – from her marriage with singer Marc Anthony.

Ricky Martin says he would like his children to interact and spend quality time with singer Jennifer Lopez's kids.

The 45-year-old singer says organising a playdate is something which keeps their kids close to normal life, reported Entertainment Tonight.

“We must (organise something)! Some way, somehow, we need to get together. I'm sure that (their) kids go through exactly the same emotions my kids go through. It is a pretty unique lifestyle.

“I mean, this is what's normal for us and we wouldn't change it for anything, but I think that generation of children that have parents that are entertainers, they need to get together. We'll see what happens,” says Martin.

Martin is father to twin sons Matteo and Valentino, eight with partner Jwan Yosef.

While Lopez also has twins – son Max and daughter Emme, nine – from her marriage with singer Marc Anthony.

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who has been barred by all major domestic airlines for assaulting an Air India duty manager, has chosen to travel by road to Delhi for the ongoing Parliament session.

"Gaikwad is reaching Delhi by car today but will not attend the day's proceedings of the Lok Sabha," sources close to the beleaguered Osmanabad MP said.

However, he will attend Thursday's session if his party leadership allows him to do so, the sources said.

The development came after Gaikwad apparently booked a seat from Hyderabad to Delhi on Flight AI 551 for Wednesday, which was cancelled by the national carrier.

He had also booked a seat on Tuesday on the 8 am flight, AI 806, from Mumbai to Delhi for Wednesday but his ticket was promptly cancelled by the airline.

The MP is accused of beating up an elderly AI staffer with a sandal last Thursday.

Also, there were reports that he took a train from Mumbai to Delhi and was scheduled to reach the national capital today after a TV channel on Tuesday showed the reservation chart, having his name, pasted on coach A-3 of Rajdhani at the Mumbai Central Railway Station.

However, the sources said he decided to travel by car to Delhi.

"He is not in Maharashtra at present and is expected to reach Delhi anytime on Wednesday," they said.

Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who has been barred by all major domestic airlines for assaulting an Air India duty manager, has chosen to travel by road to Delhi for the ongoing Parliament session.

"Gaikwad is reaching Delhi by car today but will not attend the day's proceedings of the Lok Sabha," sources close to the beleaguered Osmanabad MP said.

However, he will attend Thursday's session if his party leadership allows him to do so, the sources said.

The development came after Gaikwad apparently booked a seat from Hyderabad to Delhi on Flight AI 551 for Wednesday, which was cancelled by the national carrier.

He had also booked a seat on Tuesday on the 8 am flight, AI 806, from Mumbai to Delhi for Wednesday but his ticket was promptly cancelled by the airline.

The MP is accused of beating up an elderly AI staffer with a sandal last Thursday.

Also, there were reports that he took a train from Mumbai to Delhi and was scheduled to reach the national capital today after a TV channel on Tuesday showed the reservation chart, having his name, pasted on coach A-3 of Rajdhani at the Mumbai Central Railway Station.

However, the sources said he decided to travel by car to Delhi.

"He is not in Maharashtra at present and is expected to reach Delhi anytime on Wednesday," they said.

NASA has assigned five astronauts for upcoming missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the US space agency said Wednesday.

Astronauts Joe Acaba, Ricky Arnold, Nick Hague, Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Shannon Walker all have begun training for missions launching later this year and throughout 2018.

Acaba will be the first to launch, assigned to the Expedition 53 and 54 crews that already include Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

They will launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in September.

Walker will train as a dedicated backup for Acaba.

Arnold will join NASA's Drew Feustel and a Russian cosmonaut for Expeditions 55 and 56 to launch in March 2018.

Arnold and Acaba's assignments were enabled by the recent agreement to add additional crew members in 2017 and 2018 to boost space station science and research.

First-time fliers Hague and Aunon-Chancellor will fall into the standard rotation for NASA astronauts. Hague will launch in September 2018 on Expeditions 57 and 58 with two Russian cosmonauts.

Aunon-Chancellor will join the Expedition 58 and 59 crews in November 2018, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques and a Russian cosmonaut.

"It's great to get to announce so many assignments at once," said Chris Cassidy, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Centre in Houston.

"There's plenty of work to be done at the space station, and the research opportunities are almost limitless. These folks are all going to do great work and bring a lot of value to their crewmates," said Cassidy.

Between now and their launches, each of the astronauts will undergo a busy regimen of training on space station systems and the experiments they'll work with while in space.

This will be Acaba's third trip to the space station and his second long-duration mission.

He was selected as an astronaut in 2004, and flew on space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 station assembly mission in 2009, before returning for a longer stay in 2012, as part of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.

Arnold will be visiting the space station for the second time, but this trip will be much longer than his last.

He also was selected in the 2004 class and flew with Acaba on STS-119. On that mission, he conducted two spacewalks, spending 12 hours and 34 minutes outside the space station.

Selected as a member of the 2013 astronaut class, Hague is a colonel in the US Air Force.

Prior to his selection, he worked as an adviser to the US Senate on matters of national defence and foreign policy.

Aunon-Chancellor joined the astronaut corps in 2009, and has been at NASA since 2006, when she became a flight surgeon.

She also served as the deputy lead for medical operations for NASA's Orion spacecraft before being selected as an astronaut.

Walker spent 163 days as a flight engineer for Expedition 24 and 25 in 2010.

NASA has assigned five astronauts for upcoming missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the US space agency said Wednesday.

Astronauts Joe Acaba, Ricky Arnold, Nick Hague, Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Shannon Walker all have begun training for missions launching later this year and throughout 2018.

Acaba will be the first to launch, assigned to the Expedition 53 and 54 crews that already include Mark Vande Hei of NASA, and Alexander Misurkin of the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

They will launch aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in September.

Walker will train as a dedicated backup for Acaba.

Arnold will join NASA's Drew Feustel and a Russian cosmonaut for Expeditions 55 and 56 to launch in March 2018.

Arnold and Acaba's assignments were enabled by the recent agreement to add additional crew members in 2017 and 2018 to boost space station science and research.

First-time fliers Hague and Aunon-Chancellor will fall into the standard rotation for NASA astronauts. Hague will launch in September 2018 on Expeditions 57 and 58 with two Russian cosmonauts.

Aunon-Chancellor will join the Expedition 58 and 59 crews in November 2018, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques and a Russian cosmonaut.

"It's great to get to announce so many assignments at once," said Chris Cassidy, chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Centre in Houston.

"There's plenty of work to be done at the space station, and the research opportunities are almost limitless. These folks are all going to do great work and bring a lot of value to their crewmates," said Cassidy.

Between now and their launches, each of the astronauts will undergo a busy regimen of training on space station systems and the experiments they'll work with while in space.

This will be Acaba's third trip to the space station and his second long-duration mission.

He was selected as an astronaut in 2004, and flew on space shuttle Discovery's STS-119 station assembly mission in 2009, before returning for a longer stay in 2012, as part of the Expedition 31 and 32 crews.

Arnold will be visiting the space station for the second time, but this trip will be much longer than his last.

He also was selected in the 2004 class and flew with Acaba on STS-119. On that mission, he conducted two spacewalks, spending 12 hours and 34 minutes outside the space station.

Selected as a member of the 2013 astronaut class, Hague is a colonel in the US Air Force.

Prior to his selection, he worked as an adviser to the US Senate on matters of national defence and foreign policy.

Aunon-Chancellor joined the astronaut corps in 2009, and has been at NASA since 2006, when she became a flight surgeon.

She also served as the deputy lead for medical operations for NASA's Orion spacecraft before being selected as an astronaut.

Walker spent 163 days as a flight engineer for Expedition 24 and 25 in 2010.

Expressing keenness for bilateral series with Pakistan in UAE, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has sought permission from the Union government for it, according to reports on Wednesday.

The board has written to the Home Ministry, seeking its permission for the India-Pakistan bilateral series in Dubai, sources said.

Team India last played Pakistan in a bilateral series in 2012-13 when the arch-rivals visited India for three ODIs and two T20Is. India lost the ODI series, while the T20I series ended in a draw.

If a bilateral series happens between the neighbouring nations, it would comprise three Tests, five ODIs and two T20 internationals, according to the reports.

The bilateral series is expected to be held in September-November 2017.

Expressing keenness for bilateral series with Pakistan in UAE, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has sought permission from the Union government for it, according to reports on Wednesday.

The board has written to the Home Ministry, seeking its permission for the India-Pakistan bilateral series in Dubai, sources said.

Team India last played Pakistan in a bilateral series in 2012-13 when the arch-rivals visited India for three ODIs and two T20Is. India lost the ODI series, while the T20I series ended in a draw.

If a bilateral series happens between the neighbouring nations, it would comprise three Tests, five ODIs and two T20 internationals, according to the reports.

The bilateral series is expected to be held in September-November 2017.

A musical based on the life of singer Pharrell Williams is in works at the Fox studios.

The project, titled Atlantis, that is being touted as a Romeo and Juliet-style story amalgamated with a music element is inspired by the 43-year-old musician's childhood in Virginia Beach, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Michael Mayer, known for his Broadway work on Spring Awakening, is all set to direct the film.

Martin Hynes, who is currently writing the script for Toy Story 4, will pen the story of the musical.

Williams along with Mimi Valdes will produce the film via their I Am Other banner.

A musical based on the life of singer Pharrell Williams is in works at the Fox studios.

The project, titled Atlantis, that is being touted as a Romeo and Juliet-style story amalgamated with a music element is inspired by the 43-year-old musician's childhood in Virginia Beach, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Michael Mayer, known for his Broadway work on Spring Awakening, is all set to direct the film.

Martin Hynes, who is currently writing the script for Toy Story 4, will pen the story of the musical.

Williams along with Mimi Valdes will produce the film via their I Am Other banner.

As many as 500 meat shops, including a KFC outlet, in old Gurgaon were allegedly shut down by over 200 Shiv Sainiks for nine days on account of Navratri.

They also threatened the shop owners to shut their establishments on every Tuesday.

"We have served notices to meat shop owners, including KFC, and other fast food outlets to shut their shops till Navratri ends and on every Tuesday," Gautam Saini, the president of Shiv Sena, Gurgaon said.

The Sena workers assembled at Palam Vihar on Tuesday and forced the closure of meat market and dhabas such as Bismillah Khan eatery in others areas too.

However, ACP-PRO of Gurgaon Police Manish Sehgal said some meats shops were shut down but they were later opened.

These shops have commercial licence to sell meat. Strict action will be taken against those forcing closure of shops illegally.

As many as 500 meat shops, including a KFC outlet, in old Gurgaon were allegedly shut down by over 200 Shiv Sainiks for nine days on account of Navratri.

They also threatened the shop owners to shut their establishments on every Tuesday.

"We have served notices to meat shop owners, including KFC, and other fast food outlets to shut their shops till Navratri ends and on every Tuesday," Gautam Saini, the president of Shiv Sena, Gurgaon said.

The Sena workers assembled at Palam Vihar on Tuesday and forced the closure of meat market and dhabas such as Bismillah Khan eatery in others areas too.

However, ACP-PRO of Gurgaon Police Manish Sehgal said some meats shops were shut down but they were later opened.

These shops have commercial licence to sell meat. Strict action will be taken against those forcing closure of shops illegally.

DJ Khaled is the latest star to join the cast of Pitch Perfect 3.

The 41-year-old record producer took to Instagram to announce that he is a part of the third installment of the musical.

“Breaking news #DJKhaled on set with a major role in the movie #PitchPerfect3 .. I will never stop! God is the greatest,” wrote Khaled, alongside his picture from the sets of the movie.

He also shared a photo with Elizabeth Banks from the sets, who will be seen in a cameo as Gail Abernathy-McKadden.

Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson will return to lead the cast of “Pitch Perfect 3”, which follows the A cappella singing group the Barden Bellas.

The film releases on December 22.

DJ Khaled is the latest star to join the cast of Pitch Perfect 3.

The 41-year-old record producer took to Instagram to announce that he is a part of the third installment of the musical.

“Breaking news #DJKhaled on set with a major role in the movie #PitchPerfect3 .. I will never stop! God is the greatest,” wrote Khaled, alongside his picture from the sets of the movie.

He also shared a photo with Elizabeth Banks from the sets, who will be seen in a cameo as Gail Abernathy-McKadden.

Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson will return to lead the cast of “Pitch Perfect 3”, which follows the A cappella singing group the Barden Bellas.

The film releases on December 22.