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75th Cannes Film Festival 2022 Live Updates: At the Cannes 2022 red carpet,   Aishwarya Rai   Bachchan glittered in a pastel-pink gown, while   Deepika Padukone   opted for a red gown and looked chic. The stars attended the premiere of Armageddon Time.   Hina Khan   too walked the Cannes 2022 red carpet. R Madhavan’s directorial debut Rocketry: The Nambi Effect also had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Market on Thursday. The Cannes 2022 kick-started on May 17, with an impressive Indian contingent joining the festivities. India has been chosen as the first ‘Country of Honour’ at Marche du Cinema this year. While actor Deepika Padukone is on jury duty this year, AR Rahman, R Madhavan, Shekhar Kapur, Mame Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Tamannaah Bhatia and Pooja Hegde, among others, are a part of Indian delegation led by I&B minister Anurag Thakur. Cannes regular Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was also seen at the Cannes red carpet on Wednesday. Dressed in a flo...

IMIM chief  Asaduddin Owaisi  on Saturday said fountains are an essential feature of Islamic architecture since at least the 7th century, amid the ongoing row over the Gyanvapi mosque- Kashi Vishwanath temple. Sharing links of Wikipedia and an old article of the  New York Times  about electricity-free fountains, Owaisi said such fountains work on gravity and that ancient Romans and Greeks had fountains dating to the 1st and 6th century BC. "Sanghi geniuses are asking 'how was there a fountain without electricity? It's called GRAVITY. Possibly the oldest functioning fountain in the world is 2700 years old. Ancient Romans & Greeks had fountains dating to 1st & 6th century BC. Fountains are an essential feature of Islamic architecture since at least 7th century. Shahjahan’s Shalimar gardens has 410 fountains hahjahan's Shalimar garden has 410 fountains, Owaisi wrote, adding, "Leaving Sanghis with a Wikipedia link since anything more than that maybe too compli...

After his remark, that the Congress alone can fight the   BJP   as regional parties neither have an ideology nor a centralised approach, upset many parties in the opposition, senior Congress leader  Rahul Gandhi has now opted for a more nuanced position . He said his remarks in Udaipur were misconstrued and that he does not consider the Congress as “the big daddy.” Gandhi said the Congress is in no way “superior” to the other opposition parties. He said all the parties are fighting the same battle but added that the “ideological battle that is taking place is between the national vision of the RSS and the national vision of the Congress.” During an interaction in London, Gandhi also said that the Congress was not winning elections because of polarisation and the dominance of the media by the BJP. He added that the fight in India is not a political fight, it is not a fight between one political organisation and a set of other political parties. “We are now fighting the ins...