Manila,  Philippine authorities on Thursday raised the alert level for Taal volcano, located near capital Manila, to 3 on a scale of 5 after it showed "magmatic unrest".

"At 3.16 p.m., the Taal volcano's main crater generated a short-lived dark phreatomagmatic plume 1 km-high with no a

Wellington,  New Zealand on Thursday launched a new Ministry for Ethnic Communities in a move to strengthen ethnic affairs following the March 15 terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques in 2019, a top Minister said here.

"This is the first time in its history that New Zealand h

Kabul, A total of 33 militants were killed in Afghan airstrikes that struck Taliban gatherings in Kaldar and Shortepa districts of Balkh province, an army spokesman said on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off, the fighter jets targeted Taliban the gatherings in parts of the restive districts on Wednesday afternoon, kill

Chennai,  Composer Santhosh Narayanan, who recently scored music for the Dhanush-starrer "Jagame Thandhiram", feels independent music in the Tamil music industry is scaling new heights. He calls this a "Golden period" for indie artistes.

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Mumbai,  Sunny Leone shared a picture posing with a couch on Thursday. In the images, Sunny is dressed in powder pink sweat pants and a jacket paired with a black tube top.

"O.N.E W.I.T.H T.H.E C.O.U.C.H," she wrote as caption.

Sunny will soon make her digital debut with "An

Mumbai,  Actress Karisma Kapoor on Thursday shared a retrospective of her 30 years in Bollywood, with a flashback video clip of her hit songs on Instagram.

"Replaying the memories with a dose of the 90's #thirtyyearsofgratitude #90sjam," she wrote as caption with the clip.

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Hyderabad,  Telugu star Ravi Teja started shooting for his 68th film on Thursday, and shared a glimpse of the film's poster on Instagram.

The poster showcases Ravi, whose back is towards the camera, sitting on a chair typing a letter on a typewriter.

"And it begins…,"

Mumbai, Amitabh Bachchan shared a picture on social media riding a bike, and his granddaughter Navya Naveli Nanda posted a comment stating grandpa was the "coolest".

In the Instagram picture, Big B is seen riding a bike dressed in a leather jacket and sunglasses.

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Mumbai, July 1 (IANS) "The Kissing Booth 2" famed star Taylor Zakhar Perez has been vacationing in the mountains. He says after spending time in the mountains it reminded him that there is only one life, family, planet and that one needs to respect all.

Perez shared a string of pictures on Instagram

Los Angeles,  Indian American model, TV host, author and activist Padma Lakshmi has shared the true story of struggle behind an old stunning photo shoot that had turned heads when it was launched.

The 50-year-old star posted the throwback photograph on Instagram, of a jewellery campaign