Bollywood News

The countdown has begun and the debutant director of Baar Baar Dekho, Nitya Mehra, is comfortably numb and going through the motion, as the release date of the “unique love” story is just four days away.

Mehra, along with the cast of the film, Sidharth Malhotra and Katrina Kaif, was in Chandigarh on Monday to promote the film, a love saga between Diya (Kaif) and Jai (Malhotra), told through time travel. “There’s a lot riding on the film and I hope it finds place in the audience’s hearts,” said Mehra, who was born in Amritsar and brought up in a non-filmi household.

With a passion to tell stories and fascinated by the medium of sound, Mehra said she wrote plays and it was a course in video production that ignited her interest in the medium of films.

Politics

India on Saturday extended USD 500 million Line of Credit to Vietnam for facilitating deeper defence cooperation with the south east Asian nation, as the two countries elevated their ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to respond to emerging regional challenges.

“Our decision to upgrade our Strategic Partnership to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership captures the intent and path of our future cooperation. It will provide a new direction, momentum and substance to our bilateral cooperation,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said after talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc here.

He said the two sides recognised the need to cooperate in responding to emerging regional challenges.

Metro News

Delhi Metro said on Sunday that it will operate normal services on Independence Day on Monday.
“All metro lines will be fully functional on August 15. All trains will be available for passengers from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m.,” Delhi Metro spokesman Anuj Dayal told IANS.He said no station will be closed on Monday.
Dayal said only parking lots at all metro stations will be shut from 6 a.m of Sunday to 2 p.m. on Monday for security reasons.