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Meryl Streep to receive Tribute Actor Award at Toronto film festival
TORONTO: Three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep will be honoured with the inaugural Tribute Actor Award at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The 44th Toronto International Film Festival runs from June 5 to June 15. The actress will be honoured at the TIFF Tribute Gala awards event at Fairmont Royal York on September 9. Announcing…
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Air Canada to resume flights to Delhi from October 1
MONTREAL: Air Canada will resume its daily, non-stop Toronto-Delhi flights from October 1. The flights were suspended after Pakistan closed its airspace in February after the Indian air strike against militants in Balakot in Pakistan. This led to cost escalation as airlines had to undertake a detour to reach destinations in India, forcing many, including…
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Priyanka Chopra trolled for her hypocrisy on smoking
“Smoking is awful!!! Yuck!!!,” wrote Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra in 2010. Then in 2018 just before Diwali she exhorted her fans in a video not to pollute the atmosphere by bursting crackers. The actress, who is asthmatic, said in the video, “Please meri saans ko berok rakhiye. Diwali pe patakho ko skip kijiye (Please let me…
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Toronto Indian mother clueless about death of 12-year-old son
TORONTO: Toronto Police have yet found no answer to the mysterious death of a 12-year-old Indian school boy here. The boy’s body was found on June 21 in a Toronto neighbourhood. “Investigation is open and I have no definite answers,’’ said the shattered 39-year-old single mother from India, who came here as an immigrant from…