A handwritten note by US President Donald Trump over the ongoing impeachment hearings against him has gone viral on social media. Trump’s note quoted the testimony given by the US Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, to the House Intelligence Committee. Trump said that he had told Sondland that he wanted nothing from Ukraine.

The makeup artist, who did singer Ranu Mondal’s makeover for a beauty parlour’s inauguration in Uttar Pradesh, has claimed that Ranu’s viral picture in heavy makeup is fake. Sharing a collage on Instagram page ‘Sandhya’s Makeover’, the makeup artist wrote, “We truly hope…you all will understand the truth.” Several social media users trolled Ranu after the picture went viral.

Sri Lanka captain and pacer Lasith Malinga, who had said he’d retire from T20I cricket after the 2020 T20 World Cup, has said that he wants to play T20I cricket for another two years. “T20 is four overs and I feel with my skill, I can manage T20 as a bowler,” he added. Malinga retired from ODI cricket in July.

Star couple Deepika and Ranveer have never shied away from flaunting their love for each other on social media. The actress on Tuesday called her husband a “super drug”. This time, Deepika who has often posted adorable pictures of Ranveer, took to Instagram and shared another image of the “Gully Boy” star. In the photograph, Ranveer’s back is towards the camera and the caption on it reads: “Love is a Super Power”. Deepika wrote alongside the image: “And you…my super drug!” Ranveer and Deepika just celebrated their first year marriage anniversary on November 14.

A picture of cow dung cakes at a grocery store in New Jersey, US has gone viral on social media. The grocery store is selling the cakes for $2.99 (over ₹215). Reacting to the picture of the cakes, Twitter users wrote, “Better to market them as ‘Cow Dung Cookies’ in the US,” and “Are these [made] from Yankee cows?”

Malaika Arora ditched her car and chose to hop into autorickshaw when she stepped out of home a while back. Looking gorgeous as ever in a white shirt teamed with matching hat and brown ankle boots, Malaika completed the designer look with a maroon handbag. She was accompanied by her mother, Joyce Polycarp. Lately, the 46-year-old Malaika has mostly being making news thanks to rumours of her relationship with actor Arjun Kapoor. Although she has shared pictures with Arjun on Instagram, the couple is yet to formally announce their relationship in public.

MNM founder-President Kamal Haasan on Monday met Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik here to seek advice on his political future. “Basically, it was one-side receiving advice as a politician. I was asking my questions and I got some great answers. We are watching him and learning from his wisdom,” Hasan said after meeting Patnaik at the latter’s residence. The CM said they discussed the political career of the actor-turned politician. “We had a discussion this evening about his future political career and also about the films he is doing,” said Patnaik.

According to a source, Tanushree has been attending dance classes, and has also beein regularly going for swimming, yoga, and cycling, besides a few other fitness regimes all at once. Not only this, she has been actively involved in meditation and spiritual practices too. Asked if she is getting back in shape for a film , Tanushree said: “I am definitely doing all the self improvement sessions, but what is ahead in the future, let’s all keep guessing so that it’s a surprise when it actually comes out.”

A 17-year-old Class 10 student abducted a seven-year-old boy in Hyderabad and demanded ₹3-lakh ransom from the boy’s father. The juvenile made the boy sit inside a temple and threatened his parents that he will kill him if they didn’t pay the ransom. The police traced the juvenile’s location using intelligence collection, within four hours of the complaint being filed.

Actor Aamir Khan, while speaking about taking responsibility for the box-office performance of his 2018 film ‘Thugs of Hindostan’, said, “People had high expectations, so I was very sorry, hurt and upset that we went wrong.” “I felt emotionally that I should address it and apologise to people for not living up to the expectations,” he added.

Actor Salman Khan has said no one should use steroids to get abs stating, “People don’t actually use it…they misuse steroids, which is very bad for their body.” The actor further said that body made with such things doesn’t look real and doesn’t last long. “People can make out it’s not natural and is built with…help of steroids,” he added.

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said the core values of journalism are getting eroded as TV channels and newspapers are being set up by some business groups or political parties. Naidu added that news and views are being clubbed together these days. “In the past, news used to be news, never it was interpreted or misinterpreted,” Naidu further said.

Disney is looking to roll out its recently launched streaming service Disney+’s catalog to Hotstar in India in the next six months, reports said. Disney plans to raise the monthly subscription fee of Hotstar from ₹999 a year. Disney+ was launched in US, Netherlands and Canada on November 12 and has signed up over 10 million users already.

While the recent SPG withdrawal of Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka made much news, it was hardly noticed when former PM Deve Gowda sought its removal. Gowda had been after the Union government for SPG withdrawal. Reason: He cited difficulties in meeting voters. Though the Centre refused initially, the government finally gave in by bringing him closer to his voters and, of course, a smile on his face.

A total of 15,715 schools in Andhra Pradesh will be renovated at a cost of ₹3,500 crore in the first phase of the ‘Nadu-Nedu’ scheme of the state government, CM Jagan Mohan Reddy said. “The teachers will be trained as the medium of instruction is shifting to English from classes 1 to 6 from the next academic year,” Jagan said.