The 43-year-old, a hotelier based in this Himachal Pradesh picturesque tourist resort, told: "This initiative, though small, is proving to be a grand success and helps motivating my guests to learn the art of reuse the household waste sensibly and too in a greener way."

This art of recycling, she said, is in fact giving a big boost to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India Campaign and will work wonders to save the environment for the future generations.

Thakur, who spent her initial years in a remote village in Lahaul Valley in Lahaul-Spiti district, said earlier she was known as a "waste warrior" in Manali as she used to collect plastic waste, tetra packs and tins dumped haphazardly in the markets and tourist spots.

"Initially, I used to collect them and dump them appropriately. Later, I started using them in making decoration pieces. I learnt this art of reuse via videos on YouTube," said Thakur, who has a passion for fitness even after marriage.

The reform was rolled out past midnight on Friday in the precincts of the hallowed Central Hall of Parliament to usher in a new indirect tax regime.

Here is what the celebrities had to say:

* Anupam Kher: Chashme ka number jab badalta hai toh ek-do din lagta hai adjust karne mein. Bahut he saadhaaran/uttam vyakhya pradhaanmantri Narendra Modi. (When the number of your specs change, it takes a day or two to adjust. What a simple but apt sentence by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. GST tryst.

The film, which is a powerful plea for Hindu-Muslim unity and religious harmony, received the audience award for best film at LIFF.

Kaushik (co-producer) tweeted on Saturday: "Hurrah! After awards at IFFLA, Palm Springs, FOTC in France our film now wins top prize at LIFF. Congrats to team."

The film has earlier won at Flight of the Conchords in France, Palm Springs International Film Festival in California, BFI London Film Festival and the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.

The sequel will release almost 33 years after the release of the original film, reports variety.com.

Filmmaker Joseph Kosinski, who earlier directed Cruise in the 2013 film "Oblivion", has been roped in to helm "Top Gun: Maverick".

The film will be set in a world of drone technology and fifth generation fighters along with exploring the end of the era of dogfighting.

She has paid homage to her first Calvin Klein advertisement, posing 37 years later in the iconic white underwear, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

The 52-year-old donned the famous brand back in 1980 at the age of 14. 

Now, "The Blue Lagoon" star has paid homage to the photoshoot which shot her to fame while doing a shoot for Social Life Magazine.

In the photoshoot, the mother-of-two flaunted her toned body while donning white lingerie from the iconic American brand.

The billionaire, whose family own the rights to the distribution of Toyota vehicles in Saudi Arabia, wooed the singer in the early stages of their relationship with the "seriously big romantic gesture", reports dailymail.co.uk.

Speaking about the gesture, a source told The Sun newspaper: "It sounds outrageous, but these guys are obviously in a different world to the rest of us - although even by their standards with was a seriously big romantic gesture."

Rihanna, who briefly dated rapper Drake in 2016, is so serious about her handsome new man, that she told her family about him about a month ago. 

Paris shared her opinion on Twitter following the incident, which prompted criticism from the rapper's estate after they used his image on a series of limited edition shirts, reports dailymail.co.uk.

Other tops from the range feature images of the reality TV stars over the faces of music legends such as Tupac Shakur, Metallica, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne, The Doors and Pink Floyd.

Condemning the trend for vintage tour T-shirts and sweaters, Paris wrote: "As a huge fan of Zeppelin, The Doors, Floyd... I mean these bands literally helped shape who I am today. I can't condone this 'fashion'.

The actress shared her views when she was awarded The Femina Women Editor's Choice Award for Breakthrough Performance in Films earlier this week at the Femina Women Awards 2017. She picked the award for "Anaarkali of Aarah", read a statement. 

"Women should show anger and stand up for what is right. They should be audacious and loud. I am thankful to Femina to award a character that has these qualities. We need qualities like these because many things are happening around us that are wrong," Swara said in a statement. 

The director was an ardent lover of detective movies.

Talking about the idea behind "Jagga Jasoos", Basu said in a statement: "I would love Feluda and 'Adventures of Tin Tin'. They were my childhood love. This is all coming out from my personal childhood memories."

Ranbir said while making the film Basu maintained the "sanctity" of what he had narrated to him three to four years ago.

The actor, who joined hands with a flagship corporate social responsibility programme P&G Shiksha with an aim to make a difference to the lives of underprivileged children in Mumbai, feels lucky to have a wide young fan base. 

"I am not a real life superhero. I'm trying to be a real life superhero especially to the kids. I'm lucky enough to have a larger audience in the children," Tiger told over phone from Mumbai. 

Taking the programme ahead this year, P&G Shiksha culminated ‘Shiksha Superheroes', a campaign to acknowledge consumers as the real-life superheroes who pick the brand and contribute to changing the life of underprivileged children. 

Joining the movement this year, Tiger on Friday donned the avatar of ‘Shiksha Superhero' for the students of a school, and emphasised on the importance of education in the lives of children. 

Arjun will be seen in a double role in "Mubarakan", which also stars Anil.

"When I first heard the script, I strongly felt that Arjun should do this film. I felt he is the right actor for this script. I picked up the phone and asked him to hear the subject once and take a decision himself." 

"He has the capability to pull off such difficult roles and I'm happy that after listening to the script he decided to do this film," Anil said in a statement.

"Gurinder is a lovely director but very tough. She doesn't get happy easily with what you are doing and she will keep working till she gets what she wants from actors or on any other technical aspect," Huma said here on Thursday at the trailer launch of the film.

"I feel that's brilliant because this film is not easy to make. In her films, females always have strong presence, so I was very excited to work with her. It was a very unusual Gurinder Chadha film. Like we associate her with 'Bride and Prejudice' or 'Bend It Like Beckham' -- these were very slice-of-life problem films, but this 'Partition: 1947' was a much bigger film, so it was brave on her part to make a film like this," she added.

"I am a bad producer. I can't get things done, can't do man management. I was lucky that a lot of the work was taken care of by Anurag Basu. I can be happy that I can just collect awards for the film," Ranbir said at a press meet here on Thursday.

"As a producer, I was handling the egos of people. Whenever there were fights between Disney and Anurag, I was just handling them. Acting is a more challenging part," he added.

The two are working on "Judwaa 2", a remake of the 1997 action comedy film "Judwaa", which saw superstar Salman Khan playing Prem and Raja.

Talking about working with the director, Jacqueline said in a statement: "Great experience. To recreate such a cult film was quite a task, but David sir is a blast to work with. He gets the best out of each scene and actor, and is undoubtedly our king of comedy."

"Any actor, technician is blessed to work with him. So glad Sajid Nadiadwala... after 20 years is teaming up with David sir to put together such a project."

Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, "Judwaa 2" is presented by Fox Star Studios and Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment. 

Kaur will make her debut at the festival on Saturday, read a statement.

The festival will host an evening of Sufi music titled Sangam 2017 on Saturday with Marvi from Pakistan and Kaur from India. 

"I'm very excited to perform at the prestigious Manchester International Festival. It's a proud feeling to be the first Indian artiste performing at the MIF. I aim to spread the message of love and peace through my music," Kaur said.

"I believe music is beyond any religion, caste, colour and has the power to connect people belonging to different faiths. My set will include Sufi songs with a blend of modern yet soulful arrangements. Sanam Marvi from Pakistan will be joining me on stage and we both will be doing a jugalbandi on some popular Sufi songs," she added.

The report, by the London-based Education Policy Institute (EPI) thinktank, said: "Over a third (37.3 per cent) of UK 15-year-olds can be classed as ‘extreme internet users' (over six hours of use a day) -- markedly higher than the average of OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) countries."

"The only OECD country with higher levels of extreme internet use than the UK was Chile." 

Chocolate's benefits can be attributed to cocoa bean, which is its main ingredient and a rich source of flavanols -- a class of natural compounds that has neuroprotective effects, the study said.

The findings demonstrated that older adults who had a daily intake of cocoa flavanols showed improvements in general cognition, attention, processing speed and working memory. 

"This study suggests the potential of cocoa flavanols to protect cognition in vulnerable populations over time by improving cognitive performance," Valentina Socci from the University of L'Aquila in Italy. 

Especially the splendid view of rath yatra can be seen in Puri, Odisha where disciples pull the rath of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Subhadra.

Price earlier came under fire for letting her children drink from bottles instead of cups. Yet she shared another photograph of her youngest daughter Bunny, 2, sipping juice from a bottle on Thursday.

She later got slammed by a fan over her new post, reports dailymail.co.uk.

"Some people don't care about the facts they will still give their children's teeth a poor start in life. It's nothing more than lazy parenting," the fan wrote.

"I think I'd be more concerned about how rotten the teat looks. Juice from a bottle is the highest cause of childhood decay. A beautiful baby girl," the fan added.

Perry, 32, believes that the nine-year age gap between her and Horan will never allow them to be in a relationship, reports dailymail.co.uk.

"I see him around all the time, he's always trying to like get my number to like maybe flirt with me but I'm like 'I could babysit you I'm like your mum'," Perry said on a radio show.

Rihanna's relationship with Jameel emerged earlier this week, when they were spotted getting cosy in their swimming pool in Ibiza. 

According to a source, Campbell, who dated Jameel last year, is angry with Rihanna and Jameel as she hates feeling "second best", reports dailymail.co.uk.

The source shared that Campbell is not impressed Jameel has chosen Rihanna over her -- while the singer has fallen so hard for him, she is not willing to back down.

Huma said Om Puri was "a great human being apart from being a fine actor" and she is thankful to director Gurinder Chadha for making a film on such a sensitive subject. 

During the trailer launch of "Partition: 1947", Huma was asked about her experience with the late actor, to which she said: "I think my best scenes in the film are with Om Puri. He played my father in the film and I would like to thank Gurinder for giving me such a lovely on-screen father. From the first meeting, he was such a wonderful person to be with."

"Last year around this time, he met my parents and we were so happy to have him. It is a great loss (that he passed away)," she said.

Ali has collaborated with Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short films for a three-movie association, and "Bruno and Juliet" is the first film. "Bruno and Juliet" is presented by Ali and is written and directed by Khawar Jamsheed.

It was released on their YouTube channel - Large Short Films on Thursday. 

"‘Bruno and Juliet' is a conventional love story of characters that are unconventional lovers for cinema- Dogs. The film explores the basic need of two lovers to unite, only in this film the lovers are dogs," Ali said in a statement. 

A regular consumption of these products has many benefits, including aiding in increasing energy and vitality, regulating cholesterol and blood pressure and helping to fight and prevent diseases, read a statement from OCEX Peru New Delhi (commerical office of the Embassy of Peru).

Here are a few Peruvian superfoods that are now available in India: 

* Purple corn: It is fast approaching classification as a functional food - an integral component that provides energy and essential nutrients. 

Arjun spoke about it in an interview for Vogue India's July 2017 cover story written by Udita Jhunjhunwala.

He started off as an assistant director and associate producer on films such as "Kal Ho Naa Ho" (2003) and "Salaam-e-Ishq" (2007) before landing a role in "Ishaqzaade", which released in 2012.

Arjun says he got it through an audition.

"Yes, the casting director knew of me, but I didn't ask my father to launch me. My father could open the door for me but eventually somebody's investing in you for a reason.

Aditi took to Twitter on Thursday to share a photograph of herself with Sanjay. In the image, the two can be seen posing away from the camera with a smile on their faces while donning white clothes.

"Look what I found! Happy times with the big friendly giant. Throwback Thursday. Filmy father. Eternal rockstar. ‘Bhoomi', memories," Aditi captioned the image.

Hardy, who played Archangel in "X-Men: Apocalypse", is Taylor in "Bohemian Rhapsody", reports aceshowbiz.com.

"Ben caught the eye of producers and he has worked with director Bryan Singer on 'X-Men'. After a couple of screen tests, bosses decided he was the perfect man for the job and signed him up. He's very excited," said a source.

"But he's got plenty of work to do before filming starts. Hardy even started taking drumming lessons to get up to scratch," the source added.

"Travel and films both make my life and with every place that I visit, I try to absorb the cinema and better my craft as an actor," Shenaz, who is celebrating her birthday in St. Morris, Australia, said in a statement.

"Having wrapped my part of ‘Munna Michael', I am ecstatic about my visit to St. Morris and looking forward to explore the place and after coming back, I will start promotions for my next -- ‘Kaalakaandi'," she added.

Organised by the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI), the event will showcase work of 14 couturiers - Anamika Khanna, Anita Dongre, Anju Modi, Gaurav Gupta, Manav Gangwani, Monisha Jaising, Rahul Mishra, Manish Malhotra, Reynu Taandon, Rina Dhaka, Rohit Bal, Shyamal & Bhumika, Tarun Tahiliani and Varun Bahl. 

Considering there is constant political turmoil in the Kashmir Valley, asked about her feelings of coming from that state to win the first runner-up crown in the beauty pageant, Sana told: "Well, you are right. Our Jammu and Kashmir is in news mostly for wrong reasons, but thankfully this time, (it is in news) for the right reason... For a very good reason."

"And I hope to make them (the state) very proud... I think only some parts of the state are dealing with disturbance, rest of it is doing well," Sana said.

How does she hope to utilise the title in the near future?

"I want to work on girls' education because we all know that if a girl in a household is educated, the whole family is educated. I am happy that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is already working towards the cause.

Clarifying his stance on the rumours around the film and his involvement, Irrfan said in a statement: "I'm not sure where these rumours are coming from. I was approached for the film almost two years back, but since then there's been no conversation on dates, so how does the question of me not having time or walking out of the film even come from?"

"I think that's a mystery I would first like to solve that who are these well-wishers who are speaking my mind without me even being aware."

On the sidelines of the premiere of Hollywood film "The Big Sick", Chandra said: "I have just finished up shooting a film. I can't talk about it right now, but its editing is going on.

"I will call it an Indian romcom. Usually, my films have violence and female protagonists in it, but this is different. This film also has a female protagonist, but it is a romcom. There is no violence in this film."

Known for films like "Dushman" and "Sangharsh" -- both of which had strong female protagonists, asked if she is breaking her own image with the new film, Chandra said: "Yes, I am doing so."

The announcement was made on Wednesday.

"We're proud to invite our newest class to the Academy. The entire motion picture community is what we make of it," Cheryl Boone Isaacs, President of the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, was quoted as saying on the official Oscar website.

"It's up to all of us to ensure that new faces and voices are seen and heard, and to take a shot on the next generation the way someone took a shot on each of us," Isaacs added.

The 66-year-old's daughter, 32, got married to Hash on the beach of the Caribbean Island Mustique over the June 24-25 weekend, reports people.com.

The fashion mogul was accompanied by his current spouse Dee Ocleppo.

The newlywed believes there is "nothing" better than marrying her "best friend and soul mate".

Captioning a photograph on her Instagram account, Ally wrote: "Nothing like marrying your best friend and soul mate... I am so excited! Thanks for being our moment capturer."

"I've lent my voice to stars like Akshay Kumar, Aditya Roy Kapur, Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan among others, for several movies. I believe that my voice suited Akshay Kumar the most," Nautiyal said in a statement. 

"However, after watching Hrithik Roshan enact ‘Kaabil hoon' on screen, I thought it was actually him singing the song and not me," he added.

The "Zindagi kuch toh bata" hitmaker shared his views during a live performance session called Hungama Spotlight in Kurla here.

While filming of "Avengers: Infinity War" continues in Atlanta, more set photos have surfaced online.

On Tuesday, a man -- perhaps a stunt double -- slipped into Iron Man's new armour. A day before that, actor Robert Downey Jr was spotted on the set without his superhero character's costume, while a man carrying Iron Man's practical suit was seen on the set, reports aceshowbiz.com.

The faceplate of the costume is also slightly different from the one character Tony Stark dons in "Spider-Man: Homecoming". 

The "Castle on the hill" hitmaker will embark on a number of performances in Europe, beginning the run of shows at Cork's Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Ireland on May 4-5 and ending at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw on August 11, read the singer's website. 

After leaving Cork, Sheeran will travel to Belfast, Galway and Dublin, and then move across to shows in Manchester's Etihad Stadium, Hampden Park in Glasgow and Newcastle's St. James' Park, followed by two performances at London's Wembley Stadium, rounding off with a night at Cardiff's Principality Stadium on June 22.

Saif said in a statement on Wednesday that "it's annoying to read totally fictitious media reports" about him having a disagreement with Amrita over Sara's debut.

"Amrita and me are on the same page as far as Sara and her acting debut is concerned. We never had any such conversation. I am fully supportive of Sara's acting ambitions and we discuss things in detail.

"I repeat, that I am looking forward to Sara's debut with a mix of excitement, anxiety and nervousness like any other father would," Saif added, adding that he is upset at the "increasing lack of accountability and responsible reporting these days".

"We have asked him a lot of times to make a comeback. But there comes an age in life when you have to say to your parents, 'If you want to work then you can, but if you don't want to, then you can relax," Ekta said here on Wednesday while promoting her new show "Kundali Bhagya".

"He is very happy in his construction business. He gets a lot of time to spend with his friends. He started working at the age of 21 and still he is working. It's just that he is doing something else (other than acting).

"It's the age when we can request them to do acting, but can't force him. He is having a pretty relaxed life now. He has made over 200 films in a period of 40 years. So, now we should allow him to relax a little," she added.

Sony Music Middle East released the Arabic version on Wednesday, read a statement. 

Douzi has performed at many international concerts.

The original song "Radio" is composed by Pritam and sung by Kamaal Khan and Amit Mishra. 

On Tuesday, Tiger Shroff, who attended the promotional event of upcoming Hollywood film "Spider-Man: Home coming", told media here: "As of now, there is no prep because I am promoting 'Munna Michael' then after that I will start 'Baaghi 2' and after that I have 'Student Of The Year 2'. So, 'Rambo' is still far away, but prep will be definitely exhausting mentally and physically because expectations will be high from the film.

"It is a cult action film and it was played by one of the greatest Hollywood legends so my effort is not to replace him but to give him tribute through my performance", Tiger added. 

The actor, who has lent his voice to the character of Spider Man for the Hindi version of the film also revealed his wish to play Spider Man in a Hindi movie. 

"I love the rain and everything about the monsoons! I think a dewy look with a pop of colour is the perfect look for the season and since we are all getting our monsoon beauty bags ready right now let me give you a glimpse into my own and reveal my three favourites," said Disha in a statement.

This Pond's ambassador gives a peek into what's in her monsoon beauty bag.

* A good multipurpose cream helps tick off my basic beauty needs. A BB+ cream is the one product I always carry to achieve that instantly spotless natural and radiant look. After all, why do we need to carry three- four different products when we can carry just one?

* I am channelling blue this season! While I normally never leave the house without my favourite Kajal, my monsoon beauty bag needs a bit of colour! I would trade my normal black eyeliner for a blue one to add that pop of colour in the otherwise gloomy weather.

"I need your blessings for 'Afghan - In Search Of A Home'," Sami tweeted. 

The film will be directed by duo Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru. The "Bhar do jholi meri" crooner says he is excited to work with them. 

"Super excited working with Sapru and Rao... 'Afghan - In Search Of A Home' is very special to me!" he wrote in another tweet. 

Sami will be seen playing a musician in this movie. This project will be Adnan's first project as an Indian.

"Afghan- In Search Of A Home" is the story of a musician refugee from Afghanistan who flees his country of birth under extenuating circumstances to make a very long and arduous walk towards seeking an identity and a home. 

Shabana on Tuesday replied to Dilip's Eid Mubarak message on Twitter and wrote: "Eid Mubarak. Yusuf Saab. Hardly a day goes by when I don't marvel at how unknowlingy you have had an influence on my life."

The 94-year-old actor, who made his acting debut with "Jwar Bhata" in 1944, was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan. He later adopted the screen name Dilip Kumar. 

Dilip Kumar was last seen on the big screen in the film "Qila" in 1998. He was honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994 and Padma Vibhushan in 2015. 

He pulled out of Capital FM's Summertime Ball last year, later revealing his absence was due to anxiety. The former One Direction star has also cancelled some gigs in Japan, after initially rescheduling them.

According to The Sun newspaper, a variety of reasons have been given, including that there was "a change in the recording schedule" and that Malik is too busy "planning his debut world tour", reports dailymail.co.uk.

"If he never performs, there's a danger his solo career will flop," said a source. 

Beauty experts at Biotique and Amit Sarda, Managing Director, Soulflower, share some tips on skincare during monsoon. 

* Ayurvedic or natural soaps gently wash away body impurities without disturbing the skin's natural pH balance, which is important for the skin to guard against bacteria and pollutants. These soaps contain beneficial ingredients from natural sources which penetrate into the skin to hydrate and rejuvenate the skin.

The 26-year-old says he has "six or seven" tracks for the new album after writing a song every year since 2011, reports dailymail.co.uk.

Since soaring to international prominence with "+" in 2011, Sheeran later released 2014's "X" (Multiply) and "÷" (Divide) earlier this year to huge critical and commercial success.

"I've been working on this one (fourth album) since the same time as '+'. Every year I write a song that will go on it," Sheeran told The Sun newspaper.

Lakme and IMG Reliance made the announcement via a statement on Tuesday. 

The mentoring platform, which has given the Indian fashion industry names like Rahul Mishra, Masaba Gupta and Aneeth Arora among others, will groom its 24th batch of five designers who have been chosen by the members of the LFW advisory board.

Akshat Bansal, Deepak Pathak, Sumiran Kabir Sharma, Shenali Sema N' Rinzin Lama and Saaksha Parekh & Kinnari Kamat are the new faces who have grabbed the chance this time, read the statement.