B'wood Wedding Album

TV actor Aniruddh Dave tied the knot with Kota girl and actress Shubhi Ahuja in Jaipur on 24 November, 2015. The wedding took place at a heritage property with all the Marwari ceremonies being followed. The bride was dressed in a heavy red and golden lehanga-odhani, while Anuruddh chose the same colour for his sherwani. Aniruddh has worked in several TV serials like Raajkumar Aaryyan, Mera Naam Karegi Roshan and Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki. (Pic: Shalini Maheshwari) (BCCL)

Aniruddh Dave and Shubhi Ahuja had met on the sets of their TV show Bandhan. However, Shubhi’s character did not want to get married to Aniruddh but Cupid had other plans for them and they fell in love. The marriage was attended by couple’s friends from the TV world. (Pic: Shalini Maheshwari) (BCCL)

Popular TV actor Disha Vakani aka Dayaben of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah tied the knot with Mumbai-based Gujarati businessman named Mayur. (Pic: Twitter) 

Disha Vakani Vakani became a household name as Dayaben after her portrayal of an innocent Gujarati housewife in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah. 

Actress and model Brinda Parekh got married to her boyfriend Ajay at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai. (Pic: Viral Bhayani) 

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Actor Aamir Khan joined the debate over "rising intolerance" in India, saying that his wife, Kiran Rao, had asked if they should move out of the country, as she feared for the safety of their children in a climate of insecurity. Here's all that followed...

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Actor Hrithik Roshan has come out in support of Aamir Khan, praising the superstar for his measured response to the criticism that he faced following his remarks on intolerance.

Anupam Kher and Shirish Kunder: Argue on Twitter over Aamir Khan

When Anupam Kher tweeted, "Dear @aamir_khan. Did you ask Kiran which country would she like to move out to? Did you tell her that this country has made you AAMIR KHAN," director, Shirish Kunder replied, "Dear Anupam Kher, #AamirKhan was talking about Kiran Rao, not Kiran Kher. Hope this clears the confusion. Jai Ho :-)" Anupam Kher responded to Shirish's tweet, with a barb of his own. He tweeted, "Omg. Never realised you are so intelligent. Ja Ho.:)"

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Priyadarshan: Media-inspired negativity killing India

"Media is killing the country. They like only negative things. Look at our newspapers, they are all about political fights and such stuff," Priyadarshan told the media on the sidelines of an event at the 46th International Film Festival of India.

Choreographer-turned-filmaker Farah Khan has come out in support of Aamir Khan, who waded into controversy with his remarks on growing intolerance, and feels it's wrong to attack the actor.

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"We as human beings have divided everything. The colour green is for muslims, 'gerua' for someone else. Even we have divided animals- cow for one and goat for another. We need to understand that we are one race. The moment we take this off a lot of problems will be solved. Lots of people have died in our country in the name of religion and nothing else," said Rajkumar Hirani

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India is the biggest democracy. We have the right to say what we want to say and people have the right to protest. If there are things that some think are are wrong, then people have the right to speak up.

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Vivek Oberoi, too, has commented on the issue of intolerance in the country and Aamir Khan's statement that caused much uproar. "I have a lot of respect for Aamir Khan and his body of work as an actor. My personal belief is that India is the most tolerant country in the world and has been for thousands of years. When the world was fighting in holy crusades, one religion versus another, we were learning to live with each other. How to create monuments, how to create cultural artefacts, paint, write poetries, celebrate each other. This is how India has contributed to the world. India is a confluence of all religions, ideas, ideologies and politics. I have deep respect for that and I have immense pride. I am going to live here and I am going to die here," said Vivek.

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India is tolerant

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Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha has come out in support of Aamir Khan's comments on growing intolerance and said the superstar's opinion should be respected and heard.

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Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman on Tuesday said he agreed with Bollywood star Aamir Khan's statement on growing intolerance in the country. Rahman explained that he faced a similar situation in September, when a Muslim group issued a fatwa against him.

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Aamir Khan had joined the debate over rising intolerance in India, saying that his wife Kiran Rao had asked if they should move out of the country as she feared for the safety of their children in a climate of insecurity. In a series of tweets addressed to Aamir, Anupam Kher expressed what he thought about Aamir's statement. He also questioned Aamir as to when had Incredible India turned Intolerant India for him.

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Motorola to launch Moto 360 (2nd-gen) smartwatch in India on December 1

H ere's good news for all Motorola fans in the country. The company is all set to launch the second-generation of its smartwatch Moto 360 in India. The company has sent out invites for a launch event scheduled for December 1.

The invite makes it quite clear that the company will be launching the Moto 360 second-generation. As the image on the invite shows a circular dial and has the hashtag #MotoTimeHack.

Lenovo-owned Motorola unveiled Moto 360 second-generation at IFA in Berlin in early September. The new Moto 360 smartwatch comes in three variants: A men's watch in two sizes, a women's version and a sports model called Moto 360 Sport.

The men's model comes in 42x11.4mm and 46x11.4mm sizes. The women's version is 42mm. The 42mm Moto 360 comes with a 1.37-inch (360x325-pixel resolution) display, while the bigger 46mm model has a 1.56-inch (360x330-pixel resolution) display.

Visually, Moto 360 still sports a round display as last year's model. Users can customise Moto 360 using Motorola's Moto Maker design studio. "Customize your Moto 360 to your exact specifications —- multiple case sizes, finishes, bezels, and bands—using Moto Maker, our online design studio," says the company on its blogpost.

Specs include a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400, 512MB of RAM, 300mAh battery and 4GB of internal storage. The new Moto 360 models support wireless charging and packs accelerometer, ambient light sensor, gyroscope and vibration/haptics engine.

For connectivity there's Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g. Similar to many recent Android Wear watches, Moto 360 second-gen too supports ambient display capability with the watch display switching to a power efficient black and white mode with minimal information, when you're not actively looking at it.

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Celebs Caught Eating

Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone eat pani puri at the famous Elco Pani Puri centre on Hill Road in Mumbai.

Shah Rukh Khan:In Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Shah Rukh Khan was seen indulging in pani puri. 

Ranbir Kapoor: It seems like Ranbir doesn't care about the camera when he eats pizza!

Akshay Kumar: Akshay teasingly looks at the camera while eating a dosa, at a restaurant. 

Arjun Kapoor: Now that Arjun has lost weight, it seems like he is ready to pounce on all the junk food he can get. Too bad he can only eat one thing at a time! 

Sonam Kapoor: Fashionista Sonam Kapoor is having a bite of chocolate cupcake for a photo shoot with photographer, Shehla Khan. 

Deepika Padukone: Gorgeous Deepika enjoying her chuski, in a scene from the movie, Lafangey Parindey.

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Review: Samsung's Gear VR

N EW YORK: Samsung makes history of a sort by launching the first major consumer-oriented virtual-reality headset. (It comes with an asterisk; prototypes and other not-quite-mass-market versions have been available for a while.) And its Gear VR headset is pretty impressive as first-generation devices go.

The biggest surprise after using the new Gear VR for a few days: There's a lot of stuff to watch and play in the virtual worlds the headset opens up. Granted, some of that material is gimmicky or amateurish. But the best of it hints at some of the mind-expanding experiences VR can make possible.

The Gear VR is relatively cheap, too, at just $100. You do need your own headphones, preferably wireless, plus a recent Samsung phone -- the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S6 Edge Plus or Note 5. If you don't already have one, the package could set you back nearly $1,000. (Other VR systems will also need companion devices, such as high-end personal computers.)

Samsung developed the Gear VR with the virtual-reality startup Oculus (now part of Facebook). It supplants the $200 "innovator edition" Samsung has sold for a year. That earlier prototype was mainly intended to build enthusiasm for VR and to help developers start producing games and apps for it. Samsung bills the new model as its first consumer VR product, although it still requires some savvy on the consumer's part to use.

About the device
Your phone attaches to the front of the Gear VR headset, just in front of the lens for your eyes. Put the headset on, and your surroundings disappear as the phone screen opens a window into an unreal, three-dimensional world. As you turn your head, the image shifts accordingly to give the sense of being there in real life. You can even turn all the way around to see what's behind you. The screen projects slightly different perspectives to your left and right eyes to give the virtual world depth.

The Gear VR wasn't easy to set up. I had trouble figuring out where all the Velcro straps and hooks were supposed to go. I couldn't get the phone to snap into place. I needed the manual to find a lever I had to switch because I had a larger phone, the Note 5. Many consumers might need help from a tech-savvy friend or kid.

I also got frustrated having to wait for apps and video to download -- a few minutes in some cases. The Gear VR can stream relatively few videos for instant playback.

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Fortunately, it was worth the wait most of the time, even if many of the videos seemed like concepts intended to demonstrate the Future of Virtual Reality or are merely promotions for regular movies and TV shows. A lot of it is free, though some videos or apps will set you back $2 to $10.

And some apps were surprisingly absorbing. The notion of the Netflix app, which streams video to a virtual TV in front of you, initially seemed silly. Why not watch a real TV? Well, the virtual TV is huge, much larger than what I could afford in real life. And VR also removes the distractions surrounding you - such as Facebook.

Repeat viewings sometimes turned up unexpected detail. Not until a second viewing of a Cirque du Soleil video did I notice performers to my left and right. In a horror video, I initially kept my eyes on a woman in distress; only later did I see scary creatures crawling out of a playground. You're no longer stuck with whatever the director chooses for you.

But one video of the October 13 Democratic presidential debate was disappointing. There were four VR cameras around the room, but you couldn't pick the one to watch. And in 3-D, candidates looked like dolls on stage. It was a novel idea, but it'll take time to figure out what works and what doesn't. This one was also long, while the best ones were typically a few minutes each.

A few apps also have interactive elements. One lets you walk around a cafe depicted in the Vincent Van Gogh painting "The Night Cafe." Another lets you explore an island and solve puzzles to open doors. It made me nauseous, though.

It'll be great to see interactive storytelling, with plot lines that change depending on which rooms you choose to explore. And eventually filmmakers will rely less on stationary cameras. A VR piece featuring a hike with Reese Witherspoon could have let you hike with her, rather than watch from afar.

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11 most powerful people in the technology world

It isn't just wealth. And it isn't just control over people or resources. It's more. True power is a potent combination of money and influence that enables people to help shape the world. And only a select group of people really possess the economic and political clout to effect global change. For better or worse, their decisions affect millions, shake industries, and change nations.

It's no different in the world of technology. We have picked up tech leaders from Business Insider's world's most powerful people list -- the men and women who are most influential in technology landscape.

So, here's over to 11 most powerful people in technology world.

Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder

Overall position: 10

Age: 60

Gates co-founded Microsoft in 1975 with childhood friend Paul Allen, building an iconic software company and becoming the richest man on earth in the process, with a net worth of $87.3 billion. Though he still sits on the company’s board, he’s no longer actively involved in Microsoft.

Instead, Gates is fixated on giving away his wealth and running one of the most powerful charities in the world with his wife, Melinda. They founded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 after reading an article about curable diseases causing millions of child deaths in developing countries.

Since then, the organization has given away $34.5 billion to an array of causes, including efforts to eliminate HIV, malaria and many other infectious diseases. They also support agricultural development, emergency relief, global libraries, urban poverty, and education.

Gates and good friend Warren Buffett started the Giving Pledge to encourage billionaires to follow their lead and give away half or more of their wealth — 135 have signed up.

Jeff Bezos, CEO, Amazon.com

Overall position: 16

Age: 51

Amazon.com is an undeniable superpower in e-commerce. The company, which generates $89 billion in sales but has often failed to turn a net profit, surprised investors in July by reporting quarterly earnings of $92 million, handily beating analyst expectations. Amazon stock shot up, making founder and CEO Jeff Bezos worth an estimated $55 billion. Despite negative media reports in August claiming Amazon’s warehouses are high-pressure, toxic work environments — claims Bezos disputed — the company has continued to thrive.

This year, Bezos led the growth of Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud-computing branch, announced a plan for high-speed package delivery via drones, and opened Amazon’s first brick-and-mortar bookstore in Seattle.

Bezos' privately owned space company Blue Origin successfully launched its first spacecraft this year and has plans to test rocket engines and launch manned rockets within the next decade

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple

Overall position: 28

Age: 54

Tim Cook runs the most valuable company on the planet in Apple, which is worth $645 billion. Under Cook's continued direction as CEO, 2015 has been one of the company's best years yet.

Chief among Cook's 2015 successes has been the launch of Apple Music, the company's music-streaming service. The service went live in June and as of October counted 6.5 million paid subscribers and another 8.5 million people using the free trial service. And the iPhone is more popular than ever.

At the company's annual fall event, Cook unveiled the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus, which sold 13 million in the first weekend, shattering previous records. Lately, Cook has been alluding to a forthcoming "massive change in the auto industry," sparking rumors that an Apple Car is on the horizon.

Cook was presented with the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award this year where he spoke about his deeply personal decision to come out as gay: "I wanted to lend my voice to people who might not be ready to exercise theirs," he said.

Larry Page, co-founder and CEO of Alphabet

Overall position 37

Age: 42

Larry Page made some major moves this year, starting with a massive overhaul of Google’s business structure in August. He announced via press release that Google would become a subsidiary of new holding company Alphabet, which would oversee all of Google’s ventures, such as Nest, Calico, and Google X, as standalone entities.

Previously the chief executive of Google, Page moved up to helm Alphabet as CEO, leaving company veteran Sundar Pichai in his spot. The change became official in October, and Page even dropped Google’s famous “don’t be evil” slogan from the new company.

Page co-founded Google with Sergey Brin, who will help run Alphabet as president, in 1998, and they've earned fortunes of $42 billion and $38 billion today, respectively.

The pair grew the company from a PhD project at Stanford into one of the biggest and farthest-reaching tech companies in the world. In addition to its ubiquitous search engine, the company has its hands in everything from home automation and self-driving cars to prolonging human life.

Mark Zuckeberg, founder and CEO of Facebook

Overall position: 18

Age: 31

The leader of the world’s largest social network had a prosperous year. In May, Facebook-owned virtual-reality company Oculus VR made a buzzworthy announcement: It will finally sell its first consumer headset, Oculus Rift, starting early next year. A few months later, Facebook announced for the first time that its site had a billion users in a single day and 8 billion daily video views, double the number it reported in April.

The company's stock is up about 40% through November 2015, and as a result Mark Zuckerberg’s net worth has soared to $47.6 billion.

The Facebook founder also continues to invest hundreds of millions of his personal wealth in education, mainly through Startup: Education, a non-profit he and his wife, Priscilla, founded in 2010 to improve schools in the Bay Area, and AltSchool, a company that promotes personalized education. He also gave $100 million to Newark, New Jersey's public schools, with disappointing results.

After revealing in a July Facebook post that the couple is expecting their first child, they’ve announced plans to open a K-12 school in Palo Alto by next year that provides both education and health care to low-income families.

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