Mumbai: Kshitij Prasad, director of Dharma Productions, owned by Karan Johar, has been arrested in a drug case. Kshitij was arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau after two days of questioning. Drugs were seized during a raid on Kshitaj’s house.

It is learned that the NCB did not get any satisfactory answers when he was questioned. However, Karan Johar had said that he did not know Kshitij personally and that he was just an employee. This was followed by an arrest.

Meanwhile, Bollywood actresses continue to be questioned in connection with the case. There are indications that actress Deepika Padukone has confessed during interrogation by the Narcotics Control Bureau that she had chatted on WhatsApp asking for drugs.

The Drug Control Bureau seized the mobile phones of actresses Deepika Padukone, Sara Ali Khan, and Rakul Preet Singh during the investigation.

 The NCB had yesterday questioned actress Rakul Preet Singh and Deepika’s manager Karishma Prakash in connection with a drug case.

The NCB is also questioning Bollywood actresses Sarah Ali Khan and Shraddha Kapoor in the case. Sara and Shraddha Kapoor appeared before the probe team around noon for questioning. Actress Rakul Preet was questioned by the NCB for four hours yesterday. Actress Riya Chakraborty has been arrested in a drug case after it was discovered that more and more Bollywood stars were using drugs.

New Delhi: The BJP has given high status at the national level to AP Abdullakutty and Tom Vadakkan, who left the Congress. Abdullakutty has been made the National Vice President by the party. Tom Vadakkan became the National Spokesman.

 They are the only two from Kerala in the first reshuffle since J.P. Nadda became party president in January. Arvind Menon, a Delhi-based Malayalee, has been appointed National Secretary. Rajiv Chandrasekhar, an MP from Karnataka, was also made the national spokesperson.

Abdullakutty is the only member of the 12 National Vice Presidents from the Muslim community. He is currently the BJP state vice-president. He left the CPM and joined the Congress, where he quickly joined the BJP and rose to national leadership.

Abdullakutty’s unexpected arrival comes at a time when former state president Kummanam Rajasekharan and state vice president Sobha Surendran were hoping for positions at the national level. Tom, a Congress spokesman, left the party during the Northern Lok Sabha elections and joined the BJP.

Abdullakutty will be the National Vice President, along with former Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raja Scindia, former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, former Union Minister Radha Mohan Singh, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubardas, and former Railway Minister Mukul Roy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated all of them.Tejaswi Surya, a young MP from Karnataka, has been appointed as the National President of Yuva Morcha. Poonam Mahajan, MP, daughter of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, has been replaced.

New Delhi: Shiromani Akali Dal has quit the NDA. Earlier, Akali Dal’s Union Minister Harsimrat Badal has resigned in protest of the government’s move. The Akali Dal had announced that it would leave the front if the farm bills were not reconsidered. The decision to leave the Front came amid a sharp rise in farmers’ agitation over the bills.

Legendary singer S.P. Balasubramaniam’s funeral was held at his Red Hills farmhouse in Thiruvallur. The funeral held Saturday at his farmhouse at Thamarappakkam in Tiruvallur district, 50 km from Chennai.

The singer, whose voice enchanted Indian cinema and music lovers over the last fifty years, was honored with a 72-gun salute by the Tamil Nadu police. Many people, including actor Vijay, came to pay their last respects to the beloved singer. The funeral was with full official honors. His son Charan Balasubramaniam performed the last rites.

Earlier, it was announced that the function would end at 11 a.m., but due to the rush of mourners, the function was delayed.Veteran director Bharathiraja, who was also at the hospital last evening, attended the funeral and, so did singer Mano. Music composer Devi Sri Prasad and comedian Mayilsami were also part of S P Balasubrahmanyam’s funeral.

Chennai: Legendary singer SP Balasubramaniam has passed away. He was 74 years old. He died at the MGM Healthcare Hospital in Chennai. He was accompanied by his son SP Charan, sister and singer SP Shailaja and director Bharathi Raja at the hospital at the time of his death.

He was hospitalized for days. The death occurred at 1.04pm. On August 13, SPB’s oxygen levels in the body dropped. He was then admitted to the intensive care unit. The ventilator provided assistance. He subjected to plasma therapy. Later, on September 19, his son SP Charan said that his health had improved. In the past few days, SPB’s health has improved and the hospital is celebrating its wedding anniversary. The SPB had also posted a video showing that the health was improving. But hospital officials said the situation quickly worsened.

Sreepati Panditaradhyula Balasubramaniam, popularly known as ‘SPB’ and ‘Balu’ was born on June 4, 1946 in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh. Harikatha artist S.P. His father was Sambamurthy. Mother Shakuntala. Although the father wanted his son to become an engineer, Balu, who had a passion for music from a young age, chose the path of song.

The country has honored him with the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan. He has won the National Film Award for Best Singer six times. He has also made his mark as an actor, music director, and dubbing artist.

He has sung over 40,000 songs in 16 languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Assamese, Oriya, Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, Tulu, Marathi and Punjabi. There is no other singer in the world who has sung so many film songs. SP Balasubramaniam holds the Guinness World Record for most songs recorded. He first sang in Telugu composer SP Kodandapani’s Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna (1966).

He has won the National Award for Best Singer in four languages six times. Released in 1979, K. The song Omkara Nadanu from Viswanath’s Telugu film Shankarabharanam won SPB its first National Award. Songs from Ek Duje Keliye (Hindi – 1981), Sagara Sangamam (Telugu – 1983), Rudraveena (Telugu – 1988), Sangeetha Sagara Ganayogi Panchakshara Gawai (Kannada – 1995) and Minsara Kanavu (Tamil – 1996)

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2001 and the Padma Bhushan in 2011. He has received the Kalaimamani Award from the Government of Tamil Nadu, the Harivarasanam Award from the Government of Kerala and the Karnataka Rajyolsava Award from the Government of Karnataka. Many universities have awarded him an honorary doctorate. It has won several film awards in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

He has composed music for many films. He made his acting debut with K. Balachander’s Manathil Uruthi Vendum. He also won a state award for his lead role in the Kannada film Mudinamava.

New Delhi: The agitation against the Agriculture Bill is intensifying in northern India. Farmers protest in the streets of Punjab and Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh. Farmers blocked highways. The tractor was put in the streets and blocked by farmers. The farmers’ agitation started this morning against the three bills that will become law with the signing of the President.

Opposition parties like Congress, DMK, Aam Aadmi Party, RJD, and Trinamool Congress are supporting the farmers’ protest. Dozens of unions are participating in the agitation.

Bihar, where elections are to be held, is also witnessing strong agitation. RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav led the protests. Tejaswi took part in the agitation by driving a tractor on the highway in Patna.

Bangalore: Four Keralites were killed in a road accident in Yellapur, North Karnataka. Patmakshi Amma (86) from Tripunithura, her children Harindranath Nair (62), Rabindranath Nair (58) and Rabindranath’s wife Pushpa R. Nair, 54, died in the accident.

The accident happened at 6 am yesterday. The Maruti Ignis car they were traveling in collided with a lorry. All four died at the scene. The car is completely wrecked.

Rabindranath Nair, and Pushpa works in Delhi. Relatives rushed to the spot after learning about the accident. The bodies were taken to Yellapur Government hospital mortuary.