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NTR biopic launch, death of a tigress, and other news in pictures

March 29, 2018 01:49 pm | Updated 04:26 pm IST

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu with actor Balakrishna during the launch of biopic on his father and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao, in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu with actor Balakrishna during the launch of biopic on his father and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao, in Hyderabad on Thursday.

 

4.00 p.m.

NTR biopic launch

Actor and Hindupur MLA, Nandamuri Balakrishna on Thursday began the shooting the biopic on his father and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao in the presence of Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Mr. Balakrishna said the film would unveil many facets of the legendary actor. The film, to be made simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi, will be directed by Teja and produced by Balakrishna, Sai Korrapati and Vishnu Vardhan Induri.

2.30 pm

Emotion farewell to Tigress Jai

Tigress Jai was laid to rest at the premises of  Maharajbaug zoo in Nagpur on Thursday.

Tigress Jai was laid to rest at the premises of Maharajbaug zoo in Nagpur on Thursday.

 

Tigress Jai, a main attraction at the Maharajbagh zoo in Nagpur, passed away today, after prolonged illness. The funeral for the big cat took place at the zoo premises. The tigress was brought to the zoo in 2008 and was a major tourist attraction since then. She took a turn for the worse in November 2017, when both her kidneys failed to support her.

1.45 pm

Mahavir Jayanthi

The Jains across the country celebrated Mahavir Jayanti with its traditional fervour on Friday. Members of Shree Rajasthan Jain Swetamber Murti Pujak Sangh took out a procession on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Lord Mahaveer in Coimbatore.

 Children from the Jain community during a procession to mark a Mahavir Jayanthi in Coimbatore on Thursday.

Children from the Jain community during a procession to mark a Mahavir Jayanthi in Coimbatore on Thursday.

 

Mahavir Jayanti is specially celebrated every year the Jain community and other religious people as well to commemorate the birth anniversary of Mahavir (also known as Vardhamana). Mahavir was the 24 and last Tirthankara of the Jainism who had founded the Jainism as well as established the core principles of the Jainism.

1.00 pm

Cabinet briefing

 Union Minister of Law and Justice and Electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Jitendra Singh, during a Cabinet briefing in New Delhi on Thursday, March 29, 2018.

Union Minister of Law and Justice and Electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Jitendra Singh, during a Cabinet briefing in New Delhi on Thursday, March 29, 2018.

At a press briefing after the cabinet meeting on Thursday, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said that after consulting the States, it was decided to merge the three existing schemes on improving public education - Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education (TE).

 

12 noon

 

Lalu Prasad arrives in Delhi for treatment

 RJD supremo Lalu Prasad arrives at the New Delhi railway station on Thursday.

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad arrives at the New Delhi railway station on Thursday.

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, who is serving jail term here since December 23 in a fodder scam case, arrived in New Delhi on medical advice for specialised treatment at AIIMS, New Delhi.

Prasad, who was admitted to Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Ranchi on March 17 on complaints of uneasiness at Birsa Munda Jail and left for New Delhi on Wednesdayby train after a Special CBI court allowed him to seek treatment at Delhi AIIMS.

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