Monthly Archives: July 2019

Bhumi Pednekar celebrates birthday with family in Lucknow: Couldn’t have had a better start to the day

Arts, Culture & Entertainment

Bhumi Pednekar, who is shooting for Pati Patni Aur Woh in Lucknow, celebrated her birthday with family. The actress took to Instagram to share pictures from birthday celebration.

Bhumi Pednekar celebrates her birthday in Lucknow.

Bhumi Pednekar celebrates her birthday in Lucknow.

It’s a working birthday for Bhumi Pednekar. While the Saand Ki Aankh actress is in Lucknow for the shooting of Pati Patni Aur Woh, her family made sure to make her 30th birthday a memorable one. Her mother and sister flew down to Lucknow to be with the birthday girl on her big day, and the actress is more than happy for “such a great start to the day.”

Bhumi, who turns 30 today, took to Instagram to share pictures from her birthday celebration with family. She wrote, “Couldn’t have had a better start to the day as I grow a year older…with work and the ones I love. Thank you already for all the birthday love. @sumitrapednekar @samikshapednekar #swapnil #upi”

Talking about Bhumi’s birthday plans, a source earlier told DNA, “This year, Bhumi’s birthday was going to be even more special as she is turning 30. She always celebrates her big day with family and friends. It’s an annual ritual for her to throw a party. But, this won’t be possible as an important sequence needs to be filmed and the shoot falls on her birthday.”

Bhumi is currently shooting for Mudassar Aziz’s Pati Patni Aur Woh  in Lucknow with Kartik Aaryan and Ananya Panday. The actress will be in Lucknow for a month-long schedule.

“Her mother and sister are travelling to Lucknow where they have planned a dinner after she wraps up her shoot. It will be a quiet, intimate do, as the family wants to spend the evening together because they won’t be able to see Bhumi for an entire month,” added the source.

Pati Patni Aur Woh is a remake of the 1978 hit of the same name and is touted to be a comical take on extra-marital affairs.

Kartik and Bhumi will essay the role of a married couple, while Ananya will play a secretary who turns their lives upside down.

Pati Patni Aur Woh is set to hit the screens on December 6.

source: http://www.indiatoday.in / India Today / Home> News> Movies> Celebrities / by India Today Web Desk / New Delhi – July 18th, 2019

Over The Moon: Lucknow Residents Celebrate City’s Chandrayaan Connection

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The mission director for Chandrayaan-2 Ritu Karidhal Srivastava did her MSc in Physics from the University of Lucknow in 1996.

Lucknow : 

As the nation celebrated the launch of Chandrayaan-2, people in Lucknow are over the moon revelling in mission director Ritu Karidhal Srivastava’s connection to the city.

Congratulatory messages poured in for teachers, batchmates and relatives of Ritu Karidhal Srivastava in Lucknow.

“The entire department is feeling proud on the achievements of Ritu Karidhal, who did her MSc in Physics from this department in 1996,” Poonam Tandon, head of the Physics department at the University of Lucknow, said.

“She was a very bright student and is certainly a role model for the current batch of students. The entire department is excited over her success and that of the ISRO. She is indeed a proud alumnus of the department,” she said.

Ms Tandon said the department is chalking out a programme to felicitate the Chandrayaan-2 mission director.

In the state assembly on Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded ISRO scientists, specifically mentioning Ritu Karidhal Srivastava.

Meanwhile, a batchmate of hers recalled the ISRO scientist’s days at the University of Lucknow. “She was a brilliant student and had a good command over the subject,” said Vikal Saxena, who teaches Physics at a private university in the city.

“In fact, on couple of occasions she cleared my doubts as well,” he said, recalling that she helped all students and was also popular with those from the junior batches.

Ritu Karidhal’s cousin Ajay Srivastava shared the sentiment. “She is very polite by nature and used to encourage her siblings in every aspect of life. She guided us. Be it her educational qualifications or behavioural attributes, she is very good,” he said.

India’s moon mission Chandrayaan 2 lifted off from its launch pad at Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota at 2:43 pm on Monday on board a giant heavy-lift rocket. India’s space scientists had a narrow one-minute window for their second attempt at launching the moon mission, a week after the mission was aborted 56 minutes before lift-off.COMMENT

The success of Chandrayaan 2 mission will make India the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to pull off a soft landing on the moon.

source: http://www.ndtv.com / NDTV / Home> Sections> Lucknow / by Press Trust of India / July 23rd, 2019