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The Kerala High Court on Wednesday stayed the proceedings in the sedition case against actor and model, Aisha Sultana. This comes after the Supreme Court's interim order staying all trials in sedition cases after the Centre said it is examining the validity of the sedition law.

With the high court's order, no further investigation will be undertaken in the FIR registered by the Kavaratti police.

The case was registered by the Kavaratti police on the basis of a complaint filed by the president of BJP's Lakshadweep unit, Abdul Khader Haji. According to his complaint, Sultana had alleged that the central government had unleashed a "bio weapon" by relaxing Covid protocols in Lakshadweep, during a debate on a Malayalam TV channel.

K-pop superstar Psy has been criticized for requiring 300 tons of water at each of his upcoming summer concerts amid a drought in South Korea.

Last Friday, the "Gangnam Style" singer announced on Instagram that his popular water-soaked "Summer Swag" shows are set to return to Seoul in August. The concert series marks the first time since 2019 that the artist is putting on his "Psy Drenched Show" — its name in Korean — at which audiences sing and dance while getting sprayed with water.

The concert series, a hit with crowds in South Korea's summer heat, has been held every few years since 2011, per Korea JoongAng Daily.

The first song of Pankaj Tripathi starrer Sherdil - The Pilibhit Saga is out and it is sung by none other than iconic KK. The song is titled Dhoop Paani Bahne De. It is also the very first song of the late singer post his death last week. In a heartbreaking incident, prominent singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, lovingly known as KK passed away at the age of 53 on May 31 shortly after performing live in a concert in Kolkata, West Bengal. Reportedly, the singer fell sick while performing at Nazrul Manch in Kolkata. KK passed away due to a cardiac arrest, according to the post-mortem report. His cremation was performed on June 02 in Mumbai.  

Kamal Haasan-starrer 'Vikram', which was released worldwide on June 3, collected Rs 33 crore at the box office on the first day itself, with Rs 21 crore coming from Tamil Nadu alone. The film directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj has been doing very well in Kerala as well with a collection of Rs 5 crore on the opening day. It did reasonably well in Karnataka (Rs 3.40 crore), Telangana and Andhra Pradesh (Rs 2.9 crore).

In the rest of India, the movie collected Rs 0.75 crore, while globally also the movie is doing well, according to trade analysts. With the movie collecting a huge sum on the first day itself, there was a possibility of a drop on the second day but 'Vikram' has a huge volume of pre-sales for Saturday.

During the IIFA 2022 press conference being held Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, Salman Khan took exception to Riteish Deshmukh's praise of Maniesh Paul's hosting skills. Deshmukh had said, "Maniesh, I just want to say, you are the best thing that's happened to hosting, period."

Salman looked nonplussed and appeared to point to himself, as though wondering whether Riteish forgot him. Then Deshmukh said, "Maneish, I want to tell you, you are the best thing that's happened to hosting, ever. Period," again leaving Salman confused and surprised.

Then Deshmukh laughed devilishly and side-hugged Salman and said, "Sorry, galti ho gaya (mistake happened)". To which Salman responded, "I forgot myself, that I host from time to time as well."