SHAHID KAPOOR is set to collaborate with filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj for the fourth time in a film described as their most accessible project to date. The movie, which remains untitled, is a love story set in the 1990s against the backdrop of Mumbai’s underworld. "It's always been a privilege to…
AN IRAQI refugee and anti-Islam campaigner was shot dead in Sweden hours before he was due to receive a court verdict following a trial over burning the Quran, and five people were arrested over the shooting on Thursday (30). The five were arrested in connection with the incident late on…
INDIA captain Rohit Sharma, who is going through a lean patch, is reportedly angry with the relentless attacks by legendary batsman Sunil Gavaskar and filed a complaint with the BCCI, CricBlogger reports. During the recently concluded Test match tour of Australia, Rohit managed to score just 31 runs from three…
FINANCE MINISTER Nirmala Sitharaman, set to make history with her eighth consecutive Union Budget, has worked tirelessly with key officials to prepare a budget of over ₹50 trillion (£463.98bn) for FY26. The Budget will have to address several challenges, including softening economic growth, falling value of Rupee against the US…
A CANADA commission report has said that "no definitive link" with a "foreign state" in the killing of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was "proven", smashing Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations that accused the involvement of Indian agents in the killing. In September 2023, Trudeau said Canada had…
FOLLOWING the stampede at the Maha Kumbh on Mauni Amavasya Wednesday (29), Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath issued a slew of guidelines on crowd management, traffic flow, prevention of build-up of devotees and coordination among departments. The chief minister has ordered a judicial inquiry to find the reasons that…
WITH passengers shelling out exorbitant airfares for Prayagraj flights, the civil aviation ministry on Wednesday (29) asked airlines to maintain reasonable ticket prices. The development also came on a day when Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said airfares for Prayagraj flights are "exorbitantly high" and urged aviation watchdog DGCA to…
A WOMAN is suspected to have died of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in Maharashtra on Wednesday (29), while 16 new cases of the rare nerve disorder were reported in the state, health officials said. On Sunday, a 40-year-old man from Solapur died of suspected GBS. "A 56-year-old woman from Pune with…
AN activist approached Pune Police on Wednesday (29) with a plea seeking registration of a First Information Report against singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya for his alleged derogatory remarks about Mahatma Gandhi. The singer insulted the Mahatma by stating that 'Gandhi was not the father of nation of India but he was…
A MUMBAI-BOUND Air India flight inadvertently sent out a hijack signal soon after taking off from the national capital this week, sending security agencies into a tizzy and the incident is now under investigation, according to sources. Security protocols were put in place and after landing at the Mumbai airport,…