- Thursday, February 27, 2025
INDIA is heading for its driest August in more than a century, with scant rainfall likely to persist across large areas, partly because of the El Niño weather pattern, two weather department officials said. August rainfall, expected to be the lowest since records began in 1901, could dent yields of…
A one-day strike next month is set to be staged by thousands of train drivers, their trade union announced on Friday (18). This action, which is part of a pay dispute spanning over a year, will have repercussions for passengers across the country during the bustling summer season. Workers in…
ATHLETES flex muscled biceps before going hand-to-hand in a newly televised arm-wrestling league seeking to take the sporting spotlight in cricket-mad India with a glitzy Bollywood-style makeover. Contestants fight under bright studio lights with a cheering audience as opponents push down the other person’s arm in the Pro Panja League…
For playing a teenager from the 1990s in Guns & Gulaabs, actor Adarsh Gourav says he extensively watched videos on the internet and movies starring megastar Amitabh Bachchan to grasp the essence of that era. Created and directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK, the show centres on the life of…
Superstar Rajinikanth, who attended the special screening of Jailer in Lucknow, will visit Ayodhya on Sunday. “Yes, the programme is tomorrow,” he told ANI on Saturday after being asked about his special plans to visit the birthplace of Lord Ram. Meanwhile, on Saturday, Rajinikanth hosted the screening of his latest release Jailer in Lucknow.…
Actor Pankaj Tripathi says it was a challenge for him to portray former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in an upcoming biographical drama movie as he had to accurately capture not only the nuances but also his spirit with the performance. The biopic, titled Main Atal Hoon, is written by Utkarsh Naithani…
PACE spearhead Jasprit Bumrah made a winning return to international cricket after 11 months on the sidelines in a major boost to India’s campaign at the home World Cup in October-November. The 29-year-old missed the T20 World Cup last year and the World Test Championship final in June with a…
Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar is currently in the news for the second season of her and Reema Kagti’s critically acclaimed show Made In Heaven. The show dropped last week on Prime Video after a long wait of more than four years. Recently, an Instagram user questioned Akhtar over the portrayal of Muslim…
Director SS Rajamouli, on Friday, shared several pictures from his vacation to Norway with his wife Rama. He visited the famous tourist spot, Pulpit Rock in Norway and posted photos on Instagram he all smiles with his wife Rama. He thanked his Baahubali team and wrote on Instagram, “Saw the images of…
JAGUAR LAND ROVER said it will expand its workforce as part of its plan to invest £15 billion to ramp up productions and foray into the electric vehicle market. The Tata Motors-owned luxury carmaker announced 300 new technicians and test engineers will be recruited across its three facilities in the…
