- Sunday, April 20, 2025
BALOCH separatist militants killed at least 39 people in "coordinated" attacks in southwestern Pakistan on Monday that largely targeted ethnic Punjabis, government officials said. In one of the attacks, dozens of militants stopped vehicles travelling on a highway through Balochistan province and shot 23 people dead - one of the…
CBI sleuths on Sunday conducted searches on the premises of former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh, ex-MSVP Sanjay Vashisth and 13 others in and around Kolkata in connection with their probe into alleged financial irregularities at the institute, officials said. The anti-corruption unit of the…
AFTER the justice Hema Committee report, detailing the problems faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, became public last week some big names in the industry are now facing sexual harassment allegations. In the latest development, acclaimed Malayalam filmmaker Ranjith on Sunday resigned as the chairman of Kerala Chalachitra…
A TRAILER promoting Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming film "Megalopolis" has been withdrawn after it was discovered to contain fake movie reviews, reportedly generated by artificial intelligence. The trailer, released this week, sought to draw comparisons between Coppola's latest work and his earlier, initially controversial films that later became classics. However,…
SHOOTER Sarabjot Singh, who partnered with Manu Bhaker to win India's first-ever Olympic medal in a mixed shooting event, on Saturday said they "barely" got to train together in the run-up to their event. Bhaker and Sarabjot scripted history with a bronze medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team…
IT MAJOR Cognizant's subsidiary TriZetto has slapped a lawsuit on Infosys in a US federal court, accusing the Bengaluru-headquartered company of stealing trade secrets and information related to healthcare insurance software. Infosys, in a statement, denied all allegations. The company asserted it is aware of the lawsuit and will defend…
THE CONTROVERSY over Arshad Warsi's remarks regarding Prabhas' portrayal in "Kalki 2898 AD" has sparked discussions across the film industry. Director Nag Ashwin addressed the issue on Saturday, acknowledging that Warsi should have been more careful with his words, though he downplayed the incident by saying, "it's ok." Arshad's comments,…
A BENGALI actor has levelled accusation of misbehaviour against eminent Malayalam film director and chairman of the state-run Kerala Chalachitra Academy, Ranjith. This could spell fresh trouble for the Pinarayi Vijayan government which is facing opposition heat over its alleged inaction over the Justice Hema Committee report. The report had…
THE PRIME accused in the rape of a minor girl in Assam's Nagaon district drowned in a pond after escaping from police custody on Saturday morning, police said. The villagers of Borbheti, the family home of the accused, have decided not to participate in his funeral prayers and nor allow…
DESCRIBING the deity of the ancient Dhakeswari Temple here as a "mother to all humans", a priest of the revered shrine said several Hindus, Muslims and others from the local community had come together to guard it soon after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh. The centuries-old…
