- Thursday, May 01, 2025
SELF-TAUGHT filmmaker Nasir Shaikh’s determination to make movies despite limited resources has inspired director Reema Kagti, producer Farhan Akhtar, and actor Adarsh Gaurav. His journey is the focus of the upcoming film “Superboys of Malegaon”, which aims to encourage others to pursue their dreams against all odds. [caption id="attachment_234369" align="alignleft"…
PROLONGED mobile phone use while sitting on the toilet is contributing to a surge in haemorrhoids and anal fistulas, doctors have said. The habit, coupled with a sedentary lifestyle and poor diet, is putting increased strain on the rectal area, leading to painful conditions that often require medical intervention, they…
THE SUPREME COURT on Tuesday (25) quashed a chargesheet against a former army officer in an alleged rape case saying it was an "abuse of process of law". A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K Vinod Chandran, who granted the relief to Capt. Rakesh Walia (retired), noted that the…
PAKISTAN'S cricket team continues to invite scathing criticism a day after being knocked out of the Champions Trophy after New Zealand defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in a Group A match in Rawalpindi on Monday (24). Sunil Gavaskar observed that the current Pakistan team would struggle to beat even a…
THE MAHA KUMBH MELA area will be a no-vehicle zone from 4 PM on Tuesday, with the entire Prayagraj following suit from 6 pm onwards in view of the massive influx of devotees for the last special bathing date coinciding with Mahashivratri on February 26. Authorities have imposed these restrictions…
JOINING the debate on working hours, IT services company Capgemini India's chief executive Ashwin Yardi on Tuesday (25) advocated 47.5 hours work per week, and was against sending e-mails to employees on weekends. He was speaking at Nasscom Technology and Leadership Forum (NTLF) in Mumbai. "Forty-seven and half hours. We…
A DELHI court on Tuesday (25) awarded life-term imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case connected to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Special judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced the judgment for the murders of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on November 1, 1984. The judge said…
A VIDEO of Pakistan prime minister Shehbaz Sharif's impassioned speech claiming his country would fix its troubled economy and “move ahead of India” has now gone viral. In his animated address to a crowd in Dera Ghazi Khan last week, Sharif declared that if his government fails to do so…
DURING his recent meeting with Bangladesh interim government's foreign affairs adviser Touhid Hossain in Muscat, external affairs minister S Jaishankar conveyed that Bangladesh "should not normalise terrorism", the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday (21). The two leaders met on the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC)…
VIRAT KOHLI showcased his penchant to lord over Pakistan in ICC tournaments once more as the batting icon's glittering unbeaten 100 helped India claim an authoritative six-wicket win over their traditional rivals and all but seal a semifinal spot in the Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday. The victory should…
