Category: Events

Marathi film ‘Gondhal’, written and directed by Santosh Davakhar, has been selected as India’s official entry for the 99th Academy Awards, the Film Federation of India announced on Friday. The film will represent India in the International Feature Film category at the Oscars 2027.Set against the backdrop of rural Maharashtra, ‘Gondhal’ unfolds over the course...

Swatantra Bhardwaj released from Tihar Jail NEW DELHI: Social media influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj was released from Tihar Jail late Thursday night, three days after a Delhi court granted him three weeks’ interim bail in connection with the alleged assault on the father of a student activist during a protest at Jantar Mantar, officials said on...

Indian Railways is considering extending the run of its only hydrogen-powered train to Delhi. India’s first hydrogen train launched two months ago established Indian Railways’ technological prowess in running the world’s longest and highest-powered hydrogen train.However, even though the train has worked well as a technology demonstrator so far, its occupancy has been lower than...

Sanchita Dey Pradhan withdrawing her nomination NEW DELHI: In a significant blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the party’s candidate for the upcoming Nandigram assembly bypoll, Sanchita Dey Pradhan, withdrew her nomination on Friday.Pradhan’s sudden departure from the race came after she met West Bengal chief minister and senior BJP...

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At least 16 killed and dozens injured in a suicide blast at a mosque At least 16 people, including five police personnel, were killed and dozens injured in a suicide blast at a mosque during Friday prayers at the Kohat Police Lines in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan, as reported by the Dawn.Videos showed...

BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia, BCCI president Mithun Manhas, and BCCI vice president Rajeev Shukla (left), Ajit Agarkar The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has authorised its office-bearers to take a decision on the future of the men’s senior selection committee headed by Ajit Agarkar, vice-president Rajeev Shukla confirmed after the Board’s 95th...

Dina Powell McCormick gave up her Meta board seat after a walk with Mark Zuckerberg at his Kauai compound. Mark Zuckerberg took a walk around Koolau Ranch, his compound in Kauai, with one of his newest board members last December and made her an unusual offer. Give up the seat, he said, and come work...

A blast was reported near the Old Police Lines in Kohat, in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least 16 people were killed and more than 30 injured in a suicide explosion at a mosque inside the Kohat Police Lines in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, officials said.The explosion occurred during Friday prayers, collapsing...

The accused Kalyan Singh Bainsla GURGAON: A court on Friday sent hit-and-run accused Kalyan Singh Bainsla and his cousin Lavnish to 14 days’ judicial custody, police said, days after a video of the incident on Golf Course Road went viral.Earlier on Friday, a group of men were seen rallying in cars in support of Bainsla....