BENGALURU: If you think kissing is only about human romance, you’re already missing the story. The first kiss happened long before humans walked the Earth—somewhere in the misty forests of prehistoric Africa, between two ape ancestors, 16.9-21.5 million years ago.As per a new evolutionary study, a kiss is better understood as an ancient, risky mouth-to-mouth…
‘Dhurandhar’ stars Ranveer Singh as a fierce spy, initially planned as a single film but now split into two due to its extensive footage and story complexity. The first part releases in December 2025, with the second expected in mid-2026, to do justice to its vast scale and narrative depth. The makers of Aditya Dhar’s…
Sunjay Kapur’s family battle has taken a dramatic new turn, with his sister Mandhira Kapur stepping forward to defend both her late brother and her ‘bestie’ Karisma Kapoor. This comes only days after the Delhi High Court urged everyone involved in the will dispute to not turn the situation melodramatic. But outside the courtroom, the…
Air force drone makes emergency landing in jaisalmer JAISALMER: In Jaisalmer’s border area of Ramgarh on Thursday, the Indian Air Force was compelled to make an emergency landing of an unmanned air vehicle, Heron Searcher, in a field due to a technical malfunction. There were no reports of any loss of life or property. The…
NEW DELHI: The consolidation of Kurmis and Kushwahas – two intermediary backward castes – behind Nitish Kumar powered his rise two decades back, and as he took take oath for an unprecedented 10th time as Bihar CM on Thursday, their share in the assembly also hit a high.NDA’s social coalition, which joins two ends of…
NEW DELHI: If one moment conveyed NDA’s triumphant mood at the swearing-in ceremony in Patna after its massive poll win, it was the sight of PM Narendra Modi waving a ‘gamcha’ to the crowd of happy supporters, many of whom cheerfully responded by swinging their own ‘gamchas’.A utilitarian accoutrement in everyday life, especially for the…
Actor Vivek Oberoi raised eyebrows once again, this time with his fiery reflections and remarks on fame. The actor, in a rather candid chat, shared his thoughts about the fickle nature of fame. While he was at it, he even suggested that the megastars could just lose their stardom and legacy some years down the…
NEW DELHI: Amid the rumblings triggered by the opposition’s comprehensive defeat in Bihar, Congress said it was committed to INDIA bloc and would double efforts to strengthen the national alliance.AICC general secretary K C Venugopal said the INDIA bloc was put together as an arrangement at the national level for like-minded parties to coordinate their…
NEW DELHI/PATNA: As the swearing-in ceremony ended at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan Thursday, CM Nitish Kumar took PM Modi‘s hand and lifted it with his to greet a large cheering crowd, marking the new dynamic in their relationship since the JDU president rejoined NDA in Jan 2024.The transformation could not have been starker compared to their…
NEW DELHI: A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday disapproved in dismay a two-judge bench’s decision to use SC’s Article 142 powers to grant ‘deemed assent’ to 10 Bills pending for long with Tamil Nadu governor and said it was a fallacious exercise of powers to achieve a constitutionally impermissible goal. A bench…
