NEW DELHI: Centre Monday sanctioned 25 lakh additional ‘Ujjwala’ LPG connections for current financial year, having transferred Rs 58,000 crore in subsidies to over 10 crore beneficiary women since the scheme’s launch in May 2016 to give poor households access to clean cooking fuel.“On the auspicious occasion of Navratri, I extend my best wishes to…
Teja Sajja’s Mirai achieves box office success in India. The film earns Rs 44.25 crore domestically. North America emerges as a key market. Mirai surpasses HanuMan’s premiere day collection. The film’s second-day collection becomes the highest for a Telugu film in 2025. Teja Sajja will appear in Zombie Reddy 2. He will also be in…
As Nepal plunged into a crisis, PM Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) to discuss the developments in the country, saying the violence witnessed there was heart-rending. Modi said he was anguished that many young people had lost their lives and appealed to all “brothers and sisters” in Nepal…
Anurag Kashyap dismissed being labeled a “nashedi”, attributing it to his large eyes. He said, “Meri aankehin baadi baadi hai na…” Critics claiming no success were told, “Meri film ne ek ticket bhi nahi bhecha…” He dislikes being tied to ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ and may collaborate with Salman Khan on a dark cop thriller. Bollywood…
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has extended the deadline for choice filling and locking in the first round of NEET UG 2025 counselling. Due to technical problems on the MCC website, candidates got extra time until August 7, 2025, at 1:30 PM to select their preferred medical and dental colleges. This extension helped many students…
Both programmes offer sponsor-free residency to attract global talent, investment, and long-term economic participation/Representative image For decades, long-term residency in the Gulf was deliberately elusive. You were welcome to work, invest, and build, but never quite to stay. For a time, that model worked. But as both the UAE and Saudi Arabia began to confront…
Harshvardhan Rane is back to the screens after the re-release of his much loved movie ‘Sanam Teri Kasam’. The film has been holding well in cinemas despite competition from ‘Thamma’. While it crossed Rs 20 crore mark in 3 days, it’s also getting a lot of appreciation from industry insiders. Hansal Mehta gave a shout…
Image credits: X @/PRAMODRAO278121 A video of a woman violently smashing the window of an air-conditioned coach on the Indore-Delhi train has gone viral on social media.The incident occurred on Wednesday after the woman’s purse was allegedly stolen during the journey. The clip shows the woman sitting with a small child beside her, using a…
Madhumita Sarcar is reportedly making a comeback to the small screen in a role opposite Neel Bhattacharya. The actress was last seen playing the lead in the 2018 Bengali TV series Kusum Dola. Neel was last seen in the 2024 soap, Amar Songhi.Revealing that the new serial is a love story, a source said, “The…
Aadhaar-based verification is set to move further away from paper trails, with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) preparing to notify a new rule mandating registration of entities that seek offline Aadhaar verification, reported PTIThe proposed rule aims to discourage practices such as hotels, event organisers and similar entities collecting photocopies of Aadhaar cards…