After keeping the project under wraps for several years, Pa Ranjith has finally offered a closer look at the world of ‘Vettuvam’. The film was first announced at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 and has remained one of the director’s most closely watched projects. ‘Vettuvam’ marks Ranjith’s eighth feature film as a director and…
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…
Pic credit: Instagram, Google Maps Singer-songwriter Charlie Puth, 34, has cashed out on his Montecito home where he married the love of his life, Brooke Sansone. The 5,920-square-foot property was sold off-market for $18.5 million, The Real Deal reported. In nine years since the purchase, Charlie Puth has more than quadrupled his money on the…
Suhashas addressed the discussion surrounding the recent success meet of ‘Mandaadi’ with a heartfelt note thanking the Telugu audience for supporting him throughout his career. Rather than directly engaging with the remarks that sparked the conversation, the actor chose to reflect on his journey from making short films on YouTube to becoming a leading actor….
India rejects Pakistan’s claims after INS Kolkata collision with PNS Hunain NEW DELHI: India on Friday rejected Pakistan’s allegations over the collision between the Indian Navy’s INS Kolkata and Pakistan Navy’s PNS Hunain in the Arabian Sea, saying the Pakistani vessel carried out a dangerous manoeuvre in violation of a 1991 bilateral agreement and international…
Abhishek Sharma lit up a dead rubber with a 30-ball century as India completed a 3-0 series sweep over Afghanistan with a 127-run win in the third and final T20I in Delhi on Thursday.Abhishek tore into the Afghanistan bowling attack, scoring 108 off just 34 balls with 11 sixes. His innings took India to 221…
Protests broke out in a city in central Nigeria after 37 miners detained during raids on suspected illegal gold mines were found dead in the custody of the paramilitary force that carried out the operation.The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) conducted the raids on September 15 and 16 in the Wushishi-Lukoto area, west…
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…
A bilby (Macrotis lagotis – large animal) and a Spinifex hopping mouse (Notomys alexis – small animal) at Sydney Wildlife World, a zoo in Sydney (Image: Dcoetzee/Wikipedia) In 1997, conservationists introduced captive-bred greater bilbies to Thistle Island in South Australia, a place the species had never historically inhabited. The release was part of a wider…
Representative Image (AI-generated) What if the best way to understand a 2,000-year-old burned scroll is to make one yourself and set it on fire? Scientists did just that to investigate how writing might be recovered from carbonised papyrus scrolls buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. In a study published in PLOS ONE, researchers created…