‘Lenin’ box office collections day 8: Akhil Akkineni’s film drops 17.5%; earns Rs 1.65 Cr in India Akhil Akkineni‘s ‘Lenin’ continued its theatrical run with a modest performance on its eighth day at the box office. After completing its first week, the action drama entered its second weekend with lower collections.According to trade tracker Sacnilk,…
NEW DELHI: The Centre told Supreme Court Friday that visa and consular services, which are outsourced, offered to lakhs of Indian nationals, OCIs and foreign visa applicants were severely impacted in Indian missions in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kuwait, Singapore and Canberra (Australia) as Delhi high court had quashed the selection of private service providers.“We outsource…
Christopher Nolan‘s ‘The Odyssey’ has lived up to its massive pre-release buzz, registering a strong opening at the Indian box office. The film starring Matt Damon in the lead, matched the pre-release box office expectations to score a Rs 20 crore opening in India. Despite its Adults Only (A) certification, the film still managed to…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from West Bengal and Election Commission to a PIL which alleged that the state govt was denying benefits of social welfare schemes, including ration, to people whose names were deleted from the voter list because of doubtful citizenship during special intensive revision (SIR).On a PIL by Prasenjit…
NEW DELHI: The May NEET-UG paper tested what they knew. Its cancellation tested whether they could go again. And they restarted – reacquiring given-away books in Ludhiana, extending a break from mobile phone in Baramati, preparing in Hindi in Hanumangarh and studying through power cuts in Srinagar. The scrapping of the May exam over a…
NEW DELHI: NEET-UG’s nationwide attendance fall acquired a regional pattern in 2026, with Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka recording high absenteeism while Rajasthan expanded its candidate base and posted the strongest qualification rate among large states.Kerala had 1.14 lakh registrations, but only 84,664 candidates appeared, leaving 29,122 absent (25.6%). Tamil Nadu lost 33,893 of its…
Slavko Vinčić to referee Messi’s Argentina vs Yamal’s Spain in 2026 World Cup final showdown/ AI Image FIFA has entrusted Slovenian referee Slavko Vinčić with the biggest appointment of his career, confirming that he will officiate Sunday’s 2026 FIFA World Cup final between defending champions Argentina and Spain at New York New Jersey Stadium.The 46-year-old…
NEW DELHI: Govt defended its high-speed rail cooperation with Japan, dismissing the statement of a former Japanese minister blaming India for the lack of progress in the ongoing work on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai ‘bullet train’ project.Describing the comments by former justice minister Hideki Makihara, who accused Indian authorities of not keeping their promises, as the opinion…
NEW DELHI: Women formed the majority of NEET-UG candidates and qualifiers again in 2026, but their representation thinned sharply at the very top, with only 30 women among the 138 candidates scoring 690 or more.Women accounted for 13.3 lakh of 22.8 lakh registrations, or 58.5%, and 6.5 lakh of 11.2 lakh candidates who qualified in…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Friday warned two Ghaziabad private hospitals and a doctor that if they failed to voluntarily pay compensation to parents of a grievously injured sexually assaulted girl, who died due to refusal of treatment, it will impose costs that would have a chilling impact.When a doctor, accused of refusing admission to…