BENGALURU: Bengaluru city police probing into the alleged harassment and inhuman treatment to toddlers at an on-campus crèche run by Capgemini Technology Services India Limited in Brookefield made the first arrest on Friday.Accused caretaker is identyfied as Vijayalakshmi and police will produce her before a court.The jurisdictional HAL police had registered a case against the…
Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Jacob Bethell (ANI Photo) Former England captain Michael Vaughan has urged young all-rounder Jacob Bethell to return home from the Indian Premier League 2026 amid injury concerns and uncertainty over his place in the Royal Challengers Bengaluru playing XI ahead of the playoffs.Bethell entered IPL 2026 with significant expectations following his impressive…
When the Strait of Hormuz tightened, many braced for $200-a-barrel oil. More than three months on, that nightmare scenario is still nowhere in the picture.The disruption, which removed more than 10 million barrels a day of Middle Eastern supply from the market, had fuelled warnings of crude prices soaring to as much as $200 a…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s first BJP chief minister, Suvendu Adhikari, may soon change his Kolkata address from his Chinar Park flat to the Soujanya complex in Alipore.PWD is actively considering whether Soujanya can be used as the temporary residence of the chief minister. Senior police officials, led by joint police commissioner Rupesh Kumar, visited the building on…
Salman Khan to play iconic historical figure in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s period film – Report Following the box office disappointment of ‘Sikandar’, Salman Khan appears to be setting his sights on one of the most ambitious projects of his career, a big-budget period film to be directed by National Award-winning filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and…
The ‘Yellowstone’ creator criticised modern blockbuster filmmaking, arguing that studios rely too heavily on exposition rather than visual storytelling.Image credit (Instagram) Taylor Sheridan, the writer and co-creator of ‘Yellowstone’, has voiced sharp criticism of Marvel films and the executives overseeing modern studio productions. Sheridan articulated his frustrations with contemporary filmmaking practices and contrasted them with…
India’s association with the Cannes Film Festival has, for years, come with one constant visual — Aishwarya Rai Bachchan walking the red carpet for L’Oreal Paris. Since becoming the global ambassador for the beauty brand in 2004, the actress has been one of the most recognised Indian faces at Cannes, attending the festival more than…
50% tax credit rolled out for firms investing in innovation in 2026 in UAE / Image file The UAE Ministry of Finance launched a major tax incentive allowing businesses to claim up to 50% tax credit on research and development (R&D) spending, marking one of the most significant policy moves since the introduction of corporate…
Film exhibitor Manoj Desai, Executive Director of G7 Multiplex (Gaiety Galaxy) and Maratha Mandir Cinema in Mumbai, has strongly criticised the release strategy of Priyadarshan’s Bhooth Bangla, starring Akshay Kumar, alleging that the decision to delay advance bookings is hurting single-screen theatres. Commenting on the response to paid previews, Desai said the film hasn’t opened…
Nearly 150 years after gallium was first discovered and added to the periodic table, scientists at the University of Auckland have uncovered previously unknown details about the metal’s atomic structure and behaviour, details that overturn an assumption that has shaped the field for more than three decades. Gallium was identified in 1875 by French chemist…