Veteran Bollywood director David Dhawan, known for blockbusters with Govinda, Salman Khan, and Sanjay Dutt, has finally explained why he never made a film with superstar Shah Rukh Khan, and the reason is simpler than fans might expect. Ahead of his film ‘Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai’ release, the filmmaker recently opened up about…
In the era where we have a new national crush every month, Sonali Bendre is called the ‘OG National crush’. She still continues to be remembered as one of the most striking faces of the 90s and has a loyal fan base over the years. But long before the fame and admiration, she was just…
Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: Two captains – Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer – will be eyeing their first points of IPL 2026 when Gujarat Titans take on Punjab Kings in Mullanpur on Tuesday.For Gill, India’s Test and ODI skipper, the season presents a big opportunity to reassert his place…
Benji busy preparing a dish at his adoptive family’s eatery in Kolkata KOLKATA: Born into loss in Kerala, raised without memory of parents, and finding a home after decades of drift, 50-year-old Benjamin – “Benji” in Kolkata’s Beleghata – says the state has made him an orphan again. EC’s SIR of electoral rolls has struck…
Janhvi Kapoor may often come across as composed and cheerful in public, but she has now revealed that the period following her debut film Dhadak was far more emotionally turbulent than it appeared. Janhvi revisited her state of mind around the film’s release in 2018. Despite the film’s commercial success and positive feedback, she said…
Kuwait has enacted significant changes to its citizenship law, empowering the government to grant and revoke nationality with greater authority. The new decree tightens eligibility criteria, particularly for naturalisation and marriage-based applications, while reinforcing strict rules against dual nationality. These reforms aim to safeguard national identity and address past irregularities, ensuring citizenship is granted strictly…
Kolkata: Of the 1,478 candidates contesting in the first phase of Bengal polls, almost one-fifth are crorepatis, most of them being TMC contenders. The poorest candidate, with assets of Rs 500, is from the new AJUP.Of the 152 BJP nominees, 106 have pending criminal cases, including 96 named in serious offences. In TMC, 63 of…
NEW DELHI: Even as India allocates thousands of crores of rupees annually for child vaccination, RTI data shows that a significant share of funds remains unspent, raising questions over implementation in one of the country’s largest public health scheme – National Immunisation Programme. Under the programme – which provides free vaccines to protect children against…
WASHINGTON/DENVER: A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a pedestrian on the Denver International Airport runway during takeoff, airport authorities said, spa-rking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate.“DEN can confirm that the pedestrian jumped the perimeter fence and was hit just two minutes later while crossing the runway,” the statement said, adding, “The…
Bangladesh begins fuel loading at Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Dhaka: Bangladesh on Tuesday entered the era of nuclear power generation as its Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant began fuel loading in its VVER-1200 reactor – the latest Russian Gen III+ pressurised water reactor technology that India too is looking at for its future nuclear power projects,…