Political temperature has begun to soar in the desert state with voting for 12 seats scheduled to be held in Phase 1 of the Lok Sabha election. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) aims to score a hat-trick by winning all the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state this year – as it did in 2014 and 2019 – the Congress hopes to put an end to its dry spell. The latest opinion polls by C-Voter and CNX predict that the BJP will sweep the state again in 2024, while Polstrat gives 19 seats to…
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Hollywood star Zendaya says she has no idea when the third season of her popular HBO series “Euphoria” will begin production. The Dune actor, who played Rue in the first two seasons of the Sam Levinson-created series and also executive produced the series, said she is “not in charge” of the show’s development when asked about the much-awaited season three. “If it’s right for the characters and everything turns out the way it should, of course. But it’s beyond me,” Zendaya told Variety at the premiere of her upcoming film Challengers, directed by Luca Guadagnino.Also starring Sydney Sweeney, Hunter Schafer,…
A lucky woman from Genesee County, Michigan, claims a tarot card reading predicted her eventual lottery win of $500,000 (Rs 4,18,25000) that very same day. The 59-year-old, who wished to remain anonymous, revealed she purchased scratch-off tickets at a BP gas station in Fenton while on her way to the tarot session. The tarot cards apparently hinted at incoming financial gain, though the woman didn’t connect the dots to lottery winnings. Later that night, she scratched off her tickets, surprised to discover a life-changing sum instead of the expected small win. The lucky woman plans to use the prize money…
Actress Vidya Balan has always been open about her personal and professional challenges. Despite her happy marriage with Siddharth Roy Kapur, she has experienced betrayal in a previous relationship, the actress revealed recently. During an interview with Film Companion, Vidya was asked how someone as immensely beautiful as her could be cheated on. To this, Vidya replied, “When someone cheats on you, it is not a reflection on you. It is actually a reflection of them. I did not know that at that point. I was too young. I was devastated and heartbroken and shattered. And you think, ‘Oh! Am I not…
The Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to win a third consecutive term – but fall well short of its ‘abki baar, 400 paar’ target – in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, according to NDTV’s poll of opinion polls. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is expected to win 365 of the 543 contested seats, and the Congress-led INDIA could get 122, with the remaining 56 going to parties not allied with either side. The predicted final result may not be a surprise, given the NDA – its charge led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third consecutive time – is…
Dibakar Banerjee’s film Love, Sex Aur Dhokha 2 is all set to hit the big screens on April 19. The movie features Mouni Roy, Urfi Javed, and Anu Malik in significant roles. To promote the film, Anu Malik has uploaded a special video on his Instagram profile. In the clip, the music composer presented a unique rendition of his 1999 hit song Jaanam Samjha Karo from the movie of the same name. In the video, Anu tweaks the lyrics and sings, “Jaanam samjha kro, LSD 2 ne mujhe pagal kar dia, 19 April ko aa, LSD 2 dekh jaao.” In his caption, Anu wrote,…
Nearly 30 passengers on a luxury cruise ship got sick in a gastrointestinal illness outbreak despite Silversea Cruises being known for its phenomenal cuisine, as per a report in the New York Post. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday that during the 16-day journey from Peru, at least 28 of the Silver Nova’s 633 passengers and one member of the crew reported feeling ill. The CDC added that the main symptom was diarrhoea. Although the exact source of the outbreak, which has affected about 5 per cent of the passengers on board, is still unknown, the…
A Pakistan High Court on Wednesday said the government must restore social media platform X within one week, a lawyer said, after more than two months of disruption ordered by the interior ministry. The platform, formerly known as Twitter, has been rarely accessible since February 17, when jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party called for protests against a government official’s admission of vote manipulation in February’s election. Pakistan’s communications authority later admitted in court papers that it was ordered by the Interior Ministry to shut down the site. “The Sindh High Court has given the government one week to…
Dutch Crown Princess Amalia fled to Spain to escape threats to her safety, local media reported, as she prepared to make her official debut at a state occasion later Wednesday. The 20-year-old lived and studied in Madrid for more than a year, reported public broadcaster NOS, citing royal sources. In October 2022, Amalia was forced to abandon plans to live in student digs over security fears, just weeks after she started at Amsterdam University to study politics, psychology, law and economics. The heir to the Dutch throne was captured beaming by photographers when she started her studies, with much made…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised India’s growth forecast to 6.8% from its January projection of 6.5%, citing bullish domestic demand and a rising working-age population. With this, India remains the fastest growing economy of the world, ahead of China’s projected growth of 4.6% during the same period. At the same time, growth in emerging and developing Asian countries is expected to fall from an estimated 5.6% in 2023 to 5.2% in 2024 and 4.9% in 2025, a slight upward revision compared with the January 2024 WEO Update. The latest report released ahead of the annual spring meetings of…