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Personae and political styles came into sharp relief when Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi filed their nominations for the Lok Sabha elections in two Uttar Pradesh seats. Modi’s candidature from Varanasi had been certain from the very day the elections were announced. His nomination on May 14 triggered a two-day carnival in the constituency, which saw people braving 40oC heat just to have a glimpse of their leader. He was accompanied by leaders of all National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parties and 11 chief ministers, besides his cabinet colleagues and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President J.P. Nadda. A Tale Of Two…
For Lucknow Super Giants, their fate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 play-off race is no longer in their own hands. With a defeat to Delhi Capitals on Tuesday, the KL Rahul-led LSG are all but out of the IPL playoff race. Since, this past few days, LSG – particularly their owner Sanjiv Goenka – has been garnering negative publicity. It was due to an animated discussion with Rahul after LSG’s loss to SunRisers Hyderabad, which was caught on camera. It led to massive trolling. The LSG have 12 points from 13 games and their run-rate is just pathetic.…
Bollywood superstar Ranbir Kapoor may be resolute in his decision to stay off social media, but this does not prevent his pictures and videos from going viral often. A case in point is the recently resurfaced set of school days photos of the actor that are currently making waves on social media. Shared by a fan page, in the first image, Ranbir and a friend are posing for the camera, both wearing white shirts covered in scribbles, probably signatures from their classmates to mark a special occasion. In a second photo, he is joined by two other friends, giving us major…
Eight years before a massive billboard in Mumbai crushed 14 people and injured many others during a storm, author Amitav Ghosh had warned of how the Maximum City’s billboards will become “deadly projectiles” if a cyclone strikes. Mr Ghosh, who has repeatedly underlined the issues surrounding climate change in his work, wrote in ‘The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable’, “Many of the dwellings in Mumbai’s informal settlements have roofs made of metal sheets and corrugated iron; cyclone-force winds will turn these, and the thousands of billboards that encrust the city, into deadly projectiles, hurling them with great force…
Sonakshi Sinha, who has been garnering praise for her stellar performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period saga Heeramandi, opened up about not getting the remuneration she deserves in an interview with News 18. Reema Kagti and Zoya Akhtar’s Dahaad and Heeramandi gave Sonakshi the kind of success she has been looking for over the years but the actor complained that the success hasn’t translated into monetary gain yet. Sonakshi told News 18, “It’s not easy and it doesn’t feel right sometimes. When filmmakers approach you, they know that you bring something to the table. But when it comes to the…
A private school in the US is making news for giving assignments to Class 8 students on Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945. According to Fox5 Atlanta, the students were given a series of questions asking them to rate some of Hitler’s characteristics as a leader. A screenshot of the question-and-answer assignment given by Mount Vernon School in Atlanta to the students has been posted on X by Fox5 reporter, highlighting the sections that are causing controversy. EXCLUSIVE: An Adolf Hitler themed school assignment is causing controversy at the Mount Vernon School. 8th graders were…
Arjun Kapoor, who plays the villain in Rohit Shetty’s upcoming film Singham Again, shared a BTS photo from the sets of the film along with the film’s director Rohit Shetty. Arjun described the film as one of the “biggest milestones” of his career. He captioned the post, “Rohit Shetty ke cop universe ka villain! I have wrapped up my work on Singham Again. My 20th film and one of the biggest milestones of my career with a director who is the boss of mass cinema. I feel blessed to be a part of one of the most entertaining franchises in…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday shared a video showing him and his mother Sonia Gandhi looking at their old family pictures and remembering their visits to family bastions Raebareli and Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. Mr Gandhi, who the Congress has fielded to defend the Raebareli Lok Sabha seat, shared a six-minute-long video on his official X account and said, “Raebareli and Amethi are not just constituencies for us, they are our karmabhoomi (a place where one performs their actions and duties), every corner of which holds the memories of generations.” “This relationship (with Raebareli and Amethi) more than 100…
Step into the fiery world of Westeros once again as House Of The Dragon returns with its highly anticipated second season. Based on George RR Martin’s epic Fire & Blood, this Game of Thrones prequel series delves deeper into the tumultuous history of the Targaryen dynasty, specifically focusing on the devastating conflict known as the Dance of the Dragons. In the new trailer, viewers are treated to a thrilling glimpse of the escalating war between the rival factions. As King Aegon II seizes the throne from Rhaenyra, the stage is set for an epic showdown between the Blacks, led by…
Janata Dal Secular MP and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna, who is at the centre of a political storm over Karnataka sex tapes case, could be returning to Bengaluru tomorrow. NDTV has accessed a Munich-Bengaluru ticket on a Lufthansa Airlines flight that is scheduled to land at 12.30 am tomorrow. The ticket mentions Prajwal Revanna as a business class passenger. This ticket, it is learnt, is believed to have been booked on the same day when the 33-year-old MP booked a ticket to Germany. This was a day before an FIR was registered against him. In…