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With Gautam Gambhir’s appointment as Team India’s new head coach all but sealed, Rahul Dravid has reportedly been approached to replace him as the mentor of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Gambhir was roped in as the mentor of the Knight Riders before the start of the 2024 season, with co-owner Shah Rukh reportedly giving him a 10-year plan. But, as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) offer came calling, Gambhir found it tough to resist the temptation. However, Gambhir’s impending departure to the Indian team would leave a big void…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is on two-day official visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin met the Indian community here. PM Modi first interacted with the Indian community in Russia, then laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Kremlin and thereafter visited the Rosatom pavilion at an exhibition venue in Moscow. The two leaders met yesterday at the Russian President’s official address where they spoke over crucial global matters. The meeting marks the 16th encounter between PM Modi and President Putin in the past decade, with their last face-to-face interaction occurring…
Content creator Lovekesh Kataria was identified by his close friend Vishal Pandey as the “baharwala” chosen by Bigg Boss in the controversial reality show. The voice of Bigg Boss had selected Lovekesh to be the “baharwala” to create a bit of mischief in the house. The only rule was to keep his identity a secret from the other housemates. Vishal correctly guessed Lovekesh as the “baharwala” and put him in the danger zone.In a promo shared by the channel on Instagram, the voice of ‘Bigg Boss’ could be heard telling Lovekesh that he had failed in his role as a…
Fifty-six years ago, a US President appeared on television and announced, to the nation’s shock, that he’d not seek re-election. His name was Lyndon B. Johnson, the most recent US President to not run for his second elected term. The reasons were many and varied. In November 1963, Johnson, the then US Vice-President, ascended to the top job following the assassination of then-President John F. Kennedy. A year later, he registered a landslide victory for Democrats in Presidential polls. However, that changed after he presided over the deeply unpopular Vietnam War. Even though he was elected as the Democratic nominee…
Actor Nicolas Cage has provided further insight into his impending retirement from the world of cinema, specifying that he anticipates having “three or four more lead roles” before bidding farewell to the silver screen. In a recent interview obtained by Deadline, Cage initially hinted at his retirement plans, stating, “I may have three or four more movies left in me.”Citing a sense of fulfilment in his cinematic journey, he remarked, “I do feel I’ve said what I’ve had to say with cinema. I think I took film performance as far as I could.”According to Deadline, Cage earlier elaborated on his retirement…
Madhubabu Garlapati, a 31-year-old auto-driver from Andhra Pradesh, finds himself embroiled in a harrowing tale of deception and illegal organ trafficking after being lured into selling his kidney for cash. Madhubabu, drowning in debt from borrowing through online loan apps, was desperate when he stumbled upon an advertisement on Facebook promising a lucrative sum for a kidney donation. The promise of Rs 30 lakh seemed like a lifeline to his mounting financial woes. Little did he know, this would lead him into a nightmarish ordeal. The Guntur resident was introduced to an agent named Basha from Vijayawada, who assured him…
Zeenat Aman, who worked with film legend Rajesh Khanna in films like Ajanabee, Chhailla Babu, Jaanwar and Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka, in a recent interview with Film Companion, recalled her experience of sharing screen space with him. She recalled, “I remember when I had just started in the film industry and Rajesh Khanna was the phenomenon. Oh my god, I mugged up all my lines so that I wouldn’t flub a single thing. I was totally intimidated by him but did I show him? Not at all. I went to him and I performed. So when I went back to…
The Supreme Court today witnessed dramatic exchanges when a Lucknow-based advocate requested two separate benches to pardon him and remove costs imposed on him for filing frivolous Public Interest Litigation (PIL). First, a bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine G Masih pulled up Lucknow-based advocate Ashok Pandey for not paying cost of Rs 50,000 imposed on him. The cost was imposed last year after the top court dismissed the lawyer’s plea challenging the appointment of Supreme Court advocates as High Court judges. The bench noted that the lawyer travelled abroad soon after the court imposed the cost.…
Ajay Devgn’s glorious career of over three decades has rightfully earned him the title of a superstar. From his debut film Phool Aur Kaante to the Golmaal series, the star has proven his versatility without even breaking a sweat. It won’t be wrong to say that Ajay Devgn has a killer fanbase. After all, it’s our very own Bajirao Singham we are talking about. Well, recently, when a person shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) to troll Ajay Devgn, fans came out in his defence. The person tweeted a montage of Ajay Devgn’s movies. The note attached to it read, “Ajay Devgn got to…
Days after a tragic stampede in Hathras on July 2 that claimed 121 lives, self-styled godman Suraj Pal Singh, a.k.a. ‘Bhole Baba’, has still not been arrested. In fact, through his lawyer, Singh continues to hurl new allegations about the cause of the stampede. The Hathras tragedy yet again brings to the fore Indians’ unhealthy obsession with babas and matas, despite the plethora of controversies and criminal cases that frequently come up against such god-men and -women. People from even the most disadvantaged backgrounds don’t mind waiting for hours for ‘darshan’ and spending their last saved penny as ‘dakshina’, with…