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Vijay Deverakonda and Prakash Raj | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Actors Vijay Devarakonda and Prakash Raj issued a clarification on Thursday following the allegations on them for allegedly promoting illegal betting and gambling apps through their social media platforms.In a press statement, Deverakonda’s team clarified that the actor entered into a contract with the company as a brand ambassador for skill-based games and endorsed the company in regions and territories where online skill-based games were legally permitted. The statement read, “This is to inform the public and all concerned parties that Vijay Deverakonda has officially entered into a contract with…
Rachel Zegler in ‘Snow White’ There have been all sorts of clamour against this live-action remake of Disney’s 1937 animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, based on the Grimm fairy tale, Snow White. There were angry reactions to casting Rachel Zegler as the titular character and then her pro-Palestine comments created a furore as did Gal Gadot’s (who plays the wicked stepmother) pro-Israel ones. And then there were the CGI dwarves — not called dwarves but magical creatures, but they are still named Doc, Bashful and the rest and angered actors with dwarfism no end. After all the…
FIIs purchased equities worth ₹3,239.14 crore on a net basis on Thursday (March 20, 2025), according to exchange data. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Rising for the sixth straight session, the rupee appreciated 36 paise to close at 86 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Friday (March 21, 2025) on a sharp rise in the domestic equity markets and fresh foreign capital inflows. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 86.26, then touched an intraday high of 85.93 and a low of 86.30 against the greenback. The unit ended the session at 86 (provisional) against the dollar,…
Sydney Sweeney. File. | Photo Credit: AP Warner Bros has greenlit a new thriller project, I Pretended to Be a Missing Girl, with Sydney Sweeney attached to star in and produce the film. According to Deadline, the movie is based on a Reddit short story by Joe Cote, which has been adapted for the screen by Oscar-winning writer Eric Roth.The film reportedly follows a drifter who impersonates a missing girl to rob her family, only to realize she has made a terrible mistake. Sweeney’s production company, Fifty-Fifty Films, is producing the project alongside Vertigo’s Roy Lee, Steven Schneider, Trevor Engelson,…
From the Sensex pack, NTPC, Bajaj Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, Nestle, Larsen & Toubro, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, Power Grid and Zomato were among the gainers. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty surged nearly 1% on Friday (March 21, 2025,) marking their fifth day of rise on the back of fresh foreign fund inflows and gains in bank stocks. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 557.45 points or 0.73% to settle at 76,905.51. During the day, it surged 693.88 points or 0.90% to 77,041.94. The NSE Nifty climbed 159.75 points or 0.69% to 23,350.40.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has decided to let lapse a $23 billion program to incentivize domestic manufacturing, just four years after it launched the effort to woo firms away from China, according to four government officials.The scheme will not be expanded beyond the 14 pilot sectors and production deadlines will not be extended despite requests from some participating firms, two of the officials said. Some 750 companies, including Apple supplier Foxconn and Reliance Industries, signed up to the Production-Linked Initiative (PLI) scheme, public records show.Firms were promised cash payouts if they met individual production targets and deadlines. The hope…
Jeet in ‘Khakee: The Bengal Chapter’ A good student of cinema, creator Neeraj Pandey keeps revising chapters that eulogise the exploits of men in uniform and fatigues. This is a syllabus where he scores well. After an engrossing Bihar file that took us to the vortex of caste and crime in Bihar, Pandey and his creative team travel further east to open a window on the games politicians play for power in West Bengal.Barun Roy (Prosenjit Chatterjee), a powerful politician and businessman, uses criminals and policemen to remain ahead of the opposition, led by Nibedita Basak (Chitrangada Singh). Ganglord Shankar Barua…
(L-R) Karthik Subbaraj, Rajinikanth, Lokesh Kanagaraj and Nelson | Photo Credit: @sunpictures/X Who has delivered the ultimate fanboy sambavam? That seemed to be the question everyone had after looking at Sun Pictures’ latest social media post featuring Rajinikanth and the directors of his recent films. The production house shared an image from the sets of the veteran actor’s upcoming film Jailer 2. In the picture, along with Rajini, Jailer’sdirector Nelson is present along with Karthik Subbaraj (who helmed Rajini’s Petta) and Lokesh Kanagaraj (whose film with Rajini, Coolie, will be the actor’s next release).Unsurprisingly, the photograph went viral, and the…
Legendary painter MF Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra), billed as one of his most important and sizable works from the 1950s, went for over ₹118 crore ($13.8 million) at an auction, setting the new record for the most expensive work of modern Indian art. Art collector and philanthropist Kiran Nadar has acquired legendary painter’s masterpiece.The sale, which took place at a Christie auction in New York on March 19, nearly doubles the previous record-holder, Amrita Sher-Gil’s 1937 “The Story Teller”, which fetched around $7.4 million (₹61.8 crore) at an auction in Mumbai in 2023.Comprising 13 unique panels that occupy almost 14 feet…
A passenger stands in front of a flight information screen showing cancelled flights destined for the Heathrow Airport in London, at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, in New Delhi, on March 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP As many as 37 flights between India and London could be hit after a massive power outage at London Heathrow Airport forced it to shut operations on March 21.“Due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport, Heathrow is experiencing a significant power outage.To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23:59 on 21 March,”…