Mumbai: Amboli police on Monday filed an FIR against film producers Gopala Pillai Vijaykumar and M Paul Michael for alleged cheating and defamation linked to the copyright of the 1989 Malayalam film ‘Ramji Rao Speaking’, which was remade into Hindi movie ‘Hera Pheri’.The action was taken based on a complaint by Hindi film producer Firoz…
Bengaluru: In what is being perceived as an intent of “minority appeasement” after the Davangere South fiasco, where the government decided to not give a ticket to a minority candidate for the by-election, the cabinet on Thursday approved a Rs 600-crore plan for the community colonies across the state.The grant for development of minority colonies…
Chennai: Two college students were charred to death in a transformer blast near Sriperumbudur on Thursday morning. Police said, N Delhi Ganesh and A Dakshinamurthy, both 17, had been trying to harvest ice apple (nungu) from a tree at around 10am, after playing cricket. When they climbed up a palmyra tree with a harvesting pole…
Hyderabad: Bachupally police arrested a woman and her lover for abetting the suicide of her husband. The arrests took place on April 21, but the case only came to light on Thursday when a family member of the deceased brought it to the attention of the media.The accused are a 30-year-old housewife from Bachupally and…
Kolkata: Seven youngsters from Bengal secured a perfect score—400 out of 400—in ISC as CISCE announced class 12 board exam results on Thursday. Besides the ‘Super Seven’, 4,237 out of the 28,791 students, who appeared for the test from Bengal, scored between 90% and 95% and 2,718 scored above 95%. The exam recorded a pass…
PANAJI: Thirteen-year-old Rueisha Kharsel, a Class IX student of St Anthony’s high school, Guirim, died on the ground after being struck by a hockey ball during school training on Thursday.It was the last day of school before summer vacations kicked off and the students were keen to continue with their training sessions in preparation for…
The divisional railway manager (DRM) of Ahmedabad on a mission to modernize passenger amenities, visited the National Institute of Design (NID) on Thursday. During the visit, he interacted with officials and students of the Railway Design Centre (RDC) at NID to discuss the future of transit aesthetics. The RDC, a collaborative powerhouse, will remain functional…
CHANDIGARH: Nine residents of Punjab were deported from Australia on a chartered flight on Thursday over a string of criminal charges and immigration violations.The use of a private Nauru Airlines aircraft was necessitated after seven of them displayed “non-compliant and disruptive behavior” during previous attempts to remove them via commercial flights, according to documents accessed…
Pune: All Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) canteens will sell tea and breakfast at a fixed rate of Rs 40 from June 1, 2026, announced the state transport minister Pratap Sarnaik on Thursday.The minister, during his inspection of the Vallabhnagar depot in Pimpri Chinchwad, added that the restrooms established by the transport body must…
Dibrugarh: In light of previous incidents of poisoning caused by consumption of various wild mushrooms found in forests and bushes during the monsoon season, the Dibrugarh district health department has urged the public to refrain from eating wild mushrooms.Mushrooms found along roadsides and in jungles during the rainy season contain various harmful toxic substances, the…
