Recording ka button kidhar hai, Madam?” Laughter erupts. This is how the documentary Mast Mahila Mandali (Cool Ladies Club) begins. With women having fun. In 2024, ten women from ten bastis in Mumbai’s M East ward participated in an experiment in filmmaking—they were to document each other’s lives for a feature-length film, shot entirely on…
Riteish Deshmukh’s historical epic Raja Shivaji has made a strong impression at the box office since its release on May 1. Mounted on a grand scale and centred on the life of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the film has raked in an impressive Rs 33 crore within its first three days, drawing significant attention across Maharashtra.Amid…
DKS with Rahul and Kharge NEW DELHI: Congress’s surgical operation in Karnataka stems from its estimates of gaps after three years of the Siddaramaiah government and its expectations from DK Shivakumar at the helm, with eyes focused on future political battles – 2028 assembly polls followed by Lok Sabha polls.The transition from Siddaramaiah to Shivakumar…
Buddha Purnima 2026 on May 1: Full school holiday list and summer vacation updates in India School Holiday May 2026: As of April 30, 2026, schools across India are following a mix of gazetted holidays, weekend offs and state-specific summer vacation schedules. Buddha Purnima, a gazetted holiday, falls on Friday, May 1, 2026, marking the…
The meeting was held at the PWD rest house Gurgaon: The city finally hosted Haryana’s cabinet for the first time on Wednesday. But the city itself was missing from the conversation.Days after violent wage protests by workers in nearby Manesar, and with waterlogging and traffic chaos looming ahead during monsoon, the state’s top decision-making forum…
Bengaluru: As Happy Streets by The Times of India makes its debut in JP Nagar this Sunday, the neighbourhood near Adarsh Rhythm Apartments, Panduranga Nagar, will host a range of interactive events to encourage creativity, awareness and community participation.Visitors can engage in conversations around civic values and citizenship at the Reclaim Constitution stall, which will…
Madhyamik examination under Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) this year witnessed an average pass percentage of 84.18 among 27,094 students, while Higher Secondary examination recorded a pass percentage of 79.83 among 26,502 students.Announcing the results on Friday, TBSE President Prof Dhananjoy Gonchaudhury said that the results will improve further, as per the norms, the…
Lucknow: A glitch in the Lucknow University Registration Number (LURN) portal left candidates applying for undergraduate and postgraduate courses harried on Wednesday.Applicants complained that while applying for admission, the registration fee (Rs 100) was deducted from their bank accounts, but the registration number was not generated. Instead, an error appeared on the screen.LURN is necessary…
MUMBAI: Rising oil prices weighed on investor sentiment on Dalal Street for the third consecutive session that pulled sensex down by 1,000 points (1.3%) on Friday to close at 76,664 points. Foreign funds continued to sell aggressively, leading to a 2,609-point fall in the sensex in the last three sessions. The weakness of the rupee…
MS Dhoni (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: When will MS Dhoni return for Chennai Super Kings this season? It is a question that has followed the franchise throughout IPL 2026, but there is still no definite answer.CSK, currently placed sixth on the table with 12 points from 13 games, will face Gujarat Titans in their…
