Mainstream Indian cinema applies an unsettling double standard to its women, and lately, Janhvi Kapoor finds herself at its fault line. In Hindi cinema, she has headlined films such as Mili and Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, portraying women with agency, ambition and emotional depth. But step into the world of big-ticket Telugu commercial cinema,…
Chennai: Madras high court on Friday warned that its order permitting Tasmac to collect Rs 10 for returning empty liquor bottles should not be considered as a license for charging extra amount from buyers.“It shall be part of the bill and be given back when empty bottles are returned. The additional Rs 10 was allowed…
Hyderabad: Telangana govt has sharply revised land rates within Hyderabad’s Outer Ring Road, in some cases by as much as 100%, while sparing many rural areas from steep hikes in property registration charges.From Friday, the new rates came into force across the state. The existing minimum rate of ₹1.75 lakh per acre has now been…
A preliminary police assessment has suggested that the gusts may have compromised with the cranes’ interlocking system Gurgaon: Strong winds and sudden rain at an NHAI construction site near Panhera Khurd in Faridabad caused two 100-tonne double girder gantry cranes to lose control of their brakes, roll on tracks on wnhich they were mounted, and…
Kolkata: Actor and former Trinamool MLA Soham Chakraborty was on Friday booked in a fresh fraud case after a complaint was lodged at Charu Market Police Station, alleging he and his production company cheated an investor of Rs 1 crore in connection with a 2023 film that starred him and Jadavpur MP Saayoni Ghosh.The case…
Eligible farmers are supposed to submit a form along with a photocopy of a voter ID card to access the concessional toll passes by June 15 Noida: Jaypee Infratech, the concessionaire of Yamuna Expressway, will issue toll concession passes to farmers whose land was acquired for the project, ending a long-running dispute that had ed…
Panaji: Goa is in the process of establishing its first dedicated transit treatment centre for wild animals, alongside a 24X7 animal ambulance and emergency response system.This has been modeled on facilities currently operated in Maharashtra.The initiative, still in its planning and early implementation phase, aims to improve the rescue, treatment, and rehabilitation of injured and…
Ahmedabad: If the people of Ahmedabad complained of sweat soaking their clothes, and frizz turning their hair wild, the Met office gave the reason. At 41.3 degrees celsius, Ahmedabad recorded the highest maximum temperature in the state on Friday. Topping that was high relative humidity — 66% at 8.30am and 41% at 5.30 pm. Also,…
NGOs, schools, colleges and corporates joined the drive Ludhiana: Marking World Environment Day, the Philanthropy Club, in association with district administration and MC, organised Ploggers Drive 2.0 across the city on Thursday. Starting 5.30am, participants covered over 25 routes, collecting plastic waste that was later deposited at the MC point near Rose Garden. Around 35…
The Border Security Force (BSF) Western Command also observed the day with a large-scale drive inaugurated by Additional Director General Satish S Khandare Chandigarh: Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria led a citywide plantation drive on World Environment Day to promote environmental conservation and sustainable development. Organised under the Prime Minister’s nationwide “Ek…
