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RONIT ON PARTS BEING CUT SHORT: THIS SH*T HAPPENS

Actor Ronit Roy discusses dealing with scene cuts, industry pressures and how he handles such situations to move forward

Mithila and Prajakta are each other's 'loudest cheerleaders'

They have known each other since 2016, and actors Mithila Palkar and Prajakta Koli say the key to their rock-solid friendship is its \"easygoing\" nature.

Consistency now his ally, Prannoy makes Oz final

HS Prannoy has always had the game, talent and weapons to succeed amid the intense competition in world badminton. He would beat Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei and Chen Long to earn the title of giant-killer, yet if you look at his career highlights, it is dotted with few finals and even fewer titles.

13-year-old rider dies in crash at national championships

Copparam Shreyas Hareesh, a 13-year-old motorcycle prodigy from Bengaluru, succumbed to his injuries following a crash in the third round of the Indian National.

Not converting PCs a concern: Coach

Fourteen penalty corners (PC), one converted. Twenty-one shots on goal, one scored.

Aditi and Ojas win compound titles at world championships

Aditi Swami went into the 2023 World Archery Championships as the freshly-crowned youth world champion. She will walk away as the world champion, the prefixed youth no longer her most defining achievement.

'Setbacks are part of the game, will stick to what works for me'

Riyan Parag has already endured a few challenging phases in his young career. The latest was during this year's Indian Premier League (IPL).

'BREAKING BAD': ACTOR MARK MARGOLIS PASSES AWAY AT 83

Mark Margolis, who played the sinister, wheelchair-bound cartel don Hector Salamanca in acclaimed TV shows Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has died aged 83, his family said on Friday.

Contact restored with Voyager 2 after mistake led to weeks of silence

Nasa's Voyager 2 spacecraft was back chatting it up on Friday after flight controllers corrected a mistake that had led to weeks of silence.

Trump promises revenge on anyone who goes after him

The justice department on Friday asked a federal judge overseeing the criminal case against former president Donald Trump in Washington to step in after he released a post online that appeared to promise revenge on anyone who goes after him.

Shah praises Patnaik for curbing LWE

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday praised the Odisha government headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik for their efforts in bringing down human casualties in natural disasters and to curb Maoist activities in the state.

Record 5.8 mn to participate in Rajiv Gandhi Olympics: Gehlot

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday inaugurated the Rajiv Gandhi Rural and Urban Olympic Sports Competition, saying a record 5.8 million people have registered to participate in the games.

Bills passed before no-trust debate in past too: Records

The opposition parties continued to maintain that the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government must be taken up at the earliest, citing rules and precedents.

WHY RAHUL NOT YET REINSTATED AS MP DESPITE SC RELIEF, ASKS CONG

A day after the Supreme Court stayed the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case, the Congress party on Saturday asked why Gandhi was not yet reinstated as a member of Parliament.

Gyanvapi survey continues, ASI gets extension to submit report

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday continued the scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque premises, abutting the Kashi Vishwanath temple, for a second consecutive day amid tight security, even as the Varanasi district court granted the Union government agency an additional four weeks to submit its report by September 2.

Razing continues in tension-hit Nuh

The demolition drive in violence-hit Nuh continued for the third consecutive day on Saturday, as the district administration razed over 200 dwelling units and structures that allegedly belonged to suspects involved in the communal clashes on Monday, said police.

KAPIL MISHRA APPOINTED AS DELHI BJP UNIT'S VICE PRESIDENT

Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) minister Kapil Mishra, who joined the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in 2019, and faced flak for allegedly making provocative statements in the lead-up to the February 2020 riots in northeast Delhi, has been appointed as the vice-president of Delhi's BJP unit.

Isro: Chandrayaan-3 inserted into lunar orbit successfully

After completing more than half of its 40-day journey after being launched on July 14 date, Chandrayaan-3 was successfully inserted into a lunar orbit on Saturday evening, the Indian Space Research Organisation said, marking an important milestone in India's third mission to the moon.

Kochhar forced Dhoot to transfer flat, s says CBI

Deepak Kochhar coerced industrialist Venugopal Dhoot to transfer a flat at CCI Chambers in Mumbai's Churchgate to him by threatening that his wife Chanda Kochhar, then chief of ICICI Bank, would declare all loan accounts of the Videocon Group as non-performing assets, the Central Bureau of Investigation has said in its charge sheet.

5 more die as clashes continue in Manipur

Five people were killed in Manipur on Saturday as the region convulsed with fresh waves of violence, according to officials who said that gunfights and cases of arson continued till late in the night.

Political slugfest in J&K marks 4 yrs without 370

Leaders of Kashmiri political parties hit out at the Union government on Saturday for the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, while the lieutenant governor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders said people in the region were much better off — the two sides sparring on the day that marked four years since Article 370 was withdrawn.

3 killed, 17 missing after landslide hits Kedarnath

Three bodies were recovered and a frantic search was on for 17 people, including five children, after a landslide washed away a clutch of tarpaulin-covered shops along the Kedarnath Yatra route near Gaurikund into the Mandakini river, which has been in spate since Thursday night.

CM Stalin writes to Modi over Cauvery dispute

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's \"immediate intervention\" to direct Karnataka to release Tamil Nadu's due share of Cauvery water and also instruct Jal Shakti ministry to take appropriate action to ensure the same.

90k ha forest land cleared for diversion in 5 yrs, RS told

The diversion of around 90,000 hectares of forest land for development projects was approved between January 2018 and April 2023, the Union environment ministry has informed the Rajya Sabha.

Rajawat books semi-final showdown with Prannoy

Priyanshu Rajawat had been lying low since his breakthrough win at the Orleans Masters in April.

The gap has truly closed at Women's WC

Hitting the crossbar meant two-time world champions and world No. 2 Germany went home and the upright ensured that world No. 1 and defending champions USA didn't.

Promising Tilak shines on debut, continues rapid rise

The left-hander from Hyderabad had an impressive outing against Windies in the first of five T20s

Byju's misses target to amend loan terms

Beleaguered ed-tech firm Byju's missed yet another target date set by its creditors to amend terms of a $1.2 billion debt, adding fresh challenges to the Indian borrower's efforts to resolve disputes around the loan.

State Bank posts record profit on lower provisions

India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday reported a net profit of ₹16,884 crore for the three months through June, more than double of last year, led by a surge in other income and lower provisions to cover bad loans.

'Sufficient sugar stocks to meet festive demand'

The Union government on Friday said the country had sufficient sugar reserves to meet higher demand during the upcoming festive season and it was \"highly premature at this stage\" to predict any shortfall in production, following forecasts by a top industry body that output could fall this year.