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Maharashtra To Remove Leopards From Protected List

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday directed officials to declare leopard attacks on humans as a "state disaster" and move a proposal in the next cabinet meeting to remove these......

Bangladesh EC Bars Hasina From Voting

IMAGE: Awami League leader and then Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina casts her vote in general elections 2024 in Dhaka, January 7, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo Bangladesh's election......

Protests defy curbs in Manipur over Meitei arrests; internet suspended

Protests over the arrests of Meitei outfit leaders continued in Manipur on Sunday even as the administration imposed prohibitory orders and suspended internet services in five Imphal valley......

Hasina's party members face brunt of violence in Bangladesh

Protesters in Bangladesh have attacked, torched houses of leaders of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League across the country and murals of the country's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman were demolished and......

Kuki-Meitei divide deepens as chaos reigns in Manipur

It was a year of turmoil in Manipur. The divide between the Meitei community in the valley and the Kuki tribes in the hills deepened in 2024, triggering human casualties, widespread violence, mob......

Unlock 1: 3 challenges facing India

'When the lockdown grounded a billion people, nothing had been planned well: Testing, masks, face shields, protective gear, medical equipment, contact tracing... nothing.' 'Before COVID, if you......

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review: Far From Fantastic

As a superhero movie, The Fantastic Four: First Steps has a stale feeling that gets less and less interesting as it progresses before winding up as the usual superhero routine despite the best......

Hathiram Chaudhary: A Hero For Our Times

We do not whistle for Hathiram Chaudhary. And yet the bond we feel towards him is spontaneous, almost effortless. This is because he shares something of our too-ideal dreams, our wry acceptance of......

Fantastic Four 2 is predictable

It's what every film dreams of; getting under the skin of its protagonist to the extent that it is an extension of the character. Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer accomplishes this......

The Yawntastic Four

If this film had been made a couple of decades ago, we might have sat transfixed, our bright smiles (and the Human Torch's, well, heat) lighting up the dark, applause-smattered theatre.As it......

If Fantastic Four was made in Bollywood

Just the thought of having desi stars as Fantastic, Sue Storm and the rest of their mates is making our head spin with anticipation! Four science explorers, when hit by cosmic rays, develop......

When Modi Treated Vishy To A Gujarati Thali

'On one hand, he is efficient, disciplined, and deeply professional, with his entire team working like clockwork.''On the other hand, he is approachable, warm, and often light-hearted -- someone......

Olympic Games torch relay organisers take measures against coronavirus

IMAGE: Aki Taguchi, left, poses on stage to unveil the Torch Relay official uniform. Photograph: Matt Roberts/Getty Images Greek organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame lighting ceremony in......

Soldier wounded in border clash with India at Beijing torch relay

While many Western countries, including the United States, Britain and Australia, are diplomatically boycotting the Winter Olympics over China's human rights record, Putin will join a number of......

Olympic torch lands in Bangkok

The Olympic torch landed amid tight security on Friday in the Thai capital, the latest leg of its world tour, with police saying they are ready to stop any attempt by anti-China activists to put......

Countdown to Rio Games begins with Olympia torch lighting

Thursday's ceremony marks the 80-year anniversary since the relay, which did not exist in the ancient Greek Olympics, was introduced by the Nazi organisers of the 1936 Berlin Games IMAGE: The......