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India’s most expensive cinematic production—a mega-budget retelling of the beloved Hindu epic Ramayana—has divided film critics and cultural purists even as it draws packed crowds across theatres. While audiences have celebrated its ambitious visual scale and star-studded lineup, the film faces sharp pushback over colloquial language, creative departures from classical texts, and an over-reliance on visual effects at the expense of emotional depth.
The Bombay High Court has ordered the Election Commission to restore six members of a Goa family whose names were deleted from the voter rolls during a recent revision drive. Justices Valmiki Menezes and Amit Jamsandekar gave officials 10 days to fix the list and criticized an unfair bureaucratic trap where computer rejections forced regular voters into filing forms meant only for first-time electors.
The Democratic Party’s decisive victory in capturing both chambers of the US Congress marks a watershed moment of institutional recalibration against Trumpism. With President Donald Trump framing the midterms as a personal referendum, voters across historically red strongholds—including Texas, Kansas, and the Carolinas—delivered an unmistakable rebuke, restoring constitutional checks and balances and demonstrating democracy’s resilience against extreme polarization.
In an unprecedented political blow to the ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday announced his resignation from both the party and the Lok Sabha during a massive public gathering in Budgam. Accusing Chief Minister Omar Abdullah of ‘incompetence’ and betraying the 2024 Assembly mandate on Article 370, free power, and reservation reforms, Ruhullah announced plans to build an independent platform of dedicated local youth rather than join another political party.
Legal troubles have intensified for AISA national president Neha Bora after a Supreme Court advocate filed a formal police complaint in New Delhi seeking an FIR for outraging religious sentiments and defaming temples. The complaint follows a viral video in which Bora claimed priests commit rapes inside temples, drawing severe condemnation from the BJP for promoting an ‘anti-Hindu mindset’ and a sharp personal rebuttal from Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi against radical generalizations.
Confronting an existential crisis under the ruling BJP in West Bengal, Left parties are set to contest the upcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections as a unified bloc, bringing non-Left Front allies like SUCI(C) and CPI(ML) Liberation on board. Driven by a delimitation exercise that expanded KMC wards from 144 to 209 and recent clashes over Left book stalls, the CPI(M) has set aside its historical ‘big brother’ approach to share seats and build a wider resistance against the saffron camp.
With Delhi’s air quality index crossing 300, the CAQM has enforced GRAP Stage 2 curbs, including higher parking fees, restrictions on coal and firewood use, and intensified dust-control measures across the capital and NCR.
In a major breakthrough against transnational organized crime, the CBI, in coordination with other Central agencies, has extradited Sourabh Chandrakar, the promoter and alleged kingpin of the Mahadev App illegal online betting syndicate, from Oman.
Describing the moments of confusion and panic when a 21-year-old intruder entered a Class 10 classroom with a running chainsaw, teacher Rajeshwari said staff initially mistook the sound for ongoing school maintenance before the violent assault unfolded.
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