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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.
Setting aside decades of fierce regional hostility, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has signaled readiness to cooperate with the CPI(M) and Congress on national platforms ahead of a crucial INDIA bloc meeting on September 30. Speaking in Serampore following an attack on MLA Kunal Ghosh’s vehicle in Hooghly, Banerjee called for a unified front to seek the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged mass electoral roll deletions.
The Maharashtra government has officially declared drought across 265 of the state’s 358 talukas after an 18.8 percent monsoon rainfall deficit and extended dry spells triggered severe agricultural distress. The declaration brings nearly 74 percent of the state under emergency relief, unlocking twelve key administrative interventions—including stays on loan recoveries, electricity concessions for farm pumps, expedited crop loss panchnamas, and emergency water tanker deployments across Vidarbha, Marathwada, North Maharashtra, and Pune division.
The President of India has returned West Bengal’s ‘Anti-Goonda’ Bill for reconsideration after the Centre flagged statutory repugnancy under Article 254 with the Central NDPS Act, 1985. The development follows admissions before the Calcutta High Court that the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026 remains unpromulgated, contradicting government claims that the law was already in active enforcement.
Delivering a compelling address at the 81st UN General Assembly, Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah termed his country’s recent fatal flash floods a stark warning to the planet on runaway Himalayan climate collapse. Urging international accountability, Shah proposed a multilateral Himalayan Climate Resilience Mechanism and demanded expedited access to UN Loss and Damage adaptation funding for frontline mountain states.
A digital crowdfunding campaign on X sparked national outrage after user ‘Jay Singh Rathore’ raised ₹1.5 lakh using fabricated medical papers for an alleged eye surgery for his sister. Following an official forgery alert from the hospital involved and contentious admissions on live audio spaces, donors are calling for stricter regulatory oversight on unverified social media donation appeals.
The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has secured critical CCTV footage tracing the final hours of 22-year-old IIT Bombay student Sahil Wakode on September 18. The visuals document an alleged examination hall confrontation involving a digital device, leading to his answer sheet being confiscated by invigilator Prof. Suryanarayana Doolla, who has since stepped aside from administrative duties as student groups demand accountability.
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