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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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi telephoned NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar to enquire about his health following his discharge from a Pune hospital, remarking that Supriya Sule was “ready” to take care of the country.
The historic May 2026 West Bengal Assembly election results have exposed a stark reality for the INDIA bloc: their greatest adversary was not the BJP’s organizational strength, but their own structural disunity. While the BJP secured its maiden triumph with 45.84% of the vote, a simple look at the electoral arithmetic reveals that a united opposition would have fundamentally altered the outcome. The Trinamool Congress (40.80%), CPI(M) (4.45%), and Congress (2.97%) commanded a combined 48.22% of the electorate, yet old grassroots rivalries and a proprietorial mindset from Mamata Banerjee fragmented the anti-BJP vote. This tactical isolation culminated in the shocking fall of the TMC’s Bhabanipur bastion to Chief Minister-designate Suvendu Adhikari. As Rahul Gandhi extends a post-verdict olive branch on social media, the defeat serves as a definitive warning that without humility and compromise, favorable demographics remain nothing more than meaningless statistics
Dalal Street witnessed a classic tug-of-war on Monday, May 18, 2026, as benchmark indices staged a massive 1,135-point intraday recovery from early panic selling to end virtually unchanged. A weekend drone attack on the UAE’s Barakah nuclear facility pushed Brent crude to $111.28, forcing domestic oil marketing companies to slap a ₹3 per liter fuel hike onto consumers. The resulting inflation panic sent the Indian Rupee crashing to an all-time low of 96 per dollar and triggered a sharp 1% drop at the opening bell. However, defensive buying in IT heavyweights like Tech Mahindra (+4.22%) and robust healthcare counters pulled the Nifty 50 back to 23,649.95. Amid the chaos, Bharti Airtel made corporate history by unseating HDFC Bank as India’s second most valuable company.
In a surprising revelation during interrogation, a Pakistani terrorist linked to the banned terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) reportedly underwent a hair transplant procedure in Kashmir after infiltrating India for terror operations, security officials said.The accused, identified as Mohammed Usman Jatt alias “Chinese,” is a resident of Lahore, Pakistan.
15th May | India On May 14, 2026, the Election Commission of India (ECI) officially…
The sudden passing of 38-year-old Prateek Yadav due to a massive blood clot has shocked Uttar Pradesh. Despite his focus on fitness and business, medical complications following a recent surgery led to a fatal heart and lung failure, bringing together political rivals in a moment of shared grief.
14th May | India In a major step for neurological healthcare, global pharmaceutical giant Eli…
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