There are hotels in India where travellers stay for the views, then there is Mukti Bhawan, a unique guesthouse where people check in to die! Yes, you read that right. This is one place in Varanasi where people arrive for an altogether different reason, to spend the final chapter of their lives. Also known as…
Celina Jaitly’s shares EMOTIONAL note on brother Vikrant Jaitly marking two years of his detention: ‘ I have done everything I can as a sister’ Celina Jaitly has penned a heartfelt note as two years have passed since her brother, Major (Retd.) Vikrant Kumar Jaitly, was detained in the United Arab Emirates. The former actress…
USCIS officer arrested for charging money for approving immigration applications. A former US Citizenship and Immigration Services officer has been arrested in Texas after federal authorities accused him of taking illegal payments in exchange for manipulating immigration decisions and speeding up applications. Lukman Owolabi Ganiyu, a former senior immigration services officer with USCIS, and Adeniyi…
‘Dhurandhar’ was a big hit at the box office but it was also called ‘propaganda’ tag which sparked a wider conversation about whether cinema should be judged by the political ideas it puts forward. Economist and author Sanjeev Sanyal has now weighed in on the debate, arguing that filmmakers should have the freedom to tell…
Ishan Kishan (Image credit: BCCI Domestic) Ishan Kishan produced a superb batting performance in difficult humid conditions as East Zone posted a huge 708 against South Zone on the second day of the Duleep Trophy final at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Monday. Kishan scored a massive 270, once again showing the selectors…
Dr Shankar Lal Garg bought 22 acres of rocky land near Indore in 2007 to build an educational institution. When the project failed to take off, he gradually transformed the property into Keshar Parvat, a private green landscape now reported to contain about 40,000 trees from more than 500 species. A rocky hillock near Mhow…
Vishal Chaturvedi’s ‘Hanuman Ansh’, now a surprise box office success, had a bumpy road during production. Among the challenges was an unforeseen emergency, the film’s original lead actor fell severely ill. In response, the director chose to audition his own assistant director, Shobhinaw Satyaa, who went on to portray spiritual leader Neem Karoli Baba in…
UK Anti-migrant protest: cops injured and several vehicle damaged/Image: AP Several police officers were injured and vehicles belonging to police, Coastguard and Border Force were damaged after an anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth turned violent following the arrival of about 140 migrants by boat.Hundreds of people gathered in the English coastal city on Sunday after two…
The town was flooded as part of a massive water project in California but its legacy has been much harder to wash away. Beneath the waters of Lake Berryessa rests the ghost town of Monticello, preserved in fragments: its roads, foundations and historic bridge still visible beneath the surface while photographs and memories keep its…
Quote of the day by Katherine Hepburn highlighting that we need to take control of our lives.(Image Credit: Instagram) What happens when you stop waiting for someone else to move your life forward? Katharine Hepburn had a simple answer: you have to take control of your own direction. The legendary actress captured that idea in…