Akshay Oberoi on landing ‘Toxic’ after Geetu Mohandas watched ‘Fighter’: ‘It’s all thanks to her 13-year-old daughter’ Akshay Oberoi‘s brief but memorable turn in ‘Toxic: A Fairytale For Grown-Ups’ has earned him considerable praise, and the actor has now revealed the rather unexpected story of how he landed the role, which starts with a chance…
Long before Sundar Pichai became the CEO of Google and Alphabet, he was a boy in Chennai waiting years for something as basic as a telephone. In a candid conversation on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Pichai looked back at his early life in India and how daily struggles, from water shortages to a single rotary…
Long before she became one of Indian cinema’s most respected filmmakers, Aparna Sen was a schoolgirl in Kolkata’s Ballygunge, quietly observing the elderly residents of a nearby old-age home during her daily walks to Modern High School for Girls. Those observations, combined with her closeness to the Anglo-Indian teachers at her school, would eventually shape…
Gary “Angry” Anderson, the frontman of the Australian rock band, Rose Tattoo has suffered a cardiac arrest and is currently seeking treatment in hospital.The update comes weeks after Rose Tattoo cancelled the European leg of their farewell tour, citing a “medical issue”. In a social media post, the band, on Monday, announced on behalf of…
Eight-year-old Zoyal Ghale was at school in Nepal’s Rasuwa district when a devastating torrent of water, mud and debris tore through the area. With the flood sweeping through his surroundings, the young boy ran towards a forest with a friend and climbed trees to escape the rising waters. He survived. But for his mother, the…
India are set to get a major boost ahead of the T20I series against Afghanistan starting later this month. All-rounders Hardik Pandya and Nitish Kumar Reddy are fit and available for selection, while Washington Sundar is nearing the necessary clearances for the fixtures starting September 13 in Delhi. It is reliably learnt that both Pandya…
‘Blood and gore are things I don’t like about films today’: Suniel Shetty slams Bollywood’s hypermasculine violence Suniel Shetty, who turned 65 this month, has offered a candid look at how his mindset around work and identity has shifted over the decades. In a heartfelt LinkedIn note, the actor spoke about moving away from chasing…
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (Screengrab) Vaibhav Sooryavanshi has added another record to his rapidly growing list of achievements, becoming the youngest batter in Duleep Trophy history to score a half-century.The 15-year-old achieved the feat during East Zone’s Duleep Trophy 2026 semi-final against Central Zone in Bengaluru, reaching his fifty in just 42 balls with a six.Sooryavanshi eventually…
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, gestures to the crowd after he lost to Mariano Navone, of Argentina, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Novak Djokovic’s first-round defeat at the 2026 US Open may have ended his campaign earlier than expected, but…
An old episode of ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ featuring Shah Rukh Khan is once again making the rounds online, drawing attention to a deeply personal story the actor shared about his connection to Kashmir. Speaking with host Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh opened up about his family’s roots in the region and the emotional reason he avoided…