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Director Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘The Bengal Files’ arrived in cinemas on 5 September 2025. The release was surrounded by much controversy and clashed at the box office with Tiger Shroff’s action-packed ‘Baaghi 4’ and Hollywood horror ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’. With such heavy competition, the film has managed a modest start at the box office….

Prince William, Prince Harry (AP file photos) Members of the royal family marked the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Monday, with Prince William and Prince Harry paying their respects separately despite being only miles apart. Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, died aged 96 on September 8, 2022, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland…

NEW DELHI: In a shocking case, a man whose life sentence was commuted to seven years’ imprisonment by Madhya Pradesh high court ended up spending 11 years, 6 months and 24 days in jail as he and the jail authority were not informed about the high court order. Coming to his relief, the Supreme Court…

NEW DELHI: Accepting a major demand of the opposition, the Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Election Commission to accept Aadhaar cards, in addition to the 11 documents specified under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), as a proof of identity of a person to enable him to file application for inclusion in the Bihar electoral…

NEW DELHI Riders of two-wheelers had the highest share of road deaths – 45% or 77,539 – in 2023 while 48,818 people were killed in accidents caused by these vehicles in that year, according to the Union ministry of road transport & highways recently published road crashes report. Cars and taxis followed as the second-highest…

“He is so Jealous”: Martina Navratilova accuses Donald Trump of snubbing Carlos Alcaraz’s US Open victory celebration (Image via Getty) Carlos Alcaraz lifted the US Open men’s singles trophy on Sunday, September 7, 2025, at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. The Spaniard beat Italy’s Jannik Sinner in four sets: 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. With…

CHANDIGARH: In an order with wider ramifications on recruitment disputes in Punjab, Punjab and Haryana high court has held that apprehending armed militants can also be treated as an “encounter” for purposes of granting reservation benefits to wards of police personnel. “It is, in fact, an achievement of police officers if they succeed in apprehending…

DEHRADUN: At a construction site in Delhi, Rohit Kumar can sometimes be spotted running with bricks on his back. A resident of Bihar’s Khagaria, he may look like another labourer battling at a work site. But Kumar is also a marathon runner.The 32-year-old has secured podium finishes in at least seven marathons, including Lucknow, Dehradun…

NEW DELHI: Speaking out against what he described as “unilateralism and bullying” that has led to a new period of “turbulence and transformation”, Chinese ambassador to India Xu Feihong Monday said Beijing was ready to welcome more Indian companies to promote their products and invest in China. He expressed hope that India too would provide…