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Geetu Mohandas’ Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups, starring Yash in the lead, arrived in theatres this Wednesday amid considerable anticipation. However, the film received mixed-to-lukewarm reactions from audiences and critics, with several aspects of the movie becoming fodder for online trolling. Actress Rukmini Vasanth has particularly found herself at the centre of unwanted attention over a scene in the film that merely hints at intimacy.Rukmini plays Mellisa, a character who enters the narrative considerably later than the film’s other female characters. Her first interaction with Yash’s Raya is driven by an intention to hurt him. Their relationship subsequently takes…

Quote of the day by Gaur Gopal Das (Photo: @gaurgopald/ X) Gaur Gopal Das is an engineer-turned-monk and renowned life coach, well known for discourses on mental well-being, the choices we make between good and bad, and tips for living life better.While the world constantly diverts our attention in a dozen directions, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly matters. We are hooked to our phones; we react, we say yes when we mean no, and by the end of the day, we wonder where our time and energy went. Gaur Gopal Das gives a simple but powerful perspective…

India will face two-time FIFA World Cup winners Uruguay in a major international friendly on October 6 at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata.The match will be part of a busy FIFA window for India, with the team set to play three strong opponents in just 11 days.India set for major World Cup testsIndia will first meet Panama in Bengaluru on September 26 before taking on five-time world champions Brazil in Kolkata on October 3. Uruguay, currently ranked 20th in the world, will then arrive for the final match on October 6.Uruguay have won the World Cup twice, lifting…

Venkata Vasamsetty (middle) has been granted bail but her immigration case continues as DHS calls her a flight risk and claims she can leave the country. Venkata Vasamsetty, the Indian-origin grandmother who has been living in the US for decades with a Green Card and has a house in North Carolina, two US citizen daughters and US-born grandchildren, was granted bail after her ICE detention. But the immigration case is not solved. Vasamsetty was detained by ICE in August during an immigration check-in. The issue arose after Vasamsetty traveled to India during the Covid pandemic and stayed in India for…

NIT Rourkela records 1,340 placement offers in 2025-26 NIT Rourkela placement 2025-26: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela students received 1,340 placement offers during the 2025-26 placement drive, along with 364 six-month internship offers. Pre-final-year students also secured 258 summer internships, the highest number of such offers recorded in the institute’s history.The B.Tech programme recorded a placement rate of 95.47 per cent, with the highest CTC reaching Rs 131 lakh per annum (LPA). The average CTC stood at Rs 15.33 LPA, while the median CTC was Rs 12.50 LPA. More than 83 students secured annual packages exceeding Rs 30 LPA.B.Tech…

Natalie Portman is a mom again!The Oscar-winner has reportedly welcomed her third child, a baby boy, with her partner, French musician and producer Tanguy Destable, known professionally as Tepr. While the actress has not yet made the news public, a report by French magazine Voici, confirms that Portman has given birth.Natalie Portman welcomes her third childAs per the report, the actress welcomed her baby boy on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, in France. The baby is the actress’ third child and her second son.Portman shares son, Aleph Portman-Millepied (15) and daughter Amalia Millepied (9) with her ex-husband, Benjamin Millepied.Natalie Portman announces…

Madhuri with her husband and two sons, Arin and Ryan Nene. For Madhuri Dixit’s children, their mother was simply “Mom” for years. They did not grow up fully aware that the woman they saw at home was one of Bollywood’s biggest stars. That changed when a family outing to watch a film ended with a crowd of photographers waiting outside.In a podcast conversation with Ranveer Allahbadia aka BeerBiceps, Madhuri spoke about how her sons first realised that their mother was not just a mother, but Madhuri Dixit, the actor.28 Jul 2026 | 16:22How do you teach children about money and…

FILE – The trophy is placed on display for the photographers before the soccer Champions League draw in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File) The Champions League has its 36-team field, its four seeding pots and, following Thursday’s draw in Monaco, a complete set of league-phase opponents. This season’s draw has produced several heavyweight meetings, including Arsenal hosting Real Madrid and travelling to Bayern Munich, Liverpool welcoming Atlético Madrid before heading to Inter Milan, and Manchester City being paired with defending champions Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona.Manchester United’s return to Europe’s elite also brings a blockbuster reunion…

In 2021, Pennsylvania removed a failing 128-year-old dam; beneath the drained reservoir The restoration project, led by conservation group The Nature Conservancy (TNC), focused on the aging O’Conner Reservoir dam inside the Dick and Nancy Eales Preserve at Moosic Mountain. Built in the late nineteenth century, the dam had held back water across a six-acre reservoir for generations. But years of wear and storm damage had made the structure increasingly unsafe. Field teams began carefully lowering the reservoir’s water level before using pumps and specialist equipment to reduce pressure on the dam. In December 2021, crews excavated the main embankment.…

NEW DELHI: The son of Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) Public Relations Officer (PRO) Dr Nalini Ranjan was allegedly attacked by two neighbours in a Dwarka residential society on August 26.According to a statement issued by the university’s Public Relations Department, the incident followed an alleged confrontation after a pet dog was set on Dr Ranjan’s daughter, Yashika Ranjan, while she was walking inside DDA Sarvahit Apartments, opposite the university’s Dwarka Campus.The statement alleged that flat owner Arvind Tiwari and his son Ashish Tiwari subsequently attacked Harshit Ranjan with a sharp object. The incident took place near a property…