Patna: Long before English theatre became closely associated with metropolitan centres such as Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, Patna had built a vibrant amateur theatre tradition that staged classics of William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, George Bernard Shaw and several modern playwrights. Theatre practitioners, however, say the city’s once-thriving English theatre culture began to decline in…
Tanmay Vekaria, popular for playing Bagha in Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, recently lost his father. During the show’s 18-year celebration, the actor remembered and missed his late father. He turned emotional as he recalled a promise he had made to his late father, who wanted to binge-watch his episodes after returning home from the…
Kozhikode: Twenty-three years after the Muthanga land agitation, Kalpetta principal sessions court on Friday acquitted 56 accused, including Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha (AGMS) co-founder M Geethanandan, in the murder of police constable K V Vinod. However, Geethanandan and three others were convicted in a related attempt-to-murder case.Of the 57 accused in the murder case, 15…
The committee has earmarked Rs37.53 crore for civic amenities in gram panchayats and also approved Rs 12 crore for non-conventional energy projects in 61 govt offices and Rs 2 crore towards construction of the Beed district library building Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Beed District Planning and Development Committee (DPDC) on Friday approved Rs 623-crore annual plan…
BY: Bhaskar Mehare YAVATMAL: A woman and her two young daughters died after their Ertiga car was swept away by floodwaters while attempting to cross a submerged bridge in Maharashtra’s Darwha taluka. Her husband narrowly escaped after clinging to a tree in the flooded river.The deceased have been identified as Madhavi Avinash Khandare, Sachi Avinash…
Gangadhar Babu/ Image: Toronto Police An Indian national is wanted in Canada for allegedly posing as a psychic and spiritual healer to defraud a victim through a scheme that exploited fears of supernatural harm.According to the Toronto Police, 29-year-old Gangadhar Babu is accused of operating the fraud between April 2024 and September 2025 under the…
TUMAKURU: A jewellery shop in Karnataka’s Tumakuru got an unlikely “thief” this week after CCTV footage revealed that a rat was behind the disappearance of gold rings and chains.The unusual incident has since drawn attention online after the shop owner shared how the missing ornaments were eventually traced to the rodent’s hideout.The incident came to…
Aspirants on a candle march from Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium to Albert Ekka Chowk on Friday Ranchi: BJP on Friday announced that its youth wing, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), would hold protests across the state on Saturday, seeking a CBI investigation into alleged irregularities in recruitment examinations conducted over the past six years.BJP general…
Pic: AI Generated Used For Representational Purpose Only A submerged structure the size of a small town sits 120 feet under the Arabian Sea, off Gujarat’s coast. Two decades on, nobody has proven it’s man-made — or that it isn’t.The story doesn’t start with archaeologists. The site, located about 36 metres underwater off India’s western…
Kochi: A 23-year-old man who was allegedly kidnapped from Maradu on Wednesday night was arrested with MDMA on Thursday night.According to the FIR, a delivery boy saw a man being dragged into a white car on the service road near Forum Mall in Kundannoor at 9.50pm on Wednesday and reported it to the police.The Maradu…