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Actors Rishab Shetty and Rukmini Vasanth ahead of their upcoming film ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’, in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: PTI The Andhra Pradesh government has taken a broad and inclusive view by approving the hike in ticket prices for the Kannada film Kantara Chapter -1, directed and acted by Rishab Shetty.Sources said some people from the Telugu film industry objected to the proposal citing the hurdles faced by Telugu films in Karnataka, including denial of higher ticket prices besides removal of posters/banners and earlier incidents during the release of RRR, Game Changer, Hari Hara Veera Mallu and OG.But the Chief…

A woman is comforted as she weeps while rescue work is underway after a building collapsed at an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, on Sept. 29, 2025. Trisnadi/AP hide caption toggle caption Trisnadi/AP SIDOARJO, Indonesia — Rescuers ran oxygen and water to students trapped in the unstable concrete rubble of a collapsed school building in Indonesia, as they desperately worked to free survivors Tuesday a day after the structure fell. At least three students were killed, more than 100 were injured and dozens were presumed buried in the rubble. Rescue workers, police and soldiers digging through the…

One of the auditoriums at Miraj Cinemas  | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When Aakash Cinema (Azadpur) opened its doors to the cinemagoers of Delhi in 1989, the single-screen theatre with 1,000 seats witnessed a beeline of people waiting to watch Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Shahenshah. For nearly three decades, it entertained generations of movie buffs, but its closure in 2016 was concomitant to a broader trend of single-screen cinemas struggling with the multiplex boom and changing audience habits. Today, as it stands renamed to Miraj Cinemas, Bhuvanesh Mendiratta, managing director, Miraj Entertainment, sheds light on what it took to convert this single-screen…

India’s Tilak Varma reacts after India won the Asia Cup cricket final against Pakistan at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, United Arab Emirates, Sunday (September 28, 2025) | Photo Credit: AP When India took on Pakistan in the final of the 17th edition of the Asia Cup on Sunday (September 28, 2025), the hopes of a billion people were pinned on Tilak Varma. The 22-year-old stood strong after the Men in Blue lost three wickets with just 20 runs on the board.With an unbeaten knock of 69, he helped India beat its arch-rival for the third time in the tournament and…

FILE PHOTO: Microsoft has unveiled Agent Mode in Excel and Word for users to generate documents and spreadsheets with simple prompts.  | Photo Credit: Reuters Microsoft has unveiled Agent Mode in Excel and Word for users to generate documents and spreadsheets with simple prompts. The company also announced a new Office Agent in Copilot chat powered by Anthropic’s AI models that can generate PowerPoint presentations and Word documents.“Agent Mode delivers AI that can ‘speak Excel’ natively. It’s built on the richness of Excel artifacts and OpenAI’s latest reasoning models—democratizing access to expert-level capabilities and making advanced modeling approachable for most…

Some airplane window seats lack windows due to seat configurations that don’t align with the fixed window placements built into the aircraft fuselage.Airlines often adjust seat pitch to add more rows, which can result in misaligned rows and windowless “window seats.”While some airlines now label these seats clearly during booking, it’s still possible to end up without a view unless you check seat maps in advance. Have you ever booked a window seat only to board and find that you’re not looking out at the clear blue skies but rather at a white wall? While it’s not a common occurrence,…

In what can only be called a turn of fate, a dramatic mid-sea rescue, the kind seen perhaps only in movies, was recently carried out in the middle of the Caribbean sea. The rescue, carried out on September 28 by a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship in the international waters between Mexico and Cuba, was caught on video. The dramatic videos shot by passengers showed a group of stranded people being rescued from a makeshift raft. However, what stood out from the incident was the fact that it was purely by luck that the ship, ‘Enchantment of the Seas’, passed through…

As Nike targets a new generation with a revised slogan, “Why Do It?,” NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to consumer trends expert Casey Lewis about what brands get right and wrong about Gen Z. AILSA CHANG, HOST: A new Nike ad asks kind of an existential question.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)TYLER THE CREATOR: Why do it?CHANG: Why do it? The company famous for telling people to just do it is now asking, why even try?(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)TYLER THE CREATOR: Seriously, why? You can give everything you have and still lose.CHANG: Nike says it’s targeting a new generation by addressing the fear…

Here are the key events on day 1,314 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Published On 30 Sep 202530 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareHere is how things stand on Tuesday, September 30 :Fighting Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said his forces are prevailing in what he described as a “righteous battle” in Ukraine. “Our fighters and commanders go on the attack, and the entire country, all of Russia, is waging this righteous battle and working hard,” he said. President Putin signed a decree ordering the conscription of 135,000 men for military service, the official government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. Russian…

LADAKH was one of the frontiers breached by the BJP coinciding with its rise around 2014. That year’s Lok Sabha elections saw the party get its first-ever MP from Ladakh, Jamyang Tsering Namgyal. The developments now come on the back of a consistent slide in those hard-won gains, including the BJP’s top leadership switching sides.Party leaders who have seen the BJP’s fluctuating fortunes in Ladakh from close quarters express dismay, saying that not only has the party failed to “handle the situation sensitively” but also broken its promises to an electorate that had placed its faith in the BJP. With…