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Tamil stand-up comic Alexander Babu | Photo Credit: Shivaraj S; Location: I Conventions, Adyar “I did not have a choice,” says funnyman Alexander Babu, rather pensively. He is referring to his recent plan to launch an OTT platform of his own (Anba TV), a move that was done after approaching several OTT players with the content of his latest hit show, Alexperience.That his content didn’t find takers in the OTT space is a little disheartening. His previous show, Alex in Wonderland, was a success, with Amazon Prime even deciding to subtitle it in more than ten languages to benefit subscribers from many…

Image for representation only | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock The Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday (September 4, 2025) gave its approval to amend laws that will allow increasing the maximum daily working hours for private sector employees from the present nine to 10 hours.The move is aimed at attracting investments, generating employment and safeguarding workers’ rights, an official statement said.The State cabinet, during its meeting presided over by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, cleared the changes recommended by a central task force, bringing Maharashtra in line with states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura, which have already implemented similar…

As the Department of Defense removes trans troops as part of the new ban, the Air Force is enacting some new rules that leaves them with no due process…and in some cases, no benefits.

While we are all aware of Bollywood star Meena Kumari, who is famously known as the tragedy queen (for both her personal and professional life), there has been another actress whose life was no less than a roller coaster ride. At an age, when she was supposed to enter school, her father abandoned her. Her circumstances forced her to become the breadwinner of the family at 5 and life only got complicated with each passing day.The actress in question is Sarika, who entered the film industry at the age of 5. She played the role of a boy in Sunil…

Revenge for their shock loss last year will be on their minds when India face a tricky Afghanistan in their last group match of the CAFA Nations Cup here on Thursday.India, then under Igor Stimac, had suffered an embarrassing 1-2 defeat against Afghanistan in Guwahati in a FIFA World Cup qualifying round match in March 2024, and the current team under Khalid Jamil would be eager to make amends of that loss.The Blue Tigers have so far won one match (2-1 against Tajikistan) and lost one (0-3 against Iran). They are tied on three points with Tajikistan, but ahead by…

The 10th series of Google Pixel phones has made its official entry in the market. I am starting with the review of Pixel 10, which is the base variant of the series. Personally, the compact phones are my favourites, and the new Pixel 10 gets this straight, and simultaneously opens up the path for comparison with the likes of OnePlus 13s and Vivo X200 FE. Starting at ₹79,999, the phone sits a bit higher in the price tag, which makes the compact flagship more interesting. That being said, when seen from the perspective of the successor of Google Pixel 9,…

At least 60 people were dead and dozens were rescued after a boat, carrying over 100 people, met with an accident on a river in north-central Nigeria, local authorities said on Wednesday. The overloaded vessel departed on Tuesday morning from Tungan Sule in Malale district and it was approaching Dugga for a condolence visit, when it hit a submerged tree trunk in the Borgu area of Niger state near Gausawa community, officials said. According to the chair of Borgu Local Government Area, Abdullahi Baba Ara, the casualty figure was rising. “The death toll of the boat incident has risen to…

Chris Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax, prepares to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 3, 2025. On Wednesday, Newsmax sued Fox, claiming it was illegally using its power to squash rival conservative networks. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/Getty Images North America Newsmax, the right-wing TV news outlet, filed suit Wednesday against Fox News and its parent company, alleging the conservative media powerhouse had illegally sought to suppress the smaller challenger’s growth in cable news. “It came to our attention that Fox…

As power equations see changes, the daughters of top political families in the Telugu-speaking states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are struggling to make their presence felt.Common factor between them: the “suffocation” within their parties as well as the state’s politics. In Telangana, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha quit the party on Wednesday, a day after she was suspended for “anti-party activities” following her outburst against her cousins – former minister T Harish Rao and ex-Rajya Sabha MP J Santosh Kumar. In neighbouring Andhra, YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and his sister, who…

Irfan Pathan has wondered out loud on X (former known as Twitter) if it is a “fan war” or a “PR lobby” that is responsible for a turn of phrase he had used in an interview a few years back being taken literally now and going viral on social media. Pathan said that the video has surfaced with a “twisted context” to his statement and also joked about it some other posts on X as well. The clip in question is from an interview he had given to Sports Tak in May 2020 where he was speaking about him getting…