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It may soon be time to set sail again on an epic adventure with the upcoming ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ reboot. Months after the makers teased a new film to take the franchise forward, it appears that the movie in question will intent to reboot the franchise with plans pointing toward a generational shift. According to industry insider Jeff Sneider, the project that has long been on the back burner, will finally be moving forward as a soft reboot rather than a continuation of previous films.Next Pirates film to focus on Jack Sparrow’s sonWhile there have been questions about Johnny…
Agriculture minister Shivraj Chouhan (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Amid opposition allegations over the India-US trade deal, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday said that the agreement fully safeguards India’s agricultural interests, particularly those of the farm and dairy sectors.Underlining that India’s staple grains, fruits, major crops, millets and dairy products remain completely secure and face no threat whatsoever, Chouhan emphasised that the interests of small and large farmers alike have been fully protected and that the agreement will create fresh opportunities rather than risks for Indian agriculture.Highlighting the export potential unlocked by the agreement, Chouhan, while addressing the…
Thrissur: Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan on Saturday said that he was not in the “mood” to contest the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections and that the decision should be left to the party.He was speaking to reporters after posters supporting his candidature appeared at Kayamkulam in Alappuzha district and at Thiruvambadi in Kozhikode district.Muraleedharan is the senior party leader and son of former Chief Minister K Karunakaran.”I am not in the mood to contest elections. Let the party decide. It is not right to contest in every election, and I have thought of staying away,” he said.The Congress leader said…
Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva returns to competitive sport on Saturday, hoping to roll back the years in a once promising career blighted by a doping scandal. Aged just 15 years she propelled Russia to team gold at the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, becoming the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in an Olympic competition. But that medal and all her other titles from December 2021 onwards were stripped after it emerged she had failed a doping test before the Winter Olympics, a decision the Kremlin denounced as “politicized.” Praised as “talented” and “magnificent” by Russia’s…
Navi Mumbai: Cyber police team has detected two seperate cyber crime cases and arrested four accused. One accused has been arrested for defrauding a retired civil engineer of Rs 4 crore by offering him high returns through online investment in gold trading, and the other three accused have been arrested for duping an environment consultant of Rs 56 lakh by assuring high returns in online stock market trading.The first incident occured between Feb and Nov last year. The fraudsters had claimed their trading firm was “UK based”, and after the victim realised that he was cheated, he had emailed a…
New Delhi: Every morning at 5 at Badi village in Haryana’s Sonipat district, when most people used to be fast asleep, Kajal’s mother Meena would push her cycle onto Garhi Kesari road. Kajal would run ahead of her — sprinting, jumping and training on the move — while her mother furiously pedalled behind, breathless but determined. Meena had to drop out of school at 14 to support her family. Kajal, she promised herself, would never have to quit studies.Cut to the present. Meena sits on a thin mattress on the floor of her house, surrounded by women from the family.…
Bengaluru: Bowring Institute management lodged a complaint with cyber police stating some unknown persons were sending abusive and threatening messages using VPN (virtual private networks) and making calls from abroad.A complaint was lodged by institute secretary HS Srikanth, who also approached police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh. Srikanth said the callers were hiding their identity by using international sim cards.Preliminary probe revealed said the calls were being made at the behest of a few former club members who had been disqualified on various grounds in the past. “Some of these persons had approached the court seeking cancellation of their disqualification,” Srikanth…
Hyderabad: Panic triggered by reports of a tiger killing a cow in Anantharam village of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district was put to rest on Thursday, with the forest department clarifying that no such incident had occurred and that images circulating on social media were misleading. Officials said the photographs shared widely were from an earlier cattle kill at Dattaipally, and warned that unverified messages were fuelling fear among villagers. They urged the public to rely only on official updates. Hyderabad: Encroachment Action in Hyderabad, UK Firm’s AI Hub Launch, Bribe Bust at GHMC And MoreP Srinu, deputy range officer, confirmed that…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu govt informed Madras high court on Thursday that a govt order (GO) has been issued constituting district-level committees to ensure that the orderly system was completely abolished in the state police force.Advocate-general P S Raman made the submission before a division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice C Kumarappan. The submissions were made in view of a direction issued by the court requesting the AG to assist the court on the issue.Recording the submissions, the bench observed that the GO must be implemented in letter and spirit and that the district committees, headed by the…
Gandhinagar: Describing the Union Budget 2026-27 as one “encompassing comprehensive development”, chief minister Bhupendra Patel said on Thursday that the tax holiday extension in GIFT City will encourage investors to invest with greater confidence. He said that tier-2 and tier-3 cities with populations of over 5 lakh will be developed as city economic regions under the Union govt’s announcement in the Budget.Speaking to reporters in Gandhinagar, the CM said, “Extending the 10-year tax holiday in the country’s fintech hub GIFT City to 20 years will attract investors to make long-term investments in GIFT City with greater confidence.”He said that Gujarat,…