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Taapsee Pannu in ‘Assi’ | Photo Credit: Benaras Media Works The trailer of Taapsee Pannu’s upcoming film, Assi was unveiled by the makers on Wednesday, February 4, 2026. Written by Anubhav Sinha and Gaurav Solanki and directed by Anubhav, the film also stars Kani Kusruti, Revathy, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Naseeruddin Shah, Supriya Pathak and Seema Pahwa in pivotal roles.The trailer gives a glimpse into the film, where Taapsee plays a lawyer, who takes on a brutal rape case. She argues emotionally in the courtroom about how 80 rape cases were reported in a single day in…

Guwahati: Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia on Thursday said the ruling NDA will contest all 126 constituencies in the assembly elections, but the seat-sharing understanding with its allies has not been finalised yet.During an interaction with journalists, Saikia said the party will be in the fray, riding on the plank of making a “safe, developed and self-reliant” Assam.”The NDA will contest all the 126 seats, it is confirmed from us. However, our seat-sharing agreement is not complete as of now,” he said.Saikia said the NDA alliance is not for “show-off” and all parties in it are serious about the state’s…

The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when Sindhu arrived for duty and was stopped at the school gate by a security employeeKollam (Kerala), The Kerala State Women’s Commission on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of the controversy over a headmistress being denied entry into a school in Kottarakkara in Kollam district for wearing a “churidar”.Commission Chairperson P. Sathidevi said the act violated women’s dignity and directed the Kottarakkara District Educational Officer to submit an urgent report.The intervention followed an incident in which Sindhu, the headmistress of Neduvathur Eeswaravilasam Higher Secondary School in Kottarakkara, was allegedly denied entry into her workplace…

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…