Akshita Kapoor

[ad_1] 'Jaat' hit the screens on Thursday last week and the film is doing significantly well at the box office. The big actioner sees Sunny in his quintessential avatar the way masses love to witness the star and there's also been positive word of mouth, which led to a good first weekend for the film. It saw a jump on Saturday and Sunday but has dropped on Monday and Tuesday gradually.Jaat Movie ReviewThe film crosses Rs 50 crore on Day 6 Obviously, while one cannot compare the numbers of this film to Sunny's last film 'Gadar 2', this isn't a bad number for 'Jaat'. The film made a good Rs 14 crore on Sunday and then dropped by around 50 per cent on Monday. It clocked it Rs 7.5 crore on Monday. It further dropped on Tuesday and made Rs […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Indian carriers, which are grappling with aircraft acquisition, amid global supply chain limitations, may benefit from China's instruction to its airlines to refrain from procuring Boeing aircraft in response to US President Donald Trump's 145% tariffs. Chinese carriers are presently awaiting delivery of approximately 100 B737 MAX - the aircraft Air India Express and Akasa are queued for - and 11 B787 Dreamliners, which features in AI's orderbook."We anticipate some of these aircraft, originally destined for Chinese carriers, will be redirected to Indian customers. The previous year or two witnessed a similar occurrence, with white tails (aircraft manufactured for specific customers but acquired by others) being allocated to AI Express and Akasa," said airline industry specialists.AI Express acquired 25 white tail MAX last year and was scheduled to receive 25 additional aircraft. Following the recent US-China tariff […]

[ad_1] The spotlight may be shining on rapper Ice Spice and NFL cornerback Sauce Gardner, but it wasn’t the kind of attention fans expected. The rumored couple recently attended a UFC event together, only to find themselves in a cringe-worthy moment when the kiss cam landed on them—and nothing happened.Instead of leaning into the playful moment, both Ice Spice and Sauce Gardner noticeably turned away, sparking widespread speculation and raising eyebrows about the nature of their relationship.Dana White reacts to the viral kiss cam moment that fans can’t stop talking aboutUFC President Dana White didn’t shy away from commenting on the viral moment, blasting the pair for missing the kiss cam cue. It was the first time Ice Spice and Gardner had appeared together publicly since romance rumors began swirling, thanks to a photo he posted on his Instagram stories.While […]

[ad_1] Mamata Banerjee visits Kalighat Kali Temple after the inauguration of ‘Kalighat Skywalk’ on the eve of ‘Poila Baisakh’ in Kolkata on Monday DHULIYAN: Traders in Bengal have a tradition of opening new "haalkhatas" (ledgers) on Poila Baisakh, marking the advent of the Bengali New Year. In violence-ravaged Murshidabad, the spirit of celebration was replaced Tuesday by the silence of a broken community.Nemai Ghosh, a resident of Aurangabad in Suti, opened his outlet Janapriya Sweets but had few customers. Shards of glass and remnants of a damaged shutter littered the storefront.On Poila Baisakh, the store usually has a queue of customers waiting to buy rosogollas and shingaras (Bengali version of samosa)."We had received bulk orders and I was worried whether I could deliver on time. My workers arrived last night and we opened the store, but sales were nothing compared […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As Supreme Court readies to hear on Wednesday a bunch of petitions challenging Waqf Amendment Act, a petition by advocate Hari Shankar Jain sought scrapping of several provisions of waqf Act, 1995 and recent amendments alleging their use as tools by waqfs to illegally amass immoveable properties across India, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.In his petition, Jain, who is in the forefront of litigation for restoration of Gyanvapi mosque at Varanasi and Idgah at Mathura to Kashi Vishwanath temple and Krishna Janmasthan temple, challenged as many as six section of the waqf Act alleging that because of these provisions "Muslims have been able to illegally capture the properties belonging to public utilities, govt, gram samajs and Hindu temples."For the petitioner, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain repeatedly pleaded before a bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar for hearing […]

[ad_1] Congress chief Kharge with Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav PATNA/NEW DELHI: Congress and RJD decided to fix a timeline to clinch the nitty gritties of electoral alliance early, with the leadership of the two parties kickstarting the talks for Bihar polls on Monday.RJD neta Tejashwi Yadav, accompanied by MPs Manoj Jha and Sanjay Yadav, visited Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for discussions that included Rahul Gandhi, AICC general secretary K C Venugopal and Gurdeep Sappal.The allies will meet again in Patna Thursday, where, sources said, they are likely to fix the schedule for finalising the seat-sharing formula, campaign plan and manifesto points. Well-placed sources said the parties expressed concern that delay in seat sharing not only puts electioneering on hold, but also embitters the cadres and hurts coordination. The focus of the 2025 polls is likely to be on joint […]

[ad_1] NAGPUR: The Nagpur municipal commissioner offered Tuesday an unconditional apology to Bombay high court's Nagpur bench for demolishing the home of riot accused Fahim Khan without adhering to Supreme Court-mandated procedures, reports Vaibhav Ganjapure.In an affidavit, municipal commissioner Abhijeet Chaudhari acknowledged that civic officials from the town planning and slum departments were unaware of SC's Nov 13, 2024 order that requires procedural safeguards before demolishing properties linked to suspects in communal violence.The court was hearing petitions from Fahim's mother, 69-year-old Mehrunissa, and 96-year-old Abdul Hafiz, whose relative was also named in the March 17 riots in the city's Mahal area. Fahim's house near Raza Masjid in Sanjay Bagh Colony had been razed by the time the high court took up the matter, while Hafiz's home was partially demolished. T he HC halted further demolition on March 25, ruling that […]

[ad_1] BENGALURU/MYSURU: A special court for elected representatives directed Lokayukta police Tuesday to continue investigations into the Mysore Urban Development Authority (Muda) alternative site allotment scam and submit a final report.The Bengaluru court was passing its order reserved on protest petitions filed by Mysuru complainant-activist Snehamayi Krishna and ED against the closure report in the case by Lokayukta police."The Lokayukta is permitted to conduct further investigation, as requested by them, and file a conclusive final report on or before the next date of hearing (May 7, 2025). Further, ED is considered as aggrieved person for a limited extent. The question of considering the acceptance or rejection of 'B' final report filed by the investigating agency is kept pending till filing of the conclusive final report by the investigating agency," special judge Santosh Gajanana Bhat observed.In March, Lokayukta police had submitted […]

[ad_1] rahul gandhi with sonia gandhi NEW DELHI: Paving the way for framing of criminal charges against former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and their trial in the National Herald money laundering case, Enforcement Directorate on April 9 filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) in the case involving alleged proceeds of crime worth Rs 5,000 crore.The special MP/MLA court here on Tuesday fixed April 25 as the next date of hearing to decide on taking cognisance of the chargesheet, in what marks a major turn in the case against the Gandhis and people close to them. Sonia and Rahul, named as accused number one and two, respectively, in the chargesheet, unsuccessfully moved courts to get ED's proceedings quashed. Both are on bail.ED sources said five individuals and two companies have been named […]

[ad_1] GURGAON: Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday interrogated Robert Vadra, the businessman-husband of Congress general secretary and LS MP Priyanka Gandhi at its headquarters for six hours in connection with a controversial land deal his company Skylight Hospitality had made in 2008 for Rs 7.5 crore.Vadra, who had missed his first summons on April 8, walked into ED office at 11am and was quizzed over two sessions with a lunch break on his association with the land deal which gave him a handsome return of Rs 50 crore in a matter of a few months. His questioning will continue on Wednesday.This is a new case being investigated against Vadra with two other money laundering probes still in progress related to other land deals in Haryana and Rajasthan. In the present case, Vadra's firm, Skylight Hospitality, bought 3.5 acre in Shikohpur ( […]