Madhubanti Bagchi says she avoided typecasting after ‘Aaj Ki Raat’s success, believing artistes must build their own identity. She feels Bollywood should rely on more singers, not just Arijit Singh. Her tracks “Jab Talak” and “Shararat” remain popular, and she shared insights on recording with composer Pritam. Madhubanti Bagchi says that after ‘Aaj Ki Raat’…
Sophia Laforteza drew mixed reactions after vacation photos emerged shortly after she missed KATSEYE’s festival performance due to illness.Image credit (Instagram) Sophia Laforteza, a member of the girl group KATSEYE, faced significant online backlash after missing the group’s performance at the Hinterland Music Festival while citing illness, only to have vacation photographs surface showing her…
Sri Lanka head coach Gary Kirsten (Image: Sahil Malhotra/ TOI Photo) Colombo: Sri Lanka head coach Gary Kirsten was a keen observer at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground on Sunday as India continued their preparations for the upcoming two-Test series, with the former India coach getting a close look at the visitors during their final…
Pennsylvania teacher Ronald Sakolsky’s $5,000 donation helps transform China’s desert into a forest of 50,000 trees. (Photo: Getty Images) Ronald Sakolsky, a 69-year-old retired teacher from Pennsylvania, recently returned to China for the first time in 26 years and was stunned to see what had become of the once-barren landscape he had helped support. A…
Christopher Nolan‘s blockbuster epic film ‘The Odyssey’ has broken another record in its epic box office run.The film has officially become the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time with a worldwide collection of USD 1.352 billion, as reportedly by Variety. With this, it has overtaken the benchmark set by 2024’s ‘Deadpool & Wolverine,’ starring Ryan…
An old video of Aryan Verma, the man arrested for allegedly posing as an Indian Army Brigadier, has resurfaced on social media. In the clip, Verma is seen addressing a gathering of UPSC aspirants while being accompanied by armed security personnel, who pose at the beginning of the video.During his speech, Verma talks about the…
Wreckage of a WWII German warship, emerged from the Danube river. Image Credit: Darko Vojinovic/AP The Danube River has fallen to exceptionally low levels this summer, exposing the remains of Nazi-era warships that have spent more than eight decades beneath its waters near Prahovo, Serbia. The wrecks are part of a much larger graveyard of…
NEW DELHI: EC, which is reeling under allegations of faultlines among its members, is now being questioned over a software update recently made in the application used by booth level officers, with its description on the Apple app store reading “mark VIP elector-related changes”.EC sources told TOI Friday the instruction to BLOs on “flagging of…
US makes visa bond pilot programme permanent. The United States is making a visa bond programme permanent that could require certain visitors to pay up to $20,000 before being granted entry for business or tourism. The policy, announced by the US State Department, is aimed at reducing the number of people who overstay their visas….
CJP chief spokesperson Saurav Das claims police action at his home in Puducherry NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) spokesperson Saurav Das on Wednesday alleged that Puducherry Police officials visited his family home and subjected his family members to questioning, claiming that the action was aimed at intimidating him into silence.In a post on X,…