Raj Kapoor’s passion project Mera Naam Joker has long been remembered not only for its ambition but also for the financial turmoil it caused. After the film failed at the box office upon its 1970 release, the legendary filmmaker was left burdened with heavy debt and was even forced to mortgage RK Studios to repay…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished the Indian contingent success ahead of the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, expressing confidence that the athletes would compete with determination and inspire the nation. India begins its campaign on Thursday with a 124-member contingent looking to make a strong impact despite the reduced competition programme.“As the Commonwealth…
“Four people were killed and five wounded in a U.S. missile attack on the outskirts of Ahvaz on the Karun River,” Iranian State media said. | Photo Credit: Reuters Bahrain activated its sirens early Friday (July 24, 2026), warning residents to shelter from detected fire hours after the U.S. military said it had wrapped up…
CHENNAI: Amid the ongoing nationwide anti-NEET protests, more than 50 people were detained on Friday after staging a road blockade during a protest in Tamil Nadu’s Kallakurichi.Earlier in the day, students affiliated with the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) held a sit-in protest inside the Chennai’s Presidency College campus. The protesters raised slogans against the…
The month of Sawan 2026 is considered to be very holy for the worship of Lord Shiva. During this holy period, devotees offer water, milk, belpatra, flowers and prayers to Shivling. Also, many people use simple methods to achieve financial security, job security, debt freedom, and a sense of calm.Astrology says that every zodiac sign…
Late legendary filmmaker Bharathiraja’s long-cherished dream project, the screen adaptation of Vela Ramamoorthy’s acclaimed novel ‘Kuttra Parambarai’, is finally being revived on a grand scale. Previously stalled due to prolonged rights controversies and copyright debates, the story is now being reimagined as a Rs 50-crore web series directed by Sasikumar. Featuring a screenplay penned by…
India’s Tulika Maan (PTI photo) New Delhi: India’s Commonwealth Games campaign has suffered another major blow with Olympian and 2022 Birmingham CWG’s silver medallist Tulika Maan being provisionally suspended by the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for alleged whereabouts failures, ending her Glasgow 2026 participation even without flying out of India.Sources told TOI that Tulika, one…
Representative image. File | Photo Credit: Reuters OpenAI says two of its models – GPT-5.6 Sol and an unreleased sibling – escaped a “highly isolated” evaluation environment, found a path to the open internet, and used stolen credentials plus a chain of zero-day exploits to break into Hugging Face’s production infrastructure. The test itself was…
Movie directors Pa Ranjith, Vetrimaaran and Ameer, along with several celebrities, in a protest organised by Neelam Students Movement, at Egmore Chennai: “A small group has gathered here to save ‘jananayagam’ (democracy) today. At the same time, a large crowd has gone to watch ‘Jana Nayagan’ (chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s movie). We may be…
Today’s sky asks for restraint, Sagittarius. Expenses can run ahead of income if you don’t keep a firm hand. Jupiter isn’t careless by nature, but the Moon today encourages leakage through little things, travel costs, impulse buys, online orders, and avoidable treats.There’s also a lot of anger within the family circle. A younger sibling could…