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Huge opening disguises major disaster You’ve only have to look at the box office collection in the first day. Cocktails 2, which was released in over ten thousand screens, reportedly collected about 13.5 crore on its Friday and the makers are going on and on about the numbers on every possible platform. It seemed like … Read more

You are absolutely on the right track about the exciting news but just need to tweak the timeframe a tad! Yes, it is true that Samantha Ruth Prabhu is pregnant with her first child and that the father is none other than the filmmaker Raj Nidimoru. But, instead of an August arrival, official sources and … Read more

Politics these days is an absolute pain in the neck. Turn on Twitter or the TV and all you can see are CAPITAL LETTERS SCREAMING AT YOUR FACE. The most noise these days is about Shashi Tharoor, with everyone absolutely convinced he’s already packing up his bags from the Indian National Congress. For advertisement on … Read more

The Storage Nightmare I get it. A new software update drops on your phone. The notification sits there in the status bar begging to be tapped. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. You think it will bring smooth animations or some fancy new features. Xiaomi has … Read more

Father’s Day will be celebrated in many countries, including India, tomorrow, Sunday 21st June, 2026 For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/fathers-day-2026-all-you-need-to-know-about-date-history-and-significance-11656647In this article I will not talk of one’s biological father and his duties towards his children. To me it is more important at this … Read more

I have 2 questions for the CJP : For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. (1) CJP’s protest today at Jantar Mantar, Delhi was reportedly bigger than the previous one. Organizing this must have cost a lot of money. CJP seems to have a large IT team posting … Read more

Alia Bhatt has already been very forthright about dealing with stress with anxiety and ADHD and coping with the pressures of public perception and the sudden criticism the 31-year-old received for her next outing. Though she hasn’t made any particular statement solely in reference to the recent online trolling against her yet, the actor’s well-established … Read more

Last year, Apple announced iOS 18 with huge fanfare. Months were spent detailing just how Apple Intelligence would save Siri from being the clumsy bot it is known as. The promise was that it could read your screen, understand context and navigate between apps to get real tasks done. Six months on, spring 2025 has … Read more

The whole thing really kicked off with a massive, embarrassing security screw-up. Just a few days before Sony and Marvel finally dropped the official second trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day, a brutally-butchered clip somehow found its way online. First it was bootleg audio, apparently ripped directly from a YouTube stream. Then came a barrage … Read more

Rockstar finally releases cover art for GTA 6, details for its June 25 pre-order date Rockstar has finally revealed the official cover art for Grand Theft Auto 6. Along with a brief 30-second teaser on their YouTube channel, fans can get their first look at the final box art, which retains the classic collage style … Read more

You walk into a pharmacy, your throat is a scratchy inferno and you ask for a bottle of cough syrup. You’re told you need a prescription. That’s the new India reality right now. The Union Health Ministry slammed the doors on over-the-counter liquid cough medicine last week by making an amendment to a decades-old law. … Read more

Trying to log into Telegram in India today might leave you hitting a digital brick wall. The central government imposed a temporary block on the app, immediately shutting down access for millions of users across the country until at least June 22. The immediate cause of the lockout is the massive debacle that has plagued … Read more

This isn’t exactly an original thought, but the landscape of stand-up comedy in India, used to just require a microphone and good timing, now needs a PR agency and an attorney on speed dial. The modern stand-up circuit is a perilous wasteland of thin-skinned, perpetually outraged people who will tear down a performer based on … Read more

This colossal check cemented HCLTech’s place as the lead strategic investor in a $234 million funding round. Bessemer Venture Partners, Khosla Ventures, and Peak XV also pitched in, and even Nvidia made an appearance. The whole affair propelled Sarvam’s post-money valuation to a mind-boggling $1.5 billion, officially birthing India’s newest tech unicorn on June 15, … Read more

Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 on June 9, 2026, and the software industry declared it a giant leap forward. Developers quickly embraced it. And then, on the evening of Friday, June 12, 2026 at 5:21pm ET, doors slammed shut. Just three days after its release, the US government, in a sudden export control directive, forbade … Read more

Gullak launched in 2019, from The Viral Fever and subsequently picked up by SonyLIV. This was unusual because digital streaming platforms were spending millions of rupees on slick dark crime thrillers and magnum opus political dramas, while audiences watched fake gangsters shoot it out in the badlands of Uttar Pradesh. Then Shreyansh Pandey came along … Read more

The high-profile matrimonial dispute between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay and his estranged wife, Sangeetha Sornalingam, remains unresolved. Reports claiming that the Chengalpattu Family Welfare Court has officially confirmed or finalized their divorce are legally incorrect. For advertisement on our platform, do call at +91 6377460764 or email us at [email protected]. The case … Read more

Maddock Films and Luv Films bet heavily on this one, pouring a whopping 150 crores into its production. The movie is scheduled to release on June 19th, starring Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, and Rashmika Mandanna in what is being billed as a spiritual successor to the 2012 hit “Cocktail.” Homi Adajania returns to the director’s … Read more

Though the government is touting the new signed agreement on E100 (100% ethanol) fuel regulations as a master stroke for reducing the country’s massive 22 trillion fossil fuel import bill and also benefiting the farming community, the reality for the average motorist on the street is starkly different. The new policy seems like an additional … Read more

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India unleashed a torrent of notices at the food industry. Fifteen different brands were slapped with formal warnings over the weekend. The controversy hinges on what names and marketing taglines companies are slapping on their products. According to the food regulator, this is designed to dupe consumers directly. … Read more

At Gate 4 at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, flashes burst to life. It was late Sunday night, and reporters were stationed for the customary star departures that always happen at this time: another actor heading to a fashion show, another off to a brand endorsement event. But the journalists present were stunned. Abhishek … Read more

The digital outrage cycle moves fast. Almost too fast. Just days ago, social media was entirely consumed by the Pranit More controversy. The “370 rupees biryani” incident sparked a massive debate about entitlement, misogyny, and what actually passes for crowd work in comedy clubs these days. It started when an audience member, Himanshu Jangra, bragged … Read more

This level of casting change you just never get to see unfold in real-time. When rumors first dropped of Shah Rukh Khan joining the hyper-anticipated Rajinikanth vehicle that is Jailer 2, the internet quite literally nearly broke itself. It was a guaranteed box-office gold mine, the two biggest stars in Indian cinema sharing a frame-it … Read more

The Crazy Math Behind a Rom-Com The numbers coming out from Cocktail 2 are truly astronomical, at the moment. It is due to be released in the theaters on the 19th of June, 2026. Whilst we expected a fun continuation to the 2012 original, nobody predicted that a romantic comedy would come with a whopping … Read more

Nora Fatehi just played a super smart business move. We all know that Nora Fatehi is arguably one of the biggest names on the Indian entertainment scene today. So, of course, if you ask her to dance at an awards function or lip-sync and shake her assets in a huge Bollywood music video, you’d better … Read more

The math makes absolutely zero sense. Absolutely none. You have a movie made for 750,000 dollars by someone who previously made YouTube videos now beating out the biggest Marvel movie in history and rewriting the rule book at the box office. We’ve got Obsession’s crazy numbers. They’re here, and it’s madness. For advertisement on our … Read more