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United Artists We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Historical epics have been around almost as long as the movies. The first feature-length, non-serialized film, in fact, was D.W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation,” which recounted the American Civil War, the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction period.  It is also a notoriously racist production, with white actors wearing blackface to play offensive caricatures of enslaved African-Americans. Yet in spite of that controversy, the 1915 film’s box…

“Incentives, lifestyle upgrades and trust in branded developers fuel the festive-season revival,” said Mr. Vijay Jain, MD, Star Estate New Delhi, November 15, 2025: The festive season has reignited Delhi-NCR’s housing market. Homebuyers are returning in strong numbers to take advantage of limited-period offers that have extended beyond Diwali into the upcoming Christmas and New Year period. The real estate developers across the region have already running an array of incentives besides freebies like modular kitchen upgrades, branded home appliances, flexible payment schemes, stamp-duty waivers and EMI holidays, among others. All these schemes and freebies have altogether brought new momentum…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom A day after the RJD suffered a devastating defeat in the Bihar Assembly elections, a fresh controversy has erupted within the party as Lalu Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya announced that she is disowning her family and quitting politics. In a cryptic post on X, Acharya claimed she had been asked to take this step by senior RJD leader Sanjay Yadav, a close aide of Tejashwi Yadav. Acharya, who donated a kidney to Lalu Yadav in 2022, also suggested she was taking the blame for something, though she did not…

Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) founder Vijay has urged the people of Tamil Nadu to take urgent steps to verify their names on the electoral rolls, warning that lakhs of eligible voters may lose their constitutional right to vote due to ongoing issues in the voter list revision process. TVK Chief Vijay Sounds Alarm On SIR In TN In a video message, Vijay stressed that the right to vote is the most fundamental identity of a citizen and central to Indian democracy. He said he was “shocked” to learn that several individuals across Tamil Nadu have discovered that their names are…

New Delhi: The former Union minister and senior BJP leader R.K. Singh resigned on Saturday, hours after he was suspended by the party for indulging in anti-party activities. The decision came a after the NDA alliance secured a landslide victory in the Bihar assembly election.Singh, a former MP from Arrah in Bihar, over the past few months, had been critical of the BJP as well as the NDA leadership and had levelled a series of charges against the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar. His accusation regarding a scam in the commissioning of a power plant in Bihar had created a…

The incumbent NDA swept the Bihar Assembly polls to return to power in the state, winning 202 of 243 seats while reducing the Opposition Mahagathbandhan to just 35 seats. The BJP was at the forefront of the NDA’s victory, bagging 89 seats, followed by the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)’s 85 and the Chirag Paswan-led LJP(RV)’s 19 seats.Among the Mahagathbandhan parties, the lead player RJD’s tally plunged to 25, with the Congress managing to get only 6 seats. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar, the NDA bagged 30 of the total 40 seats, with the BJP and the…

Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Saturday reaffirmed the strength of the NDA alliance in Bihar, stating that leaders of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to congratulate him on the coalition’s sweeping victory and to initiate discussions on the formation of the new state government. Chirag Paswan Meets Nitish Kumar Taking to X, Chirag said, “After the Bihar Assembly Election results today, met with the Honorable Chief Minister of Bihar Shri Nitish Kumar Ji and extended hearty congratulations and best wishes to him for the NDA’s resounding majority.” Chirag Paswan told reporters that Chief Minister…

The Bengaluru police have arrested a sub-registrar and a real-estate firm owner in an alleged multi-crore land scam case in Beratana Agrahara, near Bengaluru’s Electronic City, filed three years ago.Story continues below this ad The Central Crime Branch’s Organised Crime Wing, which took over the case in January 2024, arrested sub-registrar G Roopa and realtor Naveen Kumar on November 6 and 7, respectively. Naveen Kumar, a main accused in the case who had been absconding for three years, was sent to police custody on November 10 for further investigation, according to a police statement on Tuesday.Story continues below this ad…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom The Bihar Legislative Assembly election results were declared on Friday, November 14, delivering a dramatic verdict. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) achieved a resounding victory, capturing 202 seats, while the Grand Alliance managed just 35. Prashant Kishore’s Jansuraj party, meanwhile, failed to win a single seat, raising questions about the reasons behind its electoral wipeout. In an exclusive conversation with ABP News, Jansuraj National President Uday Singh addressed the party’s disappointing performance. He did not shy away from alleging irregularities, claiming that the NDA had distributed money during the…

New Delhi: Nitish Kumar’s political career really started with an ultimatum. In 1985, when he was contesting his third election after losing the previous two, he addressed a large public meeting in Harnaut. There, he declared, “This is the last time I am asking you to vote for me. If you do not elect me now, I will never contest an election again.”Nitish later recalled that the crowd fell silent, and he noticed tears in the eyes of people sitting in front. “It had touched their emotional chord,” writes Arun Sinha, Nitish Kumar’s friend, in his book Battle for Bihar:…