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The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has started looking into the feasibility of carving a new district out of Aligarh and Bulandshahr districts following a request from former chief minister Kalyan Singh’s son, Rajveer Singh.Officials said that directions in this regard were given to the District Magistrates of Aligarh and Bulandshahr to conduct a survey and submit their report to the State Revenue Department about the feasibility of creating a new district. Recently, BJP leader and former Etah MP Rajveer Singh demanded that a new district be carved out by including the Atrauli area of Aligarh, the birthplace of Kalyan…

RAIN OR not, every cloud in Delhi these days has a Sirsa lining.As the breathless Capital runs its ritual last-minute race against pollution, debutant Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa has been here, there, everywhere – on the ground and up in the air. According to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has been snapping at the Delhi government’s heels, the fog over the BJP leader’s plan of action, meanwhile, thickens. With curbing pollution one of the key promises of the BJP government, which came to power earlier this year, Sirsa holds one of the most high-profile jobs in the Delhi…

On Wednesday, the BJP’s Delhi MP and Bhojpuri actor-singer Manoj Tiwari arrived in the Digha constituency in Patna to campaign for the party candidate and two-term MLA, Sanjiv Chaurasia, 56. Holding a rally in Rajeev Nagar area, Tiwari sang a few songs before urging the people to re-elect their “humble MLA” Chaurasia.Barely two kms away, in Gosain Tola area, the CPI(ML)Liberation’s 33-year-old candidate Divya Gautam was then drawing sizeable crowds as she undertook a door-to-door canvassing through the narrow lanes. Gautam was wrapped in triple scarves representing the flags of the CPI(ML) L, RJD and Congress – the three key constituents of the Opposition Mahagathbandhan. The…

CBS Contains spoilers for upcoming episodes of “NCIS” and “NCIS: Origins” Just in time for Sweeps month, Mark Harmon, after countless tours of duty on “NCIS,” is coming back to the role that made him famous. The event in question is an “NCIS” and “NCIS: Origins” crossover set to air on November 11. The central focus will be a case that began in the 1990s during Gibbs’ time at Camp Pendleton, and will be resolved in the modern era by the current “NCIS” crew. Harmon will only appear in the “Origins” half…

Louise Matsakis: Oh God, you would not see me in the office for weeks if there was a bedbug infestation. How did they find out about this?Zoë Schiffer: So basically, they received this email on Sunday, saying that exterminators had arrived at the scene with sniffer dogs and “found credible evidence of their presence.” There, being the bedbugs. Sources tell WIRED that Google’s offices in New York are home to a number of large stuffed animals, and there was definitely a rumor going around among employees that these stuffed animals were implicated in the outbreak. We were not able to…

Joe Seer/Shutterstock “Saving Private Ryan” is easily one of the best war films of all time, making it into our top 10. Part of how it made history was a top-tier cast, including a cameo from Nathan Fillion. Tom Hanks, as Captain John Miller, is scouring the front looking for a James Ryan, but Fillion isn’t who he’s looking for. It’s a quick moment in a nearly three hour movie, but it is a striking one. Following Captain Miller’s journey to find Private James Francis Ryan (Matt Damon), the movie…

A Bengaluru software engineer’s excitement turned to shock when he received a piece of tile instead of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 phone he ordered online for Rs 1.86 lakh. The incident was reported on October 19 but came to light on Thursday. The victim, Premanand, 43, had ordered the premium smartphone from the Amazon shopping portal on October 14. According to the First Information Report, Premanand had wisely recorded the unboxing. The victim filed a complaint with the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) before approaching the police the same day. Story continues below this ad He contacted the…

Prince Andrew is losing the title that he’s had since birth and being evicted from his U.K. royal residence following recent revelations about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The scandal proved one too many for his brother, King Charles III, who took action Thursday, according to Buckingham Palace.Andrew’s antics have tried the patience of the royal family for more than 40 years, triggering embarrassing headlines, lawsuits and suspicions that the prince, now 65, was using his position for personal gain.Here are some of the episodes that tarnished the reputation of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s second son and…

Han Myung-gu/Getty Images The “Jurassic Park”https://www.looper.com/”Jurassic World” movie franchise rarely wins over critics. Of the seven films released thus far, only two — “Jurassic Park” and “Jurassic World” — have managed to avoid a “rotten” score on Rotten Tomatoes. In fact, Looper’s review of 2025’s Scarlett Johansson-led “Jurassic World Rebirth” called the newest installment “a disappointment 65 million years in the making.” But as it often goes with huge blockbuster franchises like this, the moviegoing public doesn’t care what the critics have to say and still flock to “Jurassic World”…

Murray Close/Getty Images When George Clooney left “ER” to focus on his film career, it didn’t immediately seem apparent that it was a smart move for the actor, given those rough first few years of his big screen output. He eventually did just fine for himself, becoming not only a frequent star of critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning films, but also big budget crowd-pleasers like “Ocean’s Eleven” and its sequels. Those are the movies that people go to when they think of George Clooney and heist films, but they weren’t his first…