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October 10, 2025 07:21 AM IST First published on: Oct 10, 2025 at 07:20 AM IST With the Opposition yet to nominate members for the Joint Committee of Parliament announced for considering the three Bills that prescribe automatic dismissal of jailed ministers, introduced in the last Session of Parliament, the options being considered include setting up a panel comprising MPs of the NDA, smaller parties, and Independents. “The Opposition parties have been sent reminders multiple times. They have not yet informed the Speaker whether they are nominating or boycotting the joint panel,” said a government source. On August 20, amid…

Apple TV+ RATING : 6.5 / 10 Pros The pilot is great and the rest of the show isn’t bad either Good acting, especially by Jason Clarke A great sense of place Cons It would work better if it was a couple of episodes shorter The fraught love story doesn’t make much sense Apple TV+’s “The Last Frontier” was brought to the screen by the creator of “The Blacklist,” which ran on NBC for 10 seasons. “The Blacklist” focused on the FBI and their dealings with…

KolkataOctober 10, 2025 07:27 AM IST First published on: Oct 10, 2025 at 06:01 AM IST As BJP MP Khagen Murmu and fellow party MLA Shankar Ghosh arrived in the village of Nagrakata in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district around Monday afternoon, they faced the fury of locals angry over the lack of administrative response to the floods and landslides that left at least 28 dead in the Dooars and Darjeeling hills this week. What followed led to a political uproar. A mob chased the BJP leaders, surrounded their convoy, and hurled stones at them, shouting, “Go away, BJP.” Both Murmu,…

Maya Dehlin Spach/Getty Images Contains spoilers for “Tron: Ares” “Tron: Ares” continues the famous sci-fi franchise with a brand new adventure. This time around the sentient programs inside the Grid are coming to our world, and after they figure out how to stay, nothing will be the same again. “Tron: Ares” is the third story in the franchise, if you don’t count the secret “Tron” sequel that everyone forgot. There might not be many “Tron” movies, but the series’s visual style is unmistakable. The original “Tron” movie was a 1982…

Walt Disney Pictures After years of waiting, “Tron” fans can finally head back to The Grid with “Tron: Ares,” which further develops the world established in 1982’s “Tron” and its 2010 sequel “Tron: Legacy.” Director Joachim Rønning and screenwriter Jesse Wigutow focus this installment on Ares (Jared Leto), a program created by nefarious Dillinger Systems CEO Julian Dillinger (Evan Peters) to obey orders and destroy his corporate rival, Encom CEO Eve Kim (Greta Lee). However, Ares gradually becomes fascinated with being human and seeks out the Permanence Code, which enables digital entities to remain…

Parisa Taghizadeh/Netflix RATING : 5 / 10 Pros Good, silly fun while watching … Cons … Which falls apart if you have to think about it for more than a second Thin characterization the cast struggles to elevate Hurried plotting that never allows us to properly invest in the murder mystery Clocking in at a whisker over 90 minutes — nine of which are end credits! — “The Woman in Cabin 10” feels less like a prestige adaptation of a best-selling murder mystery novel and more…

BINNISH, Syria — Armed with bags of fireworks and only a rudimentary knowledge of how to use them, Muhammad Sheeb directed a group of fellow revelers to set up pyrotechnics along a darkened street in preparation for the wedding convoy. “They’re coming!” he yelled as a line of vehicles arrived, led by the bride and groom’s white SUV adorned with red roses. The sky above the town of Binnish in northwestern Syria erupted in explosions of color, and well-wishers waved flares and sparklers. Syrian weddings are loud affairs. Music blares, drum beats are deafening, women break out into choruses of…

Marvel Studios Given that it’s the most successful movie franchise in box office history, it’s safe to say that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has earned a few bucks. Obviously it takes a lot of people to make epic superhero action films where entire multiverses are on the line, so that’s a whole lot of paychecks that have to come out of those earnings. That being said, it’s no big secret that the biggest of those paychecks go to studio heads, executive producers, and of course, the actors whose names are…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police on Thursday detained three people over a suspected plot to attack the country’s politicians including Prime Minister Bart De Wever with a drone carrying explosives.The three were taken into custody after an anti-terrorism judge ordered searches of their homes in the port city of Antwerp by police officers working with explosives sniffer dogs, federal prosecutors said in a statement.An “improvised device” was found at the home of one of the suspects but it was not operational at the time. A bag of steel balls also was found there, while a 3D printer believed to be…

Lauren Goode: What’s an example of that?Louise Matsakis: So, for example, there were some Chinese influencers who were spreading these conspiracy theories that Indians were plotting to use the visa to immigrate to China en masse.Lauren Goode: Interesting. You’ve both covered China’s businesses and workforce for years. Was this backlash surprising to you?Zeyi Yang: I would say yes, but also no. The no is because I know China has never been an immigrant country, so the idea to introduce a lot of foreign talents to the country, giving them some kind of preferential treatment over others, it’s definitely going to…