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GandhinagarOctober 4, 2025 07:05 AM IST First published on: Oct 4, 2025 at 07:05 AM IST Prime Minister Narendra Modi had chosen Nikol, a suburb on the eastern side of Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad, to address a rally on August 25, marking 10 years of the Patidar quota agitation. A little over a month later, the BJP has picked Jagdish Vishwakarma, its MLA from Nikol – an area dominated by Patidars and one of the sites of violent protests during the 2015 quota agitation – as its new Gujarat chief. Vishwakarma, 52, who is a Minister of State holding multiple…

The BJP is exploring the possibility of a political realignment following the stampede at a rally of film star-turned-politician Vijay in Karur, leaving 41 dead.The party has laid the blame for the incident on the state government, led by the DMK, accusing officials of negligence – notably leaving Vijay out of its statements. During his rallies, Vijay, who has floated the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), has been attacking both the DMK and BJP. However, with Vijay on the backfoot after the stampede, the BJP believes it could open a line to the mega star, whose popularity is evident at the…

Paramount Dwayne Johnson is probably best known for big, blockbuster action movies like “Fast Five,” “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” and “San Andreas.” He has plenty of forgotten failures, too, but one interesting hit in his filmography is the 2014 fantasy epic “Hercules,” which did well in theaters but seems to have lost its standing on Johnson’s impressive resume. However, the film has found new life on streaming after being recently made available for free viewing on Tubi. And it’s a big hit there, coming in at No. 4 on the…

Mark Sullivan/Getty Images There is a long list of reasons why “Superman Lives” never got made, but it meant that comic book superfan Nicolas Cage missed out on his first chance to lead a superhero film. It would be nearly a decade before he got another chance, with his dream finally coming true by way of 2007’s “Ghost Rider.”  With a gritty, violent vibe that had more in common with the “Blade” and “Punisher” films than “Spider-Man” or “X-Men” — or the soon-to-be-launched Marvel Cinematic Universe — “Ghost Rider” was…

WASHINGTON — The Israeli jets over the Red Sea launched a volley of missiles that arced high into the atmosphere and came down on a residential neighborhood in Doha, Qatar, where Hamas representatives were discussing the possibility of a plan to end the war in the Gaza Strip. The Sept. 9 strike was a stunning provocation by Israel — negotiation by bombing the negotiators. Even more than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s other aggressive acts in the Middle East over the past year, this one so rankled government officials both in the region and in Washington that it threatened to blow…

Disney While getting all caught up on everything “Tron” before you see “Tron: Ares,” there is one piece of “Tron” media you might not know about. The mainline  movie series thus far consists of just two feature-length movies — 1982’s “Tron” and 2010’s “Tron: Legacy.” Given that it took over 20 years for the sequel to arrive, there was obviously a fair amount of other “Tron” content released in the meantime, including novels, comic books, video games, theme park attractions, and a short-lived animated series.  But what if we told you that…

IFC/Shudder Contains spoilers for “Good Boy” Director Ben Leonberg’s “Good Boy” is the name of the movie on everyone’s lips, as the haunted house film takes place from the perspective of a dog named Indy. Since it’s a horror movie, everyone worries whether Indy makes it out alive, because it’s a major marketing disaster if someone takes out a dog in a film. While Indy the dog doesn’t die in “Good Boy,” the same can’t be said about another furry friend: Bandit. When Indy and his owner, Todd (Shane Jensen),…

Marni Grossman/Paramount+ While most audiences know James T. Kirk as the captain of the USS Enterprise in the original “Star Trek” series, he’s actually the second man to lead the legendary starship on-screen. Before the series premiered on TV, an unaired pilot episode had a different captain — Christopher Pike — on the bridge of the Enterprise. These days, Pike (Anson Mount) is the star of the franchise’s current flagship series, “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” leading Mr. Spock, Number One, Uhura, and the rest of the Enterprise crew on daring missions…

Dhruv Jurel has been travelling with the squad for the last couple of series, but remained on the bench due to the team’s combination. While bidding his time on the sidelines, the 24-year-old took insights from Joe Root during their time together in IPL outfit Rajasthan Royals and India’s tour of England earlier this year.   

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Hundreds of mourners gathered in wind and rain Friday for a vigil that combined grief and defiance in the remembrance of two men who were killed when a knife-wielding assailant attacked their synagogue in the English city of Manchester.Standing behind the police cordon that still surrounds the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the city’s Crumpsall neighborhood, the mourners said they felt forgotten by a society that has allowed antisemitism in the U.K. to grow unchallenged over the last two years.Politicians and other leaders have failed to reject anti-Jewish speech or protect Jews from hate crimes,…