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A DAY after he criticised the Election Commission’s ongoing Special Intensive Revision drive on electoral rolls, MP Giridhari Yadav received a show cause notice from his party JD(U).A low-key leader, despite his four terms as Banka MP, 64-year-old Yadav is not really used to controversy. The last time he was in the news was two years ago, when he wrote to the Lok Sabha Secretary General seeking that he be allowed to submit written questions on paper, rather than online. He was not computer savvy, leaving him dependent on his staff or family members to ask questions on his behalf,…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A tropical storm was blowing across the Philippines’ mountainous north Friday, worsening more than a week of bad weather that has caused at least 25 deaths and prompted evacuations in villages affected by flooding and landslides.The storm was Typhoon Co-may when it made landfall Thursday night in the town of Agno in Pangasinan province with maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers (74 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 165 kph (102 mph). It was weakening as it advanced northeastward and had sustained winds of 100 kph (62 mph) Friday morning.Co-may was intensifying seasonal monsoon…

Marvel Studios Contains spoilers for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” For a certain subset of the internet, gender-swapping a character is the equivalent of spitting in the faces of loyal fans and dancing on their loved ones’ graves. So, as one can imagine, the announcement that Julia Garner was playing a female version of the Silver Surfer in “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” was met with some … trepidation, to put it lightly. Garner herself admitted to Deadline to being a little confused when director Matt Shakman wanted her for the role, saying,…

Lok Sabha Secretary-General Utpal Kumar Singh, former IAS officer, has been given the additional charge as the CEO of Sansad TV. During his stint in Uttarakhand, Singh had been a key architect of the Kedarnath development project and was credited to have helped rebuild the temple town after it was ravaged by floods in 2013.In 2017, during a visit to Kedarnath, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of five reconstruction projects at Kedarpuri area, which encompasses the Kedarnath shrine. Singh was tasked with the project along with Rudraprayag DM Mangesh Ghildiyal. Their work caught the PM’s eye, a…

Legendary wrestler Hulk Hogan, aged 71, has passed away. Preliminary reports suggest that he may have suffered a heart attack, prompting him to call 911 from his Florida home. On the day of his death, emergency services responded to a medical emergency at his residence, with reports indicating Hogan himself made the distress call. Over the past year, the veteran WWE star had undergone numerous neck and back surgeries, underscoring a history of persistent health complications. Despite his renowned resilience, these chronic health issues may have been a contributing factor to his untimely demise. Hogan is survived by his children…

New DelhiJul 25, 2025 07:40 IST First published on: Jul 25, 2025 at 07:40 IST Share What do you have to say about the Opposition’s uproar over Bihar voter rolls revision? The Opposition has got the right to ask questions, including occasionally creating ruckus as well. But how long will it continue? (LoP, Lok Sabha) Rahul Gandhi says he is not being allowed to speak but his party is in the forefront of creating a complete chaos in the House. Why is Congress and the Opposition shying away from a debate on any issue? Today is the third day. We…

Marvel Studios With Marvel’s First Family entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe via “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” fans will undoubtedly begin comparing all of the different versions of the superhero team to determine who is actually fantastic and who ought to be forgotten forever. That’s our goal with this article — we’re going to name the best and worst big screen versions of every Fantastic Four member, and a few iconic baddies to boot. This list compares the main casts of every live-action “Fantastic Four” movie to date: On top…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to overtake Indira Gandhi and become the PM with the second-longest unbroken stint in the highest elected office in the country. Modi, who is in the United Kingdom on a crucial bilateral visit, completes 4,078 days in office, one more than Indira, who was the PM uninterrupted from January 24, 1966, to March 24, 1977 While the PM reaches this milestone, his party faces some challenges on the domestic political front. First up is Bihar, where the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has added momentum to the Opposition’s attempts to corner the…

The more you look at it, the clearer it becomes. The resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar as Vice-President is for reasons other than indifferent health.Though the now former Vice-President has had health problems of late — he fainted in Uttarakhand in June and was hospitalised with a heart ailment in March — had medical reasons been the decisive factor, the announcement would have been made differently and not on the V-P’s X handle at the end of an action-packed day that saw him preside over the Rajya Sabha and the Business Advisory Council. As information filters in, it is evident that…

Marvel Studios Contains spoilers for “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” gets audiences away from the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Sacred Timeline for a bit. The titular team exists in another universe, one that’s heavily inspired by the vintage aesthetic of the 1960s combined with a healthy dose of futurism. It’s kind of like how “The Jetsons” thought the future would be, and it suits the film perfectly.  However, since it does exist in another reality, there aren’t references to Marvel heroes we know and love. No one’s talking about…