Author: Rahul M

AS THE confusion over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) being conducted by the Election Commission in Bihar continues, the BJP too is feeling the heat. Acting reportedly on adverse reports from the ground, Bihar BJP organisation secretary Bhikhu Bhai Dalsania on Monday held a meeting with 26 state functionaries, instructing them to fan out across the state, meet voters, remove their apprehensions, and help the party’s supporters with the enrolment process.Sources said the worry in the party is that it has let Opposition — which has been warning of “mass disenfranchisement” and questioning “the EC’s haste” – drive the narrative…

Officials from Assam have told the Election Commission (EC) that since it is the only state to have already carried out the exercise of preparing the National Register of Citizens (NRC), this should be factored in whenever the poll panel frames its timelines and decides the list of eligibility documents for the state’s special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, The Indian Express has learned.Sources in the Assam government said that since the EC is also looking at the citizenship aspect to determine eligibility for inclusion in the electoral roll — and given that Assam has already undertaken a citizenship…

Bengaluru: Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIMB) is making its entry into the undergraduate space, offline this time. IIMB will launch a four-year UG programme with majors in economics and data sciences for the academic year 2026-27.The BSc (Hons) programme in economics will have a minor in data science and business. The potential electives include public policy, auction theory, development economics, algorithmic game theory, environmental economics, and health economics, among others. The BSc (Hons) in data science will have minors in economics and business. The electives will include quantitative risk management, supply chain optimisation, big data computing, and combinatorial optimisation.Students must…

Kalaburagi/Bengaluru: Governing Congress Monday expelled Lingaraj Kanni, president of its Kalaburagi South Block unit, following his arrest by Maharashtra police in a drug peddling case.Kanni, said to be close to rural development and panchayat raj minister Priyank Kharge and Congress MLA Allamprabhu Patil, was apprehended by Thane police while allegedly attempting to sell narcotic substances. Police claimed they recovered 120 bottles of banned codeine-based syrup worth around Rs 27,000. A case was registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act at Bazarpeth police station, and an investigation is on.In a statement, Kalaburagi District Congress Committee, said, “Kanni has…

New Line Cinema  This article contains a discussion of suicide. Based on Nicholas Sparks’ 1996 novel of the same name, the 2004 film “The Notebook,” directed by Nick Cassavetes, is undoubtedly one of the most swoonworthy movies of all time. The story of lovers Noah Calhoun (Ryan Gosling and James Garner) and Allie Hamilton (Rachel McAdams and Gena Rowlands, Cassavetes’ mother) is told throughout two timelines — one in the 1940s, where a young Noah and Allie fall in love and are torn apart by her wealthy family, and one…

Bengaluru: BJP MPTejasvi Surya Monday launched a blistering attack on the govt, slamming its Rs 17,780 crore tunnel road project and insisting that if he “held as much power as the deputy CM for just one year,” he would “solve all problems in Bengaluru”.Surya, who represents Bangalore South in the Lok Sabha, called the tunnel project unscientific which serves the elite while burdening the masses. He said the 18km Hebbal-to-Silk Board tunnel road is for “crorepatis of Sadashivanagar and millionaires of Koramangala 4th Block”. He said the proposed toll of Rs 660 and the Rs 7,100 crore viability gap funding…

The 1950s was transformative for film industries across India as they sought new faces beyond professional theatre. Among the female stars who emerged was 17-year-old B Saroja Devi, making her debut in Kannada film Aashadabhoothi. However, it was another Kannada film, Mahakavi Kalidasa, featuring Honnappa Bhagavatar, a superstar in both Kannada and Tamil, which became her first release.The third daughter of Bhairappa, a police officer, and Rudramma, this Channapatna (then in Bangalore district) girl would go on to dominate the southern film industries for decades to come. Unlike male stars, female stars found it easy to transcend language barriers. Within…

insta_photos/Shutterstock Sponsored Content. The sponsor may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Many people have a stash of treasured video clips tucked in the depths of various memory cards, external drives, and half-forgotten folders on ancient laptops that wheeze in protest when you turn the power on. We mean to make backups and check that everything’s all right, but then a cool new movie or TV show catches our attention. Suddenly, it’s five years later, and your cousin asks if you can finally send them those wedding videos…

England spinner Shoaib Bashir has been ruled out of the rest of the ongoing five-Test series against India due to finger injury. The 21-year-old off-spinner picked up an injury to his left finger in England’s triumph in the third Test at Lord’s. After the thrilling 22-run win at Lord’s, England confirmed that Bashir has fractured his left finger and is subsequently set to undergo a surgery later this week. “England men’s spinner Shoaib Bashir has sustained a fracture to his left finger and has been ruled out of the remainder of the Rothesay Test series against India. He is scheduled…

Shivamogga/Bengaluru: Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari Monday inaugurated Sigandur bridge — India’s second-longest cable-stayed structure — in Shivamogga district amid a political row as chief minister Siddaramaiah and his cabinet colleagues boycotted the event claiming they were invited at the last minute.The Rs 472-crore bridge, built over Sharavathi backwaters between Ambaragodlu and Kalasavalli in Sagar taluk, is expected to significantly cut travel time for devotees heading to Chowdeshwari temple in Sigandur, besides reconnecting villages cut off since the construction of Linganamakki dam in the 1960s.Gadkari, in a post on X, said an official invite was sent…