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Taking a majestic sweep through the years 1803, when the army of the East India Company General, Viscount Gerard Lake, defeated the forces of Daulatrao Scindia led by a French mercenary at the Battle of Patparganj and entered Delhi, to 1857, when the last Mughal emperor involuntarily set off the events of the Revolt, ‘The Broken Script’ explores the forgotten facets of the intervening five decades — or the “hybrid half-century”, as Liddle describes them.In the words of Dalrymple, Liddle has “salvaged from the ruins an outstanding new history of a great city suspended between two Empires. A brilliant work…

The movie is derived from his personal experiences as a Congolese-born European and deals with the complexities and emotions that come with inheriting two cultures, one of both his birth and the other of adopted homeland.Witchcraft and magic are the centerpieces of the film. Speaking to ‘The Hollywood Reporter’, Baloji said: “My name, Baloji, means ‘sorcerer’ in Swahili, which is a difficult name to live with. It’s like being an American named ‘devil’.” “I did a lot of reading about witchcraft and the culture of witches in different societies. The origin of my name, actually, had meant man of science…

In the first match of the day, Hockey Madhya Pradesh defeated Hockey Karnataka 7-1. Captain Yogita Verma (9’) opened the account for Hockey Madhya Pradesh, followed by goals from Bhumiksha Singh (27’, 59’), Jyoti Singh (45’), Soniya Kumre (46’), Gurmail Kaur (48’), and Sonam (56’). Yamuna (10’) scored the lone goal for Hockey Karnataka.Hockey Mizoram defeated Hockey Chandigarh 6-0 in the second match of the day. Lal Tlanchhungi (9’, 51’), Lalrinpuii (44’, 60’), and Vanlalhriatpuii (54’, 59’) all scored a brace each for Hockey Mizoram and secured three points.Earlier on Saturday, Hockey Haryana defeated Telangana Hockey 24-0. The goal scorers…

The camp was inaugurated by Health Minister Ma Subramanian while the inaugural function was held at Government higher secondary school, Kodambakkam.Ma Subramanian said that the camp for sanitary workers which was announced in the budget of 2022-23 has commenced.“The camp would conduct master body checkups for the sanitary workers and the health department would provide medical treatment for those sanitary workers who were diagnosed with diseases,” the minister said.The minister said that the medical colleges would provide treatment to the sanitary workers on the base of the reports from the health camps.He said that the state public health department would…

London, July 2 (IANS) Wimbledon 2023, the third Grand Slam of the season, is drawing near: the grass courts are freshly-cut, the all-white kits are ready to be donned, and more importantly, some new tennis records are waiting to be hit.Novak Djokovic, at the age of 36, has made his intentions clear — playing for the record books.The Serbian legend has Roger Federer’s record of eight Wimbledon titles as well as a 24th major in his sights as he closes in on a first calendar Grand Slam in 54 years.Djokovic won his 23rd Grand Slam earlier last month at Roland…

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Meta-owned WhatsApp banned more than 65 lakh bad accounts in India in the month of May, in compliance with the new IT Rules 2021, the company informed on Sunday. Between May 1 and May 31, 6,508,000 WhatsApp accounts were banned and 2,420,700 of these accounts were proactively banned, before any reports from users in the country.In the month of April, WhatsApp, which has more than 500 million users in India, had banned a record over 74 lakh bad accounts.The most popular messaging platform also received 3,912 grievance reports like “ban appeals” in May in the…

Congress General Secretary, in charge Communications Jairam Ramesh said: “Clearly the BJP’s washing machine has resumed its operations. A number of new entrants into the BJP-led alliance in Maharashtra today had been facing serious corruption charges with ED, CBI and Income Tax authorities after them. Now they have all got a clean chit.””The Congress will intensify its efforts to free Maharashtra from the clutches of the BJP,” he added.His remarks came after NCP chief Sharad Pawar, maintaining his cool over the surprise developments, “thanked” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “blamed” the Enforcement Directorate (ED).Addressing media persons in Pune, Pawar, 83,…

The actor, who is known for his films like ‘Aashiqui 2’, ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’, ‘Ok Jaanu’, ‘Ludo’ and several others, is also a musician and often strums on his guitar, honing his craft as a musician.Talking about his favourite genres of music, the actor told IANS that he loves all forms of rock music. He said, “Classical rock, neo-classical rock, and other derivatives of rock, I absolutely love them. I also love electronic music, techno, and psychedelic trance because that’s the kind of stuff that used to be big back in the day when I was growing up as…

“Keeping the agencies as rock-solid alliance partners the BJP offers a clear cut choice: ‘prison’ or ‘position’. Very few have shown the guts to resist the option of POSITION. Political churning on the ground is making supposedly the ‘largest political nervous… Jai Hind,” Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha said in a tweet.Jha, in a video statement, said that after nine ministers took oath from the NCP in the Maharashtra new cabinet, it is clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his core team are writing the script.Jha said that from Bhopal he has given a message that not a single…

The teaser of the upcoming film, which was unveiled on Sunday, reveals nothing of the plot but only ignites more curiosity and amps up the hype, as we see Sudeep sitting in the back of a bus riding in night time pulling bullets out of his body and drinking whiskey.The bus is stained red with a severed arm and blood on the back and front. The driver notices him and is about to answer his radio when Sudeep blasts his head with a shotgun. With a bunch of cars coming towards him, Sudeep smoking a cigar says “I’m not a…