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Director Jeff Rowe, recalling the process, said with a smile: “We were desperate to have Ray Fillet in this movie because he’s one of our favorite characters. But we couldn’t figure out what he would do in the film. I had this idea that he’d be like Matt Damon in Team America, where he just had the one line he’d say over and over.”He further mentioned: “At the same time, there were conversations going on that Post Malone might be interested in doing something in our film. So I said, ‘Would he be interested in being Ray Fillet, and just…

It shows the intense pursuit of IB Officer Ritwik (played by Avinash Tiwary) to dismantle a reverse hawala operation from its very core. The show also stars Rohan Vinod Mehra, Nivetha Pethuraj, Taher Shabbir, Jitin Gulati, Elisha Mayor and Hiten Tejwani.The series has been created and directed by Bejoy Nambiar, who is known for his film ‘Shaitaan’.Talking about the series, Bejoy Nambiar said: “’Kaala’ delves into the realm of reverse hawala, peeling back the layers of crime and betrayal. Behind closed doors, in the shadows, money takes on a life of its own, entangled with betrayal, revenge, and a hunger…

He was taken into custody after he landed at Visakhapatnam Airport by a flight from Hyderabad. A police team arrested him and shifted him to Krishna district.The TDP leader and some others were booked by the police for making abusive and derogatory comments against the Chief Minister and ministers at a public meeting organised recently at Gannavaram in NTR district as part of TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh’s ‘Yuva Galam’ padyatra.On a complaint filed by YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leader and former minister Perni Nani, a case was registered against Ayyanna Patrudu under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 153A, 354…

The President has a mainly ceremonial role in the city-state with few powers and little say in public affairs.However, the result on Friday could be a marker of public sentiment on the long-term ruling party following a string of MP scandals, BBC reported.Leading candidate Tharman Shanmugaratnam was a veteran Minister of Singapore’s ruling PAP party.A former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, the 66-year-old economist resigned from the People’s Action Party in June to contest the presidential election, BBC reported.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong heads the PAP, which suffered its worst electoral showing in 2020 although it still retained a…

“I personally have great admiration towards Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Had Trinamool Congress not been in the INDIA alliance, AISF would not have hesitated to join hands with the opposition forces. But the presence of Trinamool Congress is the only hurdle,” Siddique said.Political observers feel that through these comments Siddique had virtually made it clear that his party will be going alone in the big-battle of 2024 Lok Sabha polls instead of going for alliance with Congress and Left Front as it did in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls.Already speculation is there that Siddique might himself contest from minority-…

It came to the fore that both the woman identified as Laxmi Bhatt and her daughter had been romantically involved with 37-year-old Yogesh Jotiyana.The daughter’s intent to do away with her mother stemmed from her staunch objection to her involvement with Jotiyana.In the crime Naran Jogi, 35, a close acquaintance of Jotiyana, was also involved. All three, residents of Madhapar village near Bhuj, have since been arrested by the authorities.The initial discovery of Bhatt’s body on July 13 had thrown up more questions than answers for the police. The secluded location near Hamirmora village, 55 km from Madhapar, and the…

Falling income growth in the urban sector, shrinking corporate profitability, fading momentum in (front-loaded) government capex, demand-curbing monetary policies and diminishing global growth prospects may weigh on output, the report said.Even as domestic activity is maintaining resilience, economic activity recovery is not yet broad-based. While rural income has remained tepid, urban employment growth has been steadily growing at a low rate and urban incomes will also likely ease ahead. This, in conjunction with the lagged effect of tighter monetary policy, will further curb domestic demand, the report said.On the other hand, capex indicators are healthy with further improving capacity utilisation…

“After being introduced on 1st July 2017, Goods and Services Tax #GST has become a gamechanger in India’s indirect tax system. As part of the overall scheme of things in #GST, #Mera_Bill_Mera_Adhikaar Invoice Incentive Scheme has been launched from TODAY to encourage the customers to demand an invoice and to improve #B2C #TaxCompliance,” the Finance Ministry said in X, formerly Twitter.The scheme is currently active as a pilot project in Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Puducherry, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is also visiting a market place in Gurugram today, to encourage GST bill generation on payment.–IANSans/shb

Sources said that the top brass of ED has sought explanation from the officer concerned on why he resorted to downloading those personal files and that too on a computer belonging to a corporate entity which is under the central scanner and during raid and search operations there.Sources further said that the agency’s top brass are unhappy over the entire development and feel that such an “irresponsible” action on part of the official has not only diluted the seriousness of the matter but also posed immense embarrassment for the central agency.Already the cyber-crime division of Kolkata Police has taken up…

New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Two-time World Cup winner and ICC Hall of Famer, former Australia captain Lisa Sthalekar, has revealed the first five players she would pick if she were selecting a dream XI for this year’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup which includes two India star- Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah.Sthalekar knows what it takes to win a World Cup having tasted success with the powerful Australian teams in 2005 and 2013 and keeps a close eye on the modern-day game in her role as a commentator.Ahead of the start of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in…