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Ahead of this National Cinema Day, the report revealed that 98 per cent of Indians believe cinematic magic can only be brought alive on the big screen with a third of them attributing it to certain directors, themes, and VFX amongst others.In fact, 90 per cent of respondents’ most likeable option for out-of-home experiences is catching the latest movie release in the theatre amongst other leisure activities such as shopping, live gigs, and adventure outings. The younger GenZ and Millennial groups think of the big screen experience for their movie-watching outing every week.The report was launched by the ticketing platform…

The accused were involved in two separate incidents of crime that occurred in Shree Lingaraj police station area on October 5 and October 9. “We found during the investigation that A. Manoj Dora (19) along with the juveniles had formed a gang. They used to establish contact with different persons from in and outside Bhubaneswar through ‘gay dating’ apps. They later meet the victims at an asbestos house near the Garage Square area where they beat them to extract a handsome amount,” the police said. “The accused recently asked a victim to meet them at Garage Square on October 9.…

Scalise won 113-99. But his path to speakership remains uncertain. He needs to get in all 227 votes of House to win, and given that all Democrats will vote for their own nominee, who is likely to Hakeem Jeffries, the leader of the party, Scalise will need all fellow republican to vote for him, including those who voted for Jordan in the secret ballot and the hardliners who booted out Kevin McCarthy, the previous speaker. Scalise has been a member of the Republican leadership team, was the House Majority Leader under McCarthy’s speakership. In August, he announced he was diagnosed…

Before a bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, Advocate Nitesh Rana said that there was no iota of evidence to keep Pillai in jail, who was arrested by the probe agency on March 6.The matter is posted to be heard next on November 3.A Delhi court had earlier dismissed the interim bail application of Pillai, sought on medical ground, stating that it is “devoid of any merit”.In June, the trial court also refused him bail saying that his involvement in the matter was more serious than that of some other accused who are still incarcerated.The judge had said: “This court…

“Samrat Chaudhary lost his mental balance. He should go to the mental asylum in Ranchi for a checkup. He is a completely crack person,” Kushwaha said while interacting with the media persons in Jandaha block in Vaishali district.State Minister Shrawan Kumar said: “Before talking to CM Nitish Kumar, Samrat Chaudhary should analyse the contents he is using to target Nitish Kumar. He should maintain dignity while talking about Nitish Kumar. He is saying anything against him without any basis. No one will take any notice of him. BJP should be concerned about itself. The saffron party is not going to…

In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Tejashwi Yadav said: “Following the derailment of Delhi-Kamakhya Northeast Express, have spoken to disaster department, health department and Bhojpur and Buxar administration to reach the accident site at the warliest and provide relief and rescue operation and also ensure treatment for the injured.””Bihar government is actively engaged in relief, rescue and treatment of the injured,” the Deputy Chief Minister added.Reacting to the incident, Congress from its official X handle posted: “Distressing news of accident of Northeast Express in Bihar. Prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured passengers.”Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal…

The deceased has been identified as Sumit Kumar, son of Karu Mistri from Chanduar villageunder the Rahui block in the district.Kumar, while playing outside his house, became a victim of scorpion bites on Tuesday evening. His family members took him to an exorcist for treatment at around 3 a.m. on Wednesday.“We took him to an exorcist for treatment. He said that Sumit is fine and will recover soon. After we returned home, he again had high fever. Then we went to the chemist s’shop and gave him medicines. “His fever came down for a few hours and then went up…

In the first phase, the officials will reach Patna on October 15 and hold meetings with state government officers on voter lists and preparation of election. The second phase will start from October 27 where the EC officers will hold review meetings with District Magistrates cum returning officers.–IANSajk/vd

The Railway Ministry said that the Anand Vihar-Kamakhya Northeast Express derailed in the yard of the Raghunathpur Railway station in Bihar at 9.53 p.m. It said that as no information has been received about any casualty or injured passengers. Following the incident, videos from the accident site showed local people rushing to rescue of the train passengers. In the video, few coaches can also be seen toppled and local people along with police taking out passengers. Further details are awaited. The Railway issued helpline numbers for the passengers. For Patna – 9771449971, for Danapur – 8905697493, for ARA – 8306182542…

A division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Anish Dayal was hearing a suo motu criminal contempt case initiated against few contemnors. The case pertains to when, in 2018, tweets were posted against Justice S. Muralidhar in respect of the judge’s order quashing the order of house arrest and transit remand of activist Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon case. “We welcome just and fair criticism.….what cannot be appreciated is something that we cannot say lowers the majesty of court but obstructs functioning of the court, the system. That we will not tolerate,” the bench said. “We are not…