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Bollywood singer-composer Sachin Sanghvi | Photo Credit: X The complainant claimed Sanghvi proposed marriage to her, and she was sexually assaulted multiple times on the pretext of giving chance in his music album Bollywood singer and music composer Sachin Sanghvi has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman by promising her a chance…
Ghatam player Sumana Chandrashekar’s book, My Journey with the Ghatam: Song of the Clay Pot (Speaking Tiger) is more than a memoir — It is a critical exploration of the layered histories of Indian music, performance and cultural memory. The book, while tracing the author’s journey with the ghatam pushes the boundaries of autobiographical writing….
What connects the domestic arrivals section at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the Hyderabad International Convention Centre (HICC), and the VIP lounge at Terminal 1 of Delhi Airport? All three feature a sculptural representation of a rustic Telangana woman by renowned artist Thota Vaikuntam. Thota Vaikuntam with one of his sculptures at the Hyderabad airport…
A still from ‘Bad Girl’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement If movie reviews were instruction manuals, I’d command you to take a pause and give the film Bad Girl by debutant director Varsha Bharath some hours of your time. This refreshing coming-of-age Tamil film centred around Ramya (played by Anjali Sivaraman) sets out to achieve exactly what…
Anushka Shetty, whose Telugu film Ghaati releases on September 5, marks 20 years in cinema this year. She recalls her first day on the sets of the 2005 film Super: “Nagarjuna sir, Sonu Sood and I were filming at Annapurna Studios, and during the break, Supriya Yarlagadda (the studio director and Nagarjuna’s niece) walked in…
A woman security guard identified as Prashanti (24) died at SVRR Hospital in Tirupati on Friday, following her attempt at self-immolation over alleged estrangement with her boyfriend. According to Kuppam police, Prashanti worked at the APSRTC’s Proddatur depot in Kadapa after she got the job on compassionate grounds after the demise of her father, a…
A 48-year-old domestic worker, M. Annalakshmi, was bitten by a stray horse at Edayarpalayam in Coimbatore on Saturday morning. She was on her way to work when the incident occurred. “I stepped out around 7 a.m. and a horse was standing nearby. When I turned to get on my two-wheeler, it bit me. I was…
Harvey Weinstein, former co-chairman of the Weinstein Co., appears at Manhattan criminal court in New York, U.S, on Monday, May 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Jurors at Harvey Weinstein ‘s sex crimes retrial heard Monday from a woman who said her consensual relationship with the ex-movie mogul descended into rape. At times, “he validated…
A 21-year-old woman, who flew from Italy to meet a friend in Hyderabad’s Meerpet area, was sexually assaulted by a man who offered her a lift in Pahadishareef on Monday (March 31, 2025) night. According to the police, the victim had come to Hyderabad and was accompanied by another foreigner. The incident was reported around…
As the last leg of the discussion surrounding the 97th Academy Awards runs its course, James Mangold’s biopic A Complete Unknown continues to spark conversation, much like the man its based on, revolutionary songwriter and Nobel Prize laureate Bob Dylan. Timothee Chalamet, a charmer, rising above the ranks of a dwindling Hollywood in desperate need…
