Mumbai,  While there is outrage over the controversial poster of the documentary film 'Kaali' directed by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai, Bollywood actress Meera Chopra also criticised the image shown in the poster of Goddess Kaali smoking a cigarette.

Meera is known for appearing in films like '

Hyderabad,   The forthcoming film 'Ghost,' starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, is expected to be released exclusively on the OTT platform. Directed by Praveen Sattaru, it is being sold to an OTT partner, and the producers intend to release it directly on the digital platform rather than go for a theatrical releas

Panaji,  Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday convened a special meeting with officials and directed them to take immediate action in view of the flooding in various parts of the state.

Due to incessant rain in the past few days, flooding and landslides have been reported from various parts of the

Mumbai,  Following heavy to very heavy rainfall since Sunday, several rivers across Konkan coast in Maharashtra, especially in Ratnagiri district, have been flowing above danger mark, leading to flooding of the low-lying areas and prompting deployment of NDRF for rescue efforts on Monday.

With the Jagabu

Tokyo,  A typhoon made landfall in Japan's Nagasaki prefecture on Tuesday, bringing with it torrential downpours and thunder amid unstable atmospheric pressure in the eastern and northern parts of the country, the weather agency said.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has warned that Aere could t

Mumbai,  Against the backdrop of heavy rains in several parts of Maharashtra, the state government is fully geared to tackle the situation by deploying 24 teams of the NDRF and the SDRF in the flood-prone coastal Konkan on Tuesday.

Two teams each of the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed

United Nations,  The United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) commenced Tuesday to determine the best way forward to revive the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The eight-day forum, convened under the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), "takes place as mu

Nairobi,  A global charity has announced $28.5 million to help families in 19 countries, mostly in Africa, facing the worst global hunger crisis in decades.

"The combined impact of conflicts, climate change, Covid, and the cost of inflating food prices has left up to 750,000 people facing famine con

Islamabad,  Twenty-five people were killed in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province, the director-general of the provincial disaster management authority (PDMA) has said.

The torrential rains started lashing various districts of the province on Monday and the do

New Delhi,  The Union Environment Ministry has now mandated the use of Aadhaar for compensation under the Project Elephant in cases such as human-elephant conflicts, among others.

The Centrally sponsored scheme of 'Project Elephant' is implemented by the state governments with the main objective