Los Angeles: Stuntman-turned-director Sam Hargrave shared plans for a third story as long as people enjoy the second film featuring Chris Hemsworth's Tyler Rake. "We're kind of waiting to see how the second movie is received. Fingers crossed, if people enjoy the second one, there already is - and this is without spoiling anything - but there...

London: Oil-producing countries have agreed to continued cuts in production in a bid to shore up flagging prices, the media reported Monday. Saudi Arabia said it would make cuts of a million barrels per day (bpd) in July and OPEC+ said targets would drop by a further 1.4 million bpd from 2024, reports the BBC. OPEC+ accounts...

Varanasi: The MP/MLA court in Varanasi Monday convicted jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari in a 32-year-old murder case. The quantum of the sentence will be announced later in the day. A five-time MLA, Ansari has been charged with the murder of a Congress leader in 1991 when he was gaining political prominence. Awadhesh Rai, Congress leader and brother...

Kolkata: Rujira Narula Banerjee, the wife of Trinamool Congress' national general secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, was stopped by the immigration department at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata from boarding a Dubai-bound flight. It is learnt that she arrived at the airport Monday morning along with her two children to...

New Delhi: Time is perhaps right to address gaps in governance frameworks of banks, a top RBI official has said, amid reports of lapses by various banks, which have invited action by the central bank. "The banking sector in India at this juncture is sound, resilient, and financially healthy. So, the time is perhaps right to improve...

Los Angeles: Hollywood star Tom Cruise has been married to Hollywood stars Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Katie Holmes, with the actor most recently being romantically linked to Shakira. The unlikely pair met at the Formula 1 Grand Prix and while it seems Tom was "very interested in pursuing" the singer, she wasn't so keen, reports mirror.co.uk....

Bhubaneswar: In 1993, he set a Guinness Book of World Record by recording the most number of songs in a day. No prize for guessing who the singer was. Yes, it was none other than Kumar Sanu, whose sweet voice has won over admirers for many years. As the prolific singer took the stage here at Utkal...

Chennai/Balasore: The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has instructed life and general insurers to settle the claims of the June 2 Odisha train accident which claimed the lives of 275 people and injured some 1,000 others. "IRDAI has sent instructions for quick settlement of claims pertaining to life and accident insurance for the victims...

Sydney: After spending 20 years in jail, a woman once called Australia’s "worst female serial killer" was pardoned Monday after new evidence suggested that she did not kill her four infants. New South Wales Attorney General Michael Daley intervened to order Kathleen Folbigg be freed, based on the preliminary findings of an inquiry that had found "reasonable...

New Delhi; The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras continued to bag the top spot in the National Institute Ranking Framework, 2023 for the fifth consecutive year, while the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru has been ranked as the best university, according to the Ministry of Education. IISc Bengaluru has bagged the second spot in the...