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‘Stop working with Diljit’—Sardaar Ji 3 faces boycott call. AICWA opposes Hania Aamir

AICWA president Suresh Shyamlal Gupta, in a post on X, said they are appealing to everyone from the industry to stop working with Diljit, and are boycotting his songs and any future concerts.

Kamal Haasan reacts to language row at ‘Thug Life’ event, says he was misunderstood

Haasan added that the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce misunderstood his comments about the 'rich legacy' of Kannada language and that his comment was taken out of context.

iTrump Pro Max & Turkish Delight Deficiency

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

FWICE urges boycott of Turkish shows on OTT platforms following country’s support to Pakistan

In a statement, the Federation of Western India Cine Employees urged the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to restrict streaming of Turkish shows on Netflix and Prime Video.

Sonu Nigam’s songs dropped from Kannada film over Pahalgam remark. He must pay, says director

Two songs of Sonu Nigam from the upcoming film Kuladalli Keelyavudo had already been released on YouTube. Director K. Ramnarayan took the call to drop them.

Fawad Khan boycott calls start again. ‘Abir Gulaal’ faces heat after Pahalgam attack

The Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association has written a letter to PM Modi, saying it is the central government’s responsibility to deny visas and work permits to Pakistani artists.

6 Eastern Nagaland districts abstain from voting over Centre’s delay on ‘frontier territory’ demand

Eastern Nagaland Peoples' Organisation imposed indefinite shutdown Thursday. It is demanding 'frontier territory' since 2010 over successive govts alleged apathy towards this region.

‘Were told we’d be paraded naked’ — after 5-yr social boycott of Haryana family, khap members booked

FIR against 36 villagers on Charkhi Dadri court orders, 4 yrs after daughter-in-law filed police complaint. Court also sought probe on whether there was dereliction of duty by police.

‘Oppenheimer’ faces online outrage in India over Hindu scripture scene

The scene features Cillian Murphy reciting a verse from Bhagwad Gita just before sexual intercourse. Many users called it a ‘scathing attack on Hinduism’.

Pathaan is not just any other Hindi movie. It’s a battle for India

Given the frenzy of Hindutva right's boycott campaign, many believed that Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan had flopped even before it was released. We are seeing how wrong they were.

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Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.