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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: Film City

Now a step closer to reality, what’s in store at Yogi’s ambitious, delayed International Film City

Foundation stone for project is likely to be laid before 30 June. First phase will involve development on 230 acres in Sector 21 along Yamuna Motorway, it is learnt.

‘Multifaceted luminary whose brilliance had no parallel’: Modi pens tribute to Ramoji Rao Garu

The PM in his new blog post 'Ramoji Rao Garu - a multifaceted persona', wrote that Rao 'revolutionised the media space' & 'set new standards for integrity, innovation and excellence'.

Ramoji Rao, media baron & founder of Ramoji Film City, passes away at 87

Chairman of the Eenadu media group, Rao was undergoing treatment at the Star Hospital in Hyderabad.

Script ready but stuck in production? Rajinikanth ‘in talks’, but Yogi’s ‘Film City’ has no takers yet

After delays, YEIDA had extended deadline for developers or companies to apply for project to 31 March, failing which, a meeting will be held on 4 April to discuss the road ahead.

Indian govt’s Covid vaccine ‘jugaad’, and Rajnikanth says ‘lights, camera, election’

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

Yogi Adityanath’s red carpet to Bollywood alone won’t make UP a hit among investors

Yogi must realise touting UP as the ‘central point of culture’ does not make it an attractive investment destination.

Hollywood-themed park, Bollywood museum — Mumbai’s Film City set to get a makeover

Project initiated six years ago, now Maharashtra govt has taken steps to turn the film studio complex into a major tourist attraction.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

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.