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10 Feb 2025

Devendra Fadnavis

'Comedy isn't my forte': Ranveer Allahbadia apologizes for controversial joke

Popular YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia aka BeerBiceps has publicly apologized after facing severe backlash for his lewd remarks on the comedy show India's Got Latent.

10 Feb 2025

Comedy

Ranveer Allahbadia slammed over offensive jokes on 'India's Got Latent'

Ranveer Allahbadia, a popular podcaster, social media influencer, and the face behind the channel BeerBiceps, is being trolled for his recent appearance on Samay Raina's show India's Got Latent.

09 Feb 2025

Hollywood

'We don't support hate speech'—'Emilia Pérez' songwriter amid Karla controversy

Camille, the songwriter for the acclaimed movie Emilia Pérez, recently addressed the controversy looming over the movie's Oscar campaign.

09 Feb 2025

Swiggy

Swiggy Instamart glitch offers users up to ₹5L 'free cash'

Swiggy's Instamart, a popular online grocery delivery platform, recently suffered a technical glitch that allegedly offered users up to ₹5 lakh in free cash.

09 Feb 2025

Ye

David Schwimmer urges Musk to ban 'bigot' Ye from X

David Schwimmer, famous for his role in the iconic TV show F.R.I.E.N.D.S, has urged tech mogul Elon Musk to ban rapper Ye (Kanye West) from the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

07 Feb 2025

Aamir Khan

Himesh Reshammiya's 'Badass Ravi Kumar' takes box office by storm

Himesh Reshammiya's latest film, Badass Ravi Kumar, has stormed the box office with a solid opening.

06 Feb 2025

Maharashtra

12 arrested for assaulting comedian Pranit over Veer Pahariya jokes

In a shocking incident, stand-up comedian Pranit More (RJ Pranit) was allegedly assaulted by a group of 12 people after his performance in Solapur, Maharashtra.

31 Jan 2025

Facebook

India's creator economy triples in 5 years—fashion, gaming influencers lead

India's creator economy has seen a major growth in the last five years, with the number of influencers growing to over four million from under a million in 2020.

31 Jan 2025

Bollywood

Maha Kumbh's viral sensation Monalisa to make Bollywood debut

Monalisa Bhosle, the 16-year-old from Madhya Pradesh who became an overnight sensation at Maha Kumbh 2025, will soon make her Bollywood debut.

31 Jan 2025

Rakhi Sawant

Rakhi Sawant isn't marrying Pakistani police officer after all

In a shocking turn of events, Pakistani actor-businessman Dodi Khan has publicly announced his decision not to marry Indian reality TV star Rakhi Sawant.

30 Jan 2025

Swara Bhasker

Has Swara Bhasker's X account been locked over copyright claim

Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker recently took to Instagram to share that her X (formerly Twitter) account had been "permanently suspended."

SEBI cracks down on unregistered finfluencers with new rules

In a new advisory, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has restricted influencers from using live stock prices.

28 Jan 2025

Donald Trump

No, Lana never told Selena to 'pack her bags'

A recent rumor that singer Lana Del Rey mocked Selena Gomez, telling her to "pack her bags and go home," has been debunked as false.

28 Jan 2025

Elvish Yadav

FIR filed against Elvish for threatening Maneka Gandhi's PFA activists

Bigg Boss OTT 2 winner Elvish Yadav is in legal trouble as the Ghaziabad Police have registered a case against him.

24 Jan 2025

Delhi

Passengers allege SpiceJet flight cancelled to accommodate celebrity wedding party  

A SpiceJet flight from Pune to Delhi, scheduled for January 22, was abruptly cancelled after several delays.

23 Jan 2025

Bigg Boss

'Bigg Boss' narrator faces death threats from Rajat Dalal fans

Vijay Vikram Singh, the voice of popular reality TV show Bigg Boss for more than 15 years, has been facing online abuse and death threats. The harassment is from fans who mistakenly think he is the Bigg Boss, the faceless entity who decides what goes in the house.

19 Jan 2025

Narendra Modi

'Excited': US podcaster Lex Fridman to interview Modi this February

Renowned US podcaster and AI researcher Lex Fridman, has announced that he will be interviewing Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the end of February.

18 Jan 2025

Kumbh Mela

Maha Kumbh 2025: Prohibitory orders issued for law and order

To maintain peace during the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, prohibitory orders have been imposed in Prayagraj.

17 Jan 2025

Tokyo

Japanese man earns ₹5,000/day praising people on streets 

A 43-year-old Japanese man, fondly called "Praise Uncle," has been turning heads with his bizarre street service of passionately praising passersby.

15 Jan 2025

Angelina Jolie

How fake Brad Pitt got a French TV show canceled

A French TV show was pulled off air after a woman was widely mocked online for being tricked into thinking she was in a relationship with Hollywood actor Brad Pitt.

14 Jan 2025

NBA

CEO's home destroyed—had offered 'any money' for private fire protection

The Palisades Fire, one of the many wildfires tearing through Los Angeles, has completely gutted a luxury home belonging to real estate executive Keith Wasserman.

13 Jan 2025

California

Why Harry-Meghan's LA wildfire relief efforts are getting backlash

Hollywood actor-producer Justine Bateman has slammed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for their participation in the wildfire relief efforts in Southern California.

Wamiqa Gabbi has the perfect response to influencer's PR joke

Actor Wamiqa Gabbi recently got embroiled in a social media tussle with influencer Nadeesh Bhambi. The fight started when Bhambi slammed Gabbi's public relations (PR) strategy in a video titled: "Wamiqa Gabbi's PR team meeting."

13 Jan 2025

Music Industry

Ex-Fossils bassist Chandramouli Biswas (48) found dead; suicide note recovered

Chandramouli Biswas, the former bassist of the popular Bengali band Fossils, was found dead at his rented house on Indian Mirror Street in Kolkata on Sunday.

IRCTC website suffers 4th outage since December, bookings hit

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website went down again today, the fourth time since late December.

10 Jan 2025

Mark Zuckerberg

Meta employees are opposing content moderation policy changes: Here's why

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is facing a major internal revolt.

08 Jan 2025

Daler Mehndi

'Game Changer': AI mimics Daler Mehndi's voice in 'Jaragandi' song

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making waves across industries, including entertainment!

08 Jan 2025

Nuclear Power Plant

Enron Egg— the portable nuclear reactor everyone's talking about—is fake

The "Enron Egg," a supposed micro nuclear reactor to power your home for a decade, has been exposed as a hoax.

06 Jan 2025

Fraud Cases

Influencer Ankush Bahuguna scammed, 'digitally arrested' for 40 hours

Social media influencer and YouTuber Ankush Bahuguna recently became the victim of a digital scam, leading to a horrific 40-hour ordeal.

04 Jan 2025

India

DPDP rules: E-commerce, gaming platforms to delete personal user data 

The draft rules for the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act have proposed that e-commerce, online gaming, and social media platforms must erase personal user data three years after it is no longer required.

04 Jan 2025

Indian Government

India: Minors will need parental consent to access social media

The Indian government has released the draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) rules, which suggest that children under 18 years will require parental approval to create social media accounts.

03 Jan 2025

Blinkit

'Must meet...': Piyush Goyal cautions Blinkit regarding 10-minute ambulance service

Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has asked quick commerce firm Blinkit to ensure that its newly launched 10-minute ambulance service in Gurugram meets all legal requirements.

03 Jan 2025

Guru Randhawa

Is Guru Randhawa caught up in a feud with T-Series

Renowned Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa has recently hinted at a possible tiff with music label T-Series.

02 Jan 2025

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar's praise transforms life of Rajasthan's cricket prodigy

Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar has once again highlighted India's untapped rural cricket talent.

02 Jan 2025

Armaan Malik

Armaan Malik marries influencer Aashna Shroff! See wedding pictures

Renowned singer Armaan Malik and content creator Aashna Shroff are officially husband and wife now.

02 Jan 2025

Ajith Kumar

No, 'Vidaamuyarchi' makers didn't receive ₹150cr plagiarism notice from Hollywood

In a recent interview with Zoom, a source close to the production of Ajith Kumar's upcoming film Vidaamuyarchi denied having received any plagiarism notice from Hollywood's Paramount Pictures.

01 Jan 2025

Animal

Unni Mukundan's 'Marco' falls prey to piracy; HD version leaked 

Unni Mukundan's latest action thriller, Marco, has fallen prey to piracy as it has been leaked on several piracy websites. This comes even as the movie continues to perform well in theaters since its release on December 20.

01 Jan 2025

Noida

Noida woman tries to kill friend for rejecting marriage proposal 

A 21-year-old Noida man, Dheeraj, was allegedly attacked by a woman he met on social media after he rejected her marriage proposal.

01 Jan 2025

Allu Arjun

Unstoppable: 'Pushpa 2' Hindi crosses ₹1,000cr worldwide 

The Hindi version of Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna's blockbuster film, Pushpa 2: The Rule, has crossed the ₹1,000cr mark at the worldwide box office on its 27th day.

31 Dec 2024

United Kingdom

Millionaire influencer is victim of ₹111cr jewelry heist in UK

Millionaire influencer and art collector Shafira Huang has been named as the victim of a £10.4 million (approx. ₹111 crore) jewelry heist in Primrose Hill, North London.