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Don 3 row: Film bodies trade barbs over Ranveer Singh ‘ban’ | Bollywood News

Don 3 row: Film bodies trade barbs over Ranveer Singh ‘ban’ | Bollywood News

5 min readNew DelhiMay 28, 2026 07:16 PM IST The controversy surrounding Ranveer Singh’s exit from Farhan Akhtar’s Don 3 continues to escalate, triggering a rift between major film bodies. Cine and TV Artistes Association (CINTAA) president Poonam Dhillon has termed the Federation of Western India Cine Employees’ (FWICE) ‘ban’ on Ranveer as “strange,” claiming her association was left in the dark. In response, FWICE President BN Tiwari hit back, alleging that Dhillon has been dodging his calls. ‘CINTAA would’ve done more research,’ says Poonam Dhillon While talking to HT City, Poonam said, “I don’t know the details of the case so I dont want to give an uninformed opinion on the case. The only thing is FWICE should have taken us into confidence, we are affiliates and as a representative if they had asked us we would have tried to mediate in the case. We would have done more research and have more involvement for certain. We are equally part of all the associations that FWICE holds.” She further added, “Banning is a very …

PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee trade barbs at poll rallies in Bengal| India News

PM Modi, Mamata Banerjee trade barbs at poll rallies in Bengal| India News

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee traded barbs at separate poll rallies ahead of the upcoming assembly elections. PM Modi alleged that Mamata Banerjee’s government has only inflicted ‘nirmamta’ (cruelty) on Bengal, while the BJP has developed Asansol despite obstacles posed by the ruling party. (PTI) While PM accused the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) of ‘cruelty’, Banerjee alleged that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) deleted names of more than 90 lakh people from the state’s voter lists. At an election rally in Asansol, PM Modi said that a regime change in West Bengal was inevitable, as the TMC’s “repository of sins” has become full. “A regime change in Bengal is now cast in stone and sought by the people of Bengal. TMC’s repository of sins is now full. Asansol is being ruled by syndicate raj, coal and sand mafia,” the prime minister said. PM Modi raps TMC’s ‘Nirmam sarkar’ He alleged that Mamata Banerjee’s TMC has only inflicted ‘nirmamta’ (cruelty) on Bengal, while the BJP has developed Asansol despite obstacles …

PM Modi, Priyanka Gandhi exchange barbs as Assam contest heats up| India News

PM Modi, Priyanka Gandhi exchange barbs as Assam contest heats up| India News

The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday exchanged several barbs amid the high-stake contest in Assam where the assembly elections are scheduled on April 9. Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (ANI/PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, who was in Assam for a campaign rally, accused the Himanta Biswa Sarma government of being corrupt and alleged a “mafia rule” in the state. The Congress leader, an MP from Wayanad, also raised Zubeen Garg’s death and said seeking justice for a respected figure is a political duty rather than opportunism. Priyanka Gandhi made the remarks while addressing a rally in Nazira, Assam. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an infiltrator pitch and accused the Congress of being the “root cause of corruption”. Also Read: ‘Beware of Congress, it is planning to bring a dangerous law in Assam’: PM Modi Modi alleged that the Congress, if it comes to power in Assam, will bring in a law to protect infiltrators. Addressing a rally in Gogamukh in Dhemaji, the PM claimed that the …

Kharge, Nadda trade barbs in Parliament amid disruptions in LPG supply| India News

Kharge, Nadda trade barbs in Parliament amid disruptions in LPG supply| India News

The ongoing West Asia conflict’s ripple effect on India’s cooking gas supply sparked a fiery clash in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge questioning the government’s failure to arrange alternatives to prevent supply disruptions while Leader of the House JP Nadda accused the Opposition leader of “inciting” people. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. (@INCIndia) Speaking during Zero Hour, Kharge said the poor, middle class, small eateries and restaurants are facing hardships as cooking gas is not readily available. “India imports nearly 60% of its LPG requirement, and about 90% of that passes through the Strait of Hormuz, making the country vulnerable to geopolitical disruptions…” the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha said, and questioned the government on why arrangements were not made to ensure that the disruption of services through critical maritime route would not spill into a crisis in India and highlighted the lack of a “coordinated response and alternative arrangements.” “The government had issued an advisory to Indian citizens… the government knew that the energy supply would be affected,” …

Karnataka Transport Minister, Mohan Das Pai Trade Barbs Over Bengaluru Public Transport | India News

Karnataka Transport Minister, Mohan Das Pai Trade Barbs Over Bengaluru Public Transport | India News

Last Updated:January 30, 2026, 09:53 IST The Karnataka minister said Pai viewed public transport only through a financial lens, while the government saw it as a public service, not a business. Vehicles plying on a lane in Bengaluru (X image used for representation) A heated exchange broke out on X between entrepreneur Mohan Das Pai and Karnataka Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy over Bengaluru’s public transport system and the involvement of private players. The online debate erupted after Pai questioned the state government’s approach to public transport. He argued that the system was inefficient and blamed the transport minister’s ideology for holding it back. Pai suggested that allowing private bus operators could improve services and urged the government to open the sector to private participation. “All we have got is shortage of buses and lack of public transport for last 3 years. (Earlier too) Please allow private buses to provide service. As Minister you have thoroughly failed to ensure adequate public transport because of your dogmatic attitude saying only PSU works. Why? People need public transport …

‘Give BJP a chance’: Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee trade barbs in Bengal ahead of 2026 polls

‘Give BJP a chance’: Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee trade barbs in Bengal ahead of 2026 polls

The political temperature in West Bengal rose sharply on Tuesday as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Union home minister Amit Shah traded barbs, setting the tone for an intensifying battle ahead of next year’s assembly elections. Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to the state to kickstart the BJP’s poll campaign, accused Mamata Banerjee of presiding over an atmosphere of “fear, corruption and misgovernance”(Screengrab/ANI) Shah, who is on a three-day visit to the state to kickstart the BJP’s poll campaign, accused Banerjee of presiding over an atmosphere of “fear, corruption and misgovernance”, while alleging that her government was facilitating the infiltration of Bangladeshis, a process he claimed had “dangerously altered” West Bengal’s demography over the past few years. “Due to corruption under the Mamata Banerjee-led government in the state, development in West Bengal has stopped. All beneficial schemes started by Modi ji have become victims of the toll syndicate here. Fear and corruption have become West Bengal’s identity for the last 14 years,” Shah said. “After April 15 2026, when the BJP government …

Congress, SS-UBT exchange barbs over Dharavi redevelopment | Mumbai News

Congress, SS-UBT exchange barbs over Dharavi redevelopment | Mumbai News

A day after Mumbai Congress chief and Lok Sabha MP Varsha Gaikwad alleged that the people of Dharavi who have opposed the redevelopment plan and chosen not to participate in the ongoing survey are being declared illegal and ineligible for rehabilitation, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former MP Rahul Shewale said the people of Dharavi should not fall prey to fear-mongering and false propaganda and attacked Gaikwad for belittling the interests of the people for her family’s politics. “(Varsha Gaikwad’s) Frustration is understandable—after all, the Dharavi Redevelopment Project is achieving what decades of her family’s political rule could not deliver. For the first time in history, over one lakh tenements have been numbered in a scientifically executed, government-led survey—an unprecedented milestone in urban redevelopment,” Shewale posted on social media website X. He alleged that Gaikwad has resorted to ‘deliberate misinformation’ and ‘ inflammatory rhetoric,’ aimed not at helping Dharavikars but at sabotaging their future for political gains. Story continues below this ad He claimed that Dharavi redevelopment was the only slum redevelopment project in the …

Maharashtra Minister, LoP trade barbs over removal of Aurangzeb`s grave

Maharashtra Minister, LoP trade barbs over removal of Aurangzeb`s grave

Leaders of the ruling Shiv Sena and the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) engaged in a war of words on Saturday over the grave of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in Khultabad, located in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, news agency PTI reported. Ambadas Danve, the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council, stated that the presence of the grave served as a reminder of how the Mughal king had been defeated and buried there. “We should be able to tell future generations that Aurangzeb came here and was buried on this land,” he stated, adding that calls to remove the grave were part of a “conspiracy to erase this history”. Danve also taunted those advocating for the removal of the tomb, saying, “Go and do it if you have the guts.” In response, Social Justice Minister Sanjay Shirsat, who is also the guardian minister of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, argued that there was no place in Maharashtra for the grave of a “cruel emperor” who tortured and executed Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, PTI reported. “It should be removed. Those …

Language politics to the fore in U.P. as BJP govt., Oppn. exchange barbs on promotion and neglect

Language politics to the fore in U.P. as BJP govt., Oppn. exchange barbs on promotion and neglect

Recently, the Uttar Pradesh Assembly announced that proceedings of the House would be available in four regional languages as well as English. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO ‘Language politics’ has defined the course of developments in Uttar Pradesh in the past week with the Assembly in session and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi visiting his parliamentary constituency, Rae Bareli. The Congress leader injected language into his politics of social justice during the two-day visit on February 20-21, accused the ruling BJP and its ideological mentor RSS of attempting to prevent marginalised people from learning English. Describing the language as the “biggest weapon”, he said it is a tool of mobility that allows someone to go anywhere, be it Tamil Nadu, Japan or Mumbai, or work in any company. “People belonging to the BJP-RSS say that one should not learn the English language. They want you not to learn English because they don’t want Dalits, Adivasis and the poor to come where it is used,” Mr. Gandhi said addressing a ‘Dalit …

West Bengal bypolls: Campaign picks up as political barbs fly thick and fast

West Bengal bypolls: Campaign picks up as political barbs fly thick and fast

BJP MP Raju Bista during a public meeting in support of party’s candidate from Madarihat Rahul Lohar ahead of the by-election. With only a few days left for bypolls on six Assembly seats in West Bengal, the campaign has picked up with leaders of political parties launching scathing attacks on their political opponents. State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar while campaigning for his party candidate at Taldangra in Bankura launched an aggressive attack not only at the Trinamool Congress but also at the West Bengal Police. “Our fight is not with the Trinamool Congress, but with the police. If the police are removed, there will be no political party called Trinamool Congress within 15 minutes,” Mr. Majumdar, who is also a Union Minister of State, said. The Balurghat MP also threatened the police by saying that they should not work as agents of the Trinamool Congress. “If you want to work as agent of Trinamool Congress then remove the national emblem from your uniform,” the BJP leader said. Another BJP lawmaker, MLA Niladri …