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Plea in Delhi HC seeks to block release of Netflix film Ghooskhor Pandat: ‘Collective defamation of Brahmin community’

Plea in Delhi HC seeks to block release of Netflix film Ghooskhor Pandat: ‘Collective defamation of Brahmin community’

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Netflix‘s upcoming film Ghooskhor Pandat has landed in hot soup barely two days after it was announced by the streamer. A writ petition seeking stay on its release has been filed before the Delhi High Court, alleging that the title defames the Brahmin community and is offensive. Ghooskhor Pandat stars Manoj Bajpayee in the lead role. ‘Film discriminates against a religious and social group’ The plea, filed by Mahender Chaturvedi through Advocate Vineet Jindal, seeks issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the authorities to restrain the streaming of the film. Ghooskhor Pandat stars Manoj Bajpayee as an errant cop nicknamed Pandat. Netflix announced the film on Tuesday during its Next on Netflix 2026 event in Mumbai. The first look teaser was then shared on social media and YouTube. The petitioner, who describes himself as an Acharya devoted to the study, teaching and propagation of Indian scriptures, claims to be aggrieved by the film, saying associating the word ‘Pandat’ with ghooskhori (bribery and corruption) harms the dignity and reputation of the Brahmin community as well …

Unpaid Toll Fees Can Now Block Your Vehicle Sale Or Transfer: What Has Changed, Key Updates | Auto News

Unpaid Toll Fees Can Now Block Your Vehicle Sale Or Transfer: What Has Changed, Key Updates | Auto News

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Last Updated:January 24, 2026, 14:19 IST The road transport ministry has updated vehicle rules to prevent toll skipping and support barrier-free tolling. Unpaid toll dues can now block sale, transfer and fitness renewal. (Photo Credit: X) The government has made changes to vehicle rules that could affect car owners who have unpaid toll fees. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has updated the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 2026, to tighten checks around toll payments on national highways. These changes focus on making sure toll charges are paid on time, improving the electronic toll system, and stopping people from skipping toll payments. The move is also linked to the upcoming system of barrier-free tolling, where vehicles will no longer need to stop at toll plazas. Under the new rules, toll payments are now closely tied to vehicle records. This means unpaid toll charges can lead to serious issues, especially if someone wants to sell or transfer their vehicle. Pending Toll Fees Can Block Vehicle Sale And Transfer One of the biggest changes is the …

Camps will be organised at block and panchayat level once a month to give ‘life certificate’: Bihar Minister

Camps will be organised at block and panchayat level once a month to give ‘life certificate’: Bihar Minister

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Bihar Social Welfare Minister Madan Sahni. Photo Credit: X@DoSWBihar Giving relief to the beneficiaries of social security pension schemes, Social Welfare Minister Madan Sahni on Wednesday (January 21, 2026) said that camps will be organised at block or panchayat level once a month to give “life certification” to the beneficiaries by carrying out their physical verification. No one will be deprived of pension schemes even if they face any sort of difficulties in carrying out “life certification” to avail the benefits of the schemes, Mr. Sahni told reporters at Soochna Bhawan. “Keeping in mind the problems being faced by the beneficiaries in availing pension due to mismatch in their names, or mismatch in Aadhaar, or having problem in giving thumb impression, we have decided to make the process of life certification easier so that they can avail pension benefits,” Mr. Sahni said. He added, “We have decided to hold camps at block or panchayat level once in a month to ensure that they receive their pension after carrying out their physical verification to get a …

Close Call in Faridabad: Two Infants Saved After Food Particles Block Their Lungs | Cities News

Close Call in Faridabad: Two Infants Saved After Food Particles Block Their Lungs | Cities News

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Last Updated:January 17, 2026, 16:49 IST 2 infants in Faridabad nearly died after inhaling food particles blocked their airways. Amrita Hospital doctors saved them with emergency procedures. 2 infants in Faridabad nearly died after inhaling food particles blocked their airways. Amrita Hospital doctors saved them with emergency procedures. (AI Image) What began as a seemingly routine winter illness nearly turned fatal for two families in Faridabad, after their infants accidentally inhaled food particles that silently blocked their airways, pushing both children to the edge of respiratory failure. The two babies aged one year and eight months were rushed to Amrita Hospital in critical condition. Doctors say that in both cases, even a brief delay could have cost the children their lives. One-year-old battled breathing distress for a week The first child, aged one year and three months, had been suffering from persistent coughing and breathing difficulty for nearly a week and was being treated at another facility. His condition steadily worsened. By the time he reached Amrita Hospital, his oxygen levels had fallen dangerously low …

FinMin has moved, but printing of Budget in North Block | India News

FinMin has moved, but printing of Budget in North Block | India News

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With just a fortnight left for the Budget presentation, it’s not just the fiscal math that Finance Ministry officials are busy with. They are also finalising the location for printing the Budget copies. While the Ministry of Finance shifted from North Block at Raisina Hill to the new complex, Kartavya Bhavan, in October last year, it has had to recalibrate plans and fall back on the old printing press facility at North Block amid “significant constraints” for installing it in the new building. It is learnt that the Ministry of Finance’s printing press at North Block will publish the final copies of the Union Budget 2026-27, to be presented in Parliament on February 1. The quarantine of officials and the printing exercise at this heritage building comes amid the commencement of restoration work for the Yuge Yugeen Bharat National Museum at North Block, an official told  The Indian Express. “Senior officials have visited North Block several times to manage the locational hurdle. The transition to Kartavya Bhavan is not without challenges. The Budget press at …

Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now| India News

Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now| India News

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A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration cannot block federal money for child care subsidies and other programs aimed at supporting needy children and their families from flowing to five Democratic-led states for now. Judge says Trump administration can’t block child care, other program money for 5 states for now The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued that a policy announced Tuesday to freeze funds for three grant programs is having an immediate impact on them and creating “operational chaos.” In court filings and a hearing Friday, the states contended that the government did not have a legal reason for holding back the money from those states. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it was pausing the funding because it had “reason to believe” the states were granting benefits to people in the country illegally, though it did not provide evidence or explain why it was targeting those states and not others. The programs are the Child Care and Development Fund, which subsidizes child care …

‘With packed Pro League schedule, and World Cup-Asian Games block in mind, looking to select two separate groups’

‘With packed Pro League schedule, and World Cup-Asian Games block in mind, looking to select two separate groups’

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Indian hockey is gearing up for a big challenge in 2026, with the World Cup and Asian Games separated by less than three weeks. For men’s team head coach Craig Fulton, it presents a puzzle to solve because he can’t afford to ignore one for the other. A World Cup medal has long eluded Indian hockey, while Asian Games winner qualifies for LA 2028. Speaking to The Indian Express after India’s recent block of matches plus training at Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and in South Africa, Fulton elaborated on how he’s planning to tackle the upcoming schedule. Excerpts below: Every time you go to South Africa, there is something unique that you plan for the team… In South Africa, we had quite a big focus on the off-field team build and sessions with Paddy (Upton), which worked well, and the performance and the training with the goalkeeper coach also worked. We had the Lion’s Head trek. It’s quite a steep incline. It’s on the same height as Table Mountain. So now we’ve done both of …

Woman killed in highway accident in Maharashtra`s Latur; kin block road

Woman killed in highway accident in Maharashtra`s Latur; kin block road

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A woman was killed after her scooter was hit by a speeding car on the Ratnapur–Nagpur National Highway in Latur, Maharashtra, triggering protests by her family members, news agency PTI reported, quoting the police on Thursday. The accident occurred at Vasantrao Naik Chowk on Wednesday night. The victim, identified as Pratiksha Tarachand Rathod, died on the spot, an officer said. Angered by the incident, Rathod’s kin brought her body in an ambulance onto the highway and staged a ‘rasta roko’, burning tyres, and raising slogans against the authorities. They demanded the immediate arrest of the car driver involved in the accident and urgent safety measures on the highway, PTI reported. Local residents claimed that the stretch between Rajiv Gandhi Chowk and Garud Chowk has witnessed nearly 100 fatalities over time due to high-speed traffic and the absence of speed breakers. Tension prevailed in the area for a few hours before police and civic officials intervened, pacified the protesters, and restored normal traffic movement on the busy arterial road, the officer added. BEST bus collides with …

‘They said we destroyed the franchise’: How Heath Ledger Joker backlash helped Jonathan Nolan block noise for Fallout

‘They said we destroyed the franchise’: How Heath Ledger Joker backlash helped Jonathan Nolan block noise for Fallout

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In a storied career, Jonathan Nolan has adapted some of the most iconic pop culture stories, created original universes, and given us some memorable TV shows and films. His legacy of successfully adapting the ‘un-adaptable’ titles has continued with Fallout, the Prime Video series based on the popular video game franchise. The writer-filmmaker was recently in Tokyo for the Asian premiere of Fallout season 2, where he sat down with HT for a chat about the show, taking in fan feedback, and ‘tuning out the noise’. Excerpts Jonathan Nolan with Ella Purnell, the star of Fallout. How do you adapt something like Fallout? Because it’s a beloved game with such lore, such intricate lore, how do you balance between fidelity to the source material and making it your own and making it more engaging for a wider audience? Very carefully, I think, would be the first answer. But the reason we’re doing this project in the first place is that I love these games. That’s really where it comes from. For me, it comes from …

Will California try to block Hollywood’s next megadeal?

Will California try to block Hollywood’s next megadeal?

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ONE OF THE truisms of Hollywood is that the industry always seems to be in crisis. Recent years have been characterised by the decline of movie theatres, the streaming wars and labour strikes. But Tinseltown’s latest drama is worthy of its own HBO show. On December 5th Netflix struck a deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery, one of Hollywood’s few remaining studios (and the owner of HBO). This annoyed David Ellison—the boss of Paramount Skydance, another bidder—enough for him to mount a $108bn hostile takeover bid. Forget “Succession”. Call it “The Merger”. The story has everything: moguls, moviemaking and, of course, politics. PREMIUM ONE OF THE truisms of Hollywood is that the industry always seems to be in crisis. Paramount hopes to convince Warner Bros shareholders that a mega-movie studio would spook federal antitrust enforcers less than a mega-streamer. It doesn’t hurt that the Ellison family is friendly with Donald Trump, a transactional president with a history of meddling in media mergers. Netflix and Paramount are focused on getting the president, the Department of Justice …