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DJ booked after loud music at wedding `scares` 140 chickens to death in UP

DJ booked after loud music at wedding `scares` 140 chickens to death in UP

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The police in Uttar Pradesh booked a DJ and has launched a probe after a poultry farm owner in Dariyapur village alleged that around 140 chickens died after being exposed to extremely loud music played during a wedding procession, reported the PTI. The incident reportedly took place on the night of April 25 when a wedding procession passed near the farm. The farm owner, identified as Sabir, claimed that the high-decibel sound from the DJ system caused panic among the birds. In his complaint, he stated that the sudden and intense noise frightened the chickens, leading to their deaths. Cops book DJ Following the complaint, police have registered a case against the DJ operator, identified as Kavi Yadav, according to the PTI. The officials said that an investigation is currently underway to determine whether the sound system exceeded permissible noise limits. Station House Officer Mahendra Pratap Singh said officials are examining all aspects of the case, including compliance with noise regulations, as per the PTI. Experts point to noise-induced stress According to experts, exposure to …

Exclusive | Radhika Madan on Subedaar: If it scares me, I make sure that I do it

Exclusive | Radhika Madan on Subedaar: If it scares me, I make sure that I do it

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Radhikka Madan has left spellbound with her performance in Subedaar. The actress is known for her realistic roles on big screen which often leaves the audience admiring her craft. In an exclusive conversation with mid-day, Radhikka got candid about her role in Subedaar, experience while working with Anil Kapoor and more.  Radhikka Madan on picking rustic characters Radhikka often goes for scripts that have raw and rustic characters, again with Subedaar we seen an interesting arc to her role. She said, “I think my choice is always led by the character that I am seeing, the script that there is. If it scares me, I make sure that I do it and Subedaar was one such film. I had to learn Kabaddi for it, had to train it for 4 months. It`s not there in the film but at least, it didn`t make it to the final cut but it translates in the body language that Sharma has and it was a new dialect, a challenging dialect, UP ka dialect tha which I haven`t done …

Abhishek Bachchan reveals AI ‘scares’ him, talks about its disruption: ‘It can be detrimental for actors’

Abhishek Bachchan reveals AI ‘scares’ him, talks about its disruption: ‘It can be detrimental for actors’

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Actor Abhishek Bachchan has given his opinion about AI (Artificial Intelligence) as to how it can be “detrimental for actors”. Speaking at the ET NOW Global Business Summit 2026, Abhishek said that AI scares him, adding that he isn’t very comfortable with it. Abhishek Bachchan spoke at length about AI. (PTI) Abhishek Bachchan says AI scares him Abhishek said that AI should be used responsibly. “AI scares me. It should scare every actor. In the creative field, AI is going to revolutionise a lot of stuff. If not used responsibly, it can be detrimental for actors. Behind the scenes, it can be beneficial for animation, special effects and more. It is going to reduce a lot of working hours that we spend, and your budget may come down. From a creative perspective, I have seen multiple products that are AI-generated. They are wonderful, but there’s no soul. There’s an imperfection to humanity,” said Abhishek. Abhishek isn’t very comfortable with AI The actor added that AI might impact several fields. “I think there’s going to be …

Dhoni on T20 World Cup: ‘India are one of most dangerous teams, but one factor really scares me’ | Cricket News

Dhoni on T20 World Cup: ‘India are one of most dangerous teams, but one factor really scares me’ | Cricket News

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3 min readFeb 4, 2026 12:24 PM IST Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that the Indian cricket team will be “one of the most dangerous teams” at the upcoming T20 World Cup, which India will co-host with Sri Lanka. When asked about India’s chances at the T20 World Cup, where they are also defending champions, the India cricket legend said: “India is one of the most dangerous teams. They would have already started their preparations, whether batting or bowling, but what’s really needed for a good team? Everything is there. They have the experience—especially in this format—the experience is vast. They have played under pressure. Whoever is playing, and whatever roles they are assigned, they have been in those specific situations for a considerable period of time.” India find themselves in Group A with Pakistan, Namibia, the Netherlands and the USA. As things stand, India are already assured a victory by forfeit since Pakistan have announced that they will boycott the game against their arch-rivals. ALSO READ | ‘Age is not a criteria’: …

3 Underrated Horror Films That Really Go Beyond The Traditional Jump Scares & Overused Lethargic Storylines

3 Underrated Horror Films That Really Go Beyond The Traditional Jump Scares & Overused Lethargic Storylines

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Stills From Oddity & Censor (Photo Credit – Amazon Prime Video) Horror films are everywhere today, yet most of them feel cheap and predictable. Even big-budget successes often depend on lazy jump scares, familiar plots, and long stretches of nothing happening just to force a shock. For many viewers, those tricks are no longer scary, only boring. That is why the three female-led horror films mentioned in this listicle stand apart, refusing to follow the tired formulas of typical horror flicks. 1. Oddity (2024) Director: Damian McCarthy Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96% Streaming On: Hulu on Disney+ (USA); Prime Video (India) The story revolves around twin sisters. One of them is blind, suffers from certain medical conditions, and runs a shop that deals in cursed objects and supernatural charms. The other sister is living a happy married life, which comes to a sudden and tragic end when she is killed by a disturbed man who turns out to be a patient of her husband, a psychiatrist. The blind twin has supernatural powers that allow her to …

Raja Saab Twitter Review: Prabhas film fails to impress, people call it is ‘royal mess of scares and confusion’

Raja Saab Twitter Review: Prabhas film fails to impress, people call it is ‘royal mess of scares and confusion’

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Raja Saab Twitter Review: Actor Prabhas’ horror-comedy has finally hit the big screen, but early reactions have been mixed. While some viewers feel the story falls short on delivering chills and thrills, others have labeled it a royal mess of scares and confusion. Also read: ₹50 crore in pre-sales”>The Raja Saab review and release live updates: Prabhas film arrives in theatres, mints ₹50 crore in pre-sales Raja Saab Twitter Review: Prabhas is seen as lead in the horror comedy film by Maruthi. Raja Saab Twitter review Maruthi’s horror-comedy The Raja Saab, which also stars Sanjay Dutt, Boman Irani and Nidhhi Agerwal, has been released in the theatres on January 9. If early reactions on X, formerly known as Twitter, are any indication, the film has opened to a mixed response, with viewers divided over its storyline. That said, a section of social media users were impressed by the climax and applauded Prabhas for delivering a strong finish. One post read, “Below-par outing overall. Weak screenplay and outdated storytelling drag the film down. The horror elements …

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on Indian football crisis: The thought of having no football, no games scares me… I don’t have an MBA | Football News

Gurpreet Singh Sandhu on Indian football crisis: The thought of having no football, no games scares me… I don’t have an MBA | Football News

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It’s a Thursday afternoon and I’m at my home in Bengaluru, getting a deep clean done and tending to my two cats, Flower and Chubby. It’s nice to have this time, but also strange. In normal circumstances, this would have been a period when things would be heating up in the Indian Super League; we would have been 10 games or so in and so many narratives, talking points would have emerged. Instead, we are just training, checking social media for updates and waiting for the Indian Super League (ISL) — rather, Indian domestic football — to restart again. I don’t think something like this has ever happened in Indian football before. Even during Covid, when the world had shut down and fear was everywhere, we still managed to make the league happen. In many ways, that time was tougher than now. There were bubbles, uncertainty, anxiety about health — but there was still football. When the ISL finished in April, my mind immediately shifted to the pre-season. After the Super Cup ended, the thoughts …

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 movie review: A pointless sequel with non-existent scares

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 movie review: A pointless sequel with non-existent scares

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Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio, Elizabeth Lail, Wayne Knight, Mckenna Grace, Matthew Lillard Director: Emma Tammi Rating: ★.5 When the first Five Nights at Freddy’s landed in 2023, it became an unlikely phenomenon—part nostalgia trip, part carefully packaged PG-13 horror that allowed younger fans to feel like they were touching something dangerous without actually being scared. Built on the cult success of Scott Cawthon’s video-game universe, the film stitched together haunted animatronics, missing children, and internet-fueled mythology into something that audiences devoured regardless of its shortcomings. A sequel was inevitable. Josh Hutcherson, Piper Rubio and Elizabeth Lail in a still from Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 The second instalment opens with a flashback to 1982, where a young girl named Charlotte witnesses a kidnapping during a party at the original Freddy’s location and is murdered while adults inexplicably stand by. Her spirit fuses with a new animatronic—Marionette—setting the stage for another cycle of vengeful horror two decades later. Mike (Josh Hutcherson), his sister Abby (Piper Rubio), and Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail) return to confront yet another …

Jatadhara movie review: Sonakshi Sinha, Sudheer Babu conjure up a film which needed more magic, more scares

Jatadhara movie review: Sonakshi Sinha, Sudheer Babu conjure up a film which needed more magic, more scares

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Jatadhaara movie reviewDirector: Venkat Kalyan and Abhishek JaiswalCast: Sudheer Babu, Sonakshi SinhaRating: ★★ Don’t get startled at me mentioning Harry Potter and Jatadhara in one breath. Plot compels me. And before anyone raises their wand to curse me, allow me to explain myself. In Jatadhara, ghost hunter Shiv confronts a chilling mystery involving black magic and his haunted past. The story of Jatadhara, written and directed by Venkat Kalyan and Abhishek Jaiswal, follows Shiv (Sudheer Babu, who you might remember as the antagonist from Baaghi), a ghost hunter. He’s haunted by dreams of a child being killed by a woman. One day, he stumbles upon a picture of the same people inside his own house. Who are they? Why does he, unknowingly, keep escaping death? And who exactly is Dhan Pishachini? That forms the core of the film. What works in Jatadhara First, the good bits. Jatadhara doesn’t rely on conventional jump scares, nor does it tread the same tired path as most horror dramas. The first half builds up the mystery rather well, barring …

Shoaib Ibrahim shares wife Dipika Kakar’s health update, says ‘this time scares us’: ‘Waiting for the reports’ | Television News

Shoaib Ibrahim shares wife Dipika Kakar’s health update, says ‘this time scares us’: ‘Waiting for the reports’ | Television News

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One of the Indian television industry’s most beloved couples, Dipika Kakar and Shoaib Ibrahim have been going through a tough time following the former’s cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment. However, they aren’t letting anything hold them back from enjoying every bit of their lives and often share glimpses of their happy moments with fans on social media. Recently, Shoaib shared an update on Dipika’s health and the current status of her treatment. Mentioning that they are awaiting her latest blood test results, the actor also expressed that such periods, marked by fear and uncertainty, are particularly stressful. During an Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on social media, a fan asked about Dipika’s health and Shoaib replied, “We went to the hospital to give blood samples just yesterday (November 4). Initially, we had to go after three months (following the surgery earlier this year), and after that, we were told to come after two months. Now, the reports will come tomorrow.” While discussing the stress they face during such periods, Shoaib turned the camera towards Dipika, …