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Rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MP: Switching sides to ensure justice for murdered father

Rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) MP: Switching sides to ensure justice for murdered father

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Omraje Nimbalkar, one of the six rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) parliamentarians, said on Friday that his association with the opposition was hurting his fight for justice for his murdered father, leaving him with no option but to switch sides. Rebel Shiv Sena (UBT) parliamentarian Omraje Nimbalkar. Nimbalkar was among six of the nine Shiv Sena (UBT) Lok Sabha members, who defied a whip and skipped a meeting of its parliamentary wing on Thursday, as the party appeared set to lose two-thirds of its strength in Parliament’s Lower House. A two-time Lok Sabha member from Maharashtra’s Dharashiv (Osmanabad), Nimbalkar said he joined politics to seek justice for his father, Pawanraje Nimbalkar. Former National Congress Party (NCP) minister Padmasingh Patil, 86, is one of the accused in the case. Patil’s son, Rana Jagjit Singh Patil, is a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, and deputy chief minister Sunetra Pawar is his half-sister. Omraje Nimbalkar said his association with the opposition weakened his ability to continue his fight because the Patils have the BJP’s support. “I joined politics …

After switching to BJP, Padmaja Venugopal eyes Thrissur in tight three-cornered fight

After switching to BJP, Padmaja Venugopal eyes Thrissur in tight three-cornered fight

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Padmaja Venugopal is a prominent political leader from Kerala and a former General Secretary of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee. The daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister K. Karunakaran, she has remained a familiar face in the state’s political landscape. Former Congress leader from Kerala Padmaja Venugopal addresses media after joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the presence of party leader Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi on March 7. (PTI) After parting ways with the Indian National Congress in March 2024 following differences with the state leadership, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Now a member of the BJP National Council, she is contesting from the Thrissur constituency in the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections, making it a closely watched three-way contest against CPI and Congress candidates. Background and Early Life Born on October 27, 1960, in Thrissur, Padmaja Venugopal comes from a prominent political family. Her father, K. Karunakaran, was a towering figure in Kerala politics, while her mother, Kalyani Kutty Amma, was also well known in public life. She completed her schooling in Kerala …

BJP washing machine back with Modi washing powder: Congress on AAP MPs switching sides

BJP washing machine back with Modi washing powder: Congress on AAP MPs switching sides

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BJP national president Nitin Nabin, right, meets Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha at the party’s headquarters, in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: PTI A day after seven AAP MPs switched sides to the BJP, the Congress on Saturday (April 25, 2026) said the BJP washing machine is back along with Modi washing powder. The Congress has been accusing the BJP of inducting leaders of various other parties facing cases and then going slow on the action against them. Ashok Mittal, one of the seven AAP MP’s who quit, had faced Enforcement Directorate raids only a few days ago. Published – April 25, 2026 07:20 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Adobe is switching some Creative Cloud users to a pricier AI plan

Adobe is switching some Creative Cloud users to a pricier AI plan

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Some of Adobe’s most expensive Creative Cloud subscriptions are about to get even pricier for users in North America. Starting from June 17th, the Creative Cloud All Apps plan will be renamed Creative Cloud Pro for users in the US, Canada, and Mexico, adding a bunch of generative AI perks in exchange for bumping up subscription costs. The pre-tax monthly price for individual Creative Cloud All Apps subscribers on an annual contract will increase from $59.99 to $69.99, or from $659.88 to $779.99 annually. The monthly price for rolling, non-contracted subscribers will jump from $89.99 to $104.99. Contracted prices for teams start at $99.99 per month, up from $89.99, while student and teacher plans will jump from $34.99 to $39.99 monthly on renewal. The new Creative Cloud Pro plan provides access to the same Adobe apps and features as the previous All Apps plan, alongside some new additions. Users will have unlimited credits for powering generative AI image tools like Photoshop’s Generate Fill, and 4,000 monthly credits for “premium” AI video and audio features like …

Always wanted to tell stories like this: ‘The Last of Us’ creator Craig Mazin switching genres | Hollywood

Always wanted to tell stories like this: ‘The Last of Us’ creator Craig Mazin switching genres | Hollywood

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New Delhi, Writer-director Craig Mazin says he still sneakily loves comedy, a genre that helped him hone his skills and eventually explore darker stories like the critically-acclaimed “Chernobyl” and “The Last of Us”. Always wanted to tell stories like this: ‘The Last of Us’ creator Craig Mazin switching genres Mazin started his career in the entertainment business by writing comedies like “RocketMan”, “Scary Movie 3”, “Senseless” and “Identity Thief” and the last two movies in the “Hangover” franchise The writer said it was not easy to take risks in the initial years of his career. “I always wanted to tell stories like this . The thing about the entertainment business is, it’s very hard to get into, and when you do get into it, someone says, ‘Hey, you seem like a funny guy, you can write this funny thing’. And you do, and they pay you for it, and you have a wife and a baby and you need to keep working, you just kind of keep going down that road,” Mazin told PTI in …

Google is switching legacy G Suite accounts to pooled storage

Google is switching legacy G Suite accounts to pooled storage

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People who are holding on to free G Suite legacy accounts will soon lose their individual storage allotment perks. In an email seen by The Verge, Google has started informing G Suite legacy free edition plan users that they will be switched to pooled storage that’s “shared across all users within your organization” starting May 1st. G Suite was rebranded as Workspace in 2020. G Suite legacy free edition, which Google stopped offering in 2012, provides each user with 15GB of free allocated storage and was offered for personal use — making it ideal for families or groups that need to share a collective domain. Existing users have been permitted to access Workspace services at no additional charge, but Google says it’s now making this change because pooled storage provides a “simpler and more flexible way to manage storage.” “Google Workspace customers have had the benefit of pooled storage for years, and now we’re rolling it out to users with this legacy offering,” Google spokesperson Jenny Thomson told The Verge. No action is required for …

Switching bibs, Railway athlete ran marathon for doctor’s wife, another; all 3 banned | Sport-others News

Switching bibs, Railway athlete ran marathon for doctor’s wife, another; all 3 banned | Sport-others News

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A case of impersonation via “bib switch” has led to the banning of three runners who took part in the Athletics Federation of India-approved Apollo Tyres New Delhi Marathon held here last month. The allegation of cheating has been made against a sports quota railway employee who purportedly ran for the wife of a railway doctor and another participant. The organisers of the February 23 event, NEB Sports, in a communication accessed by The Indian Express, said that “running for someone else amounts to cheating” and the “race management team has taken strict action against them,” banning them for two years. It said that they would make this decision public by “posting on social media, to bring down such cases in the future”. Story continues below this ad When contacted, Nagaraj Adiga, CMD of NEB Sports and the race director, told The Indian Express, “There were incidents of cheating during the Apollo New Delhi Marathon (in the non-elite categories). We have suspended the three athletes involved. We will be submitting our report to the Athletics …

Tennis players switching to pickleball: Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard says ‘I feel like I belong a little more’ | Sport-others News

Tennis players switching to pickleball: Former Wimbledon finalist Eugenie Bouchard says ‘I feel like I belong a little more’ | Sport-others News

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Eugenie Bouchard, the former World No.5 and 2014 Wimbledon finalist has found a new love — the fast-growing sport of pickleball. Bouchard, now 30, is ranked 565th in the world because she is focussing more on pickleball. “I was like, you know, ‘I’d love to challenge myself to try something new.’ And also to be a part of something that is so trending and growing so much, that was really appealing to me. It was also something I could do while still playing some tennis tournaments. So that’s why I was like, ‘Yeah, sign me up,’” she told tennis.com Bouchard competes in the Pro Tour of Pickleball and has played just four pro-level tennis matches in 2024, according to tennis.com. Bouchard, however, said that she was just learning the ropes. “I still have a long way to go but at least I feel like I belong a little more,” Bouchard added. Last month Bouchard reached her first professional pickleball semifinal at the Rate Championships in Las Vegas.Bouchard is not the only former top tennis player …

Karan Tacker, Kritika Kamra to Aamir Ali: Has OTT been an equaliser for actors switching mediums?

Karan Tacker, Kritika Kamra to Aamir Ali: Has OTT been an equaliser for actors switching mediums?

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In the West, the platform system is such that actors keep migrating from one platform to the other, without any tags or labels. A celebrated and Oscar-winning actor Meryl Streep was seen in shows like Pretty Little Liars and Only Murders In The Building. However, in Indian showbiz, the tags of the medium you come from, takes precedence in a lot of cases. Karan Tacker in Khakee and Aamir Ali in Lootere Actor Gurmeet Choudhary made his OTT debut this year with Commander Karan Saxena and now has another show coming with Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein. Even actor Surbhi Chandna made her web debut this year with Rakshak – India’s Braves: Chapter 2, while Sanjeeda Shaikh appeared in Heeramandi. Shaheer Sheikh became the latest entrant to make his OTT film debut with Do Patti, With a growing acceptance of diverse roles across mediums, the industry is witnessing a surge of talent transitioning from TV to OTT platforms. We delve into the experiences of leading/most popular TV actors who have successfully navigated this shift. Karan Tacker …

On Ex Congress Leader Switching To BJP, Sachin Pilot Says…

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Sachin Pilot served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan from 2018 to 2020 (File) New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and AICC general secretary in-charge of Chhattisgarh, Sachin Pilot, has refuted the allegations levelled by his former party colleague, Radhika Khera, and said that a leader needs “some reason” for changing their party. Radhika Khera, who joined the BJP on Tuesday, alleged that she was “victimized” because she went to the Ayodhya Ram Mandir. She also criticized the Congress leadership, including Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Sachin Pilot, for their silence regarding the mistreatment faced by her. In an interview with ANI, Sachin Pilot said, “If someone wants to change parties, they have to find some reason…whether it is a visit to some temple…a person will have to do something; they have to find a reason.” “Good luck to anybody who wants to shift party at any stage, it’s up to their individual decision. As a party, we are fighting elections for a larger purpose, not for individual satisfaction,” he added. He said that this …