Kapil Sharma is heading back to COLOURS after an 11-year gap following their messy professional breakup that killed Comedy Nights with Kapil. The comedian who basically avoided the channel since then will pop up on Laughter Chefs Unlimited Entertainment alongside his old buddies Krushna Abhishek and Bharti Singh for some kitchen chaos.
The whole thing reunites the trio that dominated Indian comedy back in the day, and they'll be roasting contestants while people try cooking through disasters and prep fails. Kapil never worked with the COLOURS kitchen format before, but he'll be dropping his usual punchlines and messing around with everyone trying to finish their dishes on time.
Shah Rukh Khan rolled up to the prayer gathering for legendary Bollywood actor Dharmendra, who died at 89 after decades of dominating Indian cinema. His son Aryan showed up earlier at the Mumbai venue, while other massive names like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan with husband Abhishek, plus Salman Khan, all paid respects. Amitabh Bachchan and Salman were among the first celebrities to hit the crematorium when news broke about Dharmendra's passing.
The memorial service pulled in more stars like Sidharth Malhotra and Abhay Deol, with basically everyone from major Bollywood families making appearances. Dharmendra's wife, Hema Malini, dropped an emotional farewell message online. The actor was supposed to turn 90 next month, but left the entire...
Hasan Ademov from APS told reporters the government won't scrap their budget proposal because they're scared of taking the political hit. He pointed out that claims about having no other options turned out to be complete nonsense since alternative plans exist, and the coalition is just protecting its own interests instead of looking out for the country's fiscal stability.
Ademov mentioned the mandate holder straight up promised they'd pull the budget back, and he suggested preparing supplemental reports for smaller budget items as a workaround. His colleague Sevim Ali condemned the aggressive rhetoric and hate speech getting thrown around at Bulgarian citizens during all this chaos.
Ivo Hristov, who used to work for President Radev, basically said BSP turned into a puppet party that only survives because it grabbed some government positions to hand out jobs to loyalists. The former MEP thinks they might not even clear the entry threshold next election cycle and claimed voters want a legit left-wing option that can stop the country from falling apart.
He pointed out that Borisov is stuck between angry protesters and coalition demands, which is why the GERB leader only pulled back the budget proposal instead of making bigger moves. Hristov mentioned deputies already jumping ship to join MRF, showing Borisov's grip is slipping.
On Ukraine peace talks, Hristov said Trump keeps pushing deadlines around like he's...
Vazrazhdane MP Petar Petrov told reporters the ruling coalition is trying to speedrun a leadership purge at three major security agencies through sketchy parliamentary moves that dodge normal legislative procedure. DPS-New Beginning apparently snuck amendments into a bill about police info-sharing that would force parliament to dump the current heads of SANS, DAR, and DATO within a month, and start hunting for replacements.
Petrov said the changes got pushed through the Internal Security Committee instead of going to the Services Control Committee, where Vazrazhdane chairs and the coalition lacks votes. He accused GERB, New Beginning, BSP, and ITN of rushing the power grab to take over the agencies. The party plans to challenge the...
We Continue the Change dropped another rally date for people mad about the budget mess. They're calling everyone to show up in Sofia at 6 pm on December 1 because GERB supposedly promised to scrap the proposal, then immediately backtracked with help from New Beginning, while ITN and BSP stayed quiet.
The party's Facebook page said the previous demonstration worked out well, but the government is still planning to squeeze money out of regular people's wallets. They want anyone who thinks the budget will wreck the economy and keep wages unfair to come protest together and block the whole thing from passing.
Bulgarian pharmacies are screaming that patients might get screwed after the New Year because the National Health Insurance Fund owes them around 60 million leva and keeps ghosting payment deadlines. Evgeni Antonov from the pharmacists group said small shops are getting buried since they front expensive meds on credit, and when distributors stop extending those lines, the whole supply chain collapses. About 1,800 family pharmacies serve as the only med source for tons of communities.
Ivan Dimitrov from the Bulgarian Patients Forum called it a complete trainwreck and said the fund basically acts as the Finance Ministry's lapdog while chronically sick people get hung out to dry. He mentioned treatments running anywhere from 2,000 to...
Two economists told parliament that yanking back the 3 billion leva getting funneled into private pension funds every year would fix the budget mess without jacking up social security contributions. Lyubomir Hristov and Viktor Papazov pitched this at a Vazrazhdane debate, where the pension companies association totally ghosted them instead of defending their industry.
Hristov argued that grabbing back that 5% currently getting diverted to private accounts would pump fresh cash into the state system and kill the need for a two-percentage-point contribution hike. Papazov went harder and called the whole second pension pillar harmful to society, saying the companies bailed on the debate because they had zero arguments against claims that...
Boyko Borisov from GERB got into it with Assen Vassilev from We Continue the Change outside parliament over next year's budget, with Democratic Bulgaria's Ivaylo Mirchev jumping in after Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova said tripartite talks were back on. Mirchev told Borisov that Peevski was the one yanking his chain, and Vassilev kept pressing about whether they'd actually pull the budget proposal. Borisov said no way, explaining they'd hash everything out with business groups and unions before making changes during the parliamentary session.
Vassilev got heated about the three-year forecast already locked in with ECOFIN and whether social security contributions would spike, but Borisov said to wait until after their meetings to...
