Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya will serve as the chief guest at the Fit India Sundays on Cycle event on Monday at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, celebrating World Teachers' Day. The cycling rally has evolved into a movement promoting health and sustainability, with hundreds of teachers, students, and citizens expected to participate. Athletes Sachin Yadav, Tania Sachdev, Abhishek Nain, and Rohtash Chaudhary will join the event, which anticipates nearly 1,000 participants from various educational institutions and the public.
The October 5 edition honors educators for their contributions to shaping future leaders while advancing the Fit India motto of Ek Ghanta Roz, Khel Ke Saath. Cycling offers...
Stand-up comedian Samay Rana posted a screenshot of a video call with cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal on social media, captioning it Love you, my sugar daddy. The post referenced Chahal's shirt from his divorce hearing, which read Be your own sugar daddy. Social media influencer Dhanashree Verma responded indirectly by sharing a photo of her dog with a caption suggesting she was doing well.
Chahal married Verma in December 2020, but the relationship ended after less than three years. The divorce proceedings attracted attention for contentious disputes between the former couple. Verma appears on the reality series Rise and Fall, and she has discussed her marriage difficulties on the program.
The timing of Verma's post led observers to...
Playback singer Amit Kumar recalled an incident from his father Kishore Kumar's childhood on a comedy television program. The legendary performer developed unusual conditions for meeting a film director who had previously made remarks about his skin tone when he was a child on set with his brother, Ashok Kumar.
Kumar explained that Kishore accompanied Ashok to film shoots for the meals provided. A director commented on the contrast between Ashok's fair complexion and young Kishore's darker skin tone. The remark affected the future star deeply.
Years later, the same director requested to cast Kishore as a lead actor. The singer agreed to meet but demanded bizarre prerequisites. Both parties would roll into the office, stand on tables...
Janhvi Kapoor appeared alongside rumored boyfriend Shikhar Pahariya at stepsister Anshula Kapoor's engagement ritual on Saturday in Mumbai. Photographs from the ceremony showed Shikhar standing behind Janhvi with his hand on her shoulder while she held his finger. The actress wore a pastel cream lehenga with silver embroidery and diamond jewelry, while Pahariya chose a white kurta-pyjama for the family gathering.
The couple has not confirmed their relationship publicly, but they frequently post content on social media suggesting their connection. Reports indicate they dated years ago before separating and later reconciling. Pahariya's family attended the premiere of Kapoor's film Homebound earlier this year, and the actress greeted his...
NASA confirmed the interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS will not threaten Earth as it speeds through the solar system at 61 kilometers per second. The space agency discovered the comet through its ATLAS survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, on July 1, 2025, and it represents the third known object from beyond our solar system after Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov.
The comet will reach its closest approach to the sun on October 30 at approximately 210 million kilometers, but it will remain 1.8 astronomical units from Earth. NASA's Hubble, Webb, and SPHEREx telescopes continue monitoring the celestial object as it travels toward its passage behind the sun in late October before moving past Jupiter in March 2026 on its exit from our solar system.
Anshula Kapoor honored her late mother, Mona Kapoor, at her engagement ceremony to Rohan Thakkar by embroidering the phrase Rab Rakha onto her bridal choli. The words represent a blessing Mona frequently used with her children before her death in March 2012 at age 48 from multiple organ failure after battling cancer. Anshula placed a framed photograph of her mother draped in a saree on a chair surrounded by flowers at the celebration.
Mona Kapoor was the first wife of filmmaker Boney Kapoor, and her passing occurred days before her son Arjun Kapoor made his Bollywood debut in Ishaqzaade. The siblings have discussed the difficulty of that period, and they have recalled their mother's strength following her separation from Boney Kapoor...
Shiromani Akali Dal President Sukhbir Badal criticized the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab on Saturday for planning to auction government properties. The SAD leader stated that his party would oppose the sale of a modern fruit and vegetable market established by former Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on 12 acres in Mohali. Badal noted that the Mandi Board auctioned vegetable and fruit shops to traders one year earlier, but the board has decided to cancel the auction and remove shopkeepers.
The SAD chief flagged off 25 trolleys of maize silage for flood-affected villages in Fazilka constituency. Badal accused the government of planning to sell properties to preferred buyers through corrupt practices. He visited flood-damaged...
Sanae Takaichi won the election as leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party on Saturday and will become the nation's first female prime minister on Oct. 15. The 64-year-old lawmaker from Nara prefecture defeated Shinjiro Shinjiro by receiving 185 votes in a runoff after no candidate secured a majority in the initial round. Takaichi entered parliament in 1993 as an independent before joining the LDP in 1996 and serving in multiple cabinet positions under former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
She will complete the remainder of Shigeru Ishiba's term through September 2027. Takaichi holds the record as the longest-serving Minister for Internal Affairs and became the first woman to chair the party's Policy Research Council. The conservative...
Pakistan captain Fatima Sana stated that her team possesses the ability to defeat any top opponent through strong performance ahead of their Women's World Cup match against India on Sunday at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. India holds an 11-0 advantage in ODI meetings between the nations, but Sana emphasized that records exist to be broken, and past results do not determine future outcomes.
The 23-year-old captain explained that Pakistan would concentrate on executing their game plan rather than dwelling on historical performance. She dismissed the significance of their campaign-opening loss to Bangladesh and argued that one match cannot define a tournament. Sana acknowledged the pressure surrounding India-Pakistan contests, but...
