Bollywood hunk Akshay Kumar called late filmmaker Yash Chopra one of Indian cinema’s 'finest directors' during the latest episode of the reality game show "Wheel of Fortune".

The episode will have actors Gaurav Gera, Rakesh Bedi, and Ayesha Khan joining Akshay, creating humour and lively energy on the stage.

Bollywood star Star Yami Gautam, in Thursday, took to her social media account to pen a heartfelt birthday wish for her husband, filmmaker Aditya Dhar on the 12th of March.

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Alipore has forecast rainfall in several districts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, from Thursday onwards.

According to the weather office, scattered showers are likely to continue in Kolkata till next Tuesday. Similar conditions are expected in districts such as Howrah, Hooghly, Purulia, Bankura, East Burdwan, West Burdwan, Birbhum and Murshidabad. Rain alerts have been issued for 12 districts of south Bengal.

A fire broke out at a plastic scrap yard near Chopadva village in Bhachau taluka of Gujarat's Kutch district on Thursday, initiating a large-scale firefighting operation and creating panic in the surrounding area, officials said.

Induction cooktops are rapidly disappearing from online platforms as households across India rush to find alternatives to cooking gas amid growing concerns about LPG supply disruptions linked to the ongoing conflict in West Asia.

The death toll due to milk adulteration in Andhra Pradesh’s Rajahmundry city rose to 13 as another person succumbed to acute renal failure at a hospital, officials said on Thursday.

Bandaru Veeralaxmi (60) died while undergoing treatment at a hospital, taking the death toll to 13.

Global financial services firm Nomura has projected that India’s economy will grow by 7 per cent in fiscal year 2026-27 (FY27), remaining resilient despite rising geopolitical tensions in West Asia and concerns over higher energy prices.

Fede Valverde scored a first-half hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Manchester City 3-0 at home in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.

Valverde opened the scoring at the Santiago Bernabeu in the 22nd minute when he controlled a long ball from Thibaut Courtois, slipped past Nico O'Reilly and beat Gianluigi Donnarumma, who appeared as though he could have done better.

Indian stock markets opened sharply lower on Thursday as rising crude oil prices and growing geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran weighed on investor sentiment.