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Bollywood

From Bigg Boss Wildcard to Filmfare Nominee: The Unstoppable Rise of Sunny Leone

Sunny Leone has been nominated at the Filmfare OTT Awards 2026 for her role as Charlie in Kennedy, the high point of a journey that began fifteen years ago in the Bigg Boss house.

Top stories

Ramayana: Part One crosses ₹50 crore in India advance bookings
Bollywood · 2 November 2026
Drishyam: The Conclusion ends its first month at ₹377 crore net in India
Bollywood · 2 November 2026
Saffron pilot in Leh flowers within 30 days of planting, officials say
Lifestyle · 2 November 2026
Vande Bharat Sleeper trains start on Varanasi-Delhi and Bengaluru-Mumbai routes
India · 2 November 2026
Sindhu and Lakshya Sen win the Hylo Open singles titles in Saarbrucken
India · 2 November 2026

India

Opposition rally at Ramlila Maidan demands Chief Election Commissioner's removal

ISRO's GSLV-F18 puts NVS-03 in orbit, restoring NavIC's minimum strength
India · 31 October 2026
Census 2027 head count to run from 25 January to 28 February in most of India
India · 30 October 2026
Jamia agrees to restore students' union after 18-day hunger strike
India · 30 October 2026

World

G20 foreign ministers meet in Atlanta amid deep rifts, and the group photo is dropped

Glacial lake bursts in Bhutan, damaging hot springs; no casualties reported
World · 30 October 2026
Israel's election ends in deadlock, with neither bloc close to a majority
World · 29 October 2026
Carbon dioxide in the air hit a record 426.8 ppm in 2025, says the WMO
World · 27 October 2026

Tech

Binance reopens withdrawals as FBI blames North Korean group for $6.3bn hack

India proposes a framework for sharing protected data to train AI models
Tech · 30 October 2026
Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon, an AI model built to find and fix security flaws
Tech · 29 October 2026
Free Fire returns to India as a localised version, four years after the ban
Tech · 28 October 2026

Bollywood

Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte's gangster series Akka starts streaming on Netflix

Udta Teer grows daily to earn ₹19.45 crore in its opening weekend
Bollywood · 26 October 2026
Queen of the Console: DJ Sunny Leone Shatters Records at Fiesta Land 2026 with a Smashing Holi Set
Bollywood · 10 March 2026
DJ Sunny Leone Announces 2026 World Tour After String of Sold-Out Shows
Bollywood · 25 February 2026

Business

Maruti Suzuki, Mahindra and Hyundai post record October sales

GST collections jump 22.9% in October, led by imports
Business · 1 November 2026
Reliance's Q2 profit jumps to Rs 25,548 crore as oil-to-chemicals surges
Business · 30 October 2026
US Fed holds rates at 3.75–4% as two officials vote for a hike
Business · 29 October 2026

Lifestyle

ASI finds missing head of Khajuraho's Vishnu statue and prepares to reattach it

ICMR launches four-year study of Indian families with autoimmune disease
Lifestyle · 30 October 2026
Tawang hosts the 14th International Tourism Mart to pitch the Northeast to buyers
Lifestyle · 29 October 2026
Five non-fiction books make the 2026 Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize shortlist
Lifestyle · 28 October 2026