Raja Shivaji Box Office Performance: Can Riteish Deshmukh’s Film Secure a Spot Among the Top 5 Hindi Openers of 2026?

Raja Shivaji, featuring Riteish Deshmukh in the lead role, is set to release in theaters next Friday, May 1, coinciding with the Maharashtra Din/Labor Day holiday. This strategic timing is expected to provide the film with an additional advantage at the box office. Although the film was announced some time ago, it has undergone several…

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India bars seafarers from working in Strait of Hormuz

India has barred its seafarers from working aboard ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz amid growing safety concerns owing to the US-Iran conflict. The Indian government ordered shipowners, ship managers and recruitment workers not to place its citizens on voyages through the critical waterway until further notice. India is the ⁠world’s third-largest supplier of…

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Government environmental scheme opens for direct applications | News

Environment secretary Emma Reynolds has confirmed new access to the ÂŁ50mn Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier for woodland or agroforestry agreements The Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier (CSHT) will open to direct applications from farmers and land managers for the first time, the environment secretary Emma Reynolds has announced. Speaking today (2 July) at the regenerative farming…

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky asks for Putin summit to kickstart peace talks as EU finally approves major €90b loan

Zelensky says Trump’s envoys visiting Putin and not Kyiv is ‘disrespectful’ Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The…

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IPL 2026: RCB win last-ball thriller to knock Mumbai Indians out | Cricket News

Royal Challengers Bengaluru held their nerve in a last-ball thriller to knock Mumbai Indians out of IPL 2026 with a dramatic two-wicket win at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium on Sunday. Chasing 167 on a surface that challenged batters throughout, RCB were carried by Krunal Pandya’s fighting 73 and a sensational finishing burst…

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