Eight devotees killed after car swept away in rain-swollen stream in MP

IANS | September 19, 2026 1:07 PM

Agar-Malwa (Madhya Pradesh), Sep 19 (IANS) Eight devotees, including three children and two women, were killed after the car they were travelling in was swept away by a rain-swollen stream near the Maa Baglamukhi Temple in Nalkheda in Madhya Pradesh's Agar-Malwa district, police said on Saturday.

Lakshmi Puri’s ‘Swallowing the Sun’ heads to screen

Lalit K Jha | September 19, 2026 12:46 PM

Seattle, Sep 19 (IANS) Author and former UN official Lakshmi Puri says a multi-season web adaptation of her novel “Swallowing the Sun” is being developed, with screenplay work under way as she takes the book’s international edition on a tour of the United States.

Sobhita Dhulipala on doing stunts herself: Took it as a challenge

IANS | September 19, 2026 12:45 PM

Mumbai, Sep 19 (IANS) Actress Sobhita Dhulipala has opened up about the preparation in Mallakhamba for her role in Pa. Ranjith’s Vettuvam, saying that while stunt doubles were used during rehearsals for sequences, the cast made sure to perform every stunt themselves and “took it as a challenge.”