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The final of the Billie Jean King Cup, one of the biggest and most prestigious team competitions in women’s tennis, will be played between Ukraine and Czechia today (September 27). Both teams will be aiming to lift the title. Czechia have reached the final after an eight-year gap, having last made it to the title clash in 2018, while Ukraine have reached the Billie Jean King Cup final for the first time. The match will be played at the Shenzhen Bay Sports Centre Arena in Shenzhen, China, and will be streamed live for…

The Vvaan, The Paradise and Daayra are currently running in theatres alongside several other releases. Sidharth Malhotra and Tamannaah Bhatia’s The Vvaan: Force of the Forest arrived in cinemas on Friday, while Nani’s The Paradise was released on September 24. Daayra, starring Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj Sukumaran, has also been in theatres since September 18. 

A video purportedly showing a massive protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Saturday is old, the Delhi Police said, dismissing claims that the demonstration was taking place live. In a post on X, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Sachin Sharma said the claim about a massive protest at Jantar Mantar was false. The police clarified that the footage being circulated online was from a past event and was being shared as if it showed a current demonstration. The clarification comes after the video circulated with claims suggesting that a large…

After US President Donald Trump rejected Tehran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, Iran on Sunday (September 27) reiterated that diplomacy is the only way to resolve its conflict with the United States and Israel.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov backed India’s bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council during his address to the United Nations General Assembly, while strongly opposing any expansion of permanent membership for Western countries.

In a development that will escalate the West Asia crisis further, Wall Street Journal on Saturday reported that President Trump has rejected Iran’s proposal for a seven-day ceasefire. The report, which quoted US officials, suggested that the US President has told aides he expects to resume bombing Iran after the November midterms.

Jan Suraaj Party has run into a setback just ahead of the Bihar Legislative Council elections, with teacher leader Bhushan Jha quitting the party barely 24 hours after being announced as its candidate from the Tirhut Teachers’ constituency. Jha has now announced that he will contest the election as an independent candidate.

India’s response at the United Nations took aim at Pakistan’s remarks on terrorism, Jammu and Kashmir, democratic rights and minority issues, with First Secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the UN Petal Gahlot delivering a sharp right-of-reply in New York.

National Film Award winner Yami Gautam is set to take the big screen by storm with her upcoming horror-comedy-drama film. For the first time, Yami is playing the role of a Dayan (witch) on the big screen. While audiences loved the trailer for Nayyi Navelli, the film’s first song is sure to double the fans’ excitement.

A nearly-70,000-page chargesheet filed by the Supreme Court-mandated Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the offerings-embezzlement case found that the diversion of donations from the Ram temple in Ayodhya took place during the cash-counting process and involved a network of people who allegedly removed, concealed and distributed the pilfered funds. The SIT probe document cites 105 instances of removal of cash from the counting area captured on CCTV cameras, besides thousands of recovered text messages and cash and valuables seized during the probe.