The stunt-based reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi is all set to return after a year-long break. The show, which took a break last year due to conflicts between the production house and the channel, is now coming back with season 15. All the celebrity contestants and hosts participating in the show Rohit ShettyRecently went to Cape Town, South Africa to shoot the show. The makers have now released the first promo of KKK 15 which promises raw and real stunts.The makers shared a promo of the upcoming season on their official Instagram handle and shared glimpses of host Rohit Shetty performing a car stunt. Rohit also shared a behind-the-scenes video of the upcoming season. He also reiterated that every stunt shown in the show will be completely real and will be performed without any artificial enhancements.The promo video shows Rohit Shetty taking part in a high-speed race with an aircraft behind a sports car. Rohit has shared its promo on his social media account. He wrote, “Raw and real stunts…this is what Khatron Ke Khiladi is all about…I promise you this season is going to be amazing.” contestants like Rubina DilaikFarhana Bhatt, Gaurav Khanna, Jasmin Bhasin and others have been sharing BTS moments from the show.KKK 15 will see a mix of new and former contestants. Gaurav Khanna, Farhana Bhatt, Avinash Mishra, Orhaan Avtramani aka Ori, Harsh Gujral and Shagun Sharma are participating in the show for the first time. The show will also feature former contestants like Karan Wahi, Rubina Dilaik, Ritwik Dhanjani, Vishal Aditya Singh, Jasmin Bhasin and Avika Gor.The stunt-based reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi 15 will be hosted by Rohit Shetty and is expected to premiere in July 2026.

Madhuri Dixit Nene remains one of the most famous stars of Bollywood, making it almost impossible for her to go unnoticed in public. However, she left the industry at the peak of her stardom and settled in America after marrying Dr. Sriram Nene. After several years of marriage and having two children, the actress returned to India and resumed her career. During a recent interview, Madhuri talked about her life after marriage and how she was just Mrs. Nene there and not a superstar. “In Denver, it was comfortable and nice because there were less Indians. Where I lived, it was mostly Americans. For a long time, they didn’t know who I was, I was Mrs. Nene there,” she said in an interview with HT City. I had kids (Arin and Ryan), I used to drop them to school. One day I saw that a car would stop at our house, then take a round and come back. My neighbors called me…there is a fear that someone may try to rob us, so people should be careful. The neighbor asked ‘should I call the police?’; I said ‘Please don’t!’ I had to tell them that I was a celebrity and the people in the car were trying to get a glimpse of me.The actress described those years away from fame as one of the most fulfilling periods of her life. Enjoying the freedom of remaining largely unknown, she was able to focus on family and spend quality time with her children.Describing the experience as “liberating”, she said, “I was free to do anything at any time. I enjoyed a lot of ‘me time’ with my kids. That was a big part of my dream in life… that I have a husband I love, along with kids.” I was living my dream there.”Madhuri also revealed that when she met Dr. Nene, she was unaware of the scale of his stardom in India. Reflecting on how he adapted after coming to India, he revealed that he is now deeply connected to the film fraternity.“We have been here in India since 2011. She has more friends than me now with people from the industry! She has even said in interviews that ‘I knew she was an actress, I just didn’t know how big an actress she was!’ When he initially came here, he was in great shock. Today everything is good, our children are growing up, I enjoyed playing Rekha in Maa Behen. I am in a good place.”

At times intimate and incisive, at times indulgent, yet always brimming with the restless energy of a mind unwilling to conform, Arundhati Roy’s memoir Mother Mary Comes to Me is an undeniably compelling read.

Reading Arundhati Roy is like exploring the labyrinth of a brilliant, but disruptive mind that refuses to settle into the well-established certainties of tradition and expectations. I have always viewed Arundhati as an enigma, and I began reading ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’ in the hope of understanding her better. A Booker Prize winner, she often seems angry, even irritable, determined to cross every boundary, but strangely elusive. And yet this is only one side of it. She has stood shoulder to shoulder with those fighting for a cause, demonstrated immense courage in challenging authority and sparking debate. He never hesitated to use his fame to enhance the struggle of those opposing injustice. Success, in Arundhati’s case, did not attract her to the spontaneous warmth of public approval; If anything, it appears to be thickening the veil of secrecy around him. Interestingly, she who lives away from the public eye, unashamedly exposes herself in the pages of her latest book – a memoir that is unapologetic and unfiltered in exposing her vulnerabilities, contradictions, rebellions and her formidable, yet remarkable, role as a mother during her formative years.All her insecurities, eccentricities, pain and anger are linked to her relationship with her volatile mother, renowned educationist and women’s rights activist Mary Roy. “She was my refuge and my storm,” Arundhati claims plaintively in this memoir, which highlights her tumultuous relationship with her mother, whom she described in an interview as “a woman who was wonderful, and also very, very dark.”Trained at an early age not to react to the jokes and insults thrown at her through the manipulations of a ‘crazy, violent single parent’, Arundhati declared that she grew up confused about what she wanted, and afraid of safe spaces and relationships. “Once again, for me, the safest place became the most dangerous. Once again, I made it so… my behavior was incomprehensible even to me.” In an interview, Arundhati admitted, “I am naturally attracted to the vulnerable.“Roy’s writing is full of candor, but at times the act of confession devolves into posturing. The narrative is full of anecdotes clearly designed to provoke or shock: young Roy urinating in the gardens of rich houses, her bedside tea and breakfast with the crippled beggars of her residential area, the “old Santa” who groped her, a young man clinging to her on the bus, the grand-uncle in Delhi patting her back while commenting on her not wearing a bra, and of course, the time she first met her father in a Delhi hotel. “He was lying on his stomach with his knees bent, his legs dangling over the ceiling.”“Described in his trademark caricaturing style, some of these moments seem so bizarre that you wonder whether they are faithful memories, deliberate exaggeration, or performative. The reader is left wondering whether certain scenes are meant to take the narrative forward as well as thrill. Over long periods of time – especially from the time she leaves home to study architecture and beyond – the book returns to Roy with a relentless self-preoccupation that begins to test the reader’s patience.You almost give up, but just when you start to feel like the memoir is sinking under the weight of its own self-absorption, it steadys itself.The latter retrieves the book.The narrative now moves beyond the dramatization of Arundhati’s rebellious young self to the larger world with which she is fiercely connected. His activism, writing on development, displacement and state power, the conflict with the law, a night in jail, the time spent traveling with guerrilla fighters to understand the Maoist insurgency from the ground, and his standing with Narmada Bachao activists and displaced villagers – the memoir now gains depth as the writing intensifies with the turn outwards. Roy writes with the clarity and wit that has always been her hallmark, and which has made her a powerful public voice. She is playful, disrespectful, sometimes rebellious and disrespectful, sometimes accusatory and morally angry. Her keen observations and wit are irresistible to the reader, even as she firmly remains the protagonist of her narrative. This memoir is among the most poignant in the pages that talk about her mother’s final years. The tone becomes vulnerable, and turns into that of a daughter grappling with loss, her memories, and the complicated relationship she shares with her mother. Do I understand Arundhati better now after reading this memoir? I think I do. If anything, the book provides clues to the contradictions that defined his public persona. The eccentricity, the deliberate center stage for rebellious causes, and yet the refusal to inhabit the platforms that others desired, the air of elusiveness that she carefully maintained, the fierce independence, the impatience with authority, the defiance and the seething anger – these can all be traced to her childhood. The child she was can be reflected in the woman she is today – curious, questioning, rebellious, unwilling to bow to the pressures or expectations imposed on her. As she says in an interview, “As a child, I had a very adult mind… so maybe there’s something childlike in me as an adult.”One of the most striking features of the book is how disarmingly Arundhati chooses to be, without trying to soften the memory or remove any embarrassment of awkward experiences or uncomfortable moments. And yet, it’s that unapologetic nakedness that raises the question – how much honesty is too much honesty? After all memoirs aren’t just about memory – they’re also about craft. The story, to achieve resonance beyond itself, needs to come with some filters so as not to overwhelm the reader. The same quality that makes a memoir most surprisingly lively can also make it at times tiresome. Would the memoir have become sharper with a little patience?

Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) Bollywood star Jackie Shroff paid an emotional tribute to veteran actress Nargis on her 97th birth anniversary on June 1.

bollywood star jackie shroffOn June 1, an emotional tribute was paid to the great actress Nargis on her 97th birth anniversary.I am missing one indian cinemaOne of the most famous stars, Jackie shared a classic black and white photo of Nargis from her younger days through a nostalgic social media post.Along with the picture, Jackie wrote, “Nargis ji, always in our hearts,” followed by a folded hands emoji.

Adding further to the nostalgia, the actor used the evergreen song ‘Dil Ki Girah Khol Do’ as the background score. This song from the 1967 film ‘Raat Aur Din’ was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey and is still one of the memorable tracks associated with Nargis’s film career.Nargis, born on 1 June 1929, is considered one of the finest actresses in the history of Indian cinema. She made her debut as a child artiste in ‘Talaash-e-Haq’ and later rose to fame as a leading lady through films like ‘Barsaat’, ‘Andaz’, ‘Awara’, ‘Shree 420’, ‘Chori Chori’, ‘Jaagte Raho’ and the Oscar-nominated classic ‘Mother India’.Talking about his performance in ‘Mother India’, it is one of the most famous portrayals in Indian cinema.For those unaware, it was during the making of ‘Mother India’ when Nargis grew close to actor Sunil Dutt, whom she later married.The pair became one of the most acclaimed couples of Bollywood. They are the parents of the actor Sanjay Dutt and daughters Namrata Dutt and Priya Dutt.Nargis died on 3 May 1981 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Sanjay Dutt, in many of his past interviews, has talked about how difficult it was to cope with his mother’s death despite being closest to her.Meanwhile, talking about Jackie Shroff, the actor remains one of the most active stalwarts of the industry. The actor was recently seen in ‘The Great Indian Superhero’, which released on May 29 and received positive response from the audience.Over the years, Jackie has been a part of acclaimed projects like ‘Hero’, ‘Ram Lakhan’, ‘Parinda’, ‘Gardish’, ‘Rangeela’, ‘Devdas’ and many more.Jackie is one of the few Bollywood stars who constantly remembers and pays tribute to industry legends on their birthdays, birth anniversaries, death anniversaries and other important occasions.–IANSRD/

Royal Challengers Bangalore defeated Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 final to win back-to-back trophies. (AP)

TimesofIndia.com in Ahmedabad: IPL Trophies are won on the field, but championship dynasties are built in the boardrooms, auction tables and strategy meetings.Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB)’s historic back-to-back title wins are the result of an approach that extends far beyond the playing XI. From andy flowersStrategic efficiency and long term planning of Mo Bobat Dinesh KarthikRecognizing the talent of player management and Mallolan Rangarajan, a powerful backroom team quietly built one of the most successful phases in the franchise’s history. Rajat Patidar-led RCB defeated Gujarat Titans by five wickets at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday.TimesofIndia.com brings to you the people behind RCB’s winning machinery:Andy Flower (head coach)

Andy Flower was appointed head coach of RCB ahead of IPL 2024. (ANI)

The turnaround for RCB started when they appointed Andy Flower as head coach ahead of IPL 2024 and he has led them to two IPL titles in three years.Andy Flower is perhaps the greatest coach of modern cricket. He has mastered all three formats and has an extraordinary resume. He transformed a struggling England team into a world-beating team, overseeing three Ashes wins (2009, 2010–11 and 2013), England’s first global title at the 2010 T20 World Cup, and a historic Test series win in India in 2012, their first in 28 years. Flower later served as a consultant to Australia’s 2023 ODI World Cup-winning campaign before leading Trent Rockets to The Hundred title in 2022 and RCB to their first IPL title in 2025.RCB captain Rajat Patidar also praised Flower, calling him the greatest of all time.“I think he is one of the best coaches, the way he handles players, not just the players who are playing. I think for him the players who are not playing and the new players who are playing their first IPL season are equally important. He spent a lot of time with each individual. So, you know, I don’t have words for him, but he is the best coach I have played with.”Mo Bobat (cricket director)

Mo Bobat (R) is the director of cricket at Royal Challengers Bangalore. (PTI)

Mo Bobat arrived at RCB as Director of Cricket ahead of IPL 2024, and brings with him over a decade of experience at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). As England Men’s Performance Director, he played a key role in building the talent pipeline that contributed to the country’s ODI and T20 World Cup triumphs, while also helping to revitalize the Test team under the leadership of Ben Stokes and Brendon McCullum. Bobat previously worked with RCB as a consultant.After RCB’s win over GT in Qualifier 1, Bobat talked about the number of match-winners in the team, which ultimately proved to be crucial.Bobat had said, “We are obviously happy that we had a number of people who contributed to the win. We had a number of people who stood up with both bat and ball. And you need that to go far in competitions. We are not dependent on one or two players with the bat or one or two players with the ball. And that is a really pleasing thing.”“And if we do this often enough, and if everyone contributes and fulfills their roles, the results should take care of themselves,” Bobt explained his philosophy.Dinesh Karthik (mentor and batting coach)

In Dinesh Karthik, the young members of the RCB team have got an elder brother to guide them. (ANI)

After last year’s IPL, RCB wicketkeeper-batsman Jitesh Sharma credited Dinesh Karthik for the change in his game.“That man saw in me what no one has ever seen in me. Everyone looked for flaws in me, but that man saw the goodness in me.” Everyone else used to find faults in me, but that man saw my strengths),” Jitesh had told TimesofIndia.com.This year, it was Venkatesh Iyer who worked closely with Karthik behind the scenes when he was not getting game time. When he got the opportunity, Venkatesh scored unbeaten 73 runs while batting at number four in the absence of Patidar due to concussion. From then on, he became a regular in the team.

RCB coaching staff after IPL 2026 title. (Image: X)

In Dinesh Karthik, many Indian players got the elder brother figure who was missing in the RCB dressing room earlier.“When you’re a coach, the dynamics are very different. I’m very happy to see that I have an opportunity to impact someone while I’m playing.” Karthik told TimesofIndia.com during ILT20.Malolan Rangarajan (Spin bowling coach, Player Identification Manager and RCB Women’s head coach)

Malolan Rangarajan is the head coach of RCB’s WPL team and the scout and spin bowling coach of the men’s team. (Image: X)

If Andy Flower and Mo Bobt shaped RCB’s approach, Mallolan Rangarajan helped build its foundation. Former Tamil Nadu off-spinner, Rangarajan has emerged as one of the most respected talent scouts in Indian cricket. As RCB’s head of scouting and fielding coach, he has played a key role in identifying and nurturing players who fit into the franchise’s long-term plans rather than simply chasing star names.Known for his keen eye on talent and deep understanding of domestic cricket, Rangarajan has been instrumental in strengthening RCB’s squad depth, ensuring that the franchise has a steady pipeline of players ready to step in when required. His influence extended beyond recruiting, with his work in the fielding department helping to raise the team’s athletic standards. While the spotlight is often on marquee players and high-profile coaches, Rangarajan’s contributions behind the scenes have been crucial in helping RCB build a balanced, flexible team capable of winning back-to-back IPL titles.Malolan Rangarajan is also the head coach of the RCB women’s team. He has been at the forefront of the Hinterland Scouting initiative, a methodology that explores the Indian cricket landscape at a much deeper level and identifies talent that might otherwise go unnoticed.Omkar Salvi (bowling coach)

RCB’s bowling performance in the IPL 2026 campaign was excellent. Omkar Salvi is the bowling coach of the team. (ANI)

After winning the title, captain Rajat Patidar praised bowling coach Omkar Salvi for revamping RCB’s attack.“I have known Omkar Salvi sir since I started playing my first Ranji Trophy season,” Patidar said.

“Since then, I have been watching him closely. He spent a lot of time with every bowler. I would say there was a lot of hard work in the way Salvi sir worked with the team. We can’t always see what’s happening in the meeting room when he is talking to the players. He spent a lot of time with them individually and I think that really helped every bowler.”

Russell T Davis’ new show on TV is the talk of the town these days. ‘Tip Toe’ is a brand new series featuring two lesbian neighbors whose boundaries and relationships are tested throughout the show. Davis recently took a look at what goes on behind the scenes with all the actors and crew members and what he wants from the show.

Russell T Davies on making ‘Tip Toe’

Speaking to the BBC, Davies explained how he addresses serious topics in a humorous manner in most of his shows. Elaborating on his process, he said, “Honestly, I see the world going from bad to worse these days. I am very worried about the future of my nieces and nephews.”When asked if he wanted the show to shed light on the issues, Davis only said that he wanted us to live in that reality. He further commented, “I wish television could change the world. If I could I would write more and change it faster. However, I feel compelled to comment on the world.”Speaking further about the show, Davis said that one of the highlights of ‘Tip Toe’ was the fact that alan cumming Was leading it. He told that he had been trying to cast the famous actor in one of his projects for the last 20 years.

Alan Cumming and david morrissey Consider their roles on the show

Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, who are leading the show, also opened up about their roles and working together. Talking about some of the challenging scenes, Morrissey said, “We had to do some difficult things, but the best thing about being with an actor who’s a friend is you can really push it.”Cumming also said, “As the series goes on and we all start liking everybody, and start worrying about them, you almost forget [I’m dead]. But we don’t know how it happened, or when in the story it happened. It’s really clever, it’s mysterious.”

What is the story of ‘Tip Toe’?

The TV series is based on Alan Cumming, who plays Leo Struthers, a 59-year-old man who owns a bar in Manchester’s Gay Village. David Morrissey plays Clive, an electrician and his neighbor in the area. Set in modern Britain, the show deals with the themes of a violent, homophobic feud as the surrounding social strata begins to change.

Tensions in West Asia rose sharply on Monday as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted a US military base, while Washington also announced new attacks on Iranian military facilities.The location of the base was not specified in the Guards’ statement, which was broadcast by IRIB and other Iranian state media.The development came as Kuwait’s military said its air defense system was responding to drone and missile attacks. “Kuwaiti air defenses are currently facing hostile missile and drone attacks,” the military said in a post on Twitter. It said any explosion sounds heard by residents were the result of air defense systems intercepting incoming threats and advised people to follow safety and security instructions.

Latest US attacks in Iran

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) said it conducted self-defense strikes against Iranian radar and command-and-control sites used for drones in what it described as “aggressive Iranian actions.”According to CENTCOM, the strikes targeted radar and drone control facilities on Goruk, Iran, and Qeshm Island. The operation was carried out on Saturday and Sunday (local time) after it was reported that an American MQ-1 drone operating in international waters was shot down.CENTCOM said U.S. warplanes responded “swiftly” to the incident, destroying “Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two unilateral attack drones”, which it said posed a “clear threat” to ships transiting territorial waters.The command described the operation as “measured and deliberate” and insisted that it was carried out in self-defense.“No U.S. service members were harmed,” CENTCOM said. He said he would “continue to protect U.S. assets and interests in response to unjustified Iranian aggression during the ongoing ceasefire.”

Iran has disputed the US account of events. The IRGC said its air defense units shot down a US MQ-1 drone early Sunday after it reportedly entered Iranian territorial airspace, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.The drone was detected by Iranian surveillance and air defense systems and subsequently targeted by advanced air defense missiles, the statement said. Iranian officials claimed that the aircraft was successfully destroyed.The IRGC identified the drone as US military and said it was shot down because it had entered Iranian airspace “with the intention of carrying out hostile operations.”

The latest development comes days after another exchange of attacks between the two sides. The IRGC had earlier said it had targeted a US air base in the region following fresh US attacks on southern Iran.The Iranian missile launch came after the US shot down an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz and attacked a military site in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city in southern Iran.The IRGC said the attack on the US airport occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning and targeted “the source” of earlier US attacks on Iran, according to state broadcaster IRIB.

Diplomacy continues amid tension

The renewed military exchanges have raised concerns about the sustainability of a fragile ceasefire, even as Washington and Tehran continue indirect talks on a potential deal to end the three-month-long conflict.US War Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that military action could resume if an agreement fails to meet Washington’s requirements.“Our reserves are well suited for this,” Hegseth declared during an address in Singapore.President Donald Trump has reportedly sent back a separate proposed deal with Iran for further amendments. The US President also said he was in “no hurry” to finalize a deal. According to Axios, as cited by CBS News, Trump sought several amendments during Friday’s meeting and sought additional amendments afterward.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi urged caution on reports related to the talks, saying, “Until there is a conclusion… everything that is being said now is speculation.”Iranian media reported that diplomatic talks were ongoing, with both sides continuing to propose changes to the draft agreement.

Meanwhile, Iran has restored access to a significant portion of its underground missile infrastructure after months of excavation and repair work, according to a CNN report. The report said the development highlighted “the limitations of the American bombing strategy”, which had focused on sealing tunnel entrances.The latest military action has raised fears that the ceasefire could collapse despite ongoing diplomatic efforts with Qatar and other regional players.