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Lust Stories 3 brings together four filmmakers and explores fantasies, intimacy, desire and relationships. While some stories offer strong performances and fresh perspectives, others feel stretched and fail to remain compelling.

Shah Rukh Khan visited Mumbai's iconic Lalbaugcha Raja pandal with wife Gauri Khan, daughter Suhana Khan and manager Pooja Dadlani during Ganeshotsav. Dressed in a blue kurta, SRK walked through the heavily guarded pandal, smiling and waving at devotees.

Kangana Ranaut reacted to the trolling of Maithili Thakur over her Rolls-Royce arrival at Lalbaugcha Raja in Mumbai. Kangana argued that politicians can be committed to public service while also enjoying personal success.

India's next economic transformation will depend on its ability to create, own and export technologies, industries, enterprises and intellectual property. The piece argues for capability sovereignty through global integration, shifting India from importing capabilities to creating them and from exporting opportunities to exporting greater value.

It warned that the strike, coinciding with the September 30 half-yearly bank closing and the preceding weekend, could disrupt banking services and inconvenience customers, businesses and government transactions.

Nearly 3,000 Kashmiri Pandit and other migrant employees working in the Kashmir Valley have reportedly been informally advised to work from home until August 20 following a fresh terror threat against Hindu employees. The administration has also reportedly exempted them from Independence Day stadium duties amid heightened security ahead of August 15 celebrations.

India's first-ever Global Black-necked Crane Festival has opened in Ladakh, attracting tourists, bird lovers, conservationists and experts from India and abroad. The August 1114 festival aims to promote black-necked crane conservation while strengthening ecotourism, local livelihoods and community participation across Changthang.

The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir Police raided nine locations across the Union Territory in connection with the 1990 kidnapping and murder of Kashmiri Pandit poet and social activist Sarvanand Kaul Premi and his son Virendra Kaul. The long-pending case, registered under FIR No. 45/1990, is being thoroughly investigated to uncover the conspiracy and bring closure to the decades-old tragedy.

J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and strongly advocated for the early restoration of statehood to the Union Territory. The meeting comes days after Omar sought support from INDIA bloc partners for a proposed protest outside Parliament during the monsoon session.