Aamir Khan's Sitaare Zameen Par , the spiritual sequel to his 2007 blockbuster Taare Zameen Par , premiered in theaters on June 20. The film, which minted Rs 88.9 crore on its opening week, has now crossed the Rs 125 crore mark. On Day 11 (June 30), Sitaare Zameen Par earned Rs 3.75 crore at the ticket counter, reported Sacnilk . With this, the movie's total box office collection now stands at Rs 126.40 crore. The sports drama witnessed an overall Hindi occupancy rate of 14.36 percent on its second Monday, added the report. Sitaare Zameen Par received the highest footfall in the evening shows, recording 16.76 percent. It was followed by the night shows, which registered 15.92 percent. The afternoon screenings comprised 14.8 percent of audience attendance, with the lowest being in the morning, as it stood at 10.69 percent. On June 30, film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared a post on X, calling Sitaare Zameen Par “unstoppable.” He wrote, “ Sitaare Zameen Par ...
A recent investigation by media organisations has shed light on the tragic death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was captured by Russian forces in 2023 while reporting on the illegal detention and torture of Ukrainians in the occupied region of Zaporizhzhia. According to a forensic examination of her body, Roshchyna, 27, suffered extensive torture and ill-treatment, including "abrasions and hemorrhages on various parts of the body, a broken rib, neck injuries, and possible electric shock marks on her feet," as described by Yuriy Belousov, head of the War Crimes Unit at the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's office. Belousov also noted that Roshchyna's body showed signs of an autopsy having been performed before it was returned to Ukraine, and that some of her organs were missing. The missing organs could signal that Russia attempted to hide the cause of death, possibly to conceal that it had committed a war crime, Belousov said. Roshchyna's colle...