Rumours of Alia Bhatt joining the YRF Spy Universe have been doing the rounds for a while now. And now, it looks like the actress’ standalone film has been confirmed.

As per reports on a leading news portal, Alia Bhatt will lead a YRF Spy Universe film. The project is set to begin filming towards the end of the year.

While much isn’t known about the upcoming film, reports of Sharvari Wagh joining Alia Bhatt had earlier done the rounds. 

So far, the Spy Universe has five major films, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif’s Tiger films – Ek Tha Tiger, Tiger Zinda Hai and Tiger 3, Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan and Hrithik Roshan’s War. We also know that the studio is working on War 2 and Tiger Vs Pathaan.

Coming down heavily on the Uttarakhand government for the felling of trees and illegal construction in Jim Corbett National Park, the Supreme Court today asked the Centre to form a committee that will recommend steps to mitigate the damage and recover the cost from those responsible.

The bench of Justice BR Gavai, Justice PK Mishra and Justice Sandeep Mehta was hearing a petition by environment activist and lawyer Gaurav Bansal. Mr Bansal had challenged the Uttarakhand government’s proposal for a tiger safari and a zoo with caged animals inside the national park. The matter brought under the spotlight illegal construction and deforestation inside the national park.

The bench started with a quote from the epic Mahabharata, which means that a forest protects the tiger and the tiger protects the forest.

A tiger safari in the core area, it said, will be contrary to the provisions of tiger conservation. The court allowed safari tours in the buffer zone of the popular national park, citing the employment it may generate. The court, however, noted that such a safari should follow the guidelines.

Pulling up then state minister Harak Singh Rawat and then divisional forest officer Kishan Chand, the court said this is a case where bureaucrats and politicians threw public trust doctrine in the waste bin.

“They have, in blatant disregard of the law and for commercial purposes, indulged in mass felling of trees to construct buildings on the pretext of promotion of tourism,” the bench said, adding that it was “amazed at the audacity” in giving rules a go-by.

Women in West Bengal are outraged and the storm that started in Sandeshkhali will not remain restricted to the island but reach every corner of West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

Firing barbs at the Mamata Banerjee government over what has emerged as the biggest talking point in Bengal politics, the Prime Minister said the Bengal government is using all its might to save a “culprit” – an apparent reference to Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan.

Switching to Bengali, the Prime Minister gave the BJP’s war cry, “Ei baar, 400 paar, NDA sarkar, 400 paar” at the BJP rally in Barasat, in the same district as Sandeshkhali.