Hindustan Herald

Jorge Messi, the Father Who Built a Legend, Dies at 68 in Rosario . . He was never the one holding the trophy. He was the one who made sure his son got there. Jorge Messi, father of Lionel Messi, died at 68 after a long illness in Rosario, Argentina. This is the story of the man behind football’s greatest career.

Man Lives Inside a Netflix Billboard on Sunset Strip for 3 Days, and LA Can’t Stop Watching . . A mystery performer has been living inside a fully furnished billboard above Sunset Strip, waving, reading, and writing notes to strangers below, all part of Netflix’s boldest movie stunt yet.

This Uttarakhand Man Spent 13 Years Building A Flying Car In His Village, And It Just Flew . . A self-taught innovator from a small Himalayan village just test-flew an electric flying vehicle he built almost entirely on his own. No big funding, no metro-city lab, just 13 years of persistence. Here’s the full story behind HAPIDA SKYNeX and what it could mean for India’s mountain regions.

UPI MDR Shock: Sitharaman’s Blunt Reply To Congress, Says Users Won’t Pay A Rupee More . . Nirmala Sitharaman shut down claims that UPI is about to get expensive for users, clarifying that any Merchant Discount Rate will hit merchants, not customers, and only after Parliament clears the new tax amendment bill.

Air India Phuket-Delhi Flight Drops 300 Feet Mid-Air, Elderly Passengers Injured – Family Files DGCA Complaint Over Abandoned Response . . An Air India flight from Phuket to Delhi dropped roughly 300 feet mid-air on August 4, hurling passengers against the cabin ceiling. A family of six, including two elderly members who sustained serious injuries, has now filed a formal complaint with the DGCA alleging the crew fail…

Vijay’s Wife Withdraws Divorce Petition, Chengalpattu Court Closes Case . . Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay’s wife Sangeetha Sornalingam withdrew her divorce petition from the Chengalpattu family court on August 7, 2026. The case, filed in February over irreconcilable differences and seeking alimony and housing rights, was disposed of after months of adjournments with neither party appearing in person. No reconciliat…

Paruchuri Breaks Down Peddi: What Ram Charan Got Right and Where It Nearly Fell Apart . . Paruchuri Gopalakrishna says Ram Charan alone powered Peddi to success, but flags a bloated runtime and an underused Janhvi Kapoor as the film’s biggest missed chances.

Netflix’s The Last House Locks a Family In, and Critics Are Split on Why It Works . . A family gets trapped inside their own home overnight in Netflix’s new thriller The Last House. Here’s what the reviews are actually saying, and whether it earns a spot on your watchlist.

Varanasi Goes Underwater Again – And the Kyoto Promise Has Never Felt Further Away . . Heavy rain has left 22 areas of Varanasi waterlogged, with drains clogged and streets flooded even after the rainfall stopped. The Ganga has hit 62.66 metres and is climbing fast. Manikarnika Ghat cremation operations may be shifted. And the city that was promised a Kyoto-like transformation is, twelve years on, battling the same b…

Vismaya Mohanlal’s Debut Film Thudakkam Is Out, Critics Are Already Talking . . Thudakkam released today across Kerala and the UAE, marking Vismaya Mohanlal’s acting debut. Early reviews are praising her screen presence, while newcomer Ashish Joe Antony is being called a genuine revelation.

He Tried To Stay Silent, The Internet Refused: Inside Ravi Kishan’s Global Meme Takeover . . Ravi Kishan claimed he was observing a vow of silence, then kept talking to reporters anyway. That single contradiction reignited a meme wave so big that two European football clubs have now joined in.

Jason Sanjay Picks KGF Over Every Vijay Film, Calls It ‘Glorified Action’ . . While promoting Sigma, debutant director Jason Sanjay skipped every film from his father Vijay’s massive filmography and picked KGF as his all time favourite action entertainer instead, praising the franchise for staying loyal to its genre.