"Darshan has anger issues, I speak to him within my limits": Co-Star Anusha Rai
Bengaluru: Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, currently embroiled in allegations of murder, is known to have anger issues, according to his co-star Anusha Rai. In a recent interview, Rai expressed disbelief over the accusations against Darshan, describing him as a humble and caring individual despite his temperamental nature.
"He has anger issues, but he is also very humble and good. He doesn't get angry about everything. People talk to him carefully. When I speak to him, I keep within my limits. Darshan has openly admitted in interviews that he has anger issues," Anusha Rai told Hindustan Times.
Rai also mentioned that she was unaware of Darshan's relationship with Pavithra Gowda, another co-star, who has been named the main accused in the case.
Earlier this week, Rai expressed concern on Instagram for Darshan's wife and 15-year-old son, who have been facing hate comments online. She pointed out that Darshan has not been convicted and urged the public to let the law take its course.
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The controversy stems from the alleged murder of Renuka Swamy, a 33-year-old resident of Chitradurga, Karnataka. Swamy was reportedly kidnapped from his home on June 8 and later found dead in a drain in Bengaluru. His post mortem report revealed 15 wounds and concluded that he died of shock and hemorrhage.
Darshan was arrested two days after the incident from his Mysuru farmhouse. Pavithra Gowda is also in custody in connection with the case. The allegations claim that Darshan and his fans tortured and killed Swamy after he posted lewd comments about Gowda.
Actor Sanjjanaa Galrani, who has worked with Darshan, described him as a "demigod figure" in the Kannada film industry and called his arrest a "black day" for the artists. Defending Darshan, Galrani stated that he was a "soft-spoken gentleman" with a respectful and gentle nature, contrasting sharply with the person portrayed in the news.
"The person being spoken about in the news and the person that I know feel like two different personalities," Galrani had stated.
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‘Self-styled Vishwaguru stands exposed’: Cong's dig at PM over Pak role in US-Iran ceasefire
New Delhi (PTI): Taking a swipe at the government, the Congress on Wednesday said the role played by Pakistan in bringing about the ceasefire between the US and Iran is a “severe setback” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “highly personalised diplomacy” and “the self-styled Vishwaguru stands thoroughly exposed”.
The opposition party also said Prime Minister Modi's “cowardice is demonstrated by his silence not only on Israel’s belligerence, but on the completely unacceptable and disgraceful language being used by his good friend in the White House”.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the entire world will cautiously welcome the two-week ceasefire in the West Asia conflict between the US and Israel on the one side and Iran on the other.
“The conflict had begun on February 28th with the targeted assassinations of the topmost echelons of the regime in Iran. These had started just two days after Prime Minister Modi had completed his much-trumpeted visit to Israel, a visit that diminished India’s global stature and standing,” Ramesh claimed.
PM Modi had said nothing about Israel’s "genocide" in Gaza and its aggressively expansionist policies in the occupied West Bank, Ramesh said.
“The role played by Pakistan in bringing about the ceasefire is a severe setback to both the substance and style of Mr Modi’s highly personalised diplomacy,” he said.
The policy to isolate Pakistan for its continuing support to terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir and to convince the world that it is a failed state has clearly not succeeded – unlike what Manmohan Singh had accomplished after the Mumbai terror attacks, Ramesh claimed.
That a bankrupt economy dependent entirely on the largesse of external donors and a broken country in so many ways was able to play such a role calls into question Modi’s strategy of engagement and narrative management, he said.
“He (Modi) or his team has also never explained why Op Sindoor was suddenly and abruptly halted on May 10th 2025 - the first announcement of which came from the US Secretary of State and for which the US President has claimed credit almost a hundred times since then,” the Congress leader said.
“There is a palpable sigh of relief everywhere. The External Affairs Minister (S Jaishankar) dismissed Pakistan as a dalal. But now the self-styled Vishwaguru stands thoroughly exposed, his self-declared 56-inch chest shrunk and shrivelled,” Ramesh said.
“His cowardice is demonstrated by his silence not only on Israel’s belligerence, but on the completely unacceptable and disgraceful language being used by his good friend in the White House,” the Congress leader added.
US President Donald Trump pulled back on his threats to launch devastating strikes on Iran late Tuesday, as the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump swerved to de-escalate the war less than two hours before the deadline he set for Tehran to capitulate to a deal or face attacks on its bridges and power plants meant to destroy the Iranian civilisation.
Trump made the dramatic announcement on Truth Social on Tuesday evening (US time) even as Democrats called for his removal over unhinged threats to wipe out the Iranian civilisation.
"Based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan, and wherein they requested that I hold off the destructive force being sent tonight to Iran, subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz," the US President said in a social media post.
Iran's Supreme National Security Council said it has accepted the ceasefire and that it would negotiate with the United States in Pakistan beginning Friday. Neither Iran nor the United States said when the ceasefire would begin, and attacks took place in Israel, Iran and across the Gulf region early Wednesday.
Israel backed the US ceasefire with Iran but the deal doesn't cover fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said early Wednesday.
