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South Korean Pop group BTS on Tuesday announced that they will be going on a "indefinite hiatus" to pursue individual careers, but promised they would "return someday". The seven members of the group are credited with generating billions of dollars for the South Korean economy.

The group members, who have been together for nine years, made it clear that they are not disbanding.

The announcement was made during their streamed annual "FESTA" dinner, part of a celebration that marks their anniversary as a group.

In the hour-long YouTube video, group member RM, 27, said that after the Grammy-nominated BTS' last few singles he "didn't know what kind of group we were anymore," adding later that group members were "exhausted."

Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor's brother Siddhanth Kapoor was released on bail late on Monday after he was arrested for alleged consumption of drugs. 

The other four people arrested have also been released on bail, said police.

Siddhanth Kapoor and the four others will have to further appear before the police as and when called, said Bheema Shankar Gulled, Deputy Commissioner of Police for East Bengaluru.

Siddhanth Kapoor was taken into custody earlier in the day for allegedly consuming drugs at a party in the city on Sunday night.

 Guled said, "Siddhanth Kapoor's medical shows he had consumed drugs. We have already arrested him and are following the procedure. We will be sending him to judicial custody."

Acting on a tip-off, police raided a hotel on MG Road in the city on Sunday night where a party was hosted.

"Last night we got info that a party is going on and they have consumed drugs. We raided and detained 35 people. We didn't find any drugs on their person but found MDMA and ganja disposed of nearby. We will investigate CCTV to check who disposed it of," added DCP Guled.

Samples of people suspected of having consumed drugs were sent for medical tests and Siddhanth's sample tested positive. Police said it was unclear whether they had consumed drugs at the hotel or had come to the party after taking drugs outside.

"The hotel has been given notice, we have asked specific questions, they will have to answer. Bengaluru city police have declared war on drugs and this was part of it. Earlier in the month, we had conducted a raid where 34 people tested positive for drugs," added the senior police officer. 

(With inputs from agencies)

With Bollywood films getting a sad beating in terms of their box-office runs and money spells going dry for most big budget films likeDhaakad and Samrat Prithviraj, pan Indian stars like Ram Charan, Jr NTR and Kamal Hassan are saving the day for cinema across the country. Kamal Haasan’s Vikram has shattered records in less than a week and the high on action drama is showing no signs of stopping.

The action thriller film, which was made on a budget of Rs 120-150 crores has already made a business of over Rs 250 crores in its first week of release. While the film is growing stronger in parts of North India and overseas as well, this film has already managed to cross and break some stellar box office records held in Tamil Nadu by blockbusters like Baahubali 2, KGF 2, RRR and even Master.

In November 2021, a Special Investigation Team (SIT) was formed to independently probe the charges of possession and consumption of drugs against Aryan Khan, son of Shah Rukh Khan, and 19 others. This team was probing the case prepared by the Narcotics Control Bureau's (NCB) zonal directorate, headed by Sameer Wankhede at the time. This came a month after Aryan Khan and five others' sensational arrest by the NCB in the Cordelia cruise drug bust at the Mumbai port on October 2. It was claimed that a substantial quantity of illicit drugs was seized from them, and that Aryan had links with an international drugs syndicate. Had the charges been proved, Aryan, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, could have been sentenced to six months to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. But, as of May 28, 2022, Aryan Khan has been cleared of all charges due to lack of sufficient evidence in the case for which he spent more than 20 days in custody last year.

Pooja Hegde tweeted about an Indigo staff member for his rude behaviour. She named the person and wrote that he used an 'arrogant, ignorant and threatening tone' with her for no reason. The actress also wrote that she doesn't tweet about these issues but brought it to everyone's notice as she found it appalling.

Pooja Hegde took to Twitter and wrote, "Extremely sad with how rude @IndiGo6E staff member, by the name of Vipul Nakashe behaved with us today on our flight out from Mumbai.Absolutely arrogant, ignorant and threatening tone used with us for no reason.Normally I don’t tweet abt these issues, but this was truly appalling (sic)."