Day after rout, Adhir says Kharge never campaigned in Baharampur

A day after his defeat from the Baharampur parliamentary constituency, veteran Congress leader and five-time MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday said he wasn't certain of what his political......

'Why can't the Modi government answer questions?'

'Till today, we don't know how many people died of Covid in India.''How many migrated from cities to villages during the Covid pandemic?''How many corporates contributed to PM Cares?' IMAGE:......

Parl security breach 'kingpin' Lalit Jha a quiet man: Kolkata neighbours

Neighbors of Lalit Jha, the alleged mastermind in the Parliament security breach, were surprised to see his images on news channels, recalling him as a reserved individual who seldom engaged with......

Steely Stalin steals Modi's show too

Stalin owes his victory, like in 2019, to the hate-campaign of the local Hindutva forces, which kept haranguing him, and even his dead father, notes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Dravida Munnetra......

Zee, Sony to sell 3 Hindi channels to address CCI concerns

Big Magic, Zee Action and Zee Classic are all part of Zee network; the merging firms have a combined viewership share of 36% in Hindi general entertainment, and 33% in Hindi movies. Photograph:......

Will content creators drive the next wave of e-commerce?

A host of start-ups are basing entire business models on the presumption that content creators will drive the next wave of e-commerce. Deepsekhar Choudhury reports. First it was called content-led......

Regional languages rule TV!

The four south Indian languages grew by 7% while regional languages within the Hindi speaking markets (such as Bhojpuri, Bangla, Marathi, etc) grew by 26%.Urvi Malvania reports. Photograph: Ahmad......

Internet in India: Future lies with the vernacular

Not only is the number of language users set to grow faster than English users over the next five years, these users are more likely to lead a more active digital life. Arundhuti Dasgupta &......

Why Didn't #BoycottBrahmastra Work?

Nobody else needs to boycott Bollywood, they are doing a pretty good job of digging up their own foundation, notes Deepa Gahlot. IMAGE: Ranbir Kapoor in Brahmastra. If a moviegoer was not on......

The Meteoric Rise Of Pan-Indian Films

'This is the best time to do a pan-Indian film.' IMAGE: Tovino Thomas in Minnal Murali. How did we get here? Basil Joseph's Minnal Murali (Malayalam) is a sweet, unusual, superhero film. On......

Can Indian storytellers conquer the world?

If Indian storytelling can deliver, it can make the entertainment industry an engine of economic growth and a substantial contributor to GDP, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. IMAGE: Nawazuddin......

'Does Ekta Kapoor ever sleep?'

'Sometimes I wonder if she is real.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Erica Fernandes/Instagram Erica Fernandes stepped into Prerna's shoes last night, September 25, when Kasautii Zindagii Kay 2......

Afghan stripped of Afghanistan captaincy

Photograph: Kind courtesy  ICC/Twitter The Afghanistan Cricket Board has stripped Asghar Afghan of the national team captaincy, blaming him for losing the test match against Zimbabwe in......

IPL 2021: Star Sports hopes to earn Rs 32 billion

Disney-Star generated advertising revenue of over Rs 27 billion for IPL 2020. IMAGE: Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler of England makes their way out alongside Virat Kohli and K L Rahul of India ahead......

IPL is now the Big Bucks League

The IPL has the potential to make cricketers among the best paid athletes in the world if you look at what they will earn per hour.Surajeet Das Gupta reports. IMAGE: Mumbai Indians Owner Nita......

Gambhir is an obvious choice for Test captaincy: Ganguly

Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly on Monday once again raised a question mark over Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy in Test cricket and said Gautam Gambhir's success in the IPL would give......

Ready to play IPL if taken: Ganguly

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who remained unsold during the recent IPL auction, on Wednesday said that he was ready to play in the IPL if selected. Asked by a Bengali TV channel if he would......