After winning the double gold medals at the Chess Olympiad, Telangana Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, on Friday announced a cash reward of Rs. 25 lakhs for each Indian chess grandmaster, Arjun Erigaisi and Harika Dronavalli.

'The maximum struggle that I have gone through in this industry was to try to get a film made which had a female action star.' 'And that film never got made, despite reaching out to some of the biggest actresses.'

The ticket prices will remain same as the previous rates for the upcoming third Test of the India versus New Zealand series to be played here from November 1-5, the Mumbai Cricket Association has said.

Make time for this one, you will be in for a pleasant surprise like I was, endorses Mayur Sanap.

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Thursday unveiled the next phase of growth at Reliance Industries Ltd, with retail and telecom worth over $100 billion each, doubling revenues and pre-tax profit in 3-4 years, new energy business becoming profitable by 2031, and core oil and chemical business continuing to be the robust growth engine. The sprawling conglomerate with interests in refining, oil and gas, petrochemicals, telecom, retail, and media is on track to more than double in size before the end of the decade, Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance, told company shareholders.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director (MD) Gita Gopinath has condemned the "terrible and disturbing" incident of rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. "Personally, it is terrible to have any event of this kind. It is disturbing," she told Business Standard in New Delhi.

'How can a citizen of this country having been a Member of Parliament, and the other who has seen enough of Foreign Service takes no time in saying that what happened in the neighbourhood will happen in India'

If there's one thing the full-of-beans star knows, it's how to stay happy, observes Dinesh Raheja.

The Times Of India Film Awards OTT Edition 2023 awards saw Bollywood's talents being acknowledged and honoured.

Lt Gen (Retd) Puri and several other Kargil veterans who had played a decisive role in the 1999 war were felicitated by the Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan in Delhi recently.

'Everybody goes through tumultuous times. I've been lucky and my journey has been excellent.' 'I can't complain because I've had everything and God has been kind.'

The consistently heavy downpour of films, shows, events, videos and whatnot is causing economic disruption.

'China will do everything to hamper our ability to be a competitor.' 'China wants every country in the region to be subservient and we are the biggest stumbling block.'

From wannabe astronauts to visually disabled heroes, be sure to make some time for all the OTT action Sukanya Verma recommends this week.

High-end apartments, penthouses, and bungalows boasting amenities like swimming pools, expansive driveways, and premium interiors are becoming highly sought after.

'This is where I grew up. The only business I know is cinema.'

'We want to send a notice to the BJP that Rajputs are no longer their slaves.'

Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.

Sukanya Verma recaps all those events from 25 years ago.

Showtime is watchable but never engrossing, notes Sukanya Verma.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to farmers and other stakeholders associated with the cooperative sector to make GCMMF, which owns the 'Amul' brand, the world's number one dairy company from its current eighth position. He was addressing nearly one lakh people, mostly cattle rearers and farmers, gathered at the Narendra Modi stadium in Motera area of Ahmedabad for the golden jubilee celebration of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).

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'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.'

The CJI said there is an urgent need to emerge from the adjournment culture to a culture of professionalism.

Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them!

'Everyone is so excited. There is a lot of excitement everywhere. This was a long time desire of many people.'

Joginder Tuteja lists the Bollywood arrivals in theatres later this year.

Sukanya Verma picks the best of OTT from 2023.

Deepa Gahlot picks 10 Web series that was worth the viewer's while.

The year saw its share of news and views. But there were some that really stood out for our readers.

After the debacle of the first episodes of Season 6, the latter half give an even-handed treatment to intriguing not-so-well-known events of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, observes Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.

Even as we tip our hats to the best performances of 2023, there are quite a few that may have gone unnoticed.

Songs from big ticket movies regaled on the strength of spunk and swagger even as pre-existing bangers like Diljit Dosanjh's Lover in Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, Kohraa's Beqarar Karke Humein in Jawan and an Iranian wedding favourite Jamal Kudu in Animal grew a brand new fanbase in the course of enhancing the storytelling values.

As results were declared for assembly elections in four states -- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana -- here are how some of the prominent candidates fared.

As Telangana voters queued up to exercise their franchise in the assembly polls on Thursday, they were pleasantly surprised by finding some of the well-known actors and politicians around them.

The fourth Filmfare OTT awards saw some interesting winners as top shows like Scoop and Jubilee as well as movies like Darlings and Sirf Ek Banda Kaafi Hai scored big.

Meet the winners of the Filmfare OTT Awards 2023.

Indian Air Force aircraft practice for Friday's platinum jubilee celebration at the Ambala Air Force Station.

'The tank battle was fought at ranges of 300-700 metres.' 'It was a rare example of the complete destruction of a squadron by another squadron.'

Ananya Panday celebrated her 25th birthday in style on the Maldives on October 30.