When Kasturi Rajamurty won a gold medal in powerlifting at the WPPL World Cup in Russia, she sure had come a long way. From a life of penury to constantly being short of funds to fuel her passion, she had finally triumphed, and how.
With the eagerly awaited Pushpa 2: The Rule set for release in December, there's a chance the industry could match, if not surpass, the collections of 2023.
We asked colleagues, present and past, to reflect on a man who has made such a difference to their lives and careers. Here it is then, a rich collection of memories that offer enchanting glimpses of the enigmatic Ajit Balakrishnan.
This is the second time that Ranaut has met the BJP president since she stirred a controversy earlier this week with her disparaging remarks on the farmers agitation against the now repealed three farm laws.
Exit polls on Saturday predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain power for a third straight term, with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls.
BJP heavyweights Smriti Irani, Arjun Munda, Ajay Mishra Teni and Kailash Chaudhary were among the 13 Union ministers who tasted defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as stunning losses in three Hindi heartland states forced the BJP to rely on allies to form the government.
With the assembly election results throwing up surprises, most exit polls got the outcome in Chhattisgarh and the scale of the Bharatiya Janata Party's win in Madhya Pradesh wrong.
A Nepal court on Thursday lifted the ban on Hindi films, including Prabhas-starrer Adipurush, asking authorities not to halt the screening of any movie passed by the country's censor board.
Special teams have been formed under the orders of the Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu, C Sylendra Babu to arrest them, they said.
Using snatches of a cult favourite or evergreen classic in its original form for action, comedy or romance can transform the entire vibe of a scene.
The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) maintains that winning a gold medal at the Nationals was not a criterion to pick the team.
Bhediya is an easy, entertaining watch, raves Sukanya Verma.
The best films are not necessarily the most successful -- that would be another list altogether -- although sometimes quality and commerce do converge.
It was a lull period for Bollywood in August as none of the new releases could work at the box office, hope that it turns around in September.
The Gujarat police arrested filmmaker Avinash Das on Wednesday in a case related to sharing on Twitter a photo of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with arrested IAS officer Pooja Singhal, an official said.
The boy from Kanpur kept his audiences in theatres, on television and lately on social media platforms engaged with vivid societal sketches, be it about travelling in Mumbai's famous locals or lampooning queues at wedding buffets.
Boman Irani makes his OTT debut with Masoom, and it was good to see the actor on screen after a long time, observes Deepa Gahlot.
It said the searches that were launched on July 22 in nine cities like Bhopal, Indore, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Noida and some others are "continuing and further investigations are in progress."
The group's digital news site had put out reports, along with pictures, on dead bodies of suspected coronavirus patients floating down the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar which had led to nationwide consternation.
The two media groups have been critical of the Covid-19 management in the country and have done numerous news stories on the subject during the second wave of the pandemic that hit the country between April and May.
The incident took place outside the district hospital in Akbarpur where the hospital's fourth class employees staged a dharna by putting locks on the OPD on Thursday, Kanpur Dehat SP Keshav Kumar Choudhary said.
She has also accused him of torturing her both mentally and physically for over two years.
The Uttar Pradesh government ordered a probe by a special investigation team after an IAS officer was seen in some video clips at a gathering at his home where religious conversion was being allegedly discussed.
Union minister Anurag Thakur said that "one should take complete information and sometimes many issues come up that are far from truth..."
'If deaths had been properly reported, it would have helped contain the pandemic.'
DB Corp, which publishes the country's second most widely read paper Dainik Bhaskar, has been gradually reducing its stake in DNA and wants to focus on the growth in regional markets.
Did you know that the original choice for the title role in Piku was not Deepika Padukone? It was Parineeti Chopra.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the film-maker's work over the years.
'Gratitude for the blessings of one's life is my greatest takeaway this year.'
The Income Tax Department on Wednesday raided the homes and offices of Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap as well as his partners who launched the now shuttered production house Phantom Films, officials said.
Sukanya Verma tells us how to rock night clothes, Hindi filum style.
'I think we can agree she was the lucky one there?'
'I haven't seen such a vicious campaign to tarnish our industry's reputation.' 'Ever since Sushant Singh Rajput's tragic death, any and everyone thinks it is their right to speak of the industry as a filthy place.'
The hits and misses of the week.
A total of 60 referees from categories 3 and 4 have been divided into two batches of 30 participants each and are undergoing online classes for over two hours thrice a day. All of them are ex-FIFA referees. In addition, 50 observers and instructors are also part of the tutorial classes as invitees.
Experts believe that under-reporting is likely to cause an underestimation of the spread of the disease.
Irrfan Khan hosted a special screening of his new film Hindi Medium for his friends in the film industry.
The manner in which a large proportion of common people have mortgaged their rationality and questioning spirit to let hatred, prejudice, and bigotry take over their minds is a cause of worry, observes Mohammad Sajjad.
Dharmendra Singh, a journalist with the Hindi newspaper Dainik Bhaskar, was was standing at a tea stall near his house early in morning when three bike-borne assailants opened fire on him, peppering his chest with bullets.
After playing the Rani of Jhansi, Ms Ranaut will play kabaddi in her next film.
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