Cinemas get ready to open in new COVID-19 normal

Sushant Singh Rajput's last theatrical release 'Chhichhore' is among the films that will get a big screen re-release on Thursday as cinemas in several parts of the country ready to open after seven......

Patient's severed leg put under his head as pillow at UP hospital

A man's leg, which got severed in a bus accident, was allegedly used as a pillow to prop him up at the state-run Maharani Laxmibai Medical College in Jhansi, prompting the Uttar Pradesh government......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

PHOTOS: Theatres open after 7 months in COVID-19 shadow

Cinemas in several parts of the country opened after seven months on Thursday with a few film enthusiasts venturing warily into movie watching in a COVID-19 'contactless' era of alternate seating,......

Allow sale of non-essentials: Retailers to govt

Retailers are also demanding that home delivery across all forms of retail should be allowed to ensure a level playing field. Some of the country's top retailers, including Future Retail, Bata and......

ADAG bites into food business

Brother Mukesh Ambani might be the king of retail, but Anil Ambani's ADAG is getting ready to make its presence felt in branded food products. The group is all set to launch a food and beverage......

Flu effect: Film business may lose Rs 25 crore

With the Maharashtra government ordering closure of all multiplexes and theatres in Mumbai till August 16 due to fast spreading swine flu, the film exhibition business may incur an overall......

Future Group bags INOX media rights

Future Media, the media company of Kishore Biyani's Future group, announced the acquisition of on-screen media rights of all Inox Leisure multiplexes in the country for the next two and half years.......

The movie theatre experience, post lockdown

Movie theatres may reopen around the second week of July. The next time you walk into a cinema hall, be prepared to find an empty seat adjacent to you. India's movie-going experience has been......

3 Idiots set to rake in Rs 65 cr in first 3 days

3 Idiots has passed the cinegoer's test with flying colours. The Aamir Khan-starrer raked in Rs 12.5 crore (Rs 125 million) on Friday. Experts estimate the movie to net Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million)......

Paa proves a triumph for the Bachchans

It's a comeback of sorts for Bollywood's Big B, not just for his path-breaking performance as a 13-year old boy, Auro, but as a producer. Amitabh Bachchan's production house, ABCL, is back in the......

Lockdown: Cinema halls lose 1,000 crore every month!

'In our business, every time a seat goes empty, it is a perishable good.''We have lost the opportunity of earning revenue out of it.''It's impossible to recover what we have lost.'Bedika/PTI......

Sunday's Blockbuster streaming was all Ind-Pak cricket

IMAGE: Fans had a great time watching the India-Pakistan matches on Inox screens. Photograph: Inox Twitter It was a Sunday blockbuster with over 1.8 crore viewers tuning into the India-Pakistan......

Alok ends India's medal drought in Pool events

National billiards champion Alok Kumar on Sunday became the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in pool events by clinching bronze in the men's 8-ball category despite losing in the......

Images: Hurricane Gilchrist hits Centurion

Deccan Chargers' fast bowler Ryan Harris dives to stop a shot against the Delhi Dareddevils in the first semi-final of the Indian Premier League in Centurion, on Friday. Harris had given Deccan an......

Pool probables for Asian Games

Veteran Alok Kumar and national snooker champion Manan Chandra were included among the probables for the 8-ball and 9-ball pool events at the Doha Asian Games in December.The Billiards and Snooker......

Women cueists to enter Asian Games

Women cueists would get a maiden opportunity to prove their prowess in any mutli-discipline event when they compete for the two gold medals on offer at the 2006 Doha Asian Games.The Asian Games Cue......