A win-win for Modi and Trump?

'For Trump, this maddening extravaganza will play out well in his election campaign, showing himself off as a hugely popular world leader,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.The second......

Why exit polls go wrong

Exit polls often go wrong in India because pollsters don't sample voters in the poorest parts of the country or the core support bases of different political parties, explains Professor Atanu......

No surge for Clinton, but she may have wooed the undecided

The fight was for the more than 10 million millennials, the undecided and the independents and Clinton clearly came out on top, feels Aziz Haniffa. Cliched as it has become, the match-up between......

Guinness World Records: The world just got bolder, wackier

From the tallest dog to the high-jumping Llama, a bearded female to the most tattooed senior citizen... the 2017 edition of the Guinness World Records reveals a selection of the most jaw-dropping......

Turner shuts down Imagine TV

Turner Broadcasting System has decided to shut down its Hindi general entertainment channel, Imagine TV. It had acquired the channel from NDTV in 2010."Imagine TV has not performed and grown as per......

Turner to buy NDTV Imagine

Turner International is close to acquiring a controlling stake in entertainment company NDTV Imagine, which runs three entertainment channels. The channels were launched by the group a year ago as......

How celebrities make their millions

The business of being a celebrity is simple. First, you get rich and famous using your most primal talent: Beyonce sings. Ryan Seacrest hosts. Glenn Beck talks (or weeps) into a microphone or......

Grim plot twist for Bollywood

India's Bollywood film business is facing its own version of a horror movie as it reels from a crash in the price of film rights, competition from cricket broadcasts and a dispute with multiplex......

If Ambani Buys Disney Star...

Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors.That is a reach just under half of......

No, Friends is Not The Best Sitcom Ever!

'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode......

What's Anupam Kher doing with Lenny Kravitz?

Watch out for Anupam on NBC! span class="credit">Photograph: Kind courtesy Anupam Kher/Instagram Anupam Kher, grand marshal at the India Day Parade in New Jersey, caught up with singer Lenny......

'Wow. The power of women'

'I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue.' Stirring......

Kobe Bryant and daughter among 9 killed in helicopter crash

Kobe Bryant rocketed to fame as an 18-year-old rookie and played 20 years for the Los Angeles Lakers - 18 of them as an all-star - winning five NBA championships. IMAGE: Kobe Bryant with his......

Winter Olympics Sidelights: Russian medallist suspected of doping

IMAGE:  Aleksandr Krushelnitckii, an Olympic athlete from Russia. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters. A Russian medallist at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is suspected of having tested......

NFL: Singer Katy Perry bags Super Bowl halftime show

Singer Katy Perry performs live at Perth Arena during her Prismatic World Tour. Photograph: Paul Kane/Getty Images Pop singer Katy Perry will headline the halftime entertainment at February's......