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SC rejects bail plea of Phoolan Devi murder accused

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the bail application of Vijay Singh alias Raju, a key accused in the sensational murder of dacoit-turned-MP Phoolan Devi on July 25, 2001. A bench of justices......

Phoolan Devi's husband joins Congress

Bandit queen-turned-politician late Phoolan Devi's husband, Umed Singh Kashyap, has joined the Congress.Announcing this at a press conference in Chandigarh on Monday, Haryana Congress president and......

'The UP government, led by Yogi Adityanath, is afraid of us'

'Yogi Adityanath is working for one caste only and suppressing the others,' Bihar Minister and NDA ally Mukesh Sahni tells M I Khan. IMAGE: Bihar Minister Mukesh Sahni was stopped on Sunday, July......

Phoolan's 'killer' escapes from jail

Shamsher Singh Rana, prime accused in the Phoolan Devi murder case, escaped from Delhi's Tihar Jail on Tuesday.His associates, who posed as Uttaranchal policemen, took him away on a "fake"......

And the state with the most number of jailbreaks is...

UP tops the list for most jailbreaks, reports Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Perhaps, the Bhopal authorities should take learn from Tihar Jail in Delhi where till date there have only been six escapes.......

Sholay + Phoolan Devi = Zee Cinema

Seen the Zee Cinema television commercial Paap Ka Anth, being aired only on the Zee bouquet of channels? An interesting take off on a Sholay + Phoolan Devi combine the ad attempts to equate Hindi......

'I felt terribly sad when Phoolan Devi was killed'

Seema Biswas, best known for her portrayal of the dreaded Indian dacoit-turned-politician Phoolan Devi in director Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen, saw the release of yet-another classic role in......

5 SHOCKING Films On Caste

As we celebrate Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's birthday on April 14, Subhash K Jha picks five fine films based on inequality and the caste system. Sujata, 1959 IMAGE: Nutan and Sunil Dutt in......

'I don't want to show abject villainy'

IMAGE: Konkona Sen Sharma and Aditi Rao Hydari in Ajeeb Daastaans. Indian cinema often fails in capturing the overlapping of social identities, be it caste, class, gender or sexuality, giving......

The MOST SUCCESSFUL Stories on Real Women

It looks like 2020 is the year of biopics with women taking centre-stage. After Chhapaak, Shakuntala Devi took over. Alia Bhatt's Gangubai Kathiawadi is lined up for release next. Joginder Tuteja......

25 Deadliest Bollywood Dacoits

Beware of the Bollywood outlaw. With a striking black tilak marked on the forehead, bullet-loaded belt around the waist, a perennially furious gaze and a tone as threatening as that rifle in hand,......

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Phoolan Devi

News for Phoolan Devi

SC rejects bail plea of Phoolan Devi murder accused

Phoolan Devi's husband joins Congress

'The UP government, led by Yogi Adityanath, is afraid of us'

Phoolan's 'killer' escapes from jail

And the state with the most number of jailbreaks is...

Sholay + Phoolan Devi = Zee Cinema

'I felt terribly sad when Phoolan Devi was killed'

5 SHOCKING Films On Caste

'I don't want to show abject villainy'

The MOST SUCCESSFUL Stories on Real Women

25 Deadliest Bollywood Dacoits

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