MNS may contest Worli seat against Uddhav Sena's Aaditya Thackeray

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Sandeep Deshpande is likely to take on Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray MLA Aaditya Thackeray from Mumbai's Worli seat in the upcoming state assembly polls,......

Nilesh Rane arrested in assault case, sent in judicial custody

Former Congress MP Nilesh Rane was on Friday arrested by the Chiplun police in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra in a case where he is accused of assaulting and kidnapping a local party worker.......

Shwaas out of Oscar race

Sandeep Sawant's Marathi film Shwaas has failed to make it to the Oscar nominations. The film was India's official entry in the foreign film category."We are out of the race. Our film is not......

Shinde faction moves no-trust motion against Maharashtra deputy speaker

A day after the Uddhav Thackeray faction submitted a plea before Deputy Speaker Narhari Jhirwal to disqualify the rebel MLAs, the Ekanth Shinde faction on Friday gave a notice of no-confidence......

New avatars for Shwaas

Shwaas, the Marathifilm that was India's official entry at theOscars in2004 is getting several new avatars. It is beingdubbed in Hindi, Bengali and Tamil. Distributors in Gujarat and South India,......

Shwaas: India's entry for Oscars

Marathi film Shwaas will be India's entry for the Oscars.Directed by 36-year-old debutant Sandeep Sawant, Shwaas bagged this year's National Award for Best Film. Child artiste Ashwin Chitale, who......

PIX: Shabana Azmi, Rakhi Sawant celebrate Holi

Bollywood celebrities ushered in the festival of colours with much fervour on March 27. Shabana Azmi, who's known for her fun-filled Holi parties over the years, didn't disappoint this......

Foreign films vie for Oscar glory

A poignant story of a woman's struggle to survive and lead a meaningful life, despite being an AIDS victim, is South Africa's nomination for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award. The film,......

Khel Ratna for Rani; Lovlina, Ishant take home Arjuna Award

Sports Minister hands over trophies to 2020 National Sports Awards winners   IMAGE: Tokyo Olympics bronze medallist boxer Lovlina Borgohain receives the Arjuna Award from Sports Minister......

NRAI announces Indian shooting team for Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: Reigning World No 1 in women's 10m air rifle Elavenil Valarivan is the only athlete to have been picked in the team, who had not won, one of the 15-quotas won by the national team.......

Shooting: Elavenil, Anish among 34 core group picked for Olympics

'These shooters will be training and preparing for the Games separately.' IMAGE: Elavenil Valarivan won the gold medal in 10m Air Rifle event at the ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro last year.......

No Arjuna for past Khel Ratnas Sakshi, Mirabai

Photograph: Kind courtesy Sakshi Malik/Twitter The Sports Ministry, on Friday, decided against bestowing the Arjuna award on former Khel Ratna winners Sakshi Malik and Mirabai Chanu, pruning the......

Check out schedule of Indian athletes at Tokyo Olympics

Photograph: Kind courtesy Hockey India/Twitter India will be sending a 228-strong contingent including 119 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics. Out of the 119 athletes, 67 are male and 52 are......