The changing fortunes of Lalit Modi

Prakash Bhandari chalks the journey of Lalit Modi from his troubled adolescent days to his mid-life crisis, from his grand success at the India Premier League to his dramatic exit from it. Former......

Sacking of ministers: PM, Sonia hold different views?

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s unprecedented protection of Law Minister Ashwini Kumar is baffling say many in the Congress party. Renu Mittal reports Is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and......

Cong leaders miffed as ex-CBI chief made Nagaland guv

Former bureaucrats are pushing politicians from key posts, feel party loyalists.  In a fresh round of changes announced for the governor's posts last week, former Central Bureau of......

PHOTOS: India's Charlie Chaplin hits the streets

Every year, on April 16, a 63-year-old Ayurvedic doctor in the small town of Kutch in Gujarat relives the life and times of his hero, Charlie Chaplin. Ashok Aswani, who occasionally hands out free......

Datsun GO: An affordable car made for Indian buyers

For Nissan, Datsun is something of a legacy brand and the current launch marks its return to the market after nearly three decades. "It is idli, not pasta," is how Aswani Gupta, programme director......

SEZs: BMS to mobilise workers against 'land scam'

India's largest central trade union, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh,said on Monday it willmobilise workers and public against Special economic zonesby launching nation-wide protests from July 16 to 23.......

First Look: Allu Arjun's Race Gurram

Allu Arjun’s next film after Iddarammayilatho is titled Race Gurram (Race Horse). It is directed by Surendar Reddy (of Athidhi, Kick, Oosaravelli fame). Shruti Haasan and Arjun are the lead......

Saloni Aswani in Telugu film Maryada Ramanna

Mumbai born-and-bred Saloni Aswani dreamt of being under the arclights since childhood. She entered films via modelling. After her debut in the Hindi film Dil Pardesi Ho Gaya she got the offer to......

Can Salman's charm save Saaawan?

Salman ke wajah se log theatre tak aaye varna itna pakaw aur bakwas picture dekh ne kaun aayega.' That's what a man yelled after he came out of a show of Saaawan. Trust me, he is right. Because for......

Skin is in!

A few years ago, Shah Rukh Khan was quoted as saying, 'When a film flops, people come up with 85,000 excuses -- from the colour of the hero's socks to the cracks in the Great Wall of China.'......

Indian pugilists fail to impress

On a day whenthe Phillipines showed their class in ample measure, India struggled to find its feet, literally, against quality opposition in the Goa International Boxing Championship, organised by......