NDTV Hindu: Local fare for Chennai

Chennai has just got its own news and entertainment channel, courtesy a 50:50 joint venture between NDTV Ltd and The Hindu. After the launch of MetroNation, this is NDTV's second attempt at......

Roche files 2 pleas against Cipla copycat drug

The Indian arm of Swiss drug maker F Hoffman-La Roche Scientific has filed two separate petitions against Cipla in the Bombay high court alleging patent and trademark infringements over its......

Cancer drug puts licence, patent rules to test

The drugs manufacturing industry is on a state of alert following two landmark developments over a cancer treatment medicine. For one, the first application for a compulsory licence filed in......

Made-in-India drugs: Hope for AIDS patients

Indian generic drug-makers are the big hope for AIDS patients in poorer countries. Medicines produced in India have become a lifeline for people living in developing countries around the world. In......

Hema-Rekha Party Together!

Hema Malini hosted a party for her friends on her 74th birthday on October 16 and look who turned up. Wearing a Neeta Lulla sari for the occasion, Hema -- who is also the Lok Sabha MP from Mathura......

At Sunita Kapoor's Karva Chauth Party

Like every year, Sunita and Anil Kapoor hosted a Karva Chauth get-together at their home in Mumbai. Their lady friends, dressed gorgeously, were present for the soiree. The husbands joined in later......

'Kangana is nothing like what people perceive her'

'She was the captain of the ship, so she had to handle every character well.''She took care of everyone.' IMAGE: Ankita as Jhalkaribai in Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi. Photograph: Kind......

How talent management firms make stars

A clutch of professional talent management firms is changing the balance of demand and supply in India's entertainment industry, discovers Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. IMAGE: Director Vikramaditya......