Manipur needs power-sharing pact for communal unity: Bose's grand-nephew

Describing the situation in Manipur as 'tragic', Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grand-nephew Prof Sugata Bose called for working out a 'just power-sharing arrangement' in the northeastern state in......

Kanpur Muslims wary of BJP's promise to shut abattoirs

Amit Shah's sustained campaign against slaughterhouses has unnerved UP's leather and meat export industry.Archis Mohan reports from Kanpur. Bharatiya Janata Party hoardings that dot the landscape......

Blast in cracker unit kills boy; 10 kids injured

A 12-year-old boy succumbed to injuries on Friday morning even as the condition of 11 other children and three adults injured in an accidental blast in an illegal cracker-making unit in the city on......

'He was a beacon of Indian music'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Pankaj Udhas/Instagram Renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas, whose velvet smooth voice gave expression to the many colours of love, longing and heartache in songs such as......

The Freelancer Review: Yet Another Version Of The Kerala Story

The Freelancer has been made with workman-like efficiency, but the subject of Islamic terrorism could do with a break, Deepa Gahlot points out. A young Mumbai woman, Aliya (Kashmira Pardeshi),......

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar Review: Ranbir Sizzles, Shraddha Fizzles

Two seconds of Kajol and Shah Rukh Khan in Kuch Kuch Hota Hai pack in more chemistry than two hours and 44 minutes of Ranbir and Shraddha's romance in Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, feels Sukanya Verma.......

'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......