Prime Minister Narendra Modi will move the motion today in the Lok Sabha to choose Om Birla as the Speaker of the lower house amid a tussle for the post with the opposition's Indian National......
UP's representation in the government could diminish, given the BJP's decreased seat count in that state. IMAGE: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra D Modi in conversation with Telugu......
With Nitish Kumar on its side, a BJP-led government may feel increased pressure to conduct a nationwide caste-based census. IMAGE: Janata Dal-United President Nitish Kumar and Lallan Singh, the......
'We made a mistake. We misunderstood. Now all is well.' IMAGE: Lallan Singh, the current Janata Dal-United MP from Munger, is in Rajgir drumming up support for Kaushalendra Kumar, the incumbent MP......
Scenes from the campaign trail in New Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Amritsar, Ranchi and Guwahati. IMAGE: Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party leader Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy greets voters at......
A stable Congress-led government is here and it is likely to call the shots over the next five years. Given this scenario where the new government is not hampered by the Left parties when it comes......
Does the 'story' of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its 'spirit', asks Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mani Ratnam. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images 1. Does the 'story' of a Mani Ratnam film......
The heist stretch of the movie is not without imagination, but arriving at that chunk, and sitting through what follows, can be bad for your skin, warns Sreehari Nair. Right after......
'Unlike OK Kanmani, Kaatru Veliyedai lends itself to a classical form. It is very different from the previous film in tone, texture and scope.' Mani Ratnam discusses his latest......
Is feel-good a genre? It certainly should be. These are films that instantly pick you up; embrace you with their free flowing warmth, remind you of an innocence you've not quite given up on and......
'Sent off to interview him in the late 1970s I met him in a cafe in New Delhi's Regal Building called The Parlour. With impromptu send-ups of Laurence Olivier, Sybil Thorndike and the rich,......