Padma Vibhushan for Mario Miranda, Bhupen Hazarika

President Pratibha Patil has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2012. This year the President has approved 109 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 14 in the category of......

2023's 7 Jewels From The South

It's been a good year at the movies. Subhash K Jha picks his favourite films of 2023 from down south.   Sapta Sagaradaache Ello – Side A Language: KannadaWhere to watch? Amazon Prime......

Hunter Tootega Nahi, Todega Review: Unpredictable!

Hunter Tootega Nahi, Todega is bizarre, unintentionally funny, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The guy is shot at, stabbed, blown up, has a kidney extracted, but all he does is grimace and come up with......

Esha Gupta: Navin Tyagi sounds more Talibani than Hindu

A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Navin Tyagi, a Hindu Mahasabha leader from Uttar Pradesh, recently demanded that actresses who perform in item numbers wearing......

Enough of Baahubali!

'I hope against hope that Indian film-makers don't take their future cue from the creator of this insufferable franchise,' says J Jagannath. IMAGE: Prabhas in Baahubali: The Conclusion. For the......

Sasikiran retains title, Aarthie wrests lead

Top seeded Grandmaster Krishnan Sasikiran of Tamil Nadu crushed unseeded International Master G B Prakash of Tamil Nadu to retain the National 'A' chess title with a round to spare, on the......

Barua wins Tata International Chess

Commonwealth champion Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua won the Tata International Open Chess tournament in Jamshedpur on Monday after a quick draw with GM Saidali Iuldashev of Uzbekistan in the 11th and......

Karavade is India's 8th WGM

Eesha Karavade became India's eighth Woman Grandmaster after settling for an easy draw with Adel Omearat of Syria in the ninth and final round in the seventh Dubai International Chess championship......