BJP wins big in UP local body polls, blow to Akhilesh

The Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party has claimed that the party-backed candidates won 67 of 75 seats of the district panchayat chief, the voting for which was held on Saturday. State BJP chief......

UP panchayat polls: Huge participation despite COVID surge

Voting for the first of the four-phase Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections, seen as a semi-final to the 2022 assembly election, began on Thursday morning on a peaceful note in 18 districts with......

Bandh: Oppn fuels public angst over price hike

The combined Opposition's call for a Bharat Bandh on Monday has brought most of the country to a near standstill. Rediff.com correspondents report from across the country: Mumbai: Senior BJP leader......

Kai Po Che does well, Zilla Ghaziabad is a disaster

Last week's releases Kai Po Che opened with dull response on Friday but improved over the weekend on the strength of multiplex audience.   Zila Ghaziabad has......

PIX: Vivek Oberoi, Ravi Kishan at Zila Ghaziabad premiere

Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi did not attend the premiere of their new film, Zila Ghaziabad on February 21, but the event saw a bevy of beauties and a handful of stars. The premiere was held at......

Review: Zila Ghaziabad is assembly-line garbage

Zila Ghaziabad's seemingly unapologetic disregard for authenticity, among other things, makes it substandard fare, writes Nishi Tiwari.It takes a special kind of talent to make a film like......

Sukanya Verma picks Bollywood's 10 WORST Films, 2013

Sukanya Verma looks back at the year 2013, and lists the worst Hindi films that came out. Butchered classics.Repulsive humour. Bollywood’s best actors reduced to duds in moronic fare. Films......

At Geeta Basra's virtual baby shower

Photograph: Kind courtesy Geeta Basra/Instagram   Actor Geeta Basra, who is expecting her second child with cricketer Harbhajan Singh in July, shared some lovely photos from her virtual baby......