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DD airs The Kerala Story despite protest by CPM, Congress

Despite a strong protest raised by the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Congress in Kerala, Doordarshan on Friday aired the controversial Bollywood movie The Kerala Story. IMAGE: A......

What happened in Ayodhya on the eve of consecration

Invitees to the 'pran pratishtha' consecration ceremony at the Ram temple started arriving Sunday in Ayodhya -- once a sleepy town now resplendent with new infrastructure and gripped by heightened......

How I Nearly Got Scammed!

In the new year be careful online as there are many scamsters lurking in the cloud, warns A Ganesh Nadar after twice escaping being scammed. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The only......

Four quakes rock Nepal, one of 6.2 intensity; north India feels tremors

Four earthquakes, the strongest being of magnitude 6.2, jolted Nepal in quick succession with tremors reverberating through parts of north India including Delhi-NCR, the National Centre for......

Unsung Kerala colleges bask in glory of Chandrayan-3 heroes

While the historic success of Chandrayaan-3 is celebrated by Indians across the world, two untrumpeted engineering colleges in Kerala are basking in the glory of the key role played by some of......

Infosys Q3 net profit up 11.8% at Rs 5,809 cr

Infosys on Wednesday reported a near 12 per cent rise in its December quarter net profit to Rs 5,809 crore and raised its annual revenue forecast on the back of strong demand from businesses going......

Shrinking screens: Is cable TV dying in India?

For years it has been evident that fibre and DTH would give tough competition to cable in India where regulatory overload has mutilated an already warped industry structure. OTT added fuel to the......

FM prods PSBs to implement 'Aatmanirbhar' relief package

The finance minister has emphasised on the quick disbursal of additional loans to MSMEs, to simplify process, formats and documentation. Photograph: ANI Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on......

Coronavirus spoils the show for media and entertainment business

Finding enough shows to air, creating content that gets people to pay and watch and wooing advertisers back into the fold are going to be the biggest challenges the M&E industry faces. While the......

More relief for Yes users: Inward RTGS services enabled

Yes Bank users can now make over Rs 2 lakh payments towards loans, credit cards via other bank accounts. Yes Bank on Wednesday said its inward real-time gross settlement (RTGS) services have been......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

Which Is India's Largest TV Channel?

DD Freedish is the 'largest TV platform in India', going to 58 million homes, featuring 70-odd private channels.DD Freedish reaches about 278 million people, and is easily among the top five TV......

Will Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan Be A Blockbuster?

A great story-teller, Mani Ratnam is experimenting with a real-life historical in Ponniyin Selvan, points out N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Vikram as Aditya Karikalan in Ponniyin Selvan. Now that Mani......

Goodbye, Dear Nedumudi Venu

'I will miss you, dear Venu. You reached the pinnacle with your talent,' recalls K Kunhikrishnan who knew the legendary actor well. IMAGE: Nedumudi Venu in Sarvam Thaala Mayam. With a heavy heart,......

Lockdown Effect: New TV channels strike gold!

Dangal's and Shemaroo's entry shows there is ad-supported gold at the bottom of the Indian consumer pyramid if you can keep the costs low.Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports. Kindly note the image has......

'This is the Universe Boss, and I'm back on the pitch!'

IMAGE: Chris Gayle is set to unleash his skills in Dehradun. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters Chris Gayle, the dynamic former West Indian batter will captain Telangana Tigers in the first......

Modi lights up Chennai for Khelo India Youth Games

'Showcasing true spirit of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat': PM Modi inaugurates 6th Khelo India Youth Games Photograph: Kind Courtesy Sports Tamil Nadu/X Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the......

Gold medal favourite Bopanna-Bhambri pair suffers shock exit, Ankita, Rutuja progress

Photograph: Kind courtesy DD Sports/X In a huge upset, gold medal favourites and top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri were on Monday knocked out of the Asian Games after being stunned by......

Bopanna ends Davis Cup career on a high

Scripts win with Yuki Bhambri in final tie against Morocco. IMAGE: Rohan Bopanna played his 33rd and final Davis Cup tie against Morocco in Lucknow on Sunday. Photograph: Kind courtesy DD Sports/X......

When Akshay Kumar ditched lucrative IPL contract

He could have easily played hardball with all the aces up his sleeve but Bollywood star Akshay Kumar instead terminated his lucrative contract with Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals) in 2009 after......

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