Allahabad HC allows survey of Mathura's Shahi Idgah mosque

The Allahabad high court on Thursday allowed a court-monitored survey of the Shahi Idgah adjoining the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple, an important milestone in the temple-mosque dispute in Mathura.......

Scenes snipped from Tandav, but trouble continues

At least two scenes were removed from the controversial web series Tandav, which found itself in more trouble on Wednesday with a first information report against its makers, this time in Madhya......

Day after return from US, Parrikar resumes official work

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday resumed work at his office in the state secretariat, a day after returning from the United States, where he underwent treatment for a pancreatic......

Dogs maul girl to death in Sitapur; 7th death in May

A pack of ferocious dogs on Sunday mauled a 12-year-old girl to death in a village in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, taking the toll in fatal attacks by feral hounds in the district to 13 in the last six......

HC wants quota for poor in pvt hospitals

The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked private hospitals to provide free treatment to 25 per cent patients, having incomes less than Rs 2,000 per month, in case the land they were built on was......

Healthcare majors in spread plan

Three of the country's major private healthcare companies - Wockhardt, Apollo and Fortis -- have lined up investments worth Rs 1,850 crore (Rs 18.50 billion) for expansion, while a fourth one, Max......

Mom review: More power to Sridevi!

'Her performance is a throwback to old-school histrionics and hysterics -- it's classic Sridevi,' says Sukanya Verma. There are two types of stepmothers in Hindi films. One who spends the entire......

Saeed Jaffrey: The Great Entertainer

'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,......

Making Zombies look SCARY!

Not many know that the prosthetic make-up in Kamal Haasan's film Vishwaroopam was done by Ritu Janjjani, the wife of actor Kiran Janjjani. The young enterprising lady, who opened India's first......

The art and craft of Nitin Desai

Straight from the art. That is how Nitin Chandrakant Desai's work can be best described. He has been active independently for over a decade. But it was after 1942 -- A Love Story in 1994......

Dhoni's parents test positive for COVID-19

IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni's parents Pan and Devki Singh. Photograph: Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff/Files Former India skipper and Chennai Super Kings captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's parents have......

Biography traces Dhoni's life from TC to World Cup-winning captain

Mahendra Singh Dhoni's image of holding the World Cup trophy at Wankhede has been immortalised in cricketing folklore but not many know that Indian cricket's poster boy was once a ticket collector......

Dhoni@30: The boy from Ranchi

*From our archives Jharkhand has very few celebrities. Now. Or ever. It is not surprising then that the day Mahendra Singh Dhoni returns to Ranchi, Jharkhand's capital, it goes dizzy with......

Dhoni's dad: 'Achcha laga'

It has been a busy, exciting two days at the sleepy Shyamali Colony in Doranda, north Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. Cameramen and journalists have been impatiently swarming about a modest......