UK clears Padmavati, but makers say won't release sans CBFC nod

Padmavati has been cleared by the British Board of Film Classification without any cuts, but the producers say they are not planning to release the film without the Indian censor......

Modi in Moscow: India-Russia sign 16 agreements

In a major push to their strategic ties, India and Russia on Thursday decided to expand cooperation in various sectors as they signed 16 pacts, including on joint manufacture of 226 military......

We dare the Obamas to do 7 things only Indians can

Okay, so the President of the United States of America or POTUS is coming to India with his family. The Obamas have a packed schedule during the three days they are here. But we still decided to......

'Osama' teens attack Sikh man, mother in New York

Just days after a Sikh man was hit and dragged by a truck, another Sikh man and his mother were attacked in New York by a group of teenagers who called them 'Osama Bin Laden' in an apparent hate......

COLUMN: Obsessing about GDP growth

True sustainable growth can come only through an increase in productivity, and such increases can happen only through innovations, technical and organisational, in all sectors of the economy -......

Jewellery exports rise to $9.38 billion

India's gems and jewellery exports have risen 21.5 per cent to $9.38 billion in the first six months of the current fiscal as against $8.01 billion in the corresponding period last year. At a time......

Myanmar question: To be or not to be

The fervent debate over whether the Indian government should do business with Myanmar's military junta after its latest round of atrocities has subsumed a related issue. Over the past decade or so,......

India may source diamonds from African nations

India has offered African countries like Botswana, Angola, South Africa and Namibia, incentives to strengthen their jewellery industry in return for direct procurement of rough diamonds from these......

Malik: When God takes over a human colony

'We feel thrust into a motion picture that has all the makings of a carnival but no real fireworks,' Sreehari Nair notes after watching Malik. IMAGE: Fahadh Faasil as Ahamaddali Sulaiman in Malik.......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

The Sacred Games 2 Review

Sacred Games 2 is an upgrade and is shaping up to be one of India’s great cultural events, feels Sreehari Nair. The second season of Sacred Games is viler, looser, freer and......

The BEST FOREIGN Films of 2017

Aseem Chhabra gives us the top films that enriched his year. There was a lot of love in different shades in the films of 2017 that I liked -- from a mute woman falling in love with an alien, to a......

Bumrah is excited to be playing Test cricket: Shastri

'I remember my first call to him, it was in Kolkata. I asked him would he be interested in Test cricket. He said that would be the biggest day of his life.' IMAGE: Jasprit Bumrah became the first......

'I am disappointed with Sanju Samson'

IMAGE: Sanju Samson looks to the heavens as if to ask why, after being dismissed. Photograph: BCCI/IPL   Kapil Dev is usually very impressed with the current crop of Indian youngsters, but......

'India to open athletics account in Tokyo Olympics with 3 medals'

IMAGE: Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian javelin thrower to win an Asian Games gold medal. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters The Athletics Federation of India is hoping to win three medals in......

Manjot Kalra: The Kid Who Scored A Ton

Manjot Kalra's journey has just begun and in Delhi it can get more intriguing if not interesting. IMAGE: Manjot Kalra hoists one on the way to his hundred in the Under-19 World Cup final.......