Writers escalate Akademi unrest, march against 'intolerance'

With black gags and arm bands, writers and their supporters held a solidarity march ahead of the Sahitya Akademi emergency meeting to discuss the returning of awards by eminent authors in......

Missing Kanpur PhD scholar traced in Delhi

The location of a PhD scholar, who went missing on Saturday after visiting the IIT campus in Kanpur, has been traced to Delhi via mobile phone surveillance, police said Tuesday. A police team has......

Padma Vibhushan for Amrita Pritam, Narlikar

Well-known Punjabi litterateur Amrita Pritam, noted astronomer Jayant Vishnu Narlikar and former Chief Justice of India M N Venkatachalliah have been selected for the Padma Vibhushan, the second......

Capital Buzz: Bad girl, Sushma

What Sushma didn't do, Prasad did.Talking of former information and broadcasting minister Sushma Swaraj and her successor Ravi Shankar Prasad here.The first thing Prasad did after he stepped into......

Looking at Kamal Haasan's SUPERSTAR life!

Happy birthday, Kamal Haasan! The legendary Kamal Haasan dons many hats -- he is an acclaimed actor, director, producer, writer, singer, lyricist, choreographer and philanthropist. He turns 62 on......

'I am alive because of Amitabh Bachchan'

'One day, I interviewed Aruna Irani. Afterwards, Mehmood called me and said, ‘What did you ask Aruna and what did she say? People are flocking around wherever I go and they are upset with......

'Didn't know Ae mere watan ke logon would become a rage'

As the iconic song Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon turned 50 years old on January 27, Lata Mangeshkar tells Subhash K Jha the truth about India’s most beloved patriotic song: Kissko pataa tha yeh......

Vijay of yore is back as Kaavalan

First off, Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay deserves kudos for shedding his action/political persona and digging his toes in and choosing a script that focuses on comedy and emotions. And having gone through......