'Dons Are More Decent Than Politicians'

'I was wondering whether I would ever come out alive.' All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com "Being a Naxalite prisoner the jail officials didn't allow me to read books. Dreaded dons were......

Who Is This Ex-PM Blessing?

Nikhil Kumaraswamy is Janata Dal-Secular leader H D Kumaraswamy's son. He is also former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's grandson. Nikhil will contest the May 10 assembly election in Karnataka from......

Another comeback for Gandhi family loyalist Margaret Alva

Joint opposition candidate for the August 6 vice presidential election Margaret Alva, a Congress veteran, is not new to comebacks. IMAGE: Congress leader Margaret Alva. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI......

Punjab Congress wants Channi as CM face, top brass differs

There is a growing clamour within the Punjab Congress over the need to declare a chief ministerial candidate for next month's assembly polls, with many senior leaders throwing their weight behind......

Turner ties up with Miditech to launch channels

Turner International, part of the Time Warner Company, will launch a Hindi entertainment channel and a slew of other language and genre channels in India. The channels will be established in......

'Reality shows can create more stars'

Miditech, the television content creation company promoted by the brother duo of Niret & Nikhil Alva is now set to expand in the international market, film production as well as reality-game shows......

Small screen, big buyouts

Anil Ambani's Adlabs buys a controlling stake in Siddhartha Basu's television production company Synergy Communications. Other than Mastermind for BBC, Synergy has producedKaun Banega Crorepati......

Reality wave hits Indian television

Is the era of soaps and family dramas on television coming to an end? Do people prefer a reality show to a prolonged television drama? Yes! The times are a-changing and the buzzword today is......

Raina, Masand among new Censor Board members

Congress Secretary Pankaj Sharma and Hindustan Times' political editor Pankaj Vohra are among 15 members of the new Central Board of Film Certification for three years.Other nominees, as per an......

Countdown To Zero in Mumbai!

Asin and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap are snapped at a special screening of multiple Academy Award winner, producer and documentary filmmaker Lawrence Bender's documentary Countdown To Zero in Mumbai......

Emmys come to Mumbai

Jennifer Aniston and our own Malini De (Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin's Pari) may soon have something in common! How's that? Simple. The Emmy Awards are coming to India!For the handful that aren't aware......