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Shekhar Gupta on media: Thugs and 'masters of universe'

From political circles to government offices, media regulation is an oft-debated issue. Speaking during a session at an Editors Guild Conference in New Delhi on Friday, Editor-in-Chief of Indian......

Shekhar Gupta sues Vinod Mehta for Rs 100 cr damages

Shekhar Gupta, editor-in-chief of the Indian Express group, has sent a legal notice to Vinod Mehta, editorial chairman of the Outlook group of publications, and Open magazine's editor and......

Strengthening NDA, not Modi, should be BJP's priority

Even with Narendra Modi as its PM candidate, the BJP is expected to get between 170 and 190 seats in 2014. That means some 100-odd seats will have to come from allies. That also means the present......

Man gets death penalty for raping, killing minor girl

A 22-year-old man was on Thursday sentenced to death by a local court for raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl. Thane Additional Sessions Judge A A Sayeed held Shekhar Gupta guilty under......

I made an aggressively pro-Dalit plea: Ashis Nandy

Social commentator Ashis Nandy, whose remark about corruption and the Dalit community has triggered a major controversy, has declared that he stands by his comment. In an interview with CNN-IBN, he......

NDTV close to deal with 'Indian Express'

The Prannoy Roy-promoted New Delhi Television is likely to sign a content tie-up with the Indian Express group. Shekhar Gupta, editor and chief executive officer of the group, is also expected to......

TV owners might have to pay licensing fee

Television owners might have to again shell out a licence fee- this time to fund state-owned Prasar Bharati, which runs Doordarshan and All India Radio, if a government committee has its way. The......

Law Minister, Rahul Bajaj spar over govt functioning

A discussion on reviving Indian economy at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday turned into a war of words between Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and Bajaj Auto chairman Rahul Bajaj over the......

A peek into the stunning BMW Vision

Cars and movies have a long connection. Well, one such action movie was recently shot in Mumbai and to the delight of car lovers the sequences were those that involved a BMW Vision,......

Corporate America goes ga-ga over India Budget

Corporate America has showered kudos on Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee for his latest Budget, describing it as a 'very forward-looking confident budget'. Ron Somers, president of the US-India......

'I was paid Rs 5,000 for Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro'

Kundan Shah's 1983 cult classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro will re-release on November 2. Satish Kaushik, who co-wrote the film and acted in it, looks back at the experience of being a part of it. Read......

Stars pay tribute to cinematographer Ashok Mehta

Here's what your favourite Bollywood stars are tweeting. Cinematographer Ashok Mehta, who was suffering from lung cancer, passed away on August 15. He had worked in films like No Entry, Kisna: The......

Bollywood stars pay tribute to Prabuddha Dasgupta

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting Stars tweeted their tributes for noted fashion photographer Prabuddha Dasgupta, who passed away on August 12. He was 58. Lara Dutta......

Sanjay Gupta fights for Dirty Picture

The recently concluded Colors Screen Awards kicked up a controversy when filmmaker Sanjay Gupta, who was one of the jury members for the awards, alleged that Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara --joint winner......

Film criticism is a double-edged sword

In a world of high stakes where one film can make or break careers, the critic lays himself on the line when giving his opinion, says Suparn Verma. Criticism is in our DNA. We are all critics and......

Ganguly beats Gupta in Fujairah Chess

Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly outwitted higher-rated compatriot Abhijeet Gupta to maintain a clean slate after the end of the second round in the Fujairah International Chess tournament, in......

Ganguly, Sandipan share first place in Fujairah chess

Grandmasters Surya Shekhar Ganguly and Sandipan Chanda settled for a quick draw and shared first place along with Alexander Moiseenko of Ukraine in the Fujairah International open chess tournament......

Chanda, Ganguly keep joint-lead in Fujaira chess

Indian Grandmasters Sandipan Chanda and Surya Shekhar Ganguly kept themselves in contention for top honours after drawing with Etienne Bacrot of France and Yuri Kryvoruchko of Ukraine respectively......

Sandipan beats Jobav, moves into joint-lead

Grandmaster Sandipan Chanda continued on his giant-killing spree and stunned top seed Baadur Jobava to jump into the joint-lead at the end of the sixth round of the Fujairah International Open......

Ganguly stays in joint lead

Grandmaster Surya Shekhar Ganguly kept himself in contention, drawing with Sergey Fedorchuk of Ukraine in the fifth round of Fujairah International Open chess tournament in Fujairah. The draw......

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Q. In one of his interviews with Shekhar Gupta, on Walk the Talk at NDTV, Thackerey was proudly drinking white wine with him which makes him different than others who will speak against smoking and drinking in public but will do the same in private. It is well known that he loved warm Indian beer. His Cigar was very famous and unlike other Sangh Parivar wallahs, he enjoyed life particularly with the glamour world and never hid his relationship with film stars. Irony is that the Hindutva brigade used Nehrus lifestyle to target him as a westerner and always created an image as if smoking and drink
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Q. who won national award of this year
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Modi's might well be Parrikar

First, party patriarch Advani was almost labelled old, selfish, disagreeable and firmly pushed aside. Then, long-time allies JD(U) threw a fit,... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/godhra-riots-are-a-blot-modi-ensured-it-didnt-recur-parrikar-889593.html

'Gujarat riots administrative failure but Modi was new'

New Delhi, June 19: The post-Godhra riots in Gujarat reflected "administrative failure" and "bad example of governance" in the state. This is what... ...

http://news.oneindia.in/2013/06/19/gujarat-riots-administrative-failure-but-modi-was-new-1241232.html

Rajnath

BJP president Rajnath Singh with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta at Adda on Tuesday. Related Top Stories Veteran BJP leader... ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/modi-rise-not-behind-advani-anger-rajnath/1130904/

'Jan Andolan activism has failed...There cannot be a Tahrir Square every time'

In this Walk the Talk on NDTV 24X7 with The Indian Express Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Subhash Agarwal speaks about his RTI activism, his major... ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jan-andolan-activism-has-failed...there-cannot-be-a-tahrir-square-every-time/1130307/

Rajnath Singh, man in the hot seat, is guest at Express Adda on Tuesday

Earlier this month, when L K Advani took the unprecedented step of skipping the BJP national executive to delay the advance of Narendra Modi, party... ...

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