These movies may or may not have got critical acclaim, but when it comes to sheer eyeballs, these films did their job rather well.
Second-line AIADMK leaders and cadres alike say that by starting the talks first with the BJP and committing the party to an alliance without discussing seat-sharing, the leadership might have commenced the coalition discourse at the wrong end. According to them, even 20 seats for the BJP may be too many, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
'It is difficult to speak about Sushant in the past tense.'
Will DMK send former PM to the Rajya Sabha next month?
In MP, the Congress is hoping for a comeback, while in Mizoram, the BJP looking to defeat the Congress in its last bastion in the Northeast.
The party has also expanded its list of spokesperson to 23, with MP Anil Baluni being elevated as the chief spokesperson and remaining its media head.
The world's richest man and the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos bonded with Bollywood at a grand party thrown in his honour.
The hits and misses of the week.
Despite good reviews, Guddu Rangeela fails to work at the box office.
The first no-confidence motion was moved against Jawaharlal Nehru in August 1963 by J B Kripalani.
'India is now surrounded on its north, west and east by unfriendly neighbours -- Pakistan, China, Nepal and Bangladesh -- some of whom are openly inimical,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
Here come the gorgeous guests!
The two-member commission will be headed by former Calcutta high court Chief Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya. Former Supreme Court judge Madan Bhimrao Lokur is its other member.
There were a lot of Diwali parties this festive season, and Bollywood made sure to look glamorous for each and every one.
The EC on Saturday had issued a show-cause notice to Thakur, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast accused currently out on bail, over her remark made during an interview to a news channel.
The Rajya Sabha election was personal so it had to be won and Amit Shah needed to be sent a message.
A video showing a Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party leader allegedly trying to bribe a kin of a former Chief Justice of India to get a favourable verdict for mining baron G Janardhana Reddy in an illegal mining case aired on the last day of campaigning before polling on May 12.
The Gandhi family will now get 'Z+' security by the Central Reserve Police Force on an all-India basis.
Rediff readers tell us how they celebrated the festival amidst the pandemic.
Besides in-charges, the party has also named co-incharges for several states, a BJP statement said.
Same outfit, styled differently. Vote and tell us who looked better.
Some police encounters that stunned India.
Check out the Sunrisers Hyderabad squad for IPL 2014.
Celebirites wish Big B on his 75th birthday.
Any NGO critical of the government is unlikely to receive a green signal. The new amendment will leave NGOs vulnerable to harassment. It was the NGO sector that helped provide compassion and food to millions of people during the lockdown. The new Bill will render such cooperation and camaraderie impossible in future, observes Rashme Sehgal.
New Jersey-based bridal fashion magazine, Bibi Magazine recently held an event called The Bibi Sexy Seven.
The hits and misses of the week.
'The BJP's modus operandi is not just to be intolerant of dissent, it is to create mistrust and doubt between communities and the electoral process itself.'
'I have always wanted to do a rom-com but I always get hard-hitting characters. I thought that if I do a rom-com at 50, it will look silly. So I was excited that it come to me at the right time.' Amit Sadh discusses his new film.
If he doesn't win next year, it will set back the party's prospects in 2024. If he wins, it will be seen as his win as much as the BJP high command's, points out Shekhar Gupta.
Indian elections are won and lost on 'negative' imageries and campaigns - but not certainly on 'negativity' as a political trait and electoral creed, asserts N Sathiya Moorthy.
Pune police on Tuesday raided homes of prominent Left-wing activists in several states and arrested at least five of them -- poet Varavara Rao in Hyderabad, activists Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Ferreira in Mumbai, trade unionist and lawyer Sudha Bhardwaj in Faridabad and Chhattisgarh and civil liberties activist Gautam Navalakha in Delhi.
The hits and misses of the week.
The verdict for the week.
'Didi' became the real 'Dada' as she got past the post, on a wheelchair and a foot in cast, a souvenir from the Nandigram battle against former protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari.
SS Rajamouli's magnum opus gets an explosive start at the box office.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday.
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