The many challenges that lie ahead for BJP in Bengal

With two years to go before West Bengal elects its next government, the BJP's internal objective is to scale down the Trinamool Congress tally from 211 to 45 seats. This amounts to an annihilation......

Winning allies and influencing leaders, the Vajpayee way

If Advani's ideological leadership galvanised the party's cadres and core support, Vajpayee soaring oratory, common touch and easy charm won over the masses.  IMAGE: In this file photo dated......

Why MGR may not do the trick for Rajini

The fact remains that in the present-day Tamil Nadu, GenX and GenY voters, born and/or growing up after the end of ‘Kamaraj rule’ in the ’60s and ‘MGR rule’,......

Advani celebrates 90th birthday with visually challenged children

Bharatiya Janata Party veteran L K Advani, who turned 90 on Wednesday, celebrated his birthday with visually challenged children, with top ministers and politicians cutting across party lines......

Karan Johar's Lifetime Of Memories, Right Here

IMAGE: Karan Johar with his father Yash Johar and Shah Rukh Khan on the sets of Kal Ho Naa Ho. Photograph: Kind courtesy Karan Johar/Instagram It's been 19 years since Kal Ho Naa Ho released!......

Bollywood's 11 Best Diwali Looks

From slaying in saris to rocking designer lehengas, the glam quotient was sky high at Bollywood's Diwali parties this year. Namrata Thakker looks at the B-town divas who gave us major fashion goals......

'I wondered whether I would ever get to act again'

'I have great friends in film industry but professionalism and friendship are two different cups of tea.'When it comes to producing a movie, every producer thinks of saleable actors.' IMAGE: Dino......

Review: PM Narendra Modi is a work of fiction

The movie presents a version of Modi that the bhakts want the rest of us to see, feels Utkarsh Mishra. When the trailer of Omung Kumar’s PM Narendra Modi was released, a......

Advani pips Mehta to enter Asian snooker semis

IMAGE: Pankaj Advani will meet Pakistan's Asjad Iqbal in the semi-finals. Photograph: PTI India's ace cueist Pankaj Advani staged a late comeback to beat compatriot Aditya Mehta in the......

Pankaj Advani breezes into World snooker semis

Pankaj Advani’s quest for a 15th World title got a huge fillip when he made it to the semi-finals in IBSF World Snooker Championship in Hurghada, Egypt, on Friday. The ace cueist, the only......

Pankaj Advani scores grand double at World Billiards Championship

Pankaj Advani completed a clean sweep of the 150-up and Timed formats titles after trouncing England’s Robert Hall 1928-893 in the final of the World Billiards Championship in Leeds, on......