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Farewell, Floyd

Aseem Chhabra remembers Master Chef Floyd Cardoz who died of coronavirus in New York on Wednesday. IMAGE: Floyd Cardoz, the legendary chef, at work at his restaurant Tabla in the early 2000s. All......

The women who brought down M J Akbar

On Wednesday, Minister of State (External Affairs) M J Akbar resigned from his post after facing a flurry of allegations of sexual harassment by women journalists. As the women journalists......

Not Modi but people of India are 'disruptor-in-chief': PM

For its development, India needs a movement akin to the freedom movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. "Similar to the freedom movement, we need a movement for development, where......

What of the troubles within, Mr Modi?

Much of the pre-2014 peace in our hotspots is diminished.Kashmir is on the boil and the Northeast is anarchic, observes Shekhar Gupta. For almost a decade now, it has been plausible to argue that......

NDTV may challenge blackout order in court

Talk of a blackout by other news channels in solidarity remained inconclusive because of the heavy news agenda on that day.Arnab Dutta reports. This arbitrary dictatorial order must be......

Broadcasters slam Trai's latest tariff order

In the second major change in a year, Trai had capped individual channel subscription at Rs 12 per month, down from the earlier Rs 19, and capped channel bundle discount to 33 per cent, among other......

Trai's norms to fix the sorry state of media sector

With over 135 news channels, about a third owned by politicians and real estate guys, the news TV market is a nightmare, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar. Last week the Telecom Regulatory Authority of......

Aditya Birla Group looks to exit Aroon Purie's Living Media

The Aditya Birla Group is believed to have mandated Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA-ML) to find a buyer for its 27.5 per cent equity stake in Aroon Purie-controlled Living Media India. Living......

Anil reduces his stake in media business

Big brother Mukesh Ambani made his big entry into the media, entertainment and Internet world through his acquisition of Network18 Media Investments Ltd a few months earlier. Younger brother Anil......

Birla may take majority stake in Living Media

The Aditya Birla group may take a majority 51 per cent stake in Aroon Purie's Living Media, which acts as a holding company and also owns 57.46 per cent in TV Today Network, the listed company that......

Shabana Azmi-Javed Akhtar's lunch with Robert de Niro

On Tuesday, Hollywood actor Robert de Niro was in Delhi, en route to Goa, for a Tehelka enclave, where he was to share opinions with intellectuals from across the country. In Delhi, a......

When James Cameron met Aamir Khan

A college dropout, a filmmaker who sold his script for Terminator for one dollar on the condition that he direct it, and then went on to give us blockbusters like Titanic and Avatar, James......

James Cameron's date with India

Filmmaker James Cameronwill be in India on March 13 for the first time. He will be discussing "The Future of Cinema" withAamir Khanin a conclave ata five star hotel inNew Delhi, watched by few......

'This World Cup will be a lot more competitive and important'

Indian players Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli and Bhuvneshwar Kumar wait for a decision. Photograph: Getty Images Sachin Tendulkar believes the upcoming 50-over World Cup......

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