119 of 160 Cong candidates for UP polls are debutants

Making a conscious effort to shun the old baggage and present her party in a 'new avatar' in Uttar Pradesh, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has hand-picked over 70 per cent new......

Benegal Committee submits recommendations on censorship to IB ministry

Ace filmmaker Goutam Ghosh, a member of the Shyam Benegal-led censor board revamp committee, said the panel has submitted some recommendations to the Information and Broadcasting Ministry regarding......

Censorship issues must be looked at from time to time, says Benegal

Filmmaker Shyam Benegal, named by the I&B Ministry to head a panel to look into the revamp of the censor board, on Friday said that the film certification body has been no stranger to......

Centre sets up panel helmed by Shyam Benegal to revamp censor board

The government on Friday constituted a committee headed by eminent filmmaker Shyam Benegal to look into the revamp of the Censor Board, functioning of which has been mired in controversies in......

Markets tend to speed up after Budget, not before

Since 1999, average 2-month return after Budget has been over 2%; trend negative in the month before ‘Pre-Budget rally’ might be the buzzword for the stock markets. However, the markets......

'Filmmakers don't spread communal hatred'

IMAGE: The Censor Board and filmmaker Anurag Kashyap are currently battling over the 89 'cuts' recommended for Udta Punjab.   'The very basis of film censorship lies in the fact that films......