Release of water by Nepal inundates 61 villages in UP

Over 60 villages in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district have been inundated following the release of water by Nepal from its three barrages into rivers, a district administration official said on......

PHOTOS: President presents Padma awards to 43

Folk artist Sharda Sinha, contemporary Indian artist Laxman Pai and former Ambassador of Russia to India Alexander Kadakin (posthumously), were presented with the Padma Bhushan, the country's......

Nine UP seats where SP's prestige is at stake

Ruling Samajwadi Party is facing a tough battle as it tries to retain the seven assembly seats it had won last time out of nine in Uttar Pradesh capital, while the Bharatiya Janata Party and the......

'I got more praise than the hero'

Movie veteran Chandrashekhar, best known for films like Cha Cha Cha, Surang and Street Singer and playing the role of Arya Sumant on the television serial Ramayan, passed into the ages on June 16,......

The ULTIMATE Lata Mangeshkar playlist

Nightingale of India. Greatest Indian Singer ever. Goddess Saraswati incarnate. Hyperbole becomes Lata Mangeshkar. No amount of praise is lavish enough to describe the supremacy of her voice as it......

PIX: Vidya Balan, Gauahar watch Begum Jaan

Director Srijit Mukherji and Vidya Balan hosted a special screening of their film Begum Jaan for the rest of the cast and their friends. A look at the arrivals: Review: Even Vidya Balan cannot......

PIX: Vidya Balan plays Holi with the Begum Jaan team

After Neetu Chandra and Tanishaa Mukerji, it was the Begum Jaan team's turn to celebrate Holi. Vidya Balan and her 'queens' in the film enjoy the festival of colours in a song......

Seeking parochialism

Not so long ago, there was random moaning about increasing parochialism in Indian cricket. Players were being booed in the home stadiums of their perceived rivals; it was no longer about wanting......