Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gifted Australian lawyer John Lang's 1854 petition on behalf of Rani Lakshmibai against the East India Company to his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott.
Kajol looks at complete ease in the colourful nauvaris, which she also wore during her wedding to Ajay Devgn in 1999. Sukanya Verma looks at other Bollywood beauties, who have rocked the nauvari look.
'The Scindias betrayed Jhansi ki Rani and now the Congress party.' 'So this is nothing new as he is repeating the history of his family.'
Do actors really look like the real life people they portray on screen? It's time to have *your* say!
Joginder Tuteja compares the first six months of 2020 with the first six months in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
'Kangana thought some extra action scenes were needed and I concurred with her.' 'The film looks so much more spectacular with those war scenes.'
From Pari to PadMan, it's all there in the movies this year!
From romantic to risky to ridiculous, here are Sukanya Verma's lessons from Bollywood on how to spice up your shaadi.
Some of featured her in author-backed roles while others had her as a part of an ensemble cast.
Should we be exposing our women volunteers to the barbarity of actual combat?
An American film A Call To Spy has beaten Ketan Mehta to the finishing line.
What do you think of Kangana's look?
'She was the captain of the ship, so she had to handle every character well.' 'She took care of everyone.'
Senior officials, including those from a central team, were present during the night-long operation and a close vigil is being maintained on further movement of locusts, Katiyar said. Two fire brigade vehicles loaded with insecticide had been deployed in all four Jhansi tehsils besides six vehicles were kept ready at the district headquarter. Ten municipal employees with two insecticide spraying machines were posted in every block.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the big hits scored, and presents his half-yearly report.
Liked Katrina's look in Bharat? Now, you can wear it!
Hockey India today condoled the death of former India player Abdul Hamid in his home-town of Jhansi.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the most successful female-centric movies in the last five years.
There will be as many as 9 historicals coming up in the next 15 months!
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Tuesday ordered action against more than half a dozen officials, including IAS and IPS officers, during surprise inspection of two districts.
Why is Kanagana after Alia and her family?
It's time to give your style a makeover the Bollywood way!
Have you seen these amazing behind-the-scenes pictures?
'Umrao Jaan has a beautiful soundtrack, and has been very dear to us right from our childhood days. We felt it had the perfect story to recreate for a stage musical.'
There are many patriotic movies lined up in the months ahead. What makes some of these films special is that these have the country's name right in the title itself, what with 'India' and 'Hindustan' finding prominence.
John Lang represented Rani Laxmibai in her legal battle against the East India Company to prevent the British from annexing her kingdom of Jhansi. Rediff.com's Archana Masih on a maverick Aussie who spent 22 years in India and became a friend in its dark days of bondage.
'A historical with an identity crisis, initially the period drama cannot decide whether it wants to chronicle facts or fictionalise them in the tradition of a crowd-pleasing fantasy,' says Sukanya Verma.
The Samajwadi Party which has performed miserably in the last Madhya Pradesh assembly elections suffered another jolt today when nearly two-dozen of its leaders resigned from the party's primary membership protesting against appointment of Jhansi member of Legislative Assembly, Deepnarayan Singh Yadav as the state party president.
The locusts initially entered Rajasthan from Pakistan and from there the swarms moved towards Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab over the last few weeks and are now threatening to enter Uttar Pradesh, putting at risk the summer crop.
The hits and misses of the week.
Some films have done predictably well at the box office while others have emerged as surprise hits.
'Inki vaat laga dugi.' 'I'll expose each and every one.' 'They have asked for trouble by ganging up against me.'
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