Phase 1 sees nearly 63% polling amid stray incidents of violence

A voter turnout of nearly 63 percent was recorded in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections covering 102 seats across 21 states and Union Territories amid sporadic incidents of violence at some......

What Was The Most Dangerous Decade Post Independence?

The competition for the worst or most perilous 10 years has always been between the 1960s and the 1980s, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: An Indian soldier walks past destroyed Pakistani tanks in......

Opposition did not allow discussion on Manipur: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a blistering attack on the opposition parties, accusing them of 'running away' from Lok Sabha during a debate on the no-confidence motion, and said......

Carve out Manipur into 3 UTs for ending ethnic violence: BJP Kuki MLA

Kuki leader and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Paolienlal Haokip, who shot into the limelight after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, said the way forward to finding a solution to the state's racial......

Alvida: Film folk who left us in 2019

Hindi cinema lost some of its most celebrated faces in 2019, leaving a void in the fraternity as well as in the hearts of the audiences. We take a look at those who passed on.   Girish Karnad......

Chiranjeevi's niece Niharika to enter films

A lowdown on what's happening in the Telugu film industry. Chiranjeevi's family has produced quite a few actors, and they're not done yet. Niharika Konidela, daughter of Naga Babu and niece of......

Kriti Sanon: I am sweet and diplomatic in real life

Kriti Sanon made a noticeable debut in Telugu film 1 Nenokkadine and followed it up with an imprresive Bollywood debut with Heropanti. Now she stars in another Telugu film, Dohchay, where......

Naga Chaitanya: Oka Laila Kosam is a romcom

Naga Chaitanya, son of Nagarjuna Akkineni, is back with a feel-good love story, Oka Laila Kosam. He stars opposite Pooja Hegde. The film is directed by Vijay Kumar Konda of Gunde Jaari......