India downplays China, Saudi absence as G20 events kicks off in Srinagar

Delegates of all G20 countries, barring China, arrived in Srinagar on Monday for the third working group meeting on tourism -- a much-anticipated event for which authorities have made extensive......

All In The Family In The Name Of Politics

With some variations, all regional political formations, whether in power presently or out of it, share some common features: Tight family control of the political apparatus, key members in elected......

53 Padma awards handed out, Sudha Murthy, Keeravani among recipients

Veteran socialist leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister the late Mulayam Singh Yadav, and medical professional Dilip Mahalanabis, known globally for his work on Oral Rehydration Solution......

When Stalin Met Thala...

What some of our leaders were up to over the weekend.   IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin with former International Cricket Council Chairman Narayanaswami Srinivasan, former Indian......

National Awards: Bollywood Clout At Work

'No small artistic film can even hope to win, except, maybe, as random tokenism,' asserts Deepa Gahlot. IMAGE: Anupam Kher in The Kashmir Files. Over the last few years, the credibility of the......

You Know What's Sadder Than National Film Awards?

We are back to being a country that talks about box office numbers as the measure of what an audience's real feelings about a movie are, laments Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Anupam Kher in The Kashmir......

National Awards: Alia-Kriti Share Best Actress Win

Photographs: Kind courtesy Alia Bhatt/ Kriti Sanon/Instagram R Madhavan's Rocketry: The Nambi Effect won the National Award for Best Feature Film while Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the Best......

Chandrayaan-3 Landing: 'We are over the moon'

IMAGE: Indians rejoice at a live screening of Chandrayaan-3's landing in Mumbai. Photograph: Sahil Salvi for Rediff.com Film folk like Akshay Kumar, Chiranjeevi, Jr NTR and Sunny Deol......

KKR's 'RRR' Seal The Deal

IMAGE: Rinku Singh, Nitish Rana and Andre Russell the must-win game for the Kolkata Knight Riders. Photograph: KKR/Twitter IPL 2023 is turning out to be a nail-biting thriller fest! Just when you......

IPL PHOTOS: KKR stay alive with thrilling win over PBKS

IMAGES from the IPL match played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Punjab Kings in Kolkata on Monday. SCORECARD IMAGE: Rinku Singh celebrates scoring the winning runs. Photograph: BCCI Rinku......

KGF Vs RRR In The IPL!

Who says all the action is on the field? IMAGE: RCB and KKR fans have their movie titles spelt out just right. Photographs: BCCI IMAGE: These RCB fans got no chill! The fans -- two legged and the......

Gavaskar, Irfan Dance to Naatu-Naatu

Photograph and Video: Irfan Pathan/Instagram Such is the craze of the Oscar-winning song Naatu Naatu from RRR that even Sunil Gavaskar, who will be 74 on July 10, couldn't resist having a go at......