Thirty-seven years and some three generations later, the darkness of that night when 40 tonnes of lethal methyl isocyanate leaked out of the Union Carbide plant hangs like an impenetrable cloud over the lives of untold thousands, including children as young as three whose parents were exposed to the toxin when they themselves were children.
Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com traces how the beating up of a man in Ghaziabad went from alleged communal attack to reported regular crime in a matter of days.
Saif Ali Khan, on how he had to move out of his comfort zone to work in Sajid Khan's upcoming multistarrer comedy Humshakals.
Joginder Tuteja takes a look at just how good this month is for Bollywood.
In a cabinet that was already being touted as the most diverse in British history, Priti Patel became the first Indian-origin home secretary with Pakistani-origin Sajid Javid moving from the UK Home Office to become the new chancellor.
'When he saw a few unedited scenes, he blasted me.' 'I was completely destroyed that night.' 'But when he saw it the second time, he said it was not that bad.' 'Now that he has seen the entire film, he is satisfied.'
Salman Khan brought in his 54th birthday with a grand party with his family and friends. He cut a cake with his Dabangg 3 team by his side.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said there will be a move towards greater "personal responsibility" as the UK prepares to end lockdown restrictions from July 19.
Khan, a local politician and social worker, has been openly pro-temple during the bitter temple-mosque dispute. But there are other signs that his community wants to move on, beyond the dispute that many Hindus and Muslims feel held Ayodhya back.
Ayushmann Khurana, who is shooting, was missing at the celebrations.
Even though he loves direction, acting is where his heart lies.
Folks, 2021 will see an Akshay Kumar film festival play out in the theatres.
The third instalment of the successful action franchise will hit the screens in 2020.
'Fox makes films worth millions and millions of dollars. Fudging a few crores doesn't make much difference.'
As many as 17 films entered the Rs 100 Crore Club in 2019.
Sajid Javid, the son of a Pakistani bus driver whose family migrated to Britain in the 1960s, becomes the first South Asian origin MP to hold a key portfolio in the UK Cabinet.
The film will be directed by Kabir Khan.
The pretty Swede turned 25 on July 29.
Addressing a virtual Downing Street press conference, Boris Johnson acknowledged the divided views on lifting all lockdown restrictions to declare that his update does not imply that the pandemic "is over".
Sanjeev Chawla, accompanied by a Delhi police crime branch team from London, reached Delhi on Thursday morning
Himmatwala may not be funny but is surely laughable and hence watchable.
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The director of Heyy Babyy is an offensive humourist, and while there might not be anything wrong with that approach per se, he tries far too hard to forcibly inject consistently lame humour from every pore of his film.
Sajid Khan, Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh get candid with fans.
'We will make the audiences laugh as well as cry in the film,' they promise.
Ariz Khan, who has been awarded death penalty for the murder of Delhi Police Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma in connection with the sensational 2008 Batla House encounter case was allegedly associated with the Indian Mujahideen.
The politics of polarisation became part of the political landscape of the national capital after the Batla House encounter.
A criminal, who was to be produced before a court on Thursday, was shot dead inside the court complex in Hisar allegedly by an armed assailant, police said.
It's all bad. All of it, every last instant, every single word, rants Raja Sen in his review of Humshakals.
Here's looking at the early arrivals.
'I draw inspiration from superheroes. I don't like gruesome action. I don't like showing blood.'
'Never had I imagined even in my wildest dreams that this 18-year-journey through 80 films would bring me so much love, respect and appreciation.' 'I never thought I would become such a charchit abhineta (popular actor).'
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