The poll results will depend much on whether the caste and community coalition worked out by Akhilesh can withstand the onslaught of the Hindutva forces who have increased their efforts to polarise the electorate on communal lines.
The home ministry has already written to all state governments informing them about the exemptions given for holding the examinations across the country with certain conditions.
Time and again sequels have done well at the box office, as is apparent with the blockbuster success of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, the biggest Bollywood grosser of 2022 so far.
Will Varun Dhawan's Coolie No 1 be a bigger hit than Govinda's hilarious original?
A summary of all the action from Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Tuesday.
Omkeshwar Singh, head, Rank MF, a mutual fund investment platform, answers your queries.
A political slugfest broke out on Wednesday between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cavalcade, in a major security breach, got stranded on a flyover, 30 km away from Hussainiwala in Punjab, as a group of protesting farmers blocked his route.
After screening his film for Akshay Kumar, Ashutosh Gowariker hosted two more for the cast and their families the next day.
Three MLAs abstained, while 20 legislators, most of them from Congress and the NCP, including Congress's Ashok Chavan and Vijay Wadettiwar, both former ministers, were absent during the trust vote.
Abhishek, Ajay, Alia, Anushka, Karan, Karthik, Ranveer, Richa, SRK, Shilpa, Sonakshi, Sonam, Varun... celebrate Independence Day.
Bashed by critics, but delivering hit after hit, Rohit Shetty lets his work speak for itself. The Chennai Express filmmaker in conversation with Savera R Someshwar.
Six hospitals in the national capital have exhausted their oxygen supply while seven others have less than five hours of oxygen left, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia told Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Thursday.
"You take any section of society be it Dalits, weavers or Brahmins, everybody has been exploited. The administration of Yogi Adityanath ji is working completely against the 'vichaar' (thoughts) of Guru Gorakhnath," she said at a rally, taking a swipe at the BJP leader who is also the head of the prominent Mutt in Gorakhpur named after Saint Gorakhnath.
It also asked the farmer leaders to submit their response within three days, explaining why legal action should not be taken against them as they did not follow conditions set for the parade.
As Kareena Kapoor celebrates her 20 years in the industry, here is presenting her Top 10 biggest grossers.
India had sought Pakistan's permission to use the country's airspace on October 28 for Prime Minister Modi, who will be visiting Saudi Arabia to participate in an international business conference on October 29.
Two senior government functionaries said the central government does not want to take any decision that may further escalate the ground situation.
Beg, borrow, steal or adopt, fake parents share a history of coming to the hero or heroine's rescue ensuing in much mirth and masala.
June 30, 2000: The day Refugee released.
Seven Olympic and six Paralympic disciplines were identified for support at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell.
Movies are now releasing in multiple languages in theatres, and each one seems to have found an audience.
'Jay Shah's tenure as BCCI secretary ended in May.' 'Sourav Ganguly's tenure as BCCI president ended on July 26.' 'Why have they not quit?'
The movie heart-throbs of the 1990s reunite after 22 years.
Suneil Shetty, Sonu Sood, Vidyut Jamwal and Vivaan Shah were some of the other guests.
Joginder Tuteja lists the new releases, coming up in April.
Sharmin Segal is described as a "combination of Divya Bharti and Preity Zinta" while Mizaan Jaaferi is said to convey the "reckless passion" of Shah Rukh Khan and the "bridled intensity" of Ajay Devgn.
Joginder Tuteja lists 10 romantic movies playing on OTT that you can watch with your date.
'You will see more laws that treat Hindus and non-Hindus, especially Muslims, quite unequally.' 'Once you see this kind of erosion of secularism, it will be very hard to get it back.'
Does the "story" of a Mani Ratnam film come first or does its "spirit" asks Sreehari Nair.
There have been a lot of instances, when film titles have been picked from hit songs.
Can Jitin Prasada retain the BJP's Brahmin vote in UP?
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Joginder Tuteja looks at the forthcoming films, and also looks back at how successful this genre has been in the past.
Aditi Phadnis picks five key seats in the three states where assembly elections are being held today.
Ranbir Kapoor's larger-than-life daku depiction in and as Shamshera is old school at its spectacular best. While we wait to watch the actor in one of the most raw, rough and rustic outings of his career, here's Sukanya Verma's list of 25 daku roles we love, ranked in an ascending order.
'The government is plucking leaves and not destroying the plant.'
20 Nadeem-Shravan film albums which emerged as chartbusters.
A BJP victory in the high-octane West Bengal election could have turned the fortunes in rival Kailash Vijayvargiya favour, reports Sandeep Kumar.
Landslides blocked roads, many villages went without electricity and the death toll climbed to 52 as authorities on Wednesday faced the aftermath of the rains that had battered Uttarakhand for over two days.
2010 was a year that made quite a few careers. It was also the year when films started earning Rs 100 crores.
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