Indian athletes will be in action in various disciplines at the 2012 Olympics on Tuesday. Check out their time schedule.
Indian athletes will be in action in various disciplines at the 2012 Olympics on Saturday. Check out their time schedule.
Vibhishan was a seeker of justice who risked it all to be on the side of truth, says Sudhir Bisht.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will address the nation on Friday night to explain the government's recent decisions on economic reforms, which have triggered widespread political protests across the country. The prime minister will address the nation at 8 pm on Doordarshan about the recent decisions on economic reforms, officials said.
Government-owned Prasar Bharati, the country's largest broadcaster, had decided to sue the Television Audience Measurement (TAM) agency, citing an alleged inaccurate representation of data on Doordarshan's coverage, said an official. The legal suit would be filed in India within a week, the official added.
Renowned documentary film maker Anand Patwardhan said the video sharing website is "catering to Hindutva goons who want to kill all secular content."
Indian athletes will be in action in various disciplines at the 2012 Olympics on Monday. Check out their schedule.
Indian athletes will be in action in various disciplines at the 2012 Olympics on Friday. Check out their schedule.
Delhi Union of Journalists President Sujata Madhok, S K Pandey, general secretary, and other members have welcomed the Supreme Court order granting bail to Syed Mohammad Ahmed Kazmi who has been behind bars since March in the Israeli diplomat car attack case.
Indian athletes will be in action in various disciplines at the 2012 Olympics on Monday. Check out their time schedule.
Pichai said a whole new generation of technologies are happening in India first, and that people in the country no longer have to wait for technology to come to them. Investments, he said, will focus on four areas key to India's digitisation, including enabling affordable access and information for every Indian in their own language, be it Hindi, Tamil, Punjabi or any other.
Modi said the country is suffering because of terrorism for the last 40 years and there is no reason for people not being told about this.
China will flood direct flights to India with wholesale takeaways of the authentic stuff; Indian businessmen will fight for the commission and the consumers for the cuisine, predicts Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
A report prepared by the Association for Democratic Reforms states that the total tax exemptions received by six national parties during financial years 2006 to 2009 is Rs 510.02 crore. Vicky Nanjappa reports
People, who have been virtually been kept indoors because of heavy security deployment in the wake of removal of special status for Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcation of the state, were allowed to go to mosques in their localities without being asked any questions by security personnel.
We have all had heroes. We have all wanted to be someone else. But there was nobody I wanted to be more than I wanted to be Sunil Gavaskar, notes Harsha Bhogle.
President Pranab Mukherjee will deliver his maiden address to the nation on Tuesday on the eve of 66th Independence Day.
Before he came to the US, he also held senior positions internationally for Levi-Strauss & Co, Unilever and the Colgate-Palmolive Company.
The actor, who passed away in a road accident on October 25, was best known for his TV show Flop Show.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a meeting to discuss the preparations for launching Doordarshan's 'Kisan TV' on May 26, to coincide with the first anniversary celebrations of the National Democratic Alliance government.
Companies are rushing to sign up and run promotions for the 2012 London Olympics.
'The unflappable temperament and nerves of steel under extreme pressure -- essential ingredients in space research -- were on full display in the rows occupied by the scientists still engrossed in their monitor screens,' says Minnie Vaid, author of Those Magnificent Women And Their Flying Machines, ISRO's Mission to Mars.
As a controversy raged over Narendra Modi's interview to Doordarshan, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said that the party's prime ministerial candidate had never said that Priyanka Gandhi was like his daughter and that the interview aired on the public broadcaster was deliberately "distorted".
The animation may be just average but who cares? Chhota Bheem wins, hands down, with kids.
"I am Rajiv Gandhi's daughter," was Priyanka Gandhi terse reply on Thursday to purported comments by Narendra Modi that he considers her as his daughter.
From being the first national English news reader at Delhi Doordarshan Kendra, to starting India's first private television channel and the first exclusive journalism college on the lines of the Columbia School, Sashi Kumar has done several path breaking things in his life.
The women who unburdened themselves of their anguish on television won't win a gift hamper sponsored by a corporate; but if it could make us pause and think, Aamir Khan's effort will not have been wasted, says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
'I don't remember the last time I was this invested in the characters of a story since Doordarshan's golden age or early days of cable television boom,' applauds Sukanya Verma.
On his birthday on June 25, Sukanya Verma celebrates some of Raghuvir Yadav's best roles on big screen and small.
A Ganesh Nadar recalls what it was like to watch an RK movie in the theatre in the 1970s.
'The two-word answer is: Proper oversight,' says T N Ninan.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has sought sanction of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry to prosecute former Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli and Doordarshan Director General Aruna Sharma in connection with allegations of corruption in award of broadcasting rights of Commonwealth Games.
A high level committee, which went into alleged financial irregularities in Commonwealth Games, has strongly indicted suspended Prasar Bharti CEO B S Lalli and Doordarshan Director General Aruna Sharma, accusing them of "collusion" with a UK-based firm which benefited Rs 135 crore in the broadcast deal.
In a quick follow up action, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday referred to Central Bureau of Investigation the Shunglu committee report that had indicted suspended Prasar Bharti chief B S Lalli and Doordarshan Director General Aruna Sharma in the award of broadcasting rights of Commonwealth Games causing Rs 135 crore loss to the exchequer.
With Office Office coming up in theatres this week, we check out other TV shows that we would love to see again.
The explosion took place in a hilly area in Bacheli in Dantewada when the personnel were returning to their camp after purchasing groceries from market.
The opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010 has saved the day for Suresh Kalmadi and company. A record 29 million viewers tuned in to watch the telecast on Doordarshan on Sunday.
Ra.One is escapist entertainment at its finest. For those who wanted a more textured film with depth and insights, well, tough luck folks!
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has been given the responsibility of promoting the Unique Identification Number project, officials said here on Friday.
The official broadcaster for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, Doordarshan, is understood to have cut its advertising revenue target by half to Rs 100 crore from the 12-day long event due to poor response from advertisers.
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