Once a stock market darling, the jewellery chain heads for liquidation.
Netflix has unveiled a line-up of 15 original series as well as returning seasons of popular shows.
'The entertainment industry is on the verge of a big, big, change over the next few months and years.'
India's news broadcasters are a national shame that have polarised Indians, observes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Madame Tussauds honours the most recorded artist in music history.
'Virat Kohli's statement is a reflection of the bubble that most famous people either slip into or are forced into'
Celebs follow a template for their special day -- an intimate ceremony with few people and a keen eye for a touch of luxury in every aspect.
German Ambassador to India Michael Steiner paid tribute to the soft power of Bollywood by making his acting debut in a video on Shah Rukh Khan-Saif Ali Khan-starrer 2003 romantic drama 'Kal Ho Naa Ho'
Indi pop singer Alisha Chinai recently spoke out about the music scene in Bollywood, and her tiff with composers Vishal-Shekhar.
'By annoying the Arabs and cozying up to Iran, Pakistan may end up losing Arab economic support, annoying the Americans and increase Shia-Sunni tensions domestically,' Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) points out.
Vikram Lamba was carrying 13000 pounds and electronic and luxury items worth lakhs.
'My father never saw any success for me. 'When I meet him in the next world, I will proudly say that I didn't buy houses and cars, but I made some art that will hopefully stand the test of time.'
'We are two countries that, as Swami Vivekananda said in Chicago more than a century ago, have sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations on Earth.' 'People are watching to wait and see if this Modi moment is going to be the moment when the world's oldest democracy and the world's largest democracy finally capitalise on the full, inherent potential of this relationship.' Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com reports from the State Department's lunch for Prime Minister Modi.
Modi may take satisfaction from his display of considerable political skill in managing a mercurial, temperamental and unpredictable US president and nudging him into uncharacteristic restraint and even carefully orchestrated remarks. This personal chemistry will come in handy if Trump returns as president in the November elections, says former foreign secretary Shyam Saran.
Dilip Kumar remained in demand all through his career because he kept reinventing himself in keeping with the changing times in Indian cinema, argues Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.
Get your lowdown on what's happening in Bollywood right here!
'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'
Unsatisfied by the minister's reply during the Question Hour, the Congress members including former prime minister Manmohan Singh staged a walkout.
A look at the top 10 purchases at the IPL auction.
US President-elect Trump had recently said that he would not allow Americans to be replaced by foreign workers, in an apparent reference to cases like that of Disney World and other American companies wherein people hired on H-1B visas, including Indians, displaced US workers.
Will Priyanka start a family? Or does she have some career aces up her sleeve? Longtime Rediff.com contributor Aseem Chhabra, author of
Vajpayee, who died on Thursday at the age of 93 after a prolonged illness, had made a significant diplomatic breakthrough and travelled on a bus from Amritsar to Lahore with a delegation that included the likes of Bollywood legend Dev Anand, writer Javed Akhtar and cricket icon Kapil Dev.
Intimate getaways offered in the form of homestays by hotels are proving to be the flavour of this extraordinary and difficult time. Not far from cities, they offer a pleasant respite from homebound lives, says Pavan Lall.
'Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, Vikramaditya, Yudhishthir got married on this land. None of us goes to a foreign country to get married'
Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.
PeeCee has been receiving congratulatory messages on Twitter since the announcement.
Isn't it funny that we are importing in excess of $50 billion of gold every year while simultaneously pleading with foreigners to invest a few billions.
Still, the earliest India will get to experience Apple online will be early 2020 and the company's first fully-owned signature store should be up around 2022 -- almost two decades after it had opened its first store worldwide, writes Nivedita Mookerji.
According to Ankur Pathak, the film doesn't make much sense.
Will a time come when people will look beyond what they see as Modi'S strengths and begin to wonder why they have got poorer or sicker under his rule, asks Vir Sanghvi.
'I'm a little fuzzy on the details, but I know that everyone is behaving as if they've just discovered that their favourite grandfather is a peeping tom,' says Mitali Saran.
Sukanya Verma looks at all the movies he's made so far. Tell us your favourite in the poll.
Blaring music. Manic shoppers. A foreign brand launch.
It would be wrong to blame only Bollywood or the fairness cream industry, or the masses that cater to both, because clearly, all of us encourage this lust for whiteness that films and companies only cash in on.
The Indian film industry is now luring foreign producers too for investment. Many Hollywood movies are now being outsourced to the country for visual effects. Major Hollywood studios like Viacom, NBC, Universal, Dream Works, besides Warner Bros., Sony and Disney have also made investments in India's entertainment sector. According to a Ficci report, Indian entertainment and media industry is poised to grow at an annual rate of 18 per cent by 2011 faster than its counterparts.
The tweet had a photo of the PM with a 'dog-filter'.
The film has already grossed $26 million from 22 territories, including India.
'It is a sad day when social activists, environmental campaigners, anti-corruption workers are singled out as anti-nationals and then criminalised.'
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Max Bupa, standalone private health insurer, is a joint venture between Max India (with 74 per cent stake) and UK-based global healthcare group Bupa (26 per cent).
Tarina Patel, South African businessman Iqbal Sharma's wife, tells her side of the story in the Saif punching incident.
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