Bard of Blood works up several moments of intrigue and drama but falls short of culminating into a satisfying watch, says Sukanya Verma.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Tuesday
Riding on Shreyas Iyer's marathon knock of 173, Ranji giants Mumbai gathered three points against Baroda on the basis of first innings lead in their Group B cricket encounter, in Vadodra, on Sunday.
Taking exception to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan not mentioning the death of healthcare workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association has published a list of 382 doctors who died due to the viral disease and demanded that they be treated as "martyrs".
Sukanya Verma looks at the debutants of that year and how they've fared since.
Sukanya Verma looks at Bollywood's various terrace moments.
Distraught relatives of people on board the ill-fated Indore-Patna Express who have still not been united with their family, searched frantically for their loved ones.
Here's what went down in the curtain raiser episode.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Wednesday
Having ensured three points by virtue of 104-run first innings lead by the end of the third day, Mumbai decided against sporting declaration reaching 321 for 5 when captains decided to call time.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Monday
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Sunday
The JNU student leader said, "There is an atmosphere of fear in the country and anybody who speaks against the government is threatened."
A summary of the day's play in the Vijay Hazare One-day tournament.
A round-up of the Ranji matches played across India on Sunday
Shreevats Goswami finally came out of Wriddhiman Saha's shadow to hit a career best 225 which enabled Bengal post a commendable 475 for 9 on the second day of the Group A league encounter against Madhya Pradesh. At stumps, MP were 19 for 1 with Ashok Dinda getting the wicket of Aditya Srivastava. The day belonged to Shreevats, who played 328 balls hitting 25 boundaries and three sixes en route his maiden double hundred in First Class cricket. It was also a match where Bengal's lower order showed exemplary resilience as the last three wickets produced 268 runs after being reduced to 207 for seven.
'My stay in Mumbai was taken care of by Vinod Khanna, food by Daisy Irani, work was provided by Feroz Khan, and Sunil Dutt paid me without my doing any work. My wife is 12 years younger than me. She was a child artiste. I got the title Shakti Kapoor: Cradle snatcher. But she was too good so I decided to marry her. I will marry Shraddha off after three years. I don't want her to be an older heroine or marry at 40. I want her to marry at the peak of her career. But I will not force her.' Straight talk from Shakti Kapoor.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Wednesday
A summary of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday
A summary of the day's matches in the Vijay Hazare One-day tournament.
A round-up of all the Ranji Trophy matches played on Saturday
A round-up of Day 1 of the Ranji Trophy group matches played on Thursday.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Friday
It was another Ranji Trophy match at Bansi Lal Stadium that turned out to be farcical contest as Baroda beat Bengal by 21 runs with 40 wickets falling well inside two days.
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Sunday
Gangster Chhota Rajan, arrested in Bali on Monday and who is likely to be extradited to India, was not one to forgive or forget easily. Mumbai's foremost crime writer S Hussain Zaidi recalls the time when Rajan was almost killed in an attack by his rival Chhota Shakeel, and how Rajan extracted revenge across continents.
A round-up of Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played across the country on Friday
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Thursday...
A round-up of Ranji Trophy matches played across India on Monday
Director Anil Sharma gives us an insight into the Deol men, and other Bollywood Greats.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Friday
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