Authorities suspended two teachers, apparently in an immediate damage control exercise.
As the month-long fasting observed by the people of the Muslim community during Ramzan came to an end on Modnay, devotees across the country offered namaz on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr in large numbers on Tuesday.
A Web series shouldn't be outright unrealistic. Being Bollywoodesque is always suicidal, asserts Utkarsh Mishra.
The closing ceremony of the 10th edition of the Jagran Film Festival was a glamorous affair in Mumbai.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is headed for a big win in the Uttar Pradesh legislative council polls, bagging Barabanki and Ayodhya and leading in several other places. But it lost Varanasi to an Independent candidate.
'If my character is kissing her love, I am okay with that.' I wouldn't do unnecessarily a bold character for the popularity.'
Why are Bollywood's hunks going shirtless? Enjoy the show!
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to speed up setting up of a commando training centre in Rampur and also form a skilled team of women commandos.
Some exciting news shows, some gripping sequels coming up.
'When you are crafting a story, it's always important to see how authentic that story is because if it is authentic and rooted, it will stand the test of time.'
The overall female strength has rised to 11 which is one of the highest.
The world seems to have turned its attention to Bollywood's ladies, and is honouring them with awards.
As Uttar Pradesh gears up for assembly elections early next year, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will address a public rally on October 10 in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a party spokesperson said.
'Publicity looks good, but the reality is different... all sections are feeling harassed'
The two parties named the seats distributed among them in a statement signed by SP president Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati.
The elections are being seen as a semi-final to the 2022 assembly election.
Sources in various parties suggest that two lakh votes of the Patel community, locally known as OBC kurmi, for which mother-daughter led Apna Dal (S) and Apna Dal (K) are competing and over one lakh of OBC Rajbhars would be crucial in deciding the outcome of the assembly seats in Varanasi.
Besides Akshay Kumar, there's only one more actor who has as many as seven films in different stages of production: Taapsee Pannu.
The cook is seen mixing a litre of milk in a bucket full of water in the video clip.
'...and give awards to such performances.'
'I'll survive for a month, but worry about what will happen if the lockdown isn't eased after that.'
Huma Qureshi makes this predictable yet engaging political drama binge-watch worthy, notes Namrata Thakker.
When seen apart, these high-profile couples didn't amount to much. Thrown together, they hog more space on social media than Harry & Meghan.
Joginder Tuteja introduces us to the men who have made an impression in the OTT universe.
Congratulations, Shweta-Chaitanya!
Priyanka spent the night at the guesthouse, turning down all requests of the local administration to return.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the forthcoming films, and also looks back at how successful this genre has been in the past.
And the newlyweds went off on the bike too!
Netflix is reminiscent of Star TV in the 1990s: Very Western in its gaze, very expensive, and clueless, notes Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Bollywood stars have posted interesting pictures on Instagram.
"We small parties, like the Apna Dal-S, want some respect to be shown to us. We, our leaders and workers feel hurt if due importance is not given to us," Ashish Patel told mediapersons
The main architectural lesson demonstrated by this project is how sacred spaces that have immense spiritual and heritage value, located in dense urban settings, can be transformed in a respectful and sensitive manner.
Joginder Tuteja looks back at all the lesser known films Bollywood's leading men debuted in.
Amazon Prime Video has doubled its content investments in India and announced as many as 41 new titles in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English, thereby throwing an open challenge to their streaming competitor, Netflix.
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,03,94,352, pushing the national COVID-19 recovery rate to 96.96 per cent, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.44 per cent.
Why would a super-successful star take such a decision?
Made in Heaven is written by Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti and Alankrita Shrivastava, has 9 episodes and four directors -- Nitya Mehra, Zoya, Alankrita and Prashant Nair. It stars Arjun Mathur, Sobhita Dhulipala, Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh, Shashank Arora, Shivani Raghuvanshi.
Priyanka Gandhi covered the distance from Varanasi to Umbha village in Sonbhadra district, about 100 kilometres apart, by road, prompting Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma to say she was pulling off a "political stunt".
Around 18 of the 40 people went missing on Tuesday after a boat carrying them capsized on the Ganga River at Betawar ghat near Shooltankeshwar area in Varanasi, the police said.
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