The ruling coalition won 125 seats in the 243-member state assembly against 110 clinched by the opposition Grand Alliance to pave the way for a fourth successive term for Kumar in office.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'She was the captain of the ship, so she had to handle every character well.' 'She took care of everyone.'
As often is the case on celluloid, romanticising death is as significant as making every moment count where a young life's passing makes the realisation all the more heartbreaking and momentous.
The continued suspense over Mahendra Singh Dhoni's future has revived the debate on whether the biggest icons in Indian cricket know when the time is right to bow out of the scene gracefully.
'My biggest takeaway of the year was to value the present, to live every moment that has been gifted to us, rather than make plans for the future because no matter how much you plan, there is no guarantee about the future.'
'This pandemic has only made my belief stronger that we should live for today because we do not know what tomorrow has got to offer.' 'Tomorrow is not even guaranteed.'
If you plan to go on a holiday soon, we can help you out with the list of places which are really fascinating.
Sukanya Verma looks at 2019's winners and washouts so far.
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Meet Bollywood's finest casting director Mukesh Chhabra.
'Shouldn't our investigation agencies be fiercely independent and conduct fair investigations, show some spine and say no to such witch hunting?' 'That they will not be cowed down by what the Centre wants them to do.'
Salman has just launched Pranutan Bahl and Zaheer Iqbal in Notebook. Urvi Parikh looks at other talents who have bloomed under his care.
Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! stumbles considerably because of its simplistic plotting, says Raja Sen.
Ranaut, who had said she feared Mumbai Police after the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and likened the Maharashtra capital to Pakistan occupied Kashmir, thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah and declared that no one could crush a patriot.
The politicisation of ethnic sentiments in the state has coincided with the ascent of the BJP and increased activities of far right Hindu outfits, which organised rallies and other events on religious occasions such as Ram Navami a festival not very popular in West Bengal- unlike states in north India.
'In India the box office numbers are insane. It released with 7 other films It still did 70 crores during pandemic times. 'To have your second feature film in Telugu create this kind of impact is a dream come true.'
Given the controversy over Uttar Pradesh's population control moves, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP MLAs in UP have.
Ushering in a new era of movie watching, the Union government allowed multiplexes, cinema halls and theatres to reopen from Thursday within the framework of a set of standard operating procedures.
The amount millenials spend on eating out is changing everything about the eating-out business.
Sukanya Verma lists her five BEST and WORST Bollywood movies of 2019.
Bollywood celebrated 70 years of Independence by telling us what it means to them, and posting interesting pictures on social media.
Given Nitish's track record as an accomplished trapeze artist who can dump the BJP overnight and embrace the RJD, he can leave the saffron party stranded should he fail to get the chief ministerial crown for the fourth time, notes Virendra Kapoor.
MS Dhoni all set for new innings.
'In the new Bollywood, where success can translate, like a chain reaction, into gains in related fields, mere appearance on the screen is no longer a guarantor of fame,' says Vikram Johri.
In a special segment called In Memoriam, Irrfan Khan and Oscar-winning costume designer Bhanu Athiya were remembered alongside many Hollywood actors and filmmakers including Chadwick Boseman, Ian Holl, Sean Connery and Max von Sydow.
It was a quiet reopening with few people venturing warily to watch a mix of regional, English and Hindi reruns such as "Chhichhore", "Thappad", "Tanhaji" and "The Spy".
There are many interesting facts and stats about Dhoni's fabulous career.
Sukanya Verma looks back at the decade gone by, in the movies.
There are 12 actresses, who are among Bollywood's busiest, working on multiple films simultaneously. Just who are they?
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40 must know nuggets about the legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Bombay Velvet was Bollywood's biggest flop this year.
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Rustom, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, PadMan... ...Vishal Bhardwaj's next with Deepika Padukone and Irrfan, John Abraham's Parmanu, Anushka Sharma's Pari, Abhishek Kapoor's Kedarnath, Anil Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Fanney Khan, Shahid Kapoor's Batti Gul Meter Chalu... Meet Prernaa Arora, the young lady above the title...
'Television is the medium that made the nation love me. I am who I am because of TV and I will never give it up.' But for now, Shaleen Bhanot is concentrating on music.
'I appreciate women who can really go out and look gorgeous and glamorous. It's not easy for everyone. Looking hot and sensual is not something that everyone can carry off. All credit to the women, who do it so well.' Bhoomika Chawla gets candid.
'Param Bir's letter alleges that Waze was being used directly by the home minister.' 'I think an enquiry by a high court judge is the need of the hour.'
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As we prepare to return to the land of silver screens and samosa, Sukanya Verma looks at notable theatre moments in Hindi films.
