Old style politicians who can't remember their own phone numbers, flounder without aides during campaign time; a grand wedding... no, not Rietesh and Genelia's but packing a big star show in politics; the Indian Railways in uniform ala Air India, eh? Gupshup from the Dilli Durbar.
'Waging battle over a jar of marmalade seemed petty beyond belief so I simply lost my craving for the preserve,' Kishore Singh writes
Set in Spanish locales with food as one of its motifs, the film turns out to be stale and bland.
Ending a legal wrangle over the price of the humble samosa, the Supreme Court has set aside a notification of the Punjab government, whereby the price of one samosa was fixed at Rs 6. The samosa, till early this week, was caught up in a legal tussle between the provincial government and Punjab Bakers and Sweets Federation.
A fun take on what would happen if Spidey paid us a visit!
There is a deep-seated sense of rejection that the new generation Tamil youth have felt for a decade and more now, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
With so many films shifted to the new year, it's going to be a busy year for Bollywood's actors.
Surely, you have some advice for SRK as well, on how he needs to get his act together and not let movie disappointments and personal problems get the the better of him. Tell the Badshah of Bollywood What He Needs to Do. Pronto!
Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal took three late wickets to thrust his team back into contention at the close of the second day of the second Test against England on Thursday.
Team Anna member Kiran Bedi on Friday appeared to raise questions over Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari's conduct during the debate on Lokpal Bill in the Upper House. "In everyone's life there come moments where one can rise above. This was one such moment last night for the chairman of Rajya Sabha to create history. Alas!" Bedi tweeted.
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The Telugu film is quite entertaining.
The Telugu actor talks about his film Pilla Zamindar and more.
Urban lives are the opposite of rural ones, especially when it comes to evenings out, says Kishore Singh.
Nithya Menen talks about going from Malayalam to Telugu with Ala Modalaindi.
'Hazare is not the issue, and the government should not make him into one. Rather, it should focus on the issue he has voiced: Corruption that is depriving people of the mind-boggling welfare funds but for which India would already be a member of the Comity of Nations the prime minister often speaks about.'
Illegal captivates you in the first half of the series, feels Joginder Tuteja. And then...
'Ishaan Khattar, with the please-fall-in-love-with-me looks in his eyes, carries the first episode,' observes Aseem Chhabra.
Elisabetta Canalis stuns in the latest ad campaign for Cavalli.
While describing LeT's plan to project the 26/11 attack as "Hindu Terror", Maria wrote, "If everything went according to plan, Kasab would have died as Chaudhari and the media would have blamed 'Hindu terrorists' for the attack."
Many people trying to lose weight reach a stage where they stop losing further weight in spite of following the diet and fitness plan that was initially giving them good result. If you are on the same boat, try one or more of these methods to send your weight rolling downwards.
The Mumbai police issued a terror advisory on Thursday night, after receiving intelligence inputs about four terrorists sneaking into the city ahead of the festive season.Four members of Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashker-e-Tayiba sneaked into Mumbai, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Himanshu Roy said on Thursday. The city police also released the sketch of one of the four suspected terrorists.The police have intensified security at crowded places and religious sites.
Meet Ritesh Sharma, one of the five hopefuls who took up the challenge to watch the horror movie produced by Ram Gopal Varma, alone in a Mumbai theatre.
Actress Nithya Menen shares her experience on working on a bi-lingual film 180.
Egypt on Monday imposed a freeze on the assets of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his family and imposed a travel ban on him and his clan; two weeks after a mass uprising threw out his regime. The move comes close on the heels of an order seeking the freezing of the family's financial assets in foreign countries, following which the foreign ministry approached foreign governments and financial institutions. The ban would apply to his wife Suzanne and two sons.
What is foreign policy worth if it stands disconnected from domestic realities? Make no mistake, the horrifying visuals of the human suffering in metropolitan India is only the tip of the iceberg. The vast swathes of the hinterland are heaving with untold sorrows, notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Life insurance protects the income generator, and only when income generation is secured can one build wealth.
Snooping is one of the oldest peccadilloes of man, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
B V Nandini Reddy on her Telugu directorial debut, Ala Modalaindi.
'Modi's interview style is distinct, and alas one that is increasingly being followed by others as well, notably by the man who is out to challenge him, Rahul Gandhi.' 'This may appear aggressive and combative to readers and viewers, but the fact is that sometimes it becomes unclear as to who is interviewing who,' discovers Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
In PHOTOS: Whacky, thrill-seeking Santas are here
Listen to soothing song from Meenaxi and Gaja Gamini
Laxmi Negi picks her All Stars XI after the IPL 2020 league games.
She was capable of a level of human compassion that is rare today among politicians, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who knew the Communist legend K R Gowri, who passed into the ages on May 11, from his childhood.
In its consultation paper Trai addressed three key points including the bundling of channels under bouquets, rampant discounting within bouquets, and the lack of consumer choice.
The Disciple is an ode to music and a salute to Mumbai. The city can be harsh, but it also lets the voices of struggling classical musicians exist, although often they live on the edge of society, observes Aseem Chhabra.
Let us do our bit for abolishing caste from our midst!
Losing Shane Watson early was the turning point of the match.
'Stan's death is the culmination of a series of acts of abominable cruelty on the part of the Indian State.'
