A heated debate erupted in the Rajya Sabha over the ongoing strike by ASHA workers in Kerala, with Congress and CPI(M) MPs trading accusations over responsibility for addressing their demands for a higher honorarium and post-retirement benefits. Congress MP Jebi Mather alleged that both the Kerala government and the Union government had ignored the workers' pleas, while CPI(M) MP John Brittas countered by claiming Kerala provides the highest honorarium to ASHA workers. The debate also saw demands for an AIIMS in Kerala and a hike in MBBS seats, as well as concerns over maternal health, elderly care, and mental health in India.
Jaya is a woman of steel in the truest sense of the word. Despite being the first lady of filmdom, she's as real and rooted to the ground as anyone can get, notes Subhash K Jha on the actor-politician's 74th birthday.
'He was a tremendous artist of a very high order, gone too soon. He not only reshaped the visual language of Indian Cinema through his cinematography in Aravindan's films, Shaji sir gave us all a sense of direction through his mainstream work as a cameraman.'
Choreographer-turned-director Remo D'Souza can sure set the stage on fire but isn't quite the storyteller, notes Sukanya Verma.
This isn't a compilation of his best films, biggest blockbusters or important milestones but moments that swept Sukanya Verma off the floor, blew her heart into smithereens, regaled her with their sheer silliness, made her laugh till her sides hurt and look at phenke hue paise in disdain.
'That day, I remember I said, can I hug you? And I gave him a big, tight hug.'
Subhash K Jha remembers his conversations with movie legend Manoj Kumar, who passed into the ages on April 4, 2025.
'The sincerity and commitment to art is something you don't see much these days; it's more about the moolah.'
'This man changed the mindset of a generation.'
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
'Both Shahid and Ishaan are over-thinkers and I'm constantly telling them to lighten up, chill.'
It seems Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan have finally decided to answer the 'are they-aren't they' question by making a rare public appearance together.
'One cannot take risks at his age.'
'Sunny sir keeps me distracted from my morning sickness.'
Priyanka-Nick's before and after pictures...Salman celebrates with family... Abhishek mingles with Amy Jackson...
Indian American Gopi Seth has installed a life-size statue of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan at his home in Edison City, New Jersey.
Sukanya Verma gives a toast to the man, the movies and the many, many, MANY memories he's made on big screen through 80 Amitabh Bachchan moments.
Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan made sure to support daughter Aaradhya as they watched her performance at the Dhirubhai Ambani School's annual day event.
Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan come together in R Balki's once again after Paa.
The Delhi high court on Thursday restrained several YouTube channels from publishing misleading content on the health of Aaradhya Bachchan, daughter of actors Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, saying spreading misinformation about a child reflects "morbid perversity".
When Aishwarya celebrated her birthday in Dubai on November 1, the speculation regarding the Abhishek-Aishwarya marital rift ran even higher.
'I didn't like doing jhatak-mataks. I would subconsciously start feeling, 'Oh my God, my makeup man and my driver will be watching this.''
The court's order came on a lawsuit by the veteran actor alleging exploitation of his "publicity rights as a celebrity" by several individuals, including the person behind a "KBC lottery" to scam the public.
Amitabh Bachchan: 'Success didn't affect me at all.' Rajesh Khanna: 'I felt next to God!'
Aishwarya didn't wait to chat with the paparazzi but wished them, 'Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.'
Somehow no producer found the right project that would justify casting these two selective stars with each other.
Sidharth Malhotra feels working on Mission Majnu gave him an opportunity to 'ape' his idol, Amitabh Bachchan.
Rajesh Khanna: 'When I saw Namak Haram at a trial at Liberty cinema, I knew my time was up.' I told Hrishida, "Here is the superstar of tomorrow".'
'I am not a greedy film person, even as an actor.' 'While my contemporaries Dharmendra and Shashi Kapoor acted in nearly 300 films each, I've done hardly 35 films in my entire career.'
'In KBC, the scripts are a small part of the game show, but he used to correct each and every word with so much dedication!' 'He would do that to avoid fumbling during the shooting.'
After their Christian wedding cin Goa, Aadar Jain and Alekha Advani are getting ready for the Hindu ceremony.
Raveena Tandon's daughter making her debut, Kangana Ranaut's controversial Indira Gandhi movie, Millie Bobby Brown's brand new sci-fi offering and more on Sukanya Verma's Holi weekend watch.
'He made me feel like a crorepati even without sitting in the hot seat.'
Glimpses of how the stars interacted at the NMACC opening.
'Salman's bad phase is going on for the last five-six years.'
'Mrs shows a dark side to the son and the father.' 'I had to do things that I wouldn't dare to do in real life.'
The veteran actor passed into the ages in the early hours of Friday, April 4, 2025. Sukanya Verma looks back at his most memorable performances.
'Who can forget that a superstar made me comfortable?'
Ananya's musical weekend... Akshay's cricketing master class... Mallika flaunts her abs...
