Rediff.com's Rajul Hegde talked to some of the top television celebrities about their Raksha Bandhan memories and plans.
In a major relief to controversial self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba, the Madhya Pradesh high court in Jabalpur granted him an anticipatory bail on Monday.
A look at the guests at the opening.
Fifteen-year-old Sangita Bauri never feared her parents and society when she opposed her forcible marriage in a remote village in West Bengal but she trembled when she was honoured in New Delhi by President Pratibha Patil for her feat.
'A month before he died, he rang me up to say he wanted to meet me. I was alarmed by the tone of his voice.'
In her reply to the letter sent by the jail authorities, Lall pointed out that Sharma had been helping inmates during the 15 years he had spent in prison.
'It's becoming a bit of a pilgrimage in December in Kerala. On the one hand, you have black-clad Ayyappa devotees. On the other, you have throngs of film enthusiasts showing up. With good reason, too -- this is arguably the best film festival in India, with a good selection of films, with great diversity.'
Zarine Khan recently launched her first cook book Family Secrets: The Khan Family Cookbook.
Television stars sure know how to let their hair down!
Sanjay Khan's autobiography The Best Mistakes Of My Life out.
This is a national leadership gone so wrong that India's most powerful prime minister in four decades has personally taken charge of medical oxygen shortages, observes Shekhar Gupta.
Sidhu's meeting with Gandhi lasted for more than 30 minutes and had come at a time when the Congress has finalised half of its candidates for the coming assembly elections in Punjab.
The SRB, at its meeting, recommended release of 22 convicts on completion of their sentences and rejected 86 other cases, including the three high-profile murder cases.
Prolific and passionate, Omji's cinema is far more valuable than we think.
"The Corporation has decided to offer a voluntary retirement scheme, with a view to enable employees who are not in a position to continue in service of the Corporation due to various personal reasons, to request for grant of voluntary retirement from the services of the Corporation," Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) said in an internal notice to its employees.
Siddharth Malhotra on his directorial debut, We Are Family, the bollywood remake of Stepmom.
The National Democratic Alliance in Bihar which so far had BJP, JD-U and the LJP as its constituents will now have another dalit-centric party HAM as a member.
As thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana, braved water cannons and teargas to camp at the national capital's borders to demand a rollback of the laws and their representatives held talks with the government, the songs flowed, speaking of pride of the land, strength in unity and the rights of the people fighting a mighty establishment.
The serial kisser dresses as a vampire and a girl in a song from Crook.
The BJP could win only 16 out of 57 seats where Shah campaigned.
A look at the red carpet pictures.
'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
Gully Boy is a glorious blend of hip-hop and assured filmmaking, promises Sukanya Verma.
Before finding their 'happily-ever-after', some Kapoors have endured and inflicted heartbreak.
As for the Kargil martyrs, the lives of their kith and kin were dashed to pieces for ever. The nation cannot repay the debt we owe to them, but the least we can do is to salute these valiant men for their personal sacrifice to preserve our territorial integrity, says MP Anil Kumar on the occasion of Vijay Divas
The condition of Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Virendra Kumar Khatik, who was beaten up allegedly by Railway Protection Force personnel, is stable and he is out of danger, doctors said on Saturday. The MP from Sagar was beaten up on Friday during an anti-encroachment drive near Bina railway station. He was hit by RPF personnel while protesting against the removal of encroachments from Chhoti Bajaria area, police had said.
A look at the top tweet from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'We were shocked to know about her death.' 'We couldn't believe it because she was not sick or in a bad condition.'
A number of documents indicate that Pakistan International Airline has put embargo on Afghan citizens who have travelled to India.
Bollywood pays their last respects to the Legend.
A bench comprising Justices Altamas Kabir and H S Bedi gave the stay order on a special petition filed by Santokben through her counsel Bina Madhavan that challenged the tests as being illegal, unconstitutional and violative of individual privacy. The bench, while staying the tests, directed that the petition be listed along with similar petitions pending before a larger bench of the court challenging the constitutional and legal validity of such investigation methods.
State run refineries stand to gain as govt raised the FDI limit to 49 per cent from 26 per cent.
Admitting that he had earlier fought a case for Bina Ramani with regard to the custody of her children, Jethmalani denied that he had charged the key prosecution witness with resorting to falsehood in the Jessica Lal murder case.
The government is selling its entire 100 per cent stake in Air India but wants effective control to stay with Indian nationals.
'He couldn't hold himself from chanting 'Siyavar Ramchandra ki Jai'.'
'As an actor, I think about the beauty of getting comfortable in the uncomfortable.'
'India has decided - Democracy needs to be celebrated.'
The court posted the matter for further hearing to April five.
The Bench comprising Justice R S Sodhi and Justice P K Bhasin expressed dissatisfaction at the manner in which the witnesses failed to give proper testimonies in the case.
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