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DD airs The Kerala Story despite protest by CPM, Congress

Despite a strong protest raised by the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist and the Congress in Kerala, Doordarshan on Friday aired the controversial Bollywood movie The Kerala Story. IMAGE: A......

Congress, AAP join in as Gujarat assembly hails Modi for Ram temple

A resolution lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the successful consecration ceremony at the new Ram temple in Ayodhya was unanimously adopted by the assembly in the Bharatiya Janata......

The End Of NDTV As We Know It

We got the same Diwali bonuses. We ate together. We carried equipment together on shoots.And when the odd reporter tried to throw her weight around and leave the camera person to carry bags of......

'I had fought for undivided India'

For his participation in Netaji's INA, Major Ghulam Ahmed Qureshi was put into solitary confinement in the Red Fort, charged with rebellion against the Crown.Despite Nehru, Asaf Ali and a host of......

Why India Needs A President Like A P J Abdul Kalam

'Dr Kalam never felt or behaved like a President during his entire tenure of five years as President.''Not even a single day, he felt he was the first citizen of India, or someone different from......

'Covid has made Ayurveda mainstream'

'The spurt in demand for Ayurvedic products has exhausted our production capacity.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Kapiva Ayurveda The pandemic may have disrupted Dabur's business initially, but......

Why Bajaj continues to be super

The Bajaj Super could not be called a pretty scooter, but it was sturdy and reliable, remembers Veenu Sandhu. *IMAGE: A Bajaj scooter advertisement. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bajajauto.com ......

When advertising created celebrities

Sasha Chhetri, the Airtel 4G girl, is a better known face across India than most Bollywood starlets, says ad guru Sandeep Goyal. IMAGE: Sasha Chhetri, the star of Airtel ads. Photograph: Kind......

40 years ago and now: Rasna fights to keep the love affair going

From aggressive competition to a slowing category, the brand is still battling on, rue Sayantani Kar and Sohini Das Rasna is poised to leap from its ready-to-mix antecedents to being an......

Prasar Bharati chief rubbishes talks of rift with I&B Ministry

Prasar Bharati chairman Jawahar Sircar on Tuesday said there was no rift between him and the information and broadcasting (I&B) ministry, following a controversy over a letter he had written to the......

'When He Spoke, The Whole Nation Listened'

'Ameen Sayani was copied by generations. Now everyone is trying to become smaller Ameen Sayanis in their own way.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In 1960, when the film Dil Apna Aur......

'Rituraj was the life of the party'

'One day, just like that, without even saying goodbye, he was gone.' IMAGE: Rituraj Singh with Varun Dhawan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Rituraj Singh/Instagram On February 20, a little after......

Kaveta Chaudhry Of Udaan Fame Dies

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kaveta Chaudhry/Twitter Kaveta Chaudhry, who starred in the popular Doordarshan television serial Udaan, died at a hospital in Amritsar following a cardiac arrest on......

'Main kya tumhe villain lagti hu?'

'Vishal told me he envisioned me while writing (the script), but I was not well.''He called me and said, 'Navnindraji, hum aap ka dhyaan rakhenge set par.''That's how I got on board, and they......

Karan Johar Makes 'Most Violent Film' In India

'The only violence I have had in any film of mine is a slap.''When Nikhil narrated the film to me, I was blown away.''I was literally screaming out of my chair.' IMAGE: Lakshya in Kill. Film......

Events That Changed Indian Cricket Forever

Would there have been an incomparable batsman named Sachin Tendulkar had Doordarshan not telecast Guide one summer afternoon?A fascinating excerpt from Abhishek Mukherjee and Joy Bhattacharjya's......

Wrestler Ravi carries hopes of Nahri village to Tokyo Olympics

IMAGE: The quiet and shy Ravi Dahiya, son of a farmer, is the third Olympian from the village of Nahri after Mahavir Singh (1980 Moscow, 1984 Los Angeles) and Amit Dahiya (London 2012).......

Yashpal Sharma: Of guts, pride and Dilip Kumar's word

IMAGE: Yashpal Sharma didn't have Gavaskar's class or Vengsarkar's flair but he was guts personified. Photograph: Kind courtesy Mohammad Azharuddin/Facebook "I shared a strange relationship with......

Indian hockey's GOLDEN evening in Moscow

'The feeling that we were Olympic champions only dawned on us when we reached India.' Part 1: When 'The Babes of Indian Hockey' struck gold in Moscow IMAGE: The Indian hockey team members after......

Unlike Olympics, no TV coverage for Rio Paralympics in India

IMAGE: File photo from 2012 Paralympic Games. Photograph: Eddie Keogh/Reuters. Unlike the Olympics that was widely covered, the Rio Paralympics set to begin tomorrow will not have any television......

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