West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar of repeatedly interfering in the functioning of the state administration, and asked him to judge who has "crossed the limit of constitutional dharma and decency" between the two constitutional functionaries.
Seven of Bollywood's big stars (Akshay Kumar, Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn, Varun Dhawan, Saif Ali Khan, John Abraham and Shahid Kapoor), who had 10 movies released with a collective budget of Rs 1,100 crore since December, could rustle up only around a third of that money at the box office.
Sidharth Malhotra chose to celebrate his birthday on January 16 by showing the world the first look of his new film, Shershaah.
Their sizzling pictures speak volumes about their chemistry!
'He will always live in the hearts of the millions of children who have studied in schools and colleges established by him and the faithful Hindus to whom he was a symbol of the invincible spirit of glorious Hindu Dharma,' says Tarun Vijay.
A sobbing Telugu Desam president N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday vowed to step into the Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly again only after returning to power.
Since 2014, India has left its moorings as a pluralist, modern, secular State because that is how the BJP wants it to be, notes Aakar Patel.
'One quiver cannot have two different kinds of arrows.' 'The party cannot progress with two leaders.'
'The administration was not ready for (my) release, but I have been released because of the prayers of people.'
After a lifetime of showing us what it means to 'act at the top of one's bent and never hit a false note', Mammootty had the good sense, in the third act of his career, to pare down his style, become less mannered, draw directly from life. And getting a performer like that to play characters who seem 'completely dead inside', is, in my view, a betrayal of his legacy, his still-burning ambition, and his still-sharp feelers, observes Sreehari Nair.
As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging out with his friends, mulls Rohit Sathish Nair.
The students at Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vigyan Dept were protesting against appointment of Prof Feroze Khan, saying 'only a Hindu can teach us our religion.'
Arjun wants all his friends to see India's Most Wanted.
Filing nomination from the Amritsar East seat, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Saturday dared his bte noir Amarinder Singh to leave Patiala and take on him.
As we celebrate the actor's much deserved award, Divya Nair presents 10 landmark films in Suriya's career, ranked in order of performance.
The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is leading in a string of urban local bodies across Tamil Nadu as counting of votes began on Tuesday for the just concluded civic polls.
Kerala CM wrote to EAM S Jaishankar, seeking his intervention in the matter.
Karan Johar has launched quite a few stars with his movies. He continues the tradition with Lakshya Lalwani, who will feature in the Dostana sequel.
Here's what Karan Johar was celebrating.
'It depends on how you look at fame, how you treat fame.'
In his letters sent to the DMs of Aligarh and Haridwar, Ali has said a public event styled as a 'Dharam Sansad' was held in Haridwar and Delhi from December 17-19 last year where such speeches were made.
Have we been allowed to forget Partition? Isn't Partition the reason many Hindus cannot bring themselves to trust Muslims? So many Muslims born after 1947 have told me with anguish: "How long will we be blamed for Partition?" notes Jyoti Punwani.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, invited the global manufacturers of vaccines to come and make vaccines in India, stressing that the country's "faith is to serve people".
A heartwarming video of Indian Army soldiers celebrating Christmas on the LoC is ruling the hearts of the countrymen.
Joginder Tuteja looks at the actors, who waited patiently, and will now release their films in theatres this year.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
There are quite a few movies that still don't have a title.
Presiding over a Christmas event in Chennai, Panneerselvam, quoting the preaching of Jesus Christ, said if those who commit wrongs reform and return, accepting them back is leadership quality.
There are many movies coming up titled after their protagonist.
Narsinghanand, notorious for making intemperate remarks against Muslims, stoked yet another controversy with his comment that "50 per cent of Hindus will convert" in 20 years if a Muslim becomes the prime minister of India.
Kapil Mishra had been invited because he was an "anti-corruption crusader", one 'IIT B for Bharat' organiser said. But in his half hour-long speech, Mishra didn't mention corruption. His entire focus was on the long "battle" Hindus had fought for their identity.
Movies are now releasing in multiple languages in theatres, and each one seems to have found an audience.
Joginder Tuteja lists Kiara's forthcoming films, and the men she romances in them.
Bollywood is ready with its line-up of theatre releases, but it remains to be seen whether we will get to watch these movies in theatres this year.
The government has chosen to profiteer off people's misery and suffering, Gandhi said.
Rakul, 29, was seen entering the NCB guest house in Colaba around 10.30 am and left after four hours.
'My grandfather O P Ralhan passed away when I was very young.' 'When I told my dad that I wanted to study films, he told me he did not have any contacts in the film industry.' 'He told me to finish my business undergrad and then chase my dreams.'
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