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Watch! Ayodhya's GRAND Ram Leela

Shailajanand Mishra lists The Top Videos of the Week! Take a look. IMAGE: Bhagyashree plays Sita in the Ram Leela being presented in Ayodhya. Photograph: Kind courtesy Bhagyashree/Instagram......

Army 'strong and tall' on 'active, unsettled' borders: Gen Naravane

Army chief General M M Naravane on Friday said the Indian Army stands "strong and tall" in the face of challenges faced on both "active and unsettled" west and north borders where exigencies have......

Combative Smriti Irani is!

The combativeness reflects her insistence not to meekly acquiesce to what has been going on in Raisina Hill for years or decades, observes Kartikeya Tanna. In the murky world of......

How BJP keeps the pot boiling

Behind this never-say-die attitude of the BJP is probably the calculation of the Roman emperors that if bread is scarce, give the people circus, observes Amulya Ganguli. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

'My husband, mom died without treatment within 1 hr of each other'

Former Doordarshan director general Archana Datta lost her mother and husband to COVID-19 in the span of an hour after a desperate scramble to get them admitted to hospital in time to stem their......

'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......

Google to invest Rs 75,000 crore in India over 5-7 years: Pichai

Pichai said a whole new generation of technologies are happening in India first, and that people in the country no longer have to wait for technology to come to them. Investments, he said, will......

Lockdown pushes up TV viewership to record levels

News viewership was the biggest gainer during the first full week of lockdown, growing 298 per cent versus the pre-COVID period between January 11 and 31. Ramayana, whose rerun has begun on......

Has Nirmalaji's tax plan made India CAs mukt?

If the finance minister's tax proposals have stimulated demand at all, it's for CAs, notes Kanika Datta. Photograph: ANI Photo In the space of three days, two significant speeches were......

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 ......

Dil Bekaraar review

Dil Bekaraar is watchable, but not quick-witted enough to binge watch, feels Sukanya Verma. Adapted from Anuja Chauhan's novel Those Pricey Thakur Girls, Dil Bekaraar, directed by Habib Faisal, is......

'I wish I could sing for Shah Rukh'

IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan and Urmila Matondkar in Chamatkar. "I am so happy to hear that his son has finally come home. I can only imagine the pain that Shah Rukh and his wife Gauri have gone......

Goodbye, Dear Nedumudi Venu

'I will miss you, dear Venu. You reached the pinnacle with your talent,' recalls K Kunhikrishnan who knew the legendary actor well. IMAGE: Nedumudi Venu in Sarvam Thaala Mayam. With a heavy heart,......

The Films Before They Became STARS

IMAGE: Pratik Gandhi in Mitron, top, and in Bhavai. After a humble beginning in Saat Hindustani, Amitabh Bachchan went on to become a 'mahanayak'. Nawazuddin Siddiqui played several uncredited......

Selva's MOST TIRING SCENE in The Family Man

'In the climax, if you see, Manoj Bajpayee and I engage in a fist fight.''It had to be shot in a single take so either of us couldn't make any mistakes.' Among the actors who are winning rave......

How Tendulkar inspired Paralympics champion Bhagat

'I was always fascinated by Sachin Tendulkar's calm demeanour, the way he conducted himself and it had a big influence on me.' IMAGE: Paralympics badminton champion Pramod Bhagat shows off his......

India-NZ final most watched across all WTC series

IMAGE: New Zealand’s players celebrate with the ICC World Test Championship mace after beating India by eight wickets in the final in Southampton on June 23. Photograph: Alex Davidson/Getty......

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......

Harsha Bhogle: My Hero, Sunil Gavaskar

We have all had heroes. We have all wanted to be someone else.But there was nobody I wanted to be more than I wanted to be Sunil Gavaskar, notes Harsha Bhogle.Continuing our series celebrating 50......

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