As the Blue Whale Challenge claims its first victim in Tamil Nadu, psychiatrist Dr Anjali Chhabria tells you what you can do to stop it from claiming lives.
The Social Dilemma shows how social media is turning human beings into lab rats and zombies, notes Chintan Girish Modi.
The ad for a 'lehnga' brand featuring Bollywood star Alia Bhatt as the much indulged daughter and granddaughter has fired debate on social media platforms and elsewhere on the age-old tradition of giving away the daughter.
A large number of emotionally vulnerable women fall prey to manipulative relationships every day, perpetuating feelings of loss and a further erosion of self-esteem at the end of the game they thought was 'love'. Jayalakshmi Sengupta reports.
In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.
'Frankly, India has no role to play.' 'This is a showdown between the US and NATO on one hand and Russia on the other.' 'That said, the outcome of this titanic struggle in Central Europe will remould the world order and affect India profoundly,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Feeling the heat and tension of the crisis? Fikar not!
Prassthanam is worth a one-time watch. Just don't go with high expectations, feels Karan Sanjay Shah.
Peter's lawyer paints Indrani as a master manipulator, looking to waste the court's time and use the media to manipulate public perception about his client. 'She is "trying to exonerate herself," the lawyer argues, and accuses Indrani of "trying to lay a trap" for Peter "and attempting to malign his reputation"...'
In her weekly column, mental health guru Anu Krishna offers advice on how to take charge of your life.
It's a treat to watch Pooja Bhatt explode on the small screen, raves Sukanya Verma.
What startles a visitor like me from India is how the 2020 US presidential election has divided families, husband and wife, parents and children, observes Payal Mohanka.
Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit get ready to make Total Dhamaal on the big screen again!
'This way, you'll maintain our glorious traditional values and get more efficient governance as well.'
Mishra and AAP's women's wing chief Richa Pandey joined the BJP at the party office in New Delhi in the presence of vice-president Shyam Jaju and Delhi unit chief Manoj Tiwari, former Union minister Vijay Goel and leader of opposition in the assembly Vijender Gupta.
At the cost of disappointing Vijay fans, says Divya Nair, I can safely say that Master is watchable for Sethupathi and Das.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
'Nothing in this house was going right, even in terms of feeling normal, feeling light for a moment. It was very difficult but it made me stronger.'
Two of the three Indian boxers, who had alleged manipulation in the World Championship trials, were, on Saturday, let off with warnings by the National Federation even as the third was summoned to appear before the disciplinary committee on September 30.
'It is advisable for Indian interlocutors to follow the Chinese tactic of repeating the Indian position, both for the record and to test the Chinese negotiator's resolve and intentions.' A riveting excerpt from former foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale's The Long Game: How the Chinese Negotiate With India.
An Indian woman employee at the London office of IT major Wipro has filed a 1 million pounds compensation case of sexual discrimination.
Vishwas also appeared defiant despite the party's gag order of not talking to the media and said he will keep highlighting the mistakes of the Aam Aadmi Party and say what is right in the interest of the country.
The financial crisis has challenged the intellectual assumptions on which previous regulatory approaches were largely built, and in particular the theory of rational and self-correcting markets.
Bard of Blood works up several moments of intrigue and drama but falls short of culminating into a satisfying watch, says Sukanya Verma.
'I realised that he does not need any friends or any love.' 'He only uses people to up his game.'
A ban imposed on Russia's Paralympic team to compete in Rio is cynical and immoral, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, while saying that Moscow acknowledged its mistakes and would improve the national anti-doping system.
Karan Johar talks about his much-awaited directorial venture Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
'As long as there is misery, as long as people let themselves be exploited by rogues, this will continue.'
'During every election, the Gandhis come and inaugurate some projects and then leave without completing it.'
Phantom Thread is the most wrong, most real, most riveting portrait of toxic love you're likely to witness in a long, long time, feels Sukanya Verma.
Appa has plenty of heartwarming moments and some great performances, feels S Saraswathi.
Somnath Bharti's estranged wife Lipika on Monday said she was mulling approaching court against the Aam Aadmi Party lawmaker while addressing a press conference, which was interrupted by her mother-in-law who said she was ready to move to an old-age home to keep the couple together.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Thursday
True, Azam Khan is being targeted rather disproportionately and also because of his Muslim identity. That must be protested and resisted. But to say that he is a big messiah, and his profit-making educational enterprise is an issue concerning all Muslims of India, is absolutely unjustified, assert Mohammad Sajjad and Md Mohammad Zeeshan Ahmad.
Paras Chhabra, who has come from Splitsvilla, is still living in that zone and has already found two heroines. Shefali Bagga shows that she is in love with Siddhartha De, which is nonsense. It looks planned but works in her favour. Mahira Sharma is not fake. She is very clear that she does not want anything in terms of relationships but genuinely counts Paras as a friend.'
An excerpt from Sara Naveed's book The World Between Us.
Ko 2 is too dreary to make an impact, feels S Saraswathi.
All successful persons exhibit strong personal power, whether in the material world or in the spiritual one, leading to amazing results and shining in all fields of life.
Alternating between brat and boy, deception and decency, Ishaan Khatter speaks with a passion that will be heard Beyond the Clouds, predicts Sukanya Verma.
'Societal acceptance is the surround-sound of the socio-economic political compass that we live in. This is the first step.'
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