Dance of the hemlock drinkers

The title alludes to Socrates willingly drinking poisonous hemlock as his punishment after he was convicted of corrupting the minds of the young and impiety in ancient Athens. That same fierce......

Park Street gang rape case: Absconding main accused arrested

Over four years after the infamous Park Street gang rape case, Kolkata police has arrested the prime accused Kader Khan from Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad district. Kader along with his accomplice Ali......

Park Street gang rape case: 3 accused found guilty

A city court on Thursday held three men guilty of gangraping a 40-year-old mother of two teenaged daughters inside a moving car in the posh Park Street area in Kolkata more than three years ago.......

Indian Mujahideen's media cell busted

The Mumbai police arrested three persons, two of them engineers, in connection with sending the threatening e-mails for Indian Mujahideen, and claimed to have busted the media cell of the terror......

When Bollywood Slipped Into God Mode

Every now and then Bollywood finds itself in need of divine intervention. In the upcoming OMG 2, Akshay Kumar plays Lord Shiva -- correction: A messenger of Lord Shiva (as directed by the Central......

When Retro Songs Make A Re-Entry In The Movies

Hindi film songs have a long life and versatile character. They please. They comfort. And when used in a different surrounding from its original setting, they acquire an altogether new context.......

Do You Have Sooryavansham Fatigue?

Fans love to lay their eyes on their favourite filmstars time and again on the silver screen and television. But an overdose of the same films every week on television could be a killjoy and might......

Cirkus Review: Angoor Khatte Hain!

Cirkus is boring and puerile, notes Sukanya Verma. Rohit Shetty poaches on Vishal Bhardwaj territory to make his version of the Bard's The Comedy of Errors. There are several cinematic adaptations......