The V S Naipaul I came to know

Nikhil Lakshman remembers the times he spent with the legendary writer who passed into the ages six days before his 86th birthday. IMAGE: Sir V S Naipaul gives the Nobel lecture at the Old Stock......

Box Office: Baar Baar Dekho, Freaky Ali flop

The hits and misses of the week. Baar Baar Dekho, a film about time travel, flops badly as the Sunday collections declined instead of showing at least a symbolic improvement over the first two......

Box Office: A Flying Jatt gets an average opening

The hits and misses of the week. Superhero film A Flying Jatt saw an average opening at the box office. Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly box office verdict. A Flying......

Box Office: PINK opens average, Raaz: Reboot is poor

The hits and misses of the week. PINK opened to fabulous reviews butweak collections at the box office. The collections, however, improved over the weekend and the film will have to......

Box Office: Sonakshi's Akira flops

The hits and misses of the week. Heroine-oriented action films have few takers, and the promos of Sonakshi Sinha's Akira had more action than the film itself. Island City has been getting......

Desperate Punjab Kings and MI in battle for survival

IMAGE: Both Punjab and Mumbai have lost four matches each and are coming off defeats in their respective last outings. Photograph: BCCI Punjab Kings and Mumbai Indians will be desperate to......

Will KKR persist with Narine in key clash vs PBKS?

IMAGE: Kolkata Knight Riders 'mystery bowler' Sunil Narine has just seven scalps from 10 matches and aggregate of 14 runs from 8 batting innings in IPL 2023. Photograph: BCCI A 'Go To' man in......

IPL 2024: Full list of released, retained and traded players

IMAGE: Featuring in the retained player’s list, Mahendra Singh Dhoni will captain the Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2024. Photograph: BCCI The curtains dropped on the IPL trade window on......

CWG 2022: How India fared on Monday, August 1

IMAGE: Silver medallist Shushila Devi Likmabam celebrates on the podium during the women's judo 48kg medal ceremony on Monday, Day 4 of the Commonwealth Games, at Coventry stadium. Photograph:......

PIX: India crowned Under-19 World Champions

Australia looked on course for a total in the range of 250 in the 40th over before India's spinners took charge.The Jason Sangha-led side lost its last six wickets for 33 runs and was dismissed in......