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Without imposition, we will learn: Kamal Haasan on Hindi row

Where does Kamal Haasan stand on the issue of imposition of Hindi in the south? "I stand with Punjab. I stand with Karnataka. I stand with Andhra," is his quick reply. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief......

Orissa is now Odisha, Oriya is Odia

On the first day of Parliament's winter session, the Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Orissa Bill and approved the name of Orissa state to 'Odisha', and its language to 'Odia' from Oriya. The......

Oriya novelist, Telugu writer, chosen for Jnanpith awards

Telugu writer Dr Ravuri Bharadwaja and Oriya novelist Pratibha Ray were on Wednesday selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2011 and 2012. Bharadwaja, 86, who has to his credit......

DMK's Raja sparks major row with remarks on India, Ram

A controversy erupted on Tuesday over Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader A Raja's purported remarks that 'India has never been a nation' and that he and his party were not concerned if they were......

Special Frontier Force: India's secret weapon against PLA

'The committing of the SFF into operations in Ladakh is a signal from New Delhi of how seriously it takes the Chinese intrusions and the lengths India will go to in combating them.'Ajai Shukla......

Soon, domain names in all 22 Indian languages

By mid-2012, vernacular domain names in all 22 Indian languages may secure the approval of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). By the end of this year, the central......

Sebi plans helpline to assist investors

With an aim to resolve investors' grievances and educate them about markets, the regulator Sebi plans to start a nationwide toll-free helpline and launch awareness campaigns through newspapers,......

Orissa to reserve jobs for locals in pvt sector

Orissa intends to make it mandatory for the private sector setting up shop here to reserve for locals 90 per cent jobs in the unskilled and semi-skilled category, up to 60 per cent in skilled......

IndiaTotal to speak 7 more languages

IndiaTotal Infoline, an online business information dissemination service that offers information in three languages (Hindi, English and Punjabi), will soon add seven more languages (Bengali,......

Dhirubhaism catches readers' imagination

Dhirubhai sells. Against All Odds, a book on the life and times of Dhirubhai Ambani by advertising veteran A G Krishnamurthy, is trying to ride on the success of an earlier book on Dhirubhai by the......

371 Films And Shows To Watch!

Aseem Chhabra rates the movies he's watched in 2023, and tells you where you can watch them! With the pandemic done and dusted, people are back to watching films in their neighborhood theaters and......

Cinderella. Money Heist. Scarlett. Hopkins

Blockbusters, Oscar winners, fairy tales, indies and cute doggies, Sukanya Verma assures it's all there on OTT this week. Black Widow Where to watch? Disney Hotstar Language: English......

Mrinal Sen's films

Filmography of Mrinal Sen Feature Films Name Year Language Raatbhor 1955 Bengali Neel Akasher Neechay 1959 Bengali Baishey Srabon 1960 Bengali Punascha 1961 Bengali Abasheshe 1963......

Meet Nawazuddin Siddiqui's new heroine

Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s 'heroine crisis' seems to be over. After Chitrangda Singh’s unceremonious walk-out of Kushan Nandy's Babumoshai Bandookbaaz, the film was......

Looking forward to Orissa, ASK and Vallatha Pahayan?

Three Malayalam films -- M Padmakumar's Orissa, Rajesh K Abraham's ASK or Aaru Sundarimaarude Kadha and 'Marimayam' team's Vallatha Pahayan -- will hit the screens this weekend. We take a look:......