Over four months after the murder of the city-based lawyer Pallavi Purkayastha, allegedly by the watchman of her building, the prosecution on Thursday slapped attempt to rape charge against him.
Pallavi Jaikishan brought Day One of Lakme Fashion Week to a spectacular close with her ethnic formals.
Producer Anand Pandit, who has made such films like Chehre, PM Narendra Modi, Total Dhamaal and Sarkar 3, hosted a Diwali party at his residence, and invited his filmi friends.
The police have cracked the murder case of an Indian Administrative Service officer's advocate daughter with the arrest of the watchman of the building where she lived in central Mumbai.
'You can't call this a pure Western. This has got love, passion, violence, suspense.' 'This is a film of today.'
Pallavi Purkayastha (25), whose IAS parents stay in Delhi, was found in a pool of blood at her rented flat in 'Himalayan Heights' building at Wadala in Central Mumbai by her live-in partner Avik Sengupta (26), also a lawyer, ACP Praveen Salunkhe said.
Take a bow, Parvathy, Sai Pallavi, Manju Warrier, Nayantara and Amala Paul!
The hits and misses of the week.
Chat transcript of The Hindu's correspondent in China Pallavi Iyer with rediff.com readers on Thursday.
The CCPA meeting, chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, was held on Friday evening after National Democratic Alliance presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind filed his nomination papers.
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The hits and misses of the week.
Here are some interesting responses we received.
The writers have smartly targeted several politicians without mentioning them, says Ramesh S.
Apart from embracing parenthood, we saw a lot of celebrities getting married amidst the lockdown!
Begum Jaan team enjoys the festival of Holi.
We bring you a round-up of showings by Pallavi Goenka, Amalraj Sengupta and more!
Designer Pallavi Mohan showcased at Lakme Fashion Week on Day Five. Here is a look at her collection.
Welcome to Govind Namdeo's beautiful home.
Here's a first look at the hot new models who will be gracing the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week's next summer 2010 installment in March. Check it out!
The film opened to good reviews.
A look at pictures from the prayer meet.
In their comments, the Indian-American stand-up comedians said the arrest of Faruqui was incredibly unjust and against the freedom of expression.
Get your lowdown of what's happening in Malayalam cinema!
Do away with the grey, and let us have it in black and white. That's the message the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has for digital media influencers. ASCI has brought out draft guidelines for "influencer advertising on digital media", an expanding and so far unmonitored landscape where the lines between personal and promotional content is often blurred. The self-regulatory body wants social media influencers to disclose upfront - through labels or in the case of audio media, by way of an announcement at the beginning and the end of the audio - that the content is promotional and paid for.
'I want to play the heroine.' 'Why not?' 'I can dance, I can act and hopefully through Begum Jaan, people will notice me and say, 'Chalo isko yeh bhi karathay hai.'
The victim alleged she had been sexually assaulted by Inder Kumar who had promised to give her lead roles in Bollywood films.
The latest updates from the Malayalam film industry.
Meet the women of Begum Jaan.
Here's a super fun way to while away your time!
A look at pictures from the green carpet.
'A tiger knows his territory in and out.' 'A tiger demarcates his terrain and never lets anyone enter.' 'Similarly, Ashu knew the trees, houses, rivers and rocks of the Rajwar jungles.' 'He didn't allow any militant to come into his territory.'
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