What the media said after Australia breached 'fort' Edgbaston to take a 1-0 lead in the Ashes Test series
2.0 raises the bar for Indian films, taking them a step closer to Hollywood blockbusters, says Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Reader Arshad sings his favourite Rafi number.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films from the recent Toronto International Film Festival.
Raucous Edgbaston is about as far removed from the refined surrounds of Lord's as it can get
The diktat was circulated through pamphlets which was widely distributed on Tuesday among public across Hojai and Nagaon districts in central Assam.
How China's all powerful Communist party bungled the response to the coronavirus crisis.
Despite the government crackdown on Web sites advertising escort services, the Internet leaves enough wiggle room for debauchery to thrive.
Eintracht Frankfurt changed their team shirt to display "#blacklivesmatter" on the front for their German Cup semi-final at Bayern Munich on Wednesday to take a stand against racism, the club said. Athletes across the world have joined in support of protests triggered by the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in US police custody last month.
'There is nothing more this government can do now to break our agitation.' 'It has used all the tactics and has failed'
The Madhya Pradesh unit of Congress has demanded a ban on 'Shivraj App' and 'Modi Run' applications for promoting the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
'There are reports of political dissent mounting on Xi Jinping's handling of the Wuhan fallout.'
North Korea warns the US that it will soon 'suffer the greatest pain it ever experienced in its history'. Rajaram Panda looks at the latest twist in the North Korean crisis.
The star power was high at the third annual Global Citizen Festival on Central Park's Great Lawn on Saturday with headliners Jay Z and No Doubt and host Hugh Jackman. But even they were eclipsed by some of the world's most powerful leaders, including India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
Such criticism by China of a foreign government official, particularly of a major power like the US, is very unusual. It is clear that China will come under increasing pressure certainly till the US presidential elections are held, observes former senior RA&W officer and China expert Jayadeva Ranade.
In the worst-case scenario, it will be next to impossible for tech companies like Amazon and Google to run any service that requires user biometrics.
While over one lakh members of the community converged at a massive gathering at Gandhinagar, thousands took part in the protest march in Surat to raise their demand of staying the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed Bollywood film 'Padmavati'.
Threatened by protests from Hindutva activists a dismayed Murugan had announced in a Facebook post in December 2014 that the writer in him was dead.
British special forces are blasting Bollywood music as a new psychological warfare weapon against Islamic State terrorists in Libya on the advice of a Pakistani-born intelligence officer, it emerged on Wednesday.
Members of the all-women protest group Pussy Riot released a new music video on Thursday criticising Russia's staging of the Winter Olympics and its human rights record, in a rare show of dissent during the Games.
A lowdown on what's going on in the Tamil film industry.
'We've no objections to women wearing lipstick under a burqa. But the film shows these women doing unmentionable things,'
'Stree's allegorical approach doesn't interfere with its need to endear and entertain.' 'Important ideas of empowerment and item songs as well as chills and chuckle coexist to fulfil its objective of thoda hasao, thoda darao,' says Sukanya Verma.
India's soft power diplomacy came into play during this cataclysm affecting the world as the pandemic defies barriers and borders, notes Rup Narayan Das.
'I was brought up in a Brahmin Hindu family. I was brought up in places where the majority was Muslim, in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. There was a mosque next to my house, but I never saw communal tension.' 'I am not worried. This country's religious roots are very strong. They know how to take care of themselves.'
John Wick's Amar Akbar Anthony connection, filmi fundas from Gabbar Singh and best Bollywood songs of 2017 so far, everything you need to know about Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.
The Rajput Karni Sena, the Sarv Samaj Sangathan and some other outfits have a problem with the movie -- calling it disrespectful.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
On his 55th birthday, Sukanya Verma celebrates his inimitable ways in 10 scenes that she keeps returning to time and again.
Russian sixth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova claimed her third title of the year by beating seventh-seeded Australian Daria Gavrilova in the final of the Hong Kong Tennis Open on Sunday.
Every major awards ceremony in the West this year has seen celebrities talk about diversity, inclusion and politics, sometimes even mentioning US President Donald Trump and his policies by name.
Troops from 17 countries, including Pakistan and Russia, formed part of 1000 foreign soldiers who took part in China's first military parade aimed at highlighting the excesses committed by Japanese troops against Chinese in the WW II in which according Chinese historians over 20 million people were killed, eight million forced into labour and thousands of women held as sex slaves.
'In the name of creativity, Bhansali fudges India's history.' 'Bajirao was such a great warrior, but he was shown as a lover boy by Bhansali.'
The Congress vice president asked people if Vibrant Gujarat had helped them in any way.
'Even though Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyon was not a hit, people still remember me. I must have done some really good acting in it. I met Akshay (Kumar, her co-star) recently and he told me 'tu toh director ban gayi hai' (you've become a director). I told him you can never predict where life takes you.' Divya Khosla Kumar prepares us for Sanam Re.
'Thank you to those citizens of India who, every single day, quietly, anonymously, and decently refrain from targeting, hounding or murdering their neighbours, no matter how much they want to; and thanks also to those who loudly stand up for each other in the face of threat,' says Mitali Saran.
'The better film will take the lead,' promises Ajay Devgn.
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