EXPLAINED: How chit fund scams work

'Around 15 crore poor people have lost their money.' The political stand-off between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Narendra Damodardas Modi government after a Central Bureau......

5 questions for the 'Prannoy Roy Brigade'

'While I am personally pained at the raids on Dr Roy's home, I want to ask five questions of those crying themselves hoarse over the attack on "Freedom of the Press",' says Sudhir Bisht. IMAGE: Dr......

Cops out to plug gaps in Sheena Bora murder saga

Fresh murky details emerged in the sensational Sheen Bora murder case as Mumbai’s top cop Rakesh Maria on Thursday grilled her mother and main suspect Indrani, her driver and step son Rahul......

Defence minister's U-turn opens door for more Rafale fighters

Last week, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said buying 90 less Rafale fighter jets than the 126 planned earlier would save him money to buy more Tejas Light Combat Aircraft for the India Air......

Disney, Reliance sign deal to create Rs 70,000 cr behemoth

Walt Disney Co and Reliance Industries on Wednesday announced signing of binding pacts to merge their media operations in India to create a Rs 70,000 crore behemoth. Photograph: Reuters Reliance......

Disney Star mulls legal action against ZEEL for backing out of $1.4 bn deal

Disney Star is mulling legal actions against Zee Entertainment for backing out from a $1.4 billion sub-licensing agreement for TV broadcast of international cricket matches in India, according to......

End of a dream! Sony-Zee's $10 billion mega deal called off

Sony Group Corp on Monday said it is calling off a $10 billion merger of its India unit with Zee Entertainment, following a stalemate over who will lead the merged entity. Photograph: Dado......

NDTV founders Prannoy and Radhika Roy to sell company stake to Adani

NDTV founders Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy on Friday said they will sell all but 5 per cent of their remaining shareholding in the news broadcaster to Adani Group for up to Rs 647.6 crore.......

Deepa Gahlot's Top Web Series of 2022

Free from the pressure of the box office as well as the lowbrow expectations of a satellite television audience, the OTT space continues to surprise and delight. The viewer does have to make the......

The Singapore Soldier Who Became A Bollywood Actor

'I don't know if I became an actor, I was just trying to book jobs and survive.' IMAGE: Vivek Gomber produced the award-winning films Court and The Disciple and stars in Sir, A Suitable Boy,......

'Instagram has given my career a boost'

'I have started getting a lot of messages from people, directors, photographers...and I realised the importance of being visible.' "Bollywood hasn't exploited my talent (as much as I would have......

'Aamir Khan fights like a child when he plays board games'

'I was very nervous. I have sat in so many narrations with him so I know that, if he doesn't like something, he immediately says, 'Mazaa nahi aaya (It didn't work for me).' 'But when he heard my......

Amazon to exit bidding battle for India cricket rights

US tech behemoth Amazon will not bid for rights to telecast India's premier league cricket, projected to be worth more than 500 billion rupees ($6.4 billion), a source with knowledge of the......

Amazon, Reliance set to lock horns over IPL media rights

'Cricket is the second-biggest sport in the world with two-and-a-half billion fans and IPL is like its Super Bowl.' IMAGE: IPL's matches reached 350 million viewers during the first half of the......

China TV drops NBA exhibition games; league defends free speech

IMAGE: NBA chief Adam Silver. Photograph: NBA National Basketball Association Commissioner Adam Silver said on Tuesday it is not up to the NBA to regulate what players, employees and team owners......

BCCI set for windfall in media rights battle

IMAGE: The Indian cricket team (Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter The world's richest cricket board was set to pocket nearly double of what it gained from the......

Media rights ensure another big pay day for BCCI

The world's richest cricket board is poised to get even wealthier after media rights to Indian cricket for the next five years brought spirited bidding on Tuesday. The e-auction of television and......