Complementing DRDO on the successful launch, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said this paves the way for future indigenous cruise missile development programmes

The BJP is trying to compensate for the loss of 11 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election in the State while the Congress-led INDIA bloc has fallen apart barely five months after the polls

Caste factor often cuts through the religious and social divide in the region’s politics

Pentagon press secretary said the Iranian-backed Houthis launched at least eight drones, five anti-ship ballistic missiles and three anti-ship cruise missiles at the USS Stockdale and the USS Spruance

Former CM is contesting on a BJP ticket for the first time, while six State Cabinet Ministers are also among 683 candidates in the first phase

JNCASR and BIAL are looking for a partner who can provide data to all stakeholders on a regular basis

NHRC was acting upon a complaint it received on October 16 earlier this year, which stated that dismal conditions of U.P.’s government-run schools violate the Right to Education (RTE) guaranteed to students

Mr. Hegseth deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and unsuccessfully ran for Senate in Minnesota in 2012 before joining Fox News.

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Schools and colleges in Tamil Nadu districts declared holiday due to heavy rain, exams to continue as scheduled

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut in Wayanad

The U.S. President elect said their work would conclude by July 4, 2026, adding that a smaller and more efficient government would be a "gift" to the country on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Cinema screens bring in over 60% of the Rs 19,100 crore that Indian films earned in 2019.The reception a film gets in theatres impacts the price of every other revenue stream -- TV, OTT, overseas.Vanita Kohli-Khandekar explains why the theatre business is not doomed and why OTT won't become the first window of release.

'You could see the purity of Wajid's soul when he talked to kids on reality shows.'

'Isn't 11.3 million Instagram followers and 1.9 million Twitter followers enough to make you feel wanted and loved as a successful star?' 'Can a huge bank balance, a fleet of fancy cars, and a big house assure you happiness and contentment in life?' 'For Sushant, it did not.'

'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair.

'Sushant Singh Rajput, a bright young lad who had a life beyond films, was probably too good for Bollywood.''To blame his death by suicide on a gang of Bollywood bullies is stretching the point too far,' argues Saibal Chatterjee.

The insatiable greed for money and power is too large, too repugnant to thwart.And no one epitomised that better than Harshad Mehta, notes Dhruv Munjal.

'Being Aishwarya Rai Bachchan comes with a price.''There will always be those who think her ideal life is a fake.'To them I say, damn your cynicism!,' says Subhash K Jha.

As dry as the martini Bond enjoyed, Connery's 007 was a <em>tour de force</em> of comicbook heroism replete with set pieces and choreographed stunts which he carried off with a Scottish virility, notes Subhash K Jha.

... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair.

The failure of Decoupled is that, as it deals almost solely in 'snapshots of insight', it fails to showcase how life flows, how the world goes round, how things unfold, feels Rohit Sathish Nair.

Jaya is a woman of steel in the truest sense of the word.Despite being the first lady of filmdom, she's as real and rooted to the ground as anyone can get, notes Subhash K Jha on the actor-politician's 74th birthday.

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.

RRR isn't the "spectacle" it is made out to be, argues Sreehari Nair.

A little bird in the know of things tells me that Allu Arjun will most likely become the face of a global cola brand very soon.And he has jacked his brand endorsement price to an unheard of Rs 7.5 crore per day, leaving the likes of Virat Kohli and Ranveer Singh trailing by quite a margin, reveals Sandeep Goyal.

'For an introduction to his career-spanning genius, watch just five of his movies: Anand, Saudagar, Abhiman, Black and Pink,' notes Kalyan Singhal, McCurdy Professor of Business at the University of Baltimore.

Doctor G is outwardly all for women, but evidently has no interest in them, observes Sreehari Nair.

Ariyippu drives home the point that nothing can force you to leave the path of righteousness, discovers Utkarsh Mishra.

The composer thanked other artists for the making of the song.

'He didn't have a single mean bone in his body.''He never had a negative word about anybody, not even those who harmed him.'

Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam is a masterpiece, and like most masterpieces of the cinema, it's a great act of folly, observes Sreehari Nair.

'He's always been an all-inspiring kind of director that nobody can surpass,' R Madhavan tells Subhash K Jha about Mani Ratnam.

One of Hindi cinema's most high-profile couples celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 3.

Even as our tier-2 and tier-3 cities become increasingly well-mapped, and well-documented through myriad tech-driven data, the Indian film-maker's dominantly urban gaze turns to regions not crowded by data, area codes, or directions, observes Debarghya Sanyal.

'The pride of the devoted Seinfeld fan is that he happens to love a show that doesn't take his love for granted, so that even on repeat viewings he is never really sure what directions an episode might take,' observes Sreehari Nair.

Konkona Sen Sharma's short Mirror in Lust Stories 2 is a rare thing: A feminist film that is also very, very funny, states Sreehari Nair.

Rocky Aur Rani is definitely Karan's most subversive project, discovers Aseem Chhabra.

The narrative is faithful to the source, American Prometheus, but what makes it absolutely spell-binding is Christopher Nolan's technique, notes Shreekant Sambrani.

As Independent India turned 76, so did the ethereal Raakhee I know better than most, says Subhash K Jha.

Thousands of movie buffs remember the double deckers of Mumbai, associating them with stars and blockbuster songs of yesteryear, recalls Debarghya Sanyal.

I don't know how the other Friends will react to Matthew Perry's death, but I am sure a part of them will be buried with Chandler, believes passionate Friends fan A Ganesh Nadar.

She is superior to 90 percent of the performing fraternity and she knows it.Subhash K Jha salutes the actor who turns 52 on November 4.

As Yesudas turns 84 on January 10, Subhash K Jha salutes the legend.