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With Udupi district coming under the green zone, prospects have brightened for the growers of Mattu Gulla, a brinjal enjoying Geographical Indication

TIRUCHIA man was murdered near the Fort police station here on Saturday.According to sources, Selvaraj, 55, of Kottakudi in Ariyalur district was alle

PERAMBALUR A 23-year-old man attempted to self-immolate outside the Collectorate on Saturday morning after he could not contact his pregnant wife who

Since the beginning of the lockdown, traffic police in the city acted as a channel to reach out aid to the destitute and migrant workers who were in need of food and shelter

Officer bearers say they are ready to adhere to protocols if permission is granted.

Actress Tamannaah Bhatia who has always been in awe of Hrithik, recently shared she was moved and inspired by his phenomenal acting in Super 30.

The closure of the state borders has left hundreds of migrants, including those who have valid travel permits, stranded at the checkposts. All the 15 checkposts along the Gujarat border are flooded with migrants from eight states waiting to enter Rajasthan.

Business in Muhana mandi here has gone down by 35% in the last two days after a papaya seller tested positive on Wednesday.

It's already May, and parts of the country hit 40 degrees Celsius a few days ago, making situations worse for people living in cramped quarters to stay indoors

Economists had forecast that exports would shrink by 11% while imports would contract by 10%.

Trump also described the allegations from the opposition Democratic party that Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential elections to help him win the polls as the "Russia hoax"

Brent crude was up 47 cents, or 1.5 per cent, at $29.33 a barrel by 0121 GMT, having fallen nearly 1 per cent on Thursday

Russia, which has emerged as a new Covid-19 hotspot in Europe, on Friday registered more than 10,000 new Covid-19 cases, for a sixth straight day

'For a working actor in Bollywood, it is nearly impossible to criticise its reigning deities.' 'Besides, due care ought to be taken when speaking of the dead too.'

PINK, Penaz Masani and a precious picture of Nirupa Roy in and as Superman, a low-down of Sukanya Verma's fully filmi week!

Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.

Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us!

<em>Majaz</em>, based on the life of Asraul Haq Majaz, the John Keats of Urdu poetry, marks Talat Aziz's debut as a composer in Hindi cinema.The film could have been an excellent biopic had it stuck to the poet's poetic self rather than his unfulfilled love, says Mohammad Asim Siddiqui.

Sukanya Verma discovers what she loves about Anushka Sharma's 'spirit' on more than one occasion in her super-filmi week.

What is the difference between Sakshi Mahraj asking beef-eaters to 'leave' and Karan Johar asking Kangana Ranaut to 'leave', asks Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

A week of bumping into trapped souls, savouring Achari Alia Paneer, envisaging Kishore Kumar crooning Kajrare and celebrating one year of Sukanya Verma's super filmi column.

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.

As Imtiaz Ali's Jab Harry Met Sejal releases, Aseem Chhabra feels it's the best time to revisit the Hollywood classic When Harry Met Sally, which tries to answer the question in the title of this feature.

Prepping for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmavati, remembering Rajesh Khanna and Raaj Kumar's exclusive tramp club and picking Ranbir Kapoor's best performance in my Super Filmi Week.

When a Hindi film does well in Chennai, it's time to sit up and take notice, says A Ganesh Nadar.

In March 1972, The Godfather was first screened in a New York theatre. The movies were never the same again. Forty six years later, longtime Rediff film critic Raja Sen talks about why that film means that much, and how it led him to a unique tribute.

The lasting influence of Amitabh Bachchan's Supremo, hitchhiking with Salman Khan, a taste of Tom Alter, Padmaavat's best scene and more in Sukanya Verma's Super-filmi Week.

Prisons aren't places to build bodies or boost egos, says Kishore Singh.

'Kaala's sin is not that it is presented as a mouthpiece for its director Pa Ranjith's political viewpoints, but that it makes a travesty of them.''Ranjith turns Marx into merchandise, all the while functioning as a hired hand for Brand Rajinikanth,' points out Sreehari Nair.

'In Sanju, Rajkumar Hirani has essentially found a Rajkumar Hirani story buried inside Sanjay Dutt's life.''Now if you think that's scary, sample the alternative: Perhaps Sanjay Dutt had been living his life to suit the narrative of a Rajkumar Hirani film,' says Sreehari Nair.

No, no, it has nothing to do with Salman...

Soorma Director Shaadi Ali moves on to his next biopic.Vivek Agnihotri reveals the subject of his next film.Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.

'That only a certain Mumbai story -- look at Salaam Bombay and Slumdog Millionaire for other examples -- gets made when an international audience is as much a target as the desi viewer, should invoke questions of representation,' notes Vikram Johri.

'The very idea that Kamal Haasan would retire from active acting for active politics is as ridiculous as to suggest that Lataji would give up singing to weave handloom dupattas for destitute girls in Muzaffarpur,' declares Subhash K Jha.

Sreehari Nair introduces you to three promising movies coming up.

'He took a lot of crap from a person who feels she knows how to direct a film.'

As electric they are on silver screen, Deepika Padukone and Alia Bhatt aren't quite chat show meat, feels Sukanya Verma.

Gajraj Rao's performance in Badhaai Ho is the finest by an actor in a Hindi film this year, applauds Sreehari Nair.

'Even when he moves beyond his traditional repertoire, he sticks to a template that does not take him too far from the viewer's gentler emotions,' notes Vikram Johri.

'We have worked hard to make a big epic homage to a man, scholar and politician, who is misunderstood.'

Why do Hindi cinema superstars flounder in their fifties, asks Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

The 91st Annual Academy Awards was anything but boring, feels Aseem Chhabra.

What is it like to be a woman in a male-dominated profession like a police officer, asks Adrija Shukla.

'This film is a product of a dangerous trend to take just a sprinkling of truth, mix it with free-flowing speculation and present it as historical facts,' says Manavi Kapur.

'What we have is 'masala redeemed' as opposed to just 'masala resurrected',' argues Sreehari Nair.