Presence documented by Sanjay Gubbi of Nature Conservation Foundation and his team

Ranjit Singh was acting as a conduit for Pakistan-based groups to push drugs into India and the money generated was used for terror activities

Civil society group hands out rations to NSCN(IM) members in Manipur

Book gives minute details of the five weeks that preceded the Maharashtra government formation.

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.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday directed the animal husbandry department to distribute Rs 275-crore grant sanctioned recently to gaushalas.

The WTO has found the world's two largest planemakers received billions of dollars of unfair subsidies in a pair of cases dating back to 2004

The court unanimously rejected petitions that sought to disqualify Netanyahu because he faces prosecution on felony corruption charges

The guidance contained detailed advice for making site-specific decisions related to reopening schools, restaurants, summer camps, churches, day care centers and other institutions

From WHO planning mission to find virus source in China, to Europe's richest man losing $30 billion, and the impact of coronavirus on indigenous people - read these and more in today's world dispatch

The unemployment figures in the US have reached an all-time high due to the coronavirus pandemic

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"

The two sides agreed to maintain communication going forward, the Chinese commerce ministry said in its statement.

The Trump administration is currently weighing punitive action against China over its early handling of the global health emergency.

The United States is the worst affected country in the world from coronavirus with over 1.25 million cases in the country

While gyms, beauty salons, bars, restaurants and other such public places have been reopened, saunas, karaoke lounges, party rooms and nightclubs would remain closed for at least another two weeks

'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.'

Sukanya Verma talks about her yet another fun filmi week!

Sridevi, Karan Johar, Tabu... Sukanya Verma's week was all about time travel and pleasant encounters with the super young avatars of Bollywood's famous folk.

'Aamir Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan now act in only about one film each year, and made money through advertisements and television.' 'This meant that many people, even if they had the money to spend on a movie and wanted to go, often had nothing available for them to watch.'

The beauty Mirzya is that it has no story. There is only poetry. Through the film one can feel the pulse of Gulzar's brilliant poetry coursing through it, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

He had no airs about his talent, he did not intellectualise it, he just lived and breathed acting.

'The film industry will remain soft targets and continue to be picked upon with no respite, with no choice but to give in due to personal safety and financial compulsions,' says director Suparn Verma.

He played James Bond seven times. But the role Roger Moore most cherished was a different one.

Chaitanya Tamhane's National Award-winning film seems more relevant today than when it released, says Sreehari Nair.

Although famously reclusive and fitful in his creative output, Daniel Day-Lewis's decision to hang up his boots feels both untimely and unexpected.

'He has given us a history, a heritage that we can share with generations to come,' says Aseem Chhabra.

The key to every Daniel Day-Lewis performance was a big theme and a thousand details.And in the final phase of his acting career, says Sreehari Nair, America became his big theme, and the details... well, he just popped them out like waffles.

When Amitabh Bachchan bounced back at 60, why can't Shah Rukh Khan at 51? Picture abhi baaki hai, mere dost, assures Syed Firdaus Ashraf.

Christopher Nolan's next, Gulzar's gussa, Shyam Benegal's Shivaji and RD's Lawrence of Arabia connection, catch all this and more in Sukanya Verma's super filmi week.

Every time a filmmaker wishes to explore history or religion on his or her terms, self-appointed experts and limelight-seeking zealots swoop in to protest. Extreme prejudices are formed without even seeing the final product triggering a disturbingly destructive impulse, feels Sukanya Verma.

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.

'There's no love for the song or Madhuri, no consideration for what it meant to an entire generation and zero respect for its iconic choreography,' says Sukanya Verma.

Dibakar Banerjee delivers his finest work to date, and Sreehari Nair makes sure to applaud him.

Guess which superstar is writing his autobiography? Bolly Gupshup with Subhash K Jha.

'Despite the pornographic quality of its name, Lust Stories is something of an event in Indian popular culture,' says Shuma Raha.

'As I watched Sacred Games, I kept flinching at the thought of all the thorns poised to lodge themselves in the sides of the thin-skinned,' says Mitali Saran.

It won't be easy for the half-British diva to step into the Desi Girl's sandals, feels Subhash K Jha.

'Aaradhya is constantly singing and dancing at home, sometimes to my songs, sometimes to her father's and her grandfather's songs.''It's a normal household.''We're trying to keep the atmosphere around Aaradhya as normal as possible,' Ms Gorgeous tells Subhash K Jha.

Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan, reveals Subhash K Jha, are looking at other directors for their daughter's debut.

'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.