- Saturday, July 19, 2025
THE SURVEY report of the Shahi Jama Masjid is almost complete and will be submitted in the court in January, 2025, the court-appointed commissioner recently said. Advocate Ramesh Singh Raghav, who was appointed as the court commissioner in the matter, on December 23 said the report would be either filed…
THE ANGUISH of “Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye” and the lilting playfulness of “Sar Jo Tera Chakraye”, one filmed on the intense Guru Dutt and the other on a goofy Johnny Walker, in “Pyaasa” have that one connect – Mohammed Rafi. The brooding poet Vijay Babu and the genial…
WITH a smile, India captain Rohit Sharma on Tuesday played down concerns around Virat Kohli's struggles in Australia and backed his longtime teammate to the hilt. Kohli's five innings in this series Down Under read 5, 100 not out, 7, 11 and 3 for a total of 126 runs at…
SHYAM BENEGAL, the pioneer of parallel cinema, played a pivotal role in Shabana Azmi's career as the actor says he was a guru who influenced not only her approach towards acting but also her understanding of life. Benegal, known for his socially relevant and thought-provoking films such as "Ankur" (1974),…
CANADIAN prime minister Justin Trudeau's support within his own party appeared to falter further, as former loyalists said growing numbers of Liberal caucus members wanted the premier to resign. Trudeau has suffered a series of blows in recent days, spurred by the surprise resignation of deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland,…
TOP Telugu actor Allu Arjun on Tuesday appeared before the Chikkadpally police in Hyderabad for questioning in connection with the death of a woman in a stampede during the screening of 'Pushpa-2' here on December 4. The actor was issued a notice to appear before the police at 11 AM…
US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump's appointment of Indian-American tech entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as Senior White House Policy Advisor on Artificial Intelligence has now sparked an online debate over his reported views on immigration. Many argue that it is at variance with Trump's protectionist 'America First' policy, which was one of the…
THE Delhi Police Crime Branch is likely to visit the Parliament on December 24 in connection with the scuffle that occurred on its premises, leading to the injury of two BJP MPs, an official source said on Monday. A face-off between the opposition and NDA MPs in Parliament premises over…
IT took the genius of Shyam Benegal to see beyond his looks, says actor Manoj Bajpayee who never imagined himself playing a royal and did so in the 2001 film "Zubeidaa" after the filmmaker convinced him. Benegal, who pioneered the art house cinema movement in the country with films such…
VETERAN filmmaker Shyam Benegal (90), who heralded the Indian parallel cinema movement in the 1970s and 1980s with films such as "Ankur", "Nishant" and "Manthan", died on Monday, his daughter Pia Benegal said. The 90-year-old filmmaker passed away at Mumbai's Wockhardt Hospital due to chronic kidney disease. "He passed away…
