When Kamal Haasan forgot to offer tea to a Bollywood legend and told him, 'Amitabh Bachchan can afford not to ask for script'Kamal Haasan, a celebrated Indian actor, explains his brief Bollywood stint. He preferred faster film production cycles, finding Hindi film...
30 Oct, 2025, 11.30 AM IST
Weightless morsel of rice and lentil: Shashi Tharoor's ode to idli goes viral, Swiggy responds in 'Shuddh Hindi'Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's elaborate poetic defense of idli on X, describing it as "a cloud, a whisper," quickly went viral. Food deliver...
29 Sep, 2025, 03.25 PM IST
Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad beats canteen worker for alleged poor food quality; watch videoSanjay Gaikwad: A video has surfaced showing Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad assaulting a canteen worker, prompting condemnation from Shiv Sen...
09 Jul, 2025, 11.59 AM IST
Who is Sushil Kedia, the man who gave 'kya karna hai bol' dare to Raj Thackeray and then apologisedInvestor Sushil Kedia ignited controversy with a defiant social media post challenging MNS chief Raj Thackeray over the use of Marathi. Thi...
05 Jul, 2025, 05.16 PM IST
Karnataka SBI incident: CM Siddaramaiah urges FM Sitharaman to sensitize bank staff to local languageKarnataka's Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has requested Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to implement cultural and language sensitivity tr...
21 May, 2025, 05.57 PM IST
Not learning Hindi was a Rs 1 lakh crore loss: Aircel founder C Sivasankaran’s honest confession on Ranveer Allahbadia’s podcastAircel founder C Sivasankaran regrets not learning Hindi and not relocating to major cities like Delhi or Mumbai earlier in his career, bel...
06 May, 2025, 11.05 AM IST
- Learning of Sanskrit is 'discouraged' in Tamil Nadu, regrets Nirmala Sitharaman
"And it's not as if I lived in a foreign country. I lived in Tamil Nadu. Sanskrit was discouraged and I think even today they discourage," ...
29 Sep, 2022, 08.36 PM IST
MP minister expresses regret over 'upper caste women' remark that sparked rowObjecting to his remark that was made during a function in Anuppur district on Wednesday, Shree Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena on Friday stage...
27 Nov, 2021, 10.15 AM IST
Language of intimidation won't be tolerated: Uddhav Thackeray warns opponentsRecalling a dialogue from Hindi blockbuster "Dabangg" - "Thappad se dar nahi lagta (not scared of being slapped)" - the chief minister said...
01 Aug, 2021, 05.20 PM IST
Education in India has become commercial commodity: Former ISRO chief G Madhav NairNair said "real education" is not being imparted to children who in fact are being "spoon-fed", and most of the evaluation exams are memory...
04 Jul, 2017, 03.29 PM IST
Shashi Deshpande resigns from Sahitya Akademi panel in protestShashi Deshpande resigned from the Sahitya Akademi General Council expressing "a sense of strong disappointment" over the literary body's s...
09 Oct, 2015, 05.46 PM IST
Letters sent on behalf of HRD minister Smriti Irani had 'glaring' spelling mistakesIn a major embarrassment for HRD Ministry, appreciation letters sent on behalf of Smriti Irani to teachers was flagged by one of them with ...
21 Aug, 2015, 10.13 PM IST
Hindi Pe Charcha: Home ministry readies handy list of Hindi translations of English bureaucrateseTo get its three-dozen senior bureaucrats to regularly use Hindi, the home ministry has now prepared a handy list of Hindi translations.
03 Mar, 2015, 05.28 AM IST
Indian origin entrepreneurs bet on innovative ventures to tap into demand for Indian cultureYoung overseas Indians clamouring to connect with their country's heritage have opened up business opportunities for a few in the diaspora.
19 Jan, 2014, 10.33 AM IST
- Narendra Modi has failed to follow 'Rajdharma' in Gujarat: JD(U)
JD(U) hits out at Modi saying a person who 'failed to follow Rajdharma' with five crore people of a state won't be able to do "justice" wit...
18 Sep, 2011, 06.57 PM IST
- 'This is the real India': Rahul to Miliband at Dalit village
"This is the real India" Rahul Gandhi told David Miliband at Dalit village.
15 Jan, 2009, 04.51 PM IST
- Bollywood talks English, beginning with the Bard
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan's new film "The Last Lear" opens, the latest in a string of English language movies to hit the screens as...
11 Sep, 2008, 09.22 AM IST