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The rise, fall & struggles of Rajpal Yadav—from Bollywood comic king to Tihar jail

Rajpal Yadav has been jailed in connection with a 15-year-old check-bounce case. He has been convicted for defaulting on the loan taken to finance his film Ata Pata Laapata.

Abdon Mech’s journey — from Thahekhu in Nagaland to opening for John Mayer

Abdon Mech is set to create history at Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Race Course on 11 January as the first-ever musician from India’s northeast opening for a Grammy-winning artist.

Ranveer Singh receives threat via WhatsApp voice note, security tightened around residence

Mumbai police are suspecting that the threat could have come from members of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang for purpose of extortion.

Rajpal Yadav said he has ‘no friends’. Sonu Sood, Tej Pratap Yadav step in to help

Tej Pratap Yadav announced that he would extend financial assistance of Rs 11 lakh to Rajpal Yadav, who surrendered before the authorities on 5 February.

Arijit Singh was ‘nervous’ when Anoushka Shankar introduced him at Kolkata concert

Anoushka Shankar had previously joined Arijit Singh for his UK concert in September 2025, where the duo performed in front of a 50,000-strong crowd at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Ghooskhor Pandat director acknowledges hurt feelings of Brahmins. ‘It doesn’t comment on caste’

Directed by Neeraj Pandey, ‘Ghooskhor Pandat’ stars Manoj Bajpayee. ‘This film has been created with sincere intent and solely to entertain audiences,’ read Pandey’s statement.

Manoj Bajpayee’s Ghooskhor Pandat under fire from Brahmins over ‘offensive’ title

The film, created by Neeraj Pandey, is part of Netflix India's 2026 content slate.

Boong brought Meiteis and Kukis together in Delhi, Bengaluru. ‘Best outcome,’ says director

The film has been produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment in association with Chalkboard Entertainment and Suitable Pictures.

‘With Jio, Sikhya will take Indian cinema to new horizons’—Reliance push excites industry

Jio Studios has produced projects like Dhurandhar and Laapata Ladies. Sikhya Entertainment has produced the National Award-winning film Masaan.

‘Indian children can learn about Battle of Basantar from Border 2’ — director Nidhi Dutta

Nidhi Dutta says that her father, JP Dutta, who made Border (1997), has been watching the box office numbers every day for Border 2 (2026).

On Camera

To trade coders for Legos, India needs a better deal

Since politicians are actively promoting AI tokens over human intelligence, they must open other pathways for students. Let today’s 6 million code-writing jobs shrink.

US sets initial duties on Indian solar imports at 126%

These levies would be different from Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, which US Supreme Court struck down last week.

India asks Dassault to submit bid for 114 Rafale fighter jets by April-end

Analysis of IAF proposal shows that the true Make in India component is much lesser than expected, therefore negotiations will focus on increasing that component.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.