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Delhi-NCR people love urban rom-com movies. And it’s showing in the box office, report says

Catering to Delhiites tastes, the Ormax report says movies often include certain design styling, premium social spaces, lavish parties, and colourful celebratory environments.

It breaks your heart when films like ‘Bheed’ and ‘Afwaah’ don’t do well: Bhumi Pednekar

Mumbai, Jan 29 (PTI) It is heartbreaking when good films don't work at the box office, says actor Bhumi Pednekar, who believes some of...

It breaks your heart when films like ‘Bheed’ and ‘Afwah’ don’t do well: Bhumi Pednekar

Mumbai, Jan 29 (PTI) It is heartbreaking when good films don't work at the box office, says actor Bhumi Pednekar, who believes some of...

TV serial Rimjhim is drawing people’s anger for showing a 16-year old in an intimate scene

The serial, Rimjhim — Choti Umar Bada Safar on Dangal TV, focuses on a romantic relationship between a teenager and an adult.

Imtiaz Ali’s next feature film to release in June 2026

New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali's new film with actor-musician Diljit Dosanjh has a new release date of June 12, 2026, the...

Bulleh Shah shrine visitors were Hindu. A BJP leader is heading its management committee

More than 30 people were identified by police from videos of Bulleh Shah shrine vandalism. All were booked under bailable charges and not a single arrest has been made so far.

UPSC aspirants are replacing coaching institutes with ChatGPT — ‘I save lakhs in fees’

Three UPSC coaching centres have shut down in Delhi. From sourcing material to building complete preparation strategies, aspirants say there is little AI cannot do.

New Bibek Debroy award for best ‘Romila Thapar takedown’. His family wasn’t informed

Greater Noida-based ReThink India Institute awarded the Bibek Debroy Bharatiya Bauddhik Parampara Samvardhan Prashasti 2025 to Anurag Sharma for his essay in Rajiv Malhotra's anthology.

‘Don’t take family photos for granted’—Turkish scholar uses old images to capture history

Family photos reflect ‘aesthetics of citizenship’ and performance of identity, said Turkish scholar Özge Baykan Calafato at an IIC talk last week.

Women come with an expiry date in this industry: ‘Kohrra 2’ star Mona Singh on career risks and payoffs

New Delhi, Jan 28 (PTI) I have never cared about my on-screen age, says actor Mona Singh who finds it strange that there is...

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India’s tech ambitions need private sector investment in R&D. Budget 2026 holds the key

India’s private sector remains hesitant to invest in R&D. This is understandable, as the domestic market often fails to reward differentiated technologies adequately.

SEBI green-lights NSE IPO. What exchange’s CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan revealed about next steps

Speaking at ThePrint OTC Thursday, NSE CEO Ashishkumar Chauhan said the exchange has been trying to list itself since 2016, but it couldn’t happen due to one reason or the other.

‘LCA man’ Ravi Kota, key in operationalisation of IAF’s Tejas fleet, picked as next HAL CMD

Mechanical engineer & alumnus of IIM-A & IAS France, Kota was General Manager in HAL’s Light Combat Aircraft division. He was selected from a pool of eight candidates.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.