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Komolika to Gopi bahu hyped Kyunki’s comeback. After first episode, they’re silent

Smriti Irani made no big deal out of her acting comeback as Tulsi. She was busy sharing clips of PM Modi's speech on Operation Sindoor.

Ekta Kapoor is taking a leap in the dark. Will India embrace Balaji’s bahu in 2025?

Ekta Kapoor has been feared, cheered, and mocked for her decisions by the national and global media. But she's still the unapologetic queen of entertainment.

Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi returns: ‘Families may start watching TV shows together again’

Smriti Irani and Amar Upadhyay are set to reprise their iconic roles as Tulsi and Mihir Virani in the new season of Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi beginning 3 July.

Ekta Kapoor wants actresses to gain weight. Especially 30+ women

Ekta Kapoor talked about how it is harder for women at a certain age to lose weight. She, however, clarified that she is not promoting a lack of fitness.

Hit show ‘Gandii Baat’ isn’t Ekta Kapoor’s 1st controversy. ‘XXX’ angered the Army in 2020

Mumbai police have booked Ekta Kapoor and her mother Shobha under the POCSO Act for allegedly showing inappropriate scenes involving minor girls in OTT series ‘Gandii Baat’.

SC slams Ekta Kapoor for ‘polluting minds’ of young generation over content in web series ‘XXX’

A Bihar court had issued arrest warrants against Kapoor for allegedly insulting soldiers and hurting the sentiments of their families in her web series on her OTT platform ALTBalaji.

The hidden world of ‘Gandii Baat’ casts lights on India’s erotic fantasies and desires

Gandii Baat came out in 2018, but is almost unknown among English-speaking audience in metropolitan India. And its runaway success makes it clear that sex is never just sex

Why Smriti Irani’s Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi rerun feels like a live show today

From the Virani parivar to the Sangh parivar, there’s not much of a distance to travel, as Smriti Irani’s real-life journey has shown us.

This is the 3-stage system Army movies go through in India to prevent an Ekta Kapoor ‘XXX’

MoD wrote to Censor Board last month emphasising that web series based on military subjects also require a no-objection certification, just like movies & TV serials do.

Ekta Kapoor series ‘distorted’ Army portrayal, govt asks producers to get NoC to telecast shows

Defence ministry sent a letter to CBFC, saying producers of movies or web series must get an NoC before telecasting shows on Army. But CBFC doesn’t regulate OTT content.

On Camera

India-China conflict began in 1947, not 1962 war. Its lessons still haunt New Delhi

Indian political leaders will have to prepare their public for the prospect of concessions India never really held—just as Chinese leaders must admit Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh were never theirs.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

India’s multi-layer ADS maiden test successful, what is Integrated Air Defence Weapon System

The DRDO-developed system integrates QRSAM, VSHORADS and high-power lasers, allowing kinetic and non-kinetic layers work hand in hand.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.