Surender Reddy’s ‘Entertaining’ script for Akhil
Surender Reddy did a pretty good job with Chiranjeevi’s Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy. He took his own sweet time before picking the male lead for his next project. Now that Surender Reddy has opted to…
2016 In Retrospect
RRR: Producer confirms the release date
The makers of Rajamouli’s RRR had announced that the film will be hitting the theaters on January 8th, 2021. However, a few doubts came up regarding the release date as the shooting has been postponed,…
‘Mahanati’ in talks for Mahesh’s next
Keerthy Suresh attained nation-wide fame and popularity with award-winning biopic, ‘Mahanati’. However, she is yet to taste a success of this proportion and if things fall in place, she might be in for a crazy…
RRR: All eyes on ‘Ram Charan-centric’ video
The makers of RRR will be releasing a special video tomorrow, on the occasion of Ram Charan’s birthday. The video has been promoted as ‘BheemForRamaraju’. Charan will be seen as Alluri Seetharamaraju and this video…
Both AVPL and Sarileru Neekevvaru on a rampage
The advance bookings for Sankranthi releases Sarileru Neekevvaru and Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo are open now. Both the films are doing extremely well in regard to advance bookings. Around 70% of the theaters have sold out already…
ALERT: Yeddyurappa to meet Governor, stake claim to form Karnataka government, says BJP spokesman
Apple logs $58-bn revenue, Services hit record high
Cupertino (California), May 1 (IANS) Riding on the growth in its Services and wearable segments, Apple has posted a revenue of $58 billion for its second quarter of 2019 — a decline of 5 per…
Bunny-Sukumar project not happening in near future?
Allu Arjun is supposed to work with Sukumar as soon as he completes AA 19, but that does not look like a feasible plan now. Venu Sriram has already gotten the green signal from Bunny…
US pauses new N.Korea sanctions
Washington, May 29 (IANS) The US will hold off on applying major new sanctions against Pyongyang while it tries to put back on track the proposed June summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean…
Agnyaathavaasi Making Video #2 | Pawan Kalyan, Keerthy Suresh | Trivikram | Anirudh
Watch & Enjoy #Agnyaathavaasi Movie Making Video #2. Starring #PowerStar #Pawan Kalyan, #KeerthySuresh, #AnuEmmanuel, Music composed by #AnirudhRavichander, Directed by Trivikram Srinivas and Produced by S. Radha Krishna (Chinababu) under the Banner of Haarika &…
US Olympic champion Rollins banned for one year
Washington, April 21 (IANS) American Olympic champion hurdler Brianna Rollins has accepted a one-year ban for failing to report correctly her whereabouts to anti-doping officials, a media report said. Rollins missed three tests, on April…
What good monsoon brought, demonetisation snatched away
Saurabh Katkurwar New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) A “normal” monsoon brought much-needed relief to farmers after two consecutive years of drought. However, the demonetisation drive during the harvest season has devastated them, with one expert…
Indian diplomacy: Year of some highs, a few lows
By Aroonim Bhuyan New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) If signing of the trilateral agreement on developing the Chabahar port in Iran, the civil nuclear deal with Japan and the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (Lemoa)…
A year of safety lapses with introduction of new services in railways
By Anand Singh New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Indian Railways — one of the world’s largest networks –had a difficult year in 2016 as it grappled with a string of accidents that cast a…
Year of many firsts for Defence Ministry, but not sans controversies
By Anjali Ojha New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) In a year that saw surgical strikes, a new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) and strengthening relations with both Russia and the US, the Defence Ministry had many…
Revolutionary writing or romance, debutant authors glittered all the way
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Amidst literary geniuses like Taslima Nasreen, Amitava Ghosh, Devdutt Pattanaik and Ramachandra Guha, some debutant authors twinkled in the galaxy of Indian literature and books. Be it…
Cafes, culinary experiments and hashtags: Rulers of the gastronomical world
By Somrita Ghosh New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Sipping a oreo chocolate shake accompanied by a thick chicken patty smashed between buns or experimenting with the flavours of Indian regional cuisine — a culinary visit…
Final goodbye by some musicians, but undying music left behind
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) “Britney Spears is dead by accident!” Fortunately, it was just a hoax and the “Toxic” star is still alive. But not all musicians were as “Lucky” as…
Global headwinds slow down Indian IT industry’s growth
By Fakir Balaji Bengaluru, Dec 31 (IANS) Global headwinds such as macroeconomic factors, currency volatility and disruptive technologies impacted the resilient Indian IT industry in 2016, forcing Nasscom, its apex body, to lower the growth…
The year Sindhu came out of Saina’s shadow
By Abhishek Purohit New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Indian badminton this year saw P.V. Sindhu coming out of the shadow of her illustrious Hyderabadi city rival Saina Nehwal, who was blighted by multiple injuries that…