NEW DELHI: Fresh signs of the deepening split within the Trinamool Congress (TMC) emerged on Tuesday when senior party leaders loyal to chief minister Mamata Banerjee, including MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay and Beliaghata MLA Kunal Ghosh, were left out of an all-party meeting convened by the West Bengal Assembly ahead of the Budget Session beginning on…
A quarter century after Lagaan became one of Indian cinema’s most celebrated films, actor and filmmaker Amin Hajee has made a candid admission about the impact the movie had on his career. While the Aamir Khan-starrer opened doors for many associated with it, Hajee says it “destroyed” him in an unexpected way.Speaking to PTI, Hajee,…
TOI correspondent from Washington: In a dazzling display of footballing resilience and bureaucratic survival, Iran’s national football team managed a creditable 2-2 draw against New Zealand in Los Angeles.It was a remarkable feat, considering the squad achieved it while operating under a logistical itinerary seemingly designed by Franz Kafka and implemented by the Department of…
Imtiaz Ali’s latest film, ‘Main Vaapas Aaunga’, has struck an emotional chord with audiences by revisiting the wounds of Partition through a deeply personal and romantic lens. The period drama has resonated strongly with viewers whose families experienced the upheaval of 1947, and its themes are now finding appreciation across borders as well.Among those who…
The Calcutta high court on Tuesday sought clarity on the powers of the West Bengal Assembly Speaker while hearing an unprecedented dispute over the appointment of the Leader of Opposition (LoP), a controversy stemming from rival claims within the Trinamool Congress (TMC).Justice Krishna Rao was hearing a plea challenging the recognition of rebel MLA Ritabrata…
Urmila Matondkar has been in the news lately as her ex-husband Mohsin Akhtar got married for the second time, two years after their divorce. As Mohsin announced marriage to Nidhaa Bhatt, people are taken back to Urmila’s relationship with Mohsin. While she was one of the top actresses in the 90s with movies like ‘Rangeela’,…
NEW DELHI: It is turning into a season of splits and rebellion in opposition parties. Amid unrest within the Trinamool Congress, similar questions of a split are now being raised over the future of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT).Speculations intensified on Tuesday after a visit to New Delhi by senior party leader Sanjay Raut…
An Indian man threw his daughter from a boat and then jumped into the river in a chilling murder-suicide case, in Australia. Two bodies were found in the Parramatta River in Sydney last Saturday, leading the investigators to a suicide note that led the authorities to classify the incident as a deliberate murder suicide. Cops…
For filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, the arrival of ‘Haunted 3D: Echoes of the past’ in cinemas is much more than just another release. The horror film, which recently hit theatres amid stiff competition, has managed to attract audiences and emerge as a surprise performer during its opening weekend. Behind that success, however, lies a difficult journey…
Rohit Sharma, Gautam Gambhir and Shubman Gill (Agency Image) TimesofIndia.com in Lucknow: After a rain-curtailed opening ODI in Dharamsala, India’s top-order batters — Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer — went through the paces during the net session at the Ekana Stadium in Lucknow.Throughout the 90-odd-minute session, split equally between pace and…