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December 12, 2014 1:00 am

The small town audience willing to spend big bucks is being increasingly wooed by Bollywood's big stars

Give me some love jihad: Imagining what it is to be a young woman in a small town

September 28, 2014 1:00 am

One evening, she got out on the balcony, and there he stood. Alone, with something in his hand. Where had he come from?

Small towns fuel rise of online shopping

March 24, 2012 11:19 am

A new report by Boston Consulting Group says online retail in India could be a $84-billion industry by 2016.

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Cash, liquor, freebies worth Rs 71 crore seized in Bihar, bypoll states: Election Commission

October 21, 2025 22:01 IST

“As on October 21, over Rs 71.32 crore worth cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals and other freebies have been seized through a coordinated approach involving multi-enforcement agencies across different States/UTs (Union Territories),” the EC said.

This rare condition left an 11-year-old with 81 teeth; dentist says ‘most people don’t realise until…’

Updated: October 21, 2025 22:00 IST

In most cases of hypodontia, extra teeth are positioned at the upper front jaw, where they grow  as a "small, peg-shaped tooth known as a mesiodens

Malayalam’s biggest superstar went to Tamil to do one movie; returned after signing 55 projects in a year, thanks to MGR’s encouragement

Updated: October 21, 2025 21:57 IST

One of the most celebrated actors in Indian cinema of his era, he appeared in a whopping 720 films as a lead actor and even bagged a Guinness World Record.

Heavy rain in Kerala: Tourists warned to avoid hilly areas, schools and colleges shut in 3 districts put on red alert

Updated: October 21, 2025 21:55 IST

Officials of the Revenue Department, the Kerala State Electricity Board, panchayats, and the Public Works Department were told to remain alert and ready to face any eventuality.

Gangs of Wasseypur writer got Rs 5 lakh for first film, didn’t get paid for the sequel: ‘There was one vanity van on set, everyone was living in a lodge’

October 21, 2025 21:53 IST

Anurag Kashyap's Gangs of Wasseypur is the most popular film of the director but while it was being made, the makers were struggling to put together the finances.

India denies entry to top SOAS Hindi scholar — who is Francesca Orsini?

Updated: October 21, 2025 21:53 IST

The Hindi and Urdu scholar was denied entry at Delhi airport and sent back to London on Monday

Warner Bros. Discovery considers sale after receiving interest from several buyers

Updated: October 21, 2025 21:53 IST

The company’s CEO, David Zaslav, has been preparing to divide WBD into two parts one including HBO Max and the Warner Bros.

Mumbai AQI News Live Updates: Mumbai wakes up to haze; Colaba, Nandadeep Garden logs ‘very poor’ AQI post-Diwali

Updated: October 21, 2025 21:52 IST

Mumbai Weather Today Live Updates: With air quality worsening, it is advised to wear masks and stay indoors as much as possible to avoid exposure to toxic air.

PU employee arrested for ‘murdering’ mother 

Updated: October 21, 2025 21:52 IST

A 40-year-old man employed as an assistant at Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, has been arrested for allegedly murdering his mother by slitting her throat at their residence in Sector 40-D, Chandigarh, on Monday morning. The accused has been identified as Ravinder Singh Negi alias Ravi. The victim, Sushila Negi (60), a widow, had been living […]

IMD issues orange alert till Thursday for south interior and coastal Karnataka

October 21, 2025 21:51 IST

Favourable conditions for heavy rain have persisted owing to showers caused by the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon on October 15, followed by the onset of the northeast monsoon on October 16.

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