The Umaria district police, along with a team of special task force (STF) and the CID, is probing the gruesome murder of Chandraika Rai, a newspaper distributor-cum-reporter, his wife Durga Rai and their two grown-up children — a son and a daughter — during the intervening night of February 17-18.

I must say I’m very impressed with the Big B. Who isn’t, you ask? You’ve got a point! I mean the superstar is in hospital but still finds the time to tweet and update his blog everyday. I’m amazed at his will power and energy!

I do think Vidya Balan is a fabulous actress but I’m getting a wee bit tired of her Sabyasachi sarees with big bindis and uncombed hair look. The sarees are gorgeous but the look is terribly repetitive! Can’t Vidya lose the flab and experiment with her look instead?

Looks like this is a Kapoor week for moi. I always thought that the queen of magazine covers, Sonam, was actually intelligent. Perhaps I over-estimated her IQ level. Apparently, our lady is rather miffed. Why is that?

Ronen Sen worked with three Prime Ministers and helped shape India’s policy on Israel. In this interview with Parul Chandra in the context of the Iran-Israel conundrum, he speaks of the virtue of taking a stand as against posturing, while remaining alive to evolving situations.

Iranian warships entered the Mediterranean after crossing the Suez Canal on Saturday to show Tehran’s “might” to regional states, the Navy commander said at a time of simmering tensions with Israel.

With the rift between the UPA and its ally Trinamul Congress widening, West Bengal chief minister and Trinamul supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday skipped the inauguration by Union home minister P. Chidambaram of an NSG hub at Badu, 50 km from Kolkata.

Orissa chief minister and Naveen Patnaik on Saturday alleged that the Centre was not “forthcoming” in sharing information on important decisions, including the ones taken on national security.

The 22-year-old actress Lily Collins plays Princess Snow White in the re-imagining of the classic fairytale Mirror, Mirror and while she has enjoyed working on the movie, she has struggled with the tight-fitting garments worn by her character.

The This Means War actress Reese Witherspoon was nervous about meeting the 30-year-old Duchess Catherine, who is also known as Kate Middleton and is the wife of Prince William, during a charity fundraising event last July but now the event is over, she would love to be closer to the British royal.