Forty years after he made the occult an enthralling and engrossing fare with his 1971 novel The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty is back with “the most personally important novel” of his career, The Redemption.
The Exorcist’s brand of horror, its plotline, themes and texture spawned many copycats and with its movie adaptation by William Friedkin in 1973, it deservedly went on to have a cult following. This sub-genre of horror, popularised by The Exorcist, is, however, difficult to define.

Arsenic levels have registered an alarming increase in the water in Lucknow, causing a grave threat to the health of the people in the state capital.

Ready is en route to becoming a blockbuster, netting close to `70 crores in the first week itself. Many are now speculating `100 crores which will make the film amongst the top money-spinners in Bollywood, after the likes of 3 Idiots and Dabangg.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the 2G spectrum scam, may question Kanimozhi, daughter of DMK supremo M. Karunanidhi, in connection with alleged transfer of `200 crores to Chennai-based Kalaignar TV by a company linked telecom promoter Shahid Balwa, next week. According to sources, statement of Ms Kanimozhi will

Until a while back it seemed that the month of October will be ruled by Kareena Kapoor who will be seen with two of her big releases hitting the theatres — Ra.One with Shah Rukh Khan and Short Term Shaadi opposite Imran Khan. But now, the leading lady of both films, who was expecting a gruelling time ahead with back-to-back promotions, is heaving a sigh of relief as the release dates for STS have been postponed to November.

In a departure from its earlier stand, the Uttarakhand government on Saturday appealed to yoga guru Baba Ramdev to call off his fast.

The Congress’ campaign against the BJP and the Sangh Parivar for their “double talk” on the issue of corruption and support to civil rights activist Anna Hazare and Baba Ramdev will begin from Sunday.

The Congress in Uttar Pradesh will use Mr Rahul Gandhi’s birthday on June 19 to reconnect with farmers in the state. The party has decided to celebrate the day as Kisan Adhikar Diwas (Farmers’ Rights Day).

The Congress high command has not made up its mind whether or not to replace the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee chief Kripashankar Singh ahead of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation elections.
Besides, it has not taken any decision on the offer of resignations by the Bihar and Tamil Nadu Congress presidents.

Giving a new twist to the raging debate over the Lokpal Bill, Union law and justice minister M. Veerappa Moily on Saturday said the proposed piece of legislation was, in fact, an ambitious dream of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.