As two of the most anticipated Telugu releases prepare to hit screens on Thursday, the mood across the exhibition circuit is a mix of cautious optimism and honest concern. Ustaad Bhagat Singh, starring Pawan Kalyan, heads into a direct clash with Dhurandhar 2, and early signals from the ground are telling a layered story. Dhurandhar...

“Congressis like me can never leave the party. It’s impossible for us to imagine politics beyond the Congress,” I remember Pradyut Bordoloi telling a group of journalists from Assam at a meeting in New Delhi’s Press Club in 2016. Himanta Biswa Sarma had recently quit the Congress to join the BJP in 2015, and amid...

NEW DELHI: Assam MP Pradyut Bordoloi joined the BJP on Wednesday, a day after leaving Congress and being invited by BJP’s Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.Speaking after Bordoloi joined BJP Sarma said, “Assam Pradesh BJP will recommend to the central leadership that he should fight the assembly elections. There is no reason for someone with...