‘Kaalkoot’ trailer: Vijay Varma headlines crime drama about an acid attack
Sumit Saxena’s show, also starring Shweta Tripathi Sharma, Yashpal Sharma, Gopal Datt and Seema Biswas, will be premiered on JioCinema on July 27.

Actor Manoj Kumar dies at 87
What underpins India’s deep education inequality?
In the injustice of Bhutan’s ‘mindfulness city’, a plea to King Jigme Khesar
Kele ki machchli, moong dal ke shami kebab, atte ka keema: The faux ‘meat’ dishes of Kayasth cuisine
With the Waqf Bill, the state brings a legal bulldozer to minority rights
Shengole, Misal: This book on food from the Marathi kitchen features two one-pot recipes
How a young couple’s death made India and Pakistan reopen the ‘bridge to peace’ – briefly
In a new book, violinist L Subramaniam looks at how Carnatic music developed over the centuries
‘All regional languages should get equal parity’: The Hindi-Tamil tussle in TN has a long history
Opposition criticises BJP for inaction after Christian priests allegedly assaulted in MP