Author: Navneet Mundhra

  BENGALURU: While there have been many great music composers in Bollywood, the kind of influence and popularity RD Burman still enjoys – 29 years after passed away – is simply astounding. A host of young music directors hail him as their “inspiration” and his songs are still the toast of the radio stations and […]

BENGALURU: Madhya Pradesh on Sunday scripted history by winning India’s premier domestic tournament Ranji Trophy for the first time. They beat 41-time champions Mumbai. After conceding the first-innings lead of 162 runs, Mumbai started Day 5 from the overnight score of 113-2 and lost heaps of wickets in a bid to score runs quickly and […]

BENGALURU: Indian skipper Rohit Sharma on Saturday tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently in isolation in the team hotel. The Indian Test team is currently in England to play the rescheduled fifth Test at Edgbaston. Rohit is unlikely to play in the Test match now. In his absence, pacer Jasprit Bumrah might be the […]

Indian team consolidated their position on Day 3 of their warm-up match against Leicestershire on the back of splendiferous show by their batsmen. The visitors were 364-9 at stumps with a lead of 366 runs. Interestingly, Cheteshwar Pujara – who had taken the field for Leicestershire – also batted for India to get more practice […]

 As Shah Rukh Khan completes 30 years in Bollywood today – his debut movie ‘Deewana’ had been released on June 25, 1992 – The New Indian looks at his untrammelled domination overseas and how he put Indian cinema on an international landscape. The beginning of the 1990s was like a whiff of fresh air for India […]

BENGALURU: On the strength of their bowlers’ tremendous show, India inched ahead on Day 2 of their four-day warm-up match against Leicestershire. After the visitors declared their first innings on their overnight score of 246-8, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammad Siraj stepped up and bowled the hosts for 244. Leicestershire got off to a […]

BENGALURU: After a gap of four years, Ranbir Kapoor is gearing up to return to the silver screen with two mega-budget films ‘Shamshera’ and ‘Brahmastra’. While ‘Shamshera’ is produced by Aditya Chopra and directed by Karan Malhotra, ‘Brahmastra’ is bankrolled by Karan Johar and helmed by Ranbir’s best friend Ayan Mukerji. The trailers of both […]

BENGALURU: Wicketkeeper Srikar Bharat propped up India’s innings on the first day of their warm-up match against Leicestershire on Thursday after the top-order of the visitors was decimated by Roman Walker. India recovered to finish the day at 246-8 after being 81-5 at one stage. Jasprit Bumrah, Cheteshwar Pujara, Rishabh Pant and Prasidh Krishna took […]

BENGALURU: After young Mumbai batter Sarfaraz Khan thumped a terrific 134 in the Ranji Trophy final against Madhya Pradesh, former Indian batsman Praveen Amre – who had scored a century on his Test debut – lavished rich plaudits on him in an exclusive interview with The New Indian. Amre was also a coach of the […]

BENGALURU: The preparations of the Indian team for the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Edgbaston have been thrown out of gear as a few prominent players are struck by COVID-19. Former Indian skipper Virat Kohli contracted the virus after the team reached England. Though he has recovered now, he can’t take on too much […]