
Find out who topped the list of best dressed celebrities, both in Bollywood and in Hollywood in 2012. ...

07:36 PM, Jan 01, 2013

Find out who won Quote of the Year award, Hinglish Vinglish award or the most ridiculous award of the year 2012 in Bollywood. ...

07:30 PM, Jan 01, 2013

From stars losing their cool on camera to studio lights falling during interviews, here are 2012's best bloopers and outtakes from the Bollywood industry. ...

07:22 PM, Jan 01, 2013

Be it Dabangg's Chulbul Pandey or Sardar Khan of Gangs of Wasseypur, these rustic dialogues stood out from the crowd in 2012. ...

07:17 PM, Jan 01, 2013

2012 for the Bollywood industry was a year of sequels and remakes but the the industry also romanced with the Rs 100 crore benchmark. Watch which movies were the most successful of the year. ...

07:13 PM, Jan 01, 2013

Fiscal cliff, guru and spoiler alert are among words that should be removed from the vocabulary in 2013, according to a group of US academics. Michigan's Lake Superior State University (LSSU) have released their '38th Annual List of Words to be Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General Uselessness' on December 31 with fiscal cliff, guru and spoiler alert among recommended terms they think need to be...

03:57 PM, Jan 01, 2013

Be it an orphanage run by the dynamic Rajkumari, a eunuch, giving shelter to poor kids in Jharkhand or a group of daredevil bikers in Sikkim going around town providing amenities for the destitute and organising fundraising rock concerts, these heroes have made India a better place to live in for its citizens. ...

05:04 PM, Dec 31, 2012

Pakistan saw the highest number of journalists losing their lives in South Asia with 13 of them dying in the line of duty, followed by India with five among a total of 25 mediapersons falling victim to violence. "In 2012, South Asia, the most volatile region, mourned the murder of 25 media persons, with Pakistan again remaining in the lead. 13 journalists lost their lives in Pakistan, followed by five...

07:54 PM, Dec 30, 2012

2012 was an unprecedented year for the Defence Ministry as it had a prolonged stand-off with former Army Chief Gen VK Singh over his age issue and a truck-deal case and was dragged to the Supreme Court. The selection of France's Dassault Rafale for the 126 combat aircraft deal, India's entry into the elite club of nations with intercontinental ballistic missiles with the launch of Agni V, induction of nuclear...

03:03 PM, Dec 30, 2012

Amid turbulent times for the stock markets across the world, the equity turnover fell on Indian bourses as well in 2012, but the fall was meagre at 1.57 per cent when compared to the global average. Globally, the equity turnover fell sharply by 14.7 per cent, while the fall was nearly 8 per cent for the bourses in Asia Pacific region as well. ...

02:11 PM, Dec 30, 2012

An eventful year in Gujarat saw Narendra Modi convincingly retaining power and emerging as a strong contender for BJP's prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 general elections besides a slew of judgements in the post-Godhra riot cases that convicted many, including former minister Maya Kodnani. ...

12:38 PM, Dec 30, 2012

The tourism industry in 2012 showed some signs of recovery with an increase in the number of visitors flocking the country after a bad season last year and saw a three-time jump in the fund allocation in the 12th Plan period. Filmstar-turned politician Chiranjeevi took over charge of the ministry in October from Subodh Kant Sahai. He set a target of attracting 11 million foreign tourists and creation of about...

01:04 AM, Dec 30, 2012

Rajeev Masand interviews four of the most popular scriptwriters of 2012. ...

03:09 PM, Dec 28, 2012

While the US economy awaits its 'fiscal cliff' at the end of 2012, the world of business in India this year confronted with its own maze of buzzwords that included terms like GAAR, Coalgate, OFCDs and lobbying. While the concerned companies were heard describing their losses as 'negative profit', Vijay Mallya termed uncertain times at Kingfisher Airlines as a 'holding pattern'. ...

01:40 PM, Dec 28, 2012

Eyeing Assembly polls next year, the Delhi government went into overdrive in 2012 doling out sops and regularising unauthorised colonies but the barbaric gangrape of a young girl brought shame to the city and triggered a blame game between Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and the police. After BJP handed a crushing defeat to Congress in the municipal polls in April, a worried Dikshit put her government into fast gear and...

01:03 PM, Dec 28, 2012

The year 2012 saw the Delhi High Court ordering day-to-day trial of sexual offence cases in the aftermath of the brutal gangrape case besides some judicial interventions for loosening decades-old grip of politicians on sports bodies. ...

12:10 PM, Dec 28, 2012

It was not a smooth sailing for the Indian aviation industry in 2012 as it saw the grounding of Kingfisher Airlines and financial trouble hitting Air India and other carriers besides a prestigious $ 500 million airport upgrade contract bagged by a leading Indian infra firm being terminated by the Maldives government. ...

11:46 AM, Dec 28, 2012

It's that time of the year when we tell you which books turned out to be page turners and why. CNN-IBN tells you all about 2012's bestselling books. ...

11:32 AM, Dec 28, 2012

In the run up to the new year, CNN-IBN is taking a look back to the hottest trends of 2012. So who was the most searched celebrity or which music video got the maximum views? ...

10:12 AM, Dec 28, 2012

BJP leader Narendra Modi did it all over again in 2012. He was re-elected as the Gujarat chief minister for the third time in a row. The question which everyone is asking now is that Ahmedabad today and New Delhi tomorrow? ...

09:32 AM, Dec 28, 2012