MT Vasudevan Nair, Suzuki, ex-CJI Khehar Singh get Padma Vibhushan

Former Chief Justice of India J S Khehar, former chief of Suzuki Motor late Osamu Suzuki, Ram temple architect Chandrakant Sompura, folk singer late Sharda Sinha and hockey player PR Sreejesh are......

Dharma doesn't mean eat this, don't eat that: RSS chief

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said some elements who don't want India to grow are creating hindrance in the path of its development. IMAGE: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat......

India's New Trilemma

...Kids, jobs, emigration, notes Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   "Aren't you kids going to have children?" I asked one of my nieces who had come for a one-week......

16 out of 31 MPs on Waqf bill JPC are from NDA

The joint committee of Parliament to examine the Waqf (Amendment) Bill will have 31 members -- 21 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha -- and will submit its report by the next session.......

Modi urges global tech CEOs to be part of India growth story

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged CEOs of US majors to take advantage of India's growth story as the country is making all efforts to become the third largest economy of the world in his third......

India-born Arvind Krishna elected CEO of IBM

Indian-origin technology executive Arvind Krishna has been elected chief executive officer of American IT giant IBM after a "world-class succession process", succeeding Virginia Rometty, who......

'Whatever we do, we have to make an impact'

'Professors can teach even when they are 90 because they don't lose their skill with words. Go deeper and there's spirituality in it,' Dr Swati Piramal tells Pavan Lall. Illustrations: Dominic......

IBM bets big on India, to open more software development centres

US tech giant IBM is betting big on the India growth story and plans to open more software development centres in the country as it looks to partner with the government in its digitisation journey,......

Pix: Tamil filmmaker Selvaraghavan ties the knot

Selvaraghavan burst onto the Tamil film scene with a bang with Kaadal Kondein. The film, which had his younger brother Dhanush and Sonia Agarwal in the lead, was a huge success. So was his next......

Alasyam Amrutham is interesting

Radhika Rajamani reviews the Telugu movie, Alasyam Amrutham. Post YOUR reviews here!Thisfilmis shot in just one location -- a railway station (barring the songs) -- within a stipulated time.The......

The Family Man 2 review

Manoj Bajpayee simply lives, and loves, the role -- of a man who life is fast passing by, and who continues to live the lie of a simple government servant, observes Saisuresh Sivaswamy. What do......

Pachaikili Muthucharam is good

With Pachaikili Muthucharam, Gautham Menon seems to be saying that there are more ways of telling a story. If his earlier films are any indication, he seems to know the new way every time. The film......

Check out Indian athletes who've qualified for Paralympics

  India’s largest-ever contingent of 84 para-athletes competing across 12 sports disciplines, will look to create history at the Paralympics in Paris starting on August 28.   India......

From Coorg to cricket stardom: Meet Vidwath, the next bowling sensation!

From land of hockey to cricket stardom, Vidwath Kaverappa takes seven-star route IMAGE: Vidwath Kaverappa bagged seven wickets. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/Twitter Vidwath Kaverappa entered the......

'Crushing voices of public...' Rahul slams PM on wrestlers' manhandling

'The coronation is over - the 'arrogant king' is crushing the voice of the people on the streets' 'Such behaviour against athletes who brought laurels to the country is extremely wrong and......

Schedule: India at the Tokyo Paralaympics

  The Tokyo Paralympics gets underway with the ceremony in Tokyo on Tuesday, August 24. Flag bearer Tek Chand will lead the Indian contingent -- India will be represented by 54 para athletes,......

Paralympics: Taekwondo player Aruna withdraws with injury

IMAGE: Aruna Tanwar sustained a probable fracture of left forearm and possible fracture of right foot during her Paralympics women's taekwondo K44-49kg class bout. Photograph:......