India-born media veteran selected as new BBC chairman

An India-born media executive who has worked in United Kingdom broadcasting for over 40 years, Dr Samir Shah, has been announced as the UK government's preferred candidate to take over as the new......

Curry, bhangra to feature in BBC radio drama!

Curry houses, fabric shops and bhangra music are all set to be part of a radio drama planned by the BBC to give Britain's primetime TV soaps a run for their money.Set in Birmingham, 'Silver Street'......

On Modi-2002 riots docu, Russia accuses BBC of waging info war

Russia has accused the BBC of "waging an information war" on different fronts -- not only against Moscow, but also against other global centres of power pursuing an independent policy -- days after......

The Pillar That Inspires India

The Ashokan Pillar in Kolhua, Bihar, is one of India's best maintained historical sites. All Photographs: Archana Masih/Rediff.com   The Ashokan Pillar with a single lion stands gloriously......

Global investment boosts FM radio

Even as Rupert Murdoch's STAR TV prepares to acquire a 20 percent stake in Music Broadcast Pvt Ltd, which runs Radio City, a large number of global FM radio companies are jockeying hard to forge......

Satellite radio policy allowing news mooted

The government is working on a satellite radio policy under which broadcasting news and current affairs programmes will be permitted, though with several restrictions. Satellite radio companies......

A few things that you don't know about Bill Gates

Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard when he was just 19 to start Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975. Image: Bill and Melinda Gates. Photograph: Getty Images     Microsoft co-founder Bill......

Cashing in on craze for radio, TV jobs

The airwaves are flooded with a new form of chatter. With the launch of three new FM radio channels in Delhi -- all of which are babble interspersed with music -- besides the existing two from All......

'When He Spoke, The Whole Nation Listened'

'Ameen Sayani was copied by generations. Now everyone is trying to become smaller Ameen Sayanis in their own way.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In 1960, when the film Dil Apna Aur......

'I travel the world with a piece of bamboo'

'I will always cherish the fact that I received the first big award of my life, actually two, in the company of legends for an incredible collaboration.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Rakesh Chaurasia......

Why Bond is better than breakfast

Men who make lists scarcely take other ones seriously, and so it is with me and this latest poll coming our way via the BBC's Radio Times. The publication asked over 2000 men and women about their......

John Lennon's lost six-hour interview

A six-hour interview with John Lennon which had been lost for more than 40 years has finally been published. The full-length chat, in which the pop legend says awarding The Beatles MBEs "was one of......

EPL PIX: City crush West Ham; Arsenal, Chelsea held

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday.Haaland double steers City to victory IMAGE: Erling Haaland celebrates scoring Manchester City's second goal against West Ham......

Mott downplays Hazlewood's 'knock out England' talk

IMAGE: England face a fear of being eliminated from the marquee tournament as they sit in fourth place in the Group B standings after a no-result against Scotland and a loss to......

Mutiny at the BBC: Lineker row causes huge crisis

IMAGE: Manchester City fan with a sign in support of BBC presenter Gary Lineker at the Selhurst Park stadium in London on Sunday. Photograph: Tony Obrien/Reuters Britain's BBC faced a mounting......

EPL PIX: Palmer stars again as Chelsea beat Newcastle 3-2

The win left Chelsea in 11th position, a point and one place behind Newcastle but with a game in hand. IMAGE: Chelsea's Cole Palmer struck in the 57th minute to put his club in the lead against......

Maradona's shirt is not for sale: Hodge

'I have had it for 34 years and have never once tried to sell it. I like having it. It has incredible sentimental value.' IMAGE: Argentina's Diego Maradona scores during the 1986 World Cup......