Why bhakts are thrilled about this book

Tavleen Singh's book is less of a Hindutva-loving diatribe against the Dynasty than its detractors suggest, but it is still hard to agree with much of what she writes, says Vir Sanghvi. Before we......

There are no winners in Dharun Ravi case: Gay activist

Soon after a Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi committed suicide jumping off from a bridge in New York in September 2010, the long time gay activist William Dobbs, who has been featured in......

Kalmadi isn't the only one to blame for CWG mess

Officially, Suresh Kalmadi had only Rs 6.7 billion to play around with as the Commonwealth Games boss. As against this, Sheila Dikshit's government was allocated Rs 16.56 billion to upgrade the......

Will the Messiah of the Hour please stand up?

Choose the odd man out: March 12, 1993. September 11, 2001. November 26, 2008. September 11, 2001, since it is the one without a sequel. That is the only apolitical sms I have received since......

Drones boom: The next big opportunity after e-commerce

Image: Drone built by ideaforge called Netra. Photograph, courtesy: ideaForge     In 2003, three Indian Institute of Technology Bombay students got together to build a hovercraft by......

GE Infra targets rural India

GE Infrastructure India is aggressively looking at electrification projects. "We are taking a big swing in India, as stated by our chairman (Jeffrey Immelt), and are going all out to push key......

Happy 60th, Carl Lewis!

His 9-gold athletic haul at the Olympics remains unrivalled with Usain Bolt coming close with 8.Raj Kishore Mishra, former joint secretary at the sports ministry, salutes Carl Lewis, 'Sportsman of......

Steeplechaser Sudha Singh confident ahead of Rio

2014 Asian Games bronze medalist and National record holder, Sudha Singh wants to make amends for a disappointing outing at the London Olympics.The 3000m steeplechase runner told Rediff.com's Norma......

BCCI to reject stump mic evidence

Indian board, it is learnt, will not agree if fresh evidence in the form of transcript from a stump microphone emerges in the two-day hearing on Harbhajan Singh's appeal against a ban beginning in......