'Oommen Chandy never turned away the needy'

'I have never seen a common man tapping a chief minister on the shoulder and giving him his petition, like needing money for a child admitted in a hospital.' IMAGE: People throng to pay their last......

Pranab Mukherjee: Mirati man who craved slice of village

He strode the corridors of ower in New Delhi like a colossus, but always craved a slice of his village. IMAGE: Former president Pranab Mukherjee prepares to perform worship of Goddess Durga......

BJP old-timers shedding tears as party fielding turncoats: Mamata

Branding Trinamool Congress rebels as 'traitors' like Mir Jafar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday took a swipe at the Bharatiya Janata Party for fielding the turncoats......

Buoyed by panchayat poll results, SP pushes to win UP back

'We have learnt lessons from Mamata Banerjee who overcame the BJP's canard by reciting Chandi Path and playing up her Brahmin origins in her campaign. We need to adopt strategies like asking......

Govt will help improve Kerala's infrastructure: PM

The government is committed to help improve the industrial infrastructure of Kerala and is also considering setting up an IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) in the state, Prime Minister Manmohan......

States seek more investments by overseas Indians

Chief Ministers of several states, including Gujarat, on Monday wooed more investments from overseas Indians by flaunting developmental initiatives launched by their respective governments and......

How Saji Thomas, a deaf-mute, built an aircraft with just Rs 14 lakh

Saji Thomas jots down these inspiring lines in a paper and shows: 'I can’t hear or talk but I could build an aircraft and fly it.'  Image: A dream come true for Saji Thomas.......

Kerala vs Bengal: Tale of 2 chief ministers

One party, one ideology, but two diametrically opposed action plans.The path taken by reformist West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and conservative Kerala Chief Minister V S......

'The Friday mafia has made the film business very insecure'

'We used to have beautifully crafted, witty and touching duets which taught the genders how to speak and romance each other.''Where else would we get the genius of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle......

'No heroine is versatile in India today'

Telugu film director Mohankrishna Indraganti was in his element during a Rediff Chat on Wednesday. The filmmaker, who struck gold with his first film Grahanam, and later on with Maya......