Leo Varadkar, The PM Who Likes Jalebis

'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......

Policeman clearly intended to kill Odisha minister Das, says FIR

The Odisha police, in its FIR on the killing of Health minister Naba Kishore Das, said the accused assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Gopal Das had "clear intention" to kill the minister. IMAGE: ASI......

Soli Sorabjee was a Lion of the Law

'Soli steadfastly believed in Voltaire's famous dictum that he would disagree violently with anyone but defend to death that person's right to disagree with him.'Aditi Phadnis remembers Soli......

At Rs 60,000 crore, India's elections are the world's most expensive

A whopping amount was spent in 2019 polls and the scale of expenditure should "scare us," a city-based think-tank on Monday claimed. The Centre for Media Studies after releasing a report on 2019......

In a major goof-up Trai ends up revealing internal mails

The Trai had sought public comments till April 24 on draft recommendations for over-the-top services like WhatsApp and Skype as well as on net neutrality. From internal mails of a software......

Interview with TraI chief Nripendra Misra

Nearly half-way into his three-year tenure as chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Nripendra Misra agrees to break bread with Business Standard. Like most bureaucrats,......

IIM-L alumni hire juniors as partners

Nishant Saxena, who passed out of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow, in 2000, is quitting a high profile job in one of India's leading companies to start his own venture called......

Tata, Mittal to attend IIC meet in Durban

TATA Group Chairman Ratan Tata and India-born steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal will be among seven international business leaders to attend the three-day International Investment Council to be hosted by......

Hardik out; Jadeja, Vihari picked for WTC final, England Tests

IMAGE: The Virat Kohli-led Indian team will take on New Zealand in the WTC Championship final next month followed by the five-Test series in England. Photograph: BCCI Fit again Ravindra Jadeja and......

Missing: Indian cricketers on matchbox labels

Can anyone out there solve the mystery of the missing cricketers on matchbox labels, asks Gulu Ezekiel. Stamp collecting, or philately, has for long been the most popular hobby in the world. That......

'Unfortunate that some IOA members want Kalmadi back'

Union sports minister Ajay Maken, despite not wanting to be "too intrusive", says he is uncomfortable with the idea of Suresh Kalmadi returning as president of Indian Olympic Association. Kalmadi,......

F1 tax row clouds Indian GP

McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has played down fears that a tax wrangle could jeopardise next month's inaugural Indian Formula One Grand Prix. The Briton, who is chairman of the teams'......

Readers on whether Ganguly should play

Vikram Shah: Can someone from your organisation lead a discussion on the validity of this penalty, please?Let us not talk about Saurav's form as a batsman as that is not the issue here.Do the rules......