'I feel sick the day I am not painting'

'That secularism in India is at risk is alarming for someone like me. I'm born secular,' Anjolie Ela Menon, the well-known painter, tells Pavan Lall. Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com There......

'Complete 25-yr term': SC rejects Nitish Katara killer's parole plea

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the parole plea of Vikas Yadav, who along with his cousin Vishal Yadav is serving a 25-year jail term for killing business executive Nitish Katara in 2002. A......

Veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani passes away

Eminent jurist and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani, who fought some of the most difficult criminal cases and defended the accused in the Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi assassination cases,......

Golay's tricky road ahead

Sikkim's new chief minister will have to achieve growth without compromising nature.Aditi Phadnis reports. IMAGE: Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang (Golay), arrives at the swearing-in......

Televisions Likely to Get Costlier By Up to 10% As Open Cell Prices Rise

The cost of open cells has seen an average increase of between 3 and 20%, and is higher for larger screen TVs in July, according to manufacturers of televisions Kindly note the image has only been......

TVs, Laptops, Phones May Cost More

The reason? Price of open cell panels has gone up 15%.One of the main components in the manufacturing of TV sets, open cells contribute to 60%-65% of the manufacturing cost. IMAGE: Kindly note the......

Small cars not finished, but certainly won't be cheap

That means a manufacturer looking at a market like India needs to decide whether small, cheap cars or small, expensive cars or both will work better for them, says Pavan Lall. IMAGE: Maruti Suzuki......

Meet The Man behind Skoda VW India

'Approach people with respect, mindful that they know their job better than you do, and that you're not superior to them just because you may be better educated or their boss.'Skoda Auto VW India......

PIX: Kunal Kapoor, Gautam Gulati at Dara Singh's wife's prayer meet

Several Bollywood stars turned up at the prayer meet of late Surjit Kaur Randhawa in Mumbai on March 26. Vindoo Dara Singh's mother and late wrestler-actor Dara Singh's wife Surjit Kaur......

When Bollywood got jailed

Bollywood's many run-ins with the law. Image: Salman Khan. Photograph: Stringer India/Reuters After 12 years of twists and turns befitting a Bollywood thriller, Salman Khan has been found guilty......

Relive India's first ever Test match... against England in 1932!

Ahead of the Indian cricket team's upcoming Test series against England, Rajneesh Gupta looks back in time on the 184-day trip in Blighty during which the team played 38 matches, including a......

India's first Test XI

Two hundred and fifty-eight players have represented India in Test cricket, since it first Test against England on June 25, 1932. Here's a look at the famous first eleven, in batting order:......

Bengal beat Delhi by 10 wickets

Off-spinner Sourashis Lahiri turned out to be the wrecker-in-chief with his five-wicket haul as Bengal crushed Delhi by 10 wickets to record their first win in the Ranji Trophy Elite Goup 'A' match......

Bengal's Paul rocks Delhi

Bengal medium pacer Shiv Shankar Paul claimed a six-wicket haul on a turning wicket as Delhi were skittled out for 148 in their first innings of the second Ranji Trophy Elite Group A match at the......

Mumbai-Delhi tie ends in tame draw

The opening round match between Mumbai and Delhi, in the Elite Group 'A' of the Ranji Trophy, ended in a tame draw as Mumbai chose to have some batting practice even after taking a healthy first......