Rukhsana gets Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha medal

President Pratibha Patil has approved the award of Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for Rukhsana Kosser, the Jammu girl who braved the bullets of Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants and killed one of them to......

'The best friend god gave me'

Mummy, my super hero!The Veda says, matrudevobhava, pitrudevobhava, acharyadevobhava, atithidevobhava in Sanskrit- mother (matru) always first. Not pita (father), not acharya (teacher), not guru,......

Review: Dheemaaku

Actor Naveen Krishna, son of Kannada film industry's veteran artist Srinivasa Murthy has proved his mettle in films and television serials in the last five years. His big launch in Dheemaaku,......

'I overestimated my audience and my film'

Anurag Kashyap's live chat with Rediff Readers on October 29 was quite an interesting one, as the young director tried to explain the finer points of his new film, No Smoking. For those who missed......

Go the Deols!

Reading through all the comments I could feel that everyone was out to get to Bollywood. Not a bad idea because Bollywood is as I can say easily "beatable". What with 800 odd films produced in a......

Hard-working Abhimanyu destined for greatness

‘Congratulations to Abhi for this achievement. He fully deserves this success, as I have seen all of his hard work first hand. His father also deserves praise for the sacrifices he has made......

Murali Karthikeyan, Rathnakaran make GM norms

Thirteen-year-old Murali Karthikeyan scored his maiden Grandmaster norm after securing a draw with Commonwealth champion M R Lalith Babu in the ninth and penultimate round of the premier section of......

Areshchenko wins title, Humpy second

Ukraine's Alexander Areshchenko clinched the Mayor's Cup International chess title on Sunday after winning the tie-break with three others, including Indian Grand Masters Koneru Humpy and Magesh......

Army XI and IA enter semis

Army XI and Indian Airlines moved into the semi-finals of the 111th All India Beighton Cup hockey tournament in Kolkata on Friday.Army XI breezed past Indian Airlines 4-0 in a surprisingly......

Harikrishna joint-winner in Reykjavik

Grandmaster and former World junior champion Pendyala Harikrishna emerged joint winner in the 22nd Reykjavik International Open chess tournament after settling for a quick draw with Grandmaster......