Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for 5th straight term

Naveen Patnaik, who led his Biju Janata Dal to a landslide victory in the assembly elections, took oath as the chief minister of Odisha for a record fifth consecutive term on Wednesday. Patnaik......

What you won't hear on Mann Ki Baat

'Modi maintains what has been called a 'strategic silence' on controversial topics,' points out Amulya Ganguli.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Narendra D Modi has asked those who listen to......

Congress sweeps Rajasthan bypolls, TMC wins in Bengal

The Congress on Thursday thumped the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan, clinching all the two Lok Sabha and one state assembly seats in bypolls in the key cow belt......

'When dealing with history laws don't matter, emotions do'

'No country has a richer history than India. We cannot let someone twist our history.' IMAGE: Protests against the release of Padmaavat. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters The raging controversy......

Ranbir, SRK, Salman, Aamir Vote

Bollywood's superstars made sure to cast their vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, with their families. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Gauri and Shah Rukh Khan exercise......

When RD Burman Created Magic

Subhash K Jha doffs his hat to the musical genius R D Burman on his 30th death anniversary. IMAGE: Asha Parekh and Shammi Kapoor in the song O Mere Sona Re from Teesri Manzil. If there has ever......

30 RD Burman Gems You May Not Have Heard

Rahul Dev Burman made enough music to last a million lifetimes. As it happens in the case of every prolific artist, some of his work received more love than others. When one thinks of RD classics,......

Rashmika Gives Her Heart To THIS Movie!

Film folk came by to watch Ganapath, starring Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon. Kriti Sanon and Tiger Shroff reunite after their 2014 debut Heropanti for Ganapath.   Tiger invites his Student Of......

World Jr Chess: Harshit Pawar shocks top seed USA's Mishra

IMAGE: Image used for representational purposes. Photograph: International Chess Federation/Instagram Playing the game of his life, India's Harshit Pawar shocked top seed and youngest ever......

Anand to mentor Indian squads at Chess Olympiad

IMAGE: Vishwanathan Anand said 'I am playing very few events these days and after playing many Olympiads, I thought it was time for the younger ones to play.' Photograph: David Llada India will......

Humpy, K Srikanth and Sai Praneeth nominated for Khel Ratna

Photograph: Kind Courtesy, Koneru Humpy/Twitter Reigning women's world rapid chess champion Koneru Humpy has been nominated for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award by the All India Chess......

Sports Shorts: Sindhu still searching for a title this year...

IMAGE: A title has eluded P V Sindhu this season. Photograph: How Foo Yeen/Getty Images Still searching for a title this year, India's top shuttler P V Sindhu opens her campaign in the China......

Poovamma, Joseph win silver at Asian athletics

Quarter-miler Machettira Raju Poovamma and heptathlete Liksy Joseph won a silver each as India added four medals on the second day of the 21st Asian Athletics Championships in Wuhan, China, on......