Kerala and Tamil Nadu are quiet champions of India

'There is a degree of civility, efficiency, cleanliness and cultural ease here that has all but vanished in the squalid, chaotic and rootless Hindi heartland,' says Sunil Sethi. IMAGE: Karthyayani......

Phase Two of #MeToo begins

'Mr Akbar has underestimated the level of pent-up anger and commitment among these women,' a young lawyer tells Sunil Sethi.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com 'Memory,' said Oscar Wilde, 'is......

J&K cabinet rejig: Speaker, 7 others sworn-in as ministers

The major shake-up of the council of ministers follows BJP ministers Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga resigning from the cabinet earlier this month after they were criticised for taking part in......

Amarnath yatra begins amid multi-tier security

Protected by multiple levels of security, the 40-day Amarnath pilgrimage began from Jammu on Wednesday with the first batch of 2,280 devotees leaving for the high altitude shrine. IMAGE: A......

Guess who showed up with John for Parmanu screening?

His rarely seen wife Priya Runchal! John Abraham and Priya Runchal haven't been seen together in public for sometime, so it was good to see the hunk and his banker missus at the Parmanu screening.......

PIX: Bollywood's EXOTIC destination weddings

Quite a few Bollywood stars have opted to marry outside the Maximum City. A wedding is one of the most important day in a person’s life, celebrity or otherwise. But when you’re an......

Shriya's Hollywood debut a dud

Shriya Saran, making her Hollywood debut, received a handful of flattering reviews over her Hollywood hunk co-star Jesse Metcalfe. But the film The Other End of the Line received mostly negative......

Amarr 'not interested' in Kyunki...

When Mihir Virani --scionofthe Virani empire in the superhit television soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi --diedin a car crash, India wept.Tothis day, Amarr Upadhyay -- Mihir for his countless......

Naunidh Singh sets National 110m hurdles mark

Naunidh Singh of Punjab raced to a national record in the men's 110 metres hurdles on the final day of the 45th Open National Athletics Championships as Railways claimed the lion's share of the......

Shobha sets Nat. heptathlon mark

J J Shobha of Andhra Pradesh created a new national record in the women's heptathlon at the 10th Federation Cup Athletics Championship in Delhi to book a berth in the 2004 Athens Olympics Games......