Chidambaram sent to 4-day CBI custody till Aug 26

IMAGE: Senior Congress leader and former Union home and finance minister P Chidambaram after he was produced in a CBI court in the INX media case, in New Delhi, on Thursday. Photograph: Ravi......

Stories our grandmother told us...

'What we really need is a revival of storytelling at bedtime.'Avantika Bhuyan reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com As a child, my favourite event of the day was the power cut. That's......

Fadnavis sworn in as first BJP CM of Maharashtra

Devendra Fadnavis was on Friday sworn in as Chief Minister of the first BJP government in Maharashtra at a grand ceremony where Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray made a last-minute appearance,......

'No opposition for bail to cash-for-vote scam accused'

The Delhi police on Monday did not oppose the bail petitions of the five jailed accused in the 2008 cash-for-vote case, including two former Bharatiya Janata Party Members of Parliament and L K......

Ramesh takes tough stand on global emission cuts

Under attack from Opposition parties and non-government organisations back home, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday admitted to 'nuancing' of the Indian position that it will not accept......

Priyanka Chopra's secret 'passion project'

Besides the five Indian films that are playing at the Toronto International Film Festival this year -- a rather large collection at an international film festival, says Aseem Chhabra -- there are......

Industry decries lack of data protection law

While the IT Act is being amended to deal with international concerns related to cyber crimes, very little is being done on the data protection law, required to protect the data owned by......

IIT B-schools lack IIM allure

Despite being the leader in technical education in the country, IITs are still regarded less than first grade when it comes to providing business education. Even as they work to create a pool of......

Kohrra Review: Haunting

Kohrra is a terrific ensemble piece but the two fine leads keep show glued together, applauds Aseem Chhabra. Towards the middle of Netflix's new riveting six-part series Kohrra, Amarpal Garundi......

Which book-to-screen is YOUR fave? VOTE!

In Parineeti Chopra's upcoming Netflix release The Girl On The Train, the actress goes against type to play an alcoholic, whose obsession around a happily married couple lands her in the middle of......

Pix: What are Diana, Athiya, Huma upto?

A special screening of the Netflix web series, Leila, directed by Deepa Mehta, Shanker Raman and Pawan Kumar was held in Mumbai. It stars Huma Qureshi, Siddharth, Seema Biswas, Rahul Khanna,......

Raghuvir Yadav: Masterful Actor For All Seasons

When Raghuvir Yadav plays a character, he jumps out of the pages and acquires flesh and blood. But the actor's journey to films wasn't an easy one. His family of farmers, in the small village of......

Aryan, Suhana, Kaviya At IPL Auction

The eyes of the cricketing world were focussed on the Indian Premier League mega auction in Bengaluru on Saturday, February 12. With the addition of two teams and all the 10 franchises having to......

IPL Working Group meets KKR owners; Raman attends meeting

Members of the IPL Working Group had a meeting with Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Jay Mehta and CEO Venky Mysore on Wednesday. Former India skipper Anil Kumble joined in the discussion via video......

Rendezvous CEO meets IPL, IMG officials

P T Keshav, the CEO of Rendezvous Sports World (RSW) consortium that bid successfully for the Kochi Indian Premier League franchise for $333.33 million, had an "operational" meeting with IPL CEO......

Akram, Wright to make presentation for KKR job

Pakistani great Wasim Akram, former India batsman Pravin Amre and ex-India coach John Wright will make presentations for the Kolkata Knight Riders coach's post in Mumbai on August 30. Former India......

IT summons: BCCI officials submit IPL documents

Responding to the Income Tax department's summons, the BCCI on Friday furnished before it complete details, including share holding pattern, player auction and bidding process of all eight original......