While political parties often accuse rivals of dynastic politics, during elections, they do not shy away from fielding relatives of their established leaders -- as the lists of candidates for the......
The Shiv Sena has released its first list of 45 candidates for the Maharashtra assembly polls, nominating Chief Minister Eknath Shinde from Kopri-Panchpakhadi in Thane city and more than half a......
Two activists, seeking assurance that the Other Backward Class quota will not be disturbed amid the Maratha reservation demand, continued their fast for the sixth day in Jalna on Tuesday and......
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange on Thursday suspended his indefinite fast over the reservation issue six days after launching it, and set a deadline of one month before the Maharashtra......
Activist Manoj Jarange, whose indefinite fast over Maratha reservation entered the fifth day on Wednesday, started taking intravenous fluids after a Maharashtra minister assured to resolve the......
This is the Mukesh Ambani-led company's second entry into the dairy segment and it will directly compete with Amul and Mother Dairy. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com After making its entry......
A Kolkata court on Wednesday remanded Gautam Kundu of Rose Valley to judicial custody till May 5 in connection with a money laundering case. Chief Judge of City Sessions Court G C Karmakar granted......
Five Tata group managing directors on Monday called on West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, to discuss about their respective companies. The managing directors -- Rana Sinha of Tata Hitachi......
Vendors are ready to pull out of Singur and follow Tata Motors, said some of them, a day after Ratan Tata threatened to do so. Of the 55 ancillary units, around 30 have started construction at......
Sanjay Dutt saw terror up close, when he was one of the accused of the 1993 blasts that rocked Mumbai. But the actor hastransformed,and now hopes that the lessons of Mumbai's recent terror attack......
Current generation of Indian chess players great at grabbing opportunities: Viswanathan Anand Photograph: Kind courtesy Norway Chess/X "Slowly transitioning" from a world champion competitor to a......
Four years before the arrival of the new century, long before Facebook Live and InstaChats, arrived the Rediff Chat, the Internet's first forum where Readers could chat with Newsmakers. Among the......
IMAGE: The academy, named WestBridge-Anand Chess Academy, has taken on board five of the country's most promising players to be trained by chess legend Viswanathan Anand. Photograph: Dean......
Jos Buttler has been 'Mankaded' twice Ravichandran Ashwin hit the 'Bull's Eye' in his second attempt after an aborted one seven years back IMAGE: Sachithra Senanayake of Sri Lanka appeals to the......
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday IMAGE: Saina Nehwal in action. Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images Indian men's and women's badminton teams expectedly......