'India mattered to him and he wanted to matter to India.' IMAGE: Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan, Dr Shashi Tharoor's younger sister. Photographs and Videos: Archana Masih for Rediff.com Shobha Tharoor......
Attorney General Goolam E Vahnavati and corporate lobbyist Niira Radia are among the 125 witnesses listed in the Central Bureau of Investigation chargesheet in the 2G spectrum scam. The name of......
The untiring and affable United States Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns is in New Delhi to close the nuclear cooperation deal, for which negotiations have been on for more than 20 months,......
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to appoint Shiv Shankar Menon as the next foreign secretary is an attractive turn in his approach to India's foreign policy. With his government under fire......
Veteran Malayalam filmmaker and Dadasaheb Phalke award winner Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Infosys CEO Nadan Nilekani and Gandhian Nirmala Deshpande were among 42 personalities from various fields who......
The banking regulator was uncomfortable with the runaway pace at which consumer credit was growing. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Tucked away in the 'Report on Trend and Progress of......
'Das is friendly, but he finally does what he does. The quality of engagement is very good.' IMAGE: Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das addresses the media during a press conference......
It is 10 years since Bandhan Financial Services became the first microfinance institution (MFI) to receive the universal bank licence. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters A year later, in......
Unlike any other business, banking is a turf where the captain's role is the most critical.Often a bank is defined by the personality of the CEO who runs it.Both HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank......
In a bid to gain a bigger share of the customer’s wallet, banks are ramping up their cross-selling initiatives. Report Abhijit Lele and Raghu Mohan. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com What......
Pavithra Srinivasan feels Julayi is a no brainer which loses steam because of the glaring lack of logic.This isn't the first time director Trivikram Srinivas has managed to score with his......
A lot has been riding on Ilaya Thalapathi Vijay's Pongal extravaganza, Villu (Bow) after the debacles of the year before. Prabhu Deva directs the Ayngaran International's latest Tamil venture.......
Former internationals Rohan Gavaskar, Deep Dasgupta and Hemang Badani are among 101 cricketers who have severed links with the rebel Indian Cricket League and applied to the Board of Control for......
Neelesh(from hyderabad):the appointment of mr. john wright has been totally wright as his name is. the wright has change the teams phase in his own wrights & written his own tunes on which the......
Unheralded T Dinesh of Andhra Pradesh shocked tenth seeded Himanashu Takkar of Railways 15-8, 14-17, 15-9 in the second round of the 68th Senior National Badminton Championships, being held at the......
Top seed Abhinn Shyam Gupta of Petroleum Sports Control Boardand second seed Sachin Ratti of Railways sailed into the men's singles thirdround in the NSCI Seniorranking badminton tournament in......
Unseeded S D S Krishna of Andhra Pradesh caused the first major upset when he ousted third seed Sanave Thomas of Kerala 15-12, 15-8 in 30 minutes on way to the second round of men's singles in Rs......