Life and times of Kanu Sanyal: Rebel with a cause

Kanu Sanyal, one of the founders of the Naxal movement in India, committed suicide at his residence at Seftullajote village in north Bengal on Tuesday. Rediff.com takes a look at the life and......

Shubham Prakhar is India's Child Genius

Shubham Prakhar, 12, of Muzaffarpur is India's Child Genius.Star World's Britannia India's Child Genius concluded on November 14, Children's Day, with the all-India finals in the search for the......

Obamas meet India's high and mighty

Sheela Bhatt on the prime minister's dinner for President Obama. Lilting tunes wafted across the lush green lawns of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's home as he hosted a private dinner on Sunday......

SRK to host a new game show

Do you think you are smarter than a fifth grade student? Confused! Well if you are then participate in a new game show and let the Badshah of Bollywood, Sharukh Khan do the rest. After hitting it......

Reality TV hunts for India's smartest kid

While in some parts of the world reality TV sets out to see who can survive the longest eating bugs on an island or in a house with roommates from hell, in India the focus is more cerebral --......

Star India pins hopes on quiz programme

Star India is pinning its hopes on the soon to be telecast show to identify the student with highest general knowledge quotient to woo the mainline audience in southern India and other parts of the......

A time for reality on television

Want to join the race to win the crown for India's hottest dancing couple? Like to don the mantle of India's best action hero? Desire to shed kilos of flab and get a perfect body? The idiot box......

'Ritz looked fine! Absolutely fine!'

'He did some great work and people remember him from so many things, but he should have got some stronger parts.' Lillete Dubey still can't get over the shock of losing her old friend Ritz, as she......

'You've To Choose Your Battles Carefully'

'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Geetika Tyagi/Instagram After speaking about her new film Yes Papa, about a survivor of child......

Siddharth Basu talks about KBC

About a month after Kaun Banega Crorepati, Season 5, ended, the Rs 5 crore question really is this: What made the show such a big hit among audiences? Season 5 saw it all -- a Rs 5 crore jackpot......

Look Who Partied With Kartik Aaryan!

Kartik Aaryan threw a grand birthday bash in Mumbai to celebrate his 33rd birthday. And look who attended... Rakul Singh who arrived with...   ... Boyfriend Jackky Bhagnani.   Tara......

Kohli undergoes YoYo test but no clarity on neck injury

IMAGE: Virat Kohli along with Mahendra Singh Dhoni and several other players underwent the YoYo Test in Bengaluru on Friday. Photograph: BCCI Indian captain Virat Kohli, along with former skipper......

Ranji Trophy: Punjab thrash Bengal to top Group A

Hosts Punjab put up a stellar show as they notched up their second successive bonus point as they thrashed a listless Bengal by an innings and 27 runs in a second round Ranji Trophy match in Mohali......