Padma awards for Jaitley, Sushma, Fernandes, Parrikar

Eminent personalities, including former union ministers Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj and George Fernandes, Olympian boxer Mary Kom, former Mauritius prime minister Anerood Jugnauth have been......

Mulayam, Ustad Zakir Hussain, SM Krishna get Padma Vibhushan

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, former external affairs minister in the UPA government S M Krishna and tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain were among six luminaries selected......

PIX: President Kovind confers Padma awards on 73

President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards to 73 individuals, some posthumously, at a ceremony held in the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Monday. IMAGE: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice......

'Dancing breathes new life into me every day'

'My age? It keeps changing every year. I can't remember it. I don't like ageing at all,' the legendary dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai, who passed into the ages on Thursday, told Jasmine Shah Verma in......

Is DeMo destablising the Media?

How has the note ban affected newspapers and the rest of the media?Vanita Kohli-Khandekar finds out.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Is demonetisation the villain in Indian media's growth......

FMPs turn unattractive for investors

If you are planning to invest in Fixed Maturity Plans, think twice. Because most mutual fund managers believe that FMPs are unlikely to give higher returns as they did last year. According to Mohit......

Deccan may beat Kingfisher to profit

In what can only be termed a twist of fate, financially beleaguered Air Deccan, which was forced to sell 26 per cent to Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya's UB Holdings to keep its head......

Pvt insurers gear up for detariffing

Private insurance companies are leaving no stones unturned to compete with their public sector counterparts.These firms have set up dedicated teams of underwriters and are tapping the expertise of......

Alia to Zeenat: Bollywood's A to Z Of Head Turners

Bollywood has a history of making heads turn -- theirs and everybody else's -- in shiny hair accessory. Sukanya Verma picks some exquisite head jewellery to explain what we mean.   Deepika......

Looking At Bollywood's Lust Stories

Boy meets girl, sparks fly, eternal vows are sung, obstacles are overcome and the all-important happily-ever-after is accomplished. Every second plot in Bollywood is a love story. But there are few......

Meenakshi Sundareshwar review

Meenakshi Sundareshwar is a Basu Chatterjee slice-of-life packaged in a glossy ad film whose source of heart are its two genuinely likeable leads, feels Sukanya Verma. A 'galat ghar' gag in Karan......

This Diwali, BLING IT ON like Bollywood

Bole Chudiyan Bole Kangana. Payal Meri Jadoo Jagati Jai. Mujhe Naulakha Manga De Re O Saiyan Deewane. Jhumka Gira Re Bareilly Ke Bazaar Mein. Sone Mein Angoothi Angoothi Mein Nagina. From songs......

Gambhir retained as Delhi skipper for upcoming Ranji season

Out-of-favour India opener Gautam Gambhir has been retained captain of the Delhi team for the upcoming Ranji season as the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) announced a 15-member squad......

'Heavens won't fall if BCCI officials do not own teams'

'If conflict of interest has to go, it will go. BCCI rules are not sacrosanct for us' 'If the BCCI president would not own a team it would not lead to collapse of the entire IPL project' The......

Srinivasan, CSK face bleak future after Supreme Court rap

The Chennai Super Kings players in a huddle. Photograph: BCCI Uncertainty over the possibility of Board of Control for Cricket in India's president-in-exile Narayanaswami Srinivasan making a......

'If you have commercial interest in IPL you shouldn't be in the administration'

‘Dhoni promotes Chennai Super Kings. He is also captain of the national team and plays a key role in its selection' 'Kumble and Srikkanth are the mentors of IPL teams Mumbai Indians and......