Bihar caste survey out; OBCs, EBCs 63% of population

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday released findings of its much-awaited caste survey months ahead of the 2024 Parliamentary elections, which revealed that Other Backward Classes (OBCs)......

Sushil Modi seeks law to fix uniform age of marriage for all women

Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sushil Modi on Monday said the government should come up with a legislation to fix the same marriage age for women of all religions. Image used for representational......

U-turns queer the pitch for Nitish Kumar as Opposition's PM face

As he snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar’s caretaker chief minister Nitish Kumar has once again been pitched as a prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 elections by some,......

Chh'garh villagers take oath to boycott Muslims; probe on

Authorities in Chhattisgarh have initiated a probe after a video purportedly showing residents of a village in Surguja district taking a pledge to neither do commercial transactions with members of......

22 names recommended for ED posts at banks

These recommendations are based on interactions held by the Banks Board Bureau with eligible candidates from PSBs towards appointment against vacancies in PSBs for the period 2018-19 The Banks......

'I hope Modi understands the secret behind Facebook, Google'

Silicon Valley techies and investors who were at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India dinner analyse the parlay for Ritu Jha. Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the......

'TiECon has once again become relevant to entrepreneurs'

The TiECon Disruptive Entrepreneurship Conference on May 15-16 saw a record turnout of 4800 people. Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports from California on the largest TieCon ever. ALSO READ: Tesla's......

10 Indians who are heading top tech firms, exciting projects

From being ridiculed by the western world for being a land of snake charmers, Indians have established themselves on the global business stage. Image: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Photograph,......

When Shatru Shaved Off His Moochi

IMAGE: Shatrughan Sinha in Rakht Charitra. Ram Gopal Varma's Rakht Charitra released on October 22, 2010. It was the first and last film for which Shatrughan Sinha was persuaded to shave off his......

'If film is not well-made, even Modi's biography won't work'

IMAGE: Shah Rukh Khan in Pathaan. Film-maker Prakash Jha feels the fate of films is determined by their content, not the boycott trend, for the project to be a success or a failure. The Aamir Khan......

The Best Political Biopic? VOTE!

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's biopic Main Atal Hoon reveals the pitfalls of making films on political figures: The maker has to be careful not to offend any followers. It often results in bland......

'Happy film-makers are rediscovering me'

'Whatever you see of me on celluloid will be with the idea of wanting to push the envelope.' IMAGE: Shilpa Shetty in Indian Police Force. Shilpa Shetty plays the first female cop in Rohit Shetty's......