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......

How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have. IMAGE: Uttar......

Bengal is like Bihar 15 years ago: EC special observer

IMAGE: Security personnel take away miscreants after clashes in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal during Phase 2 polling last week. Photograph: PTI Photo The Election Commission special......

Rifleman Aurangzeb, Maj Aditya among those awarded Shaurya Chakra

Major Aditya Kumar, who was embroiled in a controversy after his unit fired on a stone-pelting mob in South Kashmir's Shopian in January leading to death of three persons, is among 20 armed forces......

Rs may hit 70+ levels to the $

RBI is unlikely to stem the slide against the dollar as the greenback is rising rapidly against all currencies in the world.Anup Roy/Business Standard reports from Mumbai.Illustration: Uttam......

Health care majors go online to extend reach

Major hospital chains such as Max Healthcare, Apollo and Fortis are going online in a big way, to extend their operations into smaller towns and cities. While Apollo and Fortis recently forayed......

Trusteeship and how it can spawn development

If the endeavour that was flagged off in Udaipur flourishes and diverse energies combine to refine the lens of Trusteeship, 'growth' itself could be redefined. Then 'inclusion' will be an inherent......

Quick service eateries shrug off recession

Even as the economic downturn has caused most consumers to cut spending and use cheaper products, quick service restaurants like McDonald's, Domino's, Pizza Hut, KFC, Nirula's and Lite Bite Foods......

Code Name: Tiranga Review: Too Dull

Code Name: Tiranga makes Deepa Gahlot feel nostalgic for Naam Shabana and forgive Dhaakad. Much too soon after Dhaakad, another espionage film Code Name: Tiranga sets a female R&AW agent against......

Aamir Khan's TOP 55 SONGS!

What more can one say about Aamir Khan?  He's the A to Z of awesomeness whose perfectionist ways, enormous talent and eye for successful scripts has made him a darling of cinephiles for over......

Bollywood's THREE HERO TREATS!

The great lyricist Anand Bakshi once wrote Ek, ek se bhale do. Do, do se bhale teen. Bollywood has always had a big thing for the multi-starrer -- be it Mera Naam Joker, Sholay, Trishul, Kabhie......

The BEST 200 Indian Films of the Decade

Aseem Chhabra picks the finest Indian films in the 2010-2019 decade. IMAGE: A scene from Bulbul Can Sing. As the second decade of the young century comes to an end, it is time to look at how......

HI honours 'Golden Greats' of Indian hockey

In a first, Hockey India (HI), on Sunday, felicitated 34 yesteryear stars of the game with a one-time benefit of Rs 2 lakh each for winning gold medals in the previous Olympic Games. The grand......