The Soldier Who Became A Legend

A fortnight after he became the face of the Indian soldier in the Kargil war, on July 8, 1999, Vikram Batra died. He was mortally wounded after fighting through the night while recapturing Peak......

Modiji, Why Fix Laws That Ain't Broken?

The judiciary, the police, the lawyers and the public will have to know the new laws. It will also endanger settled jurisprudence on the old laws and open up all sorts of minor and major problems......

Dev Joshi Is Ready To Go To Space

'We hear about Chanda Mama from our childhood.''I am excited by the idea of seeing it with my eyes.' IMAGE: Dev Joshi, a crew member of the first all-civilian lunar orbital mission, dearMoon, a......

Shinde to move resolution over Maha-K'taka border row on Tuesday

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said he would move a resolution in the state assembly on Tuesday expressing solidarity with those living in the contentious boundary region with Karnataka.......

Modi @ 2: The flop story of Pradhan Mantri schemes

Eight out of about 40 schemes are with the nomenclature starting Pradhan Mantri, but except Gramin Sadak and Rozgar Yojana, most others go barely acknowledged.     Only a few, including......

How Yash Birla won one of life's toughest battles

Twenty-two-year-old Yash Birla wakes up at the break of dawn to a phone call that changes his life -- a plane with his parents and sister has just crashed in Bengaluru (then Bangalore). Leaving......

FMCG majors slammed for violating ad code

Fast moving consumer goodsplayers Dabur, HLL, PSU BPCL, Korean car maker Hyundai, liqour barron Vijay Malaya's Mcdowell and TVS motors are among the major companies found to violate Advertising......

'The love story is the most difficult genre'

'I know people tell me aur picture karo, but it's so difficult to find scripts that actually offer the audience something new.' Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com and Afsar Dayatar/Rediff.com give us a......

'He was a beacon of Indian music'

Photograph: Kind courtesy Pankaj Udhas/Instagram Renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas, whose velvet smooth voice gave expression to the many colours of love, longing and heartache in songs such as......

New Year Resolutions for SRK, Salman, Sonam!

A New Year is synonymous with fresh beginnings and sparkling resolutions. For some, it's about paying a bomb to enroll in a swish gym till enthusiasm lasts. For others, it's about kicking an......

Bollywood offers some RAINY DAY STYLING!

The Monsoon has arrived. But in Bollywood, it rains all year round. The romance of pitter-patter drives its eternal love for song and dance as well as rituals of a rainy day styling. Sukanya Verma......

When Will Babar Azam Get Married?

IMAGE: Peshawar Zalmi Captain Babar Azam. Photograph: Kind courtesy Peshawar Zalmi/Twitter Pakistan cricketers Shaheen Afridi, Shan Masood and Shadab Khan got married recently. Clearly, the most......

Sachin's vital tip: Malinga ke baal nahin, ball ko dekho!

  Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar feels that international batsmen should constantly work on their game in order to counter world class bowlers, as he did during his playing days. "It is the......

Akhtar takes dig at Sehwag, says has more money than Indian star's hair on head

IMAGE: India’s Virender Sehwag and Pakistan’s Shoaib Akhtar. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images Taking a dig at Virender Sehwag, former Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Akhtar, on......

India pacer Ishant Sharma gets engaged

IMAGE: India pacer Ishant Sharma with fiance Pratima Singh. Photograph: Twitter. India fast bowler Ishant Sharma got engaged on Sunday, joining the list of cricketers to have recently exchanged......

Tendulkar's special Children's Day celebration

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Monday celebrated Children's Day in a special way by playing street cricket with school children from the 'Make-A-Wish India' foundation at the M.I.G. Cricket......