Would have returned Pak POWs after getting Kartarpur Sahib in 1971: Modi

Noting that more than 90,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered in the 1971 Indo-Pak War, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted if he had been in power he would have taken Kartapur Sahib......

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......

'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......

'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......

Bahot Ho Gaya Bhai!

Why can't Salman end his self-praising screen time and play a good role instead, asks Rajesh Karkera. Who doesn't love Bhai? It was for this love alone that I wanted to miss Salman Khan's Kisi Ka......

Flashback 2022: Zero Returns

As the curtain comes down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events. Part 1: A for Alia Bhatt Part 2: Jacqueline's Con Call Part 3: Malaika-Arjun's 'M'......

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......

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......

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......

Sehwag's message for wife; also calls Ishant Burj Khalifa

Happy Birthday Baal Waale Burj Khalifa @Im Ishant Sharma, the best: Sehwag IMAGE: Virender Sehwag with his wife. Photograph: Facebook. Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag is surely having a......

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......