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Former Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh passes away

Six-time Himachal Pradesh chief minister and senior Congress leader Virbhadra Singh died in Shimla early on Thursday after prolonged illness. He was 87. IMAGE: The veteran Congress leader......

The Indian contesting Thai elections!

'It's a dream, but will I give it up? No bloody way,' Umesh Pandey, the former Bangkok Post editor turned Opposition candidate, tells Rahul Jacob.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The......

Dinakaran's alleged middleman was fond of fast cars and big cons

Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who was arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly taking money from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader TTV Dinakaran to bribe Election Commission officials in......

Jayalalithaa leaves a tough legacy

Now that Tamil Nadu's tallest politician is no more, it remains to be seen how new political re-alignments could shape up, says N Sathiya Moorthy in the first of a two-part look at Jayalalithaa's......

Jayalalithaa demolishes 27-year-old power equation

Fighting heavy odds, J Jayalalithaa proved her detractors wrong again with her grit and determination as she steered the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to power for a second consecutive......

Ratan Tata: Rare Glimpses

All Photographs: Kind courtesy Gopal Shetty Ratan Tata began his schooling in Mumbai at Campion School, then Shimla's Bishop Cotton School and finished at Cathedral and John Connon School in......

The most searched for destinations on Google Maps

A report by search giant Google based on the search activities on Google Maps in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore says that hotels were the most searched for destinations across all these cities. The......

Rohan crafted ring for Lakshmi: Murthy

Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murty's son Rohan Murthy, a qualified engineer, also seems to know the craft of jewellery making, as he spent seven-and-a-half hours to make a platinum ring for......

Narayana Murthy's son to wed TVS's Lakshmi Venu

In less than a year, the family of Infosys co-founder and Chairman N R Narayana Murthy is in ceremonial mood once again. Rohan Murthy, the only son of his parents, has found his life partner in......

The amazing story of Magarpatta

Satish Magar is an interesting combination -- he comes from a political, land-owner background but had an urban, Western education. He then opted for agricultural college, but went on to find a......

He wants to celebrate the uniqueness of India

Veenu Sandhu meets the young filmmaker who won the Satyajit Ray Short Film Award. There is something about Shimla, about its meandering lanes where you can sometimes feel the clouds around you.......

Everything you wanted to know about Jayalalitha, actress

Long before she became a political legend, there was Jayalalitha, the actress. Born on February 24, 1948 in a family that served Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar of Mysore, she was named......

Immortals: When an atheist made an epic movie on gods

Filmmaker Tarsem Singh's most extravagant film till date, Immortals opens in theatres worldwide tomorrow.From his early days at the Bishop Cotton School in India, Singh's passion was to make......

Tarsem Singh Dhandwar's The Fall opens in the US

Tarsem Singh Dhandwar is on the top of his game, with several hit music videos, a very successful and lucrative career in directing commercials and two films, which have polarised critics and......

When Nafisa was a choir singer

We asked readers to tell us if they had grown up or studied with movie or television celebrities. And we got a great response! Sharing hermemories is Rufaida Javid, who studied withthe late Nafisa......

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