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Despite 18 defeats, MP man jumps into poll fray again

Unfazed by defeats 18 times in various elections he contested over the last three-and-a-half decades, Indore resident Parmanand Tolani has not lost hope and he has now filed nomination for the......

SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav dead, last rites today

Mulayam's last rites will be performed with full state honours in Saifai near Etawah in Uttar Pradesh IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath pays last respects to the mortal remains......

'Voice of socialist ideas has fallen silent': Leaders condole Mulayam's death

President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and various top political leaders expressed grief on the death of Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday. The 82-year-old......

'Lalu Prasad Yadav' to run for Prez, not that one

In the upcoming Presidential election, Lalu Prasad Yadav plans to throw his hat in the ring, firm in his belief that there must be a Bihari in the contest. IMAGE: President Bodyguards at Raisina......

Presidential candidates need 50 proposers, 50 seconders, Rs 15,000 as deposit

Setting in motion the process for the 16th presidential election, the Election Commission on Thursday said anyone desiring to contest would need 50 electors as proposers and 50 others as seconders......

'Mere desh ki dharti'... Survey peppered with Bollywood quips

Iconic dialogues from Bollywood movies like Sunny Deol's Damini, have found its place in the Economic Survey 2018. Bollywood actor Sunny Deol's iconic dialogue 'tarikh-par-tarikh' (dates after......

REDIFF ARCHIVES: 'The most boring person is one who plays safe'

Mumbai-origin Gulam Kaderbhoy Noon, who migrated to Britain with little funds and went on to found several Indian food companies that made him known as Britain’s first ‘Curry......

'We intend to cover 50,000 villages soon'

Godrej Consumer Products, the hair colours and soaps major, intends to increase its contribution from rural sales to 50 per cent in one year, from 38 per cent right now. In an interview with......

The hottest touch phones in India

India is the world's fastest growing mobile phone market and a booming mobile user base, relatively unaffected by the economic crisis. Thus it's not surprising that the world's latest phones are......

Union Budget: What the FM has in store for you

Stating that 'aam aadmi' is the focus of all our programmes and schemes, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed the following in Union Budget 2009-10. Personal income tax exemption limit for......

Nayanthara Celebrates New Year With Twins

Film folk brought in the New Year -- known through so many names like Vishu, Puthandu, Pohela Boishakh, Baisakhi, Bihu, Cheiraoba -- and shared pictures on social media. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Main Atal Hoon Review: Playing It Safe

Had it not been for Pankaj Tripathi, who must have worked hard to get those Vajpayee intonations and mannerisms so perfectly well, Ravi Jadhav's flattering portrait of Vajpayee would have been more......

'I reigned as a khalnayak'

'Even today, after 63 years, I'm still looking forward to a new release.' IMAGE: Prem Chopra and Rishi Kapoor in Bobby, which turned 50 recently and had the memorable James Bondesque line, 'Prem......

10 Times Sunny Deol Meant Serious Business

What would Sunny Deol do without his menacing gaze, furious dialogues and booming threats? More than two decades later, he's still at it. In Gadar 2, a sequel to his 2001 blockbuster set against......

5 Patriotic Songs You Must Listen To

There are so many patriotic songs that make us proud to be Indians.Subhash K Jha dips into Bollywood's basket of topnotch songs and comes up with these gems on Republic Day.   Ae Mere Watan Ke......

Rathore, Tendulkar, Anand, Sehwag mourn Vajpayee

Sports fraternity mourns former PM Vajpayee's demise India's sporting fraternity, led by Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, on Thursday, joined the......

Fans invade Wankhede

The speechifying is over, the lap of honor is on, and it is pure chaos. Hundreds of fans have broken through the barriers and run onto the ground; I counted one dozen security officials running......

World Champions come home

The Champions are home. Team India, with members vying to hold aloft the Twenty20 World Cup trophy, touched down on Indian soil around 8.15 on Wednesday morning -- and Mumbai went nuts.......

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