Why this ISRO scientist has not visited his Manipur home for over 2 years

This rocket scientist hasn't visited home in Manipur's Bishnupur district for over two years because of his love for work. IMAGE: ISRO Chairman S. Somanath with others show victory sign after the......

Ram temple event marks 'muhurat' births, UP Muslim family names son Ram Rahim

Hoping for an 'auspicious' start for their newborns, many couples had muhurat deliveries, planned in consultation with doctors, in hospitals on Monday coinciding with the Ram Lalla idol......

Is That Raghuram Rajan With Rahul Gandhi?

Photographs: ANI Photo   Former Reserve Bank of India governor Dr Raghuram Rajan -- the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago --......

When I Received My OBE From Prince Charles

'After greeting Prince Charles with a traditional bow, moving away from protocol, I also did a namaste, which HRH reciprocated twice -- once before the award presentation and the second time just......

Innovation Award for Raghu Ramakrishnan

Raghu Ramakrishnan, a vice president at Yahoo!, has been awarded the 2008 Innovation Award by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining......

Can Shaktikanta Das be a peacemaker between RBI, govt?

If the new governor can think out of the box even as he signals that he can bat for the RBI cadre and respect its institutional memory, that will go a long way in getting out of the current......

Fake money: Security breached, admits RBI!

The Reserve Bank of India has admitted that security features introduced in the higher denomination notes in 2005 as an anti-counterfeiting measure have been breached! In an urgent alert to all......

Top bureaucrats eye high profile CCI jobs

As many as 230 persons, including ex-Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, former Corporate Affairs Secretary R Bandyopadhyay and other senior bureaucrats and eminent economists have lined up for the two......

Sara gets a champi from Ma!

Nia misses shoot days... Parineeti is grateful... Photograph: Kind courtesy Sara Ali Khan/Instagram What's the secret of Sara Ali Khan's beautiful hair? A champi from Mum Amrita Singh!  ......

Have a sexual problem? Boman's BIG TIP

  Boman Irani plays a sexologist in his latest film, Made in China. Mikhil Musale, Made in China's director, joins Boman and tells Patcy N/Rediff.com, "Every joke, every dialogue, which might......

No state honours during funeral, says Girish Karnad's family

Noted playwright, actor and Jnanpith awardee Girish Karnad, who left his indelible mark in the world of literature, theatre and cinema, passed away at his residence in Bengaluru on Monday morning......

PIX: Sridevi-Jaya Prada mingle with Mohan Babu

Telugu actor Mohan Babu completed 40 years in film industry, and he celebrated with a grand event at the Indira Priyadarshini grounds in Visakhapatnam city, Andhra Pradesh.  Rajya Sabha......

Adrian to lead Jr World Cup hockey team

Goalkeeper Adrian D'Souza will lead India in the men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament at Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from June 29 to July 10.Prior to the tournament, the team will participate......

'JP Yadav deserved a higher rating'

Readers' views on the Team India ratings.*****************Yuvraj, Dhoni, Nehra, Pathan, are way overrated. Yuvraj is far from consistent. Dilip PurohitLos Angeles*****************I do not agree......

Readers on where India has gone wrong

Sumit Bhatia:I firmly believe that Saurav and Wright have been instrumental in "making" this Indian team such that people now expect it to win all the time it goes out to play rather than making......

Long live the Little Master

Name:Vijay GautamMessage:Dear sir, Please accept my best wishes on your B'Day. Till date, your stance and shots have been my favorite. I admire your batting style. I loved watching you play. May......

Long live the Little Master

Name:vivek BhatMessage:Many many returns of the day. I wish to listen UR great cricket voice for many more years to come. Wish U never run out but have a clean Bowled out after a wealthy & lengthy......