The Supreme Court's decision to refer the issue of the entry of women of all ages to the Sabarimala temple to a bench of seven judges is unfortunate and unnecessary, several women's rights......
The Sabarimala temple in Kerala opened on Friday for the two-month-long pilgrimage season amid a tense standoff involving social activist Trupti Desai in Kochi and a move by its administrator to......
Social activist Trupti Desai on Wednesday said she would visit the Sabarimala shrine in Kerala along with six other women in the previously banned 10-50 age group on November 17 but it was stoutly......
However, the woman told police that she was not keen to visit the shrine and admitted that she had come to Pamba following pressure from her husband. IMAGE: Devotees trek from Nilakkal base camp......
The Sabarimala Karma Samiti, a platform of right-wing outfits, including VHP, appealed to media houses not to depute women journalists in the menstrual age group to cover the developments in......
In simple terms, it refers to a deduction allowed in income tax, irrespective of expenses incurred or investment made by assessees.Indivjal Dhasmana reports.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......
Exemption limits, standard deduction on radar, reveal Dilasha Seth and Indivjal Dhasmana. The tax simplification committee, chaired by Justice R V Easwar, is likely to touch upon restoration of......
Against a challenging background, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has, very sensibly, stuck to the basics, notes Shankar Acharya At the best of times, making the Union Budget is a hugely......
The Budget has unveiled measures that should now pave the way for India to progress from Make in India to 'Innovate in India', says Rajiv Memani. Image: Budget has a transformative agenda.......
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley takes a protectionist stance in favour of domestic companies, increases customs duty on certain products. In a major step towards tax simplification,......
As good as Mammootty is playing Sundaram, we see this facet of his performance through two lenses: That of Sundaram being an offset to whatever we know about James, and that of Mammootty doing......
Pavithra Srinivasan reviews Tamil film Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai. Post YOUR reviews here!There are some movies that are truly timeless: the characters, the plot, the settings and even conversations......
It appears as if the Telugu film industry is seriously lacking in good scripts. How else can one explain the umpteen fall back on safe bets like 'sister sentiment' and 'mother sentiment', that too......
13-year-old Australian Indian Janaki Easwar wowed fans ahead of the T20 World Cup blockbuster final against England on Sunday at the MCG. 'Jeetega bhai Jeetega Pakistan jeetega ' chants resounded......
The National Anti Doping Agency's appeals panel on Thursday exonerated 400m hurdler Jithin Paul of doping charges, overturning a four-year suspension sentence handed by NADA's disciplinary panel.......
The former India cricketer has not attended a single hearing of Anti-Doping Appeals Panel since the new panel was formed. IMAGE: Virender Sehwag was included in the six-member Anti-Doping......
Legendary opener Virender Sehwag and former Delhi player Vinay Lamba have been made members of the Anti-Doping Appeal Panel (ADAP) of the NADA in a rare instance of cricketers being roped in for......
Deepti Patwardhan, rediff's special correspondent, hosted a chat on how the Lahore match is looking after play on theopening day of the first Test. Below is the transcript:Princess:Deepti, indian......