A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman co-passenger on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi. IMAGE: Shankar Mishra, who was arrested in the......
The Centre and state governments bonded and then fell apart during the longest lockdown walk, reports Somesh Jha IMAGE: Indians walk to their villages during the national lockdown at NH 24 near......
India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. People have been told to stay indoors, but for many daily-wage earners this is not an option. IMAGE: A rickshaw......
'The Mughals became completely Indian in every sense and united the vast Indian subcontinent, not only territorially, but also the hearts and minds of people with multiple religio-cultural,......
'The key factor, to my mind, is happiness.' 'If either party, for whatever reason, is not in it, they should have the choice to walk away as painlessly as possible,' points out Vasu......
'For our traditional membership base, it would be an access to disruptive ideas,' FICCI President Subhrakant Panda tells Asit Mishra/Business Standard. FICCI President Subhrakant Panda.......
'I see in the BJP an attempt to get growth and redistribution of resources.''For growth you need growth of the economy.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Economist Ila Patnaik wanted to......
'So you have welfare programmes, you reach out to the poor, you cut out the middlemen, you cut out the leakages and you try to raise the standard of living.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......
Jatin Mehta beat Nirav Mehta and Mehul Choksi in precedent and modus operandi, reports Pavan Lall/Business Standard. IMAGE: Jatin Mehta. Even as the spotlight focuses on tainted jewellers......
At the pre-Budget meeting at Niti Aayog, Modi called for a focussed effort from all stakeholders in order to achieve the target of $5 trillion economy. The participants urged the government to......
Photograph: Kind courtesy Alka Yagnik/Instagram Alka Yagnik, who has given Bollywood so many chartbusters in her long career over four decades, shared some heart-breaking news with her fans on......
Like every year, Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar hosted a Holi party at their Mumbai home, Janki Kutir, and invited family and friends over. Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar Shabana Azmi and Javed......
Legendary broadcaster Ameen Sayani passed into the ages on February 20. His mortal remains were kept at Mumbai's Famous Studio, where admirers arrived to say their final goodbyes. Rediff.com's......
Film and television folk arrived to watch singer Guru Randhawa make his acting debut in a feature film, Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay. Directed by Ashok G, it co-stars Saiee Manjrekar, Ila Arun and......
Aarya Aakhri Vaar should have been slicker and more polished than the first, or at least ended with a louder bang, observes Deepa Gahlot. The first season of Aarya, adapted from the successful......