A major strike by Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation employees for salary hikes and other demands severely disrupted services on Tuesday ahead of the Ganesh festival, leaving thousands of......
'When my father travelled 5,000 miles to build a new home in Ireland, I doubt he ever dreamed that his son would one day grow up to become its leader.' Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.com profiles Dr......
While acknowledging Shivaji's naval contributions, questions are being raised about the inadequate acknowledgement of Chola sea-power in southern Tamil Nadu, which dates back by a few centuries,......
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) president Raj Thackeray on Sunday said he was firm on the May 3 deadline for removal of loudspeakers, which he termed as a nuisance, from mosques, and added that if......
In New Delhi's corridors of power, debate continues on whether the navy even needs a third aircraft carrier, reports Ajai Shukla. IMAGE: The INS Vikrant. Photograph: PTI Photo. Aircraft......
More than 50 per cent of the value of all the MOUs signed at the Make In India Week has made Maharashtra emerge numero uno in the committed investment stakes! IMAGE: Maharashtra Chief Minister......
Why has the drumstick tree not found favour with officialdom given the ease of cultivation, its excellent nutritional value, shelf-life of its leaves as food, and its use as vegetable, asks Sonali......
State-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corporation is likely to acquire a oil and gas block in Africa through its subsidiary, Prize Petroleum.The company is in talks with a local player for a discovered......
Follow the money.' Thus runs the classic line from the Oscar-winning film All the President's Men, based on the account of how two reporters brought down President Richard Nixon.In the film the......
The Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd has secured the government's approval to go ahead with its dream Skybus project, which had hit a roadblock following a fatal accident during a 2004 test run."We......
'Smita Patil was the reason I got into films. She kept telling me to get into films but I said I was happy doing theatre, I don’t like films. Today, when I look back, I don’t......
After a good show in Munnabhai MBBS, Sanjay Dutt is back with yet another gangster flick, Plan. But director Hriday Shetty insists that Sanju's Musabhai in Plan is very different from the earlier......