We will rise up. This is American aspiration: VP Kamala Harris

In her first remarks to the nation as United States Vice President, Kamala Harris has highlighted "American aspiration" and underlined that President Joe Biden has summoned the people to look......

What the world expects from Biden

It would be a huge achievement if the new administration manages a successful transition to some sense of domestic and international normalcy in these frantic times marked by the pandemic and rise......

'The BJP wants to be seen as an anti-Dalit party'

'70 years back, Dalits used to be abused, scolded, slapped, but killing a Dalit was rare because a Dalit was somebody's property.' 'Now that they are free, they are facing violent attacks.' IMAGE:......

Defacement of Mahatma Gandhi's statue was a 'disgrace': Trump

The defacement of Mahatma Gandhi's statue by unknown miscreants was a 'disgrace', United States President Donald Trump has said, days after it was vandalised with graffiti and spray painting during......

Meet Analjit Singh's 'hand-brake'

'The smartest businessmen are shopkeepers as their return on investment is better than anyone else,' Sahil Vachani tells Surajeet Das Gupta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com His famous......

How GST can boost revenue

  Even with less than ideal design features, the state VAT pushed up revenues. The Goods and Services Tax, with an improved design and a fully integrated IT system for both the Centre and the......

Prabhu managed to save Indian Railways from being derailed

Image: A passenger looks out from the window of a stationed train at a railway station in Jammu. Photograph: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters In 2015, we have done many things, says Railway Minister Suresh......

Cyrus Poonawalla buys iconic Lincoln House for Rs 750 crore

The 2-acre property at Breach Candy has a built-up area of around 50,000 sq ft. Image: A view of the seaside mansion which was used as the U.S. consulate from 1957, and later renamed Lincoln......

Why Aasif Mandvi learnt to 'patank'

'We would always come back from auditions and ask one other... did they ask you to patank?' says Indian-American actor Aasif Mandvi at the launch of his memoir, No Land's Man. 'My father moved......

Anupam Kher's Silver Linings Playbook sets off Oscar buzz

A few months ago, there wasn't much buzz for Silver Linings Playbook, an engaging comedy-drama about a man returning home from a psychiatric ward. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence,......

Night At the Museum 2 is boring

The only good thing one can say about a movie like Night At the Museum: Battle of The Smithsonian is that it provided gainful employment for a few hundred behind-the-scenes people. Since a lot of......

Anamika is average

Malayalam film Anamika directed by K P Venu and Abraham Lincoln starts by showing the pressures of being a modern day working couple; a wife hurriedly goes through the morning chores and tries to......

PIX: Liverpool win Club World Cup as Firmino sinks Flamengo

Liverpool are only the second English team to lift the Club World Cup trophy after Manchester United in 2008. IMAGE: Liverpool's players celebrate after winning the FIFA Club World Cup after their......

Brace for the biggest match of FIFA Under-17 World Cup

Brazil have won the Under-17 World Cup trophy thrice -- 1997, 1999 and 2003, while Spain are looking to win their maiden title. IMAGE: Brazil's players pose for photographers in Kochi. Photograph:......