Setback to Cong as party MLA from Kamal Nath's home turf joins BJP

In a setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, its three-term MLA from Amarwara in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district, Kamlesh Shah, on Friday joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party......

SC seeks starvation deaths data from govt, model plan for community kitchens

The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre to place before it data on deaths due to starvation and malnutrition across the country besides a model plan to implement the community kitchen......

Why is everyone complaining?

You're a captive audience to friends who want you to share the agony of their aches and pains, their spouse's experiments in the kitchen gone wrong, or partners' peccadillos, sighs Kishore......

The Magic of Madhvi Parekh

No conversation about Indian art is complete without mention of Madhvi Parekh, notes Ritika Kochhar.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   The first thing you notice about Madhvi Parekh is......

Hewitt survey to include manufacturing firms

The fourth annual survey of best employers in India by global human resource consultancy firm Hewitt Associates will also rank companies which employ blue collar workers.Hewitt, whose three similar......

Luxor retail foray on cards

Luxor Writing Instruments Pvt Ltd is foraying into retail sector by launching stationary outlets. Initially, the outlets, owned by the company, will be launched in the metros, before going for......

Penthouses a rage with NRIs in Punjab

Paying hefty premium to buy a penthouse is a rage, with a growing number of MNC executives and NRIs going for such purchases by shelling out Rs 50-70 lakh.The major real estate giants have plans to......

Hesbee to develop models for Olympic shooters

Pioneers in the manufacture of shotguns in India, Chandigarh-based Hesbee Machine Tools is going to establish a semi-assembly line with an initial capacity to manufacture 1,000 air rifles and air......

Priyanka vs Deepika, and other WOW dance-offs

One good dancer burns the dance floor, two great ones bring the house down. Deliberate or subconscious, there's something electric about watching Bollywood's accomplished dancers battle for......

When Priyanka-Nick danced and danced!

'It is an amazing start to a lifetime of togetherness.' Priyanka Chopra wed Nick Jonas, and song and dance was a huge part of the festivities. The actress posted pictures, accompanied with a......

Bollywood's 10 BEST Dance-offs!

Before Shah Rukh Khan and his Happy New Year team wins us over with their dancing skills, read this. Song and dance is the heartbeat of Bollywood masalas. And sometimes, filmmakers use it as a......

PIX: Mallika dons another nude gown at Cannes

After a sensational gown designed by Paris-based designer Ali Madhvi, actress Mallika Sherawat made a second red carpet appearance at Cannes in another nude-coloured gown by the same designer.......

Sports Shorts: Shiva Thapa in final, five others in semis

IMAGE: India’s Shiva Thapa ((blue) in action. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty Images. Asian silver-medallist Shiva Thapa (60kg) and Gaurav Bidhuri entered the finals while five other......

India dominates SAF swimming

India's Richa Mishra ended the SAF Games with a rich haul of seven gold medals, including four in the individual events, as India swept all the 15 gold medals in women's swimming on the last day of......