Sonia turns 62

Congress President Sonia Gandhi was on Sunday greeted by a host of dignitaries, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on her 62nd birthday. Singh visited Gandhi's residence at 10 Janpath at 9.30......

Bahadur Shah's remains won't be shifted to India

Though the government of India is spending Rs 150 crore to commemorate 150 years of India's first battle for independence, it has expressed its inability to shift the mortal remains of India's last......

Khushwant given Punjab Rattan

Moments after receiving the Punjab Rattan Award from Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, noted writer Khushwant Singh startled the audience by using Punjabi expletives to cite the use of foreign......

Major AICC reshuffle clips Soni's wings

The high-profile Ambika Soni had her wings clipped in a major All India Congress Committee reshuffle on Friday carried out by party president Sonia Gandhi.Soni has been shunted out as the political......

A global village called Hansdehar

Kanwal Singh dreamt of putting his village on the map. And today, he has done it in style -- virtually. Hansdehar village in Haryana is on the website, smartvillages.org, thanks to the IT-savvy......

Normalcy returning for shadow lenders, albeit slowly

For smaller MFIs, resuming operations is more difficult because they haven’t got any fresh bank credit sanctioned from their lenders. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com With the government......

Foolish ant and intelligent grasshopper - 2012 version

Call it by whatever name, the economic system of modern times favors indiscipline of individuals, societies and governments. Remember Aesop's parable of ant and grasshopper? The ant works hard all......

Another raw deal for UTI investors

The 30 million investors of the former Unit Trust of India deserve better. The finance ministry's recent decision to refer 19 cases of UTI's big-ticket investments scrutinised by a committee headed......

Music Fraternity Bids Farewell To KK

Photograph: Sahil Salvi Singer KK was cremated at Mumbai's Versova Hindu crematorium around 2 pm on Thursday, June 2, a kilometre away from his home. KK, who was just 53, died in Kolkata on......

Faadu: A Love Story Review: Half-Baked Show

Faadu: A Love Story looks like one of those old movies with a socialist bent that glorified honest poverty and looked down upon ambition and enterprise, notes Deepa Gahlot. That slang word in the......

Getting groovy with Abhishek Bachchan!

From Refugee to Ludo, Abhishek Bachchan has played quite a few earthy characters. But when it comes to rocking a hip chartbuster high on sass, style and spunk, the actor can be quite a picture of......

When KK had India going DIL MAANGE MORE

'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.' Photograph: Kind courtesy KK/Instagram Rajat Dholakia, singer-composer Dileep Dholakia's son, is a prolific Indian composer, who has given the......

Mani Shankar Iyer to felicitate Anand

Mani Shankar Iyer, Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs, will felicitate World chess champion Viswanathan Anand at a grand function, in Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Naidu, that will match the status of......

Gujarat Titans in must-win battle vs in-form KKR

IMAGE: Gujarat Titans need Shubman Gill and Sai Sudharsan to emulate their showing with the bat against Chennai Super Kings when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL match in Ahmedabad on......

11 Best Spells of IPL 2024

The league stage of IPL 2024 was dominated by the batters.The 200 run mark was breached 41 times this season in the league stages -- the most in a single IPL season. Sunrisers Hyderabad broke the......

Ranji Trophy: Tamil Nadu beat Goa; Delhi's hopes dashed

IMAGE: Karun Nair struck a century as Vidarbha and Rajasthan drew. Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Suresh Lokeshwar (52) and Pradosh Ranjan Paul (65) struck half-centuries to help Tamil Nadu complete......

Can Dravid, Rohit Assemble A World Cup Winning Team?

IMAGE: Head Coach Rahul Dravid and Captain Rohit Sharma face a tough few weeks ahead of the ODI World Cup. Photograph: BCCI   What do you make of India's performance in the ODI series in the......