The National Conference on Wednesday decided to boycott an All party meeting called by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday to discuss the situation in the state, saying that......
Pakistan has finally released 100 out of the 629 Indian fishermen imprisoned in the Malir District Jail. The fishermen were scheduled to be released on Wednesday, but the process was delayed as......
In an embarrassment for the state government and the one-man Jan Commission appointed by it, the Central Bureau of Investigation found nothing against four policemen Superintendent Javed Iqbal......
Cine Star Shahrukh Khan,former National Security Advisor J N Dixit, cartoonist R K Laxman, Wipro Chairman Azim Premji, vice-chairperson of Hindustan Times Shobhana Bhartia and social worker Gladys......
Meera and Muzzafar Ali's label, Kotwara -- famed for its beautiful, traditional designs -- aims to bring back to life a bygone era where graceful women spent summer afternoons lounging in the......
Dazzling, dancing and decked to the hilt, courtesans in Hindi films are a breathtaking mix of shiny fantasy and flirtatious poetry to behold. Under those resplendent adas and thumkas though, often......
Meena Kumari's Pakeezah and Rekha's Umrao Jaan epitomise the cinematic tawaif, a combination of poetess and seductress, steeped in the tragic metaphor of the candle that burns itself out while......
Photograph: Afsar Dayatar/ Rediff.com In sweet music is such artKilling care and grief of heart. Few embody William Shakespeare's golden words like Mohammad Zayur Khayyam Hashmi. An unmistakable......
Khayyam, the legendary composer, passed into the ages in a Mumbai hospital on August 19.Two years ago, on February 18, 2017, he spoke to Rediff.com's Patcy N on the occasion of his 91st......
Scenes from IFFI... IFFI is in full swing. Bollywood dominated the International Film Festival of India's opening ceremony at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee stadium in Bambolim near Panaji, Goa.......