Bypolls: AAP wins Delhi; both Goa seats go to BJP

Bawana, Delhi The Aam Aadmi Party retained the city’s Bawana assembly constituency on Monday with a comfortable majority, leaping way ahead of the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party, as......

YSR Congress MLA dies after car crash

Senior YSR Congress party leader Shobha Nagi Reddy succumbed to multiple injuries after she met with an accident in the wee hours in Kurnool district. The 45-year-old was shifted to Care......

The Congress's bitter harvest over Telangana

With almost 300 seats to the Lok Sabha being dominated by regional outfits, the Congress has added to the list by giving space to more regional forces in the Seema-Andhra and Telangana regions,......

Court notices to PM, Sonia, 6 ministers over AP division

A court in Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh has issued notices to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and six union ministers on a petition filed by two advocates over......

Most expensive Indian artists

In a year when art prices stabilised (somewhat), the masters stayed ahead in the road show, but it is the contemporaries who're catching up fast. Most bankable artists Tyeb Mehta: No one has been......

How Chandamama plans to revive its glory

The management of Chennai-based Chandamama - the children's magazine which has catered to three generations since Independence (1947) - is working on a four-pronged strategy to revive the......

ITC, Taj GVK in fray for 5-star hotel

Reflecting the growing potential for hospitality industry in Hyderabad, several top players including ITC, Taj GVK and Hotel Viceroy have bid for the proposed five-star hotel to be built at......

D Ramanaidu: From rice grower to number one filmmaker

Veteran Telugu film producer Dr Daggubbati Ramanaidu passed away into the ages on February 18. In an interview he had granted Rediff.com in September 2010, he tells us how he started making......

Review: Veeram is a treat for Ajith fans

S Saraswathi says Veeram is a slow-paced family drama with all the elements of a commercial entertainer. After the huge success of Aarambam, expectations were sky-high for the Ajith starrer......

Animated Chandamama to hit big screen soo

An adventure fable sourced from the vast collection of stories from popular children's magazine Chandamama would be out on big screen soon. The monthly has tied up with Thiruvanthapuram-based Toonz......

Ghatothkach, Cannes-bound!

Seventy six-year old Singeetam Srinivasa Rao is a legendary filmmaker from the south having made films in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi. He started his career fifty years ago as an assistant......

India's schedule at the Asian Games on Thursday

India's schedule for Thursday, the sixth day of competition at the Asian Games, in Incheon. Archery: India v Qatar: Men's compound elimination (0600am onwards) and Compound women's individual......

India at Asian Games: Women shooters, Pallikal win bronze; Ghosal makes final

From left, shooters Rahi Sarnobat, Anisa Sayyed and Heena Siddhu share a light moment after winning the bronze medal. Photograph: PTI India's shooters continued to deliver medals at the 17th Asian......

Now, city franchise-based Indian Tennis League

Taking inspiration from the roaring success of the Indian Premier League, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) has decided to launch a city franchise-based tennis league in November-December.......

6 Indians lose qualifiers

It was a dismal day for Indians at the Bangalore Open, a US $175,000 Sony Ericsson WTA Tier-III event, all the six aspirants playing in the qualifying rounds were eliminated.Akshita Raj, Punam......