Patna HC ex-CJ-led fact-finding team en route Sandeshkhali detained

Six members of an independent fact-finding committee led by former Chief Justice of Patna high court L Narasimha Reddy were stopped by the police as they were proceeding to trouble-torn......

The Prime Minister Born On February 29

Morarji Desai, India's first non Congress prime minister, was born on February 29, 1896. Mr Desai was 81 when he was elected prime minister and ruled India for two years, from March 1977 to July......

Not just LS, RS too to see polls to 68 seats this year

Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenure this year, triggering a race of sorts among leaders across political parties to eye a six-year term in......

Parl passes bill allowing govt to take control of telecom services

Parliament on Thursday passed a Bill that seeks to allow the government to temporarily take control of telecom services in the interest of national security and also provide a non-auction route for......

Strange case of why the handloom board was abolished

The Bharatiya Janata Party manifesto in 2014 announced it would set up a separate ministry for handlooms and handicraft. Instead of doing that, the BJP government has abolished the only institution......

Modi needs to listen to our economists

We have a government with an extremely weak economic team advising a PM who hardly pays attention to their thoughts, says Jayanta Roy. Photograph: Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   I......

Household income incorrect norm to fix pension

A new research study conducted in Karnataka has found the current eligibility criterion of taking household income for sanctioning of social security pensions to be inappropriate and recommended......

Indian BPO to employ prisoners for bank work

In what has been billed as 'a unique public-private experiment', an Indian outsourcing company that claims Royal Bank of Scotland and Goldman Sachs as its clients, is to employ inmates at the......

Meet the cast of Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy

Chiranjeevi's upcoming magnum opus Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy looks grand, especially the action sequences. Directed by Surender Reddy, the film sees the Telugu superstar play a freedom......

The Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy review

Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy is a larger-than-life spectacle that deserves a theatre viewing, feels Karan Sanjay Shah. Historicals, especially relating to India’s freedom struggle, have......

When Chiranjeevi Felt Humiliated

'I felt insulted, very hurt, that Indian cinema meant only Hindi cinema.' IMAGE: Ram Charan with his father Chiranjeevi in Acharya. Recalling a visit to Delhi in 1988, Chiranjeevi said it was......

Send us your War reviews!

The reviews and in, and here's how Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff's star vehicle War has been rated well. The other mega release Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy looks like a larger-than-life spectacle as......

Malik's passport to be returned within a week

Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, who is all set to marry Sania Mirza in Hyderabad on April 15, can get back his passport in about a week's time after he completes all legal formalities, police......

Sania Mirza to marry Shoaib Malik today

In yet another surprising twist to the Sania Mirza-Shoaib Malik affair, the Indian tennis star has decided to marry the Pakistani cricketer on Friday, April 9 instead of the previously decided date......